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Shlama

Welcome to wikipedia. I hope you can help us in trying to expand the Assyrian subjects in wiki. Enjoy your stay here. Chaldean 04:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Where are you from

Hi! Which country are you from? If you're a Lebanese, since your Arabic is good, I would like you to visit this website (since we're looking for Lebanese - and even non-Lebanese - to help improve Lebanon-related articles):

• http://ar.wiki.x.io/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86 <- we are critically low in membership

Also consider going to the English version by clicking here

Thanks. - Qasamaan 22:52, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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Aramaic Wiktionary

Seeing your knowledge in Aramaic, I believe that you may be interested in something that has been recently proposed on Meta. If you'd like to help us get the Aramaic Wiktionary established, please add your name to the "Users interested in forming an editing community" section, and voice your support in the section labeled "Arguments in favour". Thanks! :-) אמר Steve Caruso _(desk/AMA) • Give Back Our Membership! 06:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi

I want to learn Aramaic, and you seem interesting. Could you help me? (Best to contact me through MSNM.) Thank you. 瀬人様 13:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi ...

The source cited in the article says that she was born into a Christian Maronite family. Which sources says otherwise? Nice to meet you too by the way. Tiamut^talk 17:11, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Shlonak my fellow Iraqi, I can understand why you removed the part about Saddam wanting to annex Israel, I don't think that is true either, but you actually removed another part aswell maybe by mistake, about Kuwait and Khuzestan, and about potential unions with Syria, Lebanon etc, and a couple of photos. This part seems ok, did you mean to remove it? I just want the article to be as good as it can be, and I thought that part was ok. Please let me know what you think. Ma'a salama. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Space5432 (talk • contribs) 05:47, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Ghada Abdel Moneim

Hello Ravi84m. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Ghada Abdel Moneim, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. ϢereSpielChequers 23:12, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Persian Gulf

I reverted both edits by Goetfrom and you on naming of the Persian Gulf in the respected Arabic and Persian versions. I do agree that such terms is used regionally but since this is the English Wikipedia and a whole section is dedicated to the "Naming Dispute" it is over kill and nothing good will come of it. Thank you for your honest contributions! I look forward to reading more of your wonderful additions and happy new year! Dr. Persi (talk) 04:50, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello Good friend. I left you a message on my page. As you can see the name al-khalig al-arabia is mentioned in the name dispute section, as well as Arabian Gulf and The Gulf. Sincerely and happy new year! Dr. Persi (talk) 05:18, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Message at my page! Thank you! Dr. Persi (talk) 05:50, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

My reply on page. Dr. Persi (talk) 06:23, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind message! It really made my day! Have a wonderful year bro! Dr. Persi (talk) 06:51, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Noah's Ark

Reverted, no idea what this was. Dougweller (talk) 14:40, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Source for this?

[1] --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 22:33, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Nice Map!

Thanks for your nice map for the Semitic languages, which I find nicely done and very informative. I'm afraid you will find yourself in trouble with some people who think that the Arabic language area should look much bigger, but I hope they see in time that this is a historic map. Best wishes! Landroving Linguist (talk) 14:05, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

No need to. I think Arabic is well represented. Just warning you that others may give you a hard time on this. Landroving Linguist (talk) 05:57, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

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File:Libyan Uprising.svg request

Not a deletion notification, but cross-posting anyway. See commons:User_talk:Rafy#File:Libyan_Uprising.svg.--Chaser (away) - talk 13:20, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done-- Rafy talk 14:31, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Happy Nowruz!

I do not know if you celebrate it or not but a holiday is a good excuse to drop by and wish ppl well. Hope you and your wonderful family is safe and happy wherever you are and wherever you go! Best of wishes! Dr. Persi (talk) 02:47, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Libyan map

Could you make an edit to the map please, I don't know how personaly. There has been a lot of discussion in the past about Bani Walid, however, today the government took journalists on a tour to Bani Walid and photos of loyalist milita were taken in the town. For confirmation look here [2]. The town is thus government-held. Here [3] is another image from the journalist bus while they were traveling on the road from Tripoli to Bani Walid, government vehicle seen. Bani Walid than definetly held by the government. EkoGraf (talk) 02:37, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Also please make the cities of Hun and Adiri blue, for unclear situation. just like the minor towns near Misurata and Yefran, we do not know their situation, not even since day 1 of the uprising. Zenithfel (talk) 02:40, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Hun and Adiri are most likely government-held towns. The reason is there has been no word since day 1 about the situation in those towns. If they were rebel-held the opposition would like it to be known they are in charge. There has been no word of demonstrations in the sub-Saharan region of Libya at all, the reason is most likely that the tribes there, a lot of them Tuareg, are almost all Gaddafi loyalists. Also, the Tuareg make up most of the mercenary volunteers. Actualy, there were reports that most of the reinforcements that Gaddafi got that helped him in the beginning were from this region, because they remained loyal. So I don't think any change is neaded there. That's the only part of Libya that is definetly loyal to the government and plus stable. In any case, there have been no reports or any sources on which we can base our change of the map regarding those cities, however there is enough reason to change the status of Bani Walid. EkoGraf (talk) 03:02, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok fine but atleast take Adiri off the map it only has a population of 4,600. I believe Hun is a similar number, but that has to be checked.Zenithfel (talk) 03:04, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

The map is based on Libyan districts, and Hun and Adiri are the capitals of two of the 22 districts of Libya, so however you turn it we need to include them on the map as district capitals. EkoGraf (talk) 03:06, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I saw you turned Bani Walid to green, good work. Just in case somebody tries to object, here is one more source [4] that confirms the town is in loyalist hands. EkoGraf (talk) 11:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

It's true that those relatively small towns were represented for being provincial capitals. I have turned Bani Walid to green and I's still not very convinced with Ghadamis' situation. I guess we'll have to wait and see.-- Rafy talk 11:51, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Brega and Ras Lanuf

Last night rebels took Ajdabiya, rebels claim to have passed through brega without resistence, and are heading to Ras Lanuf. Turn Brega to either blue or red, and turn Ras Lanuf to blue please. http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/live-blog-libya-march-26 Zenithfel (talk) 14:15, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Only turn Ajdabiya to red, wait up on Ra's Lanuf and Brega, there is still on reports of fighting in those two towns. When there is we turn to blue. EkoGraf (talk) 14:25, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Al ajzeera reporters in Brega in rebel control now http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/live-blog-libya-march-26 Zenithfel (talk) 16:55, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Brega again

You might have changed Brega to green, but BBC says that Brega is in rebel hands and the frontline is currently at Bishr. Brega will probably fall sooner or later, but it's way premature to put it in green just yet. Thanks!--24.13.239.17 (talk) 14:59, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

3RR

Thanks for your concern, but NB, "The following actions are not counted as reverts for the purposes of 3RR ... Reverting obvious vandalism—edits that any well-intentioned user would agree constitute vandalism, such as page blanking and adding offensive language." And yes, I am aware of this. He/she was not unamusing and I had some time to spare. Those accounts are banned now. Ericoides (talk) 17:09, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Ghadames

Could you change the map please, Ghadames is under government control. Sources are here and I will quote them:

[5] March 25 - UNESCO is concerned about Leptis Magna anf our other sites on its World Heritage List, including the Phoenician trading post at Sabratha, the old desert town of Ghadames - under government control - and the ancient Greek and Roman remains of Cyrene.

[6] March 22 - There are currently convoys of mercenaries moving from the direction of Ghadames from the areas of Darj Al Qaryah and Feenawn. EkoGraf (talk) 17:33, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Al Jawf

Al jawf should be red, the city and the ones near it joined opposition.

such as al kufra, a larger city 2 miles away from it

http://www.libyafeb17.com/2011/02/al-kufra-rejects-regime-plane-loaded-with-bribe-money-and-weapons/ Zenithfel (talk) 18:21, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Brega

Brega should be blue since it was taken by loyalists last night but there is ongoing fighting on the town's outskirts currently as the rebels are attempting a counter-attack. EkoGraf (talk) 19:11, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

and al kufra/al jawf should be red Zenithfel (talk) 19:14, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

You haven't changed Brega to blue, could you do it please? EkoGraf (talk) 15:35, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Kha b-Nisan

Happy Kha b-Nisan! Dr. Persi (talk) 03:30, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Zawiya

Zawiya to blue on the map

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=13297977&sid=76

Zenithfel (talk) 10:25, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Zawiya still green, not blue. I checked that report. Except for that one report there have been no other reports on fighting in Zawiya. The UN representative was most likely thinking about Zintan because there have been clashes and bombardment there for the last two days. And this abc source talks about bombardment southwest of Tripoli in connection to Zawiya clashes. Zawiya is west not southwest of Tripoli. Southwest is Zintan. EkoGraf (talk) 15:06, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Then change al jaw/al kufra to Red under the same logic in the first sentence. Zenithfel (talk) 16:56, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Zawiya is both south and west from Tripoli. Check yourself. It is much more west then south, but it is still southwest. Zenithfel (talk) 16:57, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

For Al Kufra I agree maybe, because I saw a report that military officers in that region said they are on the side of the rebellion. However, I don't agree for Zawiya because, like I said, there has been no reports of fighting there, not even from the rebels themselves which is significent. EkoGraf (talk) 17:00, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Could you please move this discussion to the map's discussion page. I don't own this map and there are others who might find this discussion useful.--Rafy talk 17:12, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Source that confirms Zawiyah is in firm control of loyalists [7], quoting it Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have razed a mosque in Az Zawiyah that had been used by rebels as a base, as well as a graveyard in a central square where opposition fighters are buried in that city. Gaddafi's forces are now in firm control of the city, which for weeks had fought back against siege by government troops. EkoGraf (talk) 20:59, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Brega

It would be a good idea to color Brega green since it is constantly under loyalist control, but encirle it with blue, like Misrata, since it is under constant attack by the rebels. EkoGraf (talk) 13:48, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

The fighting is no longer near Brega. The fighting is at Ajdabiya, loyalists attacking the city. Here is a source [8]. So it would be a good idea to remove the blue ring around Brega and put it around Ajdabiya. However, since the front is largely moving back and forth constantly on the road between those two towns maybe it would be even a better idea to chart a blue line to indicate the frontline midway between Brega and Ajdabiya, so we wouldn't always move the blue ring from one town to the other. EkoGraf (talk) 17:05, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Ok, now it's definetly confirmed. Loyalist troops are 11 miles from Ajdabiya and hitting the western gate with mortar fire. Source here [9]. Please move the blue ring from Brega to Ajdabiya. Thank you in advance. Cheers! EkoGraf (talk) 04:09, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

THe report was from 8 hours ago, and with the delays of info, much more than that. We should wait until morning to find out the result and see if any progression was made on either side before changing the color Zenithfel (talk) 04:18, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

This report is from an hour ago [10]. Like I said, the front has definetly moved to Ajdabiya. EkoGraf (talk) 04:48, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Map Source

Hi, can you tell me where you got the background map of this [11] map from? Thanks! 81.68.140.74 (talk) 00:14, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

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Nalut

I have moved the discussion to where it belongs--Rafy talk 14:15, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Misrata map

Since your good with doing maps, could you maybe do a map of Misrata, so we can show loyalist-held from rebel-held areas? We have a reference/source, the BBC, here [12]. You could find a map of Misrata through google. EkoGraf (talk) 01:02, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

It seems the only one that can be used is the google satelite map. The only others I could find are the ones used by the BBC, Guardian and this one [13] (10 days old) to show the current situation in the city. I guess they didn't put names on the streets because the majority of the fighting is on Tripoli Street, Benghazi street, city center, the port road (heavy equipment road) and the port itself. Here [14] you could find a detailed map of Misrata, but without any street names. Like I said, it wouldn't be so bad since the majority of the fighting is concentrated in those five places. EkoGraf (talk) 13:52, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Yafran

Yafran retaken by loyalists. Source here [15]. Change to green please. Also, given the situation that is right now in Misrata, that map you were going to make could be used to show something like the farthest point of the loyalist advance. EkoGraf (talk) 19:43, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

One more source from the New York times confirming Yafran has fallen, here [16]. EkoGraf (talk) 18:34, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Wazzin and Kufra

I have moved the discussion to the map discussion page Zenithfel (talk) 17:14, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Kufra

State TV claimed Kufra was taken by loyalists. A civilian and a rebel in the city claimed that it was taken by loyalists. A rebel spokesman from Benghazi claimed that the town is 75 percent under loyalist control. The key here are the civilian and the rebel in the city (possibiliy of spokesman saying propaganda to lift moral?). So I think the best solution for this situation is to put Kufra to green but encircle it with blue, indication like Misrata, most of the city controled by one side but the other side is still around it. EkoGraf (talk) 16:47, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed, Kufra still under loyalist control. Kufra loyalist governer ordered the staff of the Sudanese consulate in the town to evacuate. Source here [17]. Please change to green. EkoGraf (talk) 22:51, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

the demographic bias problem

i'm glad you appreciated those edits. But they weren't meant to be funny. Regarding a theme present in most of those edits, there's a whole meta article discussing the in-built demographic bias problem, which you might want to read in case you didn't know about the article. People editing with perfectly good intentions will nevertheless tend to follow the biases of their sociological environment. WP:BIAS doesn't claim to have found any miraculous cure for the problem, though it does give some suggestions.

Given what you say about yourself on your user page, you might be interested in work on Violence against academics in post-invasion Iraq, which includes a small amount of the extensive, referenced material deleted from the List of killed, threatened or kidnapped Iraqi academics. Given the huge number of list pages in the Wikipedia, i think that the deletion of the page was obviously related to the demographic bias problem. Imagine (proportionally) about 4000 or so US university academics and other professionals being systematically assassinated, and the governmental authorities failing to make any proper police enquiry. Wouldn't that be a huge subject in Wikipedia covered by many articles? In any case, despite the US withdrawal to bases and its mega-embassy, assassinations of professors have continued in 2011: http://www.brussellstribunal.org/academicsList.htm

If you're interested in working on this, you should be able to ask an admin to get hold of the content of the old article including its revision history, e.g. putting it as a subpage of a user page. i suspect that the number of active en.wikipedians willing to defend the article might be much greater now than four years ago.

Is there really a systematic campaign deliberately aimed to "lobotomise Iraq"? By who (Israel? Iran? US? Saudi Arabia? all of the above?)? Or is it "just" an internal, sociologically suicidal dynamic of tit-for-tat based on ethnic/religious labels? (Given that Iraq is still occupied by 100,000(?) or so foreign fighters, both official US governmental foreign fighters and unofficial mercenary foreign fighters, it's hard to believe that it could be purely "internal".) The BRussells Tribunal page says that Prof. Ayad Ibraheem Azzawi Al-Jibbourie was shot dead in front of his family by US forces on 7 March 2011, and assassinations by unidentified gunmen seem to be continuing. IMHO this is a notable topic.

Hmmm... i only just realised that the closing comment for deleting the article was "The result was Drop a Daisy Cutter on it (delete). --Luigi30 (Taλk) 15:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)" which presumably refers to the Daisy Cutter bomb. i think that that appalling lack of respect for Iraqis supports my suspicion that WP:BIAS was involved here, even if Luigi30's role was only in closing the debate.

BTW, just a disclaimer: this is not a promise that i would help work on the article. i don't like to feel that Wikipedia editing is something i "have to" do. If i find a few minutes free and see something useful to add or see something that needs to be corrected, then i do some editing. If not, then i have to trust that others will do the work.

One more thought: given that the complaints in the deletion discussion are about the "list" nature of the article, it might be better to create it as a "prose" article, maybe with something like a timeline as in the MENA protests/uprisings/revolutions articles. Or at least compare with other comparable list articles, such as the list of Guantanamo Bay prisoners of war.

Boud (talk) 21:08, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Maronites

I would appriciate your opinion on the issue of article split: Maronite Church -> Maronites and Maronite Church, see discussion here Talk:Maronite Church#Article split to .22Maronite Church.22 and .22Maronites.22.Greyshark09 (talk) 11:57, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Misrata maps

Thanks for your great maps of Misurata! Since the battle in the city is effectively over now, and almost all of the map is now under rebel control, I was wondering if you could make a new map for the high water mark of the Gaddafi advance (roughly April 16).

Images that might help: BBC map from April 21 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13133258 Rebel-sourced map from April 12 http://feb17.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/misrata-conflict-map.jpg NYT map from April 23 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/04/23/world/africa/siege-of-the-strategic-city-of-misurata.html

I would do it myself, except I'm not very good with image editing. Since the BBC and rebel maps agree pretty well, I would just do an amalgamation of those two (over whatever base map you're using.) Seleucus (talk) 17:51, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Need help with Aramaic

Hello, need help with something.

One user said this source says "Majdal Shams" is an Aramaic name, another said the source says "Majdal Shams" derives from an Aramaic name.

Some have said "Majdal Shams" can not be Aramaic, but I dont think they speak the language.

Since you speak the language maybe you can enlighten us, is it possible that "Majdal Shams" is an Aramaic name? You can reply here. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 20:49, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Rafy, I didn't really understand what you said at the talkpage, is it possible that "Majdal Shams" is an Aramaic name? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 20:55, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

hi

You make a good job rafy, i just want to say that. You make good work on the assyrian/syriac/chaldean article, keep going ahuno. User:Elvis214

Shlomo hauro,

yes iam follow Wikipedia's policy's when iam editing. Until now i have created following articel in german http://de.wiki.x.io/wiki/Ninive-Ebene, http://de.wiki.x.io/wiki/Naum_Faiq, and in english List of Aramaic language television channels, and im keep going translate articles in german.

Shlome ikore User:Elvis214 —Preceding undated comment added 16:07, 29 May 2011 (UTC).

Siege

The rebels have already said three times the town has fallen and is in loyalist hands, I don't get what the problem is? A rebel spokesman from Zintan yesterday clearly said the town is under Gaddafi control. I belive the town is blockaded, not under siege, in an attempt to punish the citizens for rising up by starving them out. Also, I belive that at the very least, if not changing Yefren to loyalist-held, Ryayna HAS to be changed to loyalist-held since they already advanced through it. EkoGraf (talk) 09:55, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

New source [18]. Quote Rebels and residents who fled Yafran say pro-Gaddafi forces hold the centre, but men of the town who have taken up arms occupy a cluster of houses on high ground at the edge of town. It's a Misrata situation just reversed with the rebels the besieging force on the outskirts while loyalists are in the center. The evidence of the last few days, statements by rebels and residents is overwhelming, and so I again urge that Yafran be collored green but with a blue circle. The rebels obviously only hold a string of houses on the outskirts, and not all of them at that since the loyalists have a supply link to the city center. EkoGraf (talk) 16:38, 1 June 2011 (UTC)  Done--Rafy talk 18:55, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Cool. One more thing. On the map for the Tripolitanian Front in the Misrata area rebel-held territory is right up to Zlitan. However it's not. All of the reports from the news in the last week state the fighting is concentrated in or near Dafniya. So the frontline is there, not at Zlitan's gates. EkoGraf (talk) 22:32, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Rafy. Please consider reading that discussion: commons:File talk:Voiced pharyngeal fricative.ogg. --Mahmudmasri (talk) 15:03, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Yafren and Bir Ayyad

Just wondering how you concluded that Yafren is under Gaddafi control when most major new sources like Reuters Al Jazerra and NY times all say it is mainly under rebel control and is under constant attack? Is there any way that you could change it back to rebel control they never confirmed they lost it ..... actually with my second point on Bir Ayyad a new line of supplies can get to the needy city/town of Yafren that has indeed not fallen to Gaddafi. Recent developments as of June 3 according to Al Jazerra and Reuters and NTC/ Rebels on Twitter the town of Bir Ayyad has been liberated of Gaddafi control. We libyans call it Ayyat but google maps it is Ayyad. If there is any way you could add this town (on the main road after Al Hajj and before Yafren) showing it is under Rebel control would be nice.

Thanks for your time

                                                        Ahmed  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.143.128.169 (talk) 04:26, 4 June 2011 (UTC) 

Sorry for my late answer, most sources claimed that Yefren was indeed captured by loyalists for some time. It has been recapture a week ago by rebels.--Rafy talk 13:47, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Dafniya

Please adjust the Tripolitanian front map so that it shows rebel-held territory west of Misrata only up to Dafniya. As it is now the map shows rebel territory all the way up to the gates of Zlitan, which is not the case. Consult this source [19] for confirmation. The loyalist-rebel line is at Dafniya, not further west. EkoGraf (talk) 05:56, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

 Done--Rafy talk

Sabha

Sabha still blue, we don't know if it was retaken yet. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/libyan_rebels_claim_success_in.html <info of sabha at bottom of the article

As of June 12 it wasn't, no new info yet

Sopher99 (talk) 13:08, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Sabha was never taken by the rebels, it was only reported that the opposition (most of them unarmed) took control of a few streets, not the entire city. After which it was reported that the loyalists went in hard to crush the resistance and after that no new word. Guess what that means? If the rebels did take Sabha they would use it as a propaganda tool. Also, Rafy, please remove the blue ring around Zawiyah, it creates an impression that the town is surrounded by the rebels, which is not the case since the highway going through the town toward the border has been reopened. If there is anything happening in the town at the moment it's no different from other hit-and-run attacks that happened there for the last two months. EkoGraf (talk) 19:05, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

There is no blue ring around Zawiya. Sopher99 (talk) 19:17, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm, ooops sorry, mixed it up with Zlitan. My mistake, sorry. :) EkoGraf (talk) 20:08, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Personal Award

This is my first attempt at an award, so please understand if this is not perfect. -Noha307 (talk) 20:02, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Ibrahim El-Dessouqi

I've replaced the not English template because all of the footnotes are still in Arabic. I would recommend that you do not remove such tags from articles you created as that could constitute a conflict of interest. Thanks. — Fly by Night (talk) 14:55, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Rafy, thanks for translating the reference section on this article, much appreciated. Any chance you could do us a big favour and do the same at Al Eisa? Quite a coincidence to have two article crop up with the exact same unlikely issue so close together.--Jac16888 ^Talk 00:42, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

 Done, I can't help it but being suspicious of the references since they contain no page number, quote, etc.--Rafy talk

Thanks again. When I get chance I'll try and do a bit of research, see if they're legit--Jac16888 ^Talk 11:34, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Sabha

No word from the rebels in Sabha for more than 10 days now. I belive the loyalists have reestablished total control over the city so Sabha should be green not blue. Some proof of this is that there was a regular NATO air-strike on Sabha yesterday killing four loyalist civil defense members [20]. Also, it's been confirmed by a rebel commander-in-hiding in Zlitan that the uprising there was also crushed [21] with no more resistance being put up. EkoGraf (talk) 16:44, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Bir Al Ghanam

While I agree that Bir Al Ghanam should be added to the map, the way you made the map looks like Bir Al Ghanam has already been taken by the rebels and is deep in rebel territory, while in fact it was confirmed by a BBC reporter who is with the rebels that the opposition only advanced from Bir Ayyad 10 kilometers down the road to Ghanam yesterday. And the rebels said they were on the western and southern outskirts of the town only. Your map shows rebel territory well north of Ghanam, northeast and east of the town. You should scale down rebel territory to just up to Bir Al Ghanam and not beyond it and you shouldn't include the town itself to be on rebel territory. Bir Ayyad to Bir Ghanam should be like, for example, Ajdabiya to Brega. Hope you make the changes. Bye! EkoGraf (talk) 22:37, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Rebels have provided a map of the nafusa mountains showing towns that they claim to control and those that they don't control. You could use it. It's here [22]. EkoGraf (talk) 21:34, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Rebels have retreated back to Bir Ayad from Ghanem under a loyalist rocket offensive, they are no longer on the outskirts of the town, rebel-held territory should be moved to somewhere in-between the two towns. Source is here [23]. EkoGraf (talk) 17:10, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Kufra

If it is confirmed that the Sudanese military has taken control of Kufra [24] you will need a new color. :)

Though we don't have a confirmation, yet. Only the telegraph. Wait until more sources appear. Zenithfel (talk) 06:50, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Second Bir Al Ghanam confirmation

Confirmed once again that rebels have retreated to positions they held before their advance on Bir Al Ghanam [25]. You need to move the battle lines to when you added Ain Ghezaya. EkoGraf (talk) 23:13, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Iraqi war list

I saw you have added Iraq as participant of October War, but you have not assessed the issue of sources. Can you bring a WP:RS for Iraqi participation in October War? The article in wiki doesn't bring any info, just somebody put the Iraqi flag there, but no sources. thanx.Greyshark09 (talk) 16:19, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Help needed in syriac

Hello,

There is right now a text on the french wikisource with some words in syriac inside (here for exemple s:fr:Page:Rufus - Patrologia orientalis, tome 8, fascicule 1, n°36 - Plérophories.djvu/9). For the moment, the user just take the pictures instead of putting words in letters. Do you have some time to do the transcription ?

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Thank you a lot !

There is a model s:fr:modèle:? in order to categorize in s:fr:Catégorie:Mots manquants en syriaque (word missing in syriac).

Cdlt, VIGNERON * ^discut. 08:35, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Very Important issue about the Name of the Article

Shlomo ahuno Rafi,

i have startet a discussion in the Assyrian people article if you can please took place you can help. http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Talk:Assyrian_people#Very_Important_issue_about_the_Name_of_the_Article

shlome ikore Elvis214 (talk) 22:25, 28 July 2011 (UTC)