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Wiki-Warriors ... correcting false, anti-Israeli information on Wikipedia and giving Israel credit where it's due.
In a recent seminar, I have heard of from a lawyer who's very involved in correcting anti-Israeli / Anti-Semitic misinformation on Wikipedia that despite the clear need for this, there's hardly anyone doing it.
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This is an extremely important idea. There are also hate groups on Facebook as well; it would be a good idea to form a Facebook committee as well.
I agree with you that knowledge of how to do those things is required. I also think that more knowledge of how to correct the anti-Israel misinformation and what to replace it with is equally important. I am all for getting rid of the lies and setting up the truth, but I don't feel I have enough "real" information yet to do that. I think the first step to this is to educate ourselves and those around us, to better equip us for this task.
thanks for your encouraging comment. Of course, this is not a task you can't easily do if you feel not knowledgeable enough on the details, facts etc. Waiting until everyone of us IS, however, is not realistic either and I don't think it is necessary. That's why I'd suggest the following concept:
1. You have a core team of people who are very knowledgeable on the facts and the technical side of editing such pages. Many Israel advocates are exactly this, some of them even having the relevant academic background (history, politics etc.)
2. You develop a system in which other people (who are more, or less knowledgeable, maybe with more knowledge in there area of expertise) can bring to the core team's attention any misinformation they came across on wiki, facebook etc. with feedback on what's wrong with it...
3. You don't only want to correct information. You want to add positive messages about Israel. That includes updates on sport events, business or even really general stuff such as - Imagine you run a search for the word "cafe" or "academia" and somewhere on the wiki-page you read "more cafes / PhDs / Universities / etc. per capita in Israel than anywhere else" ... something like that. We all can do that.
In other words, this is also about spreading good connotations about Israel to those people who may not be anti, who don't know anything about Israel, the conflict etc. It's about getting the positive messages heard disconnected from all the fighting against injustices vis-a-vis Israel. Ignore that side for a second, get the positive stuff out there.
Start a TRIBE and I will work to get others to join this tribe to build this so we are doing this soon.
agreed! Let's see who'd want to do this. How many people etc. Then I can get in touch with that guy who has experience with this and try to organize an online workshop. What do you think?
Here is a great "how-to" guide. Every edit I will post on twitter/facebook to encourage those willing to do it.
I must say, I do not believe that "the owners" (that is, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia) are anti-Israel or anti-Semitic at all. Wales is actively engaged with the international Jewish community and he was a speaker at the Israeli Presidential Conference:
http://www.israellycool.com/2012/03/25/wikipedias-jimmy-wales-rips-anti-israel-lebanese-man-a-new-one/
Wikipedia has some pretty strict rules that have been enacted in order to protect users and prevent spam - even rules for which the purpose is not always apparent...
Why not create a new site dedicated to correcting false info. Call it the Wiki Fixi.
Copy and paste information in question concerning Israel to the new site and include the correct info. I'm sure ther must be a clever website designer who could make it happen.
I have been doing this for a while. I save articles and facts and when I see lies in articles or in people's comments, I correct them and give some positive facts about Israel and Jews and I copy and paste the link that I have saved to the factual article to back it up. I can't bear to see lies and negative false statements being made against Jews and Israel. God has laid the Jews and Israel on my heart for years...since 2000 or maybe even 1997 and I have been doing this ever since. I can't stop if I wanted to. I know it is an urging from the Lord. THere's no other explanation for it. I'm not Jewish. Just a person saved by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiach. HE must be the driving force. I love Israel and the Jews and pray for you daily. I hate to see what Obama is doing to hurt Israel and America.