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Some of the sources on this page are from the 90s which seems pretty outdated. The latest sources seem to be from early 2000s even though newer studies have been published since then. I want your permission if I can cite a 2008 study on sex differences in intelligence with a sample size of 7000....and I am asking this because I don't want my edit undone.This is the study I want to cite and edit with:

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/222660770_Sex_differences_in_latent_cognitive_abilities_ages_6_to_59_Evidence_from_the_WoodcockJohnson_III_tests_of_cognitive_abilities

I also want to delete the sources from 1999 and 1998 because they are too old and update them with other newer sources that I have. What's your take?

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Thanks man. :) --Monochrome_Monitor 03:32, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_intelligence

Some of the sources on this page are from the 90s which seems pretty outdated. The latest sources seem to be from early 2000s even though newer studies have been published since then. I want your permission if I can cite a 2008 study on sex differences in intelligence with a sample size of 7000....and I am asking this because I don't want my edit undone.This is the study I want to cite and edit with:

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/222660770_Sex_differences_in_latent_cognitive_abilities_ages_6_to_59_Evidence_from_the_WoodcockJohnson_III_tests_of_cognitive_abilities

I also want to delete the sources from 1999 and 1998 because they are too old and update them with other newer sources that I have. What's your take?

User:Doe1994

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WOW! You have really helped he Turkish map forward. However, there are a couple of things to remember. Firstly, you should source all edits about Kurdish control, by including the source link in the edit description. Secondly, if there is ever fighting going on in a city, you should use this icon: 80x80-lime-yellow-anim.gif This icon will change soon, because we are introducing new colors for Turkey and possibly Kurds soon. Please source edits. Pbfreespace3 (talk) 16:22, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welldone. I haven't tracked you, so these compliments attesting to your continued presence here and the excellence of your contributions is refreshing news. Keep up the good work.Nishidani (talk) 16:44, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I was terrified of being caught as a sockpuppet and felt terrible. I just didn't want people to know my IP address when I accidentally used it. I did so recently on the turkish talk page and had to delete my comment. Ugh it spiraled downhill so I didn't edit WP for a few months, even "anonymously" (it is true that my account is a shared IP, but others barely use it). Anyway, I've tried to avoid I&P edits, I hate the conflict even though I'm still fairly passionate about it. More moderated than most though. I accept there's truth to the "other narrative" and there's truth to my narrative, but neither are the "truth". I do think Jews have more rights in Israel than WP (and the international community) recognizes, but it's no for me to be a justice warrior. I'm just a little ticked off about the Palestine 1948 war. Someone reverted my cited troop figures because they prefer their uncited version. Annoying. Anyway, I'm ranting. Yeah, the Turkey thing is pretty interesting. I hope Kurds get their freedom without a bloody Civil War. Ergodan is a dickhead.--Monochrome_Monitor 23:54, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I do think Jews have more rights in Israel than WP (and the international community) recognizes,

You surely don't mean that, young woman? For the sentence says that Jews in Israel have more rights than non-Jews. This may be so, but generally WP articles on Israel don't argue this, and the international community doesn't fuss over discriminations there. Your error was to use Israel as a synonym for Land of Israel, and affirm that in your view settlers have more rights in the West Bank than WP and the International Community are willing to allow. This is certainly true, but again it is probably not what you intended to say (=Jews have more rights to the land than do Palestinians). Be careful, and, of course, take care in the more normal sense of the idiom.Nishidani (talk) 19:59, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I meant "more rights to Israel". Semantics. You know what I meant. I didn't mean more rights than Palestinian Arabs, but more rights than some Christian Swedish guy? Hell yes. Anyway, I'm majoring in Physics, not English. --Monochrome_Monitor 20:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, you changed your edit. Cause even with the words "in Israel" it didn't mean what you wrote originally. Regardless, thanks for the Barnstar! --Monochrome_Monitor 20:03, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Words mean more than what we think they mean when we write them at first draft. I've read pretty widely here. Of course there are Israel-deniers, a lunatic fringe, but as Norman Finkelstein says, deny Israel and you are denying 'international law' and lose all credibility. No person in his right (or left)mind denies Israel, because to deny an historical, perfectly legal national reality is an indication of mental problems. Neither the international community nor Wikipedia articles deny 'Israel'. This whole absurd ruckus is what Israel does outside Israel, that is where 99% of the contention arises. As to majoring in physics, not English, a suggestion. Read Edgar Allan Poe's Eureka and list how many startling anticipations he makes of modern physics! Cheers Nishidani (talk) 21:00, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I hate his disgusting book about how Jews exploit the Holocaust for money, but I appreciate his relative moderation. Will read. I love Poe. --Monochrome_Monitor 21:03, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Eureka-Modern physics connection is mentioned in an article in the New York Review of Books recently. Finkelstein doesn't talk of 'Jews' exploiting the Holocaust: the book analyses small groups using the Holocaust for polemical leverage or to extract huge sums which never went back to Holocaust survivors (the situation in Israel is a disgrace, even if the figures in this report are rubbery. Finkelstein's numbers are far lower), It's a personal and legitimate grievance. His mother got a lousy $3,000 dollars from the Swiss Bank money, whereas his father, for technical reasons, got a regular generous pension as recompense for his identical sufferings, because it was disbursed directly by the German government, without professional intermediaries interfering. His complaint is that monies due to aged survivors were put in escrow, huge retainer fees collected, and little of what was due to them was disbursed. Anyway, let's not talk of that. I hope the Eureka read stimulates your studies. Regards Nishidani (talk) 21:21, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You got it. I don't know about the actual book, just how it was exploited by neo-nazis... And the many reviews which called it nazi-esque. --Monochrome_Monitor 21:30, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

But I'm done talking now. Thanks again!

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	Your work on the Turkish map really is tireless. I had expected I would be one of the only people working on the map, as it is a truly underreported conflict at the moment, but here you are making the map great. Thank you, and keep up the good work. Pbfreespace3 (talk) 22:18, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! That makes me feel fantastic. Sorry about all the edits, It sucks that there's no "preview" function, so I have to use trial and error. --Monochrome_Monitor 22:20, 24 August 2015 (UTC) I think I'll add border crossings.[reply]

First, the border crossings need to be placed under the dots of control of the border crossings. This is the visual style implemented on all other maps. To do this, simply place the border crossing icon before the control icon on the module, and it will appear correctly.

Second, the carte interactive de Kurdistan cannot be used. In general, we can't use other maps to edit this map, as it is unencyclopedic.

Third, the lime color was chosen to avoid confusion with the Syrian and Iraqi governments. Sunni government groups should, in general, be shown as green. André437 is making darker green icons for our use on this map, and they should be ready soon.

Fourth, cities and towns should be size-marked based on an average of 2 factors: geographical size and population density. On the Syria map, I typically mark a village with 100 houses bigger than a 40 house village of the same geographic size. So both population and size are factors.

Fifth, we're going to use the yellow color for both PKK azd "declared autonomy". In most cases, these are actually pretty close to the same thing, just a difference of branding. This may change in the future, if more groups appear/infighting occurs.

So far you have done an excellent job on the map. Keep going, and just post on my talk page if you have any questions; that's how I'll get the message quickest. Pbfreespace3 (talk) 20:42, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing. --Monochrome_Monitor 21:01, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, the removal of two entire sections in that article is unacceptable.--Makeandtoss (talk) 20:40, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

One section I removed was criticism of criticism. It was horribly redundant and eclipsed the rest of the article. The other section on Nazism was perfectly justified, as it is both a WP:FRINGE and a highly racist view. You aren't exactly a nuetral arbiter of what is acceptable, considering your edit history on the article. --Monochrome_Monitor 20:44, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I only add referenced content, I am not making anything up. You could have rewritten it into a less 'racist' view, I see no use in removing it. And no its not WP:FRINGE, it has been broadly mentioned in several sources. Also I fail to see how my edit history is relevant, that content was already there, I just extended it. --Makeandtoss (talk) 20:50, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The section is just unprecedented. Just because you have quotes saying it doesn't mean it's worth wikipedia coverage. There are quotes saying all sorts of ridiculous things, but they aren't reliable. The Nazi-Israel analogy is considered antisemitic by The State Department and the EU, not just one Jewish group. --Monochrome_Monitor 21:04, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So? Even if the EU and USA consider it antisemitism, how does that make any difference? The US Department list contains several other examples, why don't I see you removing their content on their respective wikipedia articles?--Makeandtoss (talk) 21:17, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's a fallacy. I would remove it if it were truly egregious, and this is. --Monochrome_Monitor 21:28, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Its not a fallacy. Discussing antisemitism is not antisemitism.--Makeandtoss (talk) 21:35, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously it isn't. But the section isn't discussing it, it's presenting it as a legitimate view rather than one considered by many as racist. --Monochrome_Monitor 21:42, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My point was that you should have rearranged it into a legitimate view instead of erasing it.--Makeandtoss (talk) 21:47, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want conflict. It's really quite simple. The article should be about criticism of Israel, not libels considered to be antisemitic. It undermines the actual criticism on the rest of the page. --Monochrome_Monitor 22:09, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is simple. This is about criticism of Israel, scholars have criticized Israel's policy through the several resemblances to Nazi Germany. There is no WP:ANTISEMETIC. I too, don't want to engage on this. I am sorry but I will be re-adding that content shortly, its not your decision to make.--Makeandtoss (talk) 22:18, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, scholars haven't. Pundits have. Please find me one reliable source which has made the comparison. And by reliable I mean a source by a historian familiar with Nazi Germany. --Monochrome_Monitor 22:33, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't delete it because it's antisemitic. I deleted it because It's fringe, and given undue prominence. --Monochrome_Monitor 22:34, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A quick internet search on Norman Finkelstein a prominent Jewish scholar (so that you don't give me that antisemitic nonsense, I hope you don't say he's is a self-hating Jew) here here here here. I am sorry, I will no longer answer here.--Makeandtoss (talk) 23:30, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He's not a prominent Jewish scholar. His work is highly controversial and was described in a new york times review as anti-semitic. Also, his field of expertise is not Nazism. --Monochrome_Monitor 00:03, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ARGH he is a goddamned Jew, how on earth can he be anti-semetic? oh lala New York times, all hail the New York Bible. I am so done here, I have an allergy to BS.--Makeandtoss (talk) 00:06, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

They called the book antisemitic, not him. Look, I'll restore the section. --Monochrome_Monitor 00:07, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, great you already restored it. Isn't that fantastic. Now the integrity of the entire page is compromised..--Monochrome_Monitor 00:09, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder: This article is under WP:1RR. I've fully protected it for a period to avoid blocking you both. Makeandtoss has also been warned on my talk page. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:46, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Monochrome_Monitor 21:53, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I agree with you on that, but I still don't understand why you wouldn't respond to me on your talk page. --Monochrome_Monitor 12:14, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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It's a long-running thing. Check the talk page. I removed it because it's WP:FRINGE and WP:BLATANTLY RACIST. --Monochrome_Monitor 03:49, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello there @NeilN:. I understand why I was blocked but your "sentence" seems heavy-handed. I mean, I can't edit talkpages. Also, 99% of my edits are not Arab-Israeli whatever. Can you just block me from Arab-Israeli for a week and not every article? --Monochrome_Monitor 19:52, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately not. Blocks are designed to stop you from editing any page on Wikipedia except your own talk page. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:45, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's ridiculous. Most of my edits have nothing to do with the subject. Just look at my contribution history. As of late it's mostly been stuff about silent film and pre-war Broadway. It would make more sense to ban me from ARBPIA for a fortnight than everything for a week. --Monochrome_Monitor 22:46, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The fact you are advising on areas where you should be blocked, indicates your acknowledgement that perhaps a block is for the best. Sit it out and learn from it. Cassianto^Talk 23:01, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All right, two week topic ban on ARBPIA-related subjects. Note this covers all areas of Wikipedia including talk pages and noticeboards. Please don't make me look like an idiot for assuming good faith and believing you will edit productively in other areas. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 23:14, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I wont my friend. Thank you! --Monochrome_Monitor 23:17, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I think you contribute valuable and balanced insight on the topic at hand. Thank you for the hard work on such a volatile subject.

Jasphetamine (talk) 01:56, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear I appreciate that immensely but I have absolutely no idea what you are referring to. --Monochrome_Monitor 02:09, 16 November 2015 (UTC) @Jasphetamine: Ding! --Monochrome_Monitor 03:02, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. Your input on the Jews article about stuff like the population estimate and the relentless pursuit of ditching Portman for Bernhardt. I like Natalie, she went to day school near my hometown. She's no SB though. Jasphetamine (talk) 03:17, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks! The population thing was absurd. In what universe are "non-Jewish family members" Jews? And with Bernhardt and Portman it's like comparing Shakespeare to.... um... not Shakespeare. --Monochrome_Monitor 03:23, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, I think that non-Jewish family members being Jewish is my favorite example of Wikipedia's penchant for creating Orwellian 2+2=5 type declarations. It is alarming that it went uncontested in the first place. Jasphetamine (talk) 03:52, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I contested it before but it went nowhere, then finally I had it and was like "ARE YOU PEOPLE SANE?!!?!?" ARE YOU READING THIS?!?! I still don't understand the argument of the guy why defended it. It was something like "a range is better". And someone quipped "then why not just write 0-7 billion?" --Monochrome_Monitor 04:00, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dammit some jerk changed the population again. It was good before!!!! --Monochrome_Monitor 04:01, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the solution is to just write "Yes" in the population field. Jasphetamine (talk) 04:38, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's brilliant! A sense of humor will get you far on wikipedia. I never take myself seriously. I've been here for two years but still manage to act like a newbie. --Monochrome_Monitor 04:46, 16 November 2015 (UTC) Hell, I got blocked today. (For deleting a truly odious section on criticism of israel comparing it to nazi germany, an analogy which is considered antisemitic)[reply]

I have bestowed upon the Jews talk page the solution for the Great SB vs NP Infobox Schism of 2015. I would avoid fiddling around with the controversial stuff for a while if you got wiki-trouble from it. I don't want you to go and get some excessively long block you're the first person in this place that doesn't seem crazy. seems to be exactly the right kind of crazy for me to get along with. Well I'm off to copyedit until I forget my woes. Jasphetamine (talk) 06:52, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I might suggest a vacation from editing the Jews page; I see a bad moon rising. Jasphetamine (talk) 06:26, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest away! I thought so too... Hahaha I can be impulsive. Typical wikidragon! I'm going to start calling it that. "the schism" @Jasphetamine:--Monochrome_Monitor 09:06, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"If I was a religion then my church... would surely have a schism. There'd be Rejewish and Rejuslam and Rejatheists but they'd all be friends, all right!"[1] Jasphetamine (talk) 20:29, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You were right all along. You're a badass. Jasphetamine (talk) 02:55, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Was I? You're so sweet! How did you do the calculations? --Monochrome_Monitor 03:09, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I dug up percentages from a few governments, looked at mean distribution between a few places. Everything lined up right for the lower numbers. Then I used the CIA factbook as a singular source of data, which can be cited, stating 7 billion people, .2% of which are Jewish, and poof that works out. 14 million. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasphetamine (talk • contribs) 05:10, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant! You crunched the numbers, I love it! --Monochrome_Monitor 05:14, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing fancy but enough to confidently say we don't need to include a 25% "you tell me" margin in the info box numbers and can say 14 mil and back that up with sources. I doubt it'll ever get done though, that kid who can't deal with the idea of a median or significant digits will never quit. I kept up with him because I hate not knowing things. Now I know roughly how many Jewish people are out there and I'm done. I'm gonna go get a bunch of challah, red wine, and watch the Sopranos for a while. I wonder what infobox population on wiki i'd get put in. Heh. Jasphetamine (talk) 05:25, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hahaha sounds magnificent. I think you'd get put in Homo sapiens, but just in case that's too insular (it excludes Neanderthals after all and many people have neanderthal descent!) I'd put you in Homo :P --Monochrome_Monitor 05:31, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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When you contribute vague citations such as the one to The Queer Encyclopedia of Film & Television missing a passing comment is hardly surprising. Moreover when you add "cites" that are naked URLs, particularly when the same sources have already been cited properly earlier in the article, you make extra work for others. Please reuse repeated citations properly, and supply full metadata for newly cited sources. Note also that in general 'Criticism' sections, like 'Controversy' sections, are discouraged, although they are sometimes appropriate. DES ^(talk) 21:43, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the first to admit my cites are often poorly formatted. --Monochrome_Monitor 21:46, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have been asked to discuss this matter on the talk page, but you appear to prefer to engage in a slow-burn edit war. This is disruptive and not a constructive course of action. The consensus of the two community processes this article has gone through was that the text should remain. Unless you can change that consensus on the article's talk page, I strongly suggest you do not delete it again. If you continue to remove the text, the matter will be raised in an appropriate forum. - SchroCat (talk) 12:59, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't intend a slow-burn edit war. Rather I just edit impulsively, sometimes returning to old haunts. Though I do try to space it out, my sense of timing is not particularly keen. But thanks for taking it here. It's not that I'm trying to be disruptive, I just don't like confrontation. --Monochrome_Monitor 13:08, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There wouldn't be confrontation Monochrome Monitor if you had initiated a talk page discussion; that's what the talk page is for. The way to introduce hostility and confrontation is to stick two fingers up to everyone who disagrees with you. By refusing to discuss and implementing your preferred version is, ironically, doing the very thing you didn't wish to achieve. Cassianto^Talk 13:51, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would call that unfortunate, not ironic. But I'll initiate a discussion in a bit.--Monochrome_Monitor 14:17, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: something else is going on here. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:24, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pardon? --Monochrome_Monitor 14:26, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See your email. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 16:48, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just realized the man who graced me with rotating barnstars has been blocked indefinitely. RIP Pbfreespace. --Monochrome_Monitor 15:01, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Your work on the Turkish map really is tireless. I had expected I would be one of the only people working on the map, as it is a truly underreported conflict at the moment, but here you are making the map great. Thank you, and keep up the good work. Nishidani (talk) 15:05, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I hope that relieves the annoyance (at least until I get banned:) Nishidani (talk) 15:05, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hooray! Thank you! Unfortunately the news coverage of PKK-Turkey is awfully spotty what with Syria and the like. --Monochrome_Monitor 15:09, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would love some freePBJ right now. Space. --Monochrome_Monitor 18:46, 23 November 2015 (UTC) @Nishidani:[reply]

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Hi MM. I notice you have been sanctioned in the Criticism article. You made another edit blanking the whole Comparisons to Nazis section which I agree was designed as heap of POV crap. However criticisms of the view are being added to the section. Its better to make the section look stupid with good counter sources than to blank the whole thing. Please take this advice on board and dont make Neil escalate any block. Again, leave it for now, and when you return to it, just counter it with sources ridiculing it. As it is, in my opinion mostly grotesque. However, we debunk, we do not delete! Simon Irondome (talk) 00:50, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I know, it was silly and impulsive. Love you Simon! --Monochrome_Monitor 09:06, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, you can add Hınıs, Karayazı, Karaçoban and Tekman districts of Erzurum Province to map? Some districts of the Erzurum Province has declared autonomy. Bruskom (talk) 04:27, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would love to! --Monochrome_Monitor 11:56, 16 December 2015 (UTC) In a bit.[reply]

In your scarce leisure you may like to dally with a few hours reading John Buchan's Greenmantle, which has an extensive description of Erzurum. It also is a fantasy that anticipates modern fantasies about the ME.Nishidani (talk) 21:31, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fun. --Monochrome_Monitor 21:38, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Nish, today I realized I am a victim of the cot-caught merger. I thought I didn't have a boston accent! Phonetics is amazing, but I prefer phonemics. Any advice on how to trill? I can't do alveolar or uvular. :( --Monochrome_Monitor 21:44, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I pronounce cot/caught like the lady in the example ogg. To me she doesn't sound like she has an accent! --Monochrome_Monitor 21:46, 25 December 2015 (UTC) @Nishidani: --Monochrome_Monitor 21:53, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

'Does the cot/caught merger, for example, arise from a movement of the cot vowel up into the space of the caught vowel or from the movement of the caught cowel down into the cot vowel’s territory?' Matthew J. Gordon, Labov: A Guide for the Perplexed, Bloomsbury 2013 p.180

Ahem!, a New Year's Sonnet of Consolation and Encouragement for MM.

Nomadic vowels, dear M! They’re apt to trot

Out of the high ridge close where they were taught

To graze their accents, and, in solemn sort,

Mosey in the open fields of a lower spot.

Or –as transhumants go both ways- the lot

Up stakes, (unless they end up steaks), and sport

Back to the palate’s field of narrow talk

And season their sounds up in that lofty plot.

There’s no good reason to be overwrought

By the shift.What you’re saddled with is not

A carceral corral. A little practice ought

To get both tongue and uvula to trill

In alternate harmonies: there’s naught that’s got

A right to dictate speech. So speak, dear, as you will!

And now, back to hosing up the pond so that the goldfish can nip at the lush moss on its brink.Nishidani (talk) 10:47, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That was magnificent, thank you! --Monochrome_Monitor 17:27, 26 December 2015 (UTC) I'm framing that on my user page![reply]

I, undeserving, am honoured by my doggeral's new home! I hate to think that its propaedeutic function, getting you to distinguish those vowels in recitation, might cause time-wasting woe. No need to do that, of course. One should be proud of any accent one has. Best Nishidani (talk) 18:38, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I want say something clever with the words "doggeral", "dogma", "doggedly", "doggery" and the like but you get the point. --Monochrome_Monitor 22:31, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello an Turkey location map created. I'm trying to change the map on template but It does not change. Are you can change the map on template ? Map.... Bruskom ^{talk to me} 04:11, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that map was where I was going, but I have no idea how to change it. I recommend asking the people on Wikipedia:Lua --Monochrome_Monitor 07:22, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Bruskom:--Monochrome_Monitor 07:23, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

To You and Yours!

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 17:04, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks! I'm sorry... do I know you? I'm terrible with usernames. --Monochrome_Monitor 17:10, 19 December 2015 (UTC) @Bzuk:[reply]

We edit in some of the same neighbourhoods, especially film articles. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:54, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fun. Anything article in particular? --Monochrome_Monitor 01:56, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your work and mine seems to intersect in many articles; I recall doing some "touch-up" on Charles Lindbergh and Marlon Brando, and seeing your contributions. As an aside, some of that time, when we "dared" to make alterations to the holy script, we both also invoked the wrath of other editors that had more than a passing interest in some of those touchstone articles. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 13:20, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I remember! Like Laurence Olivier! Yeah it's hard being a wiki Dragon. --Monochrome_Monitor 18:12, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bruskom talk to me 19:19, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I LOVE BAKLAVA! How did you know? Sorry for lashing out on the talk page. :) I'm pro Kurdish independence and unification, but I don't want anyone to think my bias and others' is affecting the neutrality of the page. --Monochrome_Monitor 19:20, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Please seek consensus for your proposed changes to Arabic numerals on the talk page of that artice before making them again. Edit warring is not the way forward, you may be blocked if you continue to insist on your changes without a talk page consensus. Thanks, Paul August ☎ 10:56, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not edit warring. I'm familiar with policy. You on the other hand are exhibiting ownership behavior from your edit history on this page, and have given no valid reasons for reverting my edits aside from invalid arguments such as "no consensus" and "BRD", both which I thoroughly debunked. If you want to take it to arbitration, be my guest, I have not done anything wrong. Give me a valid reason for reversion and I'll gladly drop it.--Monochrome_Monitor 11:00, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) Of, course you are edit warring, from WP:EW: "An edit war occurs when editors who disagree about the content of a page repeatedly override each other's contributions." The page has a long consensus for preferring to call these numerals "Arabic numerals" (hence the current name of the article). This certainly can (and perhaps should) be changed, but the way to achieve this is to start a discussion on the talk page, seeking a consensus for such a change, not to repeatedly insist on your changes, by editing against consensus. Paul August ☎ 11:16, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, except for violating 3RR. Damn. Whatever, I know you don't want to get into the same trouble yourself but I'll stop reverting it if you do. --Monochrome_Monitor 11:03, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I not going to revert again, no matter what you do. Paul August ☎ 11:22, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, nevermind, of course it was already reverted. Ah, sorry for yelling at you. I have not slept at all "tonight" (I'm in a UTC -5 time zone). --Monochrome_Monitor 11:04, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for saying you're sorry. It's not a problem. Please enjoy a good night's sleep, everything always seems better in the morning. I'm happy to discuss any proposed changes in the article later. Regards, Paul August ☎ 11:22, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

CATCH A NAP. That's an order!Nishidani (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Just did! Oy, there are discretionary sanctions for everything! --Monochrome_Monitor 17:14, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, was the problem that I was calling it Hindu-Arabic numerals? I can easily change that. My edits were mostly meant to clarify the distinction of numerals vs numeral system. --Monochrome_Monitor 17:17, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your thoughts? [2] @Paul August:--Monochrome_Monitor 17:29, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Nishidani: I was thinking Nish, we should collaborate on an I/P article! It could be a true meeting of the minds, in the spirit of wikipedia and whatnot. Of course we can't abuse the middle ground fallacy, but I should think our opinions are not binary opposites.--Monochrome_Monitor 17:48, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would much rather see you spend more time on your University studies that on writing things like the life of Manuel Musallam, a Catholic priest and Palestinian nationalist! Nishidani (talk) 21:02, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I meant articles that we both acknowledge are lacking. :P --Monochrome_Monitor 21:06, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Albert Antébi and Gertrud Kolmar were lacking until I did them (and many others). It's good training to try and enter into another culture and another historical person's milieu and identity and, without anxiety, make a fair assessment of her place in the world. Musallem has long fascinated me, and I'll eventually do his bio. As I said, don't waste too much time on wiki work. Even Terence Tao screwed up his exams at 17 by cramming at the last moment, trusting in his powers and wits to get through, when the less talented managed, by working sedulously over the year through the whole programme systematically, to do better than him. Nishidani (talk) 21:27, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well that's not a problem, I never study for anything. Never heard of that guy before. It's weird that he's 40 but looks like 19. And are you calling me "less talented"? :P --Monochrome_Monitor 06:16, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Nishidani: Ugh. He hasn't given me any valid reason for the reversion of my edits... I hate the prevailing wikipedia attitude which is resistant to change and insists on discussions for the tiniest things which no one actually discusses. I hate being a wikidragon, it's exhausting. --Monochrome_Monitor 03:15, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Just a reminder, the Film project does not cover biography articles. Therefore, please do not add the {{WikiProject Film}} banner to articles about actors, directors and filmmakers. Those articles are covered by adding |filmbio-work-group=yes to {{WikiProject Biography}} instead. Thanks! Fortdj33 (talk) 18:57, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! That does clear things up, I was confused because several biographies were listed in the project --Monochrome_Monitor 19:01, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Comparing the last few edits at Jews, I noticed that two sources were removed.[3] Why? Debresser (talk) 09:23, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

They were irrelevant. They didn't cite what they said they were citing. --Monochrome_Monitor 01:01, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Do you perhaps have other sources? I think we need some sources there. Debresser (talk) 12:01, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yes we do. I'll add some in a bit. :) --Monochrome_Monitor 12:11, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, only one source was removed, the usury one. The maimonaides one (also not ideal) was just moved, not removed. Hah, that's funny. --Monochrome_Monitor 12:12, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Monochrome Monitor, few people go to a category page to read a description of the category (which doesn't exist on most category pages) and I doubt that the average editor who is categorizing an article will do so before deciding whether to categorizing an individual as Jewish or People of Jewish descent.
You have no authority to write a statement like "If this category is used without Category:Jews there should be some evidence they rejected identifying as Jewish in its sense of a peoplehood" and tell people what they should or should not do. The only guideline that currently exists is Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality and you can not unilaterally impose additional restrictions on editors beyond those that are contained in this guideline especially because these qualifications didn't arise out of a discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism and seem to be of your own design. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:53, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It arose out of the fact that the category is consistently misused. I thought it was better to go de facto by how it is used. They are not used, on thousands of articles, mutually-exclusively. For instance, Irving Berlin is listed under both categories. Unlike many on wikipedia I do not like to preserve maladaptive status quos, and I go and change things.--Monochrome_Monitor 16:56, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Liza, see my comment at Category_talk:People_of_Jewish_descent#Ugh. Debresser (talk) 19:50, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I noticed you added some links to Attachment therapy including an APSAC report. I just thought I'd mention that a while back the article about APSAC was deleted. I noticed and requested a copy of it in my userspace to see if I could salvage it. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to give it a good shot and it's still there, in rough shape. If you're digging into relevant resources as it is, maybe you could dump any you find that are about APSAC in some way, on that talk page (or have at it directly, in which case you could move it into your userspace if you wanted).

It's here: User:Rhododendrites/American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.

Thanks — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 02:25, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I'll look into it right now. --Monochrome_Monitor 02:38, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How did you make your userpage name to appear in green? Debresser (talk) 16:39, 6 February 2016 (UTC) CLick edit on my page to view to source :D @Debresser:--Monochrome_Monitor 17:05, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah. I did check the code of this talkpage, but didn't think to check the userpage itself. Thanks. Debresser (talk) 22:53, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No problem :D --Monochrome_Monitor 01:26, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Monochrome Monitor! I was looking to your job with the Turkish Insurgency template for a time, and I saw that you are the major responsible for the editions and updates of this war, or proto-war, whatever... Well, I am making a video for Youtube, one animated map with the Syrian and Iraqi Civil Wars and the subsequent Lebanese, and why not, Turkish spillovers. Will be a everyday video, and it is consuming my free time in this week. Now I am already in 2014 in the map, and I see that I need some assistance with a better speacialist about Turkey than me (my only exp with Turkey regions was in Europa Universalis IV when I tried to recover Byzantium lol haha). More specifically, the evolution of the insurgency since the PKK rebellion until today, only a some data. Which and when each city fell. Can you help me? Leonardo Cebin ^{(disse e fiz)} 04:20, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh shit, I wish I could help you. It sounds like a great idea! I'm not a specialist in Turkey, although you're right that I've done 99% of that page's edits :P Maybe ask @Bruskom:? He speaks kurdmanji. --Monochrome_Monitor 04:24, 7 February 2016 (UTC) @Léo Cebin:[reply]

Seems that @Bruskom: receive a block lol. Well, first, I was wondering today one thing... Why we don't build a map like the Syrian one using the template that you make? While it is only a template, the common public, the readers, don't have acess to this. It's "exclusive" to us, editors. With one map, we can upload in the PKK rebellion article for commons viewers too see. After this, will be necessary only make a upload if changes happen. And will be more easy to see where the action is happening. Um simples Wikipedista (talk) 05:21, 8 February 2016 (UTC) [It's me, I changed my nick][reply]

Of course, that's exactly what I've been hoping. But the thing is it's not an actual war yet... just unrest. It shows clashes. So if the map were to be of anything it would be of "places where kurds declared autonomy" --Monochrome_Monitor 12:09, 8 February 2016 (UTC) @Léo Cebin:[reply]

I understand. Also, I was searching and seems that the 90s rebellion was much more worse than these, so probably this rebellion will not end with something big, only guerrillas and atacks to police forces. Well, I had some problem with the Hezbollah lines in my videomap, so I was stucked in 2014, but finally I reach now July 24, 2015, so the hour to paint a color in Turkey has come. I learnt much with the related Wiki articles and some things more, and think I can walk alone in this, but it has a hole that can not find sources. I need dates. What sources have you used to verify which cities have proclaimed autonomy? All the changes occur in August/September, and since October cease-fire, none changes have been reported? And in addition to Cizre, another city was conquered by the Turks? If you can help me, thank you!

More one thing. I found a source of news that I think that you will like: [4] A simple Wikipedian ^{(said and did)} 06:52, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks that's great! Here's a great source --Monochrome_Monitor 12:59, 21 February 2016 (UTC) @Um simples Wikipedista:][reply]

I think that the Finklestein para should be restored. I didn't put it up originally: I remember that there was a lot of discussion when it was put in. I just edited it to respond to the flag that it needed more explanation. I tried to clarify briefly what his book says. It was an important book which documents its points well. It initiated a lot of discussion re: the uniqueness issue, and I believe that it forced historians to re-examine the claims to uniqueness. For that reason, I think that it is more than a fringe contribution. At the same time partly because of the Holocaust Industry, but mainly because of his continual support for the Palestinians he has earned the wrath of many supporters of Israel. Over the years, I have read a number of attempts to refute his research and writing and have yet to be convinced that he is unreliable.Joel Mc (talk) 16:44, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The book did NOT force historians to re-examine uniqueness. There has been no such earth-shaking shift. I find scholarship takes a middle road of acknowledging the unique parts of the holocaust (ie, death camps) while also acknowledging it in the context of other genocides. It's not a question of unique vs universal, which is a false dichotomy. It's a question of which side specific scholarship leans towards. Elements of specificism and universalism are found in every book on the subject I have read, with many erring towards one side. This is not an issue about Israel. If this article was about I/P it would be reasonable to mention finklestein (albeit with disclaimers). But it's not, it's about the Holocaust. His theory that Jews in America "invented" the holocaust and are using it to extort europe and defend Israel is patent, and dangerous, nonsense. --Monochrome_Monitor 17:07, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Um, did you read any books reviews in the mainstream press? His research (about distribution of restitution funds) is one thing, and he was right in debunking Joan Peter's book as baseless. But his polemics are another thing. He does not have merit in saying, for example, that the Holocaust only came into the public eye in the 70s as part of an American Jewish plot to increase sympathy for Israel following the 6 day war. --Monochrome_Monitor 17:15, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Does it not surprise you at all that the book was praised by Storm Front, David Duke, and David Irving? That's not anti-Israel, it's anti-jewish.--Monochrome_Monitor 17:17, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And aren't you at all bothered by him saying that reparations are extortion and blackmail? --Monochrome_Monitor 17:20, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

His theory that Jews in America "invented" the holocaust and are using it to extort europe and defend Israel is patent, and dangerous, nonsense.

This statement means you have never read the book, nor followed Finkelstein's work except in cursory reviews from quarter baked hostile critics. I have had to restore it, as illegitimately censored. It is a minor, but significant point of view.Nishidani (talk) 17:23, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Aw, Nish! Since when is the new york times quarter baked? --Monochrome_Monitor 17:45, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't mean he denies it. I mean he distinguishes between the holocaust and "the holocaust", ie, its public perception. --Monochrome_Monitor 17:46, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Since when is the NYTs taken seriously in serious quarters. It took me 2 and a half decades to persuade an American cousin of mine not to read it. He's a high-flyer, and has finally begun to entertain doubts. I cut my teeth on Raul Hilberg's masterpiece - it constituted one of the key moments in my long reading life- and I've never seen anything that suggests Hilberg's judgement on these things is askew. His position was generally close to Finkelstein's, meaning NF's position has extremely strong credentials of informed endorsement. NF is one of 40 academics I can name, mostly Jewish, whose careers ran into a wall when they disagreed with the majority on things like this. No argument, just strongarm tactics of 'fire the bum' and make his or her career collapse. Thuggery. His dad got a good pension directly from the German government because of their responsibility for his trials in the death camps. His mother went through official Jewish channels, and got a one-time handout that was a disgraceful pittance.Nishidani (talk) 17:57, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not talking about the distribution of funds. I'm talking about him maintaining this was done because of Israel. --Monochrome_Monitor 18:06, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'd venture, against NF, that the lessons of the holocaust have been more deeply absorbed in parts of the diaspora like the U.S. and Great Britain (outside the incestuously self-referential lobbying bodies that presume to speak up for 'everyone in the community') than it has in Israel. 1967 changed a lot of things, unfortunately. I just get twitchy when I see a consensus or a 'public' attitude. 'Truth' is always a partial, fragmentary perception, twigged by individuals, and lost in the crowd.Nishidani (talk) 18:21, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I love the Great.--Monochrome_Monitor 18:31, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We Irish never forget!Nishidani (talk) 18:43, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I forgot, you're Irish. I remember you saying something about that. Do you live in Britain or (Northern) Ireland? --Monochrome_Monitor 18:45, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Neither. To be precise, I live in my library, and in my gardens.Nishidani (talk) 18:50, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Gardens? --Monochrome_Monitor 18:54, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think having '4' warrants the plural.Nishidani (talk) 19:18, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my. Do you have one for each genus? --Monochrome_Monitor 19:20, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No. I have four for one genius! Whoops, lapsus.:) One's for vegetables, one's for social ambiance, shadily overseen by a sprawling magnolia, and hedged with the stupidly named mock orange, which in Italian is more precisely defined, given its scent, as angel's breasts. The third and fourth are hanging gardens, tiered, for fruit trees,-figs, kiwis, apples, quinces, cherries,plums, with strawberry beds- furnished with nooks for solitude, and a goldfish pool. There are a lot of snakes there, but all friendly.Nishidani (talk) 19:29, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

By that do you mean non-venomous, or non-aggressive? --Monochrome_Monitor 19:34, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly non-venomous. Snakes generally aren't aggressive, and the only one I ever killed, much to my lifelong grief, I killed because relatives were panic-stricken at its innocuous presence near their car. I've never quite forgiven myself, and make a point of picking them up, when asked by locals to do so, and relocating them in bushland close by. In my gardens they can just slither about till they find what they're looking for. That memory, now that I've evoked it, will ruin dinner, and serves me right: a small snake, reared up against a wall, its eye fixed with terror, as I thwacked it, all because folks were worrying they were late for an appointment.Nishidani (talk) 19:42, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh that's terrible. I have never forgiven myself for accidentally killing a tadpole by putting it in water which was too warm. Hopefully you'll get plenty opportunity to redeem yourself in the eyes of the snake gods. --Monochrome_Monitor 19:46, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Snakes?? The Irish?? not sure where this discussion is going. But seriously I find that some of the discussion seems to join those who continually question Finkelstein’s scholarship. Reacting to this, Chicago Professor John Mersheimer’s comments are relevant: "Finkelstein makes compelling arguments in almost all of his writings, and thus he has played a key role in shaping both the academic and public discourse on a host of important subjects. In my opinion, that is the highest accolade one can accord a scholar.”(see: http://mearsheimer.uchicago.edu/pdfs/T0003.pdf) Finally, a (the?) dean of Holocaust scholars, Raul Hilberg, has said: “...I am by no means the only one who, in the coming months or years, will totally agree with Finkelstein's breakthrough." Joel Mc (talk) 12:35, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we already mentioned Hilberg. Of course he likes him, he's his "hero", they are likeminded. So he's not exactly representative of a neutral majority... --Monochrome_Monitor 13:21, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

'Neutrality' and 'majority' are question-begging, and 'neutral majority' is a dangerous coalescence of words. Scholarship is obliged to strive for neutrality (Hilberg's upset a lot of people, he didn't use adjectives), but cannot avoid a perspectival framework that makes every approach to the empirical 'angular'. One must simply work with and against it, consciously. It is extremely rare to find critics of either Hilberg or Finkelstein questioning the exactness of their sourcing and data, something which is wildly askew in the polemics of Finkelstein's critics. Anytime there is a consensus in scholarship, the best scholars will start to think around its edges, or test the foundations. A majority view is a formula for complacency, thrown around in lieu of specific argument. A long time ago, people read Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn. Nishidani (talk) 14:38, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You can't deny there's a conflict of interest. Finklestein wrote the book and and said his inspiration was hilberg, and hilberg praised it. Of course. They are like minded. Saying Hilberg is a neutral arbiter is disingenuous. --Monochrome_Monitor 14:44, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There's no conflict of interest. You are using an abstract assumption that may have some heuristic value at times, but contradicts everything we know about Hilberg. Scholars of his moral and intellectual caliber don't do favours. He wasn't even a 'friend' of NF's. They met only once. And they don't make calculations of personal advantage in their work. Finkelstein was ostracized by pro-Palestinian militants for many of his positions, which weren't 'politically correct'. Had he or Finkelstein made different , 'canny' choices, they would have enjoyed more prestigious careers than those awarded them, the sort of sinecures loud-mouthed smarmy louts in the commentariat enjoy.Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas.Nishidani (talk) 16:05, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And I don't know where you got the idea that Hilberg is the "dean" of holocaust scholars. --Monochrome_Monitor 15:02, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I always used words like those with a citation in mind. See here, here, herehere, here and here, for example. Some like to qualify this with 'American', perhaps in deference to his great Israeli contemporary Yehuda Bauer, but Hilberg pioneered the field, and did so at great risk to his academic future, in isolation.Nishidani (talk) 16:05, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I like Bauer. Hilberg is too functionalist for me. Bauer is pretty rational and even-handed. --Monochrome_Monitor 16:11, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But I'm not arguing more about finklestein.. I'm not going to remove it, I would want a consensus for that and you two seem to feel strongly about it. --Monochrome_Monitor 16:16, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to do with 'feeling strongly'. Everything to do with evaluating carefully wiki criteria on sourcing in the face of a huge hall of heckling fools in the commentariat. I'm doing a review of the Hamas article and have read a lot by Matthew Levitt, seconded by Dennis Ross . I regard the latter as a walking disaster and thoroughly disreputable. Levitt is highly prejudiced, identifiably connected to an official Israeli position, and yet knows his subject well. So, whatever my personal views, I use him frequently. It's as simple as that. Nishidani (talk) 16:24, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oy! However you word it. I'm trying to defuse the confrontation.--Monochrome_Monitor 16:29, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What confrontation? Simon delegated to me an adversarial advisory role. I'd never engage in a 'confrontation' with you:I'm too old, and you're too nice. I will however, to honour Simon's confidence, 'confront' you with reasoned views that you might find distasteful. Cheers, dear.Nishidani (