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Roy Farran

Hey there! I'm back after a rather enforced vacation due to a lack of internet and moving houses, but I've begun work on Roy Farran again. I've finished his wartime career, and now I'm onto the Palestine section. I'd welcome your help in writing this section, as well as the rest of the article. I'm thinking, that as the book cited in the Murder section doesn't cite any pages, and I can't get ahold of it, that I'll have to rewrite and expand the section from scratch. I have several books with me that I'll be using, as well as Google Books. Still, if you could get hold of Major Farran's Trilby, the book we were discussing in December, that would be helpful. Cheers, Skinny87 (talk) 13:23, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Skinny, Congrats on your new house! Are you referring to "Major Farran’s Hat:The Untold Story of the Struggle to Establish the Jewish State By David Cesarani"? Do you have access to that book? All the best, Happy138 (talk) 16:56, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's the one, couldn't remember the name! I don't have it on me at the moment, though I'll be using the internet to see if any local libraries have it. I'm currently writing the Palestine section to give background to why Farran led a Q squad and did what he did whilst in Palestine. Aldritch's book 'Hidden Hand' has three pages devoted to Farran and has a lot of good info, but the Murder section sourced to Cesarani doesn't have any page numbers so is rather useless at the moment. I propose to delete it as is, rewrite it from scratch with Aldritch, the obituaries from online, and what I find in Google Books; and then try and find Cesarani to expand on it. How does that sound? Skinny87 (talk) 20:01, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I assume the Cesarani book would have a certain angle on it, which is likely to be different than the Aldrich book. It's better to leave the Cesarani references at least until you can see the book itself. I will wait for you to write, before adding any referenced materials from the Hebrew articles. Much success, Happy138 (talk) 20:07, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As I feared, the nearest copy is about 80 miles away in the British Library, to which I don't have any decent access. I'd rather take the Cesarani citations out due to their lack of page numbers, and it also seems a tad biased towards Farran. Perhaps a compromise? I finish the Palestine background section I'm writing now, and when that's finished I'll put together the Murder and aftermath section on the talkpage, so we can examine and disect it; a lot of my sources have the same info as the Casarani section, but with even more details. How does that sound? I'd like to avoid the Hebrew wikipedia page on Major Farran, as it has absolutely no inline citations, and is furthermore very short and thus lacks details. Skinny87 (talk) 20:18, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have asked the wikipedian who wrote the article to provide some more sources. I agree that putting the murder part on the talkpage first is a good idea. Thanks, Happy138 (talk) 21:35, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, lots of results in the Palestine Post's digital archive! Here's the link. Happy138 (talk) 21:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(ed) Ta for that. I'll take a look at the archives over the next few days, as I'm busy at work until Friday; might get some time tomorrow night to do some more writing. Skinny87 (talk) 21:49, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. How do you like this cariciture - Hocus Pocus - here's Farran - now he's disappeared! Happy138 (talk) 21:33, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting sketch, quite like that. I didn't realize that these were all contemporary papers. I'm not a huge fan of using primary sources, especially from the period. But saying that, I've found a few articles from the Palestine Post that could be rather useful in adding extra details about the trial and Farran's own comments during it. So cheers for that - I'll get writing when I can. Aside, it's nice to see an historic newspaper archive free to the public, unlike the Times who demand payment every time you want to use it. Skinny87 (talk) 22:20, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anytime. Davar is now gone... but the Palestine Post is now called the Jerusalem Post, so kudos to them! They also did a nice video article about me last week... Happy138 (talk) 22:27, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not very active at the moment, but it is tempting. Nice sources; I think I'll try and put together an expanded (text and citations) version of the Murder section into one of my sandboxes. Skinny87 (talk) 22:04, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Do you need any help with that search engine? Happy138 (talk) 22:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(od) I'll let youknow dude, thanks. I'm working the next few days, so it might be a little while, but I haven't forgotten this by any means. Skinny87 (talk) 21:46, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sara Hurwitz

As per your previous contributions on this topic, I thought you might be interested in contributing to this article.Joe407 (talk) 07:46, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Happy138 (talk) 13:17, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

500 home run club

I removed the "next closest" because such a list is not included at any similar featured or near-featured quality list. I removed the opposing pitcher because it was completely unsourced and in my searches I couldn't find a source (particularly for the older guys). I removed the 600th and 700th HR info both because other lists don't have something similar (3,000 strikeout club got featured despite no column on 4,000 Ks) and they leave huge blank columns for most of the club. Staxringold _talk^contribs 18:09, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you on all counts, except for the "next closest". That does exist in other lists - for exapmle - List of Major League Baseball players with 2000 hits, List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles, List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples, List of Major League Baseball Players with 4000 total bases, List of top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters. Happy138 (talk) 19:16, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Let me correct itself, it doesn't exist in any featured or GA quality lists or articles. Technically WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS applies to both of us, but I tend to take featured/good quality work as the style guide going forward. Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:51, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Actually, look at that, the 100 Triples list is featured, I forgot. Hmmm. Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:52, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And? I still think we should know who's getting close to join these clubs. Happy138 (talk) 21:03, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Elihu Ben-Onn

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 Done Happy138 (talk) 23:15, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Naftali Bennett

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 Done Happy138 (talk) 12:58, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Done Happy138 (talk) 09:54, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Elkana

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Thanks for the heads up. Joe407 (talk) 10:59, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for helping edit Next Israeli legislative election--Metallurgist (talk) 02:39, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure! Happy138 (talk) 09:56, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hershel Schachter

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Please stop deleting legitimate well sourced material. Wikipedia is not your personal glorification page or that of Zionist extremists who've called for Netanyahu's assassination. Please refrain from promoting your agenda by silencing truth.

We'll just agree to disagree. Happy138 (talk) 20:32, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your revert in article Beit Shemesh

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Proposed deletion of Nitza Davidovich

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Settlements are not in Israel

Settlements are not in Israel. Even that source acknowledges that Efrat is in the West Bank. It's accepted that the occupied territories are not a part Israel. If you keep changing this, expect to be reported. --IRISZOOM (talk) 11:45, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am not aware of this being true or being a Wikipedia policy. Please provide a source. Thanks, Happy138 (talk) 21:31, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What about taking a look at Israeli-occupied territories, West Bank and Israeli settlement? Wikipedia reflects what the world says. --IRISZOOM (talk) 20:02, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Gael Grunewald

Thanks and done! Hey I've seen some worse ones get tagged that people never put refs for and forget to and get deleted-including senators, Oscar nominated screenwriters and even Olympians! (Ouch at the screenwriter and Olympian part!) Wgolf (talk) 16:01, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! Happy138 (talk) 19:33, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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