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sfn

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Hey Jadd. Nice work on Julia. Sfn is composed of two parts. First, the small template "sfn|author's surname|year|page" (and u need {{ }} to contain that formula). You are using the small template correctly (we call this an inline citation)

The second part is the bibliography, where you put the full source. Below is an example of a rather complicated bibliography source (I removed the {{ }} so that it will appear as it is on the talk page):

cite book|first=Roger|last=Scott|editor1-first=Elizabeth|editor1-last=Jeffreys|editor2-first=Brian|editor2-last=Croke|editor3-first=Roger|editor3-last=Scott|origyear=1989|year=2017|chapter=Malalas and his Contemporaries|title=Studies in John Malalas|series=Byzantina Australiensia|volume=6|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-9-004-34462-4|pages=67-85|ref=harv

Note the last component in the above formula (ref=harv). This will make it possible for the inline citation to connect to the full source when you click on them.

If you have any questions tell me. Cheers.--Attar-Aram syria (talk) 12:45, 22 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Quneitra

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Hello, in this edit:[1], you added: "The area surrounding Quneitra has been inhabited for millennia. Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers are thought to have lived there, as evidenced by the discovery of Levallois and Mousterian flint tools in the vicinity." could you please post the quote from the source here? as I cant access the book. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 03:24, 19 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Julia Maesa

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Your GA nomination of Julia Maesa

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File:SyrianGeneralBookOrganization.png

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Your GA nomination of Julia Maesa

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The article Julia Maesa you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Julia Maesa for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Iazyges -- Iazyges (talk) 15:41, 30 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Sack of Bostra

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Hi. I came across Sack of Bostra when I stopped by to assess it. It is a fine piece of work. I started to do some work to get it up to B class, then stopped. It spite of WP:OWN it seems rude to me to "take over" an article recently created by another editor. So if you were planning on doing some work on this yourself in the near future could you let me know here and I will leave you to it. Thanks.

PS Julia Maesa is a nice looking article - I had Septimius Severus promoted to GA 5 days before she was  . Gog the Mild (talk) 11:14, 17 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

PPS I occasionally come across articles with a Syrian element, such as Abu al-Ward, which could do with access to better sources than I have access to. Would you have any interest in my notifying you of them? Gog the Mild (talk) 12:12, 17 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Syrian General Organization of Books

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Hello JDHaidar,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Syrian General Organization of Books for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Rosguilltalk 21:13, 31 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Please remember to identify the source of the material in your edit when copying within Wikipedia. I eventually figured out you meant Echo (mythology) but that was not obvious.

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Do you have sources when the sanjaks have been replaced by governorates? Panam2014 (talk) 04:34, 2 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

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