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[edit] Locking of the Salafism Page

I noticed that the Salafism page was locked again. I agree with you that the revert trend on it was not helpful nor productive, and the page needed to be locked. However, I think it would be fairer to lock it on the previous, accepted version than on the newer one which caused the controversy in the first place. The previous version stood for a long time and had been refined over that period. I think that would be the more just. ZaydHammoudeh 18:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Zayd. Believe me. I've lost track of all of the article changes but seeing the article being kicked off as a football every hours made me furious. So i've just locked it. Whatever is the case, the actual version of the article is not an endorssement and visitors would know that there's a discussion at the talk page at least. -- Szvest 18:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up ®

[edit] Just for you my brother.

My dear brother in Isam Wiki me up ® I have many things to challenge here for which my fellow User:Marwatt will be feeling guilty, but I swear upon Almighty that just for your honour and dignity and to give you respect, I vow not to write any thing here. Otherwise, he will not be finding a path for quitting.

Once again, I am having respect for you from the very first day, as you replied and helped me in kind and nice way even you didn't know me. Otherwise, I must have written a lenghtyCharge-Sheet against User:Marwatt

Regards A M. Khan 18:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I will obey you, as I respect you

From onwards, I vow that there would not be a single personal attack by my side.

I promise. Please note down. Regards A M. Khan 18:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I take this promise as a word and ask you to read WP:AGF. Forget about the article Marwat and start changing the behaviour if you really want to go forward as you said when you first approached me. -- Szvest 18:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up ®
Yes, I will surely be respecting and keeping my word. I will now surely be changing my behaviour and you will be noticing something good and good.
Respect and kindness by your side gave me moral support. I demand for more kindness and respect always, that will keep on changing my morals and behaviour good to more good every time. Regards A M. Khan 19:17, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
No problems. -- Szvest 19:20, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I still have lots of problems with User:A M. Khan but I will honor your decision

Tell him to stay away now from article Marwat.I will not accept any more POV pushing. You got my word on that. --Marwatt 20:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi again Marwatt. I can't prevent any user from editing any article in wikipedia as anyone can edit. But of course i can prevent POV pushers and vandals from doing so. Once i observe that i will surely deal w/ it. No worries. -- Szvest 23:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up ®

[edit] dab is really pushing the limits of vandalism... now on the Assyrian people talk page...

See edits 1 and 2.

I merely archived the pages just as I have with all the previous ones and he just had to have some sort of input on it. Just read archive five. He's introducing previous arguments that were resolved and acting like they're new. He's the reason the page is protected.סרגון יוחנא 21:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

You are archiving active discussion. Khoikhoi 23:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
All i see is a mess! I am really not following the chronology of events! I can't follow the mess re to the archiving process!!! -- Szvest 23:30, 10 November 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up ®
Lol...what? Khoikhoi 23:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
I disagree, things were still being disucssed and now it's all in the archives. To me it doesn't look like a mess... Khoikhoi 23:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
You can restart discussions. You can copy and paste them. There are a lot of ways but is it acceptable to witness an edit warring about stupid stuff? -- Szvest 23:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't see why we should have to restart it if it's already there. Every time a talk page gets three threads it's time to archive? It's easier to have it all on one page for everyone to see it. By archiving it all you are essentially stopping everything short. Khoikhoi 23:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Back to my first comment then...So what was the reason of archiving a short discussion? -- Szvest 23:54, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure what Sargon's reason was. :-( Khoikhoi 23:56, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I appreciate your effort to cool the situation, by the way. Khoikhoi 00:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)


How dare you block me without cause you had no right and are abusing your position. If you don't I will demand your immediate removal as an administrator. Tannim152.163.100.12 03:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I just want to leave you a Barnstar

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For showing so much patience Marwatt 00:50, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar. Much appreciated and thanks for your cooperation and understanding. -- Szvest 17:35, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up ®

[edit] Muhammad sources

Would you please comment on reliability of the following sources here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Muhammad#My_Sources

Opiner removed all of quotes from them on the pretext of being unreliable. I think his edits are disruption and vandalims. --Aminz 07:36, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Commented on the talk page there. -- Szvest 17:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up ®

Thanks FayssalF. I have now moved the section to the reform section. Please have a look at [1] and [2]. I want to build up consensus. Please let me know what changes should be applied to this section[3] so that you agree with its addition. Thanks very much. I would like to chat with editors individually and when a consensus is achieved, request them to comment on the talk page that they agree with the section. --Aminz 22:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Documentary Film on Abdelkarim

Hi, I would like to share this documentary film with you, it is about Abdelkarim elkhattabi's Rif war. It is in Arabic, Tarifit and Dutch:
http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/nps/maroc/abdelkrimdeel1.rm http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/nps/maroc/abdelkrimdeel2.rm Read3r 16:56, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Read3r. Thanks for the links. The problem is that i can't open them for some reason. Could you please let me know about the content if you think we can add them to the article of Abd el-Krim. -- Szvest 18:07, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up ®

[edit] Re Protection of Palestinian refugee

You responded to a user who questioned why the version of Palestinian refugee protected includes the long block quote which is the subject of the edit war, and responded:

That's true but protection is not an endorsement of the current page version. Concensus would solve the issue through discussion at the talk page. If there would be no discussion w/in 48 hours i'll unprotect it. -- Szvest 15:15, 8 November 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up ®
I'm baffled by the protection applied to this page in it's current state. The article frozen includes (in the 2nd section!) this long, insulting and virtually irrelevant clip from a known propagandist:
Critics of the UNRWA say that the present definition give Palestinian refugees a favored status when compared with other refugee groups ............
And the objections to this article range far wider than just this clip - half-way through the first section is the beginning of another attempt at nasty revisionism, which thereafter totally swamps the article (this first reference totally distorts the position of Yehoshua Porath, making it even more bizarre).
I appreciate you felt you had to start somewhere, but to freeze the article at this point strikes me as very odd indeed.
(Note - I've never editted this article, neither has anyone asked me to look at it or express an opinion. I've simply come across it in the usual way and been horrified at it's content and the state at which it's been frozen).
PalestineRemembered 17:30, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi PR. I always feel sorry to see an article getting protected but i feel more sorrow to see an article getting kicked back and forth like a foot ball. I usually deal w/ Wikipedia:Requests for page protection and i protect articles when needed. It is also noted that protection is not an endorsement of the current page version. Of course no article is to be locked forever nor for a longer period than a week in general. So in case no concensus is reached than the parties can refer to Wikipedia:Requests for comment. -- Szvest 18:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up ®

[edit] You helped choose Islam as this week's WP:AID winner

 Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Islam was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help.

Dev920(Mind voting here?) 15:24, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Can you please semi-protect Geber as well, User:Ahwaz's sock is edit waring there as well. --ManiF 16:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

No need to semi-protect Geber now as the IP evading block is blocked now. However, the edit warring at Geber is a bit stupid (i.e. some Vs. others). Please try to avoid it. -- Szvest Wiki me up ® 16:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
It's up to you, but : I think there is a need, User:Ahwaz is using a dynamic IP as per User_talk:Alex_Bakharev#Ahwaz_is_back, he'll just reset his IP and sart all over again. Oh and language like "some scholars" or "some people" or "some sources" is weasel-wording. --ManiF 16:49, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I'll semi-protect in case they come back. No worries about that. -- Szvest Wiki me up ® 16:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Alright then, thanks. --ManiF 16:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Geber, Mashallah, Al-Khwarizmi, etc...‎

Hi Faysal, Regarding Geber, most sources[4] say that he was an Arab. We made a compromise last spring with the same couple (ManiF and khokee or whatever), which they now broke. Regaridng Mashallah and Al-Khwarizmi, Wikipedia:Verifiability: The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth, which I did. Cheers Jidan 17:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Jidan. I'll recheck that and discuss them at their talk pages. I just don't have enough time now. -- Szvest Wiki me up ® 17:57, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moroccan Spaniard

Si, vaya comportamiento raro. Claramente un troll. Me hizo mucha gracia lo de mover Greece a South FYROM :-) Asteriontalk 18:16, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

  • In September 1998, opposition parties claimed that Morocco's leader Filipe Congrieve Jerazmenos committed fraud in routine federal elections. Street protests and rallies ended in misery when the US bombardment over Tangier ended all hope of resistance, and subsequently, Jerazmenos was restored to power. -- Szvest Wiki me up ® 18:26, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Tenemos que admitir que el hombre tiene sentido del humor... Asteriontalk 18:36, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Heheheh, si, muchisimo! -- Szvest Wiki me up ® 18:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Excellent Job.

Assalam-o-Alikum,

You are doing an excellent job. I am also noticing that article Marwat is still under your kind watch. This is good, excellent infact.

I think, from tomorrow, you will be seeking a complete change in me, as I read whole of the article of Wikipedia for being a Civil Wikipedian, that was advised to you. Before going to be a Civil, I am considering this my last day on wikipedia to follow my old policies, eventhough they aren't uncivil you know.

I am thankful to you, who helped me to be helpful to this site.

Regards

A M. Khan 19:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How about that

ماذا نقول لجميع هذه بتحرير به الشخص نفسه.وقد ادرجت الكثير من المادة في المادة Marwatه] وهو أمر مريب.اتوقع منك سياسة محايدة في هذا الشأن.يمكن ان يكون اي محرر نفسه نفسي ولكنني اعطي لكم الكلمه.يرجى النظر الى هذا.----Marwatt 20:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

From where did you get that? Szvest Wiki me up ® 09:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
I just used my limited kowledge of Arabic and left the rest to my imagination. By the way you should know that I am a Muslim and can fluently read Holy Quran as well as understand reasonably written Arabic. I know that some of what I have written above might be wrong but I thought that atleast I might convey my message without it being hijacked on the way. --Marwatt 16:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
I see now. It is written perfectly w/ no mistake at all. No worries about that. I've contacted a few other experienced Pakistani users today and hope they would help as i really do not know alot about notable people in Pakistan. As i had told you, i ensure mainly POV and vandalism related edits but i also do my best to ensure neutrality among editors. Szvest Wiki me up ® 17:02, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
تعلمون ما انا جميلة متعلم وانا لخيبة الأمل في هذا العمل شخص له والدراما.وهو مجرد العزم على ان تشمل كل عائلته في هذه المادة بطريقة او باخري.ولم أكن هناك من يعتقد ان الواقع قد يجعل هذا شيء صغير قضية انا شخصيا.بأية طريقة كما انني لن يدعه يعيث فسادا في هذه المادة.شكرا جزيلا لكم على دعمكم. --Marwatt 04:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] For your information

I am not reverting User:A M. Khan's entry on Akhtar Munir Marwat but I am reverting a ton of other POV entries that he did in the article. So I did not break my word. I hope you will look into it. --Marwatt 20:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I knew you will be approaching here. I just talked to User: A M. Khan. He gave me an oath by swearing that he is not involved in entering new edits except correctiong the links and making gramaticall changes. Let this disussion on a side taht who is involved in entering those datas and who isn't. One thing is crystal clear and worrying which is following:
Without such entries (recent one) the list of notable Marwats is incomplete and unfair.
Such names are not only famous inMarwats but throughout Pakistan too.
For such personalities separate articles for each can be created, as they fully meets Wikipedia's rules and regulations.
What will you do User:Marwatt, if separate entries for such articles exist? Wouldn't then such names be on top of the list of "Notable Marwats"? Meagre brain holder User:Marwatt, let me repeat my words "I am myself politically oppoent to Mina Khels and we are also having tribal enmity you know very well. So does this means that I start personalisng the article on free-server"?
Shouldn't we now edit article [[Marwat] for whole of our lives? Marwat is allocated and alloted to you now? Don't try to become the owner of this article now. The entries are based on real facts. Before another edit war takes place, administrator fayssalf must interfare, justify and substantiate that such notable entries are even thought to be deleted?
If we have to go for another debate or discussiong for adding such entries, we will surely win, youknow better. My brotherly advice to you User:Marwatt is please don't take stance and stand on the issues where yourself knows that you are doing wrong. Begu Khel 21:20, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Something Awful

Please consider unprotecting Something Awful. Misza13 did a range block on the most recent vandal for me, so I don't think the protection is needed. Thanks. JDtalk 17:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Done. Szvest Wiki me up ® 17:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks.

Thank you for protecting the article. At some point, the wrong version will be the one I prefer, but in the meanwhile, hopefully discussion will break out. JBKramer 17:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

No worries. Well, logically and neutrally i had to restore the version just before the unprotection. Otherwise, my protection would not have made sense. -- Szvest Wiki me up ® 17:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Will you interfare here?

Assalam-o_Alikum, Would you like to interfare on article [Marwat]? As the people are Marwat and they are 100% eligble to be having a separate article for themselves, kindly go and and help is needed. I don't care, if I have to fight 1000 times more, if my cause is righteous and truthful.

Regards A M. Khan 18:06, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Answered at the article talk page. Szvest Wiki me up ® 18:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks a alot.

Thanks a lot for your prompt reply. Now let me say something personally.

My image may have been a negative one to you. But my brother, could you show any of negative deeds? My way may be nagative but my aim is not. As a Muslim it is one of our values ot think and take everything positive. Whenever I am wrong, don't direct me only but kindly dictate me. You will surely be happy, as I change to right things when I knew them. Your brother in Islam. Regards A M. Khan 18:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Khan, please note that Wikipedia got rules and all I do is to help the rules being applied and respected. Nothing to do w/ one's beliefs. If i see you're mistaken i'd remind you and show you how to correct that. That's all. Szvest Wiki me up ® 18:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, once again. I was infact waiting for your adaptation. Regards A M. Khan 18:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Sure. So what are the subjects/articles that you usually feel cool with? Szvest Wiki me up ® 19:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Religous, Historical, Myth and Pakistan Related. A M. Khan 19:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


Sure, INSHA ALLAH Regards A M. Khan 19:39, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Khoikhoi is reverting anything I contribute to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alaha&action=history סרגון יוחנא 23:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Please step in since he's a "mediator" now. I can't edit anything these days without his biased actions taking presidence.

Hi Sang. I've just checked that and found that Khoikhoi has been reverting unsourced material. You say [sic] You will find sources. In the mean time stop reverting it. In order to sort this out, why could you not bring the sources. The material you are inserting is important and does not concern a phrase or a word but 2 paragraphs. So, please bring the sources as per WP:OR and WP:V. Szvest Wiki me up ® 09:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sprotecting FFXIII pages

I noticed that you've sprotected Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII recently due to vandalism. I was wondering if that could extend to Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII as well since it seems to be being bothered by the same vandal(s). Thanks. Axem Titanium 01:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

There's no need to protect the article especially that there's only one vandal to whom i've just given the last warning on introducing factual errors. I also referenced the material you added. I'll be watching the article and deal w/ the vandal in case he returns to his ways. -- Szvest Wiki me up ® 09:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

The information that I've been placing onto the page isn't inaccurate, if you go to the site that i've been siting when editing it'll confirm what I've said.unsigned comment by User:Soccerguy1039

Soccerguy. Which site are you refering to? Which site have you been citing? All i read is this:
Final Fantasy Insider has stated that Final Fantasy XIII's completion stands at 13%, while despite what the Final Fantasy Versus XIII page may say, Final Fantasy Versus XIII's completion stands at 1.3%..
It is the opposite. I placed the reference to what User:Axem Titanium had edited. The reference clearly says that it could span a decade; just the opposite of what you claim. -- Szvest ····> Wiki Me Up ® 12:08, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
I see which site you are refering to. ffinsider.net is a forum/fan site, etc... It is not notable by wikipedia standards. Please refer to WP:Verifiability for more details. Szvest ····> Wiki Me Up ® 12:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I was simply concerned because it seemed to be coming from several different IPs at one point. Axem Titanium 19:52, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I got your last message, and I never said that the series wouldn't span a decade, if I thought it would I would delete it.

[edit] Protection requested.

The following article was created 2 days earlier. There is too much controvery and edit war. Protection or deletion of the page be called-upon. Reforms under Islam (610-661) -- Something Wrong 20:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

The user who posted this just appeared and added a fact tag to that article. Nobody have ever disputed the factuality of this article. Now, he wants protection..... --Aminz 20:56, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Answered at the article talk page. Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 10:38, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

FayssalF , please see this [5]

He is now accusing prophet muhammad as anti-semitic, the position which no *scholar* have ever taken. Anti-semitism was a western phenomenon. See what kind of editors I have to deal with :( --Aminz 10:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

We know that:

"There is nothing in medieval Islam which could specifically be called anti-semitism", Claude Cahen, a distinguished Islamic historian states by comparing medieval Christendom and medieval Islam. Bernard Lewis states that "In Islamic society hostility to the Jew is non-theological. It is not related to any specific Islamic doctrine, nor to any specific circumstance in Islamic sacred history."

--Aminz 10:36, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

FayssalF, I can not work with this editor on the same article. Seriously. --Aminz 10:38, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

"Anti-semitism was a western phenomenon." If Aminz thinks there are no Muslim anti-semites, that reduces his credibility as an editor somewhat. The statements in the hadith regarding pigs and dogs are well known, so I don't know what Lewis is talking about here. There might not be a doctrine per se, but the statements are there. In any case, as often happens with Aminz, this is not the place for this discussion. Arrow740 10:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

The Qur'an says that particular Jews and Christians were transformed ... but that's irrelevant. I am not going to answer to this user anymore. I believe user:Durova's presense should be helpful since she was involved in Spencer article way back. --Aminz 10:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Aminz and Arrow740. This is too much. Remember wikipedia policies re to verifiabilty, notable sources and so on. Saying Muslims are anti-semites (re pigs and dogs) or Jewish are racists (chosen people) is OR. It is so damn obvious that there are people out there who are Muslims anti-semites or Jews recists. So what?! IMHO, as i always love to be clear and not looking to be mean or offend anyone but if you both understand this than you are into the game of wikipedia. If not than you are a pain in the ass just abusing your knowledge.

If Arrow740 thinks Muhammad was anti-semite than it is his POV and no problem w/ that. On the other hand, if Aminz argues that it is not the case than it is his POV and no problem w/ that. BUT DON'T MAKE A FUSS OUT OF IT. Your problem guys is that you got a temperament and that's not a good thing to edit this encyclopaedia. You got to leave that temperament in your closet and walk the way out w/o it. -- Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 11:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Fayssal, sorry for the comment I made(and removed). I hope you could understand how I was feeling. I hope you don't mind if I stop by your talk page later in the future again :) --Aminz 05:19, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Fayssal, I am unexperienced and inspontenous. I really need help and don't know how to get to consensus. I know edit-warring is bad but what can I do. I have requested for a mediation on the reformation article here. Would be very glad if you could join (of course, only if you are free). [6]. --Aminz 09:24, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much Fayssal. :) --Aminz 18:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Fayssal, Could you please ask User:Opiner to sign up for the mediation. I tried but failed [7], [8] Thanks. --Aminz 10:27, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spanish Gibraltarians

Hi Fayssal, I would like to ask you to have a look at the problem that I have had with the article Spanish Gibraltarians which I feel has been unjustly deleted. It is in part my fault since I renamed the article and rewrote it from scratch before the AfD was finished resulting in the new, well sourced and NPOV article being deleted instead of the old one. I really feel Im right on this issue and I would appreciate if you gave me a hand on this. The explanations are on the talk page of the deleted article and so is a version of the article deleted.

Thanks alot.

Burgas00--Burgas00 19:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC) --Burgas00 19:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Burgas. What Woohookitty is saying above is the right thing to do for now. Keep the article at your userspace for now. Enhance it and remove POV's if they exist and add some few refs. The deletion review would be the next step if needed. What doesn't look fine is the duration of the discussion. It was closed after 5 votes and after only 5 days! That would be a good argument in the deletion review.
Anyway, i believe that after the article is freed from POV (in case there are), we can recreate it again under the new title w/o needing to go for a deletion review. At the same time, and in parallel, we'd post a note at the Admin noticeboard to inform them about the action. If that fails, than we can refer to the deletion review as a last resort. You arguments for the restoration would be based on the duration of the vote, the nature of the votes (most voters talked about POV -which not a valid reason to delete an article), the nomination was based on that "there exists articles on Gibraltar and Demographics of Gibraltar" is not convincing at all. Feel free to approach me. Good luck. Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 10:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Faysal. I guess I suck at these administrative procedures. Could you please copy/paste your opinion you have expressed to me on the undeletion review for the article? The problem is that if I repost it under another name I feel it will get delete again, right? Thanks for your help. Here is the link to the undeletion page where "Gibraltarian Spaniards" is posted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2006_November_16

Cheers --Burgas00 17:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Burgas. Forget about the deletion review for now. Take the case to the WP:ANI as you are the creator and the one who moved the article to the new title. Summerize and explain your points in a few simple lines and i will comment there as well. -- Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 17:16, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok its done!! You can comment here :-). Thanks again Faysal!--Burgas00 17:23, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Look at this mess that Shoveldude created.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Iraq&action=history

He moved Iraq to Republic of Iraq without any warning or discussion. And I think Iraq was more appropriate. People in and out of Iraq refer to it as simply that.סרגון יוחנא

Hi again Sargon. Thanks for the note. It is fixed now. -- Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 14:11, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mashallah

Hi Faysal, I need your advice. User:Khoikhoi has been continuesly reverting my contribution here [9]. I have provided as a source the Jewish Encyclopedia and an article from a professor. He hasn't even wrote one letter in the discussion page why he does this. I need you to tell me if I am right or wrong, so that I keep reverting him. ThanksJidan 17:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Edited and commented at Mashallah talk page. -- Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 19:16, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you! Jidan 08:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Guess what...they continue removing the sourced info. Jidan 08:59, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do you change the way your signature looks

Faisal, Assalamolekum,

How do your change your signature and add colors to it as many people have done it over here. --Marwatt 23:42, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

The signature is composed of HTML code. Like editing a Word document, marking or formatting some text as bold, Italic or in RED you do the same for a signature.
To understand this better, you should read its code. To do so, click on "edit this page" above on your screen and see this section. You won't see bold, italic or red text but you'd see its markup. (HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language)
Now, and still reading this section from the edit window screen; let's create a signature for you. Say you want to add "Talk to me" to your signature. So you'll get this in the basc format ---> Marwatt / Talk to me.
Try to play with that. Try to change the parameters above and click "Show preview" button below near the "edit summary" and have fun. You can have a list of colours you'd choose from at Color names.
Once you decide how your signature would be you will have to Copy your signature code and paste it in the signature field by clicking here (your prefences). Save and exit. Now, when you sing in Wikipedia talk page using the "four tilds" ~~~~ or by clicking on them below the "edit summary", you will get your signature. This will generate for you your signature w/o entering the whole code everytime you have to sign. So let's see! Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 19:44, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Merci Faysal. Thanks a lot. -- MARWAT  04:05, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks
Thank you for the Support

I'd like to express my huge thanks to you, FayssaIF, for your support in my recent RfA, which closed with 100% support at 71/0/1. Needless to say, I am very suprised at the huge levels of support I've seen on my RfA, and at the fact that I only had give three answers, unlike many other nominees who have had many, many more questions! I'll be careful with my use of the tools, and invite you to tell me off if I do something wrong! Thanks, Martinp23 14:59, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support!

A week ago I nominated myself, hoping to be able to help Wikipedia as an administrator as much as a WikiGnome. I am very glad many others shared my thoughts, including you. Thank you for your trust! Be sure I will use these tools to protect and prevent and not to harass or punish. Should you feel I am overreacting, pat me so that I can correct myself. Thanks again! ReyBrujo 20:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedians by number of edits

Please don't manually update the list. The list comes from an auto-generated report from September. The only edits that should be done to the page are to mark admins and bots. Gdo01 14:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the note Gdo01. -- Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 14:24, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tallguy92

I was going to feed it to him gradually, just to amuse myself, but you beat me to it ;) riana_dzasta 14:54, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

lol! Well, i just don't have patience w/ vandalism from registered users! -- Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 14:56, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Heh, I find them funny - I always imagine the looks on their faces when they've been blocked, because they seem to think they afford themselves some protection by creating an account. Maybe I'm just cold-hearted when it comes to vandalism... :) riana_dzasta 14:59, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Most of them are students and the good thing about blocking them on the spot is that they would tell their classmates and thus they'd be carefull when editing wikipdia. -- Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 15:03, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
I hope so! Gotta love automatic edit summaries, though, that's the only reason I caught this guy. :) riana_dzasta 15:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
You mean this "tall" guy. Love this username! -- Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 15:11, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Hehe. I wonder how many of these people come back and become better users? riana_dzasta 15:13, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Little chance if someone is already "tall". We can still hope short users would do better as they would have enough time to grow up! -- Szvest → Wiki Me Up ® 15:16, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, that's... bad. *giggles anyway* ;) riana_dzasta 15:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tagging articles

Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding African-task-force=yes to the {{WPMILHIST|class = NA}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:African military history task force articles. Greatings Wandalstouring 23:58, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] nice

you seem pretty awesome. good work on the wiki! --larz 06:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Lucas. -- Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ®

[edit] Aye

I was, I voluntarily de-sysopped a few months ago after I got caught in a 3RR. I should have known better. I figured I'd do some editing as a "normal user" for a few months. I'll probably see about getting nominated again at some point in the future, but I figured I should stand down as we should hold admins to higher standards. - Francis Tyers · 14:07, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh man! Well, at the end it is a wise idea if you feel ok w/ it. -- Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ® 14:10, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Change of behaviour"

One thing you might consider is whether there is a particular reason for me to behave well, and if so, what it is. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 20:16, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Fys. Yes, I was thinking of WP:AGF. The thing is that one has to wonder how come you've been in the project for years now but it is only lately that you've started to get blocked. It may mean 2 things. Whether you are feeling bothered/stressed here or else you are not handling well the situation in wikipedia. -- Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ® 20:24, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marwat

I left a note on the Talk page.

There's a lot of work that needs doing on a lot of articles like that...

--iFaqeer 02:55, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Salam or Hello :)

hello bro , i see u also a C-sharp programmer and arabic speaker , i thought i got to say Hi :D , have a nice day sir :) Ammar 09:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Salam Ammar. Thanks for the message. I see you've been here for a relatively long time but i've never seen you around! I've seen also your last message to Carnildo. Maybe i can give you an answer. User's watchlists are personal (private) and neither users nor admins can check someone else' watchlist → See Privacy of watchlists. As for your second question, that is possible. You only go to user's contributions (i.e. FayssalF contribs) and choose "Upload log" from the fields in that contribs page and then click "Go". -- Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ® 09:46, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
oh really really thanx man :D thats a great information :) Ammar 11:05, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Truthspreader

Fayssal, the block of User:Truthspreader should have been expired by now. If you are online, could you please see why he is still blocked. --Aminz 10:36, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry it seems his block finishes in an hour. Sorry!--Aminz 10:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
The block expires in around 10 minutes from now. Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ® 11:09, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User 193.63.62.188

Thanks for that. --Mcginnly | Natter 14:12, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No Like?

why did you delete our littl chat? No like? unsigned comment by User:Age 15

Hi Age 15. What are you refering to? -- Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ® 11:25, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Nothing...

[edit] language & Baba Sayed

Ok, pardon my French. I think that was the third time I removed that same name from that same silly list, after which it was put back by that same editor with no explanation or discussion. I have no doubt it's back there again now... I have a low tolerance for this kind of mean-spirited editing: an honest mistake is an honest mistake, but three in a row are not. Anyway, you're right about the language, and right to remind me. Take care. Arre 21:35, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FYI: You forgot to sign a talk page post

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You did not sign at 137.88.130.26. Will (Talk - contribs) 08:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Will. Thanks for the note. It is not of my habits not to sign comments but it happens once in a fortnight. -- Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ® 11:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanto link

Please see my reply on Talk:Esperanto and don't accuse people of linkspam unless you've got proof from the page History. If you looked at the History, you'd see that the link was not placed by someone in either Finland or Romania. I believe that most recent placement of the link was by some South African, and the first time the link appeared in WP, it was probably from some German since it spread from the the WP in that language. I should mention that I don't care whether the link stays or goes now, since people have such strong opinions about the article one way or the other it'll probably be put back by some newbie in future. But as for your claim or non-notability, the essay was covered in the Esperanto periodicals Libera Folio, Tejo-Tutmonde, Norvega Esperantisto, and (forthcoming) Kune, so it was notable in the E-o world. As I said, I don't care whether it stays or goes, but please go characterize the link and this editor (who mainly investigates linkspam himself) justly. CRCulver 19:27, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] article - move

Can you please move Javed Ahmed Ghamidi to Javed Ahmad Ghamidi as per talk page? Cheers! TruthSpreaderTalk 13:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Truthspreader. Done. -- Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ® 13:36, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] huh?

Please explain how this revert is consistent with this policy?

You may want to restore that section and then do what it says in the policy. 139.30.24.34 19:13, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Organizational Chart of Hezbollah

Whould you please draw Hezbollah's organizational chart in wikipedia on the basis of In the Path of Hizbullah . Then put it in Hezbollah political activities.--Sa.vakilian 03:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mali Empire Fleet

Pre-Columbian_trans-oceanic_contact#Abubakari_II of the Mali Empire is credited for possibly reaching the Americas pror to Columbus. The interesting part would be what kind of naval vessel they had and whether it served also other purposes (at this time they were also in contact with the Portuguese navy entering their coastal waters). Possibly knowhow was transfered from other Muslim states (Maghreb) to Mali. Would you be interested in including some information about them in your writings? Wandalstouring 18:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:DAde

hello Svest, i would like to bring to your attention this report, regarding User:DAde and numerous IPs involved in continually re-inserting disruptive verse-spams into articles. ITAQALLAH 18:55, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] My RfA

 Oh, the humanity!

I had my doubts about a second RfA, but even I couldn't have predicted the way it caught fire and inexorably drifted to the ground in flames, causing quite a stir on its way down. Still, it was encouraging to see the level of support and confidence. Thank you for yours, and I hope I'll still have it the next time around. Kafziel Talk 13:13, 29 November 2006 (UTC)