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Excellent and noteworthy work improving Amman, Jordan to GA-status. LavaBaron (talk) 20:51, 2 October 2015 (UTC) |
On 15 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Amman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Amman, the capital of Jordan, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Amman. 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. |
Gatoclass (talk) 13:47, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
On 6 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Al-Maghtas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Al-Maghtas (pictured) on the east bank of the Jordan River is considered by Christians as the location for the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
On 15 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jordan Air Ambulance Center, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that King Abdullah II donated two helicopters to Jordan's newly established Air Ambulance Center? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jordan Air Ambulance Center. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
On 1 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Theeb, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Theeb is Jordan's first nomination ever to the Academy Awards? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Theeb. 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. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
On 23 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Naji Abu Nowar, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that director Naji Abu Nowar produced Theeb, Jordan's first film ever to be nominated for the Academy Awards? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Naji Abu Nowar. 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. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:02, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
On 21 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Karameh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Battle of Karameh, the Israeli Army aborted a plan to retrieve two of its tanks (pictured) that were left behind in Jordan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Karameh. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
On 20 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dina Kawar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dina Kawar, a Jordanian Christian, was the first Arab woman to preside over the United Nations Security Council? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dina Kawar. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
On 4 June 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Jordan Museum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Jordan Museum is the largest museum in Jordan, and hosts the country's most important archaeological finds? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Jordan Museum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
On 7 June 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Public Security Directorate, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the country of Jordan was the first Arab state to recruit women to its police force? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Public Security Directorate. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
On 19 June 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Aqaba Church, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Guinness World Records lists the Aqaba Church in Jordan as "oldest known purpose-built Christian church in the world"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Aqaba Church. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
On 20 June 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shoubak Revolt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Shoubak Revolt (1905) was sparked after Ottoman forces started to put women of the Arabs of the town into forced labor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shoubak Revolt. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:01, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
On 4 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 'Ain Ghazal Statues, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 'Ain Ghazal Statues (example pictured), uncovered in Jordan and dating to the eighth millennium BC, are considered to be among the oldest large-scale representations of the human form ever found? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/'Ain Ghazal Statues. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:18, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
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Congrats on a front page Did you know for the 'Ain Ghazal Statues Erp (talk) 04:54, 5 July 2016 (UTC) |
@Erp: Thank you! Makeandtoss (talk) 10:15, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Re this, if you care for the DYK page view stats more than for content, I humbly suggests you have spent rather too much time with management. Stats are nice, but come on, actual content trumps any of this, any time. --dab (𒁳) 08:39, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
thanks, man — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.129.196.12 (talk) 09:01, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Please note that it was pulled following discussion at WP:ERROR. I reckon that action was too hasty but perhaps the hook can be re-instated or rerun after further discussion and editing. Andrew D. (talk) 12:33, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
I know very little about the DYK process, but am experienced at ERRORS. If you'd like, I'd be happy to take a look at any hook you have going through in future, to see if I can spot any issue before it hits main page? I can't promise I'll be onwiki in time to respond in time, or to be 100% infallible, but I can promise I'll try. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:13, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Look, I'm not here to argue. I have explained how ERRORS works and you can see it for yourself. The hook you wrote wasn't subjected to any specially venomous treatment. I've offered you assistance with avoiding the problem and it's up to you if you want to take it up. You can continue circuitously bringing up the same problems raised here and at T:DYK and I can keep circuitously answering them, but we won't agree and it's a waste of time, so I'll stop now. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:39, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Makeandtoss, I have reclosed this nomination. The hook ran for the vast majority of its scheduled time on the main page, and it is therefore not eligible to run again.
Also, in future, please do not reopen your own nominations once they have been closed. You can always make a request at WT:DYK if you believe reopening is warranted and hasn't been done already. It is up to the people at DYK to determine whether such an action is appropriate. Thank you for your cooperation. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:19, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi Makeandtoss. I have a question about the changes you made to Mudar Zahran, particularly the deletion from the first paragraph. You described the sentence you removed as a "contradiction". I thought it just brought things up to date—the lead says Zahran sought asylum in the UK in 2010, he was indicted in 2013, and then in ends.
I thought the last sentence (that he was tried, convicted, and sentenced in 2014) brought the paragraph to an end, and I don't see how it contradicts anything else in the lead or elsewhere in the article. But I wanted to discuss it with you before I restored it, because I thought there might be something I was missing.
Thanks for your help. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:18, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Makeandtoss, do you have information on hand on what Jordan's Bedouin badias are? A quick google gives me the rough impression they're very sparsely populated areas of the east, but no concrete details. Wikipedia doesn't seem to have an article on it. Thanks, CMD (talk) 19:36, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Nabataean kingdom a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Nabataean Kingdom. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.
In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 00:43, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
Jordanian news
Thank you for quality articles on Jordanian topics, such as Amman and Battle of Karameh, 'Ain Ghazal Statues and Nabataean Kingdom, beginning with improvements for Falastin, for a clear user page, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:40, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Makeandtoss.
I see you made a lot of recent edits to Nabataeans, and provided good sources ([2]). In the process, you removed a lot of content, but without explanation. A lot of that content was sourced. Users who went to the trouble of providing sources deserve better; but more importantly, retaining existing content from reliable sources helps articles stay neutral. Are you willing to explain your changes belatedly at Talk:Nabataeans? Cheers. SamEV (talk) 22:44, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
My friend, User:Makeandtoss, The photo shown in the article The Jordan Museum clearly lists it as being 4Q 175, being the classification of a MS found at Qumran, but NOT part of the Copper Scroll, which has a different classification (serial number). The document shown on the page is a photo of a handwritten blessing taken from the Book of Deuteronomy. A transcript made of the Copper Scroll, however, has no such blessing, but is only an inventory of hidden treasures. Be well. Davidbena (talk) 12:37, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
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