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I have to admit I was enjoying our Heraclian cooperation - I am happy to go ahead and do the work as you suggested, but I want to finish the Dem-of-Pal name debate first. I may have been overeager, but it felt like we had a pretty good rough consensus already for the move, and after all it was a very minor and uncontroversial improvement to the name. I understand that you feel I undermined your proposal, and I admit I was following the advice here WP:SNOWBALL - I simply think you have no chance at all of getting your proposal through. Having said that, I felt that my move did not close your proposal (I did not remove your tag for that reason) and you could perfectly well have continued the debate for a further name change if you wanted to. Oncenawhile ( talk) 00:29, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Tripoli pogrom, Benjamin of Tiberias and Nechemiah are very intersting, thanks! Chesdovi ( talk) 11:37, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the prod tag you placed on Template:Middle East conflict, as prod cannot be used on templates. I copied your deletion rationale to the appropriate forum, which is Wikipedia:Templates for discussion. The discussion for this particular template may be found at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2011 February 14. — KuyaBriBri Talk 18:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Please stop edit-warring and discuss your concerns on the template's Talk page. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 19:25, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Before you continue editing this list, I suggest you give a careful read to the WP:LIST. Also, can I suggest that you discuss other people's editing before you revert. Throwing assumptions at me is not going to win you any brownie points Koakhtzvigad ( talk) 12:51, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey, Greyshark09 and thank you for your feedback! Forgive my lack of correct technical Wiki coding here and elsewhere, as I am completely green to editing this lexicon - however not with basic html code.
Quote from Greyshark09 on Dreamsharer's talk: You have recently inserted information to page List of modern conflicts in the Middle East about conflict - 2011- UN intervention in Libya during civil unrest, which is located in modern Libya. Please notice, that Libya is not located in the Middle East, according to following definition: "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent and near surroundings from Egypt and Turkey in the West to Iran at the East.[1] I would herewith ask you to transfer this conflict to a more appropriate page named List of conflicts in the Maghreb (North Africa). Thank you.Greyshark09 (talk) 09:48, 20 March 2011 (UTC) [1]
I have been thinking about the exact same thing, Greyshark09, but there are many problems suddenly emerging. First of all, Libya is already mentioned at least two times in the same list of conflicts, as being connected with both the Egyptian-Libyan war of the 70s and the 'Middle East Protests' in 2010-2011. Even in newsmedia, the country is presented as connected with 'the Middle East'. The big question is: 'How far West is the East?'
Take the major broadcaster BBC as an example. BBC mentiones Libya as both part of the Middle East and of Africa.
BBC News - Middle East: Libya [2]
BBC News - Africa: Libya [3]
BBC actually redirects the reader from the Middle East category and the headline: 'Gaddafi vows 'long war' in Libya' to the African category for the actual story. [4]
There is yet another problem. Since newsmedia such as BBC have used the term 'Middle East' for the larger 'Arab world' for a long time, we have a popular reference problem. People might not find the answers they are looking for. Maybe we have to refer to other places. I added the Libya conflict to the list because I, as a 'modern reader', automatically thought it to be in the Middle East. But as I said, I thought about it since, and until you wrote the feedback on my talk page, Greyshark09.
CNN solves the Libya geographical problem in another way by simply merging the Middle East and Africa categories into one mutual category. [5]
Maybe we have to clarify in text and link to several pages to help people find what they are looking for. I know for sure I wouldn't look for 'Maghreb' if I was looking for info on Libya. Most people will most likely never know that is the correct term anyway. And also 'the Middle East' category, more than the 'North Africa' category, would be a natural place for me as a 'confused news reader' to start looking for quick info on this matter.
What is your suggestion?
It is true that Albert Habib Hourani (or one of his co-writers), in 1993, says on page 2 in the book 'The Modern Middle East: a reader' [6] , that you (Wikifan12345) quoted, that: 'For the purposes of this book, the 'Middle East' is regarded as including the area covered by what are now the states of Turkey, Iran and Israel, and the Arab states from Egypt eastwards.' However, let's take a closer look at the continuation and how the author himself explaines the troublesome nature of this definition: 'This definition, like all such definitions is to some extent arbitrary.' In fact, he states that: 'It would have been possible to look westwards from Egypt to the Arab countries of North Africa, or eastwards from Iran to Afghanistan' (...as a former non-editing-Wiki reader, I wondered why that major US/UN involvement wasn't there, by the way - Dreamsharer's comment..) 'and south Asia, or westwards again from Turkey to those parts of south-eastern Europe which for so long formed part of the Ottoman or 'Turkish' Empire.'
I think there is a very thin line seperating 'the Middle East' term and 'the Arab World' term in the mutual & common understanding.
If this geographical definition is a problem to the professionals on the topic, it undoubtedly is an even greater problem to common people. And as a result, ordinary people (such as I) automatically think that the Middle East and the Arab World are the same. My intentions with this debate, is to try and find ways to how we can help ordinary people find relevant things on this topic on Wikipedia. Those are probably the main users anyway, not the pro's. And even the pro's seem to have trouble narrowing it down or defining it properly. Best regards. Dreamsharer ( talk) 16:22, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
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There's a move request discussion going on at Talk:Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority#Requested move, with which you were previously involved. I'd be grateful if you could contribute to the new discussion. Nightw 08:24, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Good news on Safed 1660 "keep". Worth adding notable attacks on the Yishuv, to the Y. Hayashan template? Chesdovi ( talk) 14:23, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, it's getting pretty lonely being the main editor over at 2011 Kurdish protests in Turkey, especially considering the rash of vandalism to the page. It's pretty much an orphan page right now, too, with that dispute over adding it to the 2010-2011 Middle East and North Africa protests page still pending. I don't suppose I could prevail upon you to just check in there periodically and give me a hand with editing, revising, etc.? Keep an eye out for news updates and whatnot, too, if you could...cheers! - Kudzu1 ( talk) 01:01, 29 April 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) 04:25, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2005 Ahwazi unrest is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.Thank you -- Alborz Fallah ( talk) 16:57, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
You need to cease and desist with your personal attacks against me. This will be your one and last warning. WP:PERSONAL clearly states that you should only "Comment on content, not on the contributor" and "personal attacks,... based on nationality of an editor are often grounds for an immediate, indefinite block". You're clearly in violation of both clauses of this policy by making comments about me as oppose to the content in dispute, nationality-based comments like "Kurdo and his Persian friends" etc . If you persist, you will be reported and blocked. Kurdo777 ( talk) 02:59, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Nice new addition. Chesdovi ( talk) 09:46, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Greyshark09. How are you? The closing admin has given the editors the green light to merge 2005 unrest page into Khūzestān Province. [1] However, if you, as the creator of the page, and per your own comment here [2], and per our policy on common names (ie Ahvaz), go ahead and move the page yourself to "2005 Ahvaz riots" in good faith and as a sign of compromise and constructive collaboration, I will neither realist the page for RM nor pursue the merging matter any further. How does that sound to you? Kurdo777 ( talk) 11:48, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
can you check this article -- Σύμμαχος ( talk) 03:45, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the prod tag you placed on Template:Syrian uprising, as per policy templates cannot be prodded. Since it is redundant with Template:Campaignbox Syrian uprising, I have gone ahead and redirected there. If you still wish to pursue deletion, TFD is the only way to go. — KuyaBriBri Talk 15:30, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
The identification with an "Aramean identity" is particularly strong among some western Syriacs (those who follow the West Syrian Rite) since the identification with the ancient Arameans was visible in early Syriac Christian sources. I have to disagree with you however that it was not only common among people in western Syria, in fact many Aramaic speaking people were simply called Arameans (one exampe is Bardaisan who have his roots in Adiabene). Bottom line: identification with Assyrian, Aramaean or Syriac is simply a matter of personal taste. I know this from my own experience since many people within my family would self-identify as any of the above mentioned names, they would even engage fierce debates in defense of it when needed. The point that they (or I) would try to prove is that this is the name we should use because... I would gladly answer any more questions if you still have any.-- Rafy talk 17:38, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. -- Dmitri Lytov ( talk) 22:10, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Any relationship between you and this editor? I noticed that you both like to make articles on pogroms in Arab countries, and he made his contributions on days when your account appears to have been slightly less active than usual. Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 02:17, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, are you still thinking about creating a separate article for Maronites?-- Rafy talk 13:43, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Just a thought - why don't we start editing the Maronite Church page, adding more info on Maronites, and preparing segregation of the pages? This way we don't need to "push" split, which might be opposed by some wikipedians, due to lack of material, and still prepate the ground for such split, while improving the wikipedia article (no need to start a sandbox template). What do you say? Greyshark09 ( talk) 20:55, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
It says somewhere in wp:mos that in scientific articles and in judiasm-related articles it is common to use CE instead of AD. I mention it because I saw you simply removed AD. Debresser ( talk) 14:16, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
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The Libya Barnstar of National Merit | |
Awarded with thanks and gratitude from myself and the hundreds of thousands of displaced Libyan unfortunates whose plight you’ve highlighed following the 2011 Libyan uprising against tyranny. Well done! Chesdovi ( talk) 13:23, 22 August 2011 (UTC) |
[3], [4]. Chesdovi ( talk) 13:00, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
[5]. Chesdovi ( talk) 12:39, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Please make your case for SYTH on the talk page of the article. I think it is far from obvious. Thanks. Zero talk 02:26, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Gerhard Höpp researched Arab nationalism extensively and documented al-Husseini's speech during his visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, "Not for the sake of Ali but for the hatred of Mu'awiyah." If you know German, direct your browser to this page. Searching "Husseini" there will lead you to some interesting stuff.— Biosketch ( talk) 09:25, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
It was great working with you at modern conflicts in the middle east. see ya grey. Wikifan Be nice 10:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
I just thought I'd let you know that I say your article 2011 Iran-Iraq cross-border raids in the New Articles list-- Jipinghe ( talk) 17:08, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the invitation to participate in the proposed merger of the two Israeli/Palestinian conflict articles. I'm honoured, but nevertheless I'll decline - I'm withdrawing from Wikipedia.
If it's of any help, I'll offer this comment: wherever possible, articles should be combined. Sometimes of course it's not possible, but the preferred course should be to do so. On these two articles, the concept of violence in the I/P conflict, it seems to me, is a subsect of the larger whole, which would presumably include such things as diplomatic initiatives, political developments, and other things. Anyway, good luck :)
PiCo ( talk) 11:27, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Greyshark09. Please take a look at llywrch's reply at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive238#Merger of Isdud into Ashdod regarding Talk:Ashdod#Merge proposal. Best, Cunard ( talk) 10:30, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
How would you pronounce "אם קריאה", with full niqqud diacritics in Mizrachi, Em Qəryah or Em Qəry'ah? the comma represents a glottal stop here.-- Rafy talk 00:53, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
What I thought was that the 2010 Iran–Iraq border clash had mistakenly been included in the campaignbox, since the article itself doesn't mention PJAK once. But if it was during a pursuit of PJAK fighters, I think we can include it, since I have seen similar things in other conflicts. I don't really think the incident deserves it's own article, though. Kermanshahi ( talk) 22:08, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
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I have to admit I was enjoying our Heraclian cooperation - I am happy to go ahead and do the work as you suggested, but I want to finish the Dem-of-Pal name debate first. I may have been overeager, but it felt like we had a pretty good rough consensus already for the move, and after all it was a very minor and uncontroversial improvement to the name. I understand that you feel I undermined your proposal, and I admit I was following the advice here WP:SNOWBALL - I simply think you have no chance at all of getting your proposal through. Having said that, I felt that my move did not close your proposal (I did not remove your tag for that reason) and you could perfectly well have continued the debate for a further name change if you wanted to. Oncenawhile ( talk) 00:29, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Tripoli pogrom, Benjamin of Tiberias and Nechemiah are very intersting, thanks! Chesdovi ( talk) 11:37, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the prod tag you placed on Template:Middle East conflict, as prod cannot be used on templates. I copied your deletion rationale to the appropriate forum, which is Wikipedia:Templates for discussion. The discussion for this particular template may be found at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2011 February 14. — KuyaBriBri Talk 18:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Please stop edit-warring and discuss your concerns on the template's Talk page. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 19:25, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Before you continue editing this list, I suggest you give a careful read to the WP:LIST. Also, can I suggest that you discuss other people's editing before you revert. Throwing assumptions at me is not going to win you any brownie points Koakhtzvigad ( talk) 12:51, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey, Greyshark09 and thank you for your feedback! Forgive my lack of correct technical Wiki coding here and elsewhere, as I am completely green to editing this lexicon - however not with basic html code.
Quote from Greyshark09 on Dreamsharer's talk: You have recently inserted information to page List of modern conflicts in the Middle East about conflict - 2011- UN intervention in Libya during civil unrest, which is located in modern Libya. Please notice, that Libya is not located in the Middle East, according to following definition: "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent and near surroundings from Egypt and Turkey in the West to Iran at the East.[1] I would herewith ask you to transfer this conflict to a more appropriate page named List of conflicts in the Maghreb (North Africa). Thank you.Greyshark09 (talk) 09:48, 20 March 2011 (UTC) [1]
I have been thinking about the exact same thing, Greyshark09, but there are many problems suddenly emerging. First of all, Libya is already mentioned at least two times in the same list of conflicts, as being connected with both the Egyptian-Libyan war of the 70s and the 'Middle East Protests' in 2010-2011. Even in newsmedia, the country is presented as connected with 'the Middle East'. The big question is: 'How far West is the East?'
Take the major broadcaster BBC as an example. BBC mentiones Libya as both part of the Middle East and of Africa.
BBC News - Middle East: Libya [2]
BBC News - Africa: Libya [3]
BBC actually redirects the reader from the Middle East category and the headline: 'Gaddafi vows 'long war' in Libya' to the African category for the actual story. [4]
There is yet another problem. Since newsmedia such as BBC have used the term 'Middle East' for the larger 'Arab world' for a long time, we have a popular reference problem. People might not find the answers they are looking for. Maybe we have to refer to other places. I added the Libya conflict to the list because I, as a 'modern reader', automatically thought it to be in the Middle East. But as I said, I thought about it since, and until you wrote the feedback on my talk page, Greyshark09.
CNN solves the Libya geographical problem in another way by simply merging the Middle East and Africa categories into one mutual category. [5]
Maybe we have to clarify in text and link to several pages to help people find what they are looking for. I know for sure I wouldn't look for 'Maghreb' if I was looking for info on Libya. Most people will most likely never know that is the correct term anyway. And also 'the Middle East' category, more than the 'North Africa' category, would be a natural place for me as a 'confused news reader' to start looking for quick info on this matter.
What is your suggestion?
It is true that Albert Habib Hourani (or one of his co-writers), in 1993, says on page 2 in the book 'The Modern Middle East: a reader' [6] , that you (Wikifan12345) quoted, that: 'For the purposes of this book, the 'Middle East' is regarded as including the area covered by what are now the states of Turkey, Iran and Israel, and the Arab states from Egypt eastwards.' However, let's take a closer look at the continuation and how the author himself explaines the troublesome nature of this definition: 'This definition, like all such definitions is to some extent arbitrary.' In fact, he states that: 'It would have been possible to look westwards from Egypt to the Arab countries of North Africa, or eastwards from Iran to Afghanistan' (...as a former non-editing-Wiki reader, I wondered why that major US/UN involvement wasn't there, by the way - Dreamsharer's comment..) 'and south Asia, or westwards again from Turkey to those parts of south-eastern Europe which for so long formed part of the Ottoman or 'Turkish' Empire.'
I think there is a very thin line seperating 'the Middle East' term and 'the Arab World' term in the mutual & common understanding.
If this geographical definition is a problem to the professionals on the topic, it undoubtedly is an even greater problem to common people. And as a result, ordinary people (such as I) automatically think that the Middle East and the Arab World are the same. My intentions with this debate, is to try and find ways to how we can help ordinary people find relevant things on this topic on Wikipedia. Those are probably the main users anyway, not the pro's. And even the pro's seem to have trouble narrowing it down or defining it properly. Best regards. Dreamsharer ( talk) 16:22, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
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There's a move request discussion going on at Talk:Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority#Requested move, with which you were previously involved. I'd be grateful if you could contribute to the new discussion. Nightw 08:24, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Good news on Safed 1660 "keep". Worth adding notable attacks on the Yishuv, to the Y. Hayashan template? Chesdovi ( talk) 14:23, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, it's getting pretty lonely being the main editor over at 2011 Kurdish protests in Turkey, especially considering the rash of vandalism to the page. It's pretty much an orphan page right now, too, with that dispute over adding it to the 2010-2011 Middle East and North Africa protests page still pending. I don't suppose I could prevail upon you to just check in there periodically and give me a hand with editing, revising, etc.? Keep an eye out for news updates and whatnot, too, if you could...cheers! - Kudzu1 ( talk) 01:01, 29 April 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) 04:25, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2005 Ahwazi unrest is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at its deletion discussion page until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.Thank you -- Alborz Fallah ( talk) 16:57, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
You need to cease and desist with your personal attacks against me. This will be your one and last warning. WP:PERSONAL clearly states that you should only "Comment on content, not on the contributor" and "personal attacks,... based on nationality of an editor are often grounds for an immediate, indefinite block". You're clearly in violation of both clauses of this policy by making comments about me as oppose to the content in dispute, nationality-based comments like "Kurdo and his Persian friends" etc . If you persist, you will be reported and blocked. Kurdo777 ( talk) 02:59, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Nice new addition. Chesdovi ( talk) 09:46, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Greyshark09. How are you? The closing admin has given the editors the green light to merge 2005 unrest page into Khūzestān Province. [1] However, if you, as the creator of the page, and per your own comment here [2], and per our policy on common names (ie Ahvaz), go ahead and move the page yourself to "2005 Ahvaz riots" in good faith and as a sign of compromise and constructive collaboration, I will neither realist the page for RM nor pursue the merging matter any further. How does that sound to you? Kurdo777 ( talk) 11:48, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
can you check this article -- Σύμμαχος ( talk) 03:45, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the prod tag you placed on Template:Syrian uprising, as per policy templates cannot be prodded. Since it is redundant with Template:Campaignbox Syrian uprising, I have gone ahead and redirected there. If you still wish to pursue deletion, TFD is the only way to go. — KuyaBriBri Talk 15:30, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
The identification with an "Aramean identity" is particularly strong among some western Syriacs (those who follow the West Syrian Rite) since the identification with the ancient Arameans was visible in early Syriac Christian sources. I have to disagree with you however that it was not only common among people in western Syria, in fact many Aramaic speaking people were simply called Arameans (one exampe is Bardaisan who have his roots in Adiabene). Bottom line: identification with Assyrian, Aramaean or Syriac is simply a matter of personal taste. I know this from my own experience since many people within my family would self-identify as any of the above mentioned names, they would even engage fierce debates in defense of it when needed. The point that they (or I) would try to prove is that this is the name we should use because... I would gladly answer any more questions if you still have any.-- Rafy talk 17:38, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. -- Dmitri Lytov ( talk) 22:10, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Any relationship between you and this editor? I noticed that you both like to make articles on pogroms in Arab countries, and he made his contributions on days when your account appears to have been slightly less active than usual. Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 02:17, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Non-sovereign territories templates have been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
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Hi, are you still thinking about creating a separate article for Maronites?-- Rafy talk 13:43, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Just a thought - why don't we start editing the Maronite Church page, adding more info on Maronites, and preparing segregation of the pages? This way we don't need to "push" split, which might be opposed by some wikipedians, due to lack of material, and still prepate the ground for such split, while improving the wikipedia article (no need to start a sandbox template). What do you say? Greyshark09 ( talk) 20:55, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
It says somewhere in wp:mos that in scientific articles and in judiasm-related articles it is common to use CE instead of AD. I mention it because I saw you simply removed AD. Debresser ( talk) 14:16, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() |
Syrian Barnstar of National Merit | |
Awarded for contribution to WikiProject Syria, with thanks and gratitude from myself and the thousands of displaced Syrian unfortunates whose plight you’ve highlighted following the 2011 Syrian uprising against tyranny. Well done! Chesdovi ( talk) 13:14, 22 August 2011 (UTC) |
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The Libya Barnstar of National Merit | |
Awarded with thanks and gratitude from myself and the hundreds of thousands of displaced Libyan unfortunates whose plight you’ve highlighed following the 2011 Libyan uprising against tyranny. Well done! Chesdovi ( talk) 13:23, 22 August 2011 (UTC) |
[3], [4]. Chesdovi ( talk) 13:00, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
[5]. Chesdovi ( talk) 12:39, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Please make your case for SYTH on the talk page of the article. I think it is far from obvious. Thanks. Zero talk 02:26, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Gerhard Höpp researched Arab nationalism extensively and documented al-Husseini's speech during his visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, "Not for the sake of Ali but for the hatred of Mu'awiyah." If you know German, direct your browser to this page. Searching "Husseini" there will lead you to some interesting stuff.— Biosketch ( talk) 09:25, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
It was great working with you at modern conflicts in the middle east. see ya grey. Wikifan Be nice 10:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
I just thought I'd let you know that I say your article 2011 Iran-Iraq cross-border raids in the New Articles list-- Jipinghe ( talk) 17:08, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the invitation to participate in the proposed merger of the two Israeli/Palestinian conflict articles. I'm honoured, but nevertheless I'll decline - I'm withdrawing from Wikipedia.
If it's of any help, I'll offer this comment: wherever possible, articles should be combined. Sometimes of course it's not possible, but the preferred course should be to do so. On these two articles, the concept of violence in the I/P conflict, it seems to me, is a subsect of the larger whole, which would presumably include such things as diplomatic initiatives, political developments, and other things. Anyway, good luck :)
PiCo ( talk) 11:27, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Greyshark09. Please take a look at llywrch's reply at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive238#Merger of Isdud into Ashdod regarding Talk:Ashdod#Merge proposal. Best, Cunard ( talk) 10:30, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
How would you pronounce "אם קריאה", with full niqqud diacritics in Mizrachi, Em Qəryah or Em Qəry'ah? the comma represents a glottal stop here.-- Rafy talk 00:53, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
What I thought was that the 2010 Iran–Iraq border clash had mistakenly been included in the campaignbox, since the article itself doesn't mention PJAK once. But if it was during a pursuit of PJAK fighters, I think we can include it, since I have seen similar things in other conflicts. I don't really think the incident deserves it's own article, though. Kermanshahi ( talk) 22:08, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
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I just wanted to thank you for your editing of Operation Yakhin. You really improved the article and made it look much more encyclopedic. Thanks. Suid-Afrikaanse ( talk) 06:35, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
The first line of Abrahamic religions is "Abrahamic religions are the monotheistic faiths emphasizing and tracing their common origin to Abraham or recognizing a spiritual tradition identified with him" contrary to your understanding that it just implies relevance to these other religions.
The major common aspect between Abrahamic religions is, as described in the article, "The unifying characteristic of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is that all accept the tradition that God revealed himself to the patriarch Abraham."
Just because they share some common prophets does not imply that they are even remotely similar, and this is idea is also justified when comparing the religions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.8.90 ( talk) 14:07, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
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