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Alp Arslan

Why did you move this to "Arp Aslan"? Adam Bishop (talk) 03:43, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I see he is sometimes called that, but I think that may have been an alternate pronunciation, by medieval Armenians or something. It's definitely properly "Alp Arslan". Adam Bishop (talk) 22:20, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

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Don't create unreferenced articles

Please do not create articles without including any supporting references as you did with Battle of Roccavione and Battle of Montebruno. I have also removed the claims that US and Saudi troops were fighting in Yemen as part of Operation Blow to the Head as none of the sources given in the article stated this. Nick-D (talk) 11:07, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

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Astigiani Wars

Please see the Talk:Astigiani Wars page for a discussion of what the article name needs to be. Also note that the article needs additional citations and verifiable sources. I've added the article as of interest to two Projects. You've done a lot of work on this. I'd like to see it mature. You may be able to get added help at either or both of the projects. Please remember we're producing encyclopedic content based on Wikipedia's Five Pillars. SBaker43 (talk) 09:04, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Stop making up names for stuff

The term "Nanda War", capitalised like that, is a name. We are not licensed to make up names. We can describe things in whatever way is accurate based on our reliable sources, and we can title it in any way that is in accordance with our conventions, but we cannot just make up a name for it. If we were professional authors, we could. But we're not, so we can't. You've done this before. Srnec (talk) 00:38, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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Pristina Standoff

Are you really sure that Mike Jackson was a NATO commander at that time, I've hear din some articles that he did not want to start World War III during a conversation with Wesley Clark — Preceding unsigned comment added by VJ-Yugo (talk • contribs) 00:18, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

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Gan Xing

Hi, in case you didn't know, the Gan Xing in Red Cliff is actually a fictional character, whom some believe to be based on Gan Ning. I've redirected the page to Gan Ning#Modern references. Lonelydarksky (暗無天日) _{contact me (聯絡)} 13:49, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Ghausuddin

Hello American Idiot1. You've created this article. It has no reliable sources (Wikipedia can not serve as a source for itself). Where did you read that Ghausuddin was a Foreign Minister of the Taliban? Please, could you reveal your sources for this statement? Thank you. Btw, the Daily Times article (currently listed in the List of Taliban leaders) says he was a local Taliban commander in Zabul. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 20:42, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

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Do not copy and paste text into Wikipedia

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Nick-D (talk) 12:06, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Battle of Verplanck's Point

I have nominated Battle of Verplanck's Point, which you created, for deletion. Discussion is here. Magic♪piano 23:25, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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Blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for further copyright infringements and creating problematic articles. I've just deleted the Carl Marowski article you created on 29 April as much of its text was taken from here. You should not have copied and pasted the text from another website, and the article should have been modified to remove this copyright violation after you were warned for other copyright infringements. As such, I have no confidence in whether your other edits are actually your own words or not and am blocking this account. Moreover, you have not responded to the steady stream of complaints about the accuracy of the articles you are creating, as well as concerns over the notability of the topics they cover, and this does not give me much confidence in these articles either. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Nick-D (talk) 00:13, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Campaignbox Bouvines War

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Nomination of Conquest of the Nanda Empire for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Ghausuddin

The article Ghausuddin has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Only sources I could find for this individual were a few news articles giving his date of death. Not enough coverage to write a substantial biography.

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Proposed deletion of Battle of Afghanya

The article Battle of Afghanya has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Small-unit engagement with no broader strategic significance, no more notable than hundreds of other similar engagements that have happened in Afghanistan over the past 19 years. I couldn't find any sources apart from the Zullo book.

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