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I am unable to delete the list of abandoned articles you sent me due to such an action is not being supported by the current Deletion policy. For articles were another article covers the topic, I would suggest you consider converting the abandoned article into a redirect. For the other articles, If you still wish to see them deleted then you should consider either using the Wikipedia:Proposed deletion process or submitting the article to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion where appropriate. -- Allen3 talk 10:33, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you have been placing the first paragraphs of articles under a section heading and/or moving the TOC after the lead section. This is contrary to the manual of style, specifically the lead section guidelines. Here is one example I have corrected: [1]. Good day, Kwanesum ( talk) 14:12, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry to have made an edit without explaining why I changed it, but I believed it to only be a typo. In fact, the very same reference used in the wiki article (reference 3) contradicts the information exposed in it: as it says in http://www.reuters.com/article/gc07/idUSL1928644820070319, "... [The wind turbines] will supply 11-15 percent of its energy needs, or 1100 to 1300 megawatt-hours per year -- enough to provide light in 300 homes for over a year ...". Therefore, the correct value is 1100 to 1300 MWh or 1.1 to 1.3 GWh. Once again, I would like to say I'm sorry. I haven't got a talk page or a large edit history, but I have been around the wiki for quite some time now. This is still one of the first times I considered making a correction, and I don't know much about how things work backstage. I hope no harm was done. Sakinho ( talk) 16:06, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
The great thing about Commons is that an image uploaded there can be used on any Wikimedia project. What's happened is that the image on Wikipedia has actually been deleted (see its log), and the image on Commons is showing up on Wikipedia. Notice the image description: "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below." So don't worry, you've done it exactly right, you just haven't realised it ;) -- Closedmouth ( talk) 14:08, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi there - could you take a look at the comment I've made on the talk page for this article, please? AlexTiefling ( talk) 09:24, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Rehman! I see you're listed as a member of WikiProject Sri Lanka. The wikiproject is currently almost inactive, and we're trying to see if we can get it running again by getting together its members again. If you're still interested in being an active member of the Wikiproject, please add yourself under the list of currently active members on the project page. Hope to see you there. Cheers. -- Chamal Talk ± 11:44, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Rehman! Since you have volunteered to revive Wikiproject Sri Lanka and get it functioning again, your comments, ideas and suggestions will be welcome at the ongoing discussion at the project talk page. Cheers. -- Chamal Talk ± 13:56, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
So what exactly is the problem with using a climate chart? I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations ( talk) 01:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I got one by accident, and have what seems to be it's installation CD. However it has an install for a particular net supplier. If needed give me a call to: (dulac at my-wiki-username dot com). That way I'll receive the message promptly, as I do not come here often. Glad to Help. DuLac. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Factor-h ( talk • contribs) 20:58, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Your edit has several English language issues. It also doesn't link properly from the "Search" page (works from the sidebar, though). I'm afraid I don't quite have the time to go through it all. I suggest you try to find a native speaker on a project page to have a look-see. Just a couple of pointers: A body with legs makes sense, but legs with a body is odd. Extra is a shortened form of extraordinary. This leads one to wonder what "ordinary" leg length would be. rigid body, which enables it to run the which would be read as referring to "body". Just put a period behind body and start a new sentence with "It is able to" No idea why you removed the pic with the centipede stalking the spider. the way it is arranged now you have a really huge chunk of text without any breaks. This will not encourage reading. Most people like their text arranged in manageable paragraphs. If I can find some time I'll see if I can sort some things out. Plse. don't let this discourage you from editing. I'm only trying to give you some info for improvements. In general editing a bit at a time is the better choice that tossing out the lot and doing everything in one go. I'm not sure at what desk one can find help for article editing. The help desk might be a starting point. Good Luck. Lisa4edit 76.97.245.5 ( talk) 17:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
I read the page on "House centipede". What the heck is "Moved to scientific name for better classification" supposed to mean? Wikipedia isn't a binomial science encyclopedia. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions if you're confused. In page names, you give the most common page name first, then with lesser known terms for such a thing made as redirects (such as Red Panda instead of Ailurus fulgens). The only pages on Wikipedia that are named for their binomial names are their is no commonly known name for the organism, such as Solanum sibundoyense. Scutigera coleoptrata really needs to be changed back to House centipede. I'd do it myself, but though I know how to copy and paste the information to that page, I haven't a clue how you managed to move the entire history of the page, practically retconning it to seem like Scutigera coleoptrata has been the page name since the page was first created in 2004. Kevin ( talk) 01:43, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
A little over a month ago, you made some changes to Oriental cockroach and removed the cleanup notice, but it looks to me like the main effect of your changes was to completely break the citation apparatus. I can't work out what you meant to do. Could you please take a look? Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 05:13, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Rehman, I noticed you have moved "List of rivers of Sri Lanka" to List of rivers in Sri Lanka. Its name is alright whether it is of or in. See this. I created the redirect too to avoid the confusion. I prefer of to comply with Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge/Drafts/Outline of Sri Lanka. Cheers!-- Chanakal ( talk) 05:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
I must decline your request for semi-protection of Bahrain and semi-protection and move-protection of Manama as Wikipedia's protection policy does not allow preemptive protection of articles with no indication of problems and neither article appears to have a recent history of vandalism to justify such protection. In the future please make your requests for page protection at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. My schedule can be erratic and the central request location allows any available admin to handle your request instead of only a single admin. -- Allen3 talk 11:56, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you recently added the hidden comment "The term "Elevator Count" refers to the number of elevators in a building. Please confirm this number, as having 150 elevators in a single building is just not possible" to the Nakheel Tower article. I was always a little confused about this too, but many other tall building articles have high elevator counts. See Sears Tower and Taipei 101 for example. Maybe the count is not the shafts but the elevator cars themselves? -- timsdad (talk) 06:59, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Concerning this edits of yours I would like to inform you that {{ Expand}} reads "{{Expand}} should not be used on articles concurrently with stub templates - a stub template is an explicit request for expansion. It should only be used on articles that are beyond stub length, in place of a stub template.". Thanks, Magioladitis ( talk) 01:12, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Cheers Rehman, I will contribute as much as i can and if i have any queries I'll ask for help. Thanks again! Pilotofthefuture1 ( talk) 10:07, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Please don't remove references from articles as you did in List of waterfalls in Sri Lanka. Removing references and claiming you improved them as you here is not very constructive. It is degradation of articles. Also please don't resort to your personnel preference of table formatting.Best-- Chanaka L ( talk) 13:59, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
I am afraid, Wikipedians usually do take into account any edits performed in any namespace by fellow editors. It is funny how do you define WP:UCS, for example what's the point of having WP:USERPAGE guidelines then? The way you edit that particular subpage gave me the impression you just use it as a trophy cabinet rather than really take effort to improve articles. What is really considered improving is something improving from this to this. The two diffs provided by you make more apparent what little you have done. I see you're only adding an inaccurate fact and changing table formatting to a fancier one and of course removing established references. Next thing you did is adding the name to your "improved article list". You haven't added any extra information or references. I don't mind any editor claiming that they improved an article if they really emphasized on content and sources. Instead what you done here shows that you have little knowledge of the subject. For example, this not all the waterfalls with over 10m in height. This list included all the waterfalls taller than 60m and some of the other known waterfalls up to 10m. I created the central province list because it is here the most number of falls situated in Sri Lanka, if you have little knowledge of geography of central province you may know why. As I didn't include much information to that article I am not going to recreate the article out of redirect you made unless I have more information. I can ask the same question on the table formatting you have added is the MoS approved style. I changed it other way because it less fanciful and it is the format I've seen in many articles including featured list like this, List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK). I can't understand your passion of adding template clear to every article you edit in the end of the lead section. It is useful to clear the text when they are cluttered with pictures, etc. So use it sparsely. If you really add some valuable information to the article backed by reliable sources I have nothing say. Cheers!-- Chanaka L ( talk) 15:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Although SLMUSLIMS.COM is a website, it is hihgly regarded as one of the imporant portals for Sri Lankan Muslims. I've created an article for this which is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ramomu/slumslims I tried to publish this few times, but unfortunately it was deleted. Finally, one admin responded giving this Sri Lanka related Wiki editors and I am here to get some assistance. Could you please let me know how can this made available on Wiki. Very similar websites exist within Wiki such as islamonline.net. Thanks in advance. Ramomu ( talk) 14:28, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Rehman Abubakr, Blackknight12 has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the
WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Thank you for that Rehman! It did brighten up my day a bit. :)-- Blackknight12 ( talk) 11:39, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you much Rehman, for the barnstar. I appreciate it a lot. By the way you should post barnstars in receiver's talk page. Yeah we learn those things as we go by, aren't we? Happy to contribute in Sri Lanka-related articles. Wish you very best!-- Chanaka L ( talk) 04:44, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Dear Rehman,
Thanks for the instructions. I was trying to justify my figures by citing websites not to promote them. However I agree with your comment. So please educate me, since I want to update more on Colombo harbour by adding details of three seperate container terminals, how should I proove my informations are true & correct?
Regards.
Y.indika (
talk) 13:41, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello. What has happened is an error, and it usually happens when the requestor edits around the time of the rename. The old account seems to be re-registered instantly. If you'd like the old username to be erased, I'd be happy to rename the account to a random string of characters. Is that what you want? Regards, — Anonymous Dissident Talk 12:24, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. I dont seem to be able to sign into the old account. :) Do you think you could help me usurp the remaining accounts? Because, i seriously need help in that, i have no idea how to communicate (language) with the editors there... Also, do i have the right to setup a notice on User:Rehman Abubakr like how i did before (editing from the new account)? Regards. Rehman( +) 11:55, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Your final template pulling together ocean currents and gyres is the appropriate one. Well done! -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 13:06, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Rehman. Could you please explain, why you removed all hard space formatting? Even if it does not in the current line break, it is preferred to use it between figures and symbols or abbreviations etc. Also, I don't think that using {{tl:clear}} template for the right-side infoboxes is necessary. It could be different with left-side objects. Thank you. Beagel ( talk) 09:57, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to
User talk:SoWhy, as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. According to
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Hello, Rehman. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts#User:Rehman regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Johnfos ( talk) 03:37, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed you were merging many power related lists into a single list of power stations in XX articles. It seems like a good idea, but I have a question about the formatting for them. In these new article formats, where should proposed facilities go? In the previous article formats like List of wind farms in Washington#Proposed, there was a proposed section in the article. Should proposed facilities go in the tables under the "Status" column List of power stations in Oregon#Wind_farms with the status of "Proposed" or should there be a proposed section in the article itself? Thanks. TimeClock871 ( talk) 09:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Station | Capacity (MW) | Location | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Power Station 1 | 1000 | Africa | Under construction |
Power Station 2 | 1500 | Asia | Operational |
Power Station 3 | 2000 | Antarctica | Proposed |
Power Station 4 | 2500 | Europe | Operational |
Power Station 5 | 3000 | North America | Operational |
Power Station 6 | 3500 | South America | Proposed |
I think I shall vote for you. Please take the time to answer the questions though. I am very interested in how you respond of the questions. Prop3v56 ( talk) 20:41, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
I left one question for you on your candidate page. Please answer when you can. Politoman ( talk) 04:07, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rehman, I have asked a further question on your RFA. Would you have a moment to answer this? Thanks! - Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 14:45, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
I regret to inform you that your request for adminship closed after failing to obtain the necessary consensus to promote you to adminship. As several participants commented, you should review the concerns raised there and address them before making another attempt. It appears that, if those concerns (mostly regarding lack of experience in the project space) are addressed, you would likely succeed at another bid in several months. I encourage you to take the comments made as positive and constructive critique, and a roadmap for improvement. If you have any questions, please let me know. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:59, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rehman, one thing I noticed in your RFA was that you have contributed 78 new articles and have thereby displayed an understanding of policies such as wp:notability. So I've flagged your account as an wp:Autoreviewer. My successful RFA was four months after my unsuccessful attempt, so I know what it is to have an RFA not succeed. I hope to see you at RFA again in a few months, but for now my advice would be to get back to the areas of editing that you most enjoy. Cheers and happy editing. Ϣere SpielChequers 15:26, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar | ||
I'm sorry your RfA failed, but well done for taking the criticism offered on the chin. I genuinely hope to see you back at RfA in a few months when you think those issues have been resolved. I have a failed RfA of my own, so I cna tell you it's not necessarily a bad thing! All the best, HJ Mitchell | fancy a chat? 15:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC) |
Hey I don't feel the proposal and construction should be merged in the twin building article. because they are not buildings yet. can u also add cuchillan i asked in teh talk. im sure there are other twins that hae not been listed yet. i dont feel comfortable yet editing will try to learn more about wikipedia. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.65.20.46 ( talk) 17:50, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for creating many lists of power stations, but I am concerned about the quality of many of these articles. Each article should have a lead section which introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria, references which verify what is being said, adequate images, and sortable tables. Perhaps aim to fulfill at least some of the criteria in Wikipedia:Featured list criteria and ideally bring some of the lists up to FL quality if possible. This would be a big improvement which would benefit readers. Johnfos ( talk) 17:55, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Even if you are unable or unwilling to take any of your lists to FL, please try and keep up the quality as much as you can. Lists such as these, which are very short and have no citations, really look quite scrappy:
-- Regards, Johnfos ( talk) 22:31, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed you changed the names of the 8 hydroelectric generating stations of the James Bay Project. Problem is your new names are incorrect (see this page for the official English names of the generating stations). As per WP:PLACES s. 1 "When a widely accepted English name, in a modern context, exists for a place, we should use it". Thanks. Bouchecl ( talk) 14:20, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey Rehman, after your FLC, I added a column for references, but it was removed by an IP. Rest assured it would need to need to be sourced to be featured quality. Also, I don't think it's all that far off from the criteria. If everything was sourced and the lead was expanded, it would pretty much be there in my opinion. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. Jujutacular T · C 20:15, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
I notice that another editor has commented on an "improper AfD" of yours here. This is one a of a series of articles which you have recently tagged for deletion, see [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]. Unfortunately, you appear largely unable to use Talk pages to initiate discussion and move things forward in the normal way, and move too quickly and often unnecessarily to AfD. I have asked you before to stop this disruptive behaviour and use the AfD process as a last resort, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wind farms in Australia. Johnfos ( talk) 20:24, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Did you tag this for deletion simply because you want to move the article to this title but can't? I'm not entirely sure, so I'll not delete it at the moment; it will help if you clarify. If you want it to be deleted so that the page can be moved, you can tag it with {{ db-move}}, which explains the situation more clearly. Nyttend ( talk) 03:09, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello Rehman. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Ilisu Dam, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The suggested move would probably be inconsistent with established style. Thank you. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 04:15, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
We have separate articles for rugby sevens and fifteen-a-side rugby union teams. They are not one and the same. Please do not delete or move Bahrain national rugby union team (sevens) again, it is not helpful, is going to use up a lot of time and mucks up the links from other sevens articles.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 13:10, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
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Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | → | Archive 5 |
This article was speedy deleted under Criteria A3 (Article lacking any substantial content) because it consisted of nothing but a single template and had no activity for over 40 minutes at the time of deletion. I have no problems with recreation, but please be aware that some type of meaningful content is expected if you wish to avoid seeing the article deleted again. -- Allen3 talk 02:29, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
I am unable to delete the list of abandoned articles you sent me due to such an action is not being supported by the current Deletion policy. For articles were another article covers the topic, I would suggest you consider converting the abandoned article into a redirect. For the other articles, If you still wish to see them deleted then you should consider either using the Wikipedia:Proposed deletion process or submitting the article to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion where appropriate. -- Allen3 talk 10:33, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you have been placing the first paragraphs of articles under a section heading and/or moving the TOC after the lead section. This is contrary to the manual of style, specifically the lead section guidelines. Here is one example I have corrected: [1]. Good day, Kwanesum ( talk) 14:12, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry to have made an edit without explaining why I changed it, but I believed it to only be a typo. In fact, the very same reference used in the wiki article (reference 3) contradicts the information exposed in it: as it says in http://www.reuters.com/article/gc07/idUSL1928644820070319, "... [The wind turbines] will supply 11-15 percent of its energy needs, or 1100 to 1300 megawatt-hours per year -- enough to provide light in 300 homes for over a year ...". Therefore, the correct value is 1100 to 1300 MWh or 1.1 to 1.3 GWh. Once again, I would like to say I'm sorry. I haven't got a talk page or a large edit history, but I have been around the wiki for quite some time now. This is still one of the first times I considered making a correction, and I don't know much about how things work backstage. I hope no harm was done. Sakinho ( talk) 16:06, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
The great thing about Commons is that an image uploaded there can be used on any Wikimedia project. What's happened is that the image on Wikipedia has actually been deleted (see its log), and the image on Commons is showing up on Wikipedia. Notice the image description: "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below." So don't worry, you've done it exactly right, you just haven't realised it ;) -- Closedmouth ( talk) 14:08, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi there - could you take a look at the comment I've made on the talk page for this article, please? AlexTiefling ( talk) 09:24, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Rehman! I see you're listed as a member of WikiProject Sri Lanka. The wikiproject is currently almost inactive, and we're trying to see if we can get it running again by getting together its members again. If you're still interested in being an active member of the Wikiproject, please add yourself under the list of currently active members on the project page. Hope to see you there. Cheers. -- Chamal Talk ± 11:44, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Rehman! Since you have volunteered to revive Wikiproject Sri Lanka and get it functioning again, your comments, ideas and suggestions will be welcome at the ongoing discussion at the project talk page. Cheers. -- Chamal Talk ± 13:56, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
So what exactly is the problem with using a climate chart? I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations ( talk) 01:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I got one by accident, and have what seems to be it's installation CD. However it has an install for a particular net supplier. If needed give me a call to: (dulac at my-wiki-username dot com). That way I'll receive the message promptly, as I do not come here often. Glad to Help. DuLac. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Factor-h ( talk • contribs) 20:58, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Your edit has several English language issues. It also doesn't link properly from the "Search" page (works from the sidebar, though). I'm afraid I don't quite have the time to go through it all. I suggest you try to find a native speaker on a project page to have a look-see. Just a couple of pointers: A body with legs makes sense, but legs with a body is odd. Extra is a shortened form of extraordinary. This leads one to wonder what "ordinary" leg length would be. rigid body, which enables it to run the which would be read as referring to "body". Just put a period behind body and start a new sentence with "It is able to" No idea why you removed the pic with the centipede stalking the spider. the way it is arranged now you have a really huge chunk of text without any breaks. This will not encourage reading. Most people like their text arranged in manageable paragraphs. If I can find some time I'll see if I can sort some things out. Plse. don't let this discourage you from editing. I'm only trying to give you some info for improvements. In general editing a bit at a time is the better choice that tossing out the lot and doing everything in one go. I'm not sure at what desk one can find help for article editing. The help desk might be a starting point. Good Luck. Lisa4edit 76.97.245.5 ( talk) 17:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
I read the page on "House centipede". What the heck is "Moved to scientific name for better classification" supposed to mean? Wikipedia isn't a binomial science encyclopedia. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions if you're confused. In page names, you give the most common page name first, then with lesser known terms for such a thing made as redirects (such as Red Panda instead of Ailurus fulgens). The only pages on Wikipedia that are named for their binomial names are their is no commonly known name for the organism, such as Solanum sibundoyense. Scutigera coleoptrata really needs to be changed back to House centipede. I'd do it myself, but though I know how to copy and paste the information to that page, I haven't a clue how you managed to move the entire history of the page, practically retconning it to seem like Scutigera coleoptrata has been the page name since the page was first created in 2004. Kevin ( talk) 01:43, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
A little over a month ago, you made some changes to Oriental cockroach and removed the cleanup notice, but it looks to me like the main effect of your changes was to completely break the citation apparatus. I can't work out what you meant to do. Could you please take a look? Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 05:13, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
You are receiving this message because you are listed as an active participant in WikiProject Meteorology, WikiProject Severe weather, and/or WikiProject Non-tropical storms. I have made a proposal to start an official assessment page for these three projects, under the WP:METEO banner. Since this would need significant participation to work properly, I'd like input from as many interested parties as possible (even those who may not watch the project pages), so please visit the discussion here and leave your thoughts/opinions. Thanks! - Running On Brains 02:28, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Rehman, I noticed you have moved "List of rivers of Sri Lanka" to List of rivers in Sri Lanka. Its name is alright whether it is of or in. See this. I created the redirect too to avoid the confusion. I prefer of to comply with Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge/Drafts/Outline of Sri Lanka. Cheers!-- Chanakal ( talk) 05:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
I must decline your request for semi-protection of Bahrain and semi-protection and move-protection of Manama as Wikipedia's protection policy does not allow preemptive protection of articles with no indication of problems and neither article appears to have a recent history of vandalism to justify such protection. In the future please make your requests for page protection at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. My schedule can be erratic and the central request location allows any available admin to handle your request instead of only a single admin. -- Allen3 talk 11:56, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you recently added the hidden comment "The term "Elevator Count" refers to the number of elevators in a building. Please confirm this number, as having 150 elevators in a single building is just not possible" to the Nakheel Tower article. I was always a little confused about this too, but many other tall building articles have high elevator counts. See Sears Tower and Taipei 101 for example. Maybe the count is not the shafts but the elevator cars themselves? -- timsdad (talk) 06:59, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Concerning this edits of yours I would like to inform you that {{ Expand}} reads "{{Expand}} should not be used on articles concurrently with stub templates - a stub template is an explicit request for expansion. It should only be used on articles that are beyond stub length, in place of a stub template.". Thanks, Magioladitis ( talk) 01:12, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Cheers Rehman, I will contribute as much as i can and if i have any queries I'll ask for help. Thanks again! Pilotofthefuture1 ( talk) 10:07, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Please don't remove references from articles as you did in List of waterfalls in Sri Lanka. Removing references and claiming you improved them as you here is not very constructive. It is degradation of articles. Also please don't resort to your personnel preference of table formatting.Best-- Chanaka L ( talk) 13:59, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
I am afraid, Wikipedians usually do take into account any edits performed in any namespace by fellow editors. It is funny how do you define WP:UCS, for example what's the point of having WP:USERPAGE guidelines then? The way you edit that particular subpage gave me the impression you just use it as a trophy cabinet rather than really take effort to improve articles. What is really considered improving is something improving from this to this. The two diffs provided by you make more apparent what little you have done. I see you're only adding an inaccurate fact and changing table formatting to a fancier one and of course removing established references. Next thing you did is adding the name to your "improved article list". You haven't added any extra information or references. I don't mind any editor claiming that they improved an article if they really emphasized on content and sources. Instead what you done here shows that you have little knowledge of the subject. For example, this not all the waterfalls with over 10m in height. This list included all the waterfalls taller than 60m and some of the other known waterfalls up to 10m. I created the central province list because it is here the most number of falls situated in Sri Lanka, if you have little knowledge of geography of central province you may know why. As I didn't include much information to that article I am not going to recreate the article out of redirect you made unless I have more information. I can ask the same question on the table formatting you have added is the MoS approved style. I changed it other way because it less fanciful and it is the format I've seen in many articles including featured list like this, List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK). I can't understand your passion of adding template clear to every article you edit in the end of the lead section. It is useful to clear the text when they are cluttered with pictures, etc. So use it sparsely. If you really add some valuable information to the article backed by reliable sources I have nothing say. Cheers!-- Chanaka L ( talk) 15:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Although SLMUSLIMS.COM is a website, it is hihgly regarded as one of the imporant portals for Sri Lankan Muslims. I've created an article for this which is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ramomu/slumslims I tried to publish this few times, but unfortunately it was deleted. Finally, one admin responded giving this Sri Lanka related Wiki editors and I am here to get some assistance. Could you please let me know how can this made available on Wiki. Very similar websites exist within Wiki such as islamonline.net. Thanks in advance. Ramomu ( talk) 14:28, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Rehman Abubakr, Blackknight12 has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the
WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Thank you for that Rehman! It did brighten up my day a bit. :)-- Blackknight12 ( talk) 11:39, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you much Rehman, for the barnstar. I appreciate it a lot. By the way you should post barnstars in receiver's talk page. Yeah we learn those things as we go by, aren't we? Happy to contribute in Sri Lanka-related articles. Wish you very best!-- Chanaka L ( talk) 04:44, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Dear Rehman,
Thanks for the instructions. I was trying to justify my figures by citing websites not to promote them. However I agree with your comment. So please educate me, since I want to update more on Colombo harbour by adding details of three seperate container terminals, how should I proove my informations are true & correct?
Regards.
Y.indika (
talk) 13:41, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello. What has happened is an error, and it usually happens when the requestor edits around the time of the rename. The old account seems to be re-registered instantly. If you'd like the old username to be erased, I'd be happy to rename the account to a random string of characters. Is that what you want? Regards, — Anonymous Dissident Talk 12:24, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. I dont seem to be able to sign into the old account. :) Do you think you could help me usurp the remaining accounts? Because, i seriously need help in that, i have no idea how to communicate (language) with the editors there... Also, do i have the right to setup a notice on User:Rehman Abubakr like how i did before (editing from the new account)? Regards. Rehman( +) 11:55, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Your final template pulling together ocean currents and gyres is the appropriate one. Well done! -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 13:06, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Rehman. Could you please explain, why you removed all hard space formatting? Even if it does not in the current line break, it is preferred to use it between figures and symbols or abbreviations etc. Also, I don't think that using {{tl:clear}} template for the right-side infoboxes is necessary. It could be different with left-side objects. Thank you. Beagel ( talk) 09:57, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to
User talk:SoWhy, as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. According to
Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Proper minor edits consist only of things like typographical corrections, formatting and presentational changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Thank you.
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Hello, Rehman. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts#User:Rehman regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Johnfos ( talk) 03:37, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed you were merging many power related lists into a single list of power stations in XX articles. It seems like a good idea, but I have a question about the formatting for them. In these new article formats, where should proposed facilities go? In the previous article formats like List of wind farms in Washington#Proposed, there was a proposed section in the article. Should proposed facilities go in the tables under the "Status" column List of power stations in Oregon#Wind_farms with the status of "Proposed" or should there be a proposed section in the article itself? Thanks. TimeClock871 ( talk) 09:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Station | Capacity (MW) | Location | Status |
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Power Station 1 | 1000 | Africa | Under construction |
Power Station 2 | 1500 | Asia | Operational |
Power Station 3 | 2000 | Antarctica | Proposed |
Power Station 4 | 2500 | Europe | Operational |
Power Station 5 | 3000 | North America | Operational |
Power Station 6 | 3500 | South America | Proposed |
I think I shall vote for you. Please take the time to answer the questions though. I am very interested in how you respond of the questions. Prop3v56 ( talk) 20:41, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
I left one question for you on your candidate page. Please answer when you can. Politoman ( talk) 04:07, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rehman, I have asked a further question on your RFA. Would you have a moment to answer this? Thanks! - Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 14:45, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
I regret to inform you that your request for adminship closed after failing to obtain the necessary consensus to promote you to adminship. As several participants commented, you should review the concerns raised there and address them before making another attempt. It appears that, if those concerns (mostly regarding lack of experience in the project space) are addressed, you would likely succeed at another bid in several months. I encourage you to take the comments made as positive and constructive critique, and a roadmap for improvement. If you have any questions, please let me know. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:59, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rehman, one thing I noticed in your RFA was that you have contributed 78 new articles and have thereby displayed an understanding of policies such as wp:notability. So I've flagged your account as an wp:Autoreviewer. My successful RFA was four months after my unsuccessful attempt, so I know what it is to have an RFA not succeed. I hope to see you at RFA again in a few months, but for now my advice would be to get back to the areas of editing that you most enjoy. Cheers and happy editing. Ϣere SpielChequers 15:26, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar | ||
I'm sorry your RfA failed, but well done for taking the criticism offered on the chin. I genuinely hope to see you back at RfA in a few months when you think those issues have been resolved. I have a failed RfA of my own, so I cna tell you it's not necessarily a bad thing! All the best, HJ Mitchell | fancy a chat? 15:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC) |
Hey I don't feel the proposal and construction should be merged in the twin building article. because they are not buildings yet. can u also add cuchillan i asked in teh talk. im sure there are other twins that hae not been listed yet. i dont feel comfortable yet editing will try to learn more about wikipedia. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.65.20.46 ( talk) 17:50, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for creating many lists of power stations, but I am concerned about the quality of many of these articles. Each article should have a lead section which introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria, references which verify what is being said, adequate images, and sortable tables. Perhaps aim to fulfill at least some of the criteria in Wikipedia:Featured list criteria and ideally bring some of the lists up to FL quality if possible. This would be a big improvement which would benefit readers. Johnfos ( talk) 17:55, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Even if you are unable or unwilling to take any of your lists to FL, please try and keep up the quality as much as you can. Lists such as these, which are very short and have no citations, really look quite scrappy:
-- Regards, Johnfos ( talk) 22:31, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed you changed the names of the 8 hydroelectric generating stations of the James Bay Project. Problem is your new names are incorrect (see this page for the official English names of the generating stations). As per WP:PLACES s. 1 "When a widely accepted English name, in a modern context, exists for a place, we should use it". Thanks. Bouchecl ( talk) 14:20, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey Rehman, after your FLC, I added a column for references, but it was removed by an IP. Rest assured it would need to need to be sourced to be featured quality. Also, I don't think it's all that far off from the criteria. If everything was sourced and the lead was expanded, it would pretty much be there in my opinion. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. Jujutacular T · C 20:15, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
I notice that another editor has commented on an "improper AfD" of yours here. This is one a of a series of articles which you have recently tagged for deletion, see [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]. Unfortunately, you appear largely unable to use Talk pages to initiate discussion and move things forward in the normal way, and move too quickly and often unnecessarily to AfD. I have asked you before to stop this disruptive behaviour and use the AfD process as a last resort, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wind farms in Australia. Johnfos ( talk) 20:24, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Did you tag this for deletion simply because you want to move the article to this title but can't? I'm not entirely sure, so I'll not delete it at the moment; it will help if you clarify. If you want it to be deleted so that the page can be moved, you can tag it with {{ db-move}}, which explains the situation more clearly. Nyttend ( talk) 03:09, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello Rehman. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Ilisu Dam, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The suggested move would probably be inconsistent with established style. Thank you. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 04:15, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
We have separate articles for rugby sevens and fifteen-a-side rugby union teams. They are not one and the same. Please do not delete or move Bahrain national rugby union team (sevens) again, it is not helpful, is going to use up a lot of time and mucks up the links from other sevens articles.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 13:10, 21 February 2010 (UTC)