Sorry, Fayssal. I have been very busy at work on the buildup to xmas. I answered all the questions this morning. I will be in Spain from Saturday but I will be on the internet anyway. I have not extended myself too much on the answers but I am happy to answer anyone else's questions, of course. Thanks a lot for nominating me. Fingers crossed :-) Asterion talk 10:21, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for the support! MONGO 10:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC) |
Hi, is there a WP policy which restricts a book cover image to only its own article? thanks. -- Matt57 19:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't the collective noun fit the group characteristics, e.g. "sockpuppet drawer"? – SAJordan talk contribs 23:20, 20 Dec 2006 (UTC).
Hey Szvest, could you block Abc3 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? Peruse this user's contibutions and you'll find that it is just a sock of User:DAde. Note the Qu'ran quotes and interest in Mormon topics. Thanks. ( → Netscott) 02:25, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Szvest for the block of User:DAde's sockpuppet above. Got another request. Could you sprotect Michael Richards ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)? There's an anonymous IP-hopping user that has been violating 3RR across several editors and tagging his edits as "rvv" while reverting to a lower quality / less sourced/cited POV pushing version of the article. I've requested semi protection but the response to my request appears to be a bit slow. Thanks. ( → Netscott) 16:02, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I've filed an RfC over the YouTube link issue. Argyriou (talk) 18:08, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Garcilaso. Es ke no tenemos un articulo sobre el Patio de los Leones (Court of the Lions). Tienes algunas informaciones? -- Szvest - Wiki me up ® 11:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing Arabic language, there were a few links to that domain that I removed - triggered by additons from a now blocked IP address Special:Contributions/24.165.95.36. Perhaps I should restore some of them. -- ArmadilloFromHellGateBridge 16:57, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar! Heimstern Läufer 20:26, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in my RfA, which did not succeed and was closed early at 2/10/9. I am not discouraged, however, and will use the experience to improve my skills until a later date when I may succeed. Yuser 31415 20:48, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
The same revert war has started again on Universal Image Format ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) thanks to Uifan ( talk · contribs · logs) again (cf. this discussion). — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 01:39, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for the support on my recent RfA. The final tally was 63/3/2, and I have now been entrusted with the mop. I hope I can live up to your trust, and certainly welcome any and all feedback. All the best, and thanks again! — Agathoclea 13:28, 25 December 2006 (UTC) |
Hello Szvest, re-reading G4 apparently the spiting is permitted (per the userpage clause) however I'm thinking that G4 should be updated to disallow the usage of one's primary user page for recreation of deleted content. This reminds me of User:List of marijuana slang terms which was created to display this deleted content. ( → Netscott) 14:15, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey Svest, could you please help move Indore, India to Indore? Check out the discussion on the talk page. Thanks a ton, and what's up? deeptrivia ( talk) 19:59, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
...As a native Arabic speaker and a long-standing membr of wikipedia: Talk:Shi'a_Islam#Poll_for_clarification. Thanks, Asterion talk 09:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your support on my successful Request for Adminship (final result 78 Support /0 Oppose / 1 Neutral) I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months. I am humbled by your kind support and would certainly welcome any feedback on my actions. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Once again, many thanks and happy new year! All the best, Asterion talk 13:29, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks so much for nominating me, Fayssal. Best wishes, Asterion talk 16:24, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
[ http://www.alargam.com/numbers/sir/1.htm] -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by calcul ( talk • contribs) .
Hi FayssalF,
Hope everything is going well and Happy New Year!!
Some editors are disputing "the very existence of a dispute" on the Antisemitism article. Would you please have at the evidence provided here [1] and see if that testifies existence of at least some dispute over the neutrality of the article. Please sign your name if the evidences prove the existance of some sort of dispute over the neutrality. Thanks. -- Aminz 12:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I have unprotected an article you protected, Allah, since it's been five weeks. Just a friendly heads-up, happy editing to you :) Teke ( talk) 20:25, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello Fayssal,
I a French man, living in Toulouse, FRANCE. I have a passion for Arabic language, which I am learning. And to help me and help others in order to learn vocabulary, I have created a web site. I tried to make a link towards this site, but it was removed. And I don't understand why. So I made changes, but now I can't edit external link. I don't want to make spamming or advertisement, just to share my work :
http://lang.arabe.free.fr/index_uk.php
Thanks a lot and happy new year, François
Salam
Please look at this votoing for deletion: [2] It began in 26 Dec. and ended in 31 dec. Just 6 person participate in it. Two of them voted to keep, two of them voted to weak delete. So I don't think there's any consensus about deletion. What should we do? -- Sa.vakilian 03:42, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey Fayssal, take a look at Vijayanagar Architecture, and Vijayanagara Architecture. The latter is the spelling we want to keep, but the former has the whole article history. So, basically, we want all that history to go to Vijayanagara Architecture. Could you delete Vijayanagara Architecture, and then rename Vijayanagar Architecture to Vijayanagara Architecture in order to acheive this end? Thanks a ton! deeptrivia ( talk) 19:12, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Reverted, yes, but it is still in the history and needs to be expunged. -- Avi 13:22, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
In reply to your 'last warning', what did i do? 220.237.23.11 14:22, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
didnt know you can vandal a talk page, but your the boss... 220.237.23.11 14:26, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Salam. How are you Fayssal? I've written a suggestion in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Islam#From whom you can ask and also I've made a new part: Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam#From whom you can ask-- Sa.vakilian 18:46, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Good morning ( GMT time); your consent concerning the re-assignment of mediator is required at your ongoing Mediation Committee case. If you visit the case page you will find full details, and space to agree or disagree.
Cheers and regards,
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Fayssal, Koavf's requesting to be unblocked. I think he's been off wikipedia for long enough to reflect about the past and I concur his contributions to wikipedia were also good, problems aside. Would you support a review at WP:AN given the case? Thanks, Asterion talk 07:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in the RfA on my behalf. It is an honor to have received your expression of confidence. To be chosen as an administrator requires a high level of confidence by a broad section of the community. Although I received a great deal of support, at this time I do not hold the level of confidence required, and the RfA did not pass. It is my wish that I will continue to deserve your confidence. Sincerely, -- BostonMA talk 18:39, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
hello sir , i didnt know how to make a request to lock an article , and because you are the best moderator i know i'd request from you to lock the article Saudi Arabia for the vadalism and anon. edits and random edits with silly scrips , :D sooooo what do you think man ? :) thank you Ammar 19:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC) hello sir , i didnt know how to make a request to lock an article , and because you are the best moderator i know i'd request from you to lock the article Saudi Arabia for the vadalism and anon. edits and random edits with silly scrips , :D sooooo what do you think man ? :) thank you Ammar 19:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I think that the word Wikifascist has been thrown around enough to warrent its own wikipedia article to explain what the term means? Is it Quixotry to try? Perhaps...can you help me write the article so it will stick? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by In Defense of the Artist ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 3 January 2007 (UTC).
I recieved some message about leaving nonsense on wikipedia a while back and just checked it now and... do you work for wikipedia or something? If you do, may I suggest showing your harassees what it was they wrote, much appreciated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mr.troughton ( talk • contribs) 15:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
The image you removed from the Arab article is not inappropriate. It may not suit the article as well as it could, but if you wish to remove it, replace it. If you do this again without replacing the image with a more useful image, i will report you to an admin. Thanks,` thuglas talk| edits 15:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Edit: I see you are an admin, regardless i will report you to another admin. If you remove such an image either use the discussion before removing it, or replace it with a better image. Its wikipedia courtesy. thuglas talk| edits 16:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
so in sum, First - I have not read all of the policies on wikipedia, but wikipedia IS information, removing information is not the right way to go, regardless whether it is stated or not. If you have spotted a problem, fix it, there is no need to turn it into another problem (a lack of image) for others to fix.
Second - talking to an administrator is not a threat. They determine who is correct. Since you are an admin, i am sure you understand that they do good things, not bad. Reporting you 'sounds' bad, but i dont really care how things sound. I care about what they mean. Perhaps you should assume good faith when referring to my conversation with you aswell. My goal was not to waste bandwidth, or waste time, it was to correct an article.
Third - Although I admit this has been a communication error, mostly on my end, Arab vs. Moor - inappropriate image does not convey much substance to me. Perhaps "this image is a moor not an arab" would be more appropriate. When i read the talk page, and in the Moor article there is nothing said about images, unless i missed soemthing. In the image article, there is nothing said about moors. Correct me if i am wrong, i dont have enough time to review the entire talk page
Fourth - I cannot tell the difference, but i do understand the difference. Perhaps i should have read the image name more carefully
Fifth - Because you did not leave a very detailed description of why you edited it, I thought you were CENSORING the article because you did not like the image because it had a negative visual connotation of an arab. I hate censorship, especially on wikipedia. (and i am sure that there is an policy against it)
I will not appologise because i did not intend to do anything wrong. If you review my edits, i have stopped vandalism, corrected grammar, and more recently, defended articles from censorship similar to what i understood your edit to be. This is not intended to be a retaliation of any sort; contrastingly i am defending myself. Hopefully, no hard feelings are placed on me, because i have none for you. thuglas talk| edits 23:47, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Yes i study psychology. I guess professionals do act in the same way, considering i am an honours student in psychology with an A- to A average, and will be studying for a PhD in under 2 years (with 5 more to go) similarily, i have been requested as an officer in the army many times and have declined. I have just turned 19 years old. If you wish to insult my personal life, find someone else because it will not work with me. I do not appologize, and i assure you i am not the only person in the world that follows this philosophy; deal with it. I do not expect others to appologise to me, I deal with it. I admitted it was my error, that should be enough. I agree that it was based on my lack of experience with wikipedia, and also with my carelessness when editing. Unfortunately, i do not have enough time in my life to read entire talk pages to see if there is two headlines which correlate and explain your edit, which i still do not beleive they do. If I had all the time in the world, maybe i would be a perfect wikipedian and could help write articles on various subjects. Since this is not the case, you can block me as an editor, which would probably save me some time. Furthermore, you could probably block my IP from viewing wikipedia aswell, which would result in a misfortune on both ends (wikipedia, and myself), forcing me to use other ips to view wikipedia. As i said before, I made a mistake; I am quick to learn from mistakes. However, perhaps i am not meant for editing on wikipedia. thuglas talk| edits 20:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
If it makes you feel better, whynot - I am sorry. thuglas talk| edits 20:16, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, grazie, gracias and merci for semi-protecting the article. Now I can do useful things instead of dealing with idiots. Totnesmartin 16:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I am sorry for being late but please accept my New Year Greetings. I was in a conference in Honalulu for a fortnight.
I have a question though. How do you send the same message to a lot of Users at one time as people do over here e.g. New Years Greetings or Eid Greetings.
My best. -- MARWAT 14:44, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Moving seems to be a good idea. I have planned to expand the stub I wrote and add references, will probably do so in the not so distant future. Ultramarine 19:41, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi FayssalF,
I have made an edit which would most probably be reverted. [3] All I am doing here is reporting what different historians say. Would you please follow it. You can read the Cambridge History of Islam here [4]. "His sincerety in this belief must be accepted by the modern historian...". Thanks -- Aminz 12:56, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Also Annemarie Schimmel states that the most recent studies of Muhammad indicate his honesty and profoundly religous attitude; a man who was so certain of being God's instrument. -- Aminz 13:01, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Also, Itaqallah found this from
Encyclopedia of Islam:
"He could now have consoled himself with the thought that he had done his duty as a “warner” and could regard [VII: 366a] it as the will of God that his people were not to be saved (cf. X, 99; XLIII, 89). But the consciousness of being a chosen instrument of God had gradually become so powerful within him that he was no longer able to sink back into an inglorious existence with his objective unachieved."
"The great difficulty that the modern biographer of Muhammad feels on every page is this, that the real secret of his career, the wonderful strength of his personality and his power of influencing those around him by suggestion, is not recorded in the early sources and indeed could not have been, since the early, devout Muslim biographers proceeded with the assumption that his great feats and extraordinary successes were not the acts of a man, but were supernatural proofs that the Prophet was acting in the service of God. From the Kur`an, it is true, one becomes [VII:375a] acquainted with his earliest remarkable inspirations that continue to bring awe to the pious just as they no doubt did when Muhammad first recited them. Also, his eminent political gifts seen so often during the Medinan years are obvious to modern historians. Who could doubt that the commander at the battle of Badr or that the negotiator at Hudaybiya was a man of intellectual superiority and extraordinary diplomatic skill? These insights into Muhammad’s genius that are unmistakable in the sources are, however, only isolated flashes. For the most part we have to read the essentials between the lines.
The really powerful factor in Muhammad’s life and the essential clue to his extraordinary success was his unshakable belief from beginning to end that he had been called by God. A conviction such as this, which, once firmly established, does not admit of the slightest doubt, exercises an incalculable influence on others. The certainty with which he came forward as the executor of God’s will gave his words and ordinances an authority that proved finally compelling. His real personality was revealed quite openly with its limitations: his human strength and his knowledge were limited; the ability to perform miracles was denied him; and the Kur`an speaks quite frankly of his faults (XXXIV, 50; XL, 55; XLVII, 19; XLVIII, 1 f.; LXXX, 1 if.; IX, 43)."
-- Aminz 12:58, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Fayssal. The argument that some editors bring is that it is not neutral to say that Muhammad was sincere. I think neutrality (WP:NPOV) means presenting the POV of all scholars rather than arguing that the content of what the scholars actually say should be neutral. -- Aminz 13:13, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
You mean the POV of non-Muslim non-academic scholars? --
Aminz
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Well, But we can not mention views of non-experts, can we? I personally think that the real view of the majority is that the Qur'an is the product of Muhammad's unconscious (from their writing style). But I have no source for that. -- Aminz 13:23, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Faisal, will you be kind enough to remove the fresh POV entries of some unknown persons in the article Marwat. I can do so but you would lend more authenticity to the process. Thanks. -- MARWAT 20:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey Faisal, do you know the Dania who is the singer of this song? There seems to be nothing about her on wikipedia. deeptrivia ( talk) 04:32, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
FayssalF:
There is a problem with redirecting from Jajouka to Joujouka and from Master Musicians of Jajouka to Master Musicians of Joujouka.
I have looked on the MSN Encarta Encylopedia and found the Moroccan village listed there as Jajouka. It is not Joujouka. Here is the link showing the correct spelling as Jajouka: encarta
There is only one official site: www.jajouka.com and not (joujouka.net).
Does this help? When will someone at Wikipedia, an administrator or editor fix this redirection? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BKLisenbee ( talk • contribs) 20:41, 9 January 2007 (UTC).
Sir, when you try to "discuss" the Jajouka / Joujouka mess with you come up with Frank Rynne's name as and that seems to be the problem. No one can do anything until you allow others to actually to actually talk to someone who realizes it is hijacking the name of Jajouka and turning it into Joujouka or Master Musicians of Joujouka. This is not a balanced way of dealing with the issue and goes contrary to Wikipedia's philosophy of fairness to all.—Preceding unsigned comment added by BKLisenbee ( talk • contribs)
Can you please join the dicussion on the following topics:
People who follow Aga Khan as an Imam are known in Pakistan as Aga Khani and one user objects to this term. You can do a Google search on this name and make your own decision. One other user from Israel thinks that Nation of Islam, Qadiani etc are not islamic cults but rather mainstream Islamic sects. I created one section where I listed all the cults in one area. So if you join this discussion I would really appreciate it
trueblood 04:05, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Never subst the {{sprotected}} template... its not designed to be a long term inclusion, a short term transcluded template is ok. Not to mention this leads to the template being subject to vandalism on the page its included on... transcluding it prevents that from happening. ALKIVAR ™ ☢ 17:54, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Can you join in the discussion apparently a few followers of Aga Khan dont like to be listed in sects and they dont want their own article either.
I need muslims to join this debate a lot of the negative comments are from User Aylahs and her created user names, as most of these delete supporters are all new.
trueblood 05:40, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Fayssal - After reviewing the significant and commendable contributions that you have made to Wikipedia, I find myself puzzled by your stance on the Islamic Cults article. It is clear by the actions of the article's proponents, that they intend for this to be a blacklist of Muslim communities that they consider to be cults. No efforts have been made to introduce sources that meet Wikipedia's criteria for reliability to back the article's content.
You mention on the AfD page that you are looking for "a discussion on how Islam regards cults", but do you see any sign of that in this article? A generic discussion of this nature would have to demonstrate that (a) the credible notion of an Islamic cult actually exists (it can't be invented on Wikipedia - otherwise it would be original research); (b) that mainstream Islam, as represented by its recognized authorities, gives credence to this notion; and (c) the context in which this concept of Islamic cult is situated - how does the historically pluralistic character of Islam reconcile with the marginalization of particular Muslim communities as cults? Is this in keeping with the ethics of Islam or the Qur'anic injunction?
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As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia does not invent new knowledge; rather it consolidates existing research. The article Islamic Cults presumes their existence without justification. Meanwhile, Muslim scholars and holders of authority are rejecting division within the Ummah and embracing a reaffirmation of mutual respect between the Madhahib (see the International Islamic Conference final statement). It would be more apt to build on the diversity and pluralism that historically characterizes Islam and Muslim civilizations.
Please reconsider your position in this debate - I think that you will find that in addition to falling short of Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion as an article, Islamic Cults is a destructive way of portraying Islam and the Muslim Ummah.
Regards -- Aylahs (talk) 18:38, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Hola Garcilaso. Cuando puedas. -- Szvest - Wiki me up ® 13:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your support in my
not-so-recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of (97/4/4)! I've never been able to accept compliments gracefully, and the heavy support from this outstanding community left me at a complete loss for words -- so, a very belated
thank you for all of your kind words.
I have done and will continue to do the utmost to serve the community in this new capacity, wherever it may take me, and to set an example others might wish to follow in. With a little luck and a lot of advice, this may be enough. Maybe someday the enwiki admins of the future will look back and say, "Yeah, that guy was an admin." Hopefully then they don't start talking about the explosive ArbComm case I got tied into and oh what a drama that was, but we'll see, won't we? Surely some of you have seen me in action by now; with that in mind, I openly invite and welcome any feedback here or here -- help me become the best editor and sysop I can be.
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