RandomGalen

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Again, welcome! - Tapir Terrific, 19:08, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

The debate in this issue

Hi,

I had discussed with him about this issue. Please look at [1] and [2]. That debate was endless. So tell me how can I help you?--Sa.vakilian 12:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

i will help

ok i will look ito this matter.Yousaf465

Hello RandomGalen. I agree with you regarding that article, and have voiced my opinion on the talk page. Welcome to Wikipedia. BhaiSaab ^talk 17:16, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

glad to help

im glad 2 help you out as I complete agree, just let me know which part you would like me to comment, thanks! Shamir1 17:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

agree

I posted that I agreed, though I am not sure it is for the same reasons.--Paraphelion 18:31, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

comment please

In Talk:Hezbollah#Jospin, User:Bertilvidet keeps removing a double-sourced statement about the PM of France who said Hezbollah was carrying out "terrorist" activities against Israel. He argues that because Jospion is not the PM of France anymore and was not during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, his statement does not belong. However, Hezbollah carries such activities long before this conflict and if the PM of France made a statement during his time in office, it is worth a note in Hezbollah#Designation as a 'terrorist' organization. Thank you. Shamir1 19:45, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

hi Galen

you recently left me a message and asked me to support you. I'm sorry but I have no intention of getting involved in discussions anymore. I decided that it'd be better fo me to be here to correct minor mistakes and review medicine related articles. --Suleyman Habeeb 19:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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Agree

Of course, I'll support you. YOur argument is Completly legitamte and what this Tewfik guy is doing is going completly against NPOV. I'll have to read the article and see the user comments so keep updated. thanks.Doge120 03:09, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Care to comment?

Hey Galen. Regarding the message you left on my talk page, I'm sorry but I don't really understand the need for that article so I'd rather not get into any discussion about it. --Bluerain (talk) 10:38, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Military and economic aid in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

I see that you're involved with this article, I found a seven page report on US aid to the Israelis that may be of great use; it's entitled U.S. Millitary Assistance and Arms Transfers to Israel: U.S. Aid, Companies Fuel Israeli Military by Frida Berrigan and William D. Hartung from this web site here. Click here to download the PDF file. --Inahet 16:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

AMA request

Tewfik is pursuing an edit war at Military and economic aid in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. This is despite being given numerous examples of evidence backing up the case for inclusion of detail on aid to Israel and despite having this corroborated as a necessary balance in the article by other interested editors.

Despite the arguments of me and other editors he persists in removing it. He has adopted a number of arguments to justify this. The validity of these arguments is in dispute by other editors but Tewfik has ignored the protests and requests to stop the reversions and deletions.

Given his attitude I feel there is no other way but to take this matter to arbitration and have lodged a request for assistance here. I did ask Tewfik twice to signal if he would stop acting unilaterally and take note of either what other editors were saying, or take part in mediation/arbitration. Both times he refused to answer and only persisted in claiming that his point was being missed. I would like some assistance in pursuing this matter.

Tewfiks reversions often happen without discussion having taken place. This was the case when I was using an IP address, he just ignored the arguments on the talk page for the inclusion of the detail and reverted it. Having now secured an ID that I use for posting he has taken to responding on the talk then reverting afterwards. This is despite having no new arguments to bring to the discussion. This is also after a series of postings I and other editors made arguing for inclusion of the detail on the talk page. He has either chosen to ignore these calls or refused to treat the sources with good faith. Describing the World Policy Institute as a "minor organisation" and citing WP:V and maintaining that even though Congressional documents describe billions in military aid & defense sales to Israel each year there is "no evidence" of a connection between the makeup of the IDF operating in Lebanon and aid to Israel. He has also accused me of WP:OR despite the aid being a well known and understood component in the defense of Israel.

Per the dispute resolution guide I first tried the Third Opinion avenue here but it appears not to have worked. I then made a prolonged attempt to reason with Tewfik and invited other editors to comment on what was taking place. Tewfik termed this "spammming"- an indication of the wikilawyering style I and other users have been battling against. Trying to reason with Tewfik was totally unproductive and degenerated into him continually asserting that the sources and connection they showed were either

• non notable in the context of the conflict,
• that the detail was not referenced,
• that the detail constituted original research on my part, or
• that his understanding of UN Resolution 1559 ruled that Hezbollah was illegal and in that context aid to Israel was "artificial equation of details".

Tewfik also accused me of trying to offset or diminish the allegations of military aid to Hezbollah from Iran/Syria- this is despite the fact that those details werent even present in the article when I began editing it and were only subsequently edited in by him following the removal of the aid to Israel summary.

Original inclusion of detail under existing section headings by me under 82.29.227.171: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Tewfik's reverts/deletes of the Israel aid detail: [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Reverts by me reincluding the detail under RandomGalen & IP 82.29.227.171: [15] [16] [17]

Revert by Paraphelion reincluding the detail: [18]

Revert by Inahet reincluding the detail: [19]

There have been other 1 revert so far to remove the detail by Tasc [20] but no effort has been made by him to explain why. This is the culture of edit warfare that Tewfik has promoted on the page by his unilateral action and perception of the article as being in his "domain".

I find this user to be argumentative, belligerent, uncooperative, and largely unaware of the subject matter. However my specific complaint is about the lack of balance that is being deliberately promoted in the article and his edit warfare to impose that imbalance on everyone else. I believe he is employing a filibuster and double standard of his own devising to the article which makes the article fail set standards of WP:NPOV and balance.

While he is happy to see foreign aid to Hezbollah listed in the article for the last 5 years he refuses to allow a brief summary of aid that Israel received during the same time period appear. Both combatants are using that respective aid in the fighting so I concur with fellow editors that in the interests of balance it should appear. RandomGalen 19:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello RandomGalen, I'm Steve Caruso from the Association of Members' Advocates. I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. I'm writing to inform you that we have recieved your request, and that we are currently in the process of finding you a suitable Advocate. You should be hearing from us soon. In the meantime, be sure to read through the AMA pages here at Wikipedia to get more aquainted with the process of Advocacy and what to expect. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave me a message on my talk page. :-) אמר Steve Caruso _{(desk/AMA/vote for me)} 23:48, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Military aid in the Israel Lebanon conflict

Sorry for the late reply. I've just posted my comment at the talk page. Please look at the articles i refered to at the end of my comment.--Wedian 21:21, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Tewfk

Of course, if you wish to say anything on the medcabiation page, just sign your name at the bottom and go ahead. Please keep in mind though that we are currently discussiong his alleged wikilawyering, and doing so may disrupt the conversation. We are trying to focus on one thing at a time. GofG _|^|_| Contribs 00:08, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikilinking dates

Hello. Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Partial dates . I believe current procedure is to only wikilink full dates (12 August 2006) as opposed to partieal dates as you have done. Thanks. -- Avi 02:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Advocacy

Hi there. I'm currently reviewing materials and will weigh in by tomorrow morning at the latest. Sorry for the delay -- work blew up in my face, but has now blown over. Looking forward to being of service.

All best WormwoodJagger 13:34, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Vandalism

Please review the policy on vandalism. It is extremely bad form to accuse someone of vandalism if they haven't engaged in it. Tewfik^Talk 15:13, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I repeat, please stop calling good-faith edits vandalism. Tewfik^Talk 15:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I certainly did read the sources, and while I'm not interested in arguing, you seem to be aware based on your revision that the initial passage made claims unsupported by those sources. That said, even if you were correct, it is extremely improper to label a content dispute as vandalism, which is why I provided the link above so that you can understand exactly what it is and isn't. And my point vis-a-vis the Hezbollah, was that if the Red Cross or whoever aren't saying who attacked them, that means that they don't know, and it is certainly not our place to assume one side or the other. Good day, Tewfik^Talk 16:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

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Nomination of Attacks affecting Lebanese industry in the 2006 Lebanon war for deletion

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