Hi Tiamut, maybe you know the mosques in Nablus? I uploaded two images
and
but now I'm afraid that I mixed up the images and in fact it's Hanbali mosque.. Maybe you know for sure?
Andreas Tanner (talk) 07:32, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Tiamut,
I created a new section on the talk page for the aforementioned article in the hopes that you'll engage in discussion. I just don't understand what facets of WP:RS the site fails to satisfy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zionist_political_violence#palestinefacts.org
Thanks, --65.127.188.10 (talk) 01:01, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
My first impression about a person is usually proves to be the right one.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:06, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, There was a tomb of Sheikh Jarrah just to the north of Jerusalem by 1860 at the latest. I have a map. But I can't find anything about this tomb or who Sheikh Jarrah was. There was some general of Omar, conqueror of Jerusalem, with that name, but no source connecting him to the tomb. Can you find anything? Zerotalk 14:26, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Any luck with the GA afterwards? I made a map Template:Location map Egypt Sinai. I though it might come in handy as a locator for some ancient site that you or Nableezy or somebody might be working on... ‡ Himalayan ‡ ΨMonastery 15:40, 10 March 2010 (UTC) No worries, looks good on the Dahab article anyway.. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ΨMonastery 20:35, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Marhaba Tiamut, I've been "stalking" your wonderful contributions to Wikipedia on Palestine and the Palestinian people, not to mention your relentless articulations on the talk pages, since I first stepped foot here. It's been truly wonderful, and educational. Anyways, I wanted to ask your permission to use your hard coded user box supporting the unmentionable military resistance movements. Would that be okay? Yazan (talk) 18:48, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
I understand that you are busy, but I have now asked several people for help but no one wants to. Are you sure you cant spare a bit of your time to take a look and see if changes are needed? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 01:18, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Calmer Waters 06:03, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
The Excellent User Page Award | ||
Rarely are Userpages so full of sadness and poetry. You have a way of latching onto little details—"sounds of my city", the Mona Lisa-esque quality of the "woman from Ramallah"—to reveal the larger picture in the space between the words. As you wrote, "That's what moves me to write. My love for all people which begins with love for myself, then my neighbours, my people, and expands outward from there, everywhere." Beautiful. --AFriedman (talk) 06:39, 12 March 2010 (UTC) |
Congratulations about the DYK, too. --AFriedman (talk) 06:39, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks again for all the help at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Israeli art student scam, it was invaluable. Given the massive and strident opposition the fact it survived AFD in any form whatsoever is a gift. The current manifestation has some neutrality problems, but I'm going to wait until the controversy dies down before editing it again. Factsontheground (talk) 01:12, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Do you know what this business with Rachel's Tomb being called Bilal ibn Ribah mosque? I know there has been a mosque there since at least the middle of the 19th century, but until recently I didn't hear of it having a name not associated with Rachel. There's a claim it is a fresh new name, but this information is from a Jewish activist source. Also, is the name applied to the whole structure or just the part that is a mosque (see Pringle's diagram])? Here is a Bethlehem site quite happy to call it both "Qubbet Rahil" and "Bilal ibn Ribah mosque", suggesting that calling it a mosque is not intended to deny the Rachel connection. Cheers. Zerotalk 12:27, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
The bold formatting is in Shahin's text. Its seems clear that thhe two names refer to two different entities located at the same site. Given that Rachel is a respected matriarch in Islamic tradition as well, her tomb was also venerated by Muslims. I guess with all the conflict over it, that veneration had subsided in recent years and the uncontestably Muslim connection of the mosque/tomb is being played up more. But the fact remains, the two names refer to different things located at the same site. Tiamuttalk 13:07, 13 March 2010 (UTC)Past the military checkpoint [at Bethlehem] on the righthand side the Israeli-built separation wall is in full ivew, as is the fortress-like Tomb of Rachel. An important symbol to grieving mothers, Muslims venerate the biblical matriarch, whose male children were killed at Herod's orders. Women have come to her tomb to pray for health and fertility since time immemorial. Initially built by the Byzantines, the existing tomb was built by the Ottomans. In 1841, a British Jewish philanthropist had the dome's roof restored and reportedly made "special" arrangements for Jews at the site. Although the Tomb and Mosque of Bilal Ibn Rabah and a tribal cemetery of the Ta'amre Bedouin tribe share the property with the matriarchal tomb, they are off-limits to Muslims by order of the Isreli military. (Until 1977 the site had been under the protection of the Islamic Waqf and accessible to all.
Tiamuttalk 12:51, 15 March 2010 (UTC)He [Herod gave orders to kill all the boys of Bethelehem ...In his way what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of bitter weeping, Rachel is crying for her children; she refuses to be comforted, for they are dead.
Time to stop feeding the troll? Zerotalk 14:22, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Marhaba Tiamut. Citadel of Damascus has grown quite a bit since last week, and we're planning to take it to GA, would you be interested in joining the push? Yazan (talk) 18:47, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Tiamut dear, that was very generous of you, giving me DYK-credit for Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi...you did all the work...
Anyway; more work: I have for some time though we need a article on Agil Aga, the Beduin leader in the mid 19th century--he is buried at I'billin. And now I just found a picture of him, over at commons! [6] -You know I´m crazy about pictures ;) Anyway, Schölch write quite a bit about him in "Palestine in Transformation". And I see this article: http://www.jstor.org/pss/1570684 -I cannot see the full article, but perhaps Nableezy can? Cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Some more sources:
Only the first page found, I´m afraid:
And look at this:
..and their bibliography:
Cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
And:
and, from books, the connections to other cstles:
Cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
I believe this site:
is blacklisted on wp...but it has some wonderful photos;)....and some complete wrong information:( Cheers, Huldra (talk) 01:07, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Something interesting in email. Zerotalk 14:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
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It seems we don't have an article, is that right?. It has a rich history. Jerome, Crusaders (as Betenuble/Betenoble), etcetc. Now settlement Mevo Horon. p102 in Pringle A-K (Bait Nuba). Hint, hint :). Zerotalk 13:55, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Tiamut, I'd like to thank you for not voting to delete that article that you did not like so much. I'd like to assure you that I did not want to push any POV with it, and, if I unwillingly did, it was only because of my inexperience in writing and/or editing such articles. Thanks for helping me to make it better. --Mbz1 (talk) 19:43, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Tiamut dear, I am delighted to see that some of Elihu Grant books are now freely available on the net, including his (1907): The Peasantry of Palestine, and his (1921): The People of Palestine I have seen them often referred to, including in Khalidi and Weir. The 1921 book is especially rich on information on villages in the West Bank/Ramallah -area (Grant worked at the Ramallah Friends Schools.) Just look at the content, p.9 ....lots of info, cheers, Huldra (talk) 20:07, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for sticking up for me during my latest block. If there is anything I can do for you in the future just let me know. Factsontheground (talk) 12:34, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Marhaba Tiamut. I hope I am not imposing, but could you possibly run through this draft for Ebla tablets. You have a long experience with the controversies of Biblical archaeology and this seems like one that would invite a lot of it. Do you think it's better to completely cut that part about their "disputed" biblical significance and focus on their more potent cultural depictions of the era? Input would be welcome. Yazan (talk) 05:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Dude, I really don't know what you're talking about, unless for some reason you're somehow expressing some degree of unwarranted solicitude for (WP:BLP violation redacted,Huldra (talk) 22:10, 30 March 2010 (UTC)) Qaradawi. Since I didn't add it to the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, didn't propose adding it to the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, never had the slightest intention of adding to the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, didn't add it to the talk page of the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, never had any intention of adding to the talk page of the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, and wasn't even talking about Qaradawi as such (but merely happened to mention him in passing as one example among a large number ideologues who publicly uphold sleazy propaganda tactics which would be found to be unacceptable by most decent people who have any concern whatsoever with morality and ethics), it's hard for me to see your cries of "BLP violation" as any real legitimate concern... AnonMoos (talk) 15:41, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you Tiamut. Only as I can edit I've also post this on your page. Ashley kennedy3 (talk) 16:16, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
They said Shaw was advocating putting all unproductive people to gas chambers
[9], seems relevant to the topic discussion and should not have been removed per Wikipedia:TALK#How_to_use_article_talk_pages. Dreadstar ☥ 20:37, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Tiamut. Could you do me a favor and check whether this edit is legitimate or if it's vandalism? Thanks! — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:44, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Funny, you should bring up al-Quds. Everytime, I read something, anything, about al-Quds, I feel a lump in my throat. I feel that the only things left for us (the outsiders) in al-Quds, or Yafa, is a Fairuz song, or my twelve-year old "friend" back home. Her father was an ardent Syrian Nationalist, and he told me that when he saw her eyes, he knew her name must be Yafa. It's both a sad sense of shame, and disbelief in how faraway from home we've become. I hope you're doing well. Sorry for soaping Yazan (talk) 10:54, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Tiamut, do you mind if I ask you where you live? and are you christian? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 12:20, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for your help, I appreciate it. With those third-party sources you found I think the article should survive future deletion attempts. You actually found some good material for the Anti-Arabism article too!
It is annoying that Number 57 deleted the article under A7 ("No indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content)"). The importance of the organization was very clearly stated in the original version, in my opinion. The problem was sourcing but that was corrected once the article was given a chance. It's a good thing I had the draft stored so I could recreate it quickly. Factomancer (talk) 12:48, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist (talk) 17:23, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
I have suspicion on who Nick Fitzpatrick be. Them edit be similar to "Israeli" editor who recently block for long period of time and only have access to her talk page. Ani medjool (talk) 22:49, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
Zero and I have been working on and off for a while on Wikipedia:WikiProject Palestine/Sheikh Bureik..I think it is soon ready to be moved into article-space, would you care to help? At the moment the prose is, well, more a listing of facts, than good prose, if you see what I mean. Most of the sources should be available on the net (Sharon is great!). It would be wonderful if you could do the "finishing", and perhaps nominate it as a DYK? Cheers, Huldra (talk)
Can you provide evidence of use of term "Palestinians" at the time of the Deir Yassin battle? Terminologistic (talk) 20:32, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
Agian, wishful thinking is one thing, fantasyland, now back to reality, Can you provide me ONE journal, ONE book that mentioned the term "palestinians" before 1960's??? Why not?Terminologistic (talk) 20:43, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
Tiamuttalk 20:49, 15 April 2010 (UTC)Whatever the differing viewpoints over the timing, causal mechanisms, and orientation of Palestinian nationalism, by the early 20th century strong opposition to Zionism and evidence of a burgeoning nationalistic Palestinian identity is found in the content of Arabic-language newspapers in Palestinian Territories, such as Al-Karmil (est. 1908) and Filasteen (est. 1911).[1] Filasteen, published in Jaffa by Issa and Yusef al-Issa, addressed its readers as "Palestinians",[2] first focusing its critique of Zionism around the failure of the Ottoman administration to control Jewish immigration and the large influx of foreigners, later exploring the impact of Zionist land-purchases on Palestinian peasants (Arabic: فلاحين, fellahin), expressing growing concern over land dispossession and its implications for the society at large.[1]
I see Terminologistic is now blocked as a toothie sock. Incidentally, for early uses of "Palestinians" and similar questions, the Google news archive is a good source. It was also used in the Palestine Post by 1950. Zerotalk 07:45, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
but do you have any idea about the Society for Promotion of Female Education in the East? ..which seems to have something to do with China...or possibly Nazareth...or both? Lol! I cannot make heads or tail of this...cheers, Huldra (talk) 16:38, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello my dear; I think I am about done with Al-Qabu, filled in what Morris has to say. AFAIK; Israel grossly violated the Armistice Agreements with their action on 1 May 1949.. (so what else is new). I could perhaps expand events autumn -48, with some of the material in Khalidi (it is in the family-net-link)..but I really don´t know how accurate it it...as it is based on "The History of the war of independence". Could you perhaps copy-edit it, and nominate it for DYK? Cheers, Huldra (talk) 17:13, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, please check the French translation at Sheikh Danun from the French which I put on the talk page. Also, this place was apparently of some importance during Napoleon's invasion but I can't find anything. Cheers, Zerotalk 14:14, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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This is the content you asked me to retrieve from the deleted talk page. Sandstein 08:03, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Instead of focusing solely on Samar Abed Rabbo, who was shot in the spine but survived, the article should be merged into Abd Rabbo family incident to better reflect the whole story, which includes the death of her two sisters, and the wounding of other family members during the Gaza War. Relevant sources to be added include:
- Soldier gunned down my daughters, says Gaza father
- Five Year Old War Victim Samar Wage Juridical War On Israel
- Cast Lead: 2 sisters killed and 1 maimed in wilful attack
- New evidence of Gaza child deaths
- Following Demand for Criminal Investigation by Adalah, Al-Haq and Al Mezan, Israeli Military Police Begin Probe into Killing and Wounding of Palestinians Carrying White Flags during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza
- Bereaved Gaza Strip families demand answers Tiamuttalk 10:21, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
And more ...
- Israel: Gaza 'White Flag' Deaths Inquiry a Step Forward
- IDF to probe Gaza 'white-flag' deaths Tiamuttalk 10:28, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Tiamut, Regarding your comments at A/E:
Unfortunately, the Western (i.e., English-language) media identify with Israelis and focus more on Israel than they do on the Arab world, so more English-language sources are available that describe Middle-Eastern food as Israeli dishes when, in fact, they may be traditional Arab dishes. Certainly a balance has to be achieved, maybe a better balance than we currently have. Perhaps Arabic-language sources should be used, but (as you know) there are only a small number of editors who edit in the Arab-Israeli area who can read Arabic. Fortunately Google now translates from Arabic to English, so verification of Arabic-language sources shouldn't be a problem.
I'm not suggesting that you tackle this issue, just suggesting a possible alternative to the perceived imbalance. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 18:54, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello my dear, I really have to log out now, but I just want to thank you for nominating Khulda ..and, ahem, I can find a zillion sources saying "Huldre" is an alternative name (plural form) for "Huldra"! ;)
Anyway; just noted: Al-Mazar, Jenin is actually already DYK-qualified, care to work on it? Not great..(but it was mentioned in Time magazine..) and there is *a lot* about the place in Guérin, which I don´t understand *at all*..it was finding that ref which started it all...you could perhaps "mine" it?
But Sulam should definitely go first, Zero said he would get Jacotin-map-section tomorrow. Closely related is Nabi Dahi; it should perhaps be taken into its own sub-page, where we can work on it? I was so delighted to find pictures on commons; definitely an article must be made! Cheers, and take care, Huldra (talk) 20:19, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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It isn't about you.Cptnono (talk) 09:34, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi T. Regarding this diff, wouldn't it be better to convert the copyvio into a link, in a short entry (even a sentence), rather then simply delete it? Happy Sunday.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Writing "You will find several articles attempting to discredit my story and my claims, none of which can respond to what you will find here", Shoebat also posted a highly detailed response on his website, in which he sharply disagreed with the assertions against him.[11]
Tx. Good working w/you. I will borrow some of the flavor of your suggestion as well.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Tiamut dear, I had no plans as to make Mazra'a a DYK when I started expanding it, but by now my DYK-checker actually shows that it qualifies! The article still needs some work, though. I have asked Zero for 1931-census- data. And I would love to find a RS on the UNESCO-world heritage site; that should be expanded, methinks. Care to nominate it, when it is ready? Cheers, Huldra (talk) 00:39, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Is it worth it for you restoring that personal attack on the article talk page? I'm willing to fight to make sure that bullshit doesn't stay up, so it's up to you if you care enough. Breein1007 (talk) 16:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hey, yes I'm from shefa-amr, i also have friends (and family) in Nazareth. its nice finding other people from the area editing here, if u need any help with articles don't be a stranger :) Cheers! M5Power (talk) 17:26, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for this one Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
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The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Tiamut and Huldra, I emailed you pages 401-408 from SWP II, that are missing from the copy at archive.org. Zerotalk 13:24, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 18:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey, If you have time; would you care to take a look at Ar'ara? Zero startet; I continued. I haven´t really "mined" the Hadashot Arkheologiyot -sources yet. But it already qualifies as a DYK- according to the tester....but I think we need some more info about what happened in 1948-49 first..And ce! ..if you have time...It is actually fascinating finding out how long & interesting history some of these places have, don´t you think? Cheers, and take care, Huldra (talk) 20:19, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
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The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
99.9 % of the Middle East belongs to the Arabs.
Be happy with that.
Israel is the inheritance of Jacob, of the Jewish people.
It is the will of Allah.
Salam. Sagi Nahor (talk) 08:51, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Tiamut. Do you agree that a group of users with strong political bias was ganging up on you and other wikipedia users on the articlesfordeletion page for the Article "Art Student Scam" with the purpose of distorting facts for political reasons. Also, do you agree that it seems they acted to distort the topic of israeli spying in favor of the almost unnotable topic - chinese men selling fake art on the street. Third, do you agree that user:huey45 is acting in "bad faith" and lying when he repeatedly claims that the sources say "the art students weren't israelis" and when user:gilisa claims that the the sources are unreliable and that user:huey45 is not lying when he. These users, seem to be trying deliberately to make mistatements about the contents of the sources.
User huey45 says... This is a direct quote from huey45
“I called it "the fake Israeli thing" because all of the previous sources (yes, you're not the first person to mention this) suggested that the salesmen weren't even Israeli, let alone art students.”
Then he later says
"I never once lied in regards to this issue. When I said "the previous sources", I was referring to the sources that were presented before User:Preciseaccuracy turned up and started causing trouble. What do you think the word "previous" means? When the article was about the Israeli art students last time, there was considerable doubt as to the real nationality of these salesmen."
In fact, all of these sources unequivocally state that they were Israelis, and mention art students. The fact is that Huey45 has been repeatedly lying with the purpose of mutilating the content of this article. I think that he should be banned from this article.What is more troubling, is that a group of apparently politically motivated users continues to take his side in claiming that huey 45 is not lying.
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Other editors still make the claim that the israeli "art student" spying was an "urban myth." They will not even admit that this labeling is at least controversial. Whereas in reality, the israeli "art student" spy ring seemed to be at least "suspected."
user:gilisa claims that this four part fox news special doesn't count as evidence of supsected spying
4 part fox news special with Brit Hume and Carl Cameron on Israel spying, total time 20 minutes
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We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by Sasata (submissions) has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants ( Sasata (submissions), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions)) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by Casliber (submissions), who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
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Earlier this round, we said goodbye to Hunter Kahn (submissions), who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions). We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 22:51, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, [[ Yibna ]], has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Sreifa (talk) 05:46, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
[13] [14] A great description of yourself you have given D= DX--Mbz1 (talk) 13:13, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps you should know that Tom B has delisted this article from GA status as per 18:42, 5 August 2010 (UTC). It's a pity because it is already a nicely written and important article. I was wondering if you'd like to collaborate on improving it again? XoXo (talk) 11:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
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"Palestinian leaders are habitual liars" is one of his comments in the discussion section.Haberstr (talk) 20:56, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Tiamut, I see you are from Nazareth? Do you still live there? I spent my summer in that lovely city.--TM 15:30, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Tiamut, I really missed your presence on here in your absence. I hope you will return to edit actively once again. What happened to Huldra? Dr. Blofeld 18:26, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Tiamut, I was just going through my talk page, and remembered a project I had in mind that you found some sources for on User:Tiamut/Zeita. There's a Hebrew Wikipedia page on it that looks pretty substantial. Perhaps between your Hebrew and mine (and Google's), we can translate it into English :) --Fjmustak (talk) 08:11, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey, Happy Eid ul-Fitr, Tiamut!! Hope things are good!! :-) --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 20:30, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. TonyTheTiger (submissions) leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by Sasata (submissions) with 1175 points. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
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I hope all is well with you and yours. nableezy - 18:05, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Now that the Israeli Salad article states pretty unequivocally that Israeli salad was originally Palestinian, you might consider revising or removing the Massad quote. I have read Massad's article, and agree heartily with it. But out of the context of the original, and as it appears in this article, it seems silly and trivial. It's like accusing America of culinary imperialism against Naples because of Pizza Hut, or against the Mexicans because of Taco Bell. Careful readers will not take this quote seriously.
Just a suggestion. --Ravpapa (talk) 17:35, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Hey you. I've made some changes to the History section at that article after re-reading it following the posting of your message. I think the Massad opinion remains relevant. I'm not sure what you mean by careful readers won't take it seriously but in any case I don't care whether or not people are convinced by it, only by its notability and reliability, coming as it does from a professor writing for an academic press and reflecting a rather widespread POV in the Arab world (and beyond). The whole tomato paragraph was however synth/or and I took that out. Anyway, I'm open to discussing the issue more on the talk (i.e. different ways to incorporate the information, but I'm not so keen on eliminating that POV from the article when it is a significant one). Hope you are doing well. Tiamuttalk 21:32, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to TonyTheTiger (submissions), with 2260, and third to Casliber (submissions), with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists – White Shadows (submissions), William S. Saturn (submissions), Staxringold (submissions) and ThinkBlue (submissions). Also, congratulations to Sasata (submissions), who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.
Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is Casliber (submissions), for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is Staxringold (submissions), for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is Jujutacular (submissions), for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is TonyTheTiger (submissions), for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is Candlewicke (submissions), for nineteen articles in the news in round three.
The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 03:12, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
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Greetings
I see that you're a Christian from the middle east so I thought you might have some kind of knowledge about the personal life of Fairuz.
First of all Fairuz was NEVER a catholic she have never appeared in catholic ceremonies as far as i know. Secondly, she had an Arab nationalist and pro-Palestinian background which is a typical attitude that prevailed amongst non-Maronite Christians in Lebanon.
It's funny how her origin is contested in wikipedia, she was a Coptic before I modified it, in the Arabic version she appears to be Palestinian, the chronology cite her as syriac (which is true for once), and she's Maronite in the English wikipedia.
I have added as well some new links that support my claim in the discussion page.
Ravi84m (talk) 02:00, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
I've got some links after googling:
الدين والدهماء والدم: العرب وإستعصاء الحداثة By أبو فخر، صقر
An article in Annahar by Samir Attallah
Greetings Ravi84m (talk) 17:10, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Do you remember this review we did on states recognising the State of Palestine? I realise it's old news now, but I'm currently engaged in a debate on Talk:Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority, where an editor has reduced the figure in his own review.
I'm getting frustrated, because he can't understand what I'm trying to explain to him. We know that the number of recognition for the State is unclear, or subject to dispute. He's ignoring that, and stating that the number is "97". He admits that he doesn't know that it's 97, but that's what he's stating it is. Do you think you could please read through the discussion, and possibly try to explain it to him that we've already been through this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Nightw 11:45, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
I permit myself to bring your attention about the edits of user:Marokwitz (16 november) who is removing the name 1948 Palestine war from all the articles of wikipedia. What can be done ? Noisetier (talk) 20:48, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Firstly, no apparent consensus is no reason to revert after the discussion was open for a month and no action was takem about the other countries. Secondly, there was an apparent consensus that there should be uniformity, so all the countries should either be amended together or not amended. Thirdly, Wiketiquette dictates that you disqualify yourself from editing Israel. You assumedly know why. Start with Egypt or Ethiopia. I will then do Israel... Monosig (talk) 14:56, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Tiamut: thank you for your support and contribution to the article. I noticed my amendments were clashing with yours, so I will refrain from working on the article till tomorrow to give you a chance to do your bit. Again, thank you AboluayTalk2me 18:05, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
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I'm glad to see you are still around. Happy Holidays! The Transhumanist 04:44, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
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Just came across this, brought to mind what you said earlier.
Anyway, good to see your occasional presence here, hope you're enjoying your new life. --NSH001 (talk) 12:08, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, this is just to let you know that I have granted you the "autopatrolled" permission. This won't affect your editing, it just automatically marks any page you create as patrolled, benefiting new page patrollers. Please remember:
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!
A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
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So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.
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Here's the latest addition to the religion section of Portal:Contents/Outlines. Wikipedia has rich coverage on this subject. Very interesting, especially from sociological and historical perspectives.
This is a call to all members of the Outline WikiProject and outline aficionados to help refine this outline. It needs annotations, missing topics added, and the entries in the general concepts section placed in more specific sections.
Come join in on the fun and get acquainted with members of the Outline WikiProject!
The Transhumanist 04:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
P.S.: I had no idea this religion was so extensive or that it had so many followers. Hope to see you on the outline.
Hello, you got mail. 79.182.123.90 (talk) 07:15, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
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We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Piotrus (submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.
A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:10, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for weighing-in. DieWeisseRose (talk) 05:39, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
I've reported you at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration. AFolkSingersBeard (talk) 15:34, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
I know it's belated, but seriously, Welcome Back! You've certainly been missed as you always are when you're on break. It seems you, Huldra, and I can't manage to be here at the same time anymore ... Anyway, I look forward to seeing you embark on another project improving Palestine and Arab-related articles on the Wiki (Congrats on the Qedarites btw.) Don't want to to bombard you but if you ever have time, could you check out Abu Ali Iyad and Khayr al-Din al-Ramli? I've nominated the former for GA, but it could still definitely use more info and perhaps some ce. Not gonna lie, I've never had more trouble finding sources for an article which is surprising in this case because this guy was pretty famous in Palestinian circles. --Al Ameer son (talk) 20:05, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey! Nice to see you back! RL-issues still need some "cleaning-up" here, but I hope to start editing again this week-end or next week. (And it seem as if some fought the 3rd WW on my talk-page while I was away...oh well. Don´t know if I should care too much about it.) Tiamut dear; could you please check your email? Cheers, Huldra (talk) 18:09, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.
This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Hurricanehink (submissions) and Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!
Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:32, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, Tiamut! I saw your pleasant edit summary at Hamas school bus attack just now, and that you'd added to the article about Hamas' intent. I have a different idea about what happened, and I'd like to share it with you.
You saw from the current lead of our own article that this AP source supports the statement that Hamas pretty much "held its fire" until Israel killed some of its leaders the week before the bus attack. This JPost article, and these two from Ynet talk about how the kid who was killed was the only one on the bus, besides the driver, when it was hit, after it had dropped all the other kids off, 50 metres back on the road, at their kibbutz. If you read the four stories carefully, you'll see repeated statements like this one, about the boy: "He was just here visiting his grandmother for a few days, to make her happy, and he went for a ride with the bus driver, who is a friend of the family," his father said.
Other kids said he was just riding around on the bus with the family friend, i.e. with the driver, and didn't appear to be going anywhere in particular. If you look at the video of the bus, and the still photos, you'll see it was very open country, a place where someone targeting the bus would have had the sweep of a long, open section of road to target. Yet the bus was struck 50 metres after all the kids got off, all the kids except the one who wasn't supposed to be there. Hamas could certainly have targeted the bus 50 or 100 metres "earlier" in the bus trip, i.e. before the kids got off at the kibbutz. The didn't. My guess is that they knew that if they killed school kids on a bus in that way, that there'd be hell to pay. My guess is that they purposely waited until after the bus was (as they thought, probably from watching on previous days) empty of students.
Why target a school bus at all, and especially an empty one? I think they were trying to send a very serious message to the Israeli command structure, saying something like, "If you target our leadership again we will blow a school bus to pieces that's not empty of kids. All we'd have to do is fire 50 metres earlier." Kind of like in the movies when someone sends a photo to an enemy of that enemy through the "crosshairs" of a rifle scope. Or like in ancient Chinese ninja stories where the assassin just leaves a dagger on the bedside table of an enemy while he's asleep. A way of saying, "If you keep trying to hurt me, I can hurt you too." That's my theory, anyway; I don't see anything else that makes sense. The kid who was killed wasn't expected to be on the bus. I don't think Hamas intended to kill any kids; I just think they wanted to send the message, "Leave us alone, because we can." My guess is that they were probably really, really disturbed to learn that the bus had a kid on it. All speculation, of course, and I know we can't use any of it in the article, but nothing else I can think of explains the facts in a way that makes sense to me, and I wondered what someone else might think... I didn't mean to write a novel, though; delete this whenever you feel like it. Cheers, – OhioStandard (talk) 12:19, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
A freedom fighter fights an occupying army. It would be one thing if Hamas fought the Israeli Army. They wouldn't be terrorists, just unconventional soldiers, even if they used suicide bombs.
I wanted to comment on this idea that Hamas felt bad about dead children. They target civilians on purpose. So I thought it worth airing my opinion that they were stone-faced about the dead boy.
You raise legitimate points about heavy-handed Israeli responses. The IDF may not be doing enough to limit collateral damage. This is difficult because Hamas hides in civilian neighborhoods. They do this because they do not care about civilians, Palestinian or Jewish. I think Hamas likes the numbers that you quoted. Dead children, Jew or Palestinian, is good for the Hamas cause. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.160.54.151 (talk) 22:10, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
In case you have nothing to do ;), it is a bit of a mess and needs some care. Zerotalk 08:49, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tiamut! Do you know how to AfD an article? I don't, although I know I should learn.
I ask because I saw this link swap to our article on the Palestine Liberation Organization. When I compared TheCuriousGnome's preferred link to the original Wikisource one I was was surprised that his link was so far out of touch with the original source. Then I looked at the revision history for his preferred link, and found that he just created the PLO's Phased Plan article (link/permalink), and is its only editor so far. Where did he come up with that title, anyway, I wonder?
Anyway, it seemed odd that a very pro-Israel editor would be interested in creating an article about a PLO policy statement. But as I read more of the article he created, and compared it to the PLO's actual 10 point plan, it seemed to me that his article constitutes nothing more than a soapbox. It's so utterly biased from the get go that it can't possibly be used as a baseline from which to start. My guess is that the subject is notable, but the current article is irretrievably bad. The slate should be wiped clean so editors can the opportunity to create an article that fairly represents its subject. Care to do the honors, if you know how? – OhioStandard (talk) 11:25, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Since the reseting of the pending changes settings for Nakba Day, you have edited it 25 times. I find some of these changes misleading, bias and POV. Israguy (talk) 18:22, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Concerning the Naksa Day protests i also share his criticism. You have erased every sentence, which does not suit to your worldview, especially the statements of the Syrian Reform Party concerning the Naksa protests, which in their eyes would be incited. True or not, it is an important informative statement. Israel is not the only violator of palestinian rights, so please don't distort the facts by erasing every sentence which is not fitting in your worldview.--Mardas90 (talk) 14:30, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, You might like to add to this: User talk:Noisetier#District of Safed. Zerotalk 01:17, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
The move request at Talk:Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority was closed, so we're now taking suggestions for an alternative. As you were involved in the previous discussion, I'd be grateful if you could contribute to the new one. Please lodge your support for a proposal, or make one of your own. Night w2 (talk) 04:19, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
You speak Arabic right?
I use Google translate but cant figure this out.
Does this link say that "Majdal Shams" is directly Aramaic? or that it originates from Aramaic? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 19:22, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tiamut. How are you? i want to apologize to you for having done those edits which may have undermined your trust in me, or which offended you, or which caused a decline in our relationship as fellow editors. i really value your opinion and your insight. i really hope we will be able to restore some degree of our ability to work together. I'd be grateful if you could please write back, and please let me know what i might be able to do to help to address your concerns. i really appreciate it. thanks. --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 16:59, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by Racepacket (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.
A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:38, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Google found your start at a Bayt Nuba article. Do you want help? Zerotalk 13:00, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Tiamut. I noticed your comment. Did you notice this? For my own part, I'm suspending judgment re whether I'd support any action of the sort you suggest, pending EdJohnston's response to the question I just asked of him on his talk. If he's willing to provide one, that is: I can certainly understand why he might choose not to, in all good faith. I'd suggest that you, also, might like to wait for things to settle down for a couple of days, before you decide whether to initiate an RfC. I understand, for example, that AGK is preparing a detailed reply to SD, and it seems only reasonable to see that first. But ping me on my talk, please, if you do decide to go ahead.
I've nevertheless watchlisted this page, so I shouldn't miss any reply, and I do normally prefer to keep discussions on the page where they began. Thanks, – OhioStandard (talk) 15:59, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I raised this issue once before but I think I didn't have my facts straight so let's start over. We have a lot of articles quoting from this document in various ways, including plenty that attribute it personally to Sami Hadawi. I'm proposing that we formulate a consistent citation text. It seems Hadawi was somewhat involved in the original compilation of the data, but he does not claim to have been in charge of it. (He writes: As the Official Land Valuer and Inspector of Urban Tax Assessments of the Palestme Government during the years 1935 to 1948. and the officer who was entrusted with the task of compiling the figures on classification of land and area ownership, this writer feels competent to comment on the accuracy of the contents of the 'Village Statistics 1945 .' Also his biography here says only "served as an inspector and land value assessor from 1938-48, contributing to the British government’s exhaustive work Village Statistics 1945: A Classification of Land and Area Ownership in Palestine".) Since he was a contributor and not in charge, I don't think we should mention him in the text of articles.
According to the catalogue of the National Library of Israel, the original is: Palestine. Department of Statistics. Village statistics, April, 1945. [Jerusalem] : [s.n.], 1945. I've seen it cited in the same way in journal articles. A few say "Office of Statistics" but that is definitely wrong.
On the other hand, WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT applies so we should cite Hadawi too. (There is also a partial version here that only has places inside the green line but separates Muslims and Christians.)
Here is my first attempt. We could make a template for it when we agree on the details:
(Please respond here.) Zerotalk 05:05, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure we need to spell out "Palestine Remembered" since we are only using it as a convenience link and not claiming that PR is a reliable source. What about (also changed font):
It wasn't so hard to make a template, and I made one for the UN version too. We can still change the text, but here are my drafts:
Zerotalk 04:47, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I don't think bare links are a good idea - they look ugly and unprofessional to me. Zero, I think your first version is the best. Just my two cents' worth. --NSH001 (talk) 15:54, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Tiamut! Would you have a look here, where I mentioned you? I just sorted a jumble that you inadvertently contributed to on a talk page, and I'd appreciate it. The short version is that when you copypaste text from an article onto a talk page, and that text includes material between ref tags, you need to place a "local" reflist of the form ((reflist|local=true)) in order both to make the embedded refs actally appear and, perhaps more important, keep them from being listed in other sections on the page that have nothing to with them. If you don't want the refs to show up, then you need to remove them from the text copied to the talk page, so they don't "magically" show up when someone else adds a reflist in a subsequent section. Thanks, – OhioStandard (talk) 15:33, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
if you're an israeli palestinian who supports a palestinian country then why do you oppose lieberman's ideas of population and land swapping? why do you support a palestinian country but you don't want to live there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Someone35 (talk • contribs) 06:43, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Tiamut. I know from your previous comments that you're also quite concerned about the upsurge we've seen in the I/P area of new accounts with obviously experienced editors behind them. I've posted here to RolandR's talk page about the problem, including disclosure of a rather clumsy attempt I made recently at AE to address what I view as an instance. We do need to find a venue where requests for wp:scrutiny disclosures to some appropriately selected group of admins are supported, though, rather than being treated, most improperly, in my opinion, as some kind of harassment. SPI isn't such a venue, and perhaps AE isn't, either. Anyway, I'd welcome your thoughts on the matter, at RolandR's page, if you can look in. Thanks, – OhioStandard (talk) 05:26, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Can you help regarding the location of Al Jiftlik, see Talk:Al-Jiftlik. Thanks. Zerotalk 05:04, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
UOJComm (talk) 01:31, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey. I under stand your concern, but you must understand that the Irish times did not say where they got that info, unlike other sources like the guardian and telegraph which clearly state it is from activists, witnesses, in a sepcefic city, ect. Please find a source which such, shouldn't be too hard. In the meantime i found a source which confirms islamic groups taking up arms in the North, and so i added that in the intro. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/world/middleeast/14syria.html
The situation in Syria is much like yemen, mass protests but alqaeda groups taking advantage to gain territory like in Zinjibar, not armed civilians.
I took a great amount of time piling 11 references each describing the source of their own info, to put a credible statement about the killing of those refusing to shoot in Syria, so I am not being a hypocrite here.
Also we don't compare uprisings in the lead. Please make a subsection, Zenithfel (talk) 19:55, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
We live in interesting times. Wouldn't you agree?
Long time no see. The Transhumanist 08:16, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
The Outline of relationships was nominated for deletion.
It was then overhauled and the nomination was withdrawn.
Only a couple members from the Outlines WikiProject showed up at the AfD.
Do you have Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Article alerts watchlisted?
If not, please watchlist it.
Thank you. The Transhumanist 08:16, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.
No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.
We would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and Stone (submissions) for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.
Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:42, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to say how much I appreciate the "take on Shakespeare" quote at the top of this page. Profound stuff, Thanks Prunesqualor billets_doux 03:42, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
If other editors wish to leave the somewhat hysterical response, by Israeli officials, in the intro, there is little I can do about it (I am currently barred from editing articles in this field). I just hope my suggestions on the talk page won't tempt you toward any 1RR issues etc (I'm sure that advice is unnecessary, as you are a far more experienced editor than myself, but felt obliged to give it anyway as I don't wish to be responsible for causing you problems). All the best Prunesqualor billets_doux 11:21, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Marhaba Tiamut. I saw you make that article, and thought about joining in but thought that it might bring certain jackals to the party. Unfortunately, it looks like you also have a fan club, so I shouldnt have been so concerned. I hope you are well, nableezy - 12:23, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
That doesn't sound hysterical. The people went to the West Bank to start trouble, that is called being a provocateur. So Israel called a pig a pig. Just like how they call the flotilla people criminals, they are smuggling concrete and expired medical supplies into a place where things undoubtedly end up in the hands of Hamas. These actions are for attention, so "provocateur" and "hooligan" are proper labels, not slurs. Rachel Corrie was a provocateur, too. She was using her "pretty white girl" powers to manipulate the narrative.
Israel is trying to stop more ivory tower "activists" from causing bloody shenanigans in their country. So you tried to increase the media hype of Israel's law enforcement by creating a biased wiki article.
The doublethink is thick with you guys if you think creating biased articles is something to pat each other on the back about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.160.43.101 (talk) 20:00, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
You deleted my last comment (there is that rejection of opposing views again) but I'll keep this one shorter.
The man who shot Tom Hurndall was put in prison by Israel. I'd like to see that kind of responsibility and accountability from Hamas or the Syrian forces.
The driver of the vehicle that ran over Rachel Corrie was investigated and cleared of wrongdoing. But you guys made her a hero anyway, because facts aren't important.
You ignored all the things I said about the Welcome to Palestine article. I just wanted to help discuss this flytilla, and comment on how you two seemed to be mislabelling Israel's reasonable response to the hooligans who want to sneak in and play Rachel Corrie.Lutrinae (talk) 21:19, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
The fact is that both Hurndall and Corrie are dead...? Good thing Israel kept those flytilla protesters out. No more deaths. 141.190.32.9 (talk) 00:56, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, In case you aren't aware of it, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ has a huge number of documents, mostly in French. Try searching for "Mamilla" or "Mamillah". Cheers, Zerotalk 22:14, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
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Please check your email ;). Zerotalk 11:51, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!
There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:46, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tiamut – sorry I didn't get back to you on your kind offer. Things got temporarily side-tracked by the 1963 v 1995 editions business. I have now made some suggestions for edits here, They are positioned under the various bullet marked, sentence by sentence, comments near the top of that section (if you can find them among all the other stuff). If other editors don't act on these suggestions, or make no further comment, over the next few days (3,4,5?) then, I may need to take you up on your offer (assuming of course the offer is still open and that you completely approve of the suggested edits). Having said all of that, There are some (how shall I phrase this) extremely aggressive editors at work on that page, so I would quite understand if you wished to steer clear. All the best Prunesqualor billets_doux 22:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
You are a recent contributor on discussion of List of conflicts in the Middle East / List of modern conflicts in the Middle East. Due to recent changes in the structure of those articles, i would like you to contribute to the renewed discussion on the structure of those article here Talk:List of conflicts in the Middle East#Criteria for modern conflicts inclusion.Greyshark09 (talk) 18:38, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Al-Sinnabra , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Sreifa (talk) 05:08, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
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The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:
We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Grandiose (submissions), Stone (submissions), Eisfbnore (submissions), Canada Hky (submissions) and MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.
In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha (talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.
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Please solve this mystery if you can...
On September 23rd, traffic to Portal:James Bond doubled, and has stayed at the new level since then. I can't figure out what happened.
See http://stats.grok.se/en/201109/Portal%3AJames_Bond
Traffic to Outline of James Bond stayed the same (though it was at the higher-level already), which leads me to suspect changes made somewhere in Wikipedia.
See http://stats.grok.se/en/201109/Outline%20of%20James_Bond
I'd like to find out what happened, in case it reveals helpful link placement tips that can double the traffic to outlines too!
I look forward to your reply. The Transhumanist 22:38, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
P.S.: Tiamut, I've forgotten which is your favorite outline. Please let me know.
There is a currently ongoing merger proposal discussion regarding merging of Amqa article into the previously created article of Amka. According to sources and geographic location we are speaking of different prenounsation of the same place name Amka/Amqa/Amca, the same as Acre/Acco/Akko and Tiberias/Tabariya/Tveriya. As done with other towns/cities, all time periods are listed in one article.
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Please share your opinion on renaming "List of conflicts in the Middle East" into "List of conflicts in the Near East" in the discussion. The renaming is proposed in order to cover the pre-1918 period (when the Middle East had generally been related as the Near East), and delete post-1918 conflicts while leaving wikilink to List of modern conflicts in the Middle East). This is in order to avoid doubling of information between post-1918 section in the "List of conflicts in the Middle East" and List of modern conflicts in the Middle East article. Thank you.Greyshark09 (talk) 20:09, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
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We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.
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Please go to Portal:Contents/Outlines' and fill in as many missing annotations as you can, even if it's only one or two. Every little bit helps!
The annotating of the entries on Portal:Contents/Outlines is nearing completion.
Annotated entries look like this:
Entries needing annotations look like this:
Even if all you can do is one or two, the support will be greatly felt. Many hands make light work.
Thank you. The Transhumanist 00:30, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
I hope all is well. Nice to see you around. nableezy - 16:14, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
Tiamut dear: long time not see! I know you are pressed for time, but any help on Al Jalama, Tulkarm (which already checks out ok according to my DYK-check).. would be greatly appreciated, Cheers, Huldra (talk) 16:14, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
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The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:
Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.
No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.
Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:51, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi, When you get a chance please check Guerin, Galilee I, 384–386 for anything to go into Shimron. The location is correct. This village was gone by 1922 and I didn't find what happened to it. Sursock sale maybe? Zerotalk 12:58, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello Tiamut. I clicked through to this article today and was mildly surprised to see the term "Israeli Arabs" was missing from the introduction. Whilst I understand that some people do not identify with the phrase, it is by far the most common phrase used in English to describe such people and really should be in the lede. I readded it, but after checking the history I see that you are the one who has removed it in the past, referring to a discussion in Archive 6. However, the conclusion to the discussion appears to be that you were actually happy to add it to the lede, alongside some other description. Can I ask that rather than revert my edit once you see it, that you add whatever else you feel is appropriate (although I think the "commonly known in English as Israeli Arabs" should remain intact as it is indeed the most common phrase). Thanks, Number 57 15:34, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
On 14 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Al Jalama, Tulkarm, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al Jalama was known in the Crusader period as Gelenna? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Al Jalama, Tulkarm.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Nice to see you around, too! I send you a mail a few days ago, did you get it, or shall I resend it? Oh, and Sha'ab, Israel could do with some "ironing" out, if you have time... Cheers, Huldra (talk) 15:34, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Can you please use the talk page to elaborate on which parts you don't agree with? Which "strange conclusion" was not made by the source?--Rafy talk 17:48, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
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[18]. I put it up months ago, but I am doubting myself as my Arabic reading skills are pretty sub-par. -asad (talk) 18:13, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
I guess I would translate 'dameeri mertah' more along the lines of 'my conscience is clear' ... glad to see Nableezy agrees, I wasn't sure. Tiamuttalk 20:47, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Hope you are well. Good to see you're still active here! I was looking at the Eid_il-Burbara article, and there is not a single source about it... The article draws parallels with Halloween... I've lived most of my life as a child in Palestine, and we would make burbara (the porridge), but never in my life have I heard of trick or treating and jack-o-lanterns on Burbara! I guess that might be a Lebanese thing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9HIrFLvFDU). In any case, happy Eid Burbara to you. --Fjmustak (talk) 03:18, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I just discovered all these photos: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/629_whiting.html are in the public domain even though many are from after 1923 (they were donated to the US gov), they're quite interesting, don't know if you know of them already. If you find some nice ones that you want uploaded in high resolution, feel free to notify me. FunkMonk (talk) 11:07, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tiamut. I think your last edit to Nazareth may have broken 1RR. Please consider self-reverting or it may be reported to WP:ANEW. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 19:29, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
I'm under a selfban on making in-article edits, which I forget sometimes, like today, but when I remember (Alzheimer's), I stop touching articles till early January. Re the edit on Khalidi pp.178ff., I think it important to note in the article that the nakba occasioned the loss of the cities with the largest Arab populations, Haifa and Jaffa, which were also 'the most dynamic centers of Arab economic and cultural life' (p.178) Economic impacts (the deindustrialization of urban populations) is often underestimated in the analyses of what then ensued. CheersNishidani (talk) 19:48, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Hey Tiamut, I was wondering if you could help me fulfill my additions onto the Palestinian Infobox, I have created a new section in the discussion on the Palestinian people page because I am not sure how to upload the files and modify the image on the page correctly, would you mind assisting me in this matter? :) Lazyfoxx (talk) 02:15, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
Yes I personally believe I believe the more the merrier. It's an improvement because it shows more notable individuals, and also gives people a better feel for who Palestinians are, like other peoples pages, i.e. (Lebanese, Italian, Irish, German, etc.) and many of my family members and friends believe it's better as well. I'm personally of Palestinian/Lebanese descent by the way, I wasn't sure if you were or not? Lazyfoxx (talk) 07:46, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Dear Tiamut,
Here to begin with. Please check-spell and edit freely in the page as the project progresses, if you have time of course.
Best, - TwoHorned User_talk:TwoHorned 23:04, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
Can't edit yet, but, re Jebus at Jerusalem. See The Book of Judges, chapter 19 where it is called 'the city of the stranger'. One tradition in that book has it that the city was sacked and put to the sword, just after the mythical times of Joshua, whereas other traditions, usually the only ones mentioned, say David first conquered it. Both versions are of course legendary. But I think it important to register the tradition of its putative earlier sacking and the fact that it was considered a place not to enter, worth registering in the history section. We spent Christmas listening to classical music broadcast from Bethlehem. Not quite Barenboim, but given the acoustic problems, still highly accomplished. Cheers Nishidani (talk) 18:04, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
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From the Science Now article "The results match historical accounts that Moslem Arabs are descended from Christians and Jews who lived in the southern Levant, a region that includes Israel and the Sinai. They were descendants of a core population that lived in the area since prehistoric times."
Is the second sentence built on historical accounts, genetic analysis, or both? Maybe you have the better grammar. I don't think it is clear. I don't know!
But I think "the descendants of a core pop." is not what scientists say. I am not a scientist. But my friend, he is civil engineer with me at our work, he says that scientists don't say "muddy" statements like that.Jamussy (talk) 04:15, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
hellow how are it's really nice to find someone from Nazareth here i'm from Nazareth too nice to meet you.Jobas (talk) 13:28, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!
The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.
A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.
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I appreciate your comments on the talk page. Although it is difficult, I am trying to assume that the anglo-centric bias is not intentional on their part..yet the reasons keep changing for why not to include, and, more to the point, short (and highly documented) references which would be 'clearly relevant' if KBG was behind it, suddenly become "not important" if it's Washington. Feel free to wikipedia-anon-message me or email me..but I hope the Talk page is constructive, in the end. As I said, I'm not very familiar with the wikipedia boards, variosu forums, which one(s) to go to, if needed (if going there be avoided by compromise, it's probably better) Harel (talk) 21:48, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Genocide denial in Palestinian related articles". Thank you. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 01:02, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Always nice to see you here Tiamut. I hope you're well! ;) Yazan (talk) 07:37, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
I set up a vote on whether to include alqaeda in the infobox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2011–2012_Syrian_uprising Sopher99 (talk) 20:32, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
There is a discusion on a dispute from that page that you were involved in. Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Al_Ameer_son
An IP has taken you to A/E. You might want to see here.
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I'm not going to do anything more regarding Nasseriya — simply because the user was already unblocked by Beeblebrox. I fully agree both with B's actions and B's opinion of the situation: because the basis for blocking was an ArbCom ruling that excepted reverts of IPs (please note that I wasn't aware of that exception), the unblock was appropriate. As well, because IPs are supposed to be held to the same standards as registered users, Beeblebrox is quite right in saying the following: "It is directly contrary to the very idea of allowing IP users that their edits automatically have less value, and they should not be reverted just because they are IP users, ever, on any article." Nyttend (talk) 06:08, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Just started the basic draft. Feel free to expand and make any changes. --Al Ameer son (talk) 22:24, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.
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Hi Tiamut. Your last edits to this article added footnotes named "Torstrick" and "Torstrickp17" (notes 71 and 72), but they are generating error messages because those names aren't defined anywhere in the article. Could you fix that oversight? Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 20:06, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Actually, that cite from 1920 is rather crucial, if you take into consideration the huge contamination from 19th century racist concepts that flows into varieties of national discourse. Identity is not 'ethnic', a euphemism for race. What Shlomo Sands recounts of his five emblematic Jews and their origins goes for Palestinians, and one should absolutely avoid being sucked into the nation=single ethnos, purity of blood-and-soil rhetoric, with its German roots, that flourishes over the border. We all know where that leads. Nishidani (talk) 21:47, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Tiamut. Please remain civil, even in the face of baiting. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 16:18, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Tiamut, how have you been? :)
I just want to thank you personally for your support on the Palestinian page concerning Jesus. The page runs rampant with pro-Israeli agenda editors that put their POV in lieu of facts that are provided. I keep a neutral POV and keep to the facts on this and all pages I follow and it's nice to have support from you.
I attempted to cite and source the Jesus Christ page earlier in his ethnicity section that Christ was a "Palestinian Jew" to replace the current blanket term "Jewish" which links to the Jewish people as a whole and my edit was shot down by editors who promptly reverted it, who from my perspective have an agenda to only show Christ as Jewish and a member of the Jewish people. This can be further seen in the description of him as a Jewish Rabbi from Galilee. Although this may have been true, Galilee was a part of Palestine, was it not? It just amazes me at the effort pro-Israeli editors will go to disavow Palestinian history and people and completely ignore facts in their faces.
Regards, Lazyfoxx (talk) 09:59, 5 March 2012 (UTC)