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You might also be interested in WikiProject Judaism. Check it out! --DLand^TALK 03:31, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your criticism of Richard Joel essentially amounts to name-calling. Please stop adding your paragraph about "stylish, yet meaningless" Judaism to the article. Thanks, DLand^TALK 07:06, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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was deleted as a copyright violation. You pasted the text from two websites, it looks like. Feel free to write the article again in your own words, though I doubt she's terribly notable - maybe for the court case, nd even then - should the info go into the article about the case instead? - CrazyRussian talk/email 18:57, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

She is notable for the court case and the Rabbinic opinions, not as a person. But the court case should be somewhere to refer to it from other pages. As you know I found myself doing this from Rabbi Waldenberg.

Thanks for adding some facts about Avi Weiss. Please remember to WP:CITE your facts. One of the nice thing about the AW article is that it's fairly well cited - let's keep it that way. --Bachrach44 22:41, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Come again please, I don't know how to nominate him, could you please help me out? GZee 22:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I Hope I fixed it now.

Gota go but thanks for fixing it. GZee 22:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you delete the reference to Torah U'Maddah? Please respond on article talk page. Thanks, --Shirahadasha 00:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re [1] so Louie was his kid?? - CrazyRussian talk/email 19:12, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. And has a rabbinical side to him also.

Hi Jayrav: Shavuah Tov! You have not enabled your Wikipedia Email feature in your "my preferences" at the top of your user page. Sometimes editors overlook that when it's a useful way of staying in touch with other editors. Best wishes. IZAK 03:15, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Compared to the daily or worse vandalism that articles like Who is a Jew and Bible get, the weekly vandalism this one gets is comparatively mild. Also, most of it really isn't vandalism -- it's newbies (I don't know if they're sockpuppets) with an axe to grind offering opinionated, usually unsourced content, which is not ideal but nonetheless represent legitimate attempts to edit rather than the sort of things hardcore vandals put in (which tend to involve things like 4-letter words and more than you'd care to know about their self-reported exploits with their girlfriends). It seems to me that vandalism is a price of a user-editable encyclopedia, and if we start blocking more articles, we should do it as a general policy and start with articles that are much more regularly vandalized than this one. But you're welcome to talk to an admin about your concerns (like User:Crzrussian, User:JoshuaZ, User:TShilo12). Best, --Shirahadasha 17:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jayrav: It is very important that you see the points and the response from User:Badbilltucker about his aims at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#NOTICE and OBJECTIONS to WikiProject Religion vs. Judaism ASAP. Have a Happy Chanukah! IZAK 15:59, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jayrav, I see that you are a Jew and you may be insulted by the symbol. Please read Swastika. The Nazi swastika is a different design and the Hindus are very peaceful people. We regard the symbol as holy. Thank you Gizza^{Chat ©} 00:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also please see this and weigh in. Thanks. Abecedare 01:17, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do see swastika and sauwastika.Bakaman 03:06, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's getting very close to Shabbos and I have no time to look into this, but the WP:BLP requires the immediate removal of unsourced material that is derogatory or might be considered libelous of a living person. Shabbat Shalom, --Shirahadasha 20:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind words. I'll do it for these, but for future articles you might want to bring the AfD to the attention of Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Judaism‎ --Shirahadasha 19:40, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Jayrav. Thanks for the work on the smaller midrashim article. I *am* still working on it, however (hence the "inuse" template), so I'll be making some more changes in the next couple days. When I'm all done I will take down the "inuse" tag, and then feel free to pounce. Thanks. —Dfass 04:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm all for working together, but it's easier if we actually communicate about it in advance. In any case, my plan for the smaller midrashim article was to move all the text for the individual midrashim each into its own article, and then just have a bulleted list linking to each independent article. So I will eventually have to undo some of your work, for example, I will turn the headings back into bullets at some point (since there's no sense in having empty headings). I'm sure you dislike having your work undone as much as I do, so this why it's best to communicate in advance. (I know I keep "inuse" tags on articles much longer than recommended, so people probably think I've forgotten them, but I haven't.) Anyway, have a good night. Talk to you later. —Dfass 04:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm done with it, so it's all yours. Have fun. —Dfass 19:09, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You recently made a comment in this AFD that makes me think you would have some interest in whether or not to have a notability guideline for religious congregations. Please see Wikipedia:Notability (local churches and other religious congregations) (aka WP:CONG). GRBerry 22:42, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know that most cleanup templates, like "unreferenced", "fact", "cleanup" etc., are best not "subst"ed. See WP:SUBST for more details. Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 17:43 27 February 2007 (GMT).

Hi Jayrav: You recently added {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chad Hopkovitz}} to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Judaism [2], however as requested at the top of the page ("tag discussions...") you did not complete the process fully. You should have placed the {{subst:delsort|Judaism}} <small>-- ~~~~</small> on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chad Hopkovitz page. I have done so now, please remember to do so in the future. Thanks. Wishing you a Chag Kasher VeSameach. IZAK 08:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• I want to make you aware that the 'Criticism' section you added to the NCSY article was removed by an anomymous user at IP address 208.120.89.146[3]. Although I do not believe that your addition was necessarily neutral or complete, your information was verifiably cited, albeit in an unusual manner, to legitimate sources. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Infoman99 (talk • contribs) 03:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Shira. I have not been active for a while. But my watchpage has filled up with an over 6 reverse edit war on the NCSY page. Can you handle this? And is there a guideline page for an outsider to manage an edit war. --Jayrav 23:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC) Further note- It seems that this is similar to the edit war that occured on the Shlomo Carlebach page over having a criticism section. If I remember correctly, someone set a up a nice explantion and warning on that talk page. --Jayrav 01:09, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take care of it. FYI the section involved isn't simply criticism of NCSY, it's a claim that NCSY has responsibility for the Baruch Lanner affair -- serious defamation and WP:BLP issues, and it's not clear the source provided is reliable. Am encouraging folks to cool off, and create a Baruch Lanner page and ensure their sourcing meets Wikipedia standards before adding material on the issue to the NCSY page. --Shirahadasha 03:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I couldn't find a guide to admins for how to manage an edit war. But it's a great idea! Have you thought of writing one? Best, --Shirahadasha 03:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NCSY related: The Jewish Student Union page is besieged by those insisting that verifiable and notable information is "irrelevant," and instead, quotes from NCSY/JSU staff are being inserted at great length as "proof" of the JSU non-denominational approach. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Student_Union. Please see discussion page. Your input would be helpful, thanks.Mrnhghts (talk) 19:10, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the Harmonious editing club might be interested in such a project. Best, --Shirahadasha 19:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Posted your suggestion on Wikipedia:Harmonious editing club#Manual on how to resolve/prevent an edit war --Shirahadasha 19:39, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see User:Rachack/Zvi Block/Links concerning Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zvi Block. --רח"ק | Talk | Contribs 06:38, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Messianic Jews and Hebrew Christians --Yeshivish 06:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please respond to Bikinibomb's comments about figs and Judaism here, thanks Slrubenstein | Talk 00:59, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for a very incisive and constructive comment on the talk page (although from his response, I do not think Bikinibomb undeerstood what you wrote - though it is clear to me). I hope you will look at the article itself 9the glossary) and make such contributions as you feel appropriate. best, Slrubenstein | Talk 04:11, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please check out the "Normal Mysticism?" section on the talk page of "Glossary of Jewish and Christian terms"? Here's a link. Thanks. -LisaLiel (talk) 15:50, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

your earlier comments were so construcive and thoughtful, could you be sure to comment here ? Slrubenstein | Talk —Preceding comment was added at 23:57, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Ohr Somayach page is locked, and my sourced links are being dismissed as "irrelevant." What do you think? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ohr_Somayach,_Jerusalem Mrnhghts (talk) 19:11, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for helping on his page. Although it's not necessarily notable -- he was head of the Beit Din that converted the only gentile in history to write a translation of the New Testament and THEN convert to Judaism. It was his last conversion before his passing.Tim (talk) 02:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jayrav: I am reposting the following request from User Sh76us (talk · contribs) on my user talk page for wider notification:

I was thinking of trying to stimulate development of a series of articles on Gemara concepts and doctrines, maybe to help children or newcomers to Gemara with explanations of some fundamental concepts that recur throughout the Gemara. Some examples might be articles on Yiush, Chazakah, Ta'aninun (as in "Ta'aninun L'Yoresh"), Eidim Zomemin (forgive my awful transliterations), Migu, etc., etc. Maybe we could even create a category or subcategory for it. I created Breira in this vein. As I don't have the experience or expertise in Wikipedia to know what to do to best develop this idea, I figured I'd come to you for your opinions on: (1) whether it's a good idea; and (2) How to best go about implementing it. Thanks Sh76us (talk) 15:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Centralized discussion at: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Idea for Talmud articles. Thank you. IZAK (talk) 03:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jayrav, I decided to take this off the AfD page, and move it here. The AfD page is getting a little complex. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 21:59, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jayrav, In the Kabbalah article there is now only a short mention of the debate over Neoplatonic influence, in the last paragraph here[[4]]. It would be good to expand this and/or link to a separate article on the subject. (But, truthfully, that whole section, as it now is, seems very speculative, and disorganized too. I am disinclined to remove any of it because I have hopes someone with the necessary knowledge will improve it.) Malcolm Schosha

Thanks for your work on the Kabbalah article. I am out of steam for today, so will think about other changes tomorrow. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 01:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I mainly added people under the category Baalei teshuva to the subcategories of Orthodox Jews by nationality, If I made a few mistakes I apologize--Java7837 (talk) 16:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the Wikipedia Manual of Style and at least try to maintain Wikipedia style guidelines when you do a major reorganization of an article. Also, typically, editors will discuss such major changes with other editors before engaging in such a major revision. Valtyr (talk) 16:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jayrav, please don't get so excited:

What are you talking about? The material on the sefirot was from the Gershom Scholem approach and was sourced accordingly. It was not Neoplatonism but Scholem on pre-ZOhar usage of the term in yetzirah and Bahir. At point, MAlcolm, you got to say what counts as a real source for you? What history of the kabblah? If JE does not count nor Scholem, then what? If you are Chabad, or Kabbalah centre or Aryeh Kaplan then say so and we can note the different approaches accordingly. But to take out gershom Scholem material and say it is the same as warren Kenton, I dont understand. --Jayrav (talk) 14:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Remember, I tried to save your edits that broke up the article into more manageable parts, and Abafied forced the revert of that while you were ill. Anyhow, I gave further explanation on the article's talk page, as you will no doubt see. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 20:30, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jayrav: The recent conflicts over issues pertaining to rabbis and the question of how to deal with the Kabbalah article's organization may require more attention that we can discuss if you contact me. Sincerely and Shavua Tov. IZAK (talk) 04:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You made a comment on the AfD that originally the term wasn't simply a random name for a synagogue, but referred to a specific type -- an Orthodox synagogue with mixed seating. Do you have any sources for this? If there is actually a subject to write about here rather than a random list of synagogues that would be interesting. Was there ever an actual movement or organization? Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 22:17, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An example of a Beth El synagogue that currently has both a United-Synagogue affiliated Conservative group and an OU-affiliated Orthodox group: [5], [6]. It's certainly consistent with your thesis about origins. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 00:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I don't. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 00:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The blog post links to an audio shiur of Rabbi Schachter where he makes that ruling. Would you rather I link directly to the shiur on YUTorah.org? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chakira (talk • contribs) 01:30, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiProject Judaism Newsletter Issue I -- Sivan, 5768

Main Project Page Talk Page Judaism Portal Categories To Do Judaism AFD/RFC What's This? Shalom aleichem sports fans, and welcome to the first of what I hope will be a monthly newsletter with the need-to-know information about our fair WikiProject. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a story for the newsletter, click here to leave a message on the Newsletter Coordinator's talk page. In the News WikiProject Good Articles is doing sweeps over all our current good articles to ensure they still meet criteria. For more information and how you can help, check out WikiProject Good Articles Sweeps. GA status for the article Jew has been put on hold pending a few minor revisions. A list of things that need to be done to return this top importance article to its proper status can be found here. Jerusalem is a Featured Article Candidate! Go forth, my people, and !vote! To Do One new Judaism-related article was created this month, the long requested Hebrew Punctuation. Thanks to Epson291 for creating it. Remember, folks, there are over forty standing requests for Judaism articles, so whenever you get the opportunity make sure to go create a few. In the right column you will see a listing of our most popular articles. All of these articles got 170,000+ page hits in the past month, and they should be on everyone's watchlist so we can keep them vandalism-free. Spread the word! No, not the Word... (well, you can do that too) I'm talking about inviting knowledgeable users to join the project. You can proclaim your undying love of WikiProject Judaism in methods mild to wild, check the project template page and member list for examples. We also now have a flashy advertisement, to use it add {{Wikipedia ads|ad=148}} to your userpage. Quick Stats On the date of publish, we had... 275 Project Members 6152 articles 2341 of which are Stubs 15 of which are Good 8 of which are Featured New Members Benignuman Bernstein2291 Shevashalosh Yudel Most Popular Articles By page hits. Source. Israel The Holocaust Judaism Ten Commandments Ark of the Covenant Wikipedia ads file info – #148

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The Judaism Newsletter Issue II -- Tammuz, 5768

WikiProject Judaism (talk/to do) WikiProject Jewish History (talk/to do) WikiProject Kabbalah (talk/to do) Now with 200% more Jewishness! Yes, folks, we're moving on up. This newsletter is now the newsletter for both WikiProject Judaism, WikiProject Jewish History, and WikiProject Kabbalah. In the future, I may split them, but for now I think we'll be just fine with one. As always, any questions or comments should be directed to me, L'Aquatique. A Special Dispatch Just a note, not aimed at anyone in particular. By order of the administrative cabal, it is officially not cool (and possibly dickish) to call someone an anti-semite when they aren't being anti-semitic. Anti-semitic is a very charged word, and it's important only to use it when you're absolutely sure it applies, lest it become the subject of a Godwin-esque law. Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. In the News A new class on the importance scale has been added- C Class- which covers articles better than start but not quite to B Class yet. It is up to the WikiProjects to decide whether to adopt them or not. Currently, there has been little discussion within our Projects, so if you feel strongly either way be sure to note so at your Project[s]. There is a proposal to reword the section on NPOV regarding religious articles. Please see Wikipedia_talk:NPOV#Religion section - Disputes between historians or scientists and religious_views to weigh in. Thanks largely to the efforts of Xyz7890, a new navbox has come into being featuring Halakha topics. See: Template talk:Halakha to join in the conversation about how it can best be improved. To Do The Simple English Wikipedia is beginning a project of creating and improving articles related to religion, including Judaism. At the present time, volunteers are needed to propose our most important subjects for articles to be created. The official working list is here and a more extended list is here. If you are unsure of proper topics, you might try checking our lists of top importance level articles: Judaism and Jewish History. (WikiProject Kabbalah currently doesn't have such a list) [Simple English] WikiProject Christianity is considering running a monthly drive wherein two or three top importance articles from English Wikipedia are simplified and moved over to S.E. They have extended an offer to work with us in creating a similar project for Judaism related articles. For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact User:John Carter. WikiProject Kabbalah is in dire need of an article rating system for quality and importance. If you are familiar with that system and have some time on your hands, please create one. It could also use some infoboxes... New Members Judaism: Big maybe, Janirai, Jfdwolff, Joseph.mahal, Joshua Weiss, LisaLiel, Rcjavid, Yehudi, YY, Agent204.15, Gilad73, Joseph.mahal, Noah03 Jewish History: Noah03 Kabbalah: None. Won't you join? New Articles Habib ben Elisha Faturechi (Thanks PhatJew!) There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. . Quick Links Judaism Portal Kabbalah Portal Articles for Deletion Request for Comment Article Requests WikiProject Judaism Stats 281 Project Members 6155 articles 2342 of which are Stubs 15 of which are Good 8 of which are Featured WikiProject Jewish History Stats 69 Project Members 1124 articles 241 of which are Stubs 10 of which are Good 10 of which are Featured WikiProject Kabbalah Stats 12 Project Members 165 articles 87 of which are Stubs 1 of which is Good 1 of which is Featured Wikipedia ads file info – #148

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The Judaism Newsletter Issue III -- Av, 5768

WikiProject Judaism (talk/to do) WikiProject Jewish History (talk/to do) WikiProject Kabbalah (talk/to do) "Censorship" of names of G-d There is an interesting discussion currently taking place regarding whether or not it is acceptable to censor (i.e. G-d, HaShem->YodHey) names of G-d in articles to protect Jews who may be reading or editing the article. You can weigh in here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Judaism#Yahweh. Article Cleanup Lists User:B. Wolterding has generously offered us use of his bot to generate lists that show which articles of ours are tagged for cleanup. You can read more about this service here: User:B._Wolterding/Cleanup_listings and if you would like to take him up on his offer, contact him on his talk page. In the News There is a collaboration drive to get Holocaust in Lithuania to good article status. For information about how you can help, see the talk page or contact User:Piotrus. WikiProject Kabbalah's only Featured and Good articles have been removed from the WikiProject, on the grounds that neither article (Diane Keaton and David Beckham, respectively) actually mention the subject's affiliation with Kabbalah. If you have sourced information linking either of these people to Kabbalah, please add it so the articles can be returned to the WikiProject. After a rather heated discussion, there are now two barnstars for use by the Jewish WikiProjects, {{The Jewish Barnstar}} and {{The New Jewish Barnstar}}, and you can choose which one you would like to use.. Remember: barnstars are for rewarding users who are doing good work on the project or on Judaism, Jewish History, or Kabbalah articles, and anyone can give anyone else a barnstar. If you see a user who you thinks deserves a thank you, give them a barnstar! To Do/Help Requests If you have some spare time on your hands, we could use an article about a Kabbalah scholar named Moshe Idel. According to HG there are quite a few sources easily available, you can contact him if you have questions. Be sure to nominate it for DYK if the finished article is eligible. The folks at Shimon Peres need some assistance from someone familiar with both the Hebrew calendar and language to help them figure out the subject's birthday. If you can help, please see Talk:Shimon_Peres#Birthday. New Members Judaism: Arigont, Avi, CheskiChips, Pini00001, Shirulashem, TaliaNadel, Tyciol, yehoshuafriedla Jewish History: 5768altalena, AniMate, User:Yosef.garibaldi.gmail, Pinnecco, Shirulashem, Tyciol Kabbalah: Shuliavrumi New Articles Bezalel Rudinsky (thanks Shirulashem!}, Jewish tartan (thanks Briangotts!), Hebrew spelling (thanks Epson291) We get a lot of articles that are being created and not announced! By announcing new articles, you attract attention to them, and the more people looking and editing the better they will get. If you would like your new article to appear in the newsletter, add it here for Judaism and Kabbalah and here for Jewish History. There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. . Quick Links Judaism Portal Kabbalah Portal Israel Portal Articles for Deletion Request for Comment Article Requests WikiProject Judaism Stats 291 Project Members 6248 articles 2356 of which are Stubs 18 of which are Good 6 of which are Featured WikiProject Jewish History Stats 77 Project Members 1141 articles 244 of which are Stubs 10 of which are Good 10 of which are Featured WikiProject Kabbalah Stats 13 Project Members 165 articles 87 of which are Stubs 0 of which are Good 0 of which are Featured Wikipedia ads file info – #148

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You beat me to the punch on Arnold Jacob Wolf, but I'm glad to be able to add some material to an article about a fascinating individual. Keep up the effort on this and similar articles. Shana Tovah! Alansohn (talk) 18:20, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On 4 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arnold Jacob Wolf, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

- Dravecky (talk) 05:32, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The point of a speedy template is to alert an admin that an article merits speedy deletion, and since I am an admin, that has no relevance. The article was full of unsourced POV claims which were without in-line citations to relaible independent sources. For example, the opening sentence: leading liberal Conservative rabbi, scholar, educator philosopher and theologian who played a key role in the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly.

I'm not prepared to recreated in its current form, but I'll put the text here shortly. I've slightly amended the formatting. The book references need page numbers and isbn numbers, and I suggest that when you are ready to recreate you do so at Jacob B. Agus, since the full stop is normal. jimfbleak (talk) 14:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

that looks pretty good to me, just recreate at Jacob B. Agus. A couple of minor points you may want to consider

• Temple University, Dropsie College - could you add a location, so that non-Americans like me have some idea where they are?
• Book titles should be italicised
• The web references and neater are more user friendly if written as [url description] like the one I changed in the references

jimfbleak (talk) 16:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It astounds me that this article could ever have been the target of speedy deletion. It could use some expansion and additional sourcing, as all articles could, and I did some cleanup. Sorry I took so long to get to it, but it seems that it would be an unlikely speedy target at this point. Chag Kasher V'Sameach. Alansohn (talk) 14:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jayrav: Please see my talk page for questions about your reversion of my edits to the Daniel Lapin entry. I would very much like to hear your thoughts before I visit this page again. Thank you!--Hmsc (talk) 12:52, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there is a discussion of an article Daniel Lapin you have been involved in editing here at the BLP noticeboard your comments would be appreciated, thanks Off2riorob (talk) 20:19, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jayrav. Would you mind creating a WikiSloth user box, based on yours - it's great. Fintor (talk) 08:04, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Jayrav. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]