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[edit] Premishlan=Premishlan (Hasidic dynasty)

Hi Dr. Wolff: Could you please fix the redirect so that Premishlan redirects to Premishlan (Hasidic dynasty), and NOT the other way around, it was an important well-known Hasidic dynasty. Premishlan (Hasidic dynasty) should be the name of the main article to fit in with all the rest in Category:Hasidic dynasties. Thanks, IZAK (talk) 06:22, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Don't think there is a policy stating that article names should be disambiguated. JFW | T@lk 12:23, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Dr. Wolff: Not "disambiguated" but redirected. This is about keeping to standardization or article terminology as you can see in Category:Hasidic dynasties. Someone went ahead and moved Premishlan (Hasidic dynasty) to plain Premishlan but it's also the name of a town (and that creates confusion). In order to keep the uniqueness of any Hasidic "following/movement/sect/group" the convention on Wikipedia is that they are qualified by the brackets "________ (Hasidic dynasty)" to differentiate them from a simple geographic location, that is why Category:Hasidic dynasties works so beautifully. Thus, as an example the Hasidic movement Belz (even though by those in the Haredi it is called in abbreviation "Belz") but in an encyclopedia such as Wikipedia, the article about it is not just Belz that refers to a town, but to Belz (Hasidic dynasty). Hope this clarifies as does the fact that Premishlan should REDIRECT to Premishlan (Hasidic dynasty) and then the name "Premishlan" alone can be used as a disambiguation for for the town and the Hasidic dynasty that's was known by that name, otherwise it would defy order and creater disorgnaization. Thanks again, IZAK (talk) 03:55, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Kapust=Kapust (Hasidic dynasty)

Hi Dr. Wolff: Could you also please fix the redirect so that Kapust redirects to Kapust (Hasidic dynasty), and NOT the other way around, it was an important well-known Hasidic dynasty. Kapust (Hasidic dynasty) should be the name of the main article to fit in with all the rest in Category:Hasidic dynasties. Thanks again, IZAK (talk) 07:48, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Again, please point me at a naming policy that states this. JFW | T@lk 12:24, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

See my above respsonse, thanks. IZAK (talk) 03:56, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Happy New Year

I wanted to take the time to wish you, your family and friends a Happy New Year! Thanks for all your work to the encyclopedia.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 02:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Chabad 12 year old user

Hi Dr. Wolff: Please take a look at this User:Hayesgenius, a twelve year old Chabad-Lubavitch child editor on Wikipedia, in his edit history [1] he leaves information about who he is and what he's doing in violation of WP:NOTMYSPACE for a start. Does Wikipedia need his pre-Bar-Mitzva photo uploaded at File:Sholom Myers.jpg? Looks like a troubling development. In your professional opinion as a doctor and as a Wikipedia admin do you think it's safe and correct and SANE for kids to get involved like this, even post their personal pics in violation of WP:NOTFACEBOOK? Will Chabad now send even 12 year olds to the Wikipedia "front lines" because many of them are online so much? This needs some guidance and guidelines. Please take a look. IZAK (talk) 03:42, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

There is no way of knowing if this editor is indeed 12 years old then presumably his parents agree to this, and there is little one can do unless there are frank policy violations. Wikipedia:Protecting children's privacy is an essay, not a policy. I would however nominate the photo for deletion, for the following reasons: (1) NOTFACEBOOK as stated, (2) because the minor may not realise that his likeness may be used to his disadvantage, (3) because I have the feeling this photo is not of the contributor but rather some stock image (it looks too professional and photoshopped). JFW | T@lk 10:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)