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Christian bias
I noticed that in articles specifically talking about the Jewish bible (the Tanakh, not the Old Testament), there were parts that were obviously written from a Christian standpoint. For instance, "Song of Solomon" was being used instead of "Song of Songs" and "Lamentations of Jeremiah" was being used instead of "Lamentations". No Jew (from my experience) has ever used these terms. I looked a bit deeper into it, and the term "Song of Solomon" is uncommon in Judaism because it is not a Jewish phrase. Any thoughts? Painting17 (talk) 16:49, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
- They're not used in Christian circles either, so you may have jumped to the wrong conclusion. Bermicourt (talk) 16:09, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Watch out for Randy
User:Dhruva Gamerx seems to be WP:RANDY. They have edited Edict of Milan introducing WP:CB. tgeorgescu (talk) 08:44, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
Bible version
Is there a default version of the Bible that Wikipedia uses or is it down to an editor's choice? Bermicourt (talk) 15:19, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Military activity in the Old Testament needs ordering
I have created Military activity in the Old Testament, but it is in more or less alphabetic order of the articles, rather than either order of coverage in the OT, or estimated chronological order of the events themselves. Someone who knows more about this aspect can order them accordingly, if they so desire. BD2412 T 01:11, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like
- John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (
John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.
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and turns it into something like
- John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.
The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.
Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.
This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Discussion at RSN about religious vs academic publishers
At WP:RSN#Religious publishers, I've raised a question about religious publishers versus academic publishers for biblical scholarship topics. This affects many articles, and I'd welcome editors' input. Thanks, Levivich[block] 02:51, 2 July 2022 (UTC)