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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Douglas Murray (author). This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Moses Z. Margolies and family. Or is it Moses S. Margolies

Thanks for your work on expanding the article for Moses Z. Margolies, which was part of a chain of new article creations more than 15 years ago that took me to to the 1933 anti-Nazi boycott and down through the Lookstein family. I had used the "Sebulun" spelling because that was what had been used in many of the older sources, but the orthography has clearly shifted to a "Z" as the first letter. I never would have realized that there was a connection to John Margolies, which is an excellent catch. Keep up the great work and let me know if I can help with anything. Alansohn (talk) 19:49, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Alansohn. I've edited RAMAZ before and done some work on the Lookstein articles as well. What led me to this is a personal connection between a family member who was a rabbi, and the rivalry between Rabbi Margolies and Rabbi "Velvele" Margolis.Dovid (talk) 20:13, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The whole thing is a great story that keeps on giving. Keep it up and let me know if there's anything I can do in this area. Alansohn (talk) 20:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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