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Meta Are questions purely about Jews and Jewish History in-scope?

History questions about events which impacted Judaism without making direct reference to Jews themselves (ex. "What motivated the Khmelnitzky Massacres?") I think these types of historical questi...

posted 4y ago by Harel13‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Harel13‭

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#3: Post edited by user avatar Harel13‭ · 2020-07-23T12:55:13Z (over 4 years ago)
  • > 3. History questions about events which impacted Judaism without making direct reference to Jews themselves (ex. "What motivated the Khmelnitzky Massacres?")
  • I think these types of historical questions are too much of a stretch. This is something that should go in a purely historical Codidact site (which I hope we'll have one day).
  • Asking, for example, "Which Jewish communities were the most heavily impacted by the Khmelnitzky Massacres?" is still in scope, in my opinion.
  • > History questions about events which impacted Judaism without making direct reference to Jews themselves (ex. "What motivated the Khmelnitzky Massacres?")
  • I think these types of historical questions are too much of a stretch. This is something that should go in a purely historical Codidact site (which I hope we'll have one day).
  • Asking, for example, "Which Jewish communities were the most heavily impacted by the Khmelnitzky Massacres?" is still in scope, in my opinion.
#2: Post edited by user avatar Harel13‭ · 2020-07-23T12:54:56Z (over 4 years ago)
  • >3. History questions about events which impacted Judaism without making direct reference to Jews themselves (ex. "What motivated the Khmelnitzky Massacres?")
  • I think these types of historical questions are too much of a stretch. This is something that should go in a purely historical Codidact site (which I hope we'll have one day).
  • Asking, for example, "Which Jewish communities were the most heavily impacted by the Khmelnitzky Massacres?" is still in scope, in my opinion.
  • > 3. History questions about events which impacted Judaism without making direct reference to Jews themselves (ex. "What motivated the Khmelnitzky Massacres?")
  • I think these types of historical questions are too much of a stretch. This is something that should go in a purely historical Codidact site (which I hope we'll have one day).
  • Asking, for example, "Which Jewish communities were the most heavily impacted by the Khmelnitzky Massacres?" is still in scope, in my opinion.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Harel13‭ · 2020-07-23T12:54:34Z (over 4 years ago)
>3. History questions about events which impacted Judaism without making direct reference to Jews themselves (ex. "What motivated the Khmelnitzky Massacres?")

I think these types of historical questions are too much of a stretch. This is something that should go in a purely historical Codidact site (which I hope we'll have one day).

Asking, for example, "Which Jewish communities were the most heavily impacted by the Khmelnitzky Massacres?" is still in scope, in my opinion.