Karimmtl

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Karimmtl! Thank you for your contributions. I am Malik Shabazz and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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January 2013

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Beit El, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 04:37, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

No problem, what I removed what the mention of "city" in the case of Beit El since te status of Beit El being a city is nowhere to be found.

No, you removed the word "city" from Ariel (city). You removed quite a bit from Beit El; see your changes. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 11:14, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I'm sorry you're right. Ok, I see that you put back city in Ariel, instead of just leaving settlement. I removed it, since it wasn't referenced. Even Bt'selem doesn't refer to Ariel as anything other than an Israeli settlement. So why does city not only come up in the title but in the template aswell?

http://www.btselem.org/settlements/20100830_facts_on_the_settlement_of_ariel

I removed the template in Beit El, as it distorts the actual status of the entity. For a user reading the page it seems like Beit El is an uncontroversial city in Israel. The article make it seem like the Israel point of view, and not the international point of view, concerning the status of Beit El is favoured.

You're mistaken. I didn't put "city" back in the first sentence of Ariel (city). Review the page's history and you'll see that nobody has changed the article since you edited it.

If you have a problem with the template at Beit El, please use the article's Talk page to explain your objections. Removing content without explaining yourself in an edit summary or on an article's Talk page may be considered vandalism. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 11:39, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Hello Malik, thank you very much, I just used the talk page for Beit El and voiced my objections. I am obviously new to this, pardon my slowness. When do I know if it's ok to remove certain passages if they are not referenced? Also, if I find a reliable source (in the case of Ariel) and no mention of city is written can I simply write up my objection in the talk page and then remove what I feel is appropriate?Karimmtl 11:44, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

I think you should take it a little slowly because, as you wrote, you're a new editor. You've made some changes and explained them on the Talk pages. Wait and see what other editors have to say.

It's also important for you to know that articles about Israel and Palestine—in fact, any article related to the Arab–Israeli conflict broadly construed—is subject to a "one revert restriction" (sometimes abbreviated 1RR). That means you can make one reversion (undo another editor's work) only once in any 24-hour period. For more information about revert restrictions in general, please read WP:3RR; for details about the Arab–Israeli restrictions, please read WP:ARBPIA#Further remedies. Please let me know if you have any questions. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 11:51, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Hello Malik, thank you very much for the advice. I did read about the Arab-Israeli ruling. I think it is a good one. I really appreciate your help and I will take your advice and check out the site more before making any controversial edits. The cookies look great, I fell very welcome unfortunately they are not real :( But, I think that I'll go buy some cookies and eat them with an Espresso! Karimmtl 12:52, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button or located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when they said it. Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 11:34, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Ok let me try that Karimmtl 11:36, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Cool, it works! Karimmtl 11:37, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Your Signature

Hello Karimmtl. This really isn't a big deal, but it seems that there is still a problem with your signature. Normally, signatures automatically include a wikilink to the user's userpage and talk page (like my signature at the end of this message). Instead, yours only includes your unlinked name, and the time and date. Perhaps you are typing out your name, then using five tildes to sign your posts. If you use five tildes, only your timestamp (date and time) is printed. However, if you use only four tildes (~~~~), then your linked username and linked talk page is printed. You should do this instead because it helps editors that want to talk to you, it's what is commonly done on Wikipedia, and is easier than typing out your username and adding five tildes. Furthermore, the way you are currently signing your messages makes the bot SineBot think you are not adding a signature at all, and adding another one for you. So your message should look like this:

• My message content. ~~~~

Which will end up looking like this:

• My message content. Trinitresque (talk) 15:54, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

As a side note, it appears that in your recent edit to Talk:List of United Nations resolutions concerning Israel, you added to another conversation on sources. Unfortunately, that conversation ended in 2009 as no new comments have been made since then. Conversations that old exist on talk pages mostly for historical purposes, are usually archived if the talk page size gets too big, and generally should not be added on to. I would recommend moving your comment under a new section header on the bottom of the talk page. Happy editing! Trinitresque (talk) 15:54, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the comment and the tips trini. I don't really understand as I am typing the tildes at the end of my posts but my signature doesn't seem to appear??? Karimmtl 17:00, 1 February 2013 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Karimmtl&action=edit&section=4#

See, it didn't work again, no links are appearing in my name" Karimmtl 17:07, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Hm, that's very strange. You are using four, not five, tildes, correct? How about this: go to Special:Preferences and scroll down to the Signature section. Is there anything in the text box? If there is, remove it, and make sure the checkbox below is not checked, then click save, then try again. If that doesn't work, maybe you should reset all of your settings by clicking on "Restore all default settings" on the bottom of that settings page. If that doesn't work, then I'm stumped. You should then ask if anyone else has any information at the Wikipedia:Help desk. Trinitresque (talk) 19:23, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Ok, I did what you said here goes... Karimmtl (talk) 01:26, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes! Thanks a lot! Karimmtl (talk) 01:27, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Congrats. :) Trinitresque (talk) 01:58, 2 February 2013 (UTC)