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Ella Kenan (January 16, 2026). "Loss of values: Wikipedia as global arena for knowledge poisoning, especially about Israel". Ynet. Retrieved January 17, 2026. There are many other troubling examples. Jerusalem, Israel's capital, is not defined on English Wikipedia as a city in any country, but as a city in the "southwestern Levant." Even after Wales' personal intervention, the biased definition returned.
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Description of suggested change: Change the link to consist of the words "Abu Jihad" instead of "Abu Jihad Museum" (move the word Museum outside the link) in the image at the side. Because the target page is not about a museum, but about a person.
Not done: I'm assuming you're referring to the maintenance template at the top of the article that warns that the article may incorporate text from an LLM. You haven't provided any reason for it to be removed. Day Creature (talk) 16:41, 15 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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I don't really see the value of this sentence, as it just seems to in effect talk about the age of those religions? It seems a bit unimportant. I mean, if it was separate from when those religions "begun", it could be important but those years are approximately when those religions "begun". I think this should be deleted, or replaced with something along the lines of "been sacred in Judaism, Christianity and Islam since the beginning".
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Jerusalem has been sacred to Judaism for roughly 3000 years, to Christianity for around 2000 years, and to Islam for approximately 1400 years.
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Jerusalem has been sacred to Judaism for roughly 3000 years, to Christianity for around 2000 years, and to Islam for approximately 1400 years,whichisalsoaroundwhentheywererespectivelyrevealed.
Not done: Listing the length of time Jerusalem has been significant in each religion seems like a good way to introduce the section, and your proposed alternative is excessively vague. Day Creature (talk) 04:26, 17 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Day Creature I just find the years meaningless and a distraction. It is the same as saying something like "Judaism has explained Adam to be the first human for roughly 3000 years, Christianity for around 2000 years, and Islam for approximately 1400 years". What matters is not the number of years, rather, what matters is that it has always been like so (since the beginning). Just listing a number of years, when the reader does not know when those religions were revealed, can give an incorrect impression. Guherto (talk) 12:06, 20 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Not done: I disagree. Far from being meaningless or a distraction, the number of years Jerusalem has been sacred in each religion provides important context for the reader. Day Creature (talk) 20:55, 22 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Not done: I don't think such a clarification is necessary, especially not an awkwardly worded one that may not even be accurate (I don't think it's correct to speak of Judaism as having been revealed 3000 years ago, for instance. Day Creature (talk) 18:50, 23 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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A Jerusalem map divided into neighborhoods would be most welcome, as it's almost impossible to figure out the boundaries between them (streets & other features) based only the text. Google, including Google Images, didn't help much. Arminden (talk) 18:01, 16 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Arminden: The official story is complicated. Start at this map (may take a while to load). Click on שכונות (neighborhoods) in the top menu bar, and in the list check שכונות. After a while you will see the neighborhood boundaries as blue lines. You can click on a neighborhood to get a pop-up with information starting with the name. Zoom out to get an overview. It would be easy to draw the boundaries on a map, but not easy to put in the neighborhood names in a readable fashion without the map being quite large. Zerotalk08:34, 17 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
There must be ways, for instance using numbers and a bulleted list in the legend. There are people who are well-versed in producing Wiki maps - I'm not one of them. Zero, you're the specialist on maps, online or otherwise, but I don't think you're into creating Wiki maps. Am I wrong?
Every article on Jerusalem would profit from such a map. I just corrected a mistake placing Terra Sancta College in Rehavia. One of too many. Arminden (talk) 07:50, 10 November 2026 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, no offense meant. You usually point fellow editors to online sources:) I did, and it's an excellent start! Eventually, maybe with some AI help, it can be overimposed on a street map, so that one can figure out which landmark or street is in which neighbourhood. That would be the ultimate tool. This one only needs a short legend, I guess: blue = majority Jewish, green = majority Arab. The white spot for Ramat Rachel is cute. Arminden (talk) 09:10, 10 November 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Not done: I'm assuming you're referring to the maintenance template at the top of the article that warns that the article may incorporate text from an LLM. You haven't provided any reason for it to be removed. Day Creature (talk) 16:41, 15 October 2026 (UTC)
