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Could you use talk before making major changes to cited text?

Why did you completely alter the lead to History of Islam in the United States without so much as mentioning it on the talk page first? Your stated rationale is dubious since the text that references the lead is certainly notable. When intending to change the substance of a text the notability of a reference isn't the issue either and you know that. Also, weaselly phrases like "in earnest" don't belong in the entry, certainly not in the lead. I'm sure there is a neutral way to convey the fact that large scale immigration didn't occur until the period you mention. If you think the lead should be fleshed out with more detail about the three periods of contact then by all means do so in a neutral way. If you don't agree with the content in the entry, all of which is sourced, then as I have already asked you to do, please bring it up in the talk page for discussion. Of course when you do so sourced counter claims would be helpful. As it stands I will openly admit to what you already know, that I have little tolerance for deceptive edit summaries. Cheers.PelleSmith 15:08, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of just tagging every sentence in the "Slavery" section with that ugly tag "^{[dubious – discuss]}", how about starting a real discussion on the talk page? I tagged the section as a whole and removed those individual tags since you clearly think every sentence, sourced and unsourced, is not accurate. Again can you bring some sourced counter claims in on the talk page so that civilized discussion can be had? If you don't do so you're edits may start to be seen as simple vandalism aimed at disruption.PelleSmith 14:18, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I hereby award this barnstar to User:CltFn for his hard work on articles about converts to Christianity such as Daniel Ali

.Heja Helweda 00:58, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Opinion of Islamic scholars on Jihad

I reverted your edit because you need to add a page number. I realize you may have been quoting from the edition cited at the bottom, in which case please you proper referencing format and add the page from which the quote was taken. And, with a word like jihad I'm sure you can see why knowing the translation details is important. gren グレン 06:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Esposito

Can you please explain your revert [1]. --Aminz 02:37, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I merged both versions.not a revertCltFn 02:59, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

sorry. --Aminz 06:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Ibn Warraq

CltFn, please stop removing the section under the pretext that it was added by a banned user (a claim yet to be substantiated). as you know, it was actually myself who wrote most of that section, and i have personally verified the sources in question. any concerns about misinterpretation or misrepresentation should first be taken to the talk page. thanks. ITAQALLAH 08:20, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Stop vandalism the Ibn page

Stop editing the Ibn Warraq article with your blatantly biased comments. You have removed the criticism section which cites real scholars and added positive things only by people like Daniel Pipes who aren't scholars but authors who wrongly refer to Ibn as an scholar when he is in fact simply an author.

I see you're an Irshad Manji fan who herself is incredibly notorious for her bad writing, terrible research and constant misquoting and use of out of date material.

I advise you to do some research on Manji and then maybe you'll stop trying to put your own biased twists on articles.

- Xad 06:36, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I simply added statements from leading scholarss in the field. --CltFn 11:55, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Estevanico (Islam in the United States)

CltFn, please address the points I raised here concerning Estevánico of Azamor. Your expressed concerns led me to devote several hours to research on this question, and your most recent edit seems to neglect the conclusion that this work led to, namely: "Most historians now living consider Estevánico an African Muslim. No historians, to my knowledge, insist that he was not an African Muslim."

If the conclusion I reached is wrong, please indicate where my error lies. Your opinion, of course, does not count. Neither does mine. I have cited two primary sources and a list of modern historians, all supporting the identification of Estevánico as a Muslim who explored what is now the American Southwest on behalf of Spain.

Also, please refrain from introducing careless errors into the article text, as you have done several times in this section of the article. For example, "Spanish" should be capitalized. You also introduced an error by writing that "his owner explored the future states of Arizona and New Mexico for the Spanish Empire." Estevánico preceded his then-owner in exploring the region, as even your author, Rayford W. Logan, reports. I am amending your edit and ask you to discuss changes on the talk page first. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 00:02, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What evidence would suffice for you, if negro alárabe and Fernando Alarçon's physical description (a bearded black man) do not? Do you require a direct statement from the 16th century that Cabeza de Vaca's servant was a Muslim? By that standard of proof, Wikipedia would have to seriously entertain a fringe theory that Shakespeare was a Muslim, because there is no documentary proof that he was a Christian. We are unlikely to get such evidence even for prominent people in the 16th century, much less for a Spaniard's slave.

Alarçon's description, and Cabeza de Vaca's word negro, show that we are not dealing with an ethnic Arab. So how would you account for the adjective alárabe and the ubiquitous descriptions of him as a "Moor"? I have addressed the theory, tentatively advanced by Rayford Logan in 1940, that alárabe was supposed to describe moral failings. I hope you at least admit that Logan was concerned with demonstrating Estevánico's ethnic identity, not his religion.

For all other historians I have read, Estevánico's religion was not controversial. But for you, it is. I admit I am puzzled by this.

I suppose we could state that like other Hispanic Muslims, Estevánico might have been a convert to Christianity, or a Morisco. But we cannot plausibly claim that an African man, born in Morocco, and enslaved by a Spaniard, was a Roman Catholic, and there was no other kind of Christian for him to be at that time and place. And frankly the Moor/Morisco distinction seems like it belongs in Estevánico's biographical article, if anywhere. For our purposes he is only one fairly minor historical figure.

Why is this such a controversial point for you? -- Rob C. alias Alarob 00:44, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"The only thing we know is that we do not know." Well, yes, skepticism is always a defensible stance: See Pyrrho. But I stand by my conclusion that Estevánico's identification as a Moor -- hence a Muslim -- is as certain as any such statement can be about a person who died more than 400 years ago. To write it as a qualified statement -- "that some authors have advanced the hypothesis that he could have been a Moor" -- is in my view a case of WP:UNDUE. Unless you can show me a reliable source that expresses doubt about Estevánico's identity as a Moor, I cannot agree to a qualified statement.

Please consider the following points:

..."if you look at the rest of Estevanico's life , it does not show any indication of practicing any religion , even when he was free." There is an axiom among historians: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Consider: If Cabeza de Vaca's Relación did not give any account of Estevánico eating meat, should one conclude that Estevánico was a vegetarian?
"He did not even change his name from Little stephen." Who wrote down all the evidence we have of Estevánico's life? Spaniards. They called him Estevánico. We do not know what he called himself.

I am willing to go this far right now: "The first Muslim to enter the historical record in North America ~~was~~ may have been Estevánico of Azamor..." Maybe this will address your concern that there is a chance that Estevánico was not Muslim. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 03:46, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I object to that wording because in makes an initital assumption that he was the first Muslim , thus that he was a muslim. Why not go back to the wording I had before ?--CltFn 03:51, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have explained why: WP:UNDUE. "Unless you can show me a reliable source that expresses doubt about Estevánico's identity as a Moor, I cannot agree to a qualified statement" like your "Some contemporary writers have suggested that one of the slaves in the early spanish expeditions Estevánico of Azamor may have been a Moor and thus by association believe that he could have been a Muslim."[2]

The odds of Estevánico's never having been a Muslim are remote to the point of absurdity. Nevertheless I have proposed one way to address your concern. Since you still object, can you suggest something else besides a long maybe-maybe-not phrase? -- Rob C. alias Alarob 05:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Estavanico (Islam in the United States), again

CltFn, kindly do not break off a discussion, wait a few weeks, and then sneak in your preferred version of an article passage. That is exactly what you have done here.

I find it difficult to avoid feeling insulted by your behavior. I feel angry about the waste of my time and effort on a minor point that only you have an issue with.

I will not discuss this issue any further on your talk page, but will bring it before other editors at Talk:Islam in the United States as needed.

You don't have to respond. If you do, make it an apology. I do not have the patience for anything else right now. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 22:35, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bat Ye'or

Can you provide the links for these sources you gave here:[3] I noticed you removed the links since they didn't work. Can you provide the links that do work?Bless sins 00:48, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

you have to access the United Nations document (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/NGO/31) through this page --CltFn 11:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I checked out the link but can't find anything by the title of "Jihad Ideology and Negationism lead to an Exclusion from Humanity". Perhaps its listed under a different title?Bless sins 02:05, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Go to that link above , then select the E link in the E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/NGO/31 row, that will lead to the United Nations PDF document referenced.Its the second page of the PDF document--CltFn 02:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Bat Yeor

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Please desist with your insinuations.
My edits regarding Yeor's departure from Egypt have to do with a prior discussion as to the most neutral way in which to present the material.
The last thing this article needs is to have Yeor's scholarly credentials "proven" by assorted neo-conservative sources. She's an historian; that should suffice. CJCurrie 06:19, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1) This prior discussion you cite had nothing to do with Bat Ye'or's scholarship.

2) Your use of the phrase "assorted neo-conservative sources" raises further questions about a pre-existing agenda editing the article. Its not an insinuation , its you own words.

3) The citations provided meet Wikipedia standards as for Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Citing sources , thus irregardless of your opinion, her scholarship is a supported by published , verifiable and reliable sources. --CltFn 12:33, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your conduct at Talk:Bat Ye'or

You've had some rather harsh words for me over at Talk:Bat Ye'or, accused me of being User:Bless sins's sock, etc. What I didn't consider until now is that this is might be a long-term strategy on your part. I have just reviewed the entire talk page, and I am forced to conclude that you have a long history of disruptive behavior there.

In October 2006, a User:Aminz mentioned two scholars who draw attention Bat Ye'or's lack of qualifications, and you responded "Like it or not, what you state is your own opinion ... it look[s] like you are only trying to discredit her for personal reasons", with absolutely no justification to support this statement. You have made very similar statements directed at me recently, including the rather rich claim that I am repeating "the same old broken record".

In December 2006, under the section heading "John Esposito is a shill for the Saudis" you attempted a crude, McCarthyite smear job on a critic of Ye'or's, to the point of inserting into the article a blatant BLP violation which implied that Esposito personally accepted Saudi payola. When called on it, you fell back to a spurious "compromise" version in which Esposito would be attributed as, "a director at the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University which is a recipient of a $20,000,000 endowment from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia", because, you implied, nobody could "genuinely think that Esposito' criticism is in no way related to the Saudi lobby group that has financed him over the past decades".

An IP user pointed out, politely and reasonably, an apparently POV contradiction in your editing of the article, and you responded with only, "Please get a user account at Wikipedia instead of posting anonymously , otherwise one might be prone to believe that you are actually a banned user trying to evade his blocks in wikipedia". Again, your behavior continues up to now, accusing me with absolutely no evidence of being a sock puppet.

The same day you were blocked for reverting the article seven times in a short period in order to push an undue emphasis on Robert Spencer's point of view. Back to the present, you've recently edit-warred in an inadmissible copyrighted photo of Ye'or, completely ignoring my accurate point that non-free images are not used to illustrate the appearance of living public figures, since free images can be created.

I worry that you are using crude system-gaming tactics in order to protect your claim of ownership over the article. Please review the relevant policy/guideline pages, including WP:CIV, WP:NPA, etc, and seriously re-consider whether your current behavior is in line with them. <eleland/talkedits> 03:01, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding reversions[4] made on December 21 2006 to Bat Ye'or

Regarding reversions[5] made on December 21 2006 to Bat Ye'or

You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three-revert rule. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future.

The duration of the block is 48 hours.

Please mark your reverts as such in future - use "rv" in the edit summaries. If you are in doubt as to what is a revert, pease read WP:REVERT.

William M. Connolley 20:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've extended this block to indefinite per Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Community_ban_for_CltFn. Dmcdevit·t 10:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you doing this DmCdevitt??, I discussed by edits on the talk page of the article in question here.

I requested page protection of the article here

I offered compromises to my edits and added references as requested. Did you actually look at my edits carefully to establish what actually was going on on the page before making such a drastic decision as to block me indef? Look at the Bat Ye'or edit history page

Have you checked the value of my contributions to wikipedia against the alleged disputes I have been involved with?

--CltFn 17:02, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional unblock?

I'm considering unblocking you, but it would be conditional on something like 1/7R, strict civility and extensive use of talk pages for controversial edits.

But I can't quite see why you would prefer that to simply getting a new account; if you stuck to the above, you'd be in no trouble.

Reply here.

William M. Connolley 19:49, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks William Connolley. I accept the terms you propose; ie 1/7R, strict civility and extensive use of talk pages for controversial edits. As far as a new account, I did not know there was such an option but in any case I would prefer to continue editing as CltFn even if it is somewhat a more challenging road for now.--CltFn 00:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK William M. Connolley 13:23, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh - also: this section needs to stay on your talk page; and (I presume this must be obvious) this is your last chance William M. Connolley 13:28, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK agreed.--CltFn 13:31, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder: this needs to stay here; the conditions remain.

In particular, you appear to have broken the 1/7 RR constraint [6], [7] and failed to mark reverts as such.

William M. Connolley (talk) 21:44, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

I've blocked you for 24h for violation of your unblock parole. Based on talk, I don't think youve been strictly civil. You've clearly broken 1/7 RR William M. Connolley (talk) 22:19, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Tahrir-ol-vasyleh

Do you have access to this book? Tahrir-ol-vasyleh. Want to verify the infamous "thighing" quote. --Matt57 ^{(talk•contribs)} 03:20, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wish I could read Arabic. I wondered what was in the book on page 240, 240. Tried to see the arabic copy for page numbers but couldnt see any. I'll look again. --Matt57 ^{(talk•contribs)} 14:26, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John Esposito and Bat Ye'or

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced defamatory content into an article, as you did to Bat Ye'or, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. I refer to your campaign against John Esposito in the article, talk, and edit summaries ("shill for the Saudis", wording which implied he was personally "a recipient of a $20,000,000 endowment from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia", etc) which has been ongoing for over a year now. <eleland/talkedits> 15:26, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked again

I've blocked you for violation of your parole. You are required to use the talk page to discuss controversial matters; all reverts are controversial. All reverts must be marked as such William M. Connolley (talk) 20:30, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked again, 48h

You're blocked for clear violation of your parole; [8] William M. Connolley (talk) 21:31, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I just fixed this one and removed the speedy tag. Fair-use rationales need to specifically list and wikilink the articles in which the images are considered to be fair use, or else BetacommandBot will complain. <eleland/talkedits> 17:53, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Sudden Jihad Syndrome

Why are the categories in a "nowiki" section? AnonMoos (talk) 14:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure what you mean , but if you mean in my workspace , they are not live categories.--CltFn (talk) 05:15, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, I mean Sudden Jihad Syndrome in main article space, now re-deleted... AnonMoos (talk) 06:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:InfiltrationHowMuslimSpiesandSubversiveshavePenetratedWashington.jpg)

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:WhyILeftJihad.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:WhyILeftJihad.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

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Three Deleted Articles

Are you going to work on them? The concern on all of the PROD tags was that they were all orphaned articles that did not cite reliable third-party sources. jj137 ^♠ 20:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indefinitely blocked: Long-term Abuse

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I did not violate any wikipedia policy, I was blocked for while participating in a discussion on Barack Obama's talk page which is hardly a valid reason for blocking.Would someone please show us , what violation of Wikipedia policy was commited in the discussion? Also cited is that I put a dispute tag on that page per wikipedia policy to point out that there was a content dispute about a section of the article, again hardly a reason for blocking. I re-iterate that I did not violate any wikipedia policy, instead the blocking admin is essentially citing my block history to indefinitely block me, apparantly prompted by his own partisanship towards Barack Obama as shown by the POV description of my edits in his block rationale and comments on the Barack Obama talk page [9]. Thus I respectfully request that this indef block be lifted as without merit and an example of a partisan and excesive use of blocking powers--CltFn (talk) 02:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 00:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:WalidPharesC-Span.jpg

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