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Hi, Bob - I just now saw my edit summary on Neo-fascism and religion, and I just want to be sure you don't think I was "shouting" -- I used the ALLCAPS only because there's no bold available in edit summaries. (I hope my explanation was clear enough!) Cheers :) Cgingold 14:19, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't have read it that way, but that's really nice of you to be worried. I think I'm persuaded too. BobFromBrockley 16:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I'm acting as advocate for an editor who has been having issues with Mitsos. As part of the DR process, we have opened an RfC in order to get community input on behavior that several users feel is uncivil and biased. Seeing as how you have interacted with Mitsos in the past, we would appreciate any input you may have on the matter. Please visit the Request for Comment page and leave your thoughts. Thanks very much, →Bobby← 16:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed you edit Jewish related articles. Would you be interested in joining wikiproject:Judaism? ta! frummer 12:18, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just noticed you've run across that good old anonymous author who wrecked havoc on the Salvador Allende article recently. He's been recently banned for personal attacks and the Allende article (even it's talk page for a few days) had to be locked from editing by annon's. He's even attacked a number of admins over those issues. If I were you I'd report him if he continues his disruptive edits, though a long term block is not an option as his IP changes daily.--Caranorn 20:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Have been away from wikipedia for a while, will see if he has struck again, and then consider reporting. BobFromBrockley 17:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the site! It's a privilege to work with you. As you probably know, you are among only a handful of specialists working on articles related to 20th century politics. 172 | Talk 17:38, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks 172! I'm not sure how much of a specialist I am though... BobFromBrockley 15:12, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to hear that you're not upset about the 'rejiocing' incident. At the time, I assumed that you were a patriotard, and was unaware of your stance regarding the whole "class war" thing. *raises fist* As for "Jewish anarchism", I assume that JaneDoe put the link in on the basis of who I am as a person, rather than what I write on my blog. DayKart 11:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry to bother you, but I really need some help. There is an ongoing campaign by a few editors to portray Fascism and Nazism as representative forms of socialism. As part of this effort (a debate that stretches back to 2004), there are a tiny handful of editors who revert and redirect National Socialism to Nazism. I believe a majority of editors support redirecting National Socialism to National Socialism (disambiguation). I realize we just had a poll on the Nazism page where I thought this issue was settled, but apparently the struggle is not over. Please consider voting in the new poll, or adding a comment at: Talk:Nazism#Survey:_redirecting_National_Socialism. Also consider notifying other editors with an interest in this matter. I am doing the best I can, but need assistance. Thanks.--Cberlet 19:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I've wanted for some time to re-integrate types of socialism into the main socialism article, and I was hoping you could help me with this project. The "controversial classifications" section should be moved to a new article entitled interpretations of socialism (temporary proposed title), where we should talk about all the different definitions of socialism used by self-identified socialists. The rest should be checked for quality, improved if necessary, and then finally moved to socialism. What do you think? -- Nikodemos 07:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After a day or two of thought, I'm still really undecided on that. I think the article as it is is pretty poor, but I think it has a purpose. I'd like it make clear there have been three major currents of socialism: revolutionary or Marxian socialism, democratic socialism and social democracy, and libertarian socialism, as well as other minor currents, such as the ethnic ones. Each of the sections would give brief description of that tradition, name some major figure and movements, and then really briefly introduce the major sub-categories within them (e.g. revolutionary socialism would introduce Leninism, Trotskyism, Maoism, etc, with no more than a sentence each). However, this would mean a complete re-write, very time consuming, so maybe your solution is better. Have you raised this on the discussion pages of the relevant articles? BobFromBrockley 15:02, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, having looked at liberalism and conservatism, I think I've come over to your position. So, is this right, socialism should have:

• • • some history (which is there now, but perhaps could be trimmed, as there is a history of socialism article)
    • something on the main schools of socialism (akin to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism#Trends_within_liberalism section or the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism#Schools_of_Conservatism section
    • something on socialist political theory and economics
    • perhaps something on socialism today

Is that what you're thinking? But clearly this needs to be raised on talk pages first. BobFromBrockley 15:56, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted your edit to this article because I'm pretty sure that this guy, who wrote the article you linked to, is not the subject of the Daniel McGowan article here. --OnoremDil 11:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! BobFromBrockley 11:59, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem; I'm glad to help.

I've done a lot of work on the Szmul Zygielbojm article, and I had put a "dead link" in there to the JSG, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a new article about the JSG. — Malik Shabazz | Talk 19:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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One thing that Lenin said that is almost universally agreed by socialists was in his State and Revolution. Where under the section for "the First Phase of Communist Society" he outlined the two basic economic principles of socialism:

"He who does not work, neither shall he eat." and "An equal ammount of products for an equal ammount of labor"

As you know there's already an article for "From each according to ability, to each according to need" which is the economic principle of communist society. Do you think that there should be an article for the economic principles of socialism, since they have been mentioned by every major contributor to Marxist theory? Since you are one of the few people on wikipedia who isn't full of themselves and knows what he's talking about, I felt I had to ask before I made the article. (Demigod Ron 02:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Thanks for kind words! There is a socialist economics page - maybe what you're talking about could be a section there? Perhaps in this section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_economics#After_Marx ? BobFromBrockley 12:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After much procrastination, I made the article he who does not work, neither shall he eat. Check it out and tell me what you think. Right now its bare-bones, but I'm sure the other Marxists will eventually find it and contribute their own knowledge.

Looks good, Demigod. I have done a minor edit, and added one inbound link. BobFromBrockley 14:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help. Now I'm trying to figure out how to write "an equal amount of products for an equal amount of labor" since that slogan has been said several different ways. In the Gotha critique Marx said something along the lines of "the worker recieves from society...exactly what he gives to it." While Lassalle said that "the worker recieves the undiminished product of his labor." Even Stalin had his own version of the slogan. This will make that article difficult to tackle. If you have any ideas, do tell. (Demigod Ron 00:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Hi Bob, Thanks for taking the time to read through all that stuff! You are quite right, this piece of mine would skew the entrism page. I'll make a new article and we can just do a link.

Just to let you know, on the socialism article, I have a couple of proposals in the "mixed economy" discussion Talk:Socialism#Mixed_economies.

I'm happy to accept red deathy's recommendations on them, but with the reservation that in the future we should draw up a short paragraph indicating the socialist critique of the Soviet Union. I have worked up some references, and have a clear idea what I want, but got no further, and will hopefully return to it at some point.

In relation to my point 3. in Talk:Socialism#The_Russian_Revolution_provoked_a_powerful_reaction... I know that in any article, changing the opening lines of the article needs careful consideration, and again I'm in no hurry. I understand your caution. Jacob Haller has added a comment as you know, and I have attempted a draft, drawing from the same sources as 172 did. Indeed, this para is from

I've no outstanding discussions on the history of socialism talk page (that I know of), but I think there is much to be done. Andysoh 20:14, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bob, feel free to delete this if you already know about it, but a new "part history and part political analysis" on AFA has just been published - you might get a review copy if you ask for one from the publisher. The text is not available online: it was printed (in cut form) in Black Flag and has been 'adapted' (not very well) by libcom.

I have not deleted your reference to John Locke on this page though it has previously been discussed and rejected. Locke essentially advanced a labour theory of property - which is not the same thing. Moreover, Locke is attempting to justify property whereas Marx etc are trying to explain price, which is a real world phenomenon, justified or otherwise. Marx, for one, argues that labour-based valuation is unjustified (See Gotha Program).--Jack Upland 09:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Jack. I was new to the article, and came to it from another, where Locke and labour theory of value were invoked, and noticed no mention of Locke on LTOV article. I think Locke is important in development of LTOV, even if it may not be accurate to say he articulated it. I'll have another look. Thanks for graciously not deleting! BobFromBrockley 09:32, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On reflection I think it should stay because someone is always going to reinsert it. The text as it stands says that the LTV is 'traced' to Locke, which is suitably non-committal. Marx cites Franklin as the originator of the theory. I haven't read all the texts so I can't comment. I have read extracts from Locke which explain his justification of property, though, and these are not economic as such, but rather a - very historically inaccurate - explanation and justification of social inequaliy. I am extremely wary of anything that lends support to the misrepresentation of the LTV as a theory of what ought to be rather than what is. This leads to a totally misunderstanding of its application and falsifies its place in the history of economic thought - Adam Smith & co didn't see it as moralistic.--Jack Upland 18:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've re-read the article, and think that the way it is formulated does not say that Locke authored the LTV, so I don't think it is inaccurate. It seems to me he should be mentioned in the article, but obviously not in a way that distorts his views. So, feel free to edit it out if you think it makes too strong a claim! BobFromBrockley 09:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, should be OK as is - better inside the tent pissing out etc...--Jack Upland 17:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to let you know that thefeargod already stripped out most of the information from the article stating that it was already in other locations on wikipedia. His intent it seems is to leave a page full of tables of operations with little or no desciption of what they are for.--Kumioko 19:47, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Dear Wikipedian, I thought you might be interested in the note (below) I've left on the Protocols of Zion page.

Dear dedicated fellow Wikipedians,

Those of you who know about The Protocols know that when it/thy reached the West, like Rats from a sinking ship, used it through "appropriate" anonymous editorial commentary, to blame the Jews for Bolshevism. So I would imagine that you all would be interested in what's happening to the article above. I hope you guys and gals can come over there and contribute your valuable input and, hopefully, support, to the changes I've found it necesary to make.

Best regards,

Best wishes to you, --Ludvikus 18:59, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work at The Jewish Bolshevism!!! Much appreciated.

I'd like to solicit your help in the above. I'm tracing the roots of Jewish Bolshevism.

I think I'm getting Reversions from contemporary White Russians. And I think your in the above input would be helpful.

Best, --Ludvikus 23:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Have had a look and made some minor edits, plus have commented at talkpage of Jewish Bolshevism. All are now on my watchpage. BobFromBrockley 09:38, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I saw your comments on the talk page for Territorialism. I am comfused why the JAO was so hard to get included in the article. I have added the following to the article, with a proper reference, and posted it on its talk page;

Apart from the (ITO), within the USSR there was also a Territorialist effort in Ukraine, the Crimea and then towards Birobidzan, where a "Jewish Autonomous Region" was established in 1934. [1] Thanks and take good care. Culturalrevival 11:52, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think that Zionists are unwilling to accept that there were a range of different forms of Jewish political movements, including non-Zionist forms of Jewish nationalism, and are unwilling to accept that there was a historical period when the Stalinist project coincided in some of its aims with Jewish national aspirations. Some of the same editors who have tried to keep the JAO out of articles like Territorialism also reject the need for a Jewish nationalism article, as they do not believe that there are other forms of Jewish nationalism than Zionism. BobFromBrockley 10:22, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for combining these with the three pilers of neoconservatism. Nice work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.5.247.152 (talk) 15:56, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bob, since her name is on your to-do list, I thought you might be interested that I've started working on an article about Milly Witkop. It's currently still a sub-page of my user page. Feel free to contribute nonetheless.--Carabinieri 01:10, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's brilliant Carabinieri. I'll try and add stuff later! By the way, I liked the pages you've been involved in creating. BobFromBrockley 14:46, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Thanks, I'm not unimpressed by your work.--Carabinieri 00:05, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bob. We are purging talk pages without articles. I came across one you'd made with notes/refs for a Majer Bogdanski article, so I moved it into your user space. It is now at User:Bobfrombrockley/Majer Bogdanski. All the best! Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

-- though actually it wasn't that box that you lifted from my page, but the other two. Glad to see that others find them relevant! RolandR 15:05, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for doing some cleanup work on the Iraqi Insurgency article. That article was a mess! It still is but far better now. Before it sounded like it was writen by a insurgent, or a supporter of the insurgency. Do you plan on doing more work on the article? Cheers!--SJP 00:17, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to keep monitoring it, to make sure the Resistance polemic doesn't creep back in, but I don't think I have the time or knowledge to do the work that really needs doing of updating it and stripping out OR. Thanks too for your excellent work on it! BobFromBrockley 14:15, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your welcome:) When I find the time, I will try to source it some more, and take out some more OR. Have a nice day.--SJP 22:47, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Bob,

I notice you've hacked around with the attempt by someone in Anti-Zionism to claim that Finkelstein and Chomsky aren't really proper Jews at all but just have a Jewish origin. I felt it necessary to insert more from Chomsky to demonstrate that he regards himself as someone who grew up a Jew with views on Zionism that would not have been out of the ordinary at the time. At least he hasn't yet been labelled as self-hating in the article.--Peter cohen (talk) 22:35, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's a very good quote you inserted Peter. BobFromBrockley (talk) 16:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bob. I found it elsewhere on Wiki.

BTW, I found your library list an interesting skim. Nice to see Bakunin, Kropotkin and Rocker on a Marxist's list. And we also have books my Moorcock, Rushdie, Sinclair and Ackroyd in common.--Peter cohen (talk) 10:12, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bob, it's me again. I created a page about the Jewish anarchist journal Germinal from London. Since you appear to have some command of the Hebrew alphabet, could you add the original Yiddish spelling to the beginning of the article?--Carabinieri (talk) 04:22, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Carabinieri, I really appreciate the work you're doing on wikipedia! The transliteration of the issue in the jpeg is Zsherminal, which is what the article says. In standard Yiddish now, I think it would have been written differently, in a way that would be transliterated as Dzherminal (with the zh bit sounding like a French J, as in jamais), because there is no letter for the J sound (as in Englsh judge) in Yiddish, but spelling then was idiosyncratic, especially as Rocker was, as you note in the article, only a learner - essentially he wrote German in Hebrew letters. The headline on the front page in the jpeg is "Der anarchizmus un di menshliche shprache" which I think roughly means "Anarchism and human language", but in a very German version of Yiddish. BobFromBrockley (talk) 16:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Israel Narodiczky/Yisroel Naroditski deserves a page of his own, as playing a key role in the lives of Isaac Rosenberg, Hayyim Nahman Bialik and Avram Stencl as well as Rocker. Another task to add to the list... BobFromBrockley (talk) 16:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Wow, I can understand that (without any knowledge of Yiddish, just German). What I was asking is if you could add the Hebrew letters to the article, like the articles on Israel or Yiddishkeit. This may sound too simple, considering there's an image with the Hebrew letters right in the article, but looking at my keyboard all I see is Latin letters and I have no idea how to do this. Currently, I'm working on a couple of other topics, but I'll look into Israel Narodiczky.--Carabinieri (talk) 05:54, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Ok, never mind. Danny has added the Yiddish name now.--Carabinieri (talk) 19:52, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry: I completely misunderstood. Glad Danny got there. BobFromBrockley (talk) 11:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Fantastic, thank you! I'll put it on my userpage. BobFromBrockley (talk) 11:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Bob

Please look at the discussion on Talk:Gilad Atzmon about reliable sources and Jews Against Zionism, and chip in with any thoughts tou may have. RolandR (talk) 08:34, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think we can quite safely conclude now that JSDP and PZ are not the same. However, this underlines the importance of creating precise organizational article on PZ, rather than describing it as a diffuse international movement. For exampe we need a Jewish Social Democratic Workers Party (Poalei Zion) article (or possibly more, were the Polish and Russian parties separate entities?). --Soman (talk) 13:47, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that these specific party pages are needed - although I think they should be in addition to the main page. Of course, there are a number of problems that will come up(although these can be dealt with): in particular the fact that changing borders in Central/Eastern Europe meant that national parties often split and fused in complicated ways, making it harder to pin them down, and the fact that these parties were operating in more than one language, and their names in different languages might not translate directly... I am very busy at the moment, but I will try and work on this project.BobFromBrockley (talk) 10:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yo Bob, could you explain the rationale behind this edit? Is the quote not from the citation referenced? Skomorokh 11:32, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In one sentence mentioning Martin W in an aside in a paragraph about Class War in a book that covers an immense amount of ground about thousands of years of London history, Clive Bloom does say that Martin W was "drawn to" fascism, but gives no explanation about what this vague term means, or what evidence there is for this. (There is no source cited.) In fact, Martin Wright was never drawn to fascism, and it seems to me scurilous in a biography of a living (and indeed ill) person to mention an accusation that has one single dubious and ambiguous source. BobFromBrockley (talk) 15:23, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Wright has said that as a teenager in the late 1960s, he accepted some of Enoch Powell's message, but that by the time he reached adulthood he had long left this behind him.[2] But that is a big difference from saying he was "drawn to fascism", whatever that means. I don't think it is appropriate that Wikipedia contributes to a smear. BobFromBrockley (talk) 15:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings, Bob. I just wanted to say that I agreed with your comments at the AfD for Zionism and Racism, except for one, which is what I wanted to just schmuz with you about for a second. You said that the demonisation of a country is OK, and not reason to delete an article. It seems to me that that is not what an encyclopedia is all about, and while we might have "issues" about Pakistan or Syria or India, for example; an encyclopedia would not carry articles expressly demonising those countries -- if there were criticism, it would be put into the appropriate article, eg Pakistan or Israel. Or re Israel, Finklestein's theories could be discussed on the Finklestein page etc. Isn't that in a way what the WP:NOT is talking about when it talks about a climate of mutual respect? It strikes me that this article is just another negative platform for discussion of Israel and as such breaks a number of rules. I'd appreciate your thoughts. Otherwise I agree with you 100% and thought your comment extremely well written and well thought-out. --Tundrabuggy (talk) 15:06, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Tundrabuggy. I did not mean that it is OK for Wikipedia to demonise a country; I would be completely against that, and spend some of my wikipedia time trying to address such things. If an article by definition demonises a country, then it has no right to exist. But if a valid article is written in a POV way to demonise a country, than it can be edited to not do so. As it stood, the article was a soapbox platform, but it could be otherwise. Unfortunately, it is flawed in so many other ways, that it needs to go! BobFromBrockley (talk) 10:36, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I don't much care for the wording I used, but at least it has no ambiguity to it. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 14:54, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You had stated in the discussion page of Red Action that you are friends with some of the members. I have tried to contact them but so far have not had any luck in doing so. I'm interested in their group and was hoping to ask them some questions concerning their beliefs, stance on certain subjects and membership status. Is there any way you could put me in touch with them? Otherwise, if you feel equipped to answer these questions I would be more than happy to get your e-mail or give you mine to converse. Any help you could provide in this area would be greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.91.184.187 (talk) 17:34, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I am completely out of touch with all the Red Action people I used to know. You could try approaching via one of the IWCA websites, which are probably more regularly used than the RA one. RA are, understandably, very cagey about these sorts of contacts though! BobFromBrockley (talk) 08:47, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think your recent edit to Anti-Zionism was lost when I undid a change made by CJCurrie. The issue was the necessity of presenting context first, and was not you edit. Sorry. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 13:44, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings, Bob. I've written two articles on Jewish anarchists you might be interested in; Alexander Schapiro and Sascha Schapiro. I think you mentioned one of them in a blog post somewhere, so if you have anything to add or correct, it would be most appreciated! Regards, Skomorokh 04:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great articles! Thanks for the tip.BobFromBrockley (talk) 14:44, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I read your message in my discussion page about the ideology of PDL. I think as you that this party is collocated at the right-wing position because some politics of the party are rightist such as the immigration, the economic politics and the populism of the leader. In my country (Italy) says that PDL is a center-right party but I don't believe in it because there are a lot of nao-fascists and conservative liberals and the christian democrats are in minority. So I join with you for this proposal. --Baf09 (talk) 14:59, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! BobFromBrockley (talk) 15:59, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bob--I hope you don't mind, but I nominated your article for WP:DYK. Congratulations on producing an interesting read, Drmies (talk) 03:25, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Circassian diaspora at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Toдor Boжinov — 15:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I didn't write it, I just removed it from the diaspora article, as it seemed to me to stand alone as an article! BobFromBrockley (talk) 10:45, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I see that now--and as such it is not eligible for DYK. Also, I was instructed to put a "copied" template on the article to provide proper attribution per GDFL; see User_talk:Ucucha#Circassian_diaspora. Next time you copy and move information, please don't forget to provide proper attribution. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 22:12, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I didn't know about the copied template, although it should have been instinctually obvious to me to say something on the talk page of the new article.BobFromBrockley (talk) 17:23, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bob Re your alteration to the synopsis of ep 1 of The Promise, "...Israeli clubbers are depicted as callously laughing at her plight...", could I make an observation? The clubbers are laughing because they think Erin is drunk and has passed out. This is made clear when Eliza subsequently says "Fuck off; can't you see she's epileptic?". My concern with your change is that it suggest the clubbers are laughing callously because Erin is fitting when dialogue makes it pretty clear that that is not the case. Best wishes Peter Kosminsky (talk) 14:34, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but it does look as though you are insinuating an insensitivity on the part of those Israeli clubbers. Your drama is politically loaded. What a viewer will take from it is a point about Israelis in general, their callousness.Zkharya (talk) 16:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As an dramatic ploy by you, it is particularly crass, your having scarcely visited Israel, nor knowing much to anything about the Israeli club scene, or the people that do it. They are probably more clued about that kind of thing than the average British clubber, since basic medical training is part of national service. That is a particularly glaring screw up in one such as yourself, Kominsky, whose specialité are things military. You're a bit Anglo-centric, Kominsky, and a bit behind the times.Zkharya (talk) 16:30, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Peter. I get your point, and maybe it should be worded differently. (I also committed a bad and failed to uncheck "minor edit" for that rather major one.) My experience of clubbing most people wouldn't laugh at someone shaking like that; shaking is not a sign of drunkenness, so if they thought she was drunk I still think they are portrayed as callous and unpleasant. That was a scene in the drama I found problematic and unconvincing. I'll go and look at the wording now.BobFromBrockley (talk) 14:50, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Bob. Much appreciated. Sorry the scene didn't work for you. Best wishes Peter Kosminsky (talk) 16:08, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bob. I see that you have added a section to The Promise page on the reaction to the programme's broadcast in France. You cite the Jewish Chronicle as your source, as you do for your addition on the OFCOM report. As far as I'm aware, their are other French sources for what occurred in France. After reading the Jewish Chronicle report, I approached Canal+ for clarification. They told me that the demonstration was smaller than the figure quoted in the JC, as borne out by the video of the event posted on the French pressure group's website, that no meeting with a senior Canal+ executive took place specifically to discuss The Promise (Le Sermont) and no special caption or logo was inserted in front of each episode to remind the audience that what followed was drama. Canal+ have a generic drama logo that was used with Le Sermont, but this is deployed in front of every drama they transmit in the Monday 9pm slot. To suggest that a special caption was generated for The Promise is wrong. I do see the difficulty here, given that none of the above is 'sourceable', but I would urge you to seek other sources for what occurred in France to corroborate what is being said by the Jewish Chronicle, which has become unremittingly hostile to the programme. Best wishes Peter Kosminsky (talk) 07:01, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I have changed the language for now, to make sure that it is clear that this is JC reportage not truth, and will look for more sources.BobFromBrockley (talk) 08:18, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good work with your edits today: well done! Best wishes Headhitter (talk) 14:12, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for tidying up after me!BobFromBrockley (talk) 14:16, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I obviously have to be careful how I say this, as I don't want you to be accused of being my creature or in my pocket, but do you mind if I also say well done on some very elegant editing? The piece is very accurate and balanced, as far as I can see. Thank you. Best wishes Peter Kosminsky (talk) 14:56, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bob. I noticed your dialogue on The Promise on User talk:Zkharya. You refer to the fact that quotes from the Jewish Chronicle ought to be given special prominence on the page. I was puzzled by this remark. In thinking about it, it struck me that the site contains no quotes from Palestinian sources, though several are available. Since the dialogue you are having with Zkharya pertains to the content of The Promise wikipage, could I suggest that it might be better conducted on the discussion page for that site, where other editors linked to that site can read and comment?

I haven't checked what I wrote on Z's page, but I don't think I said the JC ought to be given "special prominence", but I think that Z is correct that the JC is the main media outlet within the Jewish community in the UK, and that it is the best source on mainstream UK Jewish opinion. And I think that the UK Jewish response to the series is very relevant, because of the subject matter, so I do not see it as problematic that the JC is well represented in the article. I was making comments at Z's talk page in order to explain my edits of Z's edits, in order to defuse tension. The editing of the article, and especially z's edits, have been hot-tempered, and I think that it is best to proceed by consensus and with calmness, and I felt that a comment there was the best way to achieve that. Does that make sense?BobFromBrockley (talk) 10:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bob. It makes sense but doesn't really answer the points I was raising. I can understand why you feel Jewish response to The Promise - at least as expressed in the pages of the Jewish Chronicle - might be especially relevant. By the same token, and if Wikipedia is to be seen to maintain the impartiality for which it is rightly known, Palestinian response is also especially relevant. And yet editors do not seem to have rushed to include such reaction, even though it is readily available.

I asked whether discussion of content of The Promise pages, (eg your remark: P.S. Am toying with the idea of fleshing out the historical "Subjects depicted in the serial" section, which would show where the series is and where it isn't accurately reflecting real events. I've started doing that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bobfrombrockley/The_Promise It would be great if you could work on this with me, and when it is in shape we can paste it in and see what happens), wouldn't be better placed on the discussion site adjacent to The Promise. This would allow other interested editors to add their thoughts. As you know, discussion of the content has already taken place outside Wikipedia on various special interest blogs. Peter Kosminsky (talk) 12:53, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that Palestinian response is also relevant. It would be very good to have some included in the article, for the same reasons. If I have time I will work on that too - adding to my already large to do list!

On the sandbox page, yes, probably should mention on talk page. I was planning to do so after I'd done some work on it. Trouble is, I am really busy right now and don't have time, so it's just an idea I was tinkering with.BobFromBrockley (talk) 13:03, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jayjg ^(talk) 01:15, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Counterpunch Fair enough.Keith-264 (talk) 13:04, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In searching for the Oliver Kamm article, I ran into your comments on removal of material from Atzmon article on your blog as the top return. This easily could be seen as canvassing for others to come and support your editing at the article. When I was so warned about a blog entry a few years back on some topic or other, I immediately removed the blog entry. CarolMooreDC (talk) 14:04, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Carol. Sorry for slow reply; I have been away and off-line. I was not aware of the WP policy on canvassing. Having reviewed it, I am not sure whether this could be seen as canvassing. I certainly did not intend this as a message to other WP users, but rather as a repository of information deleted from Wikipedia. I will edit the post to be clear. BobFromBrockley (talk) 15:04, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Better to find out on a minor issue than a major one :-) CarolMooreDC (talk) 02:24, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please participate in the the discussion at Talk:Anti-fascism#.22It_refers_to_individuals_and_groups_on_the_left_of_the_political_spectrum.22? I've mentioned you and a questionable revision of yours there. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 19:53, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 13:40, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

		The Citation Barnstar
		Thank you for all the great books for the Multiculturalism article Moxy (talk) 20:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• I have added the books digitized copies were copyright possible and add ISBN numbers See: Multiculturalism#Further reading.Moxy (talk) 20:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Moxy, that's really kind.BobFromBrockley (talk) 09:58, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Red Saunders (photographer) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red Saunders (photographer) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:20, 30 December 2014 (UTC) [reply]

Thanks for your contributions to this article. However, I edited one of them, to remove the description of some of the organisation's speakers as 'war criminals'. There may well be allegations of war crimes against them, and those allegations may even be true; but without a conviction by a court, we can't describe them that way. See the BLP policy for more information on writing about living people. Robofish (talk) 19:34, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. You're absolutely right. BobFromBrockley (talk) 21:48, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You are of course welcome to write an article on the Kampfbund gegen den Faschismus, but redirects to another Wikipedia project do not work. Hence I have requested speedy deletion (WP:G8). Kleuske (talk) 12:22, 4 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I messed that up. Should have linked mentions in articles. Will try to create article stub later. BobFromBrockley (talk) 14:07, 4 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing

Please, stop reverting sourced edits made by me or other editor. Use talk pages instead of reverting good faith edits. This warning comes after your disruptive bahaviour at the Afthermath section of the Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017) article. Mr.User200 (talk) 18:24, 18 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please point to an example of disruptive editing on my behalf. You seem to routinely undo my edits, rarely with an explanation and never with discussion on the talk pages, and with one exception I do not revert these. I try and ask for explanations on talk pages, and you rarely if ever reply. In the example you point to, I flagged a section with literally one source with the one source template. You undid that with no explanation whatsoever. I asked for an explanation but instead you reverted me. Can I remind you of some Wikipedia policies: (1) "A single source is usually less than ideal, because a single source may be inaccurate or biased. Without other sources for corroboration, accuracy or neutrality may be suspect. By finding multiple independent sources, the reliability of the encyclopedia is improved." When a section or page relies largely or entirely on a single source, that's a problem, hence my use of the {{One source}} tag. To remove that tag, you either need to provide additional sources or use the talk pages to provide a really good justification. (2) When the single source is less than fully reliable (see WP:RS) that's a particular problem. Al-Masdar has been discussed numerous times on the RS noticeboard; the overwhelming consensus is that it is not a reliable source, and that it is absolutely not a reliable single source for controversial claims. I think it is especially wrong to use it as a source for opposition actions, as it is reliant for its own reporting on government military sources. Uses of this single source. Rather than removing claims sourced to this single unreliable source, I have used the {{better source}} tag. To remove that tag, you either need to provide a better source or a really good justification why the source is good enough. (3) As per WP:OWN, no individual editor owns an article. You may have put an admirable amount of effort into the Timeline articles, but they are not your personal property: "Removing warnings like {{complex}}, {{cleanup}} or {{RfD}} just because you think a page is yours is not right. No matter who you are, you must follow our rules and discuss problems with others." Please abide by this WP policy. BobFromBrockley (talk) 10:48, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing

Please, stop reverting sourced edits made by me or other editor. This second warning comes after your disruptive bahaviour at a section of the Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (May–August 2017) article.Mr.User200 (talk) 01:53, 24 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr.User200: I have no idea which edits you see as disruptive. Instead of putting these warnings on my page, could you please respond to my comments above, or my comments on the talk pages where we both edit? I know you are quite new to Wikipedia and have had lots of experiences already of disruptive edit warnings, but Wikipedia works by consensus, which is why I use edit summaries and talk pages to discuss edits, and not by threats. Please constructively engage in discussion. BobFromBrockley (talk) 10:02, 25 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Its ok mate. One reason we are all here for is to help eachother. :) EkoGraf (talk) 12:50, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The source https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-chemicalweapons-idUSKBN15S1W7 about the UN-OPCW report is investigating the entire Syrian Civil War, not the Battle of Aleppo.

Thanks Kimo2255. If you think that's relevant, maybe take discussion to Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) talk page. The Reuters article is about an HRW report finding "Government helicopters dropped chlorine bombs “in residential areas in Aleppo on at least eight occasions between November 17 and December 13, 2016”. OPCW is mentioned briefly - explicitly saying they didn't comment on the HRW report. BobFromBrockley (talk) 11:32, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, though, for the extra citations. I have left the VOA one (I think probably the most reliable) in the lede, and moved the others to the relevant section. I might work on that relevant section as it is a bit messy at the moment.BobFromBrockley (talk) 11:46, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can you explain how I misread the report? Chickenhero (talk) 17:22, 12 February 2018 (UTC)chickenhero[reply]

It is not a report; it is an opinion piece (it is clearly flagged as such on the Newsweek page). The opinion piece is by someone who has never previously written for any real media outlet[3], and Newsweek, in their current dysfunctionality, clearly didn't check it. If you look at the transcript of the Mattis briefing, widely available, Mattis actually didn't say anything that translates into the text you inserted into the WP article. See e.g. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018/02/09/newsweek-engages-easily-debunkable-syria-chemical-weapon-trutherism-help-ian-wilkie/ BobFromBrockley (talk) 10:54, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Now explain how he miswrote the report. Spamming page after page with "Assad didn't gas it's people" is appallingly poor grammar. The headline is right there in the link; "Assad didn't gas his people". (a link he didn't even fill in correctly). He should read WP:CIR & WP:CIV, especially before he goes haranguing people, who have rightfully reverted him, on their talk pages, when his own talk page states; "'F off if you want to edit here". (pfft!) Good catch, Bob. - ^theWOLFchild 21:17, 13 February 2018 (UTC) (talk page stalker)[reply]

Where have I ever lecture anyone in an aggressively manner. User:Thewolfchild — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chickenhero (talk • contribs) 21:55, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You might find this useful. FYI Cheers - ^theWOLFchild 21:20, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the sources I am reading regarding the views of those who alleged the existence of "Anti-Orthodoxy" connect those views to claims of Judeo-Masonic worldwide conspiracies, peppered with references to the Elders of Zion. I think this relevant but at the same time I'm not sure I want to give oxygen to this stuff. I was interested in hearing what you thought on this matter. Cheers, --Calthinus (talk) 17:24, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This absolutely does not surprise me. I agree with you that it is relevant and that it is dangerous to give oxygen - I think I would err on the side of not giving oxygen here. I think this is one of the reasons it'd be much better to try to stop WP using the term and use a more neutral term like "Persecution of..." BobFromBrockley (talk) 12:26, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough-- thanks for your input. I've posted a move request with ref to the AfD.--Calthinus (talk) 02:56, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also wanted to mention -- hope it's not weird -- I think your blog is awesome man and I will definitely end up using it as a resource some time for political discussions. Great work. --Calthinus (talk) 03:21, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Thanks. BobFromBrockley (talk) 16:51, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You recently participated in an AfD discussion for the Anti-Orthodoxy article here. A request to move (retitle) that article is currently under discussion here if you'd care to participate. —  AjaxSmack  05:55, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Content you added to the above articles appears to have been copied from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-investigator/syria-investigator-del-ponte-signs-off-with-a-sting-idUSKCN1BT29Q. Copying text directly from a source is a copyright violation. I have paraphrased the material so it complies with our copyright policy. All content you add to Wikipedia must be written in your own words. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:28, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I thought I paraphrased sufficiently, but really appreciate you doing so. BobFromBrockley (talk) 14:32, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And for fixing the ref formating I messed up! BobFromBrockley (talk) 14:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can you revert an IP's edit and revert back the page to this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Syria&oldid=849690045.Alhanuty (talk) 13:34, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So "Bob" now we have a definition via ArbCom about "outing" will you be doing anything about your intentional linking of personal information, which hadn't been disclosed on here? Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/BLP_issues_on_British_politics_articles/Proposed_decision#Community_reminded --RebeccaSaid (talk) 07:44, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Rebecca, If I outed you by quoting your tweet, I sincerely apologise. It was not my intention. I do not believe I disclosed personal information about you, as I do not have any, and I don't believe I sought out or identified a link (I'm not really sure what that means), but I realise I was wrong to effectively post something about your off-wiki activity by quoting what I believed to be your tweet about the ArbCom case, even though your userpage links to an off-wiki resource associated with the Twitter account I quoted, and that this could be interpreted as constituting "outing" in the sense defined in the proposed decision. I am sorry, and hope it has not caused you any upset. BobFromBrockley (talk) 12:15, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that you recently amended the white helmets page to say that “422 people - 98 White Helmet volunteers and their family members - to Jordan“. I can’t find any mention to the number 98 in the source provided. It initially says “Hundreds of Syrian “White Helmet” rescue workers and their families” and later mentions 422 people. Another source says

“422 White Helmets volunteers were evacuated” - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-of-syrian-white-helmets-evacuated-to-jordan-through-israel-2018-07-22/

A google search using the number 98 does bring up a few sources which mention that, of the 422 rescued, 98 were white helmet volunteers. These sources seem to suggest that the remaining 324 were family members of the 98 white helmets.

If you want to keep the 98 figure in the article I think you will need to change the source provided. I also think the statement “98 White Helmet volunteers and their family members” has some ambiguity. Is the 98 referring to just the white helmets or to the “white helmets and their family members”. Can you make it clearer?

Burrobert 19:08, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

sorry for the slow reply. Been offline. Will look. BobFromBrockley (talk) 08:42, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lotsof sources are clear: Telegraph “In the end, 98 White Helmet volunteers and 324 family members made it out, only half of those who signed up for evacuation.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/24/white-helmets-rescuers-stuck-syria-fear-regime-reprisals-colleagues/ Guardian: “He said on Sunday that 422 people were rescued, including 98 White Helmets. As many as 800 others did not manage to escape or chose not to do so.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/israel-evacuates-800-white-helmets-in-face-of-syria-advance CBC: “In the raging war zone that is southwestern Syria, 98 White Helmets — members of a volunteer rescue organization also known as the Syrian Civil Defence — brought their spouses, children and a personal bag each. A total of 421 people massed at two collection points where they were to reach freedom in Jordan. But by the time they reached safety, they were 422. One woman went into labour on the journey. Her son, Nairouz, came into the world just short of the Syria-Israel border.” https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/how-white-helmets-escaped-syria-1.4758712

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See WP:AN#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4 closed. I've reverted the account and the IP and added ECP. Before the new decision I couldn't have done that. Doug Weller talk 14:29, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Bob, long time, hope all is well in these interesting times. Wanted to let you know Santasa99 has been working hard to bring Bosnian genocide denial up to GA. Since I'm aware you know some relevant cases and care about the matter [4] [5], perhaps I thought you might take an interest in the contributing. If not, I understand. Cheers! --Calthinus (talk) 18:01, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I posted on Talk for Anti-Racist Action about undoing the June 2020 rewrite, which is based on a report on a far-Right blog, includes many improperly cited claims, and names several individuals as being part of Torch Antifa chapters without evidence. Would be great to have your thoughts on this proposed change. Thanks. GNO23 (talk) 23:48, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you recently created a Synthesis that had asked for the link that asked exactly where Zenz's work was stated to be sourced to Istiqlal TV.

I know Zenz used numbers or accounting figures that actually came from exile media Istiqal internet TV, to back his entire estimate as well as also citing US-funded Radio Free Asia who claimed to use cold-calling to get their proof. But it's really easy to see the conflict of interest there and why western mainstream media shy away from reporting that actual fact. Hence I think that's why Japan's Newsweek omitted his name and mainstream western articles don't "usually" mention the exile group.

I honestly learned that fact from GrayZone and it doesn't take a genius to know that Japan Newsweek is using the very same document and figures that Adrian also presented to the world. But western media seem to not want to mention it. So really hard to get sources and Grayzoine is not allowed on Wikipedia despite nothing they wrote was non-factual.

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-uyghurs-problems-claims-us-ngo-researcher/

But you make a semi-fair point that we need a solid source that EXPLICITLY show the connection so I went to do some extra digging and believe me, after a LONG WHILE - approx almost an hour of searching on google, finally found 2 sources that can back it up. And only afterward, I have removed your "Synthesis" and replaced it with the 2 sources that explicitly mention Istiqal and japan Newsweek and them publishing the exile org media report that Adrian used to back his estimates.

The reason I am writing to you is more a professional courtesy that I have removed your Synthesis and added the sources that you had wanted to see and to let you know that as you seem interested in the topic. You can feel free to review and check up on it if you want. - https://merics.org/en/analysis/where-did-one-million-figure-detentions-xinjiangs-camps-come + https://edtimes.in/for-incompetent-expert-adrian-zenz-benefits-are-more-important-than-truth/ MangoTareeface9 (talk) 23:56, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks MangoTareeface9. I appreciate the courtesy. I'll review it properly later, but it certainly looks like you have addressed the synthesis issue, and the MERICS source is reliable. On Grayzone, read this critique from (I believe) a reliable source, which builds on the MERICS piece: https://chinalawandpolicy.com/2020/01/05/when-journalism-is-not-journalism-the-grayzones-faulty-analysis-of-what-is-happening-in-xinjiang/ And this by a veteran journalist is probably not a reliable source and is polemical, but explains some of the wider problems with Grayzone: https://medium.com/muros-invisibles/enter-the-dragon-b8087398eaa0 BobFromBrockley (talk) 09:29, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help editing Draft:Mark Steele (conspiracy theorist). I really appreciate the detail that you added. Do you feel that the article is good enough to be moved into the main-space yet? I appreciate that one must employ maximum caution when editing a biographical article about a controversial living person. --Salimfadhley (talk) 17:10, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've never taken a page from draft to mainspace before and am not fully versed in BLP issues relating to legal cases, but to me the article feels robust enough: there are enough sources that cover him to suggest notability and everything in the article is reliably sourced. BobFromBrockley (talk) 07:49, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is done. Thank you for your excellent contributions. --Salimfadhley (talk) 09:42, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have added a section as you suggested, regarding the shooting of Nicola Lumsden in 1993. Please feel free to improve the page as you see fit. --Salimfadhley (talk) 12:25, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bob, did you see the recent changes to the related article, Draft:Kate_Shemirani. She has been the subject of articles in both The Times and Jewish Chronicle this week. I feel that this subject now passes our notability guidelines for biographical articles. --Salimfadhley (talk) 14:55, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed you because of your edits at the Shemirani article, then saw on your user page that you're more interested in politics than I am. Since it even mentioned left politics, I just wanted to point at The Left (North Macedonia), in case it's an article you would like to improve. I also posted a concern at its talk page recently (that may or may not be valid). Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 11:19, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks PaleoNeonate. Will look. BobFromBrockley (talk) 13:29, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Bob, would you be interested in participating in a group that has a particular interest in observing the activities of Shemirani and Steele. --Salimfadhley (talk) 22:58, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sure BobFromBrockley (talk) 07:18, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I appreciated you thoughtful response here, and I notice that you're interested in both Judaism and the left. You might find this organization worth thinking about in light of that. Jlevi (talk) 11:31, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bob, just a quick one to inform you: I accidentally removed some of your content from this edit, I have however added it back, but it may be worth you giving it the once-over. Alssa1 (talk) 17:52, 12 November 2020 (UTC) Thanks Alssa1. BobFromBrockley (talk) 08:49, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]