User talk:Barnetj

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[edit] Reading Lolita in Tehran

Dear Barnetj, would you please help in editing this article? Azar Nafisi who is the writer of the book is now associated with US neoconservatives unfortunately. User:CltFn who is busy writing anti-Islamic pages, insists on advertizing Nafisi and ruining the face of Iranians by adding nonsense to the article. I won't be surprised if he/she is supported by a political party. Please help us defending Iran against these muslim haters. Please join us in writing a neutral article. Thanks in advance--Mitso Bel22:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

I would really like to help but unfortunately i have very little information on Azar Nafisi and the subject of the article, therefore i don't feel confident editing or getting involved in the article. not unless i find some time to investigate the matter. Thank you for asking though and i'll be glad to help whenever i can. Barnetj 15:53, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

Please use references each time in order to support each allegations. How are we supposed to know at the end which statement is supported by the US source you provided me? Satyagit

Fair enough. i tried to do that. i have specified references for each fact in detail now. Barnetj 15:53, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Persian Gulf

Actually, if you note the history of the article, "Arabian Gulf" has been italicized for quite awhile now. No one had a problem with that until Aucaman decided to bold it. SouthernComfort 05:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Khatami

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. HawkerTyphoon 11:56, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Have another look at it. The way it's worded makes it sound liek it's pushing a PoV! HawkerTyphoon 12:06, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your civil reply - I apolgise for being rude. I'll try and re-word it! HawkerTyphoon 12:20, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mohsen Sazegara

Hey, I noticed you had done some work on the article on Mohsen Sazegara. I stumbled across it and gave it a thorough rewrite, and was hoping you could take a look at the article. Iran is not my area of expertise, and I'm hoping to get some feedback on the work I did to the article. Thanks. Pepsi2786 11:10, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

It's me again. Could you take a look at the image (Image:Iran.Sazegara.jpg) you uploaded for Mohsen Sazegara and provide the necessary information concerning it's copyright status? I fear if you do not it may be deleted. Thanks. -- Pepsi2786 07:51, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Khatami

Are you on the payroll of the Islamic Republic?--Patchouli 12:43, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Don't answer it. It is a rhetorical question.--Patchouli 12:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV issues on Khatami etc

Please see: User_talk:LittleDan#POV_pushing

I've filled an official complaint against User:Patchouli, to User:LittleDan who is an administrator investigating User:Patchouli's conduct on a range of articles. Your thoughts and comments there would be very much appreciated. --Patrick987 01:09, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't really know what I'm supposed to do about Patchouli. Much of what has to be done you can do: refer articles for deletion (I can show you how to do this if you need help) and revert his bad edits (you can find the old state of articles by examining history). I am an administrator, but I don't do much by way of blocks and bans. Since Patchouli has a named account and has been around for a while, some sort of due process through arbitration is allowed, I think. I posted something on the administor's noticeboard about it, but have not gotten any responses yet. I haven't had much time for Wikipedia, lately. Since you know more about this conflict that me, you'd be better at this all than me. Here are some useful links: WP:AFD to delete his pages, WP:RFM for mediation and WP:RFAR for arbitration. I'm sorry that I can't do more. But the thing that you shouldn't do is randomly contact adminstrators about this (I have been contacted this way, and it is really annoying and ineffective). Could you try to work through those channels? If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, but I can't do everything. LittleDan^talk 20:44, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

PS, by the way, Patrick987 has not filed any sort of "official" complaint to me, because that doesn't exist. An "official complaint" is doing something through AfD, RfM, etc. Almost everything done against vandals can be done by anyone, short of the raw enforcement power that must be justified by a broad concensus. LittleDan^talk 20:46, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Sure, I could comment in Arbitration. Just write me when you make a request. Sorry about the delay. LittleDan^talk 17:15, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Salam

Please look at Iran on Uncyclopedia. The article was just a piece of "Fahhashi" on Iran. I tried to change it. If you compare the version before my edits with pages of other countries like Germany and France ... you will see that Iran's page is written in a very bad way. It is not humerous. It's just a place to insult. Please help. Unfortunately very few Iranians are active on wikipedia. Pages on Iran have been written by those who hate Iran. Please help if you have time. Thanks. Sinooher 17:59, 3 December 2006 (UTC)