User:Gidonb

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Contents 1 Project of the Week 2 News and Babel boxes 3 About me 4 Awards

[edit] Project of the Week

• Jo Daviess County, Illinois

[edit] News and Babel boxes

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• The government of Southern Sudan withdraws its mediation efforts at the Juba talks between Uganda and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (leader Joseph Kony pictured).
• In tennis, Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanović win the singles titles in the 2008 French Open.
• The Diet of Japan recognizes the Ainu as an indigenous people for the first time.
• Israeli minister Shaul Mofaz threatens an attack on Iran's nuclear program.
• Turkey's Constitutional Court reinstates a ban on the hijab in universities, citing the constitution's secular principles.
• In ice hockey, the Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup by defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games in the 2008 Finals.
• Zimbabwean police briefly detain foreign diplomats and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai before the second round of the presidential election.

[edit] About me

Gidonb, a married PhD candidate, resident of Illinois and father of two amazing children, is in his sparse free-time much engaged in dispute resolution, consensus building, extensive categorizing and addressing of POV and vandalism. See here an example how a page with important information can be preserved after we reach an agreement.

Creating a first or better balance in many articles, I managed to include the Holocaust permanently on the Germany page, an inclusion that was previously contested as "POV" with the use of sock-puppets. Also it was often eroded because of "lack of space". Until today I am shocked by the rudeness of the behavior on that page. I am engaged in many other human rights issues around the globe and the promotion of culture and arts.

Last years I detected several hoaxes, including a dormant hoax system of multiple articles and edits around Gal Vardi who was supposedly buried on the Hiria (the best known garbage dump in Israel). The hoax, definitely written by an Israeli, described a completely unknown Israeli general and his army unit who committed some of the worst possible war crimes. Several Wikipedians happily edited the articles thereafter.

It can get worse than this. While I was adressing POV-pushing, a promoter of conspiracy theories got so angry at me that at times he accused me of no less than participation in murder, assistance to murder or cover-up for murder. He even invented a new conspiracy theory whereby a politician he blames in his theories pays me for my work at Wikipedia. I wish it was true ;-) In short, never a dull moment.

While I am very active on Wikipedia since 2003, I am not an administrator, so I make all contributions the hard way. I have never been a candidate either. I manage fairly well without the buttons, but cannot give special assistance to others or achieve maximum efficiency fighting vandalism. Nevertheless, I always give it a shot!

The pictures were kindly sent to me by Dakota, Buchanan-Hermit, Tomer and UkPaolo.

[edit] Awards

I, Ramallite, hereby award you this Barnstar for your efforts at revamping Jerusalem. (KC) 20:50, 17 February 2006

For your service and dedication to helping Wikipedia grow and improve. Your work on the Hitler page is most notable. Keep up the good work! Sharkface217 01:48, 31 October 2006 (UTC)