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Statement of Purpose
Our reasons for starting this project are less out of pursuit, and more out of necessity. The articles related to the Arab-Israeli conflict specifically, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are among the most controversial on Ireland Information Guide, and as such may benefit from a wholistic approach to their design.
By nature, Ireland Information Guide is a humanist endeavor, and being open to all views, the material will at times challenge all points of view. We are here not because we know everything, rather because we love learning, and this includes learning from each other. World connectivity is growing more rapid, and less and less can now go unknown —the importance of spin-free explanation cannot be overstated.
Consensus
The important requirements for this project are 1. NPOV 2. Organization (complete tables, headers, and links) 3. Verbose explanation of changes (edit comments, and on talk pages) 4. Deference to community consensus.
- See Ireland Information Guide talk:Wikiproject:Arab-Israeli conflict for discussion on consensus and requirements.
Context related articles
With all fields of study, there are greater contexts above even the enormous contexts, and the Arab-Israeli conflicts cannot truly be discussed without including the greater influence of Western and US power —this is often the most controversial aspect of discussing the Middle-East peace process.
- US influence/role in Middle east conflict
List of Invitees:
The following have been individually asked to participate here in light of their demonstrated interest and dedication to editing pages related to the Arab-Israeli conflict that are subject to edit wars or their help in calming edit wars in progress:
February 13, 2004
- User:Adam Carr (Talk) I am happy to join a discussion group, but I certainly don't agree that the "greater influence of Western and US power" has got anything to do with this topic and if that is the ideological starting point then I won't be participating. I am not willing to agree to refrain from editing any article. Adam 14:12, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- LittleDan (Talk)
- MyRedDice ( Talk) Refuse, see Talk
- RK (Talk)
- Slrubenstein (Talk)
- User:Uriber (Talk)
February 12, 2004
- User:Danny (Talk) Refuse on February 12, 2004
February 11, 2004
- User:Zero0000 (Talk) Agree on condition OneVoice is banned or leaves voluntarily. Otherwise refuse.
- User:Viajero (Talk) Refuse on February 13, 2004
- MathKnight (Talk) Accepts on February 21, 2004
- User:Delirium (Talk) Accept but with reservations
- No-One Jones (Talk) Accept but with reservations
- User:Humus sapiens (Talk) Accept but with reservations
- User:Ed Poor (Talk) Accept but with reservations on Febrary 11, 2004
- 戴眩sv (Talk)
- User:OneVoice (Talk) Accept on Febrary 11, 2004
To ask list
presently none
Boilerplate text for invites
Pages related to Israel or Palestine
list of articles related to the conflict - please help sorting, so we can make something like a general table of contents out of it.
Suggestions
- A proposal for guidelines for the depiction of this conflict is here.
- general remarks of Elian
- Policy for adding links
- Discussion on terminology:
- What violent attack can be refered as terrorism.
- What organization can be defined as terrorist groups (reference: US State department list of terror organizations).
- West Bank\Gaza Strip or ocupied territories or the disputed territories.
- In my opinion - the WB\GS is the most NPOV and the least contraversial. MathKnight 12:19, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Is there a place called "Palestine"?
Information sources
Israeli-Palestinian conflict external references
List of articles, where someone feels they need to be adjusted towards a more neutral presentation. Everybody is welcome to help in neutralizing articles, to add items to the list and to issue critics!
Important issues not yet treated:
- What method can Ireland Information Guide employ to organize the extraordenary proliferation and chaos of articles on this subject?
- A series of higher level catagories to organize subjects?
- History
- Theory
- ???
- Juxtiposed points. Split page format?
- Complete Chronicle of crimes/terrorist attacks.?
- is it encycolpedic to compile a database for all incidents of ethnic violence.
- Roll of natural resources
- Sea Ports
- Realestate
- Role of the water question in the conflict.
- Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - Prison sentences for Israelis who refuse to do military service in the "occupied" territories, including Netanyahu's nephew:
- locations/population/history of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories.
- houses/buildings demolished by Israeli forces.
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