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There is the risk that we will have disruption from one anonymous troublemaker who is suspected to be a sock puppet of a blocked user (User:Serafin). Hopefully, he will not make any more trouble but, in any event, we should encourage anonymous editing per Misplaced Pages principles and therefore I think it is time to take semi-protection off Expulsion of Germans after World War II.
Thanks for protecting it, as you can see from the talk page it is still not calm down but al least people are talking instead of rv each others entries. ThanksRaveenS13:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi Raveen. I saw the progress at the talk page. I hope a consensus will be reached very soon. Cheers. -- FayssalF - 13:39, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Visit to Joujouka
Hi Fayssal. I see you mentioned on Mel's talk page that you are thinking of a visit to Joujouka. An excellent idea. I will be very interested to hear your impressions. I have never been there myself and don't speak the language. However, I was in Morocco last Xmas and actually drove past Tetuan but didn't stop. My lasting memory of Tetuan was the huge open-air sheep market along the road heading south towards Chefchaouen. Jonur16:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi Jonur. It is nice to hear you visited the area before. I am from Tetouan but live in Casablanca. Do you have any new plans re another visit? -- FayssalF - 12:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
The same set of edit pattersn in the above mentioned article, no discussion but wholsale removal of journal citations. Can you help restore normalcy in this article. This is the peer reviewed aricle that has been removed archive of it Thanks RaveenS16:56, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Zazaban tries to impose some baseline of topicality to the talk page discussion., . The second of these was reverted by Wjhonson.. I seconded Zazaban’s edit, but was likewise reverted., . Wjhonson left both of us vandalism warnings,, to which I replied as follows: What is your opinion on this matter, as it will surely arise in the future? As it is, the talk page remains a nearly unusable mess, and I feel like Zazaban and I are being told that violates policy for us to change this.Proabivouac17:40, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi Pro. Sorry for this late reply. Well, checking the history, i must say that you and Zazaban acted the proper way (somehow according to WP:TPG and WP:NOT).
However, Wjhonson is also correct in reverting back. The point is that you, Zazaban and Wjhonson did not make a difference between the 2 sections in question. As i see here, there's "Question about Muhammad" and then "What's the big deal with posting Mohammed's picture?". For me, the last section is out of topic as it does not deal w/ the topic. For the first section, while assuming good faith, i'd have asked the editor of that section about the name of the book he talked about and see if he's just trolling before removing that section. -- FayssalF - 12:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Shatt al-Arab/Arvandrud
Can you please look at Shatt al-Arab/Arvandrud article; the official name of the river is Shatt al-Arab. The other name is only used by Iran .Khoikhoi removed the article and made some unverified edits (obviously he gave his opinion somehow).The river is about 75% in Iraq. The U.N uses Shatt al-Arab as the name of this river. It is unfair to apply some roles on The Persian gulf article and not apply it on Shatt al-Arab article especially when an admin like Khoikhoi did that .--Aziz100522:38, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
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Misplaced Pages:Vital articles
Salam. Why don't you answer my mails. I've sent about 4 mails to you and you didn't answer them.
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Arvandrud/Shatt al-Arab
Dear editor,
You recently took part in the discussion of this move request. The format of the move request has been modified, to simplify the discussion and thus help the closing WP:RM administrator.
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My RfA
Thanks for the support position. However, I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns. I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Misplaced Pages editor. Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube04:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
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Wiki alf blocked indef the 2 vandals . If that happens again, just revert w/o caring about the 3RR. Remember, the three revert rule says don't revert any page more than three times within a period of 24 hours. This is understood not to include reverting cases of clear vandalism (as in this case). Also, always notify cases at Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism for prompt action by admins. -- FayssalF - 10:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Nice work on the Ottoman Portal. Is it really so that you chose the Vaslui battle as the first event to the portal? Either way, it's an honour to have the article added there. Keep up the good work. --Thus Spake Anittas14:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi Anittas. Thanks for your comment. Actually the Battle of Vaslui is a well referenced and organized article with a GA rating. I also tried to focus on events that happened in different time periods. Tell me, how is the portal is generated on your browser. I have some problems w/ the layout sometimes but i am not sure if it is my browser or not. -- FayssalF - 15:04, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm, yeah, but that's not what I asked. :p I also have some problems with the layout: since the events are shifting, some articles are listed below the other articles, instead of filling the whole page in an organized way. I suggest you get rid of the shifting technique -- unless you can control it --, and manually place and change the first-page events. You may have better control over the layout, as you can decide what template to go right, or what photo to go left. Your userpage is also having some difficulties in showing everything. I don't know much about Portals, but you can check other portals and see what they did and ask them for advice, in case you need it. --Thus Spake Anittas15:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
The problem you're having is caused by unclosed tags within the subpages themselves. For example, Portal:Military history of the Ottoman Empire/Selected quote/4 has <div> but no corresponding </div>; when the subpage is rendered onto the main portal page, this breaks the layout of everything that follows after it. You just need to be careful not to leave unclosed tags in anything you're transcluding. Kirill Lokshin15:42, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the support vote in my recent RfA. Although it wasn't successful I appreciate your vote of confidence. Anyway, I'm continuing on with editing Pacific War-related articles and hopefully you'll see several of them on the FA nominations page in the future. Cla6822:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
RfA thanks
Thank you for your support on my Request for adminship, which finished successfully, with unanimous support of 40/0/0.
I will do my best to serve Misplaced Pages and the community. Again thanks.
Hi FayssalF,
DavidYork71 is evading his latest week-long block with transparent sockpuppet User:BongHitz4Musa. I am certain that an extension of his block will meet with the community's approval.Proabivouac08:52, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Strong action is warranted. To me, the point is not how long he is blocked, but the conditions which accompany an unblock. I support an indefinite block until such time as he candidly acknowledges and engages the community's ongoing concerns. The point is not to punish him, but to strongly invite him back to lawful and respectable behavior. So, indef block, with a standing offer to re-reduce it to one week (or even immediate unblock, for all I care) upon admission of and repentance for sockpuppeting to vote-stack and evade his block, and meaningful/good faith engagement of the trolling concerns.Proabivouac10:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
User:DavidYork is gaming the system by creating sockpuppets and violating his block. During his block, he has so far created at least 10 socks(7 users + 3 IPs) blocked one after another by a couple of admins; has also further used these accounts to votestack for the Hitler article to be chosen for the GA article drive. Please see my suggestion here: . Thanks --Aminz09:26, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
FayssalF, thanks for your support in my successful RfA.
As the picture shows, the goddesses have already bestowed my new weapons,
which I hope to use to good effect. If you ever need assistance,
or want to give me feedback on my use of the admin tools,
please leave me a message on my talkpage. --Akhilleus (talk) 16:59, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Avicenna page
since you edited it before, what do you think of the removal of sourced information from the article, despite it complying with all Misplaced Pages rules? Weiszman22:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
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