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• The titles should be accompanied by years of publishing.Xx236 (talk) 07:28, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I added a section to Omer Bartov’s political views outlining his stance on the Israel-Gaza War and how he has come under fire from respected academics for accusing Israel of genocide without evidence and without sound usage of the term. Wiki editors deleted it and then locked his page. This is supposed to be an uncensored reference site devoid of political biases. Apparently it is not. 2600:1700:FFB:8B60:A86B:92A:5BA2:276 (talk) 01:34, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the page was locked and our additions were removed because of the political biases of the Wikipedia editors. It is common for Wikipedia articles on public figures to include a "criticism" section, with various disagreements their peers have had of their work. This provides more dimensions to the information so Wikipedia readers can have greater knowledge about that individual. We simply stated what those criticisms of Omer Bartov are, specified the names of the scholars who have made the critiques, and properly footnoted those criticisms with reliable sources. Everything we said was true. Those people did, in fact, criticize Bartov in the manner we articulated and in the sourced we footnoted. I see no other explanation for the removal and locking of the page than political bias on the part of the Wikipedia editors. They don't want public readers to be aware that not every scholar of Jewish Studies agrees with Bartov's claims about the Israel/Gaza conflict. 24.101.0.5 (talk) 16:03, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AlsoWukai: Lede serves as a summary of the body, this was not duplicated material, so why did you remove it? Makeandtoss (talk) 13:18, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Too much detail for lede. AlsoWukai (talk) 20:24, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AlsoWukai: As we now agree it was not duplicate material, I disagree regarding it being too much detail and cite Noam Chomsky's WP article which elaborates on his entire political views. I don't think this biography is any different. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:30, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article is vastly shorter, so there is no need to "elaborate on his entire political views" when they are given only a couple of paragraphs later, in the "Career" and "Political views" section. To do so is indeed to duplicate material. AlsoWukai (talk) 19:38, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AlsoWukai: His positions on Israeli apartheid and Israeli perpetrated genocide is not his entire political views, but the ones he has gained a lot of coverage for, and should be mentioned in lede which is a summary of body per MOS:LEDE. Makeandtoss (talk) 16:19, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why does this page remain locked? Bartov’s views on Israel’s so-called genocide have been challenged by several prominent Holocaust historians, yet there is no section noting this criticism. It mistakenly promotes the view that Israel’s conducting genocide is accepted fact, when it’s an opinion of a handful of scholars. The history shows that several attempts were made to add a well-sourced and substantive paragraph on the subject. Why was it removed? Wikipedia has been accused by some of having an anti-Israel bias. I don’t know whether that’s true or not, but this resource should aspire to being politically neutral, regardless of the subject. And Holocaust historians, including Bartov, would agree about this principle. 24.225.242.65 (talk) 01:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As a non-involved reader I would simply assume that the article got locked because a page on a single scholar should present his main scholarly achievements, and some biographical facts, e.g. "member of political party X". If the scholar is involved in prominent (non-scholarly) controversies, it may be worth mentioning. But a biographical page is not the right place to present the pro and con arguments in that controversy itself, especially with such a heated subject. That is properly done on a separate page dedicated to that controversy. Otherwise people could flood basically every single page of every single prominent person with page on page of arguments. For instance, Newton believed in witchcraft. His Wiki page is the right place to present his individual position on witchcraft. But it would be completely misplaced to then demand that all the arguments of other people, even of other scientists, even of contemporaries of Newton, regarding why believing in witchraft is wrong must then also be presented on Newton's Wiki page. Same here, to my mind: If Bartov holds position X on subject N, it may be of interest for a biographical article. If his colleague Votrab were to hold the position "not-X" on the same subject, this in turn ought to be mentioned on Votrab's page - but definitely not on Bartov's page. There will always be people who hold a different position on any specific position held by the subject of a biographical article. It is impossible, and entirely meaningless, to list every alternative position held by anybody at any point in time to that subject within the context of a biography. 134.95.144.176 (talk) 14:42, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What did he think and write before 7 Oct 2023? Silence, nada. What does he think about the existence of Israel? Not a word. Did he write about peace options? Don't look for that here.

Agitprop. Arminden (talk) 06:06, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Omerbartov (talk) 16:15, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Updated his title to Dean's Professor as stated in the cited source. Day Creature (talk) 16:56, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Description of suggested change: Request to add updated information to Omer Bartov's wikipedia page, under the "Political Views" section & the "Notes" section. Bartov recently (April 14 2025) published an interview in Jacobin where he talks about Palestine-Israel, specifically after President Trump assumes the presidency and after what he believes is an expansion of the war ("occupation"--his word) from Gaza to the West Bank.

Link to article: https://jacobin.com/2025/04/bartov-israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide

I believe these two full quote should be included in the "Notes" section to bolster the changes suggested:

NOTE 1 to ADD: "It’s a misnomer to call it a war. Hamas still has some control over the population, also enforcing it through executions, but it has no real remaining military presence. It probably has a few thousand men, mostly recently recruited, carrying light arms. The IDF is a modern army with modern aircraft, tanks, and gunboats supplied by the US and Germany. This is an occupation by the IDF designed to take over Gaza. There will, of course, be resistance, but it will be guerrilla resistance. The objective is to completely control Gaza and, through that control, force the population to leave. The problem is that there’s nowhere for them to go. Egypt, which is the only neighboring country with a border, does not want to accept them." https://jacobin.com/2025/04/bartov-israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide

NOTE 2 to ADD: "Meanwhile, the IDF is applying Gaza-like tactics to the West Bank and has already completely destroyed, according to the most recent reports, the refugee camp in Jenin. It’s now a ghost town. Between 30,000 and 40,000 Palestinians have already been displaced. The IDF is preparing to do the same in other camps, starting in the northern part of the West Bank and eventually moving to other areas. Settlers, supported by the military, are conducting weekly pogroms, particularly in the Hebron Hills. There’s no reason for the settlers to stop unless there is massive international pressure. There is no internal dynamic in Israel right now that would halt it. The only faint hope within Israel for change comes from reports that many reservists are refusing to rejoin their units. Some are doing this for political reasons, but I would say that is a minority, as they feel this is a political war to preserve Netanyahu in power." https://jacobin.com/2025/04/bartov-israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide

I'm sorry that I don't know how to include proper citations & notes in this template.

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Bostonfiasco (talk) 20:58, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I added your edit request. Does it look good? Floating Orb (talk) 23:43, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you for the edit and citation help. Bostonfiasco (talk) 17:48, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your welcome! This is my first edit request I did actually. Floating Orb (talk) 18:13, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Marked as answered. Happy Editing! Cooldudeseven7 _talk 11:30, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of his views are shared by far right nationalists on X like Maria Loupis and Nick Fuentes 2804:18:114C:8F9F:85E1:D0AC:3B5B:5D56 (talk) 15:24, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Examples; references? Protolepsis (talk) 15:03, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We should add his new stance on Israel committing a genocide against the Palestinians;

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html Nickal06 (talk) 19:40, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Added Bartov's July NYT essay and conclusion to the article. Nnev66 (talk) 14:10, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the Books section, I noticed the second listed book is missing a hyphen as per its proper title, shown here: Historians on the Eastern Front: Andreas Hillgruber and Germany’s Tragedy  Done Missing colon added to chapter title Nnev66 (talk) 15:36, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This hyphen is evident in Bartov's 1996 book (Murder in Our Midst: The Holocaust, Industrial Killing, and Representation) from which the above title is the heading for chapter 4 (source: https://academic.oup.com/book/47514) Epictetus68 (talk) 18:52, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Description of suggested change: Used the cite interview template to have a citation that includes the names of the persons involved. I didn't see it necessary to include the archive link since the original webpage is still live.

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I EAT PINBALLS (talk) 01:12, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Day Creature (talk) 02:47, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]