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:::I believe the category "[[:Category:Jewish_People|Jewish People]]", refers to "people who follow the Jewish religion", not necessarily whether he was an ''important'' Jew? One of Velikovsky's biographer's considers his Jewishness important enough to write an article "The Jewish Science of Immanuel Velikovsky", ''Aeon'' vol.2 No.6, 1991. Between 1947-1948, Velikovsky had published over 40 articles in the N.Y. Post editorial page, dealing with the Middle East and the new state of Israel.([http://www.varchive.org/obs/obspref.htm ref]) Velikovsky begun the ''Scripta Academica'' series "as a basis for a Hebrew Academy based in Jerusalem."([http://www.varchive.org/dy/israel.htm ref]) --[[User:Eric2009|Eric2009]] 08:11, 11 February 2009 (EST) | :::I believe the category "[[:Category:Jewish_People|Jewish People]]", refers to "people who follow the Jewish religion", not necessarily whether he was an ''important'' Jew? One of Velikovsky's biographer's considers his Jewishness important enough to write an article "The Jewish Science of Immanuel Velikovsky", ''Aeon'' vol.2 No.6, 1991. Between 1947-1948, Velikovsky had published over 40 articles in the N.Y. Post editorial page, dealing with the Middle East and the new state of Israel.([http://www.varchive.org/obs/obspref.htm ref]) Velikovsky begun the ''Scripta Academica'' series "as a basis for a Hebrew Academy based in Jerusalem."([http://www.varchive.org/dy/israel.htm ref]) --[[User:Eric2009|Eric2009]] 08:11, 11 February 2009 (EST) | ||
::::I think "Jewish people" is a useful category only if the person played an important role in Jewish affairs. You make the case that he did so, so I agree w the category now. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 12:32, 14 February 2009 (EST) | ::::I think "Jewish people" is a useful category only if the person played an important role in Jewish affairs. You make the case that he did so, so I agree w the category now. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 12:32, 14 February 2009 (EST) | ||
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| + | :::::Thanks for the reconsideration, I'll update the category. I wonder whether there should be different categories for (a) just being Jewish (b) playing a role in Jewish affairs? --[[User:Eric2009|Eric2009]] 13:25, 14 February 2009 (EST) | ||
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| + | I note that the category "[[:Category:Authors|authors]]" has been removed, and was wondering what the rationale for this is? After all, he was an author of 8 books, his first being a ''New York Times'' number one best seller for 9 weeks, and top ten best seller for 27 week, and initiating a "controversy" that lasted many years. ([http://www.velikovsky.info/Worlds_in_Collision_as_bestseller ref]) --[[User:Eric2009|Eric2009]] 13:25, 14 February 2009 (EST) | ||
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Not Science Fiction, just bad science. I removed the categorization as SF, because Velikovsky was serious about what he wrote. Canuck 23:22, 10 November 2008 (EST)
- Agreed, his books may well be wrong, but they have never been place in the Science Fiction category, and they were never written as SF. --Eric2009 05:11, 3 February 2009 (EST)
Richard, I'm wondering why you removed the "Jewish People" category from the article? --Eric2009 17:56, 3 February 2009 (EST)
- his books sold to the science fiction audience-- his "belief" in them I think was part of his game. He was not important as a Jew and doesn't deserve that category, I think. RJJensen 18:45, 10 February 2009 (EST)
- I believe the category "Jewish People", refers to "people who follow the Jewish religion", not necessarily whether he was an important Jew? One of Velikovsky's biographer's considers his Jewishness important enough to write an article "The Jewish Science of Immanuel Velikovsky", Aeon vol.2 No.6, 1991. Between 1947-1948, Velikovsky had published over 40 articles in the N.Y. Post editorial page, dealing with the Middle East and the new state of Israel.(ref) Velikovsky begun the Scripta Academica series "as a basis for a Hebrew Academy based in Jerusalem."(ref) --Eric2009 08:11, 11 February 2009 (EST)
- I think "Jewish people" is a useful category only if the person played an important role in Jewish affairs. You make the case that he did so, so I agree w the category now. RJJensen 12:32, 14 February 2009 (EST)
- I believe the category "Jewish People", refers to "people who follow the Jewish religion", not necessarily whether he was an important Jew? One of Velikovsky's biographer's considers his Jewishness important enough to write an article "The Jewish Science of Immanuel Velikovsky", Aeon vol.2 No.6, 1991. Between 1947-1948, Velikovsky had published over 40 articles in the N.Y. Post editorial page, dealing with the Middle East and the new state of Israel.(ref) Velikovsky begun the Scripta Academica series "as a basis for a Hebrew Academy based in Jerusalem."(ref) --Eric2009 08:11, 11 February 2009 (EST)
- his books sold to the science fiction audience-- his "belief" in them I think was part of his game. He was not important as a Jew and doesn't deserve that category, I think. RJJensen 18:45, 10 February 2009 (EST)
- Thanks for the reconsideration, I'll update the category. I wonder whether there should be different categories for (a) just being Jewish (b) playing a role in Jewish affairs? --Eric2009 13:25, 14 February 2009 (EST)
I note that the category "authors" has been removed, and was wondering what the rationale for this is? After all, he was an author of 8 books, his first being a New York Times number one best seller for 9 weeks, and top ten best seller for 27 week, and initiating a "controversy" that lasted many years. (ref) --Eric2009 13:25, 14 February 2009 (EST)