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Current disputes

Neith

– Discussion in progress.

Filed by Potymkin on 23:14, 8 August 2024 (UTC).

Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute

• Neith (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Users involved

• Potymkin (talk · contribs)
• A. Parrot (talk · contribs)

Dispute overview

An information about an ancient deity in Kemet has surfaced where the goddess Neith is described by ancient egyptians as 'Libyan Neith' shows the origins of this deity, user A. Parrot argues that this information is false and that Neith has purely egyptian origins while user Potymkin claims that Libyan Neith as described by ancient egyptians is the case, user A. Parrot presents Wilkinson and Lesko two egyptologists as proof that the deity is purely egyptian but after much reading reading on their works and presenting their books and page numbers in the talk page, even these egyptologists disagree with the point that Neith is purely egyptian and solemnly agree with Libyan Neith. after contacting Lesko via email she appears to be on board with Libyan Neith. the matter requires final settlement as neither party wants to concede.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Neith#Claimed_Berber_origin

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

I think taking time to consider both sides of the matter and the arguments presented in the talk page can help resolve the issue

Summary of dispute by A. Parrot

Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker.

Neith was worshipped in Egypt for more than 3,000 years, and the earliest evidence about her dates to the very murky Protodynastic Period. The sources describe her origins as uncertain; Five Egyptian Goddesses: Their Possible Beginnings, Actions, and Relationships in the Third Millennium BCE by Susan Tower Hollis says (p. 115) that Neith "presents the biggest puzzle of these goddesses".

At particular issue are two passages from books in the article's source list. Lesko 1999 says (p. 47) "Hermann Kees describes the northwestern part of the delta as being inhabited primarily by Libyans and points out that during the Old Kingdom Neith was characterized by Egyptians as Neith from Libya, 'as if she was the chieftainess of the neighboring people with whom the inhabitants of the Nile valley were at all times at war.' Other Egyptologists dispute this connection, however, and the first appearance of Neith is purely Egyptian." Wilkinson 2003 says (p. 157) "Although she was sometimes called 'Neith of Libya', this reference may simply refer to the proximity of the Libyan region to the goddess's chief province in the west­ern Delta."

Potymkin insists the article should describe Neith as Libyan or "Egypto-Libyan" and regards these passages in the sources as supporting that position. I believe the article should say scholars are uncertain about Neith's origins but describe a Libyan origin for her as a viable hypothesis—not a certainty. Potymkin continues to mischaracterize me as insisting Neith was "purely Egyptian". A. Parrot (talk) 19:00, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Neith discussion

Please keep discussion to a minimum before being opened by a volunteer. Continue on article talk page if necessary.

• Volunteer Note - The filing editor has not yet notified the other editor on their talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:41, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Zeroth statement by possible moderator (Neith )

I am ready to conduct moderated discussion about the Neith article .

Please read DRN Rule A and indicate whether you agree to follow these rules and whether you want moderated discussion.

The purpose of moderated discussion is to improve the article. If you agree to moderated discussion, please state concisely what you want to change in the article, or what you want to leave the same that another editor wants to change. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:20, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Zeroth statements by editors (Neith)

Thank you @Robert McClenon for offering to help to make wikipedia articles more comprehensive I am happy that you are able to provide some of your time for this issue, in the Neith article I would like to keep the following statement in the lead of the article: "was an early Libyan deity  worshipped by Libyans and ancient Egyptians. She was adopted from Libya (or was a divinity of the local Libyan population in Sais in Egypt, where her oracle was located). Her worship is attested as early as Predynastic Egypt, around 6000 BC." along with all of its relevant sources, this is due to sources I provided from UNESCO library, World History Encyclopedia which their publications are recommended by many educational institutions including:

• Oxford University
• Common Sense Education
• School Library Journal
• MERLOT
• University of Wisconsin-Madison

and several archeologists and egyptologists and multiple other sources that confirm the statement to be kept. Potymkin (talk) 20:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

First statement by possible moderator (Neith )

Each editor has stated briefly what they want to say about the origin of Neith. One editor says that she was a Libyan deity whose worship spread to Egypt. Another editor says that her origin is uncertain, but that the hypotheses include a Libyan origin. Is either editor willing to try to craft a compromise wording that will be acceptable to both editors?

DRN Rule A states that each editor is expecting to participate in discussion at least every 48 hours. If either of you will need longer wikibreaks, please let me know and we will see what alternate rule we can set up. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:14, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

First statements by editors (Neith)

@Robert McClenon thank you for taking the necessary time to analyze both view points correctly, I have crafted the terminology Egyptian-Libyan Deity that is acceptable which I suggested on the talk page Talk:Neith#Claimed Berber origin to try to resolve the issue. I am also open to suggestions of terminology that indicate the Libyan roots of Neith. the terminology already present at the article "she was adopted from Libya or was a divinity of the local Libyan population in Sais in Egypt, where her oracle was located" is sufficient to describe multiple viewpoints in my honest opinion. Potymkin (talk) 09:30, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Robert McClenon: My apologies for not responding. I haven't participated at DRN before and am a bit confused by the instructions and the format. E.g., I'm not even sure if I'm putting this comment in the right place—please relocate it if I've gotten it wrong.

My problem is that I don't know what compromise Potymkin would be open to that reflects what the sources actually say. Potymkin's argument is built on synthesis, ably summed up in this comment by User:Lone-078 (who is a party to this dispute but hasn't been notified to discuss here). It is an Egyptological hypothesis, but not one that is universally held, that Neith originated among the Libyan peoples of the Protodynastic Period. It is a certainty that Libyan peoples 2,000 years later worshipped her. But that does not mean she is certain to have been Libyan or Egypto-Libyan at her origin. Any claim to the contrary is a misrepresentation of the sources. A. Parrot (talk) 15:45, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon: Forgive my ignorance, but what is the next step here? A. Parrot (talk) 14:14, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Second statement by possible moderator (Neith )

The next step is that I will ask each editor to propose a revised version of the lede paragraph presenting what they think should be the introduction to the article. Since the issue is her origin, any statement about her origin should be clearly attributed to a source. That is, if you propose to say that she is of Libyan origin, the source must state that she is of Libyan origin. Then we can look at any issues of the reliability of sources, but first we need to compare revised drafts of the lede paragraph. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:13, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Second statements by editors (Neith)

thank you for your consideration @Robert McClenon, the following is my suggested lead paragraph where sources show her clear libyan origin down to the book and the page:

Neith /ˈniː.ɪθ/ (Template:Lang-grc-koi, a borrowing of the Demotic form Template:Lang-egy, likely originally to have been nrt "the terrifying one"; also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) was an early Libyan deity worshipped by Libyans and ancient Egyptians. She was adopted from Libya (or was a divinity of the local Libyan population in Sais in Egypt, where her oracle was located). Her worship is attested as early as Predynastic Egypt, around 6000 BC. She was said to be the creator and governor of the universe and the inventor of birth. She was the goddess of the cosmos, fate, wisdom, water, rivers, mothers, childbirth, hunting, weaving, and, originally, war. Potymkin (talk) 21:52, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

This is imperfect, but I think it better reflects the relative weight given by the sources. They don't usually spend much time on her possible Libyan origins and pay more attention to other aspects of Neith, so our article lead should do the same. A. Parrot (talk) 03:24, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Neith /ˈniː.ɪθ/ (Template:Lang-grc-koi, a borrowing of the Demotic form Template:Lang-egy, also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) was an ancient Egyptian deity. She was connected with warfare, as indicated by her emblem of two crossed bows, and with motherhood, as shown by texts that call her the mother of particular deities, such as the sun god Ra and the crocodile god Sobek. As a mother goddess, she was sometimes said to be the creator of the world. She also had a presence in funerary religion, and this aspect of her character grew over time: she became one of the four goddesses who protected the coffin and internal organs of the deceased.

Neith is one of the earliest Egyptian deities to appear in the archaeological record; the earliest signs of her worship date to the Naqada II period (c. 3600–3350 BC). Her main cult center was the city of Sais in Lower Egypt, near the western edge of the Nile Delta, and some Egyptologists have suggested that she originated among the Libyan peoples who lived nearby. She was the most important goddess in the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100–2686 BC) and had a significant shrine at the capital, Memphis. In subsequent eras she lost her preeminence to other goddesses, such as Hathor, but she remained important, particularly during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664–525 BC), when Sais was Egypt's capital. She was worshipped in many temples during the Greek and Roman periods of Egyptian history, most significantly Esna in Upper Egypt, and the Greeks identified her with their goddess Athena.

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Riley Gaines

– General close. See comments for reasoning.

Filed by Lisha2037 on 14:40, 12 August 2024 (UTC).

Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute

• Riley Gaines (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Users involved

• DanielRigal (talk · contribs)
• Lisha2037 (talk · contribs)
• Firefangledfeathers (talk · contribs)

Dispute overview

Closed discussion

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the dispute resolution noticeboard's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. Hello. Riley Gaines is contentious topics page as she has spoken out about the trans women in sports debate. There are editors who have used biased sources and misleading words throughout the article have been edited. However, one user keeps reverting my one edit specifically, where a group she has worked with constantly labelled anti-trans when in fact there is no proper source to describe them as transphobic. Their website and secondary sources about them would characterize them as a pro-woman advocacy group or a political entity with diverse investments in the debate. Anti-trans is an opinion label. How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here? Talk:Riley Gaines#Impact_Section [1] How do you think we can help resolve the dispute? I believe this article is ideologically biased as has some problematic sourcing. As it’s part of a contentious articles debate, editors have used this page to express their opinions on the matter. There is a repetitive use of the words anti-trans to refer to groups that are not transphobic. Plus, it looks like editors will only keep content if it’s about how Riley is advocating for the exclusion of trans women in sports and any criticism related to it but not the support, so it’s not balanced. Summary of dispute by DanielRigal Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker. Lisha2037 is edit warring and editing tendentiously on Riley Gaines. She has already been warned for an unjustified personal attack in an edit summary (diff) and is now venue shopping by bringing it here after nobody has agreed with her on Talk:Riley Gaines. She is trying to remove reliably referenced content and to insert improperly referenced content in furtherance of her own POV. (A POV she makes quite clear in that edit summary!) Specifically, she seems to misunderstand that it is not necessary for a group to admit to a label for us to apply that label if it is reliably sourced. The sourcing for "anti-trans" was perfectly adequate before and I have since improved it with an additional source. Clearly she is aware of WP:TENDENTIOUS, as she brought it up herself here. Without assuming bad faith, I do think she is too invested in one view of this topic to be able to edit constructively. (The fact that she refers to Gaines by forename above might be indicative.) I'd like to propose that she be topic banned from Riley Gaines with an understanding that this could be expanded into a broader topic ban, covering all GENSEX articles, later, if she takes a similar approach elsewhere. That seems like an appropriately minor sanction which would not prevent her from editing in other areas provided she does so constructively, as she has done on other topics in the past and, I hope, will do so again. (Please note that I was not notified of this report. I only found it because I checked Lisha2037's contribution history.) --DanielRigal (talk) 17:18, 12 August 2024 (UTC) Please note Lisha2037 removed the warning thread I linked to above in this diff after I had linked it here. I am not sure whether that was routine housekeeping or an attempt to hide material that illuminates her behaviour. --DanielRigal (talk) 18:41, 12 August 2024 (UTC) Riley Gaines discussion Please keep discussion to a minimum before being opened by a volunteer. Continue on article talk page if necessary. Volunteer Note: Please list the other editors involved, and notify all of them. Thanks. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 16:10, 12 August 2024 (UTC) There are additional people involved here. I'll post a neutral notice on Talk:Riley Gaines. DanielRigal (talk) 17:39, 12 August 2024 (UTC) Hello. Thank you for opening this up. If you see my edit history of the page, you will see I have added factual information of Gaines advocating for bills banning trans athletes in Ohio. I’m posting information here because I want to contribute to the growth of this website and I’m doing it in good faith. I’m not an editor here but have been for years at newspapers, so even if I don’t have the experience here doesn’t mean I should just get banned when I should be asking the right questions and am still learning to do something I do for free and cause I care about knowledge. No where in the Independent Women's Forum Wikipedia article are they listed as anti-trans, and the articles the user posed for citation are opinion pieces. The label anti-trans connotantes transphobic behaviour, which the group has not officially advocated for on their website. It is common editorial standard to rather be safe than sorry. It is more reflective of a balanced article to not have a controversial label in front of a groups name that’s disputed than to have it. Lisha2037 (talk) 18:25, 12 August 2024 (UTC) I don't think that this is relevant here but I was surprised to see that it was not mentioned there. I have opened a discussion about it here, proposing that it be added. The key point is that we have multiple Reliable Sources explicitly describing them as "anti-trans" and detailing their anti-trans activities. Everything else is noise. DanielRigal (talk) 18:48, 12 August 2024 (UTC) I'd like to be added as a party. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 19:40, 12 August 2024 (UTC) First statement by moderator (Riley Gaines) I am ready to conduct moderated discussion, since three editors are ready to take part in discussion. Please read DRN Rule D, which is the usual ruleset when a contentious topic is the subject. By taking part in this moderated discussion, you are acknowledging that the topic is contentious because it involves gender and sexuality and American politics. Be civil and concise. Overly long answers are not always useful, even if they make the poster feel better. Do not edit the article while discussion is in progress. Do not reply to the posts of other editors. In moderated discussion, the moderator represents the community, and parties should address their posts to the moderator (me) and the community. The purpose of dispute resolution is to improve the article, Riley Gaines. I will ask each editor to state, concisely, what they want to change in the article that another editor wants to leave unchanged, or what they want to leave unchanged that another editor wants to change. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:29, 12 August 2024 (UTC) First statements by editors (Riley Gaines) I think this will be simplest as a bulleted list: I oppose the addition of the content added here, and later removed by RoxySaunders citing WP:Puffery, because it is improperly referenced using YouTube videos and a primary source. I also see it as promotional in the way that it boasts about the views that the YouTube videos received as if that indicated notability. I also oppose the way in which that edit swaps out an independent, journalistic source for a transcript of Gaines' testimony. I am neutral on the addition of a mention of Gaines' involvement with the Leadership Institute provided it is neutrally worded and can be Reliably referenced, i.e not only to Gaines or the Institute itself. I am also neutral on the use of the transcript as an additional source. I oppose the removal of the description of IWV as "anti-trans" here, as that has been the status-quo text for at least a few months (I didn't look further back than that) and it is very well supported, now by multiple Reliable Sources. I mildly oppose the removal of the section heading "Transgender women in sports" here as I think that is a good, neutral description of the content in that section. I don't think that it is a huge deal but I do feel that the article would be slightly less informative without it. In each case I am content with the status quo version. --DanielRigal (talk) 23:54, 12 August 2024 (UTC) Second statement by moderator (Riley Gaines) So far, one editor has made a statement that answered my question about what they want to change in the article. DRN Rule D says that each editor is expected to reply to the moderator at least every 48 hours. If an editor is planning to take a wikibreak of more than 48 hours, please let me know and I may tweak the rules. It has been 48 hours since I asked the editors what they want to change (or leave the same). If you have any questions, you may ask them. If you have any comments about article content, they are welcome, but discuss content, not contributors. The filing editor has not replied to my opening question. If I don't see answers that identify an article content issue to be resolved with 24 48 more hours, I will close this case as abandoned. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:29, 15 August 2024 (UTC) User:Firefangledfeathers points out that Rule D does not have a 48-hour rule. It will be revised shortly. So I will allow another 24 hours, for 48 hours, for replies. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:23, 15 August 2024 (UTC) Second statements by editors (Riley Gaines) I am open to changes to the article, but I am not looking for any in particular. I was waiting on the filer to see how to respond. For the record, Robert, it doesn't appear that Rule D has a 48-hour response requirement. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 01:38, 15 August 2024 (UTC) Looks like we're not going to hear any more. I'd be content to see this closed. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 16:06, 18 August 2024 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the dispute resolution noticeboard's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Chechil

– General close. See comments for reasoning.

Filed by Lemabeta on 09:25, 18 August 2024 (UTC).

Closed discussion

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the dispute resolution noticeboard's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. Have you discussed this on a talk page? Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already. Location of dispute Chechil (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Users involved0 Lemabeta (talk · contribs) Vanezi Astghik (talk · contribs) Spinney Hill (talk · contribs) Dispute overview Dispute over the origins of cheese Chechil. Vanezi Astghik argues that the source he used is an absolute truth and that the Dr.Catherine Donnellys(who is a Nutritionist professor) opinion needs to be taken as an undoubtable fact and without questioning the expertise of a Nutritionist professor in her opinion of Caucasus and the origins of the cheese. while rejecting the opinion and reasoning of historian and an ethnologist specializing in the fields of Caucasus or an agroculturists or other sources. Meanwhile also disregarding the geographical indication registration that has been placed on the Chechil and not leaving any room for negotiations. sources that mention that the origins of the Chechil are from Georgia source of the registration of geographical indication on the Chechil --Lemabeta (talk) 09:35, 18 August 2024 (UTC) How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here? [[2]] How do you think we can help resolve the dispute? Middle ground needs to be found to reach consensus over the origins of Chechil Summary of dispute by Vanezi Astghik Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker. I specifically asked the user to not involve me in a DRN because the user is currently being reported in AE. I guess the user just ignored my comment on their talk page, similar to other talk pages. I don't intend to repeat, I won't involve myself in a DRN with a user whose AE case and future in these topics is yet to be determined. Vanezi (talk) 10:10, 18 August 2024 (UTC) Summary of dispute by Spinney Hill Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker. Chechil discussion Please keep discussion to a minimum before being opened by a volunteer. Continue on article talk page if necessary. References The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the dispute resolution noticeboard's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Algeria

– Discussion in progress.

Filed by Potymkin on 12:17, 18 August 2024 (UTC).

Have you discussed this on a talk page?

Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already.

Location of dispute

• Algeria (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Users involved

• Potymkin (talk · contribs)
• Skitash (talk · contribs)
• Monsieur Patillo (talk · contribs)

Dispute overview

On the ethnic groups of Algeria in the country card, it mentions 85% arab and 15% berber, however in the source provided it says 99% arab Berber and less than 1% european, a note uner this stat in the source shows "although almost all Algerians are Amazigh in origin and not Arab, only a minority identify themselves as primarily Amazigh, about 15% of the total population", here there is is not only no mention of 85% arab, but the source clearly states that almost ALL aalgerians are amazigh in origin therefore the number 85% provided is false and is original reseach by the contributor.

How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here?

necessary steps to resolve the conflict was a discussion in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Algeria#Ethnic_groups_Algeria in which matters turned uncivil very quickly due to the counter party's clear disdain

How do you think we can help resolve the dispute?

I suggest one of 2 revisions to the ethnic groups card in algeria : - Arab-Amazigh (99%) | Primarily Amazigh (15%) | European (less than 1%) - Arab Amazigh 99%, (of which 15% identify as Primarily Amazigh) | European (less than 1%)

Summary of dispute by Skitash

Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker.

This topic has already been addressed several times in Talk:Algeria. Although the CIA World Factbook states that 99% of the population is "Arab-Amazigh", this is problematic because it creates confusion due to the lack of sources explaining what an "Arab-Amazigh" or "Arab-Berber" precisely means, and the few sources that use this term only mention it in passing. It also remains unclear whether this 99% figure combines Arab and Berber populations or represents people of mixed Arab and Berber origins. The Arab-Berber article was eventually redirected for exactly this reason. This is why the decision was made to use more specific divisions of ethnic identity, supported by multiple sources in Algeria#Demographics. The CIA source also notes that "only a minority identify themselves as primarily Amazigh, about 15% of the total population", meaning that the remainder of "Arab-Berbers" would identify as Arab, and this perfectly aligns with other reliable sources. I have attempted to resolve the issue by adding a footnote to the infobox outlining the different ethnic percentage ranges according to various sources. Hopefully, this resolves the issue. Skitash (talk) 13:16, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

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Algeria discussion

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Zeroth statement by moderator (Algeria)

After looking into this issue, I am willing to act as the moderator in this dispute.

I would like to ask the participants to please read Wikipedia:DRN Rule D and indicate that you will comply with it. Please note that discussions related to infoboxes are designated as a contentious topic. By agreeing to the rules, you state that you are aware of this. Do not engage in back-and-forth discussion. Comment on content, not contributor.

So it appears to me that Skitash would like the status quo to remain, and Potymkin would like changes to the infobox. I have two questions for Potymkin: 1. Are you fine with the current state of Algeria#Ethnic_groups or would you also like changes to that? If yes, please state those. 2. The CIA Factbook states that although almost all Algerians are Amazigh in origin and not Arab, only a minority identify themselves as primarily Amazigh, about 15% of the total population and Study.com states that In fact, roughly 85% of the nation identifies much more strongly with their Arab heritage than their Berber heritage. Considering this, could you elaborate on what changes you want to the infobox and why? Thank you. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 14:04, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Zeroth statement by editors (Algeria)

See comment below. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 16:20, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
The following is a closed discussion. Please do not modify it.
Thank you Kovcszaln6 for looking into the matter carefully, I would happily answer your questions : 1. Are you fine with the current state of Algeria#Ethnic_groups or would you also like changes to that? I am not fine with the current state if it, I propose either we insert : - Arab-Amazigh (99%) | Primarily Amazigh (15%) | European (less than 1%) - Arab Amazigh 99%, (of which 15% identify as Primarily Amazigh) | European (less than 1%) this initial suggestion was mentioned in the talk page when the Algeria ethnic groups tap had 1 source this morning and that was before 12:50, 18 August 2024‎. When the user Skitash had changed the source after talk in the article had failed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Algeria#Ethnic_groups_Algeria . the edit by Skitash was DURING the time the dispute resolution has already been issued and after he was informed not to make any changes until the dispute had been resolved, I must remind you that Editing a Wikipedia article while a dispute resolution process is ongoing is considered a violation of Wikipedia's policies, specifically regarding edit warring and disruption of the consensus-building process. so instead of Only the CIA factbook website the user deliberately edited the article after he was warned also (refer to edit summary in Algeria article). So when the article had sourced the CIA fact book it mentions that "although almost all Algerians are Amazigh in origin and not Arab". the User Skitash deduced that 85% of algerians are arabs which is considered original research by wikipedia, for proof you can look at the talk page in article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Algeria#Ethnic_groups_Algeria where user skitash uses the source that mentions the opposite of what he claims. the user blatantly violated Wikipedia terms of dispute resolution. concerning your second question after the user violated Wikipedia terms of dispute resolution and added from study.com. the website also mentions "most Algerians are genetically Berber", here in our discussion on ethnicity it is important to note that most algerians are ethnically berber from the sources provided by him, identifying with arab is a cultural phenomena not an ethnic phenomena, and therefore it should not be in the ethnicity tab of algeria. the number provided of algerians being 85% arab is the user's own conlusions and do not exist in the CIA factbook about algeria, in fact the source warns again that 'almost all Algerians are Amazigh in origin and not Arab'. in conclusion the user not only violated Wikipedia's terms but also his sources contradict his claims. thank you again for taking time to provide dispute resolution Kovcszaln6 Potymkin (talk) 16:08, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Potymkin: I asked you to indicate your acceptance of DRN Rule D. This was not stated. I also asked (and it's also in DRN Rule D) to comment on content, not contributor. At DRN, we deal with content issues, not conduct issues. Please rewrite your statement below keeping these in mind. Thanks. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 16:20, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for elaborating, I state that I accept DRN Rule D.

Answering questions :

1. Are you fine with the current state of Algeria#Ethnic_groups or would you also like changes to that?

I am not fine with the current state of it, I propose either we insert :

- Arab-Amazigh (99%) | Primarily Amazigh (15%) | European (less than 1%)

- Arab Amazigh 99%, (of which 15% identify as Primarily Amazigh) | European (less than 1%)

2.Considering this, could you elaborate on what changes you want to the infobox and why?

- Arab-Amazigh (99%) | Primarily Amazigh (15%) | European (less than 1%)

- Arab Amazigh 99%, (of which 15% identify as Primarily Amazigh) | European (less than 1%)

Why ? It is whats mentioned in the CIA factbook about algeria "although almost all Algerians are Amazigh in origin and not Arab, only a minority identify themselves as primarily Amazigh, about 15% of the total population", most algerians are ethnically berber from the sources provided ,identifying with arab is a cultural phenomena not an ethnic phenomena, and therefore it should not be in the ethnicity tab of algeria.

I hope this clears up the matter, let me know if you have any further questions. Potymkin (talk) 16:36, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Kovcszaln6 I am willing to accept DRN Rule D. Unfortunately, it appears that the root of this edit conflict stems from a misunderstanding. Ethnicity is based on self-identification, language, culture, history, etc. Potymkin appears to equate ethnicity with genetics, which is completely unrelated and not determining of ethnicity. According to the lead in ethnicity, "Ethnic groups may share a narrow or broad spectrum of genetic ancestry, depending on group identification, with some groups having mixed genetic ancestry". Although CIA World Factbook may correctly note that most Algerians had Berber ancestors, most Algerians today identify as Arab, speak Arabic, and practice Arab culture, therefore making them ethnically Arab. Britannica supports this by stating "More than three-fourths of the country is ethnically Arab". Additionally, the CIA World Factbook source states that only 15% of the population identifies as Berber, meaning that the remaining 85% identify as non-Berbers (i.e., Arab). Skitash (talk) 16:49, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

First statement by moderator (Algeria)

Thank you for the responses. Skitash pointed out that ethnicity is based on self-identification, not genetics. Potymkin, considering this, do you still want changes in the article (the same or different)? If you do, please also consider the other sources. Thanks. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 17:00, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

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Ethnicity is fundamentally rooted in genetics rather than self-identification, as it is defined by inherited biological traits that are passed down through generations. this shows clearly on a scholarly concensus that although the Romans for instance identified as being desendant of the Trojan race and argued for such in their history and mythology, no historian ever considers Romans as Trojans, the same is applied to Algeria with researchers and scholars who identify algerians as Amazighs or Berbers or Arabized Berbers or Arabized Amazighs but never consider Algerians ethnically arab as does CIA factbook and Study.com sources.

Scholars argue that genetic markers provide clear evidence of distinct ethnic groups, which are identified based on shared ancestry and genetic lineage. For instance, genetic studies have revealed significant differences in DNA sequences among various ethnic populations, supporting the idea that ethnicity is biologically determined rather than merely a social construct. While self-identification plays a role in how individuals perceive and express their ethnic identity, it cannot alter the underlying genetic reality that distinguishes one ethnic group from another. As noted by Cavalli-Sforza et al., "genetic evidence provides the most objective means to determine ethnicity" (Cavalli-Sforza, Luca (1994). The History and Geography of Human Genes. Princeton University Press. pp. 19–22. ISBN 9780691087504.). Furthermore, research by Rosenberg et al. highlights how genetic clustering aligns closely with traditional ethnic and geographical boundaries (Rosenberg, Noah A. (2002). "Genetic Structure of Human Populations". Science. 298 (5602): 2381–2385. doi:10.1126/science.1078311.). Therefore, while self-identification is an important aspect of personal and cultural identity, it does not override the genetic basis that defines ethnicity.

considering the academic concensus on the matter, one can hardly find in the page about the holy roman empire that it is composed of ethnic romans even if they identified as such, the population of the HRE for example is made up of Germans and scholars have solid concensus over such as they do with algeria from where you can see in the CIA factbook quote "although almost all Algerians are Amazigh in origin and not Arab", the CIA fact book does not consider Algeria as made out of ethnic arabs and puts in the stats:

Arab-Amazigh (99%) | Primarily Amazigh (15%) | European (less than 1%

I would still like changes to the page on Ethnicity in Algeria to meet such scholarly requirements Potymkin (talk) 19:09, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

"Ethnicity is fundamentally rooted in genetics rather than self-identification" Ethnicity says otherwise. I'm not quite sure why this conversation is shifting into a scientific debate but it is a known fact that ethnic groups, like race, are social constructs based on self-identification. Ethnicities emerge through a process called ethnogenesis, where groups of people begin to identify with one another. According to BioMed Central, "Indeed, the terms race and ethnicity exist purely as social constructs and must not be used interchangeably with genetic ancestry. There is no scientific evidence that the groups we traditionally call “races/ethnicities” have distinct, unifying biological or genetic basis". For instance, an Algerian that only speaks Arabic and practices Arab culture has no reason to identify as a Berber based solely on genetics. Unlike genetics, ethnic identity is fluid, with individuals or groups sometimes changing or adapting their ethnic identity due to historical factors. Today, Algeria is predominantly Arab due to Arabization throughout history, "a process of cultural change in which a non-Arab society becomes Arab". Likewise, the vast majority of modern Syrians identify as Arabs and are regarded as such, despite being mostly descended from ancient Arameans. Skitash (talk) 19:45, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

In the previous version Skitach claimed that the sources were in the demographics section. One of these sources was genetic. Now that genetic sources give something else, he says that genetics is no longer suitable...

• the mentions which affirm that the Arabs are descendants of Arabized Amazigh are systematically removed by Skitach: exemple Britanica: More than three-fourths of the country is ethnically Arab, though most Algerians are descendants of ancient Amazigh groups who mixed with various invading peoples from the Arab Middle East, southern Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. Arab invasions in the 8th and 11th centuries brought only limited numbers of new people to the region but resulted in the extensive Arabization and Islamization of the indigenous Amazigh population
• when you read the article Arab migrations to the Maghreb, everything has been done to make people believe in a replacement of the Amazigh natives by a population originating from the Arab peninsula, by a diversion of sources. Here we are in continuity with this POV, why not mention the genetic elements in the body of the text (excluding infobox) first? I have the impression of having a contradictor closed to any other option than the one he defends in disregard of the diversity of sources and WP:NPOV.

Monsieur Patillo (talk) 23:08, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Second statement by moderator (Algeria)

Thank you. There appears to be discussion happening at Talk:Algeria#Ethnic_groups_Algeria involving more editors, and this mediation doesn't seem like it's going anywhere. So I would suggest that you could continue the discussion on the talk page involving the other editors, and if that fails maybe consider an WP:RfC. Are you guys fine with that? Kovcszaln6 (talk) 10:54, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Second statement by editors (Algeria)

@Kovcszaln6: It actually seems this one-on-one discussion is progressing much more smoothly compared to the other, if we set aside the baseless comments made here by the other editor who only jumped in to violate DRN Rule D. So, I would greatly appreciate it if we could continue our discussion here. I'm open to reaching a common ground to resolve this dispute by proposing a percentage range in the infobox: 75–85% Arab, 15–25% Berber, based on the following sources:

• Reference World Atlas: Everything You Need to Know About Our Planet Today: "Ethnic groups: Arab 75%, Berber 24%, European and Jewish 1%"
• Britannica: Algeria: "More than three-fourths of the country is ethnically Arab".
• Algeria: History & Background: "The combined Arab-Berber people comprise more than 99 percent of the population (Arabs approximately 80 percent; Berbers 20 percent), with Europeans less than one percent".
• Changing Female Literacy Practices in Algeria "Ethnically the population is made up of about 80% Arabic and 20% Berber".
• Historical Dictionary of Algeria "Most Algerians, approximately 85 percent of the population, today claim an Arab background".
• Algeria Ethnic Groups "Partly due to the strong association between Islam and Arab identity, there is a fair amount of social pressure in Algeria to identify with Arab ancestry. In fact, roughly 85% of the nation identifies much more strongly with their Arab heritage than their Berber heritage."

Please tell me what you think. Skitash (talk) 01:10, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Once again you select the information from the articles that suit you without explaining the concepts which is a misappropriation of sources.

• For example, as hidden in Britanica “Arab invasions in the 8th and 11th centuries brought only limited numbers of new people to the region but resulted in the extensive Arabization and Islamization of the indigenous Amazigh population.”
• education.stateuniversity.com is this a serious source? following an official or academic publication?
• Is « Changing Female Literacy Practices » in Algeria a source focused enough on the subject?
• Why not retain other information in Algeria Ethnic Groups : « Officially 99% of Algerian identify as ethnically Arab-Berber" [...] So, if most Algerians are genetically Berber, what does this mean? Berbers are an ethnic group ancestrally indigenous to North Africa, also called the Amazigh. Historically, there was little to no semblance of Berber identity, with Berber groups identifying with tribes or clans rather than nationality or ethnicity. This is another reason that Arab identity became so strong; Berber identity was too varied to form the basis of a national identity. ».

Monsieur Patillo (talk) 21:30, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Third statement by moderator (Algeria)

Thank you, we can continue this dispute here then. Potymkin are you fine with the above suggestion? Kovcszaln6 (talk) 07:27, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Third statement by editors (Algeria)

A fundamental aspect of the sources is systematically eliminated: the Arabized Berber character of the Arabs. This is why the CIA Factbook speaks of « Arab-Amazigh ». This Amazigh origin of the « Arabs » is obscured on article.

• Britanica : « Arab invasions in the 8th and 11th centuries brought only limited numbers of new people to the region but resulted in the extensive Arabization and Islamization of the indigenous Amazigh population. »
• CIA Factbook : «  although almost all Algerians are Amazigh in origin and not Arab »

There are other sources such as Dmoh Bacha which, based on Bekada's study of the Algerian population, gives different figures: « — 65% d’ascendance ethnique berbère — 15% d’ascendance ethnique arabe du côté paternel — 20% d’ascendance diverses, Afrique sub-saharienne, Europe, Asie centrale. (Bekada, 2013) »

Unfortunately all the elements which do not point to the origin of the Algerian population from the Arabian Peninsula are eliminated and we keep sources and notions which make us believe the opposite. Monsieur Patillo (talk) 11:56, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Please stop trying to change the definition of ethnicity. The infobox literally links to ethnic group, which, as the lead explains, is based on self-identity, language, and culture—not genetics. The multiple sources I provided clearly make use of the words "ethnically" and "ethnic groups". "Arabized Berbers" are ethnically Arab by virtue of their identity, language, and culture. As for your source, it is 1) about genetics rather than ethnic groups, 2) WP:UNDUE, and 3) pertains to the entire Maghreb rather than specifically to Algeria, as it clearly states "Les tests ADN donnent un rapport génétique Arabe/Berbère au Maghreb". Being "Arab" does not imply originating from the Arabian Peninsula (not sure where you got that idea). This is the same reason the infobox in Syria doesn't say "74–75% Arabized Arameans" but rather "74–75% Arabs".

@Kovcszaln6 Could you please ensure that this editor who just joined the conversation abides by DRN Rule D? Skitash (talk) 12:52, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Fourth statement by moderator (Algeria)

@Monsieur Patillo: If you would like to participate in this discussion please read and indicate your acceptance of Wikipedia:DRN Rule D (more details here). Considering that ethnicity is based on self-identification and not genetics, are you fine with Skitash's recommendation? If not, please elaborate. This question towards Potymkin is still pending. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 13:06, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Fourth statement by editors (Algeria)

Kovcszaln6 Excuse me, this is the first time I have participated in this mediation format. I of course accept the rules. I disagree with Skitach's assertion. I'm answering for the genetics/ethnicity aspect (I hope this is the right place).

• The concept of ethnicity includes an aspect of origins or biology (which is only one criterion among others unlike the old concept of race). The study of human migrations using DNA should therefore not be ruled out. As a source I will cite the article Identités biologiques, identités sociales et conflits ethniques en Afrique subsaharienne, section « L’ethnie entre biologie et culture : la notion d’origine »(Ethnicity between biology and culture: the notion of origin): «The notion of “common origin”, in this definition, appears to constitute the link between biology and culture.»
• If the question of ethnology is "what is the population of Algeria", genetic or biological data cannot be excluded.

Monsieur Patillo (talk) 14:39, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Respectfully, your response suggests confirmation bias and cherry picking sources. Kindly take a look at the ethnicity Wikipedia article and its sources. Thank you. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 14:51, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

• if the source explains that there are Arabized Berbers and that the CIA factbook defines: "Arab-Amazigh" as 99% of the ethnic group, it is not up to Skitach to deny the existence of this notion. The comparison argument look likz a WP:NOR argument, because the Berber or Arameans groups have their specificity. The Berbers and their language are a very vibrant cultural group, and aspects of North African culture are not limited to the language spoken (North African cuisine, clothing, such as couscous or burnous, are markers of Berber culture...)
• The notion of having a large majority of Amazigh is not only found in genetic studies or sources on genetics. Matthias Brenzinger, Language diversity Endagered, p.128, «More than 70% of North Africains of Amazigh originis speak no Amazigh languages, but Arabic languages only. In Morocco and Algerian, about 80% of the citizen are considered to be of Amazigh origin, as are 60% in Tunisia and Libya.».

Monsieur Patillo (talk) 14:53, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Let's stop trying to redefine ethnicity, or we'll be stuck here forever. Ethnicity is there for you to read if you want, and I am not willing to debate this further. Government censuses typically allow individuals to self-identify their ethnic affiliation, which forms the basis for determining a country's ethnic percentages. There's no practical way to determine genetic groups or ancestral backgrounds, especially given centuries of mixing and migrations in Algeria. No one is purely one thing, and identifying everyone's ancestry is impossible. Therefore, we must rely on how individuals self-identify based on language and culture. Let's focus on the fact that the vast majority of sources divide Algeria's population into 75–85% Arab and 15–25% Berber. Let's move on from the genetics debate.

Like I said before, there is no such thing as "Arab-Amazigh", and that article was redirected because that term is WP:UNDUE and lacks a definition. The CIA source is only there to confirm that only 15% of the population identifies as Berber. Skitash (talk) 14:56, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Fifth statement by moderator (Algeria)

Debating the definition of "ethnicity" is outside of the scope of this dispute. So the question still is (to both Potymkin and Monsieur Patillo): are you fine with Skitash's suggestion? Please also take into consideration the sources that were cited. Thanks. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 15:14, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Fifth statement by editors (Algeria)

Although Skitash offers concessions concerning the percentages of the ethnicities the sources are solid that almost the entire population is Ethnically north african berber as @Monsieur Patillo suggests, both sides have made their points. a discussion in the Talk page has made several moderators step in and make a final edit to the Algeria article. I suggest we wrap up this dispute @Kovcszaln6, the admins have made final suggestions to end all ethnicity talk in the Algeria page once and for all. thank you very much for your mediation, it is greatly appreciated. It wouldn't be your problem from now on since the admins have taken over, I greatly suggest closing this talk page.--Potymkin (talk) 22:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

• The Wikipedia article on ethnicity does not itself exclude certain biological traits ( «Ethnic groups may share a narrow or broad spectrum of genetic ancestry, depending on group identification, with some groups having mixed genetic ancestry»). So why want to exclude them at all costs? The notion of African-American cited in the text is based solely on culture? or a supposed common origin? In your opinion, there is nothing to say and nothing to learn from the multiple studies on the Algerian population in the Article dedicated to Algeria?
• It is then asserted by skitach: "There's no practical way to determine genetic groups or ancestral backgrounds, especially given centuries of mixing and migrations in Algeria. No one is purely one thing, and identifying everyone's ancestry is impossible." Please avoid these kinds of personal digressions. Nobody says that there is genetic purity. Only there are genetic studies to trace the origin of human migrations. Studies particularly on haplogroups. They reveal that the Algerian and North African population is (for the most part) not linked to migrations from the Arab peninsula. It is an intangible population data. I remind you that in the initial version of the Algeria article, there was reference (source) on genetics which did not bother anyone as long as it was supposed to prove that there were 85% « Arabs »...
• The notion of Arab-Amazigh is quite simply that of Arab-Berber, it is extremely common, especially in French, to describe the ethnology or sociology of the Maghreb. There is no shortage of exemples : Google Books, or other or more specifically to Algeria.

Monsieur Patillo (talk) 15:40, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Like @Kovcszaln6 said, debating the definition of ethnicity is outside of the scope of this dispute. So, let's put an end to this genetic debate. Ethnic groups are social constructs based on self-identity.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Full stop. There is no debate surrounding this. Again, are you fine with this suggestion? Skitash (talk) 15:54, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

• Conception of separating the biological from the cultural (all the articles you cite are in this ideological school and centered on the USA) comes from a late school of sociology (notably A. Wimmer) which itself responds to the old conception in force in the United States. After in the United States and in Western countries a constructivist definition is in vogue but it is itself subject to criticism and above all it does not have a monopoly on the definition of ethnicity .

BRUN Solène, COSQUER Claire, « 5. Race et ethnicité, des concepts complémentaires ou concurrents ? », dans : , Sociologie de la race. sous la direction de BRUN Solène, COSQUER Claire. Paris, Armand Colin, « 128 », 2022, p. 61-72.

«  Alors que la race supposerait ce substrat biologique, voire génétique, l’ethnicité renverrait à des marqueurs entièrement culturels, c’est-à-dire à une origine définie par la communauté culturelle, l’identification à une patrie ou à des traditions communes. [...] la distinction entre la race comprise comme « fixe, imposée et excluante » et l’ethnicité décrite comme « fluide, auto-attribuée et volontaire » ne rend pas justice aux situations dans lesquelles des groupes désignés comme « ethniques » sont soumis à une ségrégation forcée, à l’exclusion ou à une domination « d’habitude associée à la race » comme c’est le cas par exemple pour les Serbes au Kosovo ou les Albanien·ne·s en Serbie [...] Face aux difficultés posées par cette division stricte entre race et ethnicité, de nombreux·ses auteur·e·s n’opèrent pas de distinction essentielle entre les termes et les utilisent de façon relativement indifférenciée. D’autres considèrent la distinction superflue et insistent alors sur la fluidité conceptuelle entre des termes qui doivent l’un et l’autre être compris comme des constructions sociales, plaidant ainsi pour un dépassement d’une opposition comprise comme trop réductrice [...] Pour A. Wimmer, la race est une forme d’ethnicité où les traits phénotypiques opèrent comme les marqueurs déterminants de l’appartenance, déterminant ainsi des « groupes ethnosomatiques ». Cette conception va toutefois, de l’avis même de A. Wimmer, à l’encontre des définitions communément admises aux États-Unis de la race et de l’ethnicité, pour lesquelles l’ethnicité serait bien plus une sous-division de la race que le contraire . Selon l’auteur, ce découpage a l’avantage de permettre une meilleure comparabilité internationale des travaux s’inscrivant dans le champ des études sur la race et l’ethnicité, en déconstruisant son indexation sur le sens commun états-unien. Si la proposition formalisée par A. Wimmer est à plusieurs égards séduisante, elle ne répond qu’en partie au double problème identifié plus haut. En effet, elle maintient une définition de l’ethnicité centrée sur l’auto-identification, sous laquelle sa propre définition de la race comme « ethnosomatique » peine à être subsumée. Surtout, elle reconduit la ligne de partage entre biologique et culturel, transformant simplement cette division en subdivision.  »

• If you want to play personal beliefs you can even trip yourself up. Because nowadays people who use these genetic tests as a subjective relationship to their ethnicity are an object of social study.
• The only element reported by the ethnicity article is that ethnicity is not based primarily on biology (real or supposed) but primarily on social criteria. I repeat that when the genetics articles were supposed to prove that there were 85% Arabs, they did not pose a problem.
• I therefore think that the question is poorly posed, rather than knowing if we necessarily fall into the field of ethnology, we should define in which field/section the genetic data have their place ? In other words, if you separate them from the study of the population and ethnic groups in Algeria, where will you put them?

Monsieur Patillo (talk) 21:10, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

This is getting tedious. This wall of text only repeats the same points you made before, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of sources agree that ethnicity is a social construct. @Kovcszaln6 has already pointed out that the definition of ethnicity is outside the scope of this dispute. I think it’s about time we move on from this. Skitash (talk) 21:40, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

In this case let's move forward and answer my last point. What to do with these sources on genetics? Monsieur Patillo (talk) 22:24, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Monsieur Patillo You could include them under a new genetics subheading underneath Algeria#Demographics, ensuring that all significant viewpoints regarding Algeria’s genetic makeup are given appropriate weight. However, they certainly do not belong in Algeria#Ethnic groups or the ethnic groups parameter in the infobox. I hope this is a common ground we can agree on.

@Potymkin No administrators have intervened and no final decision was made; that was just another editor suggesting that we revise the lead (and not delete anything), and they seem to be unaware that there is a WP:DRN discussion regarding this. The infobox should stay as it is until we conclude the discussion here per WP:STATUSQUO. As for your claim that "the entire population is Ethnically north african berber", that is factually incorrect. How many times must we reiterate the fact that ethnicity is a social construct based on identity? All the sources provided here correctly make use of the words "ethnically" and "ethnic groups" and agree on an overall ethnic range of 75–85% Arab and 15–25% Berber. The sources definitely don't say what you claimed they say. Skitash (talk) 23:32, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Sixth statement by moderator (Algeria)

Thank you for the responses. I'm not entirely sure what Potymkin meant here; if you no longer want to participate in this discussion that's fine.

Skitash has suggested that both kinds of sources could be used as long as they are cleary presented and separated, and other rules are followed. Are you guys fine with that? Kovcszaln6 (talk) 08:19, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Sixth statement by editors (Algeria)

• How many times must we reiterate the fact that ethnicity is a social construct based on identity?  : As long as these kinds of unfounded assertions are brandished as law. “Our ancestors the Gauls” is a social construction and a widely shared discourse, particularly at certain times, that makes it no ethnic reality in France, or in its colonies.
• As the source Dmoh Bacha says that it is a look and an "ethnic ancestry" I do not think that the genetic data can be purely and simply removed from the ethnic section. This would mean that you with your definition "correct" the sources. This is not the role of a Wikipedian. In the infobox, what information to put etc... that's another problem, actually.
• what to do with the ubiquitous mention that Arabs are Arabized Amazigh and not nationals of the Arabian Peninsula. This major fact is passed over in silence in all your writings.

Monsieur Patillo (talk) 10:08, 21 August 2024 (UTC) What bothers me is wanting to “shut up shop” on ethnology studies by saying that this or that discipline has nothing to do with it. I think we are overstepping our role in such assertions. Especially since social constructivism is a theory that is not shared by all specialists. In reality the constructivism that they want us to endorse is the political discourse of Napoleon III, and Ben Bella, of an entirely Arab Algeria without any form of objectivity (cultural: culinary dishes, clothing, etc.), historical (large arabisation of amazigh people) or biological ( study by objective data of the population...). We are not moving towards a neutral compilation of sources on Algeria, its people, its ethnic groups but towards the sacralization of the old state lie, which is thus engraved in stone because it is an internal « feeling » by some of those administered. Monsieur Patillo (talk) 10:17, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

"As long as these kinds of unfounded assertions are brandished as law." This is a solid fact.[9][10][11][12][13][14] Even Kovcszaln6 has said that ethnicity is based on self-identification, not genetics, and that this is beyond the scope of this dispute. I'm astonished that you're not familiar with the concept of ethnicity, and at this point, you're just WP:BLUDGEONING the discussion. "Our ancestors the Gauls" We're discussing ethnicity, not ancestry. I'm not sure why you're bringing this up.

"I do not think that the genetic data can be purely and simply removed from the ethnic section." Yes it can, and it's supposed to be. Take a look at other Wikipedia articles on countries. None of them intertwine ethnicity and genetics. They either separate them into different sections or omit genetics entirely (because of how unimportant it is nowadays).

"what to do with the ubiquitous mention that Arabs are Arabized Amazigh and not nationals of the Arabian Peninsula." Arabs are Arabs by virtue of identity, language, and culture. They identify as Arabs. Why insist on labeling them as "Arabized Berbers" when many could be of different origins? Berbers aren't the only people that exist in Algeria. Skitash (talk) 10:30, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Why insist on calling them “Arabized Berbers” when many could be of different origins?

Because the sources tell us that they are of Arabized Berber origin... quite simply. Hiding it is pov-pushing. Typical phrases like “an Arab is an Arab” are misleading. An « Arab » does not have the same reality in Arabia, Syria or the Maghreb, especially after the connotation of political pan-Arabism. Monsieur Patillo (talk) 11:07, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Whatever you're saying makes no sense because the vast majority of sources say the following:

• A Political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East "The population was estimated at 32,277,942 in July 2002, of which 75% were Arabs, 24% Berbers, and 1% others (mostly Europeans)."
• FT World Desk Reference 2005 "Arab 75%, Berber 24%, European and Jewish 1%. The population is predominantly Arab, under 30 years of age and urban; some 24% are Berber. More than 85% speak Arabic and 99% are Sunni Muslim"
• Algerian Languages in Education: Conflicts and Reconciliation "In Algeria, on the other hand, Berberists supported by France ask to expand the use of Tamazight even on Arabs who represent 80% of Algerian population."
• Reference World Atlas: Everything You Need to Know About Our Planet Today: "Ethnic groups: Arab 75%, Berber 24%, European and Jewish 1%"
• Guide to African Political and Economic Development "Algeria. Leading ethnic group: Arab 80%. Other groups: Berber 20%."
• Britannica: Algeria: "More than three-fourths of the country is ethnically Arab".
• Algeria: History & Background: "The combined Arab-Berber people comprise more than 99 percent of the population (Arabs approximately 80 percent; Berbers 20 percent), with Europeans less than one percent".
• Changing Female Literacy Practices in Algeria "Ethnically the population is made up of about 80% Arabic and 20% Berber".
• Historical Dictionary of Algeria "Most Algerians, approximately 85 percent of the population, today claim an Arab background".
• Algeria Ethnic Groups "Partly due to the strong association between Islam and Arab identity, there is a fair amount of social pressure in Algeria to identify with Arab ancestry. In fact, roughly 85% of the nation identifies much more strongly with their Arab heritage than their Berber heritage."
• CIA World Factbook "only a minority identify themselves as primarily Amazigh, about 15% of the total population."
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East "Algerian Arabs constitute 80 percent of the population, the remaining group being mainly BERBER (primarily the Kabyles living in Kabylie and the Chaouias of the Awras mountains)."
• Extremisms in Africa Volume 2 "The majority of Algerians are Arab, but around 20% are Berbers.
• Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East "Berbers constitute roughly 20% of Algeria's population of 39 million. Two-thirds of them (more than 5 million) are Kabyles, originating in the mountainous Kabylie region between Algiers and Constantine, whose dialect is Taqbaylit."

It's evident that most sources unanimously and correctly use the term ethnically to describe Algeria as being composed of 75–85% Arab and 15–25% Berber. Skitash (talk) 11:40, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

As long as you cherry-pick and divert sources, you won't find solutions. I have already corrected several diversion of sources above (ex: Britanica, CIA Factbook [for which you persist in ignoring the central information of 99% Arab-Amazigh]), I am not going to do it again every day.

We can also add even more sources in the sense of sources which give 99% Arab-Amazigh (ex : Oxford Business Group, The Repport, p.10, ''Arround 99% of population is Arab-Berber ethnicity,''' which means''' that nearly all of the citizenry is descended from Berber or Amazigh populations – the indigenous pre-Islamic peoples of North Africa.''. This information which is in several sources you refuse it for ideological reasons.

In addition, it will be necessary to identify quality and reliable sources (WP:RELIABLE / WP:CS). I think it will be the role of moderation to define the scope and quality of the sources to be used to avoid the phenomenon of infinite cherry-picking. Monsieur Patillo (talk) 13:06, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Turntablist transcription_methodology

– General close. See comments for reasoning.

Filed by WikiSkratch2000 on 19:52, 18 August 2024 (UTC).

Have you discussed this on a talk page?

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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the dispute resolution noticeboard's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already. Location of dispute Turntablist transcription methodology (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Users involved WikiSkratch2000 (talk · contribs) 2601:C2:87F:B9B0:A91D:36B7:A183:533A (talk · contribs) Dispute overview Hello, I am currently involved in an ongoing dispute regarding the article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turntablist_transcription_methodology. I have adhered to Wikipedia standards by adding citations and links to support fact-checked content, maintaining a Neutral Point of View (NPOV), and removing unsourced additions. Additionally, I have improved the article’s layout with a clearer timeline to reduce redundancy. However, another user* persistently reverts the article to a version that appears biased and cluttered with uncited information. The central issue seems to revolve around the inclusion of an "inventor" credit, which is inherently subjective. To uphold NPOV, I have removed all mentions of "inventor" and similar terms. Despite these efforts, the revert pattern continues without resolution. Could a Wikipedia expert intervene to assist in resolving this issue? Also, under what circumstances could a user be blocked for disregarding Wikipedia standards? Thank you for your assistance. How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here? I repeatedly suggested adherence to Wikipedia standards. I cleaned up the article by maintaining portions of the user's revisions and reinforced these portions with verified citations. I removed most of the unverified language (e.g. "The first...") [ See History: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turntablist_transcription_methodology&action=history ] How do you think we can help resolve the dispute? Please, formally ask all users to adhere to Wikipedia standards. Ask to add citations to support fact-checked content, as well as keep a Neutral Point of View (NPOV). Possibly, explain with examples from the article (or article history) what is not permitted. Lastly, warn users that they can be blocked if requests are ignored. Summary of dispute by 2601:C2:87F:B9B0:A91D:36B7:A183:533A Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker. Turntablist transcription_methodology discussion Please keep discussion to a minimum before being opened by a volunteer. Continue on article talk page if necessary. The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the dispute resolution noticeboard's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Collatz Conjecture

– General close. See comments for reasoning.

Filed by 45.50.231.56 on 18:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC).

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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the dispute resolution noticeboard's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. Have you discussed this on a talk page? Yes, I have discussed this issue on a talk page already. Location of dispute Collatz Conjecture (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Users involved David Eppstein (talk · contribs) Dispute overview A scientific paper was published in Theoretical Mathematics and Applications (TMA). The editor of the page or a person who controls the page, I do not know which, David Epstein alleged the journal is not a "reliable source" and thus the content of the paper cannot be considered for entry into the page. I presented objective evidence that TMA meets all the requirements of a "reliable source" as defined by Wikipedia. The talk page has been blocked from further discussion. I believe TMA has been incorrectly ruled a non-reliable source. I want his decision reversed and the Collatz Conjecture talk page opened up for discussion of proposed edits. How have you tried to resolve this dispute before coming here? Talk:Collatz conjecture#I am proposing a major edit to this page. User talk:David Eppstein#TMA is a reliable source I e-mailed the person directly several times (the first several months ago) in the hope of avoiding a edit-war and making edits to page that were neutral. How do you think we can help resolve the dispute? I need the person to stop blocking TMA and allow the discussion on the talk page to continue so neutral-voice edits can be made to the page. Summary of dispute by David Eppstein Please keep it brief - less than 2000 characters if possible, it helps us help you quicker. It is correct that I oppose the addition of this source, as I believe it to be unreliably published, incorrect, and crankery. The author's behavior only strengthens that opinion. That said, I do not WP:OWN the Wikipedia Collatz article, have no special place among its other editors, and believe my position to be representative of the consensus of other editors there. I would like this editor to stop emailing me and hassling me on my talk page as if it is somehow my personal responsibility to publicize their paper. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:15, 19 August 2024 (UTC) Collatz Conjecture discussion Please keep discussion to a minimum before being opened by a volunteer. Continue on article talk page if necessary. Two other editors (myself and Headbomb) explicitly opposed this already at the Talk page, for obvious reasons. A third editor {{atop}}'ed that section, again for obvious reasons. XOR'easter (talk) 19:57, 19 August 2024 (UTC) David Epstein also objected. The only one pushing for inclusion of this material is the IP. "Evidence" of reliable include highmarks like having an ISSN (like every periodical in the world) and being included in trivial listings like JournalSeek, which pretty much amount to saying 'this journal exists'. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:15, 19 August 2024 (UTC) I guess that my pointing out that the journal's publisher was on Beall's list is not strictly speaking objecting to the proposed addition; for the avoidance of doubt, I also object to it. Also pinging TrangaBellam, who is the person who closed the discussion on the talk-page (correctly, in my view). --JBL (talk) 20:57, 19 August 2024 (UTC) Beall is a very very bad sign. Beall makes the occasional mistake, but when you combine it with the removal of indexing in ZBl/MathSciNet, both together is rather conclusive that this is not a respected math journal. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:00, 19 August 2024 (UTC) This Dispute Resolution request seems to be forum shopping, aside from the self-promotion issues. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 19:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the dispute resolution noticeboard's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.