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Merging Ismaili and Druze seven pillars

Since you started the Druze pillars page, I was wondering if you would support me merging Seven Pillars of Islam (Ismaili) with Seven Pillars of Islam (Druze). As you can see, the Ismaili have really come together with producing the Ismaili article and the corresponding Ismaili template, no need for us to be divided here. I'm really happy that now that the Ismaili have our own articles we can really consider the Druze Muslims unlike the other branches. Hope to hear your stance soon! --Enzuru 01:31, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Need more Arabic script

Thank you for adding the Arabic so quickly at those musical articles. You are great! Here are two more: mizmar and rhaita. Badagnani 02:42, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

I think "rhaita" and "ghaita" are both spelled the same in Arabic. The first letter should be "GHAYIN," then A, I, T, and A. This is the instrument used by the Moroccan group called THE MASTER MUSICIANS OF JAJOUKA, if that helps. There may be some websites in Arabic about this group, so you could test out to see if the spelling you guess is correct. It seems that the word came into North African Arabic from the extinct European language called Gothic, and "gait-" means "goat." In Bulgaria, the bagpipe is called "gaida," in Slovakia it's "gajdy," and in Spain it's "gaita" (though that name might have come up from Morocco). There's another theory that "ghaita" comes from the Arabic "ghait" (starting with GHAYIN), meaning "farm." But I haven't found that word in an Arabic dictionary. Is there such a word? Thanks again, Badagnani 18:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, do you think it could be غيطٕ or غيطٔ? My dictionary says غيط is "farm." Badagnani 23:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Anas, I consulted with the musicologist Halim El-Dabh and he gave me the spelling: غيطه or ألغيطه 131.123.231.143 19:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

WEDI (WORKGROUP FOR ELECTRONIC INTERCHANGE

DEAR ANAS

clicketeyclack flagged an incipient draft of an article i was writing on WEDI and he tells me you deleted the article. as i stated in my initial draft, i wrote the original article in 1991 and i released it to the public domain at the Washington DC press club in 1992. even the article was deleted for "apparent" copyright violations. I ask Jim Schuping, CEO of the WEDI organization to send me a clarifying email for your edification, which he did and follows immediately below and indicates that the document is in the public domain. Please undelete my initial document so that i may contnue to write an important summary of the WEDI for Wikipedia josephbrophyjoe 03:02, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Dear Joe,

Thank you for your inquiry. This is to advise you that the 1992-93 WEDI Report is available on the WEDI Website at www.wedi.org and is in the public domaine for your reference and use. We would ask that you cite WEDI as a source for the document or any excerpts that you might care to utilize. Please feel free to contact me with any additional questions.

Jim Schuping EVP/CEO WEDI 703-391-2716

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephbrophy (talk • contribs)

RfC

Just wanted to let you know that I opened an RfC on myself in response to the concerns raised during my RfA over my actions in the Gary Weiss dispute. The RfC is located here and I welcome any comments or questions you may have. CLA 09:36, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Administrator Reedy Boy taking off! Hello Anas Salloum, Thankyou for voting in my RfA. You will be pleased to know that it has been successful!! Meaning that I, Reedy Boy, am now an English Wikipedia Administrator. It passed with a suprising 47/0/0, and I really am grateful of all your support, and I hope that I live up to your high expectations! If there is anything I can do to help you out, please, do not hesitate to contact me! Yours, Reedy Boy 16:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

WEDI

after being "undeleted" WEDI was set up as "Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange". Unfortunately this is not the name of the organiztion. The name of the organization is WEDI. Pronoucned "Wee Dee". Millions of people know it by the name of WEDI. However, a page already exists for WEDI for the call letters of a radio station. I plan to place a link from WEDI to a new page "WEDI - Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange". This would make sense to most users.

I hope you have success with your exams. I will wait a few days before executing this change in hope that I hear from you. I will also consult with other experts on Wikipedia, specifically Clicketeyclack and Avi. joebrophyjoe 03:05, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

YechielMan's RFA

Thank you for participating in either of my unsuccessful requests for adminship. Although the experience was frustrating, it showed me some mistakes I was making, and I hope to learn from those mistakes.

Please take a few minutes to read User:YechielMan/Other stuff/RFA review and advise me how to proceed. Best regards. YechielMan 21:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

File:Blnguyen banana.JPG

Hello Anas and thanks for your good wishes in the last fortnight. It's certainly great to be able to help, especially at DYK, my favourite place on WP. I'm happy to have been able to help you showcase your hardwork on the main page. As you know, I don't eat anniversary cake, but you may indeed have a banana! Hope all is well with you! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Quneitra

I don't normally edit Middle Eastern articles, but I came across the story of Quneitra (since it's been mentioned in the news at the moment) and was sufficiently interested to rewrite the current article. You might like to take a look. :-) -- ChrisO 21:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

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Hi. Thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was successful and I am now an admin. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 06:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

213.83.126.83

Glad that finally there is an administrator to block 213.83.126.83. Thanks a lot --Cyktsui 08:57, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Ihsan thanks and other things Egyptian

Hey Anas! I just "wikistalked" you when you came up on my watchlist. Congrats on becoming an admin, didn't even know you became one! Now if only I could get Egyptian Americans to where you have Syrian Americans--I've been putting that one off for so long. Also, I'm really happy you created an article on Ihsan Abdel Quddous; he is by far my all time favorite Egyptian novelist. The first novel I read for him was La Totfi' el-Shams, for which I also see you created an article about the film. I appreciate all the work you've done on Egyptian-cinema related articles, everywhere I turn there is an article written by you :) By the way, in the honors and awards section in Ihsan's article, there is a bit of a mix-up with the years ("...in 1973. Two years later, in 1957,..."). I didn't fix it, because I don't know the correct date. Best, — Zerida 08:57, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Rfa

Just dropping by to say "thank you" for supporting me in my recent my RfA. I passed the vote, and am now an admin. It will take me some getting used to with the new tools, but I thank you again for the trust. Have a good one, and, as always, happy editing! Jmlk17 05:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

That's me...

Dear Anas Salloum, thanks for your support in my recent RfA, it was, however, unsuccessful. I am not the type of editor to be disheartened by such a result, and have gained much experience. If you have anything to contribute by way of improvements or comments, please don’t hesitate to tell me.

I will run again. Until then, Cheers, Dfrg.msc 08:30, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Hello, Anas Salloum/Archive 8, and thank you so much for voting in my recent RFA, which passed 58/0/0! Thanks for the compliment on my user page too – I can't take much of the credit, though, as I adapted it from Gurch. I will try very hard to live up to your expectations, and please let me know if I can help you in any way. First, however, take your cookie! Thanks again! KrakatoaKatie 19:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC) NOTE: I'm not very creative, so I adopted this from RyanGerbil10 who swiped it from Misza13, from whom I have swiped many, many things. Chocolate chip cookies sold separately. Batteries not included. Offer not valid with other coupons or promotions. May contain peanuts, strawberries, or eggs. Keep out of the reach of small children, may present a choking hazard to children under the age of 3 and an electrical hazard to small farm animals. Do not take with alcohol or grapefruit juice. This notice has a blue background and may disappear into thin air. The recipient of this message, hereafter referred to as "Barnum's latest sucker", relinquishes all rights and abilities to file a lawsuit, to jump on a pogostick while standing on his head, and to leap out in front of moving trains. KrakatoaKatie, Jimbo Wales, and the states of Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma are not liable for any lost or stolen items or damage from errant shopping carts or drivers such as Paris Hilton.

My RfA :)

Thank you, Anas, for commenting on my RfA, which closed successfully with a tally of 76/0/1! I hope I will meet your expectations, and be sure I will continue trying to be a good editor as well as a good administrator :) If I may be of any assistance to you in the future (or if you see me commit some grievous error :), please drop me a line on my Talk page. Again, thank you, and happy editing! Fvasconcellos (t·c) 18:28, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your support and your comments. Best wishes, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 18:28, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

About Pier Gerlofs Donia and Dorus Rijkers

I understand the criteria, and the way they didn't pass it. But please, explain what is biased about the tone! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Haggawaga - Oegawagga (talk • contribs)

arabic wikipedia

i invite u to write in arabic wikipedia because it suffer from low number of articles, so can u help us --Mmustafa 22:22, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

GA pass, good job!

The article Syrian American you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:Syrian American for eventual comments about the article. Well done!

I also added some minor points to consider as the article moves along in quality. In the process of fixing the talk page stuff and other minor things for GA. Great job on the article! Yours, Smee 07:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC).

• Replied on my talk. Smee 08:19, 13 June 2007 (UTC).

RE: Your AIV report

I apologise if I'm wrong; however, looking at User talk:12.106.140.3, the user had vandalised after his/her last warning. D4g0thur 08:23, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

True, but the warning is not recent. Whenever a final warning, or any warning for that matter, is 4 days old or more, the vandal must be warned again, and you must go through all three or four warnings before you report him. Cheers, Anas ^talk? 20:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, I see now. Thanks for clearing that up. D4g0thur 04:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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Hello

HI Anas hope you are well. I have a request if you aren't too busy with Syria - please can you add a few stubs to Category:Egyptian film score composers - anything the category needs at least one or two articles. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 15:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

OPRO X Server

Dear Anas,

Can i know why the article on OPRO X Server was deleted ?

Sadeepa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.69.202.66 (talk • contribs)

Arabic script on Yābaniy Es-Saharā

Thanks If it's not too much trouble, could you convert the picture of the lyrics to text? It would also be nice to get a translation as well, for my own personal gratification as well as intelligibility to English-speakers. Thanks. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 15:53, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again Very cool. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 16:13, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Ck lostsword's RfA - Thanks

	Thanks very much for your support in my recent RfA, which passed successfully at 40/2/1, making me Wikipedia's 1,250th administrator. Your comments were much appreciated, and I will endeavour to fulfil your expectations as an admin. ck lostsword • T • C
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my RFA

Thank you for supporting my RFA. I hope I will live up to your expectation. Let me know if you need any help, or I make any mistake. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 23:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Invitation

Would like to join us on Arabic wikipedia . We have a lack of very important articles and of serious contributors and I think that your experience on wp:en can help us a lot to make wp:ar better . Sorry for my English and if you can pass this message to any interested contributors i would be very grateful .ar:user:Omar86

Omar Hayssam

Hello. Could I please ask you for two favours on this article? First, Arabic script. Second, in the history and on the talk page, Anonimu keeps accusing me of racism and fascism. Could you, as an Arab (currently the only participants are Romanians), opine as to whether my comments are in fact what he says they are? Thanks a lot for any input you can provide. Biruitorul 22:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem; now it's off the DYK page, it's not urgent and can wait a little while. And thanks for the script addition promise. Biruitorul 22:45, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

User talk:207.108.244.161

User talk:207.108.244.161 has received 2 final warnings in the last 3 months and seems to be a vandalism only account.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 22:28, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

That's sort of odd. Though I guess it comes in handy for shared IP's, but not necessarily for usernames.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 22:42, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

language templates (problem, again)

Brother Anas! Thank you for all your hard work on the needed language categories and templates. User:Badagnani has taken it upon himself to try and migrate all the templates we just worked on to his own, without any discussion. He has removed my delete tag from his {{Needkhmer}}, and is snide about _me_ joining some discussion at some project where they decided to do this. See Template talk:Khmer and Template talk:Needkhmer. I don't buy it, and I would ask you to weigh in at those and at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 June 19. Chris 07:23, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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I was informed earlier today about a bug in IE6. I've since fixed it per the suggestion and IE6 is working fine again. Just thought I'd let my spamlist know that they need to purge their local cache (Ctrl+F5 on most browsers) to get the latest version of the script. Regards, ^demon^{[omg plz]} 16:11, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

203.211.69.218

Seems to have made a genuine mistake (check his talkpage)... do you think it's OK to unblock? Hope you're well! Cheers, Riana (talk) 12:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Anas :) Riana (talk) 12:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

I would like to thank you for telling me that you would consider my page vandalism. In fact it is a direct quote from NotaLoser (aka me). Thank you. Don't Delete! Please! Goodbye. I am:NotaLoser 14:06, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I'm not quite finished with my article. After the article has been on for a couple hours, please delete it then, not when I am still editing. Thanks! Please respond... NotaLoser 14:09, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you...

...for your support and very kind comment at my RFA. I will do my best to live up to the trust.--Kubigula (talk) 16:19, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Translation update

Can you, when you get the chance, update the Arabic text on my user page in accordance with this change? Thanks in advance. -- tariqabjotu 22:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Please use RDNS before blocking

You accidentally blocked 195.92.67.74 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) using {{schoolblock}}. It's clearly designated as an ISP proxy in its hostname: webcacheh10a.cache.pol.co.uk. Please be more careful next time as these kinds of mistakes unnecessarily increase our workload on the unblock-en-l mailing list. --  Netsnipe  ►  06:18, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Delete with no PROD or other warning?!

I pasted in this article and then went to lunch. I returned to do more work, and you had deleted it. No warning, not AfD, no PROD, nothing. Explain, please. Maury 18:07, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Accepted. Suggestion: minimum 1 business day between listing and deleting. Not all of us can wiki full time! Maury 18:21, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

The page I wrote got deleted

i'm still new to this, but you deleted my page and i'm not sure why. i wrote an entry for Chris Stewart (poker player) yesterday and this morning it was gone. The guy is a professional poker player taking the World Series of Poker Tournament by storm with 3 notable cashes in the last year. i guess it was deleted because he's not important enough or whatever, but he is being mentioned on poker bulletin board sites such as neverwinpoker.com and the forums at 2+2. what else do i need to provide to prove he's worthy of his own entry? thanks.

Rebound91 23:56, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Rebound91. I deleted this article because its subject fails the criteria set in WP:BIO and WP:N. Therefore, the article was speedily deleted because there was no assertion of the notability of the subject. This means that you have to cite secondary sources to verify the information and prove his notability. Sources may encompass published works in all forms and media. Availability of secondary sources covering the subject are a good test for notability. Perhaps a news story on the player can help keep this article out of deletion. —Anas ^talk? 05:57, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Anas. I have 5 links to different sites specifically speaking about him (not including the two links i posted in the original article - 7 in all). They range from final table reports to his professional poker player profile including career winnings in each event and his online tournament successes. what do i need to do next?

• pokerpages.com final table report
• pokerpages.com professional poker player stats
• bluff magazine player profile
• online tournament highlights screenname stewman20
• online tournament qualifier screenname stewman20

Rebound91 22:51, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Well I'm not really sure if the sources you provided can confirm his notability. But, anyway, you can get another shot at the article; you can recreate it if you still have the text, or I can restore it for you. The article might go through an article for discussion process to determine whether the subject is notable enough to stay. —Anas ^talk? 10:38, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

reversing a deletion

An editor has asked for a deletion review of CLSA. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. 867xx5209 01:15, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocked user

Please be aware I have not only declined an unblock request for a block you made, but I have also extended the block, due to highly inappropriate comments.[1][2][3][4] If you have any questions, please ask. Cheers! Vassyana 06:27, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Vassyana! Cheers, Anas ^talk? 06:51, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Vassyana 07:25, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

FC Bayern Munich Taskforce

Would you like to join a FC Bayern Munich Taskforce at WikiProject Munich? Kingjeff 20:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I hereby award you this Barnstar for your tireless efforts at keeping the backlogs of articles needing Arabic script down to a bare minimum or completely empty, you deserve this even though its a little late! The Sunshine Man 18:12, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

My sweet Anas

Thank you for all that you have done! How much love resides therein! All one's gifts are never gone: Not seen, perhaps, but stored within. Kindness is an inner sun. Your unspent heart a message sends Of grace and sacrifice hard-won Upon which happiness depends! Thank you so much, my dear Anas! :) Love, Phaedriel 17:04, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

AIV

Another IP was blocked via AIV...a particularly unpleasant one, too. Keep an eye out for Bell Canada IP's in/around Toronto...they all seem to be going after me for some reason. --DodgerOfZion 05:40, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

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personal attacks by User:867xx5209

Hello, Anas Salloum ... my request for intervention at WP:AN/I#User:867xx5209 and personal attacks by their sock/meatpuppets regarding the personal attacks against me by 867xx5209 (talk · contribs) on the DRV page for CLSA (and several article discussion pages) is being ignored ... is it because I'm using an IP account? I have also discovered that I cannot post the complaint that I have been documenting about their activities onto the Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets project as an IP account. <Sigh!>

I'm asking you, and a few other admins who are familiar with this incident, for any advice/assistance that you can render ... please reply on my current talk page so as not to fragment comments by others ... BTW, my recent inactivity (and possibly slow response) is due to a medical emergency involving a family member. Thnx! —72.75.85.234 (talk · contribs) 22:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)