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Protected class

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@Remsense I see you reverted my edit. The reason "Protected class" is ambiguous, is because it can be interpreted as something positive (e.g. royalty can also be considered a "protected class"). It clearly isn't.

No further context is provided about what this "protected class" actually entailed (i.e. second-class citizenship). It is therefore more appropriate to use the term second-class citizens + wiki hyperlink. Alternatively, one could directly use the term dhimmi status in the introduction.

Kind regards, Roffaduft (talk) 08:20, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the best solution is further elaboration—as it stands, the dynamic in many periods and locales where dhimmi were essentially cultivated as a necessary source of state income is too important to avoid mention entirely, and I would consider the present wording to be less misleading. Remsense ‥  08:23, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your quick reply.
Would you then agree that the following phrasing is more accurate: "in that Jews had dhimmi status."
While I think it is more accurate and appropriate, I'm not sure if it is proper English. Roffaduft (talk) 08:28, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
where Jews had dhimmi status would be perfectly fine by me. Remsense ‥  08:40, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ref Idea

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Moved down from the template so that it does not sit there forever and editors have a place to discuss, should they wish to do so —

The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Bloch, René (2016-11-28). "Ancient Anti-Semitism". Oxford Bibliographies. doi:10.1093/obo/9780199840731-0140. Patrick (talk) 21:01, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cease coverage at the end of the 20th century?

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The section here, History_of_antisemitism#Twenty-first_century, is very weak, and the material is already covered much better at Antisemitism#Contemporary_antisemitism. We could alert readers to this with a hatnote at the top of the article. Thoughts?

Cheers, Patrick (talk) 15:47, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Final section?

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History_of_antisemitism#Antisemitism_in_the_English-speaking_world is a long description of a single essay. Aside from being WP:UNDUE, it breaks with the structure of our TOC. Eliminating this would also help with length of the article body, which at 12,460 words, is at odds with WP:TOOBIG.

But does anyone have any ideas of what to do with it? Doesn't appear to be notable enough to be its own article, but this much material is probably also undue at William Rubinstein.

Cheers, Patrick (talk) 15:56, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]