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Birkat Hamazon

I reverted your edit for the time being because using "HaShem" to refer to God in the context of an encyclopedia article presenting a translation of this traditional Jewish prayer accurately reflects traditional Jewish practice. See Names of God in Judaism#HaShem. Feel free to discuss this issue further on Talk:Birkat Hamazon. Best, --Shirahadasha 00:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi! Looking at the article history I see that you attempted to make this change before and your edit was previously reverted by other editors who disagreed. Given this history, I would urge you to discuss this issue on Talk:Birkat Hamazon and attempt to persuade other editors. I see from your edit summary that you believe use of "HaShem" is inappropriate for Wikipedia articles. I would suggest explaining either on Talk:Birkat Hamazon, or perhaps Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Judaism if you would like this rule applied generally, why you believe this. Please take a look at Wikipedia's consensus policy which explains the importance of discussing issues with other editors when there is a disagreement. Best, --Shirahadasha 00:23, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

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Sean Bennett

You didn't list the article properly at Articles for Deletion. I'll do it for you since I think the article could stand to be deleted too. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 16:41, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Birkat Hachamah

You made an edit to Birkat Hachamah where you wrote "....Birkat HaHammah will always fall on March 26 in the Julian calendar."

Don't you mean April 8?

Ariel. (talk) 18:13, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

No, the Julian calendar is currently offset from the Gregorian calendar by 13 days.

BeIsKr (talk) 21:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah! Thanks. Ariel. (talk) 22:05, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Damascus Gate

Hey, I noticed you took the photo that's in the infobox at Damascus Gate. I added a photo I took on Monday lower down. I'm curious, do you know why the wall looks so much whiter in my photo? (Keep in mind, other than a few summer-camp photography classes in my youth, I don't know the first thing about photography.) Also, kind of funny how that pole is sticking out in the same position in both our photos, although it looks like it changed a little since 2007.—Biosketch (talk) 12:13, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Interesting. My first thought was you just took yours on a brighter day, but then I noticed that the top of the gate is a much darker color in mine. I don't know if they cleaned it or what. I'm going back there in April, so maybe I'll check it out then. And btw, my photo was taken in May 2005 (which I list on the description page). BeIsKr (talk) 08:47, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Ok. I was back there last week, and yeah, it definitely looks like they cleaned the walls since I took the photo in 2005. BeIsKr (talk) 08:37, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

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i noticed that you remove the whole contents which i added, please refer to the discussion to know why the destination table was removed User talk:Kingroyos#Sir Seewoosagur_Ramgoolam International Airport.Kingroyos (talk) 08:35, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

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References for Mockingjay Part 2

I'm curious, why are you cleaning out references for Mockingjay Part 2? It has not been released yet. I can possibly see it for characters that are in Part 1, since they were shot together, but isn't it a little premature for Part 2, and were they hurting anything by being there? Elizium23 (talk) 20:30, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

See discussion on the Talk page over there. My intent was only to clean out references for characters in Part 1 for that very reason. If I accidentally cleaned out anything for a character who didn't appear in a prior movie, feel free to put it back in. BeIsKr (talk) 20:37, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

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Hello, I'm AlexTheWhovian. I noticed that you recently removed content from Game of Thrones (season 7) without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. -- Alex^TW 07:10, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Per WP:TVPLOT a broadcast TV show can serve as the source for its own plot summary. Therefore, it should also be able to serve as the source for its own cast list. Consequently, it is not necessary to cite 20 different sources for the cast list of GoT Season 7 once episodes have aired and the cast list can be verified through the show's own credits. I'm reverting your change. BeIsKr (talk) 02:38, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Plot summary is not the cast, and it does not say that it can also support the cast. If you wish to gain consensus for that, and add it into the Manual of Style for Television, I would recommend starting a new threat there and gaining support for it. This is not the first occurrence of this sort of edit - also see Talk:Game of Thrones (season 6)#Cast references, and the other link provided in that same discussion. While the edit is under dispute, please allow the status quo to remain and any discussions related to it to conclude. Cheers. -- Alex^TW 03:26, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion declined: Rolf Steiner

Hello BeIsKr. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Rolf Steiner, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Take this to Afd, please - its a borderline case, but doesn't appear to be vanity or self promotion (although I could be wrong). Thank you. KillerChihuahua 16:02, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

A heads-up

You started Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rolf Steiner. I called for premature closure, because, in my opinion, there is no way it will close as anything but a keep.

You could do everyone a favour, and withdraw the nomination. Alternately, provide a further justification for deletion. Normally the AFD would run for six more days. But if you withdraw the nomination, showing you accept it will close as keep, you save the time of everyone who looks at the discussion over the next six days.

Um, can I ask whether you were aware of WP:BEFORE? It gives guidance for those considering nominating an article for deletion, on how to confirm or refute whether the underlying topic of an article measures up to our inclusion standards. When we have a very weak article on a topic that is, nevertheless, notable, we keep the weak article, and improve it, or tag it for improvement. We don't delete weak articles on notable topics.

And, as in this particular case, we don't delete an under-referenced article, when a web search confirms there are good references out there.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 21:27, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

• You left this comment about two hours after I left you this note. I am leaving you a followup, as per my comments in Every question, every disagreement, is a teachable moment.
• Sadly, a lot people we meet in real life, and some of the people we will encounter here on the wikipedia, are either unwilling or unable to consider the possibility they made a mistake, or they are unwilling or unable to openly acknowledge mistakes after they realize they made them. Please don't follow that example. Personally, I do my very best to give fair consideration to the arguments made by people I disagree with. I think I do an okay job at that. And if, after fair consideration, their arguments convinced me, I do my best to openly acknowledge I was convinced. Sadly, in real life, and here on the wikipedia, we will encounter people who will stick to their guns, even after they realize they made a mistake. If they realize they made a mistake, and think the other guy is a weak arguer, or they have other people on their side, they will stick to their guns, and try to "win" that argument, anyhow. Well, the project is hurt, we are all hurt, when someone keeps trying to "win" an argument, even after they realize they are wrong.
• You wrote "why would being mentioned for a paragraph or two in a few books satisfy WP:GNG? If he had a chapter devoted to him in a book or two, fine, but the fact that he's mentioned in passing doesn't seem like notability."

  Hold on, we both know there is an entire book, first published in 1983, devoted to Steiner. Nowadays, what with Lulu, and similar publishers, the bar to self-publishing a book is low. But Steiner's book was published in 1983, before online self-publishing. Do you know the half-life of books? Around 1983 I read an interview with the founder of Project Gutenberg. He said that most books go out of print within five years. That Steiner's book remains in print, for over 35 years, establishes his notability, establishes it wasn't a non-notable flash-in-the-pan vanity publication.

• If you really want to help build the wikipedia, do your best to learn from your mistakes. It is our obligation to do what is best for the project, even when that requires acknowledging mistakes. Acknowledging mistakes helps reinforce the trust a cooperative project requires. Geo Swan (talk) 18:39, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

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