Muslim Wikipedia Editors Needed
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Topic: Muslim Wikipedia Editors Needed
Posted By: oiboy
Subject: Muslim Wikipedia Editors Needed
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 11:03pm
To my dismay Wikipedia's NPOV (Neutral Point of View) status has NOT been followed. It has turned into a hate mongering cess-pool of pro-Zionist propoganda. If any of you can help, with edits w/sources it would be great.
The articles I propose we FIX are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-Palestinian_conflict - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-Palestinian_conflict
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Summer_Rains - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Summer_Rains
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_shelling - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_shelling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenin_massacre - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenin_massacre
Any constructive help would be great. If you are an admin on Wikipedia all the better. The more people involved on this little project the better.
Thanks,
Reza
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Posted By: s666
Date Posted: 09 July 2006 at 9:49am
the npov has not been disregarded. there are many muslim administrators out their who are looking after such things.
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Posted By: muslimwikipedia
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 2:29pm
oiboy wrote:
To my dismay Wikipedia's NPOV (Neutral
Point of View) status has NOT been followed. It has turned into a hate
mongering cess-pool of pro-Zionist propoganda. If any of you can help,
with edits w/sources it would be great.
The articles I propose we FIX are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine - - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine - - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-Palestinian_conflict
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Summer_Rains - - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas - - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_shelling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad - - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenin_massacre
Any
constructive help would be great. If you are an admin on Wikipedia all
the better. The more people involved on this little project the better.
Thanks,
Reza
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asalamalykum, unfortunately wikipedia is a zionist run entity (see
ziopedia). But that is something we have to deal with because currently
any search in google for an islamic term comes back with wikipedia in
the top 10. So unfortunately we have to work with wikipedia.
That said, the good news is that there is now a muslim wikipedia where
we can bask in the glow of brother hood :-) and write articles about
islam and islam related subjects to our hearts content
www.muslimwikipedia.com
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Posted By: Israfil
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 7:52pm
Funny, when I went to "muslimwikipedia" I looked up the word Jew and funny, no results of that word was found...How interesting.....LOL
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Posted By: muslimwikipedia
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:50am
asalamalykum Israfil,
that is because no one has written anything about the subject 'Jew' Yet.
The muslim wikipedia is an online encyclopedia where the community enter the information.
So for example, if you are a member of a muslim organisation, or you
have a local community, or say you have an islamic book you have read
on say Emaan. Then if you are passionate about sharing that Islamic
knowledge with the whole world, all you do is
Go to the muslim wikipedia. enter the subject in the search box
type go. If the page already exists you can edit it (you have to be
logged in). and if it doesn't already exist a page will come up asking
you if you want to create the page. In which case you just click on the
yes, and then start editing the page.
Inshallah the article or info doesn't have to be complete, as someone else will come along and add to it, if it needs adding.
I believe this is an absolutey brilliant oppurtunity for muslims to
build an encyclopedia on Islam that will present Islam to the world as
it should be presented.
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Posted By: peacemaker
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 8:59am
muslimwikipedia wrote:
asalamalykum Israfil, that is because no one has written anything about the subject 'Jew' Yet.
The muslim wikipedia is an online encyclopedia where the community enter the information.
So for example, if you are a member of a muslim organisation, or you have a local community, or say you have an islamic book you have read on say Emaan. Then if you are passionate about sharing that Islamic knowledge with the whole world, all you do is
Go to the muslim wikipedia. enter the subject in the search box type go. If the page already exists you can edit it (you have to be logged in). and if it doesn't already exist a page will come up asking you if you want to create the page. In which case you just click on the yes, and then start editing the page. Inshallah the article or info doesn't have to be complete, as someone else will come along and add to it, if it needs adding.
I believe this is an absolutey brilliant oppurtunity for muslims to build an encyclopedia on Islam that will present Islam to the world as it should be presented.
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Assalamu Alaikum muslimwikipedia,
Good point, Jazak Allah Khair. Is there any control as to what is written there? For example, if someone writes incorrect things about Islam, who corrects that in order to convey the true message of Islam to the world?
Peace
------------- Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
Qur'an 55:13
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Posted By: Israfil
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 10:33am
Muslimwikipedia....your idea is great and very informitive info however I personally wouldn't feel comfortable about writing something on Judaism seeing as me, myself, I am no Jew. Any opinions coming from a Muslim in respect with other religions would in fact be from the prospective of a Muslim therefore, any research, comments etc would be bias. Of course what would help is encourage Jews as well as Christians to write information about their religions as well as Sikhs, Hindus etc to avoid stereotypes and misinformation. I would happily write about philosophy and metaphysics and such....!
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Posted By: muslimwikipedia
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:56pm
peacemaker wrote:
muslimwikipedia wrote:
asalamalykum Israfil, that is because no one has written anything about the subject 'Jew' Yet.
The muslim wikipedia is an online encyclopedia where the community enter the information.
So
for example, if you are a member of a muslim organisation, or you have
a local community, or say you have an islamic book you have read on say
Emaan. Then if you are passionate about sharing that Islamic knowledge
with the whole world, all you do is
Go to the muslim wikipedia. enter the subject in the search box type
go. If the page already exists you can edit it (you have to be logged
in). and if it doesn't already exist a page will come up asking you if
you want to create the page. In which case you just click on the yes,
and then start editing the page. Inshallah the article or info doesn't have to be complete, as someone else will come along and add to it, if it needs adding.
I
believe this is an absolutey brilliant oppurtunity for muslims to build
an encyclopedia on Islam that will present Islam to the world as it
should be presented.
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Assalamu Alaikum muslimwikipedia,
Good point, Jazak Allah Khair. Is there any control as to what is
written there? For example, if someone writes incorrect things about
Islam, who corrects that in order to convey the true message of Islam
to the world?
Peace |
Salaam. There are policies in place that explain the Muslim Wikipedia
NPOV (No Point of View), and that everything has to be referenced, and
that the Muslim Wikipedia is there to Promote every aspect of Islam.
Articles against Islam, or that are insulting are flagged by the
community of muslim wikipedians administrators, and reverted
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Posted By: muslimwikipedia
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:57pm
Israfil wrote:
Muslimwikipedia....your
idea is great and very informitive info however I personally wouldn't
feel comfortable about writing something on Judaism seeing as me,
myself, I am no Jew. Any opinions coming from a Muslim in respect with
other religions would in fact be from the prospective of a Muslim
therefore, any research, comments etc would be bias. Of course what
would help is encourage Jews as well as Christians to write information
about their religions as well as Sikhs, Hindus etc to avoid stereotypes
and misinformation. I would happily write about philosophy and
metaphysics and such....! |
Salaam, there will Inshallah be huge sections on other religions. But
these will be from a comparison with Islam perspective. This after all
is the MuslimWikipedia, not the JewishWikipedia or the
ChristianWikipedia.
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Posted By: Israfil
Date Posted: 01 August 2006 at 4:45pm
muslimwikipedia toche! I understand brother but we must
becareful when commenting on anothers religion because
what if our understanding of that religion is not plausible? We
may have knowledge of other religions but our perspective of
that may be false espeically if the other members of that
religion differ on our perspective. For instance most Hindus
claim their religion is monotheistic because BRAHMAN being
the absolute reality or GOD is divisible into various
comprehensive images or various godly deities. Although to us
this is polytheistic shouldn't we if commenting on this religious
belief also have their side noted as well?
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Posted By: muslimwikipedia
Date Posted: 01 August 2006 at 6:11pm
salaam,
the muslim wikipedia only permits the promotion of Islam. Other
religions , inshallah will be discussed, but ONLY in the context of
Islam.
So for example In Hinduism, there is the concept of Ohm, the sole
creator. However there are lesser gods per se, and so for example the
islamic concept of tawheed, and the unity of Allah will be added as the
concept of pure monotheism.
There is a concept that only one who believes in their religion is able
to adequately explain it. But since we are not there to promote other
religions, factual and doctrinal descriptions are sufficient. And
inshallah there are many Muslim brothers and sisters who are well
versed in these fields.
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Posted By: Israfil
Date Posted: 02 August 2006 at 8:24am
Muslimwikipedia,
Thank you for your explanation as it is indeed most clear....
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