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Please stop sorting the article under A. The 'As-' is an article, it is Arabic for 'the'. I'm a native speaker of Arabic, contact me in my talk page if you need to discuss this. Please stop reverting. -
User:Anas Salloum [moved from article and made visible by
Gene Nygaard]
No, if you want to make a case for a deviation from normal sorting practices, the burden is upon you make your case and get consensus for that deviation at
Wikipedia talk:Categorization. Being a "native speaker of Arabic" has nothing to do with it, since it is the English language and English language rules we are dealing with here on the English Wikipedia. How it is sorted in Arabic is irrelevant. In English, of course, we normally omit English
articles such as 'a', 'an', and 'the' when sorting; other languages do the same things with their own articles in their own language.
Gene Nygaard14:32, 21 January 2007 (UTC)reply
And, BTW, I am a native speaker of English, the relevant language here. I'll try to help you out if you have problems understanding English.
Gene Nygaard14:35, 21 January 2007 (UTC)reply
Why are you talking to me like I have insulted you or something? Please assume good faith and try to remember that we are all trying to make this a better encyclopedia, an encyclopedia for everyone. I'm quite busy with my midterms this week, but I will try to discuss this, gain consensus, and make it official as soon as I'm done. Regards. ←
ANASTalk?14:54, 21 January 2007 (UTC)reply
In libraries at least it is standard to disregard articles when alphabetizing, no matter what the language. So if it's a French title you disregard "Le" when alphabetizing, and I think it makes perfect sense to do the same thing for Arabic.
Mak(talk)00:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)reply