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I don't have the reference you cite. Can you explain what you mean by "alter ego"? How is this different from the more understandable "closely associated"? As a native English speaker, to say something is an alter ego would it is a different name for the same thing. For example, Tony Stark is the alter ego of Iron Man.
Also, if Aleppo and Ebla were both destroyed, doesn't this conflict with the prior statement that Aleppo was continuously inhabited? Or are you saying that Aleppo survived the destruction, while Ebla did not? Nomadic Whitt ( talk) 07:06, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Attar-Aram syria! Welcome to English Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions! It's nice to know there are people out there who care, and are informed, about ancient Syrian history and this complicated subject of ethnicity. You mentioned a number things in your message, and I will try to tackle all the points you made. With regards to Arab nationalism, I think this is a problematic truth on Arabic Wikipedia, on English Wikipedia we have Syriac nationalists who are the ones that are hijacking the Syrian and Iraqi people pages to suit their laughable pov, which argues that there is no Syrian ethnicity and this stems from Western articles that mention that Syria is 90% Arab (Again this based on language and not a serious historical study of ethnicity in Syria.) I wholeheartedly agree with the gist of your message and I commend you for consulting before rocking the boat. :)
I believe that you can expand the Syria people article by adding the two sections you are interested in adding. One sub-category could be "Arabs of Syria" and the other could be "Syrian ethnicity"; this is similar to other examples in English Wikipedia. For example take a look at this article ( /info/en/?search=Lebanese_people), one sectioned is labelled "identity" and another section is devoted solely to "genetics". Check out the German people article, a whole section is devoted to "ethnicity" ( /info/en/?search=German_people).
I prefer the Syrian people article, because it is inclusive, it refers to all Syrian people no matter what their ethnicity is. I understand your argument that an article should exist solely on people who are from Syrian ethnicity, however the other people articles I have read on English Wikipedia are inclusive (such as the German and Italian people articles). If you create separate articles, then further down the line other editors will try to merge them into one article. Why not take things one step at a time? You could write the paragraphs under two different sections on the Syrian people page, and further down the line if the article gets too long then we could separate and create different articles.
Yes, you can send me anything and I will definitely proof-read it and come up with suggestions or comments. Please add those reliable references on genetics, because this will help defend your work against those editors who seek to control the discussion with their uninformed and biased viewpoints. George Al-Shami ( talk) 20:03, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Attar-Aram, thanks for your input, I appreciate it. Yes, of course, Syrian popes were not syriacs/assyrians. I agree with your message, if he reverts again, then I will simply change the title to the one you suggested; that's what I wanted to do earlier. With Google books, it's either a hit or a miss, because when I clicked on the link Google blanked the page that you probably were referring to. This is another example of the editor in question's insincerity, he could easily change the title to keep the papal section, but no, he removes the whole thing on a technicality! (just to remove it) Unbelievable! I've been meaning to ask you, do you have a bachelor's degree in ancient history, or did you acquire your knowledge by teaching yourself through books? George Al-Shami ( talk) 03:18, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
I would like to congratulate you on the number of positive NPOV edits you made on the Syrian people article. I like the fact that you are striving to keep the article as impartial as possible and I like the fact that you interspersing your edits with reliable sources. I also like the two sub-categories you created under the main category identity. Well done Mister, I presume (No offence, if I have the wrong gender). I will take you to task on just one thing you mentioned (I wish I had more time to go over all the edits. :) ); you mention "The ethnic designation "Syrian" is derived from Assyrian " do you mean -derived from the Assyrian/Syriac language- or from the term itself "Assyrian". If you are referring to the latter then I would like to mention that I read an article a long time ago that contradicts this assertion. When I have time, I will check the source that you placed at the bottom. However, I do know that ancient Syria and the Assyrian empire existed at the same time and that they did share a common border. There are a lot of of contradictory assertions with regards to the origins of the name "Syria", I don't know if we'll ever find out the origins of this name, I will look into this. George Al-Shami ( talk) 07:42, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Could you please contribute to the discussion in talk:Syrian people before making mass edits? I don't really have time to check all the edits you made but what strikes me the most is the claim that Syrians share a common genetic heritage.-- Kathovo talk 09:27, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Hey There, keep fighting the good fight, don't get intimidated by these Syriac nationalists and their sock puppets. I have a hunch that Penguins53 is a sock puppet of one of the Syriac nationalist editors; don't know who. You can make a request to see if they are the same person, over here Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations. They will check to see if the ip addresses of the different accounts match. Another course of action, you may want to take if this constant trolling and vandalism continues unabated, is to request the article gets WP:PP semi-protected so that only verified editors can make edits. George Al-Shami ( talk) 23:12, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
I don't even know what a sockpuppet is, so... Second of all, I don't know what a Syriac nationalist is (considering that Syriac is a language...) I am an Assyrian, and do not know what you mean. The edits on genetics are unnecessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penguins53 ( talk • contribs) 03:55, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Regarding the Syrian people page: then try condensing the genetic information to one or two paragraphs into one section. There doesn't have to be genetic information interspersed throughout the entire article. One section entitled "Genetics" would be fine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penguins53 ( talk • contribs) 04:04, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
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On 31 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ebla, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during the third kingdom of Ebla, Hadad and Ishtar became the city's most important deities? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ebla. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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I had a great time reading the article on Ebla to which you greatly contributed. Thanks for your work, I hope to read more of your articles ! Iry-Hor ( talk) 08:52, 2 September 2014 (UTC) |
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Hi. Maybe I mislooked, since at least now I see Lot as ref. 67. However, the footnote number does not link to the footnote: I have to scroll down to see it. Maybe it is a problem of the computer I am using: IE Enterprise 7. Kdammers ( talk) 03:08, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
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I reverted your manual archiving of Talk:Semitic people. I didn't just want to archive it, I also wanted to test the bot behaviour. If my settings are correct, the new archive should span 3 files and leave 4 sections on the talk page. There is currently no activity on that talk page, so no hurry. Thanks. —Telpardec TALK 13:36, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, Attar-Aram syria. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Ebla at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle gab1978 ( talk) 05:13, 4 May 2015 (UTC) |
Hey Attar, there's a group ( Wikimedia Levant) being started to bring Wikipedia's Levantine editors together to hopefully increase our collaborative efforts in improving articles related to the Levant. It would be great if you could join. If you're interested, just enter your name into the Members section. FunkMonk pointed out your work on Syria's cultural heritage to me, and its outstanding. Thanks especially for Palmyra. I always wanted to bring that article up to snuff, but I kept putting it off. Improving these articles serves a great purpose toward increasing public awareness for these global treasures, considering that so many of Syria's historical sites are tragically endangered these days. Keep up the great work! -- Al Ameer ( talk) 23:57, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your work defending the above from various "good intension" edits (which are lacking in quality). I have read the article thoroughly now and I'm surprised it hasn't been taken to WP:FAC. Is it something you have considered at any point? I think it has great potential. Cassianto Talk 08:15, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
I saw your work on Tell Brak and other Syrian sites; great work, keep it up! I saw that Brak lacks an overview image of the entire tell. I have one in my archive and will see that I get it to Commons some time these days. Best, -- Zoeperkoe ( talk) 12:08, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
First i am not an Aramean or Assyrian or something like that, but a Syrian arab. yes it is the same language, but it is clearer to say it is an aramaic dialect. you can not deny it is an Aramean state they called themself Arameans. yes it was a mix of persian, hellenistc, aramean, arab culture. you are now denying Isis Aramean roots
Salaam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caliph Ibrahim ( talk • contribs) 13:21, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Salaam w aleikom Maybe i was fault but why are you denying that we Arab Syrians are acctualy a mix from Arameans and Arabs actually we Syrian arabs must be proud of our roots we life in the land of the arameans and we have their roots even i have learned my language and when we syrians had regocnized our roots the problems their were stopped — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caliph Ibrahim ( talk • contribs) 13:11, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Attar-Aram syria, I was surprised by that claim in the lead paragraph, because I had never heard or read of such a thing before. I'm trying to be as constructive as possible when editing on Wikipedia and I guess I was waiting for the editor who made this claim to provide some reliable sources. I think your explanation on the talk page was well presented and it's good that you pointed out the Greeks in Syria article. Anyways, your input would be appreciated on a possible new montage for this article Arabs. George Al-Shami ( talk) 07:08, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello Attar-Aram. On May 12 an editor called User:Gramaic moved Antiochian Greek Orthodox Christians to Antiochian Greeks. See the move log. My assumption is that you are disagreeing with this move in your recent ANI complaint. You have the option of proposing a new move using the {{ requested move}} template if you think the move should be reversed. Then there will be a move discussion for seven days. If you want to do that, I can provide any assistance you need in setting that up. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 03:56, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Regarding this report, Willondon is right. This is a content dispute and should be directed to other boards.-- Chaser ( talk) 02:42, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Attar-Aram syria. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Palmyra at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Good luck with FA and all the best, Mini apolis 17:57, 22 June 2015 (UTC) |
I tried to correct (some of your most flagrant/abusive) edits, based of totally unfounded assertions and clear penchant for Soviet-style propaganda in lieu of historical enquiry ... in vain!
As I'm quite busy in the real world, I shall let you keep on believing that “costume” means “tradition” and that the Washington Address is where the first US president lived! ;)
B.Andersohn ( talk) 13:59, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi Attar, you might be interested in this discussion. Cheers. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم ( talk) 05:13, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi,
I have just completed the translation of Palmyra (actually the 25-June version) to the Portuguese Wikipedia and I must congratulate you for the amazing work. Apart, perhaps (I am not sure, I have to reread the text in a few weeks past the translation) some lack of details on the excavations and the ruins/buildings and urbanism, it looks like having FA quality, maybe even better than some other FA. In fact, I have just asked for second opinions on proposing the Portuguese article to FA. I see that you are still working on it, which "worries" me a bit, because it means more work for me also, to update the translation. ;) |
Hi Attar,
Thank you for your feedback. You deserve my compliments that, more than just a simple gesture of kindness, express my admiration for a comprehensive work well done, coming from someone who knows too well how hard it is.
About the "missing" things or, more precicely, the things that look less well covered, I was talking abou the version of 25-June because I didn't read the new version yet. Please send me a note when you think that you are about finishing the text, so I can make my critics. Nevertheless, by looking quickly, I get the feeling that things didn't change much since June on this field. I'll try to explain: every aspect of the site and its history seem very well covered, except for the excavations (relevant findings and conclusions, etc.) and perhaps more important, the description (more detailed and "structured") of the buildings, their location relative to each other, dimensions, etc., something like "temple A is 200 meters South of building B, street X ran West to East, from building B to building C, etc.", so the reader can have an idea of the map/strutcure of the site and city by reading it. Maybe it is possible to do that, at least partly, by careful reading the text that exists now, but that information is kind of disperse. Note that I am not telling that it is a real flaw; however, after having read all the previous sections, that cover all other aspects so comprehensively, I would expect a bit more detail on that part (the "physical" aspects of the town, what exists now of it and maybe what existed or supposedly existed before.
Probably there are better examples to explain what I mean, but take a look of Volubilis (which I also translated to PT.WP, adding or improving some details here and there, so I know it well); it is a less impressive article than "your Palmyra", but the sections "City layout and infrastructure" and "Notable buildings" account for half of the article. I am not suggesting that you do the same, far from it; even if it was really interesting doing it, it would render the article toooooo big. Others examples chosen randomly from memory, if you understand French are fr:Aptera (Grèce), fr:Bulla Regia, fr:Dougga and fr:Site archéologique de Carthage.
Keep up the good work!
PS: Just a minor detail and suggestion: replace books.google.nl by books.google.en on the references and bibliography, so the same pages appear in English instead of Dutch. -- pt:Stegop talk 17:49, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Attar-Aram,
I am happy to inform you that your article (yes, after all 99% of the text was written by you) has just been elected "featured article" in the Portuguese Wikipedia. pt:Palmira is scheduled to be on the main page of pt.wikipedia 19th February 2016.
Again, thank you very much and keep up the excelent work.
Regards. -- pt:Stegop talk 01:58, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
This so called sources are wrong.
This are pseudo storys of a selfmade historian.
Fake storys. At this Time no circassian noble princess went in the ottoman harem nore any native muslima. This was the reason for the systam of christian slave girl same as Yeniceri who had also christian background.
I am descendant of Cemile sultan and this storys of my Ancestress Safiye, Handan are wrong.
There was also no any Valide who named Halime. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nalanidil ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi Attar, I'm trying to eliminate as many red links as I can from the Palmyra page. I recently started articles on Abu Muhammad al-Sufyani and Abu al-Ward and a stub on Yusuf ibn Firuz. I found some info on Muhanna ibn Isa and started a draft page on him. If you have anything to add to the draft page please do, and then we could move it to mainspace. This book by Amalia Levanoni appears to be a good source about the Fadl dynasty in general by the way. -- Al Ameer ( talk) 20:54, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, just a note to mark edits as minor when they are small, typographical, and uncontroversial, such as changing the formatting of a comment (otherwise they clog up watchlists). Thanks for your edits! czar 13:56, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi Attar, would you be able to add the Arabic spelling to the Aqil Agha article? -- Al Ameer ( talk) 18:55, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
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hello Mr Attar-Aram syria, I from your neighbor country, from Iraq, I like your articles that made it good here, because I also interested in ancient history of middle east, I want to ask you if you have any contributes in arabic wiki? There are articles to make better -- FPP ( talk) 20:45, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
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For your outstanding efforts and determination toward making Palmyra the Featured Article it is today. I applaud you my friend and am honored to be among your Wikipedian peers. Alf mabruk, and please, keep up the great work. Cheers! Al Ameer ( talk) 00:12, 25 January 2016 (UTC) |
Why should we distinguish between these two things? The Palmyrene empire was just the Palmyrene kingdom after its expansion into Egypt. It did not renounce its nominal Roman allegiance in 270. There should be one article on the Palmyrene state during the whole period from c.260 to 273. That would be less confusing and more helpful to the average reader with limited knowledge of the period. Do you disagree? Srnec ( talk) 18:38, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
While I'm here... List of Palmyrene monarchs. Wouldn't it be better to put the list of ancient rulers in the Palmyrene Empire article and create a separate article on the medieval al-Fadl? Srnec ( talk) 18:43, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
Well, you asked why the distinction and its the Palmyrene shift from vassals to enemies that mark the transition into an empire. Odaenathus did control huge swathes of lands but only as a supreme military leader while his royal authority was confined (although not in practice) to Palmyra. Zenobia on the other hands ruled outright as the monarch of all the lands she conquered and thats why her state is an empire (very short lived ofcourse).
The original version (full of mistakes) only had the number 260 instead 270 as the beginning year. If the article is going to cover the entire period from the rise of Odaenathus then it should be expanded hugely. I can do it this week maybe. Until then, the section "Palmyrene kingdom" in the main article of Palmyra is similar to an independent article dedicated to the state established in 260-- Attar-Aram syria ( talk) 23:57, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
I moved the page Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle to Palmyra Castle, since the latter is more commonly used in news sources etc. Do you agree with this, or should the page be moved back? Xwejnusgozo ( talk) 14:18, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello Mr Attar-Aram can you view Lion of Babylon (statue) article? and correct the grammar mistakes? -- FPP ( talk) 04:27, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
Hey Attar, thought you might find this source useful: -hub.cc/stable/613705. You might have it already. It details the origins and rule of the Al Fadl dynasty. Apparent Isa ibn Muhanna was amir al-'arab as early as 1260. He succeeded his father Muhanna who succeeded his father Mani' who in turn succeeded his father Haditha, the grandson of the dynasty's founder Fadl ibn Rabi'ah, who as an amir of some sort by 1107. They were descendants of the Banu Tayy branch of Mufarrij ibn Daghfal ibn al-Jarrah. I'm working on an article about them (see Al Fadl draft) and I'll come back to you for help on this in the coming days. Cheers -- Al Ameer ( talk) 21:31, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
Do not post any more material about the case I closed, either at ANI, my Talk page, or anywhere else on Wikipedia. You are violating a very strict policy, and I will be forced to block you if you persist. This is not open to discussion. If you look at the history of your last edits at ANI and those on my Talk page, you should be able to figure it out. That's the most I am able to tell you.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 22:48, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
I was surprised by the anger I was handled with User:Bbb23. Now at least I understand the reason. I have never heard of Outing to be honest and I saw many cases before where a reddit account was attached as those accounts aren't personal.
Since I cant use the reddit account then I have no evidence anymore. This guy survived even though he is a blocked user
Thanks anyway for taking the time to explain. Cheers.-- Attar-Aram syria ( talk) 23:58, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
That putting links to other website was illegal. Btw, are there any ways I could talk with you in private ?
GoulGoul1 ( talk) 18:04, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm not sure what you mean by "okay, two can play this", we should work together to improve the article. Best, O.celebi ( talk) 10:05, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
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I have just nominated Shahba region article for deletion. Cheers, Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم ( talk) 23:57, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
Even though quite some time has passed ever since it reached FA status, I just wanted to tell; great job there! I just had a full read, and I can definetely attest to it that its a really neat one! :-)
Btw, is there any history-related matter/figure/etc. especially pertaining to Syria which you'd really like to see getting created? If yes, please don't hesitate to let me know. I'll be glad to help you out. -
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Hi Attar, I have opened a case here. Cheers. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم ( talk) 05:21, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
My message ? GoulGoul1 ( talk) 15:26, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
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Hi AAS. I remember that you had strong concerns regarding the editorial conduct of user "Ferakp". I actually just had a proper look (found some time), and its actually kinda stunning me how this "user" apparantly has managed to jump the gun every single time, even though he has been violating WP policies as if its breakfast, literally every single time. Some things that I noticed; 1) he labels virtually every edit in his edit summaries as "Fix", even if its everything BUT a fix, objectively speaking. 2) he removes every warning on his talk page, with again, weasel-wordish edit summaries. [3] 3) he uses non- WP:RS sources on a structural basis, to apparantly push that what he thinks that needs to be in the article. [4] [5] And thats just the tip of the iceberg, as I'm sure you know as well. To put it short; he should be outrighly reported to ANI the next time in my opinion, as this blatantly disruptive editing is really undermining this project for a long period of time, and no talk page discussion nor warning seems, unfortunately, to have had any effect. Your thoughts? - LouisAragon ( talk) 01:39, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello Attar-Aram syria (nice name by the way ;) )
There are two typos which are quite noticeable: "Roman Rmpire" should read "Roman Empire". I should be finished copyediting Zenobia in a few days. All the best, Mini apolis 18:34, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello Attar-Aram syria, we first interacted back in September on the List of Syrian monarchs page you created. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to follow up on the details. I had a busy few months and fell off Wikipedia somewhat. Now that I have more time again, I've enjoyed working on the Syrian monarchs page and would like to get it closer to a good quality page, a goal you mentioned you were interested in pursuing as well. Maybe you would have some time at some point to go to that talk page and leave some feedback on where to take it further? There are so many different list formats for monarchs to refer to, I don't want to arbitrarily make stylistic choices and run with them ad hoc. And you seem more intimately familiar with the monarch list norms than I could ever hope to be. Thanks kindly. Yvarta ( talk) 18:18, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks a lot for your great work, Im very thankful. Cheers.--
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The toponym A-ra-mu appears in an inscription at the East Semitic speaking kingdom of Ebla listing geographical names, and the term Armi, occurs frequently in the Ebla tablets (c. 2300 BC). Oldest mentioning of Tadmur could be in Hurrian language, which was spoken by the Hurrians, a people who entered northern Mesopotamia around 2300 BC.
Therefore, why did you eradicate the possibility that Tadmur might be derived from Aramaic ?!
Arabic names included with Wadi Al-Qubur and Efqa spring, so they could be translated ! LeoHsn ( talk) 02:40, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
I would like to add this section, if you agree with me:
There is a Syriac etymology for Tadmor, referring to dmr "to wonder", and Tedmurtā (Aramaic: ܬܕܡܘܪܬܐ) "Miracle"; thus Tadmūra means "object of wonder", most recently affirmed by Ruth Altheim-Stiehl and Franz Altheim (1973), but rejected by Jean Starcky (1960) and Michał Gawlikowski (1974).cite book |last1=L. Arbeitman |first1=Yoël |title=A Linguistic Happening in Memory of Ben Schwartz: Studies in Anatolian, Italic, and Other Indo-European Languages |publisher=Peeters Publishers |date=1988|page=248 |url=|isbn=9068311433 LeoHsn ( talk) 03:46, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
I am always ready to help. And If you have some articles to improve, you can contact me anytime. LeoHsn ( talk) 18:31, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I was thinking of nominating either Palmyra or Zenobia as today's featured article [27], so they can be shown on the main-page. Would help spread awareness of these subjects. What do you think about this? Any preference for date or article? FunkMonk ( talk) 20:43, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
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Zenobia
Thank you for quality articles on the rich history and culture of Syria, such as Ebla, Palmyra and Zenobia, providing "a clear picture of the historic queen", giving the romantic accounts their share", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
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Hello, Attar-Aram syria. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Qatna at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Tdslk ( talk) 17:37, 18 June 2017 (UTC) |
Thanks alot
Tdslk, appreciate it.--
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Hi Attar-Aram, I haven't been active on WP lately, but saw from my watchlist that Qatna is now FA. Just wanted to thank you for the great work you're doing on this and other archaeological sites and Syria-related stuff! Best, -- Zoeperkoe ( talk) 07:17, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi Attar, long time no hear, yes I agree with you. Although he has good intentions, I don't think he's familiar with WP:OR. George Al-Shami ( talk) 05:16, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
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Hello, please help me by analyzing my edits here. I need an opinion on who is wrong before I report this for 3RR or similar. He will probably cry foul over why I am dragging you into this article's matter but I guess it is allowed. Thanks. Swingoswingo ( talk) 08:30, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
You removed a source "The Sealed Nectar". It's not an unreliable source nor is it a generic website. You going to the recent user I'm having an issue with indicates you're trying to make this personal. Swingswingo does do vandalism. Eperoton , Al-Andalusi and other users have had issues with him in the past. Furthermore you have a history of adding unwarranted tags like "better sources need", "further clarification needed" in usually inactive pages so that in some time, you remove claims you don't like. Also you do have an agenda based on your comments in talk pages. Also you abuse the removal of sources and claims when pages aren't provided. Heck, you accused me of "Taqqiya" in the talk section of your first revert in the article you're talking about. CaliphoShah ( talk) 08:57, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
But it has really turned ugly today. Hope you can ignore if you had any problem. Cheers! Swingoswingo ( talk) 10:16, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I recently returned from Lebanon, where we were approached by some suspect smugglers who had various scraps they had either taken from Syria or Lebanon. We declined to buy any of their stuff (they also claimed they had a bust of Zenobia, which seems dubious), but I took some photos of their smaller things, and was thinking they might be useful as illustrations for Wikipedia somehow. The problem is, apart from some Muawiyah I coins, I don't really know what they are (though most of it seems to be Byzantine). Here is a photo of all the things, I also have close-ups some of them (and their opposite sides): [29] FunkMonk ( talk) 01:21, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Attar-Aram, I sort of try to maintain the category images of Syrian castles on Commons, and I can't properly locate this one. The Arabian WP seems to have an article on it here. What would you suggest as proper English name for the castle? Best, -- Zoeperkoe ( talk) 11:17, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
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may i have a word with you online? like on a social media app (insta, twitter,tele) etc. i don't know how to chat or be able to discuss this long issue with you on Wikipedia, as i am new to it and know nothing about it :(. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arabos ( talk • contribs) 22:46, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
I just provided you a source for Zenobia's titles. it's really just conventional name and is correct. Empress of the Palmyrene Empire is not a incorrect title. So why is the page of the state called the Palmyrene Empire and she was a Empress of it. Your reporting of me makes no sense. Since I provided a source right next to her title that I modified a couple of times..... The title Empress also doesn't make sense. Since what was she an Empress of then? The Empress of nothing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.97.6 ( talk) 02:12, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome#Editor making unsourced changes in titles, etc. Doug Weller talk 07:09, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
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PS, could you please upload Syria under the Seleucids 92 BC.jpg as a png or, even better, as an svg file? jpg is lousy when zoomed in, and can not be easily edited (translated etc) by other users. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 12:11, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Attar! I had recently rewrote the article Julia Maesa and decided to cite my sources using the sfn template. Whatsoever I'm not sure if I properly used it, and since most of your articles' sources are cited using the sfn template and you're certainly more experienced with editing than I am I thought if you could give me some advice and if you have the time, a small guide on how to use it. Sorry if I'm wasting your time. Cheers. (Please reply on my talk page :) ) Jadd Haidar ( talk) 12:36, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Good work. Fifelfoo ( talk) 16:08, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
I noticed that you seem interested in the Seleucid dynasty, therefore, I recommend that you start an English article for this [30]. Kind Regards. 163.131.152.156 ( talk) 06:47, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
You recently created the article List of kings of Ebla, without adding any WikiProject. In articles like this could you please add the template for Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Near East? Dimadick ( talk) 15:25, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
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Check here. If you have relevant information, you should consider adding it. -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 17:25, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Attar-Aram syria. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Demetrius III Eucaerus at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Tdslk ( talk) 06:42, 13 August 2018 (UTC) |
Hi, I know you are currently away from your PC, but I was wondering if you would be interested in trying out FAC reviewing? I saw Tetricus I was just nominated, and due to the indirect connection to Zenobia ("While Aurelian was concentrated on his attempts to defeat the breakaway Palmyrene Empire under Empress Zenobia"), I thought it might be up your alley. FAC always needs more reviewers! FunkMonk ( talk) 10:52, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Hey, wanted to add a small note off the main conversation. I read enough of the discussion between the two of you to get that, while you were both lobbing insults, Nacirian's were more egregious. The edit war I was involved in was because I thought a group of meat-puppeting SPAs were trying to push a major POV change that I felt to be propagandistic and untrue. And I also said regrettable things that weren't entirely being civil. Honestly I don't know if Nacirian is so new that they haven't had time to learn community standards, or a sock puppet trolling. But the thing is that you are an experienced editor who isn't an SPA, and in the last two weeks your argument with one other user has taken up the whole talk page and I'm sure you know that's a problem.
So what I'm politely suggesting is that the article will be there when the ANI is over. I'd strongly recommend you let other editors look after reversions and edits for a few days until it's resolved. There are other editors, but in the last few weeks they've all gone surprisingly quiet, including at least one who I know doesn't often do that. So you've got to ANI. Probably a bit late TBH considering how long you've been arguing in talk. Now would be a good time to take a step back from the edits and trust that the community is watching that page. Simonm223 ( talk) 03:31, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Yes, Simonm223, you certainly have to read if you are going to judge. If not, then its not suitable for you to spread your judgement. You are considering discussions on a talk page part of an edit war? I did the same as you did in the Asia article. I cited SYNTH and told him to go to the talk page which I used right after the first revert. Again, its not professional to judge something without knowing what it is. If you are not interested in reading and doing the effort, then you shouldn’t interfere in a dispute that you dont have the patience to follow. I think the Asia article is a sever edit war (doesnt sound right to say it, but so is your stance)-- Attar-Aram syria ( talk) 16:43, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Note, If you have read, you will notice that there was a third party involvment in 20 AUG here. Its just that when editors see someone doing the effort, they tend to let him and relax themselves.-- Attar-Aram syria ( talk) 16:45, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
By the way, I did have a consensus to my edits, which you considered the consensus version that was altered in 18 Aug. here. You think you have the evidence, so do I.-- Attar-Aram syria ( talk) 16:48, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi Attar, I read in a book that at-Taif, interestingly, was mentioned in Safaitic inscriptions (the priest of Allat who live in Taif), but the script writing was amazingly Palmyrene, so I am sceptical of including this in the article. Do you know any book that discuss Palmyrene place names? Or perhaps if at-Taif was mentioned in any inscription from Palmyra? Nabataeus ( talk) 08:25, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello Attar-Aram syria, do you have an image depicting both the obverse and reverse of the coin of Ptolemy VIII? I want the coin to be consistent with the other coins in Cleopatra Selene of Syria's article. Векочел ( talk) 22:20, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Are you going to nominate the article of Demetrius III for FA soon? I have corrected the way he is named in the article. Векочел ( talk) 14:46, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Can I ask you to leave a comment at the FAC page for Marcus Aurelius? Векочел ( talk) 14:00, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
I noticed that the chronology in the article about the Kingdom of Yamhad is slightly different from the chronology in the article about his last king. Thus, the article about the Kingdom of Yamhad that Yamhad was destroyed in 1517 BC, and the article about his last king says that he was thrown off the throne in 1525 BC. Which chronology is more correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ринсвинд888 ( talk • contribs) 13:19, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Are the articles on the Syrian monarchs of the Seleucid dynasty that you have contributed so much to written in American English? Векочел ( talk) 03:18, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Attar-Aram, and thanks for your comments at al-Mu'tasim's FAC, they made the article considerably better. If I could request a favour, there's also an A-class candidate of mine that's been around for ages and where people seem reluctant to review. This is probably not an area of expertise for you, but precisely because of this (and because of your high standards with your own articles) I'd like you to have a look at it with a critical eye. If you don't have the time or don't feel up to it, of course, no worries. Cheers, and a happy holiday season. -- Constantine ✍ 16:31, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
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Do you plan to nominate the article on Antiochus XI for FA status? Векочел ( talk) 05:24, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello Attar! I hope everything is well with you. I'm translation some of your articles and I would like to make svg versions of the maps you made. If you could help anyway I would be thankful for. Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 14:19, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Greetings. I have a question with regards to Zenobia. In the article, it is written: " No contemporary statues of Zenobia have been found in Palmyra or elsewhere, only inscriptions on statue bases." However, in the next section, one can also find the following statement: "Another argument in favor of Zenobius' identification as the father is that his statue was opposite that of the queen on the Great Colonnade." Aren't they contradictory, since archeologists have not discovered any contemporary statue of Zenobia in Palmyra? Or does "opposite that of the queen" refer to the fact that the purported father's statue is located opposite of the niche where the statue of Zenobia once stood? Could you kindly clarify this? I would like to thank you for your kind assistance. Mimihitam ( talk) 10:23, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you so much! Looking forward to the clarification :) Mimihitam ( talk) 11:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
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Could you provide me a list of sources on the Seleucid dynasty? Thanks. Векочел ( talk) 00:39, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Hey Attar, can I ask you for a favour? I was wondering whether you'd be willing to review this GA candidate of mine. Because of your high standards with your own articles in this topic area, I'd like you to have a look at it with a critical eye. If you don't have the time or don't feel up to it, of course, no worries. - LouisAragon ( talk) 14:41, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Hey Attar, you don't happen to possess some sources about the Seleucid-Parthian conflict/relations? Or/And soly about the Parthians for that matter. Would greatly appreciate it. -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 01:17, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
Did my previous post go through? It seems to have not appeared on your talk page. Shintaraguru ( talk) 12:01, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
I guess it didn't, since this one apparently did. Shintaraguru ( talk) 12:02, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
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Hey Attar. I just noticed this new coin @ CNG. [35] Ever seen this particular description? - LouisAragon ( talk) 17:21, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you today for the "king of Palmyra, king of kings of the East, saviour of Rome (at least in the minds of Roman writers), and the actual reason for Palmyra's rise! His wars against Persia healed the wounded pride of Rome which was shattered by the capture of emperor Valerian, the first Roman emperor to be captured by an enemy! But Odaenathus is overshadowed by his wife, Zenobia, and thats why not a lot of people know his story even though Zenobia contributed nothing to the power of Palmyra; she merely used what her husband built, including his army, generals and resources. Yet, she gets all the glory; the idea of a warrior queen is more attractive for people."! - I have a FAC open, did you know? And - shocking contrast -had nominated a sad DYK which appears today: Hevrin Khalaf - protest! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:48, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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Majority of (post-2006) Parthian-related sources don't seem to support the existence of this figure, let alone the various other questionable rulers proposed by Assar. Majority of regnal dates by Assar aren't generally supported in scholarship either. M. Rahim Shayegan in Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia (2011) has suggested that Demetrius III Eucaerus was in reality captured by a Parthian general named Mithridates, during the reign of Gotarzes I (pages: 203-204 and 314-315, [36]). Thoughts? -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 04:21, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
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