Talk:Demographics of Jerusalem

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I was looking for the population of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus, couldn't find it anywhere on the wikipedia Jerusalem articles. After finding it somewhere else, I added it to this page. I think it's an important bit of information, even if the number is only a rough estimate. Feel free to move it into the table or edit it some other way, like changing it to 0BCE or something like that.--R0 25 March 2006

passia link is broken! whats the geographical aria this articles is talking about? ie , city, or district or old city or? help !

[edit] Factual accuracy dispute

What figures in this table are attributed to PASSIA and where on that site are they found? Figures from Focus on Jerusalem are entirely unsourced in the external link provided and the site does not appear to be a reliable and reputable source, in any event.--DieWeibeRose 10:43, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for adding external links but this still does not solve the problem of sourcing particular statistics. As you know, the historical population distribution of Jerusalem is a matter of some controversy. I think the matter deserves a more careful documentation such as notes on individual figures or on the year, perhaps. The 1844 figures are still not from a reliable or verifiable source. Also, there are discrepancies between the external sources provided. For example, for the year 1922, compare Israeli - Palestinian ProCon.org[1] with Mideastweb[2]. I would think that all verifiable figures should be presented in the table.--DieWeibeRose 03:30, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I tried to help here, using reputable sources and noting each figure. If there is competing data, we should list it her (such as the 1948 UN estimate) it should be included. The Mideast web data looks quite solid, though. --Goodoldpolonius2 06:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Excellent work. I've moved the Focus on Jerusalem link to external links since it is not a source. I'm inclined to delete it entirely unless someone objects.--DieWeibeRose 07:37, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

In relation to a political document, is there any doubt of the importance of its author and payer? Yet, DieWeibeRose first omitted and later removed this vital information. Is there a good reason? ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 21:33, 27 February 2006 (UTC)