The result of the debate was Keep. freestylefrappe 02:32, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
I do not see the encyclopedic value of classifying people according to religion or ethnicity. This list strikes me as a black list of individuals that can be used in Anti jewish propaganda or reeks of prejudice. I can see the value of mentioning the ethnicity in articles when it has relevance to their work or career but to go as far as saying that an individual is classified as Jewish because an ancestor is believed to be Jewish or their name sounds Jewish is going too far. We are also introducing an element in Wikipedia of racial or ethnic discriminatory conduct. Any one with any sense can see that this is just wrong. 65.144.141.7
Well, thanks a lot for pointing that out. It's nice you feel that way. However, Wikipedia acknowledges that "Jewish" is, indeed, an ethnicity, whether you put your sentence in bold or not. It is widely recognized as an ethnicty (heck, otherwise a mis-directed phrase like "he doesn't look Jewish" would not exist) and is indeed a mediterranean-originated ethnicity, which is why most ethnic Ashkenazi Jews share similar facial characteristics to those of other mediterranean ethnicities - like Italians or the Spanish. Dr. Zoidberg was in a category which was obviously meant to be humorous. As for it being long - well, the plan is to split it up to sections - i.e. the separate list of actors. Also, someone has unfortunately reverted my edit and all those with no Wiki entry are back in.... not productive. -24.141.149.226
Comment: Please see Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion/List of Jews for new info. Tomer TALK 06:10, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
The result of the debate was Keep. freestylefrappe 02:32, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
I do not see the encyclopedic value of classifying people according to religion or ethnicity. This list strikes me as a black list of individuals that can be used in Anti jewish propaganda or reeks of prejudice. I can see the value of mentioning the ethnicity in articles when it has relevance to their work or career but to go as far as saying that an individual is classified as Jewish because an ancestor is believed to be Jewish or their name sounds Jewish is going too far. We are also introducing an element in Wikipedia of racial or ethnic discriminatory conduct. Any one with any sense can see that this is just wrong. 65.144.141.7
Well, thanks a lot for pointing that out. It's nice you feel that way. However, Wikipedia acknowledges that "Jewish" is, indeed, an ethnicity, whether you put your sentence in bold or not. It is widely recognized as an ethnicty (heck, otherwise a mis-directed phrase like "he doesn't look Jewish" would not exist) and is indeed a mediterranean-originated ethnicity, which is why most ethnic Ashkenazi Jews share similar facial characteristics to those of other mediterranean ethnicities - like Italians or the Spanish. Dr. Zoidberg was in a category which was obviously meant to be humorous. As for it being long - well, the plan is to split it up to sections - i.e. the separate list of actors. Also, someone has unfortunately reverted my edit and all those with no Wiki entry are back in.... not productive. -24.141.149.226
Comment: Please see Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion/List of Jews for new info. Tomer TALK 06:10, August 15, 2005 (UTC)