User talk:S711

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Hello, S711, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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[edit] Notability of Mohammed Chafik

A tag has been placed on Mohammed Chafik, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. SamBC 04:31, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello there, you posted a comment on this topic on the user page of Sambc. User pages are people's 'front page' and should usually only be edited by them. I've moved your comment to the appropriate talk page. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk to me) 09:59, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bab Agnaou

Hello, you asked me the question "Dear Sir, Would you happen to know anybody, who knows anybody who knows what the translation is of the text on Bab Agnaou (see picture).S711 15:57, 19 July 2007 (UTC)".

The article itself states the text is quotations from the Quran. But Kufic is difficult for me to read at the best of times, and when done as ornament on building even more so. Someone who is familiar with the text of the Quran (which I am not) would probably be able to recognize it. MisterCDE 12:18, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wrongs

Please do not write false information about Morocco, or manipulated information. Because you know Morocco, its sucessor only of Sultanate of Talifalt. Please do not convert Wikipedia in some like Isqtalpedia, ok? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.31.164.233 (talk) 11:13, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikilinking

Please review this Wikipedia Manual of Style article for guidance on wikilinking within an article and note, repeatedly wikilinking the same term for each instance within an article is considered unhelpful and distracting. Gwen Gale 18:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English

Hey S711, I always enjoy and carefully read your contributions to Leni Riefenstahl. Is English your second language? If so, there are sometimes differences and meaningful shades of meaning which may account for some of the questions you have. If you grew up speaking English, I'm sorry to have brought this up! Either way, I think any worries you have are likely because of language and I'm open talking about this if need be. Otherwise, you can always add citations which either clarify or offer differing PoVs. All the best to you! Gwen Gale (talk) 15:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Leni Riefenstahl

This edit looks like disruption to me. Please take any meaningful concerns you may have to the talk page so other editors may discuss this. Thanks Gwen Gale (talk) 23:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC) Given how this seems to have gotten resolved, I humbly retract anything I said about "disruption."

Are you aware of any published sources which directly assert Riefenstahl's influence was not so groundbreaking and original as so many other sources assert? If you find any, please bring them up, because they can easily be placed into the article under WP:V and other, cited PoVs are wontedly helpful. Thanks. Gwen Gale (talk) 22:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I could be wrong, but I thought S711 was simply asking to have the sources already found represented in a way that S711 considers accurate. I'm under the impression that S711 does not agree with you about how groundbreaking and original those sources say the subject's influence is. --Coppertwig (talk) 02:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ibn Khafaja

Statements like "During the occupation of Valencia by the Spaniards Ibn Khafaja had fled to North Africa. He remained umarried but had many friends. At the age of 64 he collected his poems and wrote introductions to them. He lived to be over eighty," need sources for each of these statements: fled, whence to where, when and why; remained unmarried but had friends; collected his poems; lived to be over eighty. (Also: a couple of minor spelling and grammar errors.) Peace be upon you! --Orange Mike | Talk 00:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Moroccan nav box

Hi, there. Thanks for your work on Moroccan literature but I would strongly recommend converting the vertical box into a horizontal footer template. You see really those vertical templates are supposed to be used in core articles e.g an article on moroccan literature, poetry etc itself rather than in biogrpahical articles. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 14:22, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

Please do not create disambiguation pages unless at least one of the articles linked to already exists. Thank you. DS (talk) 00:32, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oops

This was about the article on Abdelmajid_Benjelloun - which was accidentally converted into a disambiguation page pointing to two redlinks. As such, I deleted it. I have just realized my mistake; the article will be restored within the next five minutes. DS (talk) 18:46, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Important question: did Benjelloun write primarily in French, or in Arabic? Apparently there were two authors with that name. DS (talk) 18:52, 18 May 2008 (UTC)