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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

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RM, Jew → Jewish people, No consensus, 10 July 2007, Discussion
RM, Jew → Jews, Moved, 17 January 2010, Discussion
RM, Jews → Jewish people, Not moved, 10 October 2017, Discussion
RM, Jews → Jewish people, Not moved, 29 April 2018, Discussion

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Len Sander (October 25, 2024). "Bericht: So soll Wikipedia von Anti-Israel-Aktivisten unterwandert worden sein (Report: Wikipedia allegedly infiltrated by anti-Israel activists)". Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved December 5, 2024. Even though most of these changes have been reversed - the English-language version of the article on the subject of Jews, for example, contains the link to the historical Kingdom of Israel - the effect of concerted online campaigns should not be underestimated. [Translation with Google translate]
Debbie Weiss (December 4, 2024). "Wikipedia's Quiet Revolution: How a Coordinated Group of Editors Reshaped the Israeli-Palestinian Narrative". Algemeiner Journal. Retrieved December 5, 2024. In an article on "Jews," for example, an editor removed the phrase "Land of Israel" from a key sentence on the origin of Jewish people. The article's short description (that appears on search results) was changed from "Ethnoreligious group and nation from the Levant" to "Ethnoreligious group and cultural community."

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Not the only Israelites that had kept their distinct identity (See: Samaritans)

Name and etymology: "After the Exile, the term Yehudi (Jew) was used for all followers of Judaism because the survivors of the Exile (who were the former residents of the Kingdom of Judah) were the only Israelites that had kept their distinct identity as the ten tribes from the northern Kingdom of Israel had been scattered and assimilated into other populations."

This claim is not totally true and misleading. Samaritans are crying in the corner. Theofunny (talk) 08:02, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What’s with the glazing in the last paragraph?

“Jews wrote the Bible, founded Christianity, and had an indirect but profound influence on Islam.”

Not only does this sentence contain somewhat misleading (or at least incomplete) phrasing for the first two parts, but the language itself seems to be leaning towards glazing. The preceding sentence is sufficient.

Lmk if I’m totally off base here, this is just my perception 65.112.8.31 (talk) 07:03, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems fine to me, literally true statements, no puffery detected. Andre🚐 07:32, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, perhaps I was mistaken. I still think it might be beneficial to reword it in a way that doesn’t oversimplify things as much. 65.112.8.31 (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How would you want to reword it? Andre🚐 22:50, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Jews authored the Bible, established Christianity, and influenced Islam." Moxy🍁 01:24, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems fine to me. Andre🚐 01:36, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The first two clauses seems mostly a substitution of longer words for shorter ones, with no apparent change in meaning or other improvement I can see. As far as the last clause, given that Islam is one of the three Abrahamic religions, and the many links mentioned in the lead paragraph of Judaism and Islam, the word profound seems an accurate description, and not puffery.

To the IP: a short, assertive statement in the WP:LEAD is not an oversimplification, if it is a summary of content in the body of the article that demonstrates that the lead statement is correct and lays out the most important points without all the details excected in the body. Not everything can be crammed into the lead; remember that WP:LEAD is just a summary of the most important points of the body, and that sentence seems fine for the lead. (edit conflict) Mathglot (talk) 01:50, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Mathglot. Carlstak (talk) 02:10, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page says 20 million, source says 15 million.

What's going on with the population source? I'm having trouble clicking the note next to it so I can only see the actual PDF of the source.

There would probably be 20 million Jews by this point but someone with a tiny mustache ruined that. I am concerned that this wild deviation from the official numbers will feed into Holocaust denialism.

Also, this is feeding into smart assistants like Siri/Spotlight Search. Ieditthethings (talk) 04:36, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The source gives a bunch of numbers for different definitions of "Jew". See figure 3 on page 14 of the cited source, and also read footnote [a] in front of the reference and see if they help refine your question or concerns. Largoplazo (talk) 05:31, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The footnote glitches at least on mobile web. That page is irrelevant and talks about how people can be distantly connected. The real established values are on page 17. Ieditthethings (talk) 02:16, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's no option to edit our talk comments? Okay…

I see the difference now taking a closer look at the wiki page. However, the data being fed into other APIs is inaccurate and feeds into Holocaust denial. The 20m figure needs to be put elsewhere to prevent this. Ieditthethings (talk) 02:19, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]