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Former falsehoods in this article

I edited this article recently because of rediculous falsehoods in it. The previous version claimed that half the cemetery was destroyed to build Independence park. It then claimed the "other half" was being slated to become the museum of tolerance. This is simply not true in anyway shape or form. I live next to the cemetery. Only the northwestern portion is slated to become the 'Museum of Tolerance' and this is the area that had served as the parking lot and already been destroyed. the Independence park has no connection to the cemetery, old photos at Mamilla show the cemetery as it was. Independence park forms the eastern border and is itself full of arhceological ruins, but not connected to the cemetery. Someone who never saw the cemetary fantisized that it was all being bulldozed. It is not and it still remains, about 80% of it, the way it has been for 150 years.Seth J. Frantzman (talk) 10:24, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Based on the sources i have read and added to the article (and others that have yet to be added), practically everything you say above is wrong. I'm going to look up the version of the article prior to your edits to see if any good source material can be salvaged. `Tiamut 18:52, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Very POV; Center for Constitutional Rights perspective needed

The Center for Constitutional Rights' position on this issue, see, is that "This construction project has resulted in the disinterment of hundreds of graves, and the whereabouts of the countless human remains that have been disposed of are unknown." The parking lot (red herring) I assume was built while the cemetery has been under the control of Israeli authorities, which it has been since 1948. This is a terribly biased article at present. Here is additional material from the link above:

In 1948, the year control of the cemetery was taken over by Israel, the Israeli Religious Affairs Ministry recognized Mamilla “to be one of the most prominent Muslim cemeteries, where seventy thousand Muslim warriors of armies are interred along with many Muslim scholars. Israel will always know to protect and respect this site.” As recently as 1986, in response to an investigation by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) regarding Israel’s development projects on Mamilla, the Israeli government stated that “no project exists for the deconsecration of the site and that on the contrary the site and its tombs are to be safeguarded.”

Haberstr (talk) 23:12, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

I added this material, and removed the POV tag. HupHollandHup (talk) 16:51, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

the intro states "The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and other groups have filed a petition on behalf of the Palestinian descendants of those buried in an ancient Muslim cemetery, the Mamilla Cemetery, in Jerusalem." so it is really POV from an not reliable source... Avoid their info. Find somewhere else Savasorda (talk) 18:27, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

I reverted the edit. You need some reliable secondary sources to establish notability per WP:N. So far you're only using the CCR site. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 18:51, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

I agree. Savasorda (talk) 19:15, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Clermont-Ganneau

There's a lot of information about this cemetery in Clermont-Ganneau's Archaeological Researches in Palestine 1873-1874. I'm a little busy at the moment but if someone else has the time, this stuff should definitely go in the article. There are also some nice pictures at the he.wiki article. I'd move them over if I knew how. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 20:27, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

sources with relevant info to add

• Human dignity in Jerusalem by Rashid Khalidi
• Farewell to Mamillah Cemetery in The Palestine Post, 18 December 1945
• Israel exhumes 100 new tombs in Jerusalem's historic Ma'man Allah cemetery, Middle East Monitor, 27 June 2011
• Petition to UN by mamillacampaign.org Tiamut 22:59, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
• Mujir al-din al-'Ulaymi's 15th century description (In French translation) Tiamut 23:16, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
• Jerusalem approves revised plan for contested Museum of Tolerance site(June 9, 2011) Tiamut 17:54, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
• Museum of Tolerance Special Report / Part I: Holes, Holiness and Hollywood (Part 1 of a five part series) - this has so much information that is not currently in our article. Like " At its peak the cemetery covered an area of about 200 dunams ‏(some 50 acres‏), so that in effect today large parts of downtown Jerusalem are built over graves." IT also mentions that hundreds of skeletons were removed between November 2008 and aPril 2009 during 24-hour digs to lay the foundations for the Museum of Tolerance. So much to add, i don't know where to start. Tiamut 18:21, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Sylvia Auld et al

Does anyone have more than a snippet view for this source? It's not clear it's talking about Mamilla and it contradicts other sources. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Don't have more than snippet, but the snippet I can see says: "(Ma'man Allah), where the tombs of several Sufis and religious scholars, including Companions of the Prophet, were to be found." Tiamut 14:34, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Other sources that say the same:

• "He fails to mention that the ancient Arab cemetery of Mamillah, where companions of the Prophet are buried,"
• "Tradition has it that companions of the Prophet are buried there,"
• "Mamillah, by contrast, is almost as old as Islam itself. Companions of the Prophet are buried there."
• "the Mamilla cemetery, formerly the largest Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem and the burial site of several companions of the Prophet" Tiamut 14:46, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

I'll have access to the book in a few weeks. Zero 15:22, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

That's not necessary, the other sources are fine. In he.wiki it says that according to Sefi Ben Yosef the Muslim cemetery was built around the "kubakiyah", but they have much less strict sourcing requirements. I'll note again there are some good pictures there if someone knows how to transfer between wikis. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 16:00, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Are those picture free use or fair use? If the former they can (should) be moved to commons, if the latter they will need to be uploaded locally (with a valid fair use rationale). nableezy - 17:34, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

There's a Clermont-Ganneau sketch which is public domain in most places, and the rest of the pics are CC. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 09:29, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

If you give me links and translate the descriptions I will upload them to commons. Or you can do it yourself. But the only way for images to be shared across wikipedias is for them to be on commons. nableezy - 14:23, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

this one is already in commons. this is a photo of the kubakiya, and this is a crusader area grave or sarcophagus or whatever you'd call it. It's also mentioned and sketched by Clermont-Ganneau.

There's also a pic of the graveyard with Jerusalem in the background which I don't think is very good, and one with the Lion's Cave which isn't discussed yet in the article but could be. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 15:02, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Maps

We need some maps! I think this one shows the extent of the cemetery in 1943: File:JerusalemClose1943.jpg. Zero 21:24, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Is the blue area the cemetery? Or the area around it? Is there a scale for the map? I"m trying to find info on how large an area it covered pre-1927, pre-1948, pre-1967, etc. Tiamut 15:20, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Fake Gravestones?

Reference this section

In August 2010, the municipality of Jerusalem removed about 300 tombstones from the Independence Park next to the cemetery after Arutz Sheva wrote an article on fake tombs planted there. The Islamic Movement claimed these were recently built or renovated Muslim graves. The city claimed that the court approved removal was of "dummy gravestones" which were laid in the last seven months.

The referenced webpage gives no details of any organisation known as 'The Islamic Movement.' In the absence of any evidence of what such an organisation is supposed to have said, I propose to remove that sentence.

Dalai lama ding dong (talk) 08:14, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

It's in the other ref. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 09:00, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

I didn't check into this incident, but settler mouthpiece Arutz Sheva is thoroughly unreliable and shouldn't be used as a source. Zero 09:16, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

The only thing Arutz Sheva is being used for is the statement that they reported it first, which we can do without. They do have some good pics and video though. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 09:27, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

I still haven't had a chance to investigate this section, but will comment once I have. ON a related note, we still have to add the most recent destruction that took place at the end of June this year as mentioned in Israel exhumes 100 new tombs in Jerusalem's historic Ma'man Allah cemetery, Middle East Monitor, 27 June 2011. Tiamut 15:23, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Is MEMO considered a reliable source? Seems to be about as reliable as Arutz Sheva. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 17:42, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

There are other sources, if it is a problem. The story was oddly ignored in most of the english-language press, but there is this entry at Axis of Logic by the Center for Constitutional Rights, The Mamilla Campaign which links to a report by AL-Jazeera (Available on youtube here. I'll look for more sources if these also fail to meet RS in the view of you and other fellow editors. `Tiamut 18:14, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

There is also this report in english by the WAFA news agency and in their roundup of Arabic newspaper stories, they say that al-Quds, the Arabic-language daily had a story and an editorial devoted to the issue . Tiamut 18:19, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

PS. I know about it because I saw the al-Jazeera report linked to above the day it was broadcast. (Aside: Despite hating al-Jazeera these days, I still watch it from time to time, for lack of other options. Soon though Ghassan Bin Jido and other great reporters who resigned from the station in protest over its biased coverage of the Arab revolutions will be coming out with a new station and I won't have to watch it anymore. Yay!) Tiamut 18:23, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Okay, i rewrote that section based on the only RS cited, the AFP report. I have deleted the sub-section title "Fake tombstone controversy" (twice now, after being reverted once by NO MOre Mr Nice GUy). I think that subtitle is POV, representing the ISraeli POV about what happened. THe Palestinian POV would be more like "Destruction of tombstones". The only thing we are sure happened is that the tombstones were destroyed. That is controversial in itself and the reason the event was given coverage. Parroting the Israeli propaganda line about the nature of the event in the title for that section is POV. If people want it to remain its own stand alone sub-section, please suggest alternate names. Tiamut 20:32, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't mind the name being changed, but it's a separate issue from the museum. How about "tombstones controversy"? No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 20:53, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Hmmmm ... I'd like to think about it for a while, if you don't mind. If we must have a subsection title (which I don't think is actually necessary, but can accept), might I counter with a suggestion of my own? How does "Demolition controversy" sound? Tiamut 21:01, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

That's fine. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 21:11, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Okay. I still don't think it warrants a separate section, but I can live with that compromise for now. Go ahead and change it. Tiamut 06:52, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Back to the other issue I raised about the June 2011 demolitions, did you have a chance to review the other sources I cited? Can i go ahead and add something based on them? Or do you still have RS concerns? Tiamut 10:14, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

I do have RS concerns (for example, axisoflogic doesn't seem like an RS to me), but how about something along the lines of "the Arabic press reported that 100 more tombstones were destroyed..." etc? No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 16:40, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't think that will work for me. The sources I cited were largely in English (I haven't looked by Arabic-language sources yet). Characterizing them as "Arabic" isn't right. Characterizing them as ethnically Arab doesn't work for me either. There's an ENglish language report on what happened in an Iranian paper here that i just found and its a RS as far as i can tell. I find the paucity of coverage in Western papers disturbing (and somewhat offensive) but strangely unsurprising. Anyway, do you think such a qualifier is absolutely necessary? Tiamut 17:12, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

WAFA is reporting in English about what al-Quds reported in Arabic. The al-Jazeera report is in Arabic. I kinda doubt "Ahlul Bayt News Agency" is a RS and anyway their report is sourced to Ma'an. My concern is that these sources are, how shall I put it, somewhat agenda driven. And since none of them include the other side's response, that creates an NPOV problem. I think we established tombstones were demolished (the video shows what it shows) but the only information we have on exactly where and exactly why is pretty one sided. I'm open to suggestions on how to deal with this. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 17:36, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

By the way, I assume you have plans to expand the history section? Otherwise the museum controversy is starting to look a bit UNDUE. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 12:20, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I have plans to continue working on all aspects of the article, including the history section (which i wrote singlehandedly). I also plan to cut down the museum controversy after adding more material and then copy editing it all. Perhaps some will go into the article on the museum itself. `

About the latest June 2011 demolitions, I'd like to hear feedback from other editors. Perhaps we should take the sources we have to RSN? Tiamut 15:15, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

OK. Just making sure.

If we can't reach an agreement here I guess RSN can be the next step. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 16:12, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

To add

Besides the June 2011 destruction mentioned in the section above, for which I am still searching for more sources this should be added.

Jerusalem's Museum of Tolerance Under Fire—For Intolerance Tiamut 18:36, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

• Archaeologists resume work at contentious worksite of Jerusalem museum

• Muslim graves vandalised at disputed Jerusalem site Tiamut 16:32, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

I added material on the vandalism of gravestones in 2011. It was deleted by Plot Spoiler. I have restore the edit here. Could editors with a problem with the material discuss th issue here? Thanks. Tiamut 08:25, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

The material you added was objected to. Per BRD you're supposed to discuss it first, not put it back into the article and then discuss. That's how edit wars start. It's not called BDR, and for a good reason. Anyway, is this one source discussing in a couple of paragraphs an incident that apparently happened a few weeks before anyone noticed, the only coverage this got? That doesn't seem very notable. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 21:35, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Agreed. As a singular incident, does not seem notable and therefore WP:Undue. If there has been a history of vandalism, perhaps that deserves a section but not one incident. Plot Spoiler (talk) 05:22, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

There are other sources covering it and other cases of vandalism. I don't have time to put them together right now, but tonigh, I will add a section on vandalism over the years. Tiamut 06:19, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:N specifies that The notability guidelines do not apply to article or list content. Arguing that something is not "very notable" is not relevant to its inclusion in an article. nableezy - 06:34, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I find the arguments against inclusion here to be weak and somewhat hypocritical ... but there are more sources and incidents to mine. See http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/even-the-dead-and-buried-enter-the-conflict-1.308076 Even the dead and buried enter the conflict. I think we will have to revisit discussion on whether the 2010 demolition controversy deserves its iwn section as well. I created a section operating under that format. If its not acceptable, the other shouldn't be either. Tiamut

More sources to add in general:

• Human Dignity in Jerusalem Tiamut 06:59, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

  Really? You're going to add those? They seem like RS to you? No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 08:06, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

The second source is an article by Rashid Khalidi, and he is certainly an RS. The first is in ramallah Online, a local web news provider. I don't see why it cannot be used. Should I take the issue to RSN? Tiamut 10:07, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages contains at least 30 articles that mention desecration of Jewish cemeteries. I think more than 50, but I got tired of counting. But one that mentions desecration of an Islamic cemetery is too many for some people. Such profound inconsistency. Zero 07:40, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I guess I'm too used to the stalling and evasion tactics to be upset by it anymore. The information will be added eventually, it will just take five times as much work. I don't get bored that easily. Tiamut 10:07, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Is the pity party over? I see this interminable sense of victimization extends from real life into cyberspace. Plot Spoiler (talk) 18:21, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

• This source says 20 graves were vandalized by Israeli settlers in January 2011, of which some were completely destroyed while others had thrir tombstones removed. Tiamut 15:46, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
• This source provides a lot of good historical info currently not included in our article. Tiamut 15:48, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

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