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Greetings

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new WP:RDREG userbox

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 This user is a Reference desk regular.

The box to the right is the newly created userbox for all RefDesk regulars. Since you are an RD regular, you are receiving this notice to remind you to put this box on your userpage! (but when you do, don't include the |no. Just say {{WP:RD regulars/box}} ) This adds you to Category:RD regulars, which is a must. So please, add it. Don't worry, no more spam after this - just check WP:RDREG for updates, news, etc. flaminglawyerc 07:26, 5 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Population and demograhics of Chatsworth

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Hi

I would like some info. on the population and race demographics of Chatsworth. The last stats I have is from 1996.

Thanks

Vijay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.242.138.102 (talk) 12:09, 21 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi Vijay. I gather you noticed my edits to Chatsworth, Durban. Unfortunately, I didn't add any useful encyclopedic content (iirc, I just fixed a few very obvious errors). A google search doesn't really provide anything useful and I'm not even sure the census data would be very useful - I imagine the census of Chatsworth wouldn't have been done very rigorously. Anyway, your best bet would be to email Stats SA. Here is the "contact us" section of their website. From experience, they're quite helpful. All the best! Zain Ebrahim (talk) 19:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Reporting vandalism

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Yesterday (February 19) you gave the user 209.158.113.8 a low-level warning for vandalism despite a final warning just a week earlier. Why didn't you instead report the user for a block on the account of vandalism beyond a final warning? This user just committed vandalism again and, unless I'm missing something here, I'd like to see him getting a short block. Thanks! masqueraid 13:11, 20 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi. I think I reverted that edit with Twinkle and since it automatically loads the user's talk page (in "editing" mode) after the reversion, I just used {{uw-v1}} without paying too much attention to the prior edits and left it that. Sometimes I go on anti-vandalism sprees but I guess yesterday I didn't care enough - sorry! Anyway, I've come to learn that using any of the warning templates would be sufficient fuel for a block when an admin eventually notices the vandalism. But thanks for the note and I will try to be more vigilant when deciding the level of the warning from now on. Cheers, Zain Ebrahim (talk) 13:28, 20 February 2009 (UTC)Reply
Alright, good. Thanks for the clarification! Yours, masqueraid 13:40, 20 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

What is the ratio of Palestinian to Israeli civilian deaths?

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Greetings, Z.E.! I'm a latecomer to this discussion in which you participated; please check the page's history for my contributions, which you may find of interest. And thanks for your contributions! -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 13:33, 21 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, Deborah! I had a look at your comments. I guess it isn't fair to compare the gender distribution without adjusting for the "disparate natures of the "target" populations and means of fighting", as you mention. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 21:09, 22 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Ooops.

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Sorry, Unintentional. Must have been an edit conflict that didn't give me the edit conflict warning. I'll fix it. APL (talk) 13:32, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Oh okay - cool then. Thanks for fixing it. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 13:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Good point...

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...about report cards. -hydnjo (talk) 23:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Very observant :) Thanks for noticing! Zain Ebrahim (talk) 07:33, 6 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

About chatsworth Sgovender 23:25, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi Sgovender 23:26, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

RfA Thankspam

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Thanks to everyone who took the time and trouble to take part in my RfA whether support, oppose or neutral. All comments are valued and will be considered carefully in the coming weeks. Feel free to add more advice on my talk page if you think I need it. SpinningSpark 22:34, 16 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
In case you're wondering, the image is a smiley, just a little more aesthetic, but not as serious as the Mona Lisa
 

re: I tweaked your post

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Thanks! That's what I was trying to do. APL (talk) 16:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Just in case you haven't had had had had had had had had had had had enough...

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I'm hoping to keep the conversation about this article active and avoid the usual fleeing from a topic that takes place after an AfD has closed. There was much talk about merging this article but little agreement on where to merge it to. Therefore I am informing everyone who participated in the debate of the ongoing conversation here in order to bring this matter to a close sometime in our lifetimes. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:02, 8 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

N.B.

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"N.B. I live alone and the phone seldom rings at night. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 13:48, 8 September 2009" What does N.B. mean?Accdude92 (talk) (sign) 13:57, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Nota bene. :) It basically means "take note of the following". Zain Ebrahim (talk) 14:01, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Quick reminder

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Don't forget that help desk templates such as {{RD1}} should be substituted not transcluded. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 15:37, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Oh, I didn't know RD1 needed to be substed. Thanks for the heads up! Zain Ebrahim (talk) 15:39, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Yes, all the help desk templates in {{Help desk templates navbox}} should be substed. – ukexpat (talk) 15:18, 9 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

RFA spam

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Thank you for participating in WP:Requests for adminship/Kww 3
 
Sometimes, being turned back at the door isn't such a bad thing
Kww(talk) 18:54, 20 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

Ref Desk talk page

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Hello, Zain Ebrahim111. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malcolm XIV (talkcontribs)

Thanks - commented there. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 20:51, 8 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia_talk:Reference_desk#Is_this_.22sheer_speculation.22.3F

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Please explain to me how poltical debates are appropriate use of the page. Woogee (talk) 20:04, 14 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

You are now a Reviewer

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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.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 18:33, 17 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Reference desk

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Hi there, I left a message here (http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language#Human_Resources_Associate_or_HR_Associate). thanks--180.234.145.206 (talk) 19:00, 14 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Cool - I replied there. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 20:59, 14 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

South park episode 200

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You are right that in that specific scene, Jesus is not watching porn. [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMcVESkQeAI ] But one episode later he actually does [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXoprlMxgP0 ] I think it is relevant to the Muhammed subplot, so maybe it should be added with a note that it happened one episode later? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.180.34.128 (talk) 22:34, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Yep - you're right. I tweaked it. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 22:43, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:37, 23 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Investment

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Hey there! Im currently rebuilding the WikiProject Investment.

Since your a member of the project/were one I wanted to ask if you were interested in helping me re-start the project.

I already am pretty much finished with updating the project page.Take a look at it. Ping me if you want to help! Thanks. WikiEditCrunch (talk) 21:48, 11 August 2017 (UTC)Reply


 

I'd like to invite you to join the Investment WikiProject. There are a lot of Investment related articles on Wikipedia that could use a little attention, and I hope this project can help organize an effort to improve them. So please, take a look and if you like what you see, help get this project off the ground and a few Investment pages into the front ranks of Wikipedia articles. Thanks!

Help!

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Hi, I want your help in extracting some information from archived source. For more details visit "Stevie Awards 2011" on Talk: Shamsheer Vayalil.Hope you will help. Thanks. (223.230.137.155 (talk) 12:23, 11 December 2019 (UTC))Reply