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.
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.