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"I am a Palestinian. Hath not a Palestinian eyes? Hath not a Palestinian hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Jew is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that -- the villainy you teach me, I will execute; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction." Tariq Ali's take on Shakespeare in the Khaleej Times "It is not enough for the settler to delimit physically, that is to say with the help of the army and the police force, the place of the native. As if to show the totalitarian character of colonial exploitation the settler paints the native as a sort of quintessence of evil ... The native knows all this ... he knows that he is not an animal, and it is precisely at the moment he realizes his humanity that he begins to sharpen the weapons with which he will secure his victory. From Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth "A Jewish youth in the Arab countries expects from Zionism nothing other than colonialism and domination." Ya'qūb Balbūl in the 1930s, as quoted in The Arab Jews "- You can't compare them; a European Jew is something else. - How come? - Because 'Jew' just doesn't go with 'Arab', it just doesn't go. It doesn't even sound right. - Depends on your ear. - Look, I've got nothing against Arabs. I even have friends who are Arabs, but how can you say 'Arab Jew' when all the Arabs want is to destroy the Jews? - And how can you say 'European Jew' when the Europeans have already destroyed the Jews?" Sami Shalom Chetrit's "Who is a Jew and What Kind of Jew", as quoted in The Arab Jews

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Mosque in Nablus

Hi Tiamut, maybe you know the mosques in Nablus? I uploaded two images

and

but now I'm afraid that I mixed up the images and in fact it's Hanbali mosque.. Maybe you know for sure?

Andreas Tanner (talk) 07:32, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Sharafat, East Jerusalem

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Zionist Political Violence - palestinefacts.org

Hi Tiamut,

I created a new section on the talk page for the aforementioned article in the hopes that you'll engage in discussion. I just don't understand what facets of WP:RS the site fails to satisfy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zionist_political_violence#palestinefacts.org

Thanks, --65.127.188.10 (talk) 01:01, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Yep

My first impression about a person is usually proves to be the right one.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:06, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

As do mine. Tiamut^talk 01:14, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tell Balata

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Sheikh Jarrah

Hi, There was a tomb of Sheikh Jarrah just to the north of Jerusalem by 1860 at the latest. I have a map. But I can't find anything about this tomb or who Sheikh Jarrah was. There was some general of Omar, conqueror of Jerusalem, with that name, but no source connecting him to the tomb. Can you find anything? Zero^talk 14:26, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Zero0000. It seems the Sheikh Jarrah quarter on Mount Scopus was named for the nearby tomb of Muslim saint, commonly known as Sheikh Jarrah. [1] The tomb itself is located inside the Mosque of Sheikh Jarrah. Named for a 12th century Muslim saint, it is located on Nablus Road near the American Colony hotel, about a 5-minute walk from the Sheikh Jarrah quarter. [2] According to Mariam Shahin, on pages 328-329 of her book Palestine: A Guide (of which I have a copy at home), the mosque was built in 1895, around the tomb (which is itself dated to 1201). Both are named for the physician of Saladin, known as Hussam al-Din al-Jarrahi (Jarrahi in Arabic means "the surgeon"). The nearby Sheikh Jarrah quarter was named for him, though Shahin notes it is not certin that the tomb contains his actual remains.

I will look for more informtion on Hussam al-Din l-Jarrahi too. But I though I'd let you know wht an initial look around has turned up. Cheers. Tiamut^talk 14:57, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Great. That article needs some history (but see RS/N). Zero^talk 15:06, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

GA

Any luck with the GA afterwards? I made a map Template:Location map Egypt Sinai. I though it might come in handy as a locator for some ancient site that you or Nableezy or somebody might be working on... ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 15:40, 10 March 2010 (UTC) No worries, looks good on the Dahab article anyway.. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 20:35, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Userbox

Marhaba Tiamut, I've been "stalking" your wonderful contributions to Wikipedia on Palestine and the Palestinian people, not to mention your relentless articulations on the talk pages, since I first stepped foot here. It's been truly wonderful, and educational. Anyways, I wanted to ask your permission to use your hard coded user box supporting the unmentionable military resistance movements. Would that be okay? Yazan (talk) 18:48, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, Tiamut. I will take you up on that offer, we do badly need an extra set of keyboards at WP:SYR ;). Salamat and Happy editing. Yazan (talk) 19:00, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm happy to know that. Whatever you can dig up will be helpful really. Nevertheless, and this is a bit eccentric, but I've been obsessing about this particular finger-length clay tablet from Ugarit. Arguably the oldest such articulation of an alphabet (and Damascus Museum's most celebrated display) but I can find very little scholarly sources about it. Alas. Yazan (talk) 19:34, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey again

I understand that you are busy, but I have now asked several people for help but no one wants to. Are you sure you cant spare a bit of your time to take a look and see if changes are needed? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 01:18, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi

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Calmer Waters 06:03, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

For you

		The Excellent User Page Award
		Rarely are Userpages so full of sadness and poetry. You have a way of latching onto little details—"sounds of my city", the Mona Lisa-esque quality of the "woman from Ramallah"—to reveal the larger picture in the space between the words. As you wrote, "That's what moves me to write. My love for all people which begins with love for myself, then my neighbours, my people, and expands outward from there, everywhere." Beautiful. --AFriedman (talk) 06:39, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations about the DYK, too. --AFriedman (talk) 06:39, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again

Thanks again for all the help at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Israeli art student scam, it was invaluable. Given the massive and strident opposition the fact it survived AFD in any form whatsoever is a gift. The current manifestation has some neutrality problems, but I'm going to wait until the controversy dies down before editing it again. Factsontheground (talk) 01:12, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Rachel's Tomb and Bilal ibn Ribah

Hi, Do you know what this business with Rachel's Tomb being called Bilal ibn Ribah mosque? I know there has been a mosque there since at least the middle of the 19th century, but until recently I didn't hear of it having a name not associated with Rachel. There's a claim it is a fresh new name, but this information is from a Jewish activist source. Also, is the name applied to the whole structure or just the part that is a mosque (see Pringle's diagram])? Here is a Bethlehem site quite happy to call it both "Qubbet Rahil" and "Bilal ibn Ribah mosque", suggesting that calling it a mosque is not intended to deny the Rachel connection. Cheers. Zero^talk 12:27, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

[3] Rachel's Tomb was worshipped by Jews, Christians, and Muslims, according to a 12th century travel account which cites its Arabic name as Carbata or Carbrata' (?).

[4] By the 19th century, its appearance is described by Edward Robinson as like Mulsim wali. This building is described as not ancient, though sheltering n older pile of stones within.

Mariam Shahin, on page 358 of Palestine: A Guide, notes the following, which may help in more directly answering your question:

Past the military checkpoint [at Bethlehem] on the righthand side the Israeli-built separation wall is in full ivew, as is the fortress-like Tomb of Rachel. An important symbol to grieving mothers, Muslims venerate the biblical matriarch, whose male children were killed at Herod's orders. Women have come to her tomb to pray for health and fertility since time immemorial. Initially built by the Byzantines, the existing tomb was built by the Ottomans. In 1841, a British Jewish philanthropist had the dome's roof restored and reportedly made "special" arrangements for Jews at the site. Although the Tomb and Mosque of Bilal Ibn Rabah and a tribal cemetery of the Ta'amre Bedouin tribe share the property with the matriarchal tomb, they are off-limits to Muslims by order of the Isreli military. (Until 1977 the site had been under the protection of the Islamic Waqf and accessible to all.

The bold formatting is in Shahin's text. Its seems clear that thhe two names refer to two different entities located at the same site. Given that Rachel is a respected matriarch in Islamic tradition as well, her tomb was also venerated by Muslims. I guess with all the conflict over it, that veneration had subsided in recent years and the uncontestably Muslim connection of the mosque/tomb is being played up more. But the fact remains, the two names refer to different things located at the same site. Tiamut^talk 13:07, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I found mentions of "Bilal bin Rabah mosque" in Palestinian sources from early in 1997. Some of them clearly refer to two structures. I'd still like to know for how long the name of Bilal bin Rabah has been associated with it. So far I found nothing before 1997 but I can't search in Arabic. Zero^talk 13:40, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll see what I can find in Arabic. However, I suspect that the place was known in Arbic as qubbat rahil for centuries before the name bilal ibn rbbah was attached. In Moshe Sharon's Corpus, he notes it is mentioned in the writings of Mujir al-Din as qubbat rahil ("Rachel's dome") [5]. Lots of other info on the Muslim veneration of it as Rachel's dome in that book as well. Tiamut^talk 14:33, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Tiamut, you have either made a typo in copying Shahin text or Shahin herself has made an glaring error: "An important symbol to grieving mothers, Muslims venerate the biblical matriarch, whose male children were killed at Herod's orders." Rachel died many years before Herod. Chesdovi (talk) 12:03, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Chesdovi. The text reads exactly as I typed it. It is based (I think) on the tradition outlined in the Book of Matthew (2:16-18) where it says:

He [Herod gave orders to kill all the boys of Bethelehem ...In his way what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of bitter weeping, Rachel is crying for her children; she refuses to be comforted, for they are dead.

Tiamut^talk 12:51, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

al-Bassa

Time to stop feeding the troll? Zero^talk 14:22, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes. I suspect its AH. Is a sock report necessary? Tiamut^talk 14:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Last edits make it 100% clear. It's gone now :). If it comes back, I'll see if we can get someone to semi-protect the talk page. That would be an unusual step, I think. Zero^talk 06:31, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Damascus Citadel?

Marhaba Tiamut. Citadel of Damascus has grown quite a bit since last week, and we're planning to take it to GA, would you be interested in joining the push? Yazan (talk) 18:47, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Agil Aga

Tiamut dear, that was very generous of you, giving me DYK-credit for Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi...you did all the work...

Anyway; more work: I have for some time though we need a article on Agil Aga, the Beduin leader in the mid 19th century--he is buried at I'billin. And now I just found a picture of him, over at commons! [6] -You know I´m crazy about pictures ;) Anyway, Schölch write quite a bit about him in "Palestine in Transformation". And I see this article: http://www.jstor.org/pss/1570684 -I cannot see the full article, but perhaps Nableezy can? Cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

That sounds good, great that you got the article. I´ll just continue to add the sources on User:Huldra/Sources#Agil_Aga. He had a lot of interactions with the "expats" of the time, especially the different consulars, etc, --and they all wrote about him. In other words: lots of "old" sources. There is no hurry: I´ll leave it to you to start it when you feel like it...cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:48, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I have this article in full, will I email it? In general, feel free to ask me about journal articles you can't get. I can get almost anything. Zero^talk 22:40, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah; there are a zillion sources on him; so far I haven´t used the search-function at all, I´m just finding the sources mentioned in Schöltz..I´ll continue work in User:Tiamut/Aga, Cheers! Huldra (talk) 17:33, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

I´m not sure we can/should use the maps I put into User:Tiamut/Sinnabra --but it does show, at least, where people thought the place was. I´m no good a photo-fixing though, and we really should (if we use them) only have a part of the map? Cheers, Huldra (talk) 20:32, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

I have no concern about copyright -after all, I found the maps on commons. The size of the map is an issue, especially with the first one, if you could resize it to highlight the location of Sinnabra, it would be great. My biggest concert is, however, I don´t know how accurate these maps are? Basically they only show were they *thought* the location was. If we use them, we must be careful to note the date they were published..., and possibly by whom they were published. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 20:41, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, my impression is that few have looked very hard for non-Christian or non-Jewish remains.... Anyway, from what I understand from the discussion under Khirbat-ware here--the place is truly ancient, with habitation going back 4-5 thousand years? Huldra (talk) 21:38, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

User:Tiamut/Sinnabra

Some more sources:

• http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_02894.html ....this is a facinating article...for all it manage *not* to mention!!
• P. Delougaz and R. C. Haines, 1960: A Byzantine Church at Khirbet al-Karak, University of Chicago
• http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/03-04_Ind_Whitcomb.pdf
• http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/ois5.pdf ..if you download this .pdf-file, go to p.241, there is an article by Donald Whitcomb (2009): "From Pastoral Peasantry to tribal Urbanites: Arab Tribes and the foundation of the Islamic State." A *must* read! Includes a plan over the site, (p.253) Cheers, Huldra (talk) 00:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Only the first page found, I´m afraid:

http://middleeastmedievalists.org/uw141April2002.html

And look at this:

• http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/projects/betyerah/qasr.html

..and their bibliography:

• http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/projects/betyerah/publications.html

Cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

And:

• Israeli archaeologists identified Caliph Mu’awiya’s Lakeside Palace, 15 March 2010 (nice picture of the mosaic)

• http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxlDHZsMH3ZXaZbHECPbV41CtOkQD9EGIPR00

and, from books, the connections to other cstles:

• http://books.google.no/books?id=kE_JgKlVltIC&pg=PA159&dq=sinnabra+whitcomb&cd=1#v=onepage&q=sinnabra%20whitcomb&f=false

Cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

I believe this site:

• //www.biblewalks.com/Sites/BeitYerach.html

is blacklisted on wp...but it has some wonderful photos;)....and some complete wrong information:( Cheers, Huldra (talk) 01:07, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

fame

Something interesting in email. Zero^talk 14:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Balata al-Balad

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Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Bayt Nuba

It seems we don't have an article, is that right?. It has a rich history. Jerome, Crusaders (as Betenuble/Betenoble), etcetc. Now settlement Mevo Horon. p102 in Pringle A-K (Bait Nuba). Hint, hint :). Zero^talk 13:55, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Will start something in user space soon. User:Tiamut/Sinnabra is pretty much done for now, but User:Tiamut/Aga is next up for development. Still, Bayt Nuba sounds mighty interesting. Soon ... I promise. Real life beckons at the moment though. Tiamut^talk 18:42, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Tiamut, I'd like to thank you for not voting to delete that article that you did not like so much. I'd like to assure you that I did not want to push any POV with it, and, if I unwillingly did, it was only because of my inexperience in writing and/or editing such articles. Thanks for helping me to make it better. --Mbz1 (talk) 19:43, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

The spider house

Tiamut, you ended your comment on FoG talk page[7] with a sentence which is last words are written in Arabic: Don't worry though my friend, because it is all really awha(m) min beit il ankaboot. The translation of it is "Don't worry though my friend, because it is all really stronger than the house of the spider". Please notice that you should always add translation when you write in language different than English. Also, the term "house of the spider" is famous tem that was coined by and regulary use Hezbolla leader when he speak out publicaly against Israel-according to him, Israel is "the house of the spider". So, in this context, I just want to ask you if that's what you refered to? Does anyone who oppose some of FoG edits, to the matter of fact, is included in what you refered to as "the house of the spider"?--Gilisa (talk) 10:54, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Gilisa, it means "weaker than the spider's web", not stronger. Its a metaphor and I'm using it with multiple meanings here intended for Factsontheground, not anyone else and not about anyone editing here, but about the general situation she faced. Its meant to be of some comfort to her. Can you leave it at that? Tiamut^talk 16:21, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Tiamut you wrote: "Breein1007, your comment above crosses all kinds of lines". May I please ask if you also believe that statements by facts "Wikipedia is openly racist against Palestinians" that is proudly displayed at the user talk page also "crosses all kinds of lines", or you agree with it?--Mbz1 (talk) 16:52, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I don't care to comment on the content of that edit. I will say that considering your own sensitivity to people repeatedly posting at your talk page taking issue with your comments and advocating for you to be blocked, I would think you would be more sensitive to a user who is blocked from even editing their talk page and can't respond to posts made by you and others tht she doesn't want to her from right now. Both you and Breein1007 should leave her alone. Tiamut^talk 17:09, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I knew, you would not care to comment! BTW I know your "friend". I saw many like her, who would scream on demonstrations: "Palestine will be free from the river to the sea" while displaying Israeli flags with swastikas, and then accuse everybody around in being "racist".--Mbz1 (talk) 17:17, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

If you knew I wouldn't answer then your question was designed for some other end. Please stop soapboxing on my talk page and talking about a blocked editor that I've already asked you to leave alone. Dont bother replying. Tiamut^talk 17:25, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

You choosed to put it in Arabic, it is a very well known phrase sounded by Hasan Nasralla who describe Israel that way ("weaker than spider web" there is also the Hezbolla museum named "the Spider house". In the context of your grievances on racism against palestinians on FoG talk page it sound realy bad. Would appreciate if you avoid it next time, if it's not too much to ask.--Gilisa (talk) 17:29, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

It is too much to ask. Your assumption of bad faith regarding its meaning is not my problem. I will write in whatever language I want to. Just because Hassan Nasrallah uses a metaphor doesn't mean that I can't and I will use it whenever I see fit. And now if you're quite done, I'd appreciate you also staying off my talk page for now. Thanks. Tiamut^talk 17:33, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

new sources, now on the net

Tiamut dear, I am delighted to see that some of Elihu Grant books are now freely available on the net, including his (1907): The Peasantry of Palestine, and his (1921): The People of Palestine I have seen them often referred to, including in Khalidi and Weir. The 1921 book is especially rich on information on villages in the West Bank/Ramallah -area (Grant worked at the Ramallah Friends Schools.) Just look at the content, p.9 ....lots of info, cheers, Huldra (talk) 20:07, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Markook#Merge.3F

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Thanks

Thanks for sticking up for me during my latest block. If there is anything I can do for you in the future just let me know. Factsontheground (talk) 12:34, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Ebla tablets

Marhaba Tiamut. I hope I am not imposing, but could you possibly run through this draft for Ebla tablets. You have a long experience with the controversies of Biblical archaeology and this seems like one that would invite a lot of it. Do you think it's better to completely cut that part about their "disputed" biblical significance and focus on their more potent cultural depictions of the era? Input would be welcome. Yazan (talk) 05:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the barnstar, I do really appreciate that. And thank you again for the copyedits and the input on Ebla. Happy Editing.Yazan (talk) 09:56, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

"BLP violation" nonsense

Dude, I really don't know what you're talking about, unless for some reason you're somehow expressing some degree of unwarranted solicitude for (WP:BLP violation redacted,Huldra (talk) 22:10, 30 March 2010 (UTC)) Qaradawi. Since I didn't add it to the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, didn't propose adding it to the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, never had the slightest intention of adding to the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, didn't add it to the talk page of the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, never had any intention of adding to the talk page of the "Yusuf Qaradawi" article, and wasn't even talking about Qaradawi as such (but merely happened to mention him in passing as one example among a large number ideologues who publicly uphold sleazy propaganda tactics which would be found to be unacceptable by most decent people who have any concern whatsoever with morality and ethics), it's hard for me to see your cries of "BLP violation" as any real legitimate concern... AnonMoos (talk) 15:41, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

By the way, I visited the Qaradawi article just now (thanks to you), and you can see what I said in the context of an actual discussion about Qaradawi at Talk:Yusuf al-Qaradawi... AnonMoos (talk) 16:44, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

See this. I think the lesson here (at least for me!) is to take this to WP:AN/I earlier-- not a prospect I really like; I would prefer to "argue it out". And I learned that it is a very thin line indeed between trying to demonstrate the Ethic of reciprocity,...and risk being blocked for violating WP:POINT! Take care, my dear...and don´t forget User:Tiamut/Aga! Cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:03, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

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Hello

Thank you Tiamut. Only as I can edit I've also post this on your page. Ashley kennedy3 (talk) 16:16, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

So nice to receive a message from you here. I'm so happy your freedom of movement has been restored. It means much less work for the rest of us. :) Tiamut^talk 16:19, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Few different things

Hi Tiamut, may I please ask you to review my sanctions and Special Enforcement Details here? I'd like to ask you please to keep an eye on me, and report any violation of the sanctions on my side, if you have a time of course.

May I please ask you to review those sanctions that were imposed for a single comment here concerning the article that is not even included

in Israeli–Palestinian conflict category. I asked you to review the sanctions in order to try to make you feel more fair towards administrators actions. I know it is hard,

but maybe you're willing to give it a try.

The last thing is about absolutely different matter. Few days ago I watched a documentary at FOX about George Bernard Shaw, marx, hitler and so on. They said Shaw was advocating putting all unproductive people to gas chambers and gas them to death. I could not believe it! I Google it, and I found few sites that confirmed it [8]

I am not sure, if I will be able to enjoy My Fair Lady the way I used to ever again.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:55, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

They said Shaw was advocating putting all unproductive people to gas chambers

Wow! So GBS would have gassed all the wheelers and dealers in Wall Street?Nishidani (talk) 06:02, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Comments by others

[9], seems relevant to the topic discussion and should not have been removed per Wikipedia:TALK#How_to_use_article_talk_pages. Dreadstar ☥ 20:37, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

<copy> Here. Does the article linked mention Muhammad al-Durrah? No. The connection is in the mind of the editor who placed it there and based on his OR conclusion that this recent incident somehow means the conspiracy theories surrounding Durrah's death are justified. Talk pages are not a forum for general discussion of the topic. Please revert your reinstatement of this edit. Thanks. Tiamuttalk 15:06, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Please re-read Wikipedia:TALK#Others.27_comments, specifically:

Refactoring for relevance: Archiving material not relevant to improving the article (per the above subsection #How to use article talk pages). Formerly it was not uncommon to simply delete off-topic posts, but this has led to disputes from time to time, and it is generally better to move such threads to an archive page. It is still common, and uncontroversial, to simply delete gibberish, rants about the article subject (as opposed to its treatment in the article) and test edits, as well as harmful or prohibited material as described above. Another form of refactoring is to move a thread of entirely personal commentary between two editors to the talk page of the editor who started the off-topic discussion.

Please respond here for convenience, I've got your talk page watchlisted. Dreadstar ☥ 15:56, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

The comment is likely to provoke a rather unproductive discussion, unrelated to the article's improvement. Per WP:ARBPIA, editors are asked to confine their discussions to material related directly to the articles' improvement, without straying into off-topic discussions on whether or not a particular thesis discussed in reliable sources is true or not. The comment I deleted is best left deleted. I see another editor has removed it now too as well. I'd ask you respect that removal. You reversion on my removal of the comment was more problematic than letting it remain removed. If you want to archive it instead, go ahead. I simply do not want to have to respond to it, when it has nothing to do article improvement. Tiamut^talk 16:54, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I see it's been removed again, I'll not reinstate it. Hopefully the issue stops there. Dreadstar ☥ 17:04, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Could you do me a favor?

Hi Tiamut. Could you do me a favor and check whether this edit is legitimate or if it's vandalism? Thanks! — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 02:44, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Al-Quds

Funny, you should bring up al-Quds. Everytime, I read something, anything, about al-Quds, I feel a lump in my throat. I feel that the only things left for us (the outsiders) in al-Quds, or Yafa, is a Fairuz song, or my twelve-year old "friend" back home. Her father was an ardent Syrian Nationalist, and he told me that when he saw her eyes, he knew her name must be Yafa. It's both a sad sense of shame, and disbelief in how faraway from home we've become. I hope you're doing well. Sorry for soaping Yazan (talk) 10:54, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Strange, I feel very similar when someone mentions Baghdad and Dimashq. Its always been a dream of mine to visit those two great centres of civilization in the Arab world. Imagine that less than a century ago, I could have hopped on a train in Haifa and ended up in Damascus, and no doubt from there, another train would have taken me to Baghdad. Now, Baghdad is in ruins (before I even had the chance to visit its great museums, now plundered) and both those places might as well be on the moon since I'm not allowed to go there, and neither are its inhabitants allowed to visit me. Its like this region is going through devolution, or as one my elders says, "Since 1948, we are moving backwards." I hope you are doing well too and I hope one day things move forward, and I can invite you to lunch in my hometown and you can return the invitation, or we can meet halfway in Beirut :). Tiamut^talk 11:15, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Until then Tiamut, here's a little taste of my elders' hometown. They never fail to cheer me up. ;) Yazan (talk) 11:37, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I love that show, and I look forward to visiting your town on the way to Damascus, as well as you visiting me in Nazareth on the way to Jerusalem. 'Til we meet under the olive trees ... Tiamut^talk 11:44, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

You remind me of a funny story. My dad's best friend has 3 old wooden shop fronts that he considers his most precious belongings. His father used to own a shoemaking company back in the 1920s and 1930s, and the fronts were from the company's shops in Antakya, Haifa and al-Quds. He took them back with him to Tripoli when he closed the shops in the early 1940s. Delightful little pieces of memory. Yazan (talk) 14:29, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Tiamut, do you mind if I ask you where you live? and are you christian? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 12:20, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Don't mind at all. I live in Nazareth. My parents and grandparents are Christians from various denominations, eastern and western. My husband's family is Muslim, though he and I are both rather agnostic. Though I don't attend services, I do still enjoy lighting candles and saying prayers for loved ones at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annuciation from time to time. You? Tiamut^talk 13:04, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Interesting that you live in Nazareth. I am fascinated by the "Palestinian or Israeli Arab" identity dispute in Israel. But I see you are on the right side. Btw I read this today, and since you live there its maybe better that you remove the Hezbollah userbox from your user page for your own safety. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 22:42, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I think I'll keep the userbox. While I can understand why you might be worried, I'm not. To me, its not about Hezbollah, but rather about the right of people to display userboxes indicating where their political support might lie. Thanks for worrying about me, but there's no need (at least not over this). Whenever the powers that be here decide they want me to pay an extended visit to their institutional facilities, it will happen, and they won't need to point to my userboxes to do it. I know people who've been framed and who they have threatened to frame (with fake phone recordings of them inciting others to violence or planting drugs in their house or guns in their cars). que sera sera ... if I spent my own time worrying about what they can do if they want to, I've never get any sleep. So I don't and you shouldn't either. Tiamut^talk 16:52, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

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Americans for Middle East Understanding

Thanks for your help, I appreciate it. With those third-party sources you found I think the article should survive future deletion attempts. You actually found some good material for the Anti-Arabism article too!

It is annoying that Number 57 deleted the article under A7 ("No indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content)"). The importance of the organization was very clearly stated in the original version, in my opinion. The problem was sourcing but that was corrected once the article was given a chance. It's a good thing I had the draft stored so I could recreate it quickly. Factomancer (talk) 12:48, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ebla tablets

On April 13, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ebla tablets, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 17:23, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

User:Nick Fitzpatrick

I have suspicion on who Nick Fitzpatrick be. Them edit be similar to "Israeli" editor who recently block for long period of time and only have access to her talk page. Ani medjool (talk) 22:49, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I dont think so Ani medjool. I'd also apreciate you staying away from my talk page as I don't believe you are who you are pretending to be and I find your editing style and interventions to be highly disruptive. Thanks. Tiamut^talk 10:42, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

You don't believe he's a Palestinian refugee? Why... that's a big accusation. Are they known for lying? Breein1007 (talk) 17:28, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't believe he is an Arab (and I never saw him claim he was a Palestinian refugee). I question his professed identity based on the evidence regarding his faking of his poor English, the mistakes in the Arabic that once appeared on his user page, and his generally unhelpful contributions. It seems likely he is a strawman account impersonating an Arab/Palestinian to make those of us arguing certain positions seem ridiculous.

I notice you have a keen interest in challenging this conclusion everytime it has been raised. Why? You know he is a disruptive editor who contributes little in the way of content. Why are you so interested in seeing him stick around with his credibility intact? Because he's a major source of enjoyment to you? Tiamut^talk 20:08, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

He claimed to be from a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. I couldn't be bothered to find the diff. As for my interests, I'll leave you to make your assumptions as usual, since you seem to love these little witch hunts :) Breein1007 (talk) 22:38, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, I don't believe that claim, given that his Arabic should be fluent in that case (its not) and given the inconsistencies in the quality of the his English. Its a farce, and I won't be played for a fool.

As for your interest in having him stick around, I won't assume out loud as I'm pretty sure people can read between the lines anyway. And I never hunt witches, only socks, because they are usually disruptive, previously banned users who make editing here vastly unpleasant. Some of them are getting better at hiding their sock identity using technological covers that make conclusive rulings on their sock status impossible. But you wouldn't know anything about that, would you? Tiamut^talk 07:15, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Implying something, habibti? Don't be jealous of my super mad technology skillz. Zionist death computer programmers supply me with the best. Lawl!?12. Breein1007 (talk) 07:19, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm not your habibti, being neither dear to you, nor belonging to you in any way. Would appreciate you staying off my talk page. Thanks. Tiamut^talk 07:30, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Sheik Bureik

Zero and I have been working on and off for a while on Wikipedia:WikiProject Palestine/Sheikh Bureik..I think it is soon ready to be moved into article-space, would you care to help? At the moment the prose is, well, more a listing of facts, than good prose, if you see what I mean. Most of the sources should be available on the net (Sharon is great!). It would be wonderful if you could do the "finishing", and perhaps nominate it as a DYK? Cheers, Huldra (talk)

I made a once over copy edit and will try to do more soon before posting it to DYK. Great work there by the way. Tiamut^talk 20:09, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Whaw! You have made it into an article! ...from a random collection of facts...fantastic! Post it to DYK whenever you feel you´re done with it...BTW; I was also sort of thinking to get Palestinian costumes to FA? It would have been fantastic if we could get it on the front page for Nakba-day...I can get/upload one picture of men in Bethlehem, picture discussed in Weir ..it was men´s clothing that was its weak point...Anyway; I´m logging out now (it´s been a looong day!) cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:10, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Will try to give another couple of once overs before nominating. Thanks for the encouragement as always. And I saw the troubles you dealt with yesterday. Sorry it took up so much of your time. Those socks are relentless, but pretty easily discovered when they get themselves into tizzy as they did yesterday. See you soon my dear. Tiamut^talk 07:32, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Use of name "Palestinian" before 1960's?

Can you provide evidence of use of term "Palestinians" at the time of the Deir Yassin battle? Terminologistic (talk) 20:32, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Are you under the impression that the word was invented in the 1960s? I remember it being used well before then. Yes, I know that "I remember" is not providing a reliable source, but I am astonished that anyone thinks that the word was new in the 1960s. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:35, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Funny, I just left you two examples from 1951 and 1952 on your user page. I have to agree with JamesBWatson, its quite ridiculous to assert that its a new invention, as you do your user page. Tiamut^talk 20:37, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Agian, wishful thinking is one thing, fantasyland, now back to reality, Can you provide me ONE journal, ONE book that mentioned the term "palestinians" before 1960's??? Why not?Terminologistic (talk) 20:43, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

As I said, I left you two examples on your user page:

You are wrong about the use of "Palestinians". Just two examples:

• Life Magazine uses it in 1951 to refer to the refugees of the 1948 war in Saida.
• Life Magazine quoting the Mufti using the term in 1952 to refer to the million and half Palestinian refugees. Tiamut^talk 20:35, 15 April 2010 (UTC) Tiamut^talk 20:45, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

And as noted in the article on Palestinian people:

Whatever the differing viewpoints over the timing, causal mechanisms, and orientation of Palestinian nationalism, by the early 20th century strong opposition to Zionism and evidence of a burgeoning nationalistic Palestinian identity is found in the content of Arabic-language newspapers in Palestinian Territories, such as Al-Karmil (est. 1908) and Filasteen (est. 1911). Filasteen, published in Jaffa by Issa and Yusef al-Issa, addressed its readers as "Palestinians", first focusing its critique of Zionism around the failure of the Ottoman administration to control Jewish immigration and the large influx of foreigners, later exploring the impact of Zionist land-purchases on Palestinian peasants (Template:Lang-ar, fellahin), expressing growing concern over land dispossession and its implications for the society at large.

Tiamut^talk 20:49, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

I see Terminologistic is now blocked as a toothie sock. Incidentally, for early uses of "Palestinians" and similar questions, the Google news archive is a good source. It was also used in the Palestine Post by 1950. Zero^talk 07:45, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes ... more socks. Funny how the socks trying to insert poorly sources material into the article on Pan-Arabism, claiming that non-Arab minorities (with whom they often claim to be identified) have been persecuted by this ideology are the same socks making anti-Palestinian edits at I-P articles. Thanks for the tip on Google news archive. Of course, even after being provided evidence, these types of editors remain unconvinced, but its good for those who are editing in good faith and genuinely looking to add all relevant information from reliable sources. Tiamut^talk 07:53, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

There's a special breed for those socking at Pan-Arabism, it's almost idiotic and comic how obvious they are. Who said Wikipedia couldn't be fun? ;) Yazan (talk) 08:05, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

References

Sorry for dumping this wreck of an article on you...

but do you have any idea about the Society for Promotion of Female Education in the East? ..which seems to have something to do with China...or possibly Nazareth...or both? Lol! I cannot make heads or tail of this...cheers, Huldra (talk) 16:38, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

• Also, would you care to take a look at Al-Qabu..still need work, but could possibly be a DYK? Lots of sources online.. Huldra (talk) 21:51, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm...the first I have no idea about, but will ask around and look into in due time. About Al-Qabu, I'll do what I can today and tomorrow after a I solve a little puzzle about Kafr Thulth and Baalshalisha. Nice work as always Huldra. Tiamut^talk 09:05, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Great! Also; there is a discussion about a picture you uploaded on commons: See here. Now, as I have mentioned on the file-page; almost the exact same picture is in Khalidi (taken in 1991), and it is uploaded to the Pal.rem site. Well, I just wondered: how usual is it to have verses from the Qur'an over the entrance of a Jewish cemetary?? Cheers! Huldra (talk) 12:14, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

The argument is still ongoing... Oh, and the same guy just uploaded a lot of pictures for Al-Manshiyya, Acre over at commons yesterday...and today request them deleted... Huldra (talk) 18:19, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

(deep deep sigh) I'm amazed by those assertions actually. That cemetery is one of my favourite places and having examined almost every inscription on the tombstones there, I can attest to their being universally written in Arabic. It is indeed an Islamic cemetery that was used by the villagers of Balad al-Shaykh (as noted by the mutliple sources I appended to that discussion you linked to at Commons). The attempts to deny the Arab and Muslim history of even the resting places of the dead that remain is so sad to me (as is the vandalism of the graves I've seen there, also discussed in some RS'). I wonder when the memoricide will stop? Or if it will continue until one day the Israelis are naming their weapons after Arab tribes they nearly decimated or their tools (just as the Americans do with their Apache helicopters and Tomahawk missiles). Sorry for the soap, but its really too disheartening. Tiamut^talk 12:37, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Unbelievably, it seem the Apache tribe apparenly welcomed the use of their name for the helicopter [10]. I think I'm going to be sick. Tiamut^talk 12:41, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

I think this is one of the reasons that I have started to dislike JVL so much; one thing is that it concentrates on Jewish history (nothing wrong with that!)...another thing is how it completely wipes out (or try to!) all Arab/Palestinian history. This is what it writes about Mamluk rule..the whole of 6 lines...no mention of the architecture (I really have to get those bridges-articles done..), how they get that to fit with the Ramleh-article, is another matter. Or some of the editors here: just see Aref al-Aref..notes that 5 Jews died in the 1920 riots...but not that 4 Arabs died, too. Sigh. Etc, etc. Of well, we just have to keep going. At least there are not (that many) who advocate that all Palestinians left in 1948 due to "Arab orders"...as there were, only 3-4 years ago, it´s progress! Cheers, Huldra (talk) 12:57, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello my dear; I think I am about done with Al-Qabu‎, filled in what Morris has to say. AFAIK; Israel grossly violated the Armistice Agreements with their action on 1 May 1949.. (so what else is new). I could perhaps expand events autumn -48, with some of the material in Khalidi (it is in the family-net-link)..but I really don´t know how accurate it it...as it is based on "The History of the war of independence". Could you perhaps copy-edit it, and nominate it for DYK? Cheers, Huldra (talk) 17:13, 21 April 2010 (UTC)  

Sheikh Danun

Hi, please check the French translation at Sheikh Danun from the French which I put on the talk page. Also, this place was apparently of some importance during Napoleon's invasion but I can't find anything. Cheers, Zero^talk 14:14, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

about Al-Qabu: I thought the time was running out, so I just wanted to nom it before it was to late..the laguage isn´t very good, though, and you are (as always!) much welcome to "smooth" it out (hint!). Otherwise; thank you for your work on Sheikh Danun..it qualified as a DYK (expansion-wise) on the 25th..if you would care to ce/add/nomitate it, it would be great. A pity we don´t have any picture, but the maps (especially the Jacotin one) are nice, methinks. It´s really quite special, that such a small place has two such ancient shrines.

And Zero has asked me to do something about my family honor ;) on Khulda (called "Huldre" by the Crusaders..), so I guess that will be my next project ;) Take care, cheers, Huldra (talk) 16:45, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I am so glad to see you over at Sheikh Danun and Khulda! Sheikh Danun qualified as a DYK on the 25th, and Khulda on the 26th: there are still 3 days+ to nominate them. However..now I *really* have to log out ..and I do not expect to be be back much until the week-end. Could I ask you to copy-edit and nominate them? I think Sheikh Danun is almost ready? Also, on Khulda: note Mujir al-Din book in the ref; I found his the Khulda reference on p. 294....in French! Enjoy! Cheers, Huldra (talk) 13:06, 27 April 2010 (UTC)   

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DYK for Sheikh Bureik, Lajjun

Ucucha 08:03, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Requested content

This is the content you asked me to retrieve from the deleted talk page.  Sandstein  08:03, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Instead of focusing solely on Samar Abed Rabbo, who was shot in the spine but survived, the article should be merged into Abd Rabbo family incident to better reflect the whole story, which includes the death of her two sisters, and the wounding of other family members during the Gaza War. Relevant sources to be added include:

• Soldier gunned down my daughters, says Gaza father
• Five Year Old War Victim Samar Wage Juridical War On Israel
• Cast Lead: 2 sisters killed and 1 maimed in wilful attack
• New evidence of Gaza child deaths
• Following Demand for Criminal Investigation by Adalah, Al-Haq and Al Mezan, Israeli Military Police Begin Probe into Killing and Wounding of Palestinians Carrying White Flags during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza
• Bereaved Gaza Strip families demand answers Tiamut^talk 10:21, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

And more ...

• Israel: Gaza 'White Flag' Deaths Inquiry a Step Forward
• IDF to probe Gaza 'white-flag' deaths Tiamut^talk 10:28, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 April newsletter

Round two is over, and we are down to our final 32. For anyone interested in the final standings (though not arranged by group) this page has been compiled. Congratulations to Hunter Kahn (submissions), our clear overall round winner, and to ThinkBlue (submissions) and Arsenikk (submissions), who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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A/E

Hi Tiamut, Regarding your comments at A/E:

Unfortunately, the Western (i.e., English-language) media identify with Israelis and focus more on Israel than they do on the Arab world, so more English-language sources are available that describe Middle-Eastern food as Israeli dishes when, in fact, they may be traditional Arab dishes. Certainly a balance has to be achieved, maybe a better balance than we currently have. Perhaps Arabic-language sources should be used, but (as you know) there are only a small number of editors who edit in the Arab-Israeli area who can read Arabic. Fortunately Google now translates from Arabic to English, so verification of Arabic-language sources shouldn't be a problem.

I'm not suggesting that you tackle this issue, just suggesting a possible alternative to the perceived imbalance. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 18:54, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

DYKs, DYKs and more DYKS..

Hello my dear, I really have to log out now, but I just want to thank you for nominating Khulda ‎..and, ahem, I can find a zillion sources saying "Huldre" is an alternative name (plural form) for "Huldra"! ;)

Anyway; just noted: Al-Mazar, Jenin is actually already DYK-qualified, care to work on it? Not great..(but it was mentioned in Time magazine..) and there is *a lot* about the place in Guérin, which I don´t understand *at all*..it was finding that ref which started it all...you could perhaps "mine" it?

But Sulam should definitely go first, Zero said he would get Jacotin-map-section tomorrow. Closely related is Nabi Dahi; it should perhaps be taken into its own sub-page, where we can work on it? I was so delighted to find pictures on commons; definitely an article must be made! Cheers, and take care, Huldra (talk) 20:19, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

You provide the sources for Huldre=Hulda and I'll add it as a terminological footnote. But the hook nom for Khulda is already up and is based on your wise initial suggestion anyway.

I will copy edit Al Mazar, Jenin tonight or tomorrow and see what I can find in Guerin (I tried to download the PDF and failed, but will read it online instead. Is there a page reference? Duh ... I just saw it now, page 325 and you even provided a direct link). I'll nom it after Sulam and after adding the translated material from Guerin.

Sulam can be nommed after Zero0000 puts up the map. I'd like to nom Hableh before it though, if you don't mind.

Whenever you want to move Nabi Dahi into mainspace, I'll do what I can there too. Phew! That's a lot of DYKs! I'm out of the WikiCup race unfortunately, but at least I'll be getting much closer to 100 with what what we've done this week. (Okay not that much closer, but a lot closer than I was last week :). Thanks for all your work my dear.

PS. As you may have noticed, I was working on Jaffa orange. It would hard to get up to DYK though. Perhaps a good article nom in the near future. Don't forget the FA drive for Palestinian costumes. And I haven't forgotten Aga Aqil, I just got sidetracked. I like writing about places so much more than people it seems, particularly when they have histories that span millenia. Cheer my dear. Tiamut^talk 20:28, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Wonderful! And I am now just amazed at all the Guerin-stuff, found by Zero, & trying to update "the library"! (As Zero found out: the Guerin-stuff at archive.org is actually "stored" under different names! You have author= "Guérin, Victor, 1821-1891", and then you have author="Guérin, Honoré Victor"...and I had only found the last one!)

As for the "next projext": I would really like to continue to give some of the Palestinian Arab villages and towns in Israel their history back, so to speak. Just started on Mazra'a..As for DYK-stuff: I think Nabi_Dahi is a definitive candidate! (..beside Agil Aga..)If you would like to start developing Nabi_Dahi on a subpage: please do! -and I´ll add what I can. (It has pictures! -And you know how I LOVE articles with pictures ;) ) Of the -48-villages, Dayr al-Shaykh is very high on my list (look at the pictures on commons: & there is lots and lots about that Mamluk shrine in Petersen) -And I really love working with you and Zero ;) Cheers, Huldra (talk) 14:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Sheikh Danun

Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Al-Qabu

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit summary

It isn't about you.Cptnono (talk) 09:34, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea what you are talking about. But your revert (edit summary: "consensus or not there have been to many reverts. Maybe this revert will remind people that there is a talk page. And it was a military victory (we just may not be allowed to say it?)") was highly unproductive and not reflective of the discussion on the talk page. There, many people have expressed their opinion that "Israeli victory" doesn't belong in the infobox, given that its a disputed fact.

Your following that with this revert was also just plain weird. No one has expressed any dissension to the idea of including information about the mutual ceasefires. Are we reading the same discussion page? Tiamut^talk 09:44, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

"I have participated in talk, as have others, to say this should not be included, given the differing opinions" You have not been active and since you reverted a revert of a revert of a revert that laid out clearly that conversation had not been ongoing you shouldn't have pretended otherwise. So when you say I have participated the only answer is no, you haven't. So feel free to jump in but don't misuse an edit summary.Cptnono (talk) 09:52, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I know you love me Cptnono, but your intense interest comes off as smothering sometimes. Please loosen your grip. On talk, days ago, I explained clearly why Israeli military victory would not fly in the infobox. None of the people reverting responded there (except you), so my summary is an accurate one. And please, look in the mirror. Your edit summary has to be the most nonsenical, internally contradictory rationale for a revert I've read in ages. Thank you for your observations and have a nice day. Tiamut^talk 10:00, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

LOL. "I know you love me" was ridiculously cute and sounds like something I would say off Wikipedia while having shots. So I just made what I would consider a substantial change that limits the use of the infobox. Wikilinking to the subsection is laid out in the infobox's template and is the simplest, easiest, and most nonsense way to do it. Maybe it will work?Cptnono (talk) 10:05, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

And since I have your attention before you delete this: You were right and I was wrong since I thought you were on a 1rr but it was the other editor. And another one: Nableezy thought there was no proof that AM was a strawpuppet/sockpuppet. First time I have seen you guys not agree. I wanted to bring up those two things but didn't have the opportunity before. Have a good (whatever time zone you are in here) Cptnono (talk) 10:12, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

The change looks like a good compromise for now. Thanks. About Nableezy, I tend to be more suspicious than him. Sometimes my paranoia pays off. Other times not. Have a good (night? and FYI, in Nazareth, its daytime now). Tiamut^talk 10:43, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Query

Hi T. Regarding this diff, wouldn't it be better to convert the copyvio into a link, in a short entry (even a sentence), rather then simply delete it? Happy Sunday.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

The source is self-published and I'm not sure how to summarize such a long rant. Would you like to take a stab at it? Tiamut^talk 18:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Before I take a stab, just to make sure it is worth it -- aren't self-published items by the article subject fine to reflect in a wp article? Tx.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:04, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

See this section of WP:RS. My problem with the material, besides it being a copyvio, was that it made a lot of claims about other living people. You can summarize info in the website about Shoebat himself, if it is not undul self-serving, etc. But the claims he makes about others are a no-go, as they are protected by WP:BLP too. Tiamut^talk 19:13, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Agree as to all you say.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:55, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Here is what I propose, in lieu of what was deleted:

Writing "You will find several articles attempting to discredit my story and my claims, none of which can respond to what you will find here", Shoebat also posted a highly detailed response on his website, in which he sharply disagreed with the assertions against him.[11]

--Epeefleche (talk) 21:14, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Sounds a bit wordy. Is the direct quote necessary? Why not write simply that "Shoebat posted a lengthy and detailed response on his website challenging the veracity of the assertions made against him." Tiamut^talk 21:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

It gives the flavor of the response, which is lost otherwise. It's only one sentence, and not very wordy at all compared to what it is meant to reflect.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:25, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Go ahead then. I'm not going to hold up your edit over a style objection. Tiamut^talk 21:32, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Tx. Good working w/you. I will borrow some of the flavor of your suggestion as well.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Mazra'a

Tiamut dear, I had no plans as to make Mazra'a a DYK when I started expanding it, but by now my DYK-checker actually shows that it qualifies! The article still needs some work, though. I have asked Zero for 1931-census- data. And I would love to find a RS on the UNESCO-world heritage site; that should be expanded, methinks. Care to nominate it, when it is ready? Cheers, Huldra (talk) 00:39, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

I´m fine with either of those hooks, just nominate it whenever you want. Zero has added the 1931-data (+other stuff), he also sent me an article about the events in 1948 (I´m still reading it..) And I don´t know if you saw this? Well, I just think it is such a waste of time; I much rather want to be writing articles...and ignore everything else...It is difficult at times, though! Cheers, Huldra (talk) 17:58, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Zero found a lot of refs for Yirka...(not in Petersen)..just starting to expand it  ;) Huldra (talk) 20:23, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Is it worth it?

Is it worth it for you restoring that personal attack on the article talk page? I'm willing to fight to make sure that bullshit doesn't stay up, so it's up to you if you care enough. Breein1007 (talk) 16:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Its not a personal attack and your removing it goes against WP:TALK. But since I'm here to write an encyclopedia and not WP:BATTLE, I don't care enough to fight you on it. So you enjoy your "victory", 007. Tiamut^talk 20:23, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

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nice meeting you

Hey, yes I'm from shefa-amr, i also have friends (and family) in Nazareth. its nice finding other people from the area editing here, if u need any help with articles don't be a stranger :) Cheers! M5Power (talk) 17:26, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Hableh

Thanks for this one Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Khulda

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Ah, the difference a picture make! Btw, I have about 32..(?) now...never cared that much about it, but it was fun to see that so many noted this. And Al-Mirr is next; already qualifies, care to ce, and nom? ..before I´m possibly blocked :( Cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

email for Tiamut and Huldra

Tiamut and Huldra, I emailed you pages 401-408 from SWP II, that are missing from the copy at archive.org. Zero^talk 13:24, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Sulam

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Mazra'a

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Al Mazar, Jenin

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 18:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Ar'ara

Hey, If you have time; would you care to take a look at Ar'ara? Zero startet; I continued. I haven´t really "mined" the Hadashot Arkheologiyot -sources yet. But it already qualifies as a DYK- according to the tester....but I think we need some more info about what happened in 1948-49 first..And ce! ..if you have time...It is actually fascinating finding out how long & interesting history some of these places have, don´t you think? Cheers, and take care, Huldra (talk) 20:19, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Al-Mirr

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

99.9 %

99.9 % of the Middle East belongs to the Arabs.

Be happy with that.

Israel is the inheritance of Jacob, of the Jewish people.

It is the will of Allah.

Salam. Sagi Nahor (talk) 08:51, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 May newsletter

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Help:Translate to Arabic

Hello! I need some help on translation. Please translate the following word to Arabic.

• Bishop of Rome
• Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
• Patriarch of Alexandria
• Patriarch of Antioch
• Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Bishopric of Rome
• Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
• Patriarchate of Alexandria
• Patriarchate of Antioch
• Patriarchate of Jerusalem

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You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

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'48 massacres

FYI : [12]. 81.244.167.24 (talk) 07:32, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 June newsletter

We're half way through 2010, and the end of the WikiCup is in sight! Round 3 is over, and we're down to our final 16. Our pool winners were Ian Rose (submissions) (A), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (B, and the round's overall leader), ThinkBlue (submissions) (C) Casliber (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions) (D, joint), but, with the scores reset, everything is to play for in our last pooled round. The pools will be up before midnight tonight, and have been selected randomly by J Milburn. This will be the toughest round yet, and so, as ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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The article "Art Student Scam" on Administrator's board which you were involved in discussing on the articlesfordeletion page in early march

Hi Tiamut. Do you agree that a group of users with strong political bias was ganging up on you and other wikipedia users on the articlesfordeletion page for the Article "Art Student Scam" with the purpose of distorting facts for political reasons. Also, do you agree that it seems they acted to distort the topic of israeli spying in favor of the almost unnotable topic - chinese men selling fake art on the street. Third, do you agree that user:huey45 is acting in "bad faith" and lying when he repeatedly claims that the sources say "the art students weren't israelis" and when user:gilisa claims that the the sources are unreliable and that user:huey45 is not lying when he. These users, seem to be trying deliberately to make mistatements about the contents of the sources.

User huey45 says... This is a direct quote from huey45

“I called it "the fake Israeli thing" because all of the previous sources (yes, you're not the first person to mention this) suggested that the salesmen weren't even Israeli, let alone art students.”

Then he later says

"I never once lied in regards to this issue. When I said "the previous sources", I was referring to the sources that were presented before User:Preciseaccuracy turned up and started causing trouble. What do you think the word "previous" means? When the article was about the Israeli art students last time, there was considerable doubt as to the real nationality of these salesmen."

In fact, all of these sources unequivocally state that they were Israelis, and mention art students. The fact is that Huey45 has been repeatedly lying with the purpose of mutilating the content of this article. I think that he should be banned from this article.What is more troubling, is that a group of apparently politically motivated users continues to take his side in claiming that huey 45 is not lying.

Link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Huey45_acting_in_.E2.80.9Cbad_faith.E2.80.9D_and_colluding_with_others_to_sabotage_article_.E2.80.9CArt_Student_Scam.E2.80.9D

Other editors still make the claim that the israeli "art student" spying was an "urban myth." They will not even admit that this labeling is at least controversial. Whereas in reality, the israeli "art student" spy ring seemed to be at least "suspected."

user:gilisa claims that this four part fox news special doesn't count as evidence of supsected spying

4 part fox news special with Brit Hume and Carl Cameron on Israel spying, total time 20 minutes

<removed links to copyright violations>

Preciseaccuracy (talk) 11:42, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Preciseaccuracy (talk) 12:33, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 July newsletter

We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by Sasata (submissions) has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants ( Sasata (submissions), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions)) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by Casliber (submissions), who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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Merge discussion for [[ Yibna ]]

An article that you have been involved in editing, [[ Yibna ]], has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Sreifa (talk) 05:46, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Really?

[13] [14] A great description of yourself you have given D= DX--Mbz1 (talk) 13:13, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Just when I start to think you are a serious and collegial contributor to this encyclopedia ... If you feel you have a case for sockpuppetry, please go ahead and file a checkuser request. For the record, I have never edited Wikipedia using an alternate account and stopped editing as an IP when I made this account. Have a nice day. Tiamut^talk 08:13, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

I think the other editor was trying to point out that you have done what you accuse others of doing. Not really fun times to have that mudslinging but there is your clarification. And wanted to say congrats on your real life stuff before you blank this.Cptnono (talk) 08:59, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Of course,Tiamut, I only pointed out that you accused me of being a sock of a user, who speaks perfect English, with no reason whatsoever, and at the same time wrote about other editors "they are apt to resort to ad hominem attacks (eg. calling you a conspiracy theorist, a lying sockpuppet, or other such nonsense)" I would have never dreamed accusing you of being a sock. Sorry for misunderstanding.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:27, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Al-Aqsa Mosque

Perhaps you should know that Tom B has delisted this article from GA status as per 18:42, 5 August 2010 (UTC). It's a pity because it is already a nicely written and important article. I was wondering if you'd like to collaborate on improving it again? XoXo (talk) 11:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, and no problem. Just have fun and enjoy your life. Salam, XoXo (talk) 04:16, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

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We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.

• Pool A's winner was Sturmvogel_66 (submissions). Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare.
• Pool B's winner was Casliber (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured articles this round, Casliber writes primarily on natural sciences, especially botany and ornithology.
• Pool A's close second was Sasata (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured pictures this round, Sasata writes primarily on natural sciences, favouring mycology.
• Pool B's close second was ThinkBlue (submissions). Awarded the top score for good articles and topics this round, ThinkBlue primarily writes content related to television and film, including 30 Rock.
• The first wildcard was TonyTheTiger (submissions). Awarded the top score for did you knows and valued pictures this round, TonyTheTiger writes on a number of topics, including baseball, American football and Chicago.
• The second wildcard was White Shadows (submissions). Someone who has helped the Cup behind the scenes all year, White Shadows said "I'm still in shock that I made it this far" and writes primarily on Naval warfare, especially U-boats.
• The third wildcard was Staxringold (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured lists and topics this round, Staxringold primarily writes on sport and television, including baseball and 30 Rock.
• The fourth wildcard was William S. Saturn (submissions). Entering the final eight only on the final day of the round, William S. Saturn writes on a number of topics, mostly related to Texas.

We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. Geschichte (submissions) only just missed out on a place in the final eight. Resolute (submissions) was not far behind. Candlewicke (submissions) was awarded top points for in the news this round. Gary King (submissions) contributed a variety of did you know articles. Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions) said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. Arsenikk (submissions) did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to Ian Rose (submissions), who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them here and here. Thank you to Stone (submissions) for these.

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"Palestinian leaders are habitual liars" Wikifan12345 is messing up the Hamas page.

"Palestinian leaders are habitual liars" is one of his comments in the discussion section.Haberstr (talk) 20:56, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Nazareth

Hi Tiamut, I see you are from Nazareth? Do you still live there? I spent my summer in that lovely city.--TM 15:30, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

It is very likely that you did see me. I had an internship on Tawfiq Ziyad St near the bus depot. It is a beautiful area. I traveled a number of times to Saffuriya, Ma'alul and elsehwere with my internship. I miss it!--TM 17:44, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Tiamut, I really missed your presence on here in your absence. I hope you will return to edit actively once again. What happened to Huldra? Dr. Blofeld 18:26, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

The Milhist election has started!

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Al-Manshiyya, Jaffa

Hi Tiamut, I was just going through my talk page, and remembered a project I had in mind that you found some sources for on User:Tiamut/Zeita. There's a Hebrew Wikipedia page on it that looks pretty substantial. Perhaps between your Hebrew and mine (and Google's), we can translate it into English :) --Fjmustak (talk) 08:11, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Note

Hey, Happy Eid ul-Fitr, Tiamut!! Hope things are good!! :-) --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 20:30, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

congrats on all your barnstars!! they look great! --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 September newsletter

We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. TonyTheTiger (submissions) leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by Sasata (submissions) with 1175 points. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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MfD nomination of User:Tiamut/Palestine

User:Tiamut/Palestine, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Tiamut/Palestine and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Tiamut/Palestine during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 04:05, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Should it get deleted and you require undeletion in future, I'd be happy to do so. Mjroots (talk) 13:03, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

The undeletion will be on the understanding that you will actively work on the article. It is not to be left untouched. Mjroots (talk) 07:36, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Outline of Saskatchewan has gone live

mail

Hi, I sent you email. Zero^talk 03:43, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

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وحشتينى جدا

I hope all is well with you and yours. nableezy - 18:05, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Salad

Now that the Israeli Salad article states pretty unequivocally that Israeli salad was originally Palestinian, you might consider revising or removing the Massad quote. I have read Massad's article, and agree heartily with it. But out of the context of the original, and as it appears in this article, it seems silly and trivial. It's like accusing America of culinary imperialism against Naples because of Pizza Hut, or against the Mexicans because of Taco Bell. Careful readers will not take this quote seriously.

Just a suggestion. --Ravpapa (talk) 17:35, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey you. I've made some changes to the History section at that article after re-reading it following the posting of your message. I think the Massad opinion remains relevant. I'm not sure what you mean by careful readers won't take it seriously but in any case I don't care whether or not people are convinced by it, only by its notability and reliability, coming as it does from a professor writing for an academic press and reflecting a rather widespread POV in the Arab world (and beyond). The whole tomato paragraph was however synth/or and I took that out. Anyway, I'm open to discussing the issue more on the talk (i.e. different ways to incorporate the information, but I'm not so keen on eliminating that POV from the article when it is a significant one). Hope you are doing well. Tiamut^talk 21:32, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 October newsletter

The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to TonyTheTiger (submissions), with 2260, and third to Casliber (submissions), with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists – White Shadows (submissions), William S. Saturn (submissions), Staxringold (submissions) and ThinkBlue (submissions). Also, congratulations to Sasata (submissions), who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.

Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is Casliber (submissions), for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is Staxringold (submissions), for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is Jujutacular (submissions), for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is TonyTheTiger (submissions), for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is Candlewicke (submissions), for nineteen articles in the news in round three.

The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 03:12, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

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about Fairuz's origin

Greetings I see that you're a Christian from the middle east so I thought you might have some kind of knowledge about the personal life of Fairuz.
First of all Fairuz was NEVER a catholic she have never appeared in catholic ceremonies as far as i know. Secondly, she had an Arab nationalist and pro-Palestinian background which is a typical attitude that prevailed amongst non-Maronite Christians in Lebanon.
It's funny how her origin is contested in wikipedia, she was a Coptic before I modified it, in the Arabic version she appears to be Palestinian, the chronology cite her as syriac (which is true for once), and she's Maronite in the English wikipedia. I have added as well some new links that support my claim in the discussion page.
Ravi84m (talk) 02:00, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

I've got some links after googling:
الدين والدهماء والدم: العرب وإستعصاء الحداثة By أبو فخر، صقر‎
An article in Annahar by Samir Attallah
Greetings Ravi84m (talk) 17:10, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Request for assistance

Hello! Do you remember this review we did on states recognising the State of Palestine? I realise it's old news now, but I'm currently engaged in a debate on Talk:Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority, where an editor has reduced the figure in his own review.

I'm getting frustrated, because he can't understand what I'm trying to explain to him. We know that the number of recognition for the State is unclear, or subject to dispute. He's ignoring that, and stating that the number is "97". He admits that he doesn't know that it's 97, but that's what he's stating it is. Do you think you could please read through the discussion, and possibly try to explain it to him that we've already been through this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Nightw 11:45, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I saw the discussion. Its rather long and involved and my Wiki time is extremely limited these days. I'll try to review it more thoroughly in the days to come and if I have something of value to add, I will. Thanks for thinking of me, hope you are doing well. Tiamut^talk 18:16, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

That's okay, it's winding down now, and after all the hoop-jumping I've had to do, I think I'm finally getting somewhere. Best regards, Nightw 10:30, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Information

I permit myself to bring your attention about the edits of user:Marokwitz (16 november) who is removing the name 1948 Palestine war from all the articles of wikipedia. What can be done ? Noisetier (talk) 20:48, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

At some time there are up to 6 modifications per minute. He used a bot to perform this. Is this permitted on wikipedia ? Noisetier (talk) 21:10, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I wonder why you are slandering me across many user pages without contacting me first. I am not removing the name. This war consisted of two stages, the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine which lasted until May 14 1948, and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War after May 15, 1948. I'm just using the name of more specific campaign where applicable, instead of the broader name, in accordance to the sources. This is a simple matter of providing specific and accurate information. And if you have any problems with my edits, why not contact me? Marokwitz (talk) 06:04, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

The revert of 500 internal links to the article 1948 Palestine war that you made last night is a pov-pushing. The way you justify you and the way you proceeded are not appropriate. I would add that in Hamas and the Taliban analogy, you collaborated a lot to the development of an Orignal Research. By essence, this is an exemple of pov-pushing.

You focus too much on the "letter of the right" to cover you. Wikipedia is also based on the 4th pillar (be civil) and such rules as WP:AGF that you just referred to. The is the "letter of the rule" and the "spirit of the rule".

In importing on wikipedia the israeli-palestinian conflict, you harm the image of Israel and the one of your community. I would advice you to read and think about Wikipedia:Writing for the opponent. That would help you to improve the quality of your collaboration at the project in using simultaneously all our 5 pillars but more above all, that would increase your empathy for all sides of the I-P conflict.

Is there no article that you could *study* and *develop* on focusing both on reliable sources the content of which you don't like and on reliable sources you have sympathy for ?

Think about this. Noisetier (talk) 07:19, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

(see Marokwitz talk page for the follow up)

Establishment of Israel

Firstly, no apparent consensus is no reason to revert after the discussion was open for a month and no action was takem about the other countries. Secondly, there was an apparent consensus that there should be uniformity, so all the countries should either be amended together or not amended. Thirdly, Wiketiquette dictates that you disqualify yourself from editing Israel. You assumedly know why. Start with Egypt or Ethiopia. I will then do Israel... Monosig (talk) 14:56, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

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Al Jamal article

Hi Tiamut: thank you for your support and contribution to the article. I noticed my amendments were clashing with yours, so I will refrain from working on the article till tomorrow to give you a chance to do your bit. Again, thank you Aboluay^Talk2me 18:05, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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Happy Tiamut's Day!

Tiamut has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as Tiamut's Day! For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian, enjoy being the star of the day, Tiamut! Signed, Neutralhomer A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, click here. Have a Great Day...Neutralhomer • Talk • 05:07, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

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You're Welcome! :) Keep up the good work! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 22:06, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi Tiamut

I'm glad to see you are still around. Happy Holidays! The Transhumanist    04:44, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Dearest Tiamut; how are you? Hope you are well and busy with your family? I sort of got engulfed in some RL-affairs this autumn, it took most of my attention. Anyway: back to my 48-villages, now. Hope to see you around...Cheers, and best wishes, as always :) Huldra (talk) 08:39, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I am so glad to hear that you are happily occupied!  :) Last autumn was really about tying up old "loose strings" up here...it took faaaaar more time and energy than I had expected. Now I´m finally seeing the end of it, and I cannot express how relieved I am. I have also looked on a "new project", but have not settled on anything specific. But with the state of the economy being as it is; there is no need to hurry. So; back to my 48-villages for now. Give my regards to your family! Cheers, Huldra (talk) 20:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011

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"Guilty of flying while Arab"

Just came across this, brought to mind what you said earlier.

Anyway, good to see your occasional presence here, hope you're enjoying your new life. --NSH001 (talk) 12:08, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Autopatrolled

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WikiCup 2011 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 February newsletter

So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

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Outline collaboration

Here's the latest addition to the religion section of Portal:Contents/Outlines. Wikipedia has rich coverage on this subject. Very interesting, especially from sociological and historical perspectives.

• Outline of Sikhism

This is a call to all members of the Outline WikiProject and outline aficionados to help refine this outline. It needs annotations, missing topics added, and the entries in the general concepts section placed in more specific sections.

Come join in on the fun and get acquainted with members of the Outline WikiProject!

The Transhumanist 04:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

P.S.: I had no idea this religion was so extensive or that it had so many followers. Hope to see you on the outline.

Mail

Hello, you got mail. 79.182.123.90 (talk) 07:15, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 March newsletter

We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Piotrus (submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:10, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Palestinians & List of indigenous peoples

Thanks for weighing-in. DieWeisseRose (talk) 05:39, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

violation and gaming of 1RR

I've reported you at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration. AFolkSingersBeard (talk) 15:34, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Welcome back

I know it's belated, but seriously, Welcome Back! You've certainly been missed as you always are when you're on break. It seems you, Huldra, and I can't manage to be here at the same time anymore ... Anyway, I look forward to seeing you embark on another project improving Palestine and Arab-related articles on the Wiki (Congrats on the Qedarites btw.) Don't want to to bombard you but if you ever have time, could you check out Abu Ali Iyad and Khayr al-Din al-Ramli? I've nominated the former for GA, but it could still definitely use more info and perhaps some ce. Not gonna lie, I've never had more trouble finding sources for an article which is surprising in this case because this guy was pretty famous in Palestinian circles. --Al Ameer son (talk) 20:05, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

I didn't mean to come back actually, and don't really have time for it. So I can't promise I'll help out where you're working, with regrets. Miss editing with you all though. Just doing a little pruning here and there and got carried away. Serious addiction the wiki. Take care Al Ameer Son and don't stop collecting and disseminating knowledge. Its a beautiful things. Tiamut^talk 20:12, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

No worries and you're on point about the addiction issue; I got finals next week and I don't know why I keep editing here! But seriously, make sure you pop in every now and then at the least. Trust me it makes a difference. As for me, I have a few projects to keep me busy. Salam. --Al Ameer son (talk) 20:20, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Seconded. If only to make us smile, try to make your name show up in our watchlists every once in a while. nableezy - 21:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

And seeing you all back makes me grin ear to ear. I'll do what I can. It won't be much though. Nableezy, I hope Egypt was al you wanted it to be and becomes all its people want it to be. Tiamut^talk 17:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Hey! Nice to see you back! RL-issues still need some "cleaning-up" here, but I hope to start editing again this week-end or next week. (And it seem as if some fought the 3rd WW on my talk-page while I was away...oh well. Don´t know if I should care too much about it.) Tiamut dear; could you please check your email? Cheers, Huldra (talk) 18:09, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

So good to hear from you my love. Will check my email, bt it will take a bit of time. Yes, I'm trying to sneak in edits here and there, inspired by real life visitations :). Hope we will have a chance to work together again soon. Tiamut^talk 18:19, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

And thank you for your love an care on Hamsa. Nice work, maybe it is worth a barnstar, don't know ;) It is always nice to see you editing! AgadaUrbanit (talk) 18:15, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter

Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Hurricanehink (submissions) and Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

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My theory

Hi, Tiamut! I saw your pleasant edit summary at Hamas school bus attack just now, and that you'd added to the article about Hamas' intent. I have a different idea about what happened, and I'd like to share it with you.

You saw from the current lead of our own article that this AP source supports the statement that Hamas pretty much "held its fire" until Israel killed some of its leaders the week before the bus attack. This JPost article, and these two from Ynet talk about how the kid who was killed was the only one on the bus, besides the driver, when it was hit, after it had dropped all the other kids off, 50 metres back on the road, at their kibbutz. If you read the four stories carefully, you'll see repeated statements like this one, about the boy: "He was just here visiting his grandmother for a few days, to make her happy, and he went for a ride with the bus driver, who is a friend of the family," his father said.

Other kids said he was just riding around on the bus with the family friend, i.e. with the driver, and didn't appear to be going anywhere in particular. If you look at the video of the bus, and the still photos, you'll see it was very open country, a place where someone targeting the bus would have had the sweep of a long, open section of road to target. Yet the bus was struck 50 metres after all the kids got off, all the kids except the one who wasn't supposed to be there. Hamas could certainly have targeted the bus 50 or 100 metres "earlier" in the bus trip, i.e. before the kids got off at the kibbutz. The didn't. My guess is that they knew that if they killed school kids on a bus in that way, that there'd be hell to pay. My guess is that they purposely waited until after the bus was (as they thought, probably from watching on previous days) empty of students.

Why target a school bus at all, and especially an empty one? I think they were trying to send a very serious message to the Israeli command structure, saying something like, "If you target our leadership again we will blow a school bus to pieces that's not empty of kids. All we'd have to do is fire 50 metres earlier." Kind of like in the movies when someone sends a photo to an enemy of that enemy through the "crosshairs" of a rifle scope. Or like in ancient Chinese ninja stories where the assassin just leaves a dagger on the bedside table of an enemy while he's asleep. A way of saying, "If you keep trying to hurt me, I can hurt you too." That's my theory, anyway; I don't see anything else that makes sense. The kid who was killed wasn't expected to be on the bus. I don't think Hamas intended to kill any kids; I just think they wanted to send the message, "Leave us alone, because we can." My guess is that they were probably really, really disturbed to learn that the bus had a kid on it. All speculation, of course, and I know we can't use any of it in the article, but nothing else I can think of explains the facts in a way that makes sense to me, and I wondered what someone else might think... I didn't mean to write a novel, though; delete this whenever you feel like it. Cheers,  – OhioStandard (talk) 12:19, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Your theory is pretty close to my private musings on the matter. Not usuable at all in the article of course, but thanks for sharing it anyway. Tiamut^talk 05:33, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

"My guess is that they were probably really, really disturbed to learn that the bus had a kid on it."

What!?! I can go with the possibility that they wanted to blow up an empty school bus, because having your terrorist leaders killed can make you want to threaten children. But I'm sure it was all dry-eyes in the Gaza terror-cave when a dead kid was on TV.

Until Hamas only goes for military targets, your theory that Hamas carefully orchaestrated an attack to LIMIT harm to only a bus driver is silly. 132.160.54.152 (talk) 00:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Baqa al-Gharbiyye

In case you have nothing to do ;), it is a bit of a mess and needs some care. Zero^talk 08:49, 7 May 2011 (UTC)