L33ter

Image Tagging Image:SomalilandClanDisturbution.jpg

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• P.S. The Creative Commons license is probably not applicable for this image, if it is scanned from a book (unless the owner of the book's copyright has explicitly licensed it using C.C.) -- Gyrofrog (talk)

Administrator?

Hello, I'm curious why you have identified yourself as an administrator [1]. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:31, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Why not?

OK, I'll rephrase the question. What do you hope to gain by presenting yourself as an administrator, seeing how you aren't one? Judging from your own edit history, you do not seem to be an active member of Counter Vandalism Unit, RC Patrol, etc. either (though I would certainly encourage you to follow through with any of these). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

To be honest, I dont even know what most of them mean! I was toying with the tags and put those at random only because I thought they were cool :D

And what can I "gain" by presenting myself as an admin, you think?

Non-commercial images

Hi. You have uploaded several images with "non-commercial" copyrights, including Image:Lineage-HJ1.jpg, Image:Lineage-HJ2.jpg, Image:Lineage-HJ3-Sanbuur.jpg, Image:Lineage-HJ4-Cibraan.jpg. Please note that this is not permitted on Wikipedia and non-commercial use only images can be tagged with {{db-noncom}}. I have tagged these four images for deletion. If you are the original author of these images (and they are not derivative works of someone else's images), please consider resubmitting them under a free license, such as {{GFDL-self}}. BigDT 12:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:SomalilandClanDisturbution.jpg

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Unspecified source for Image:Burmadow.jpg

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Laura banks

A tag has been placed on Laura banks, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Chris the speller 16:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

January 2007

Please stop. If you continue to vandalise the userpages of other users, as you did to User:Chris the speller, you will be blocked. _→AzaToth 18:45, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Sanaag

Why are you continuously altering the page for Sanaag and removing the list of districts and towns? I have trimmed the list to just the district names and the predominant clans of the districts, but I am unsure why you keep deleting the content. --Petercorless 10:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Its you who needs to answer why you continuosly keep putting unrefrenced material on the Sanaag page? Im all for that list given you provide an official source to your estimates. --XCalibre 21:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Read over the current version. Is that better? --Petercorless 23:09, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I have kept your edits of the three main districts of Sanaag. Im refering you to the map of all districts of the former Somalia here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Somalia

You will notice Sanaag has only three districts.

Edited as well was the list of the most important towns which seemed like a list of all sizable villiges whome many were of no importance. I have kept however the three most important towns for both the Isaaq and the Darod. --XCalibre 10:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Please explain in your edit summary why you are removing content from Sanaag; otherwise it will look like vandalism. -SpuriousQ (talk) 10:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

The issue is that though presently there are but 3 districts in Sanaag in the past, it had been described as having 5 districts. --Petercorless 19:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Exactly! The fact on the ground is that Sanaag has only three districts at the moment. You can put all other information you have in another heading, something like History of districts or something. --XCalibre 21:15, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

It belongs under that category. Do not delete information simply because you personally object to its citation. Why are you consistently deleting it anyway? We already have noted the difference between the Somalia and Somaliland interpretations and the contention over the region. Your edits are not helping illuminate the topic for readers. --Petercorless 23:21, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Am I missing something here? You have agreed that the region today is devided into three districts and three districts only, yet you still in denial of the fact that your edits to the article go against the realities on the ground. I have refered you time and time again to my sources along with maps clarifying what I say. I really do not understand nor see where you're coming from but, I assure you, your illogical editing to that article wont go unchallenged. --XCalibre 11:40, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I agreed the district is divided into three districts, and you will note that the division of the province thusly has been attributed to the Somaliland government. Then it was further cited how the region used to be divided into five districts as per the Siad Barre government, and how these boundaries were still referred to in the 2000 reconciliation conference and the present TFG government. We have made clear how there is a territorial dispute over Sanaag for this reason. I cited the references. How is that illogical? --Petercorless 18:42, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

The region today is devided into three districts, we both agree on that. Why then do you keep coming back with the five districts talk? I agree, at some point the two villages of Dhahar and Las Qorey were named districts in Sanaag and that was in the period between 1982 and 1991, nine years in total. Which was all due to frictions between the majority of whats now Somaliland and the Siyad Barre Government. It was a period and now its over, thats history. Now I dont have any objections in adding that part as a wee historical note, because its good to learn about the past and it gives a more realistic look to the situation in Sanaag. But, and I stress on this, the region in all its modern history had only three districts apart from the nine year period leading to the fall off Barre regime. Do you understand my objections now? I'm also objecting to you putting almost every village in Sanaag in the list of most important towns. You'll need to either change the heading to A List of All Towns and Villages in Sanaag or cut it down to the most important ones only. --XCalibre 19:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

The reason I have cited above: the dispute over the region is between the de facto Somaliland government, and the de jure pre-1991 boundaries which were claimed by both the Transitional National Government, and are also asserted by the present Transitional Federal Government. I have not found the direct assertion of district boundaries by Puntland, but it aligns itself with the TFG generally. While Siad Barre is indeed history, Wikipedia, as an encyclopedia, documents history. If people came to the article and wanted to know why Puntland lays claim to the region, or why there may be friction between Somaliland and the rest of Somalia, this would explain to them the issue factually and neutrally. I do understand your objections. I have since the start. You will notice that we are not creating a list of towns; we are citing the historical subdivision of the region. Please avoid an edit war. If you cannot help but do so, we will have to report this as an incident. --Petercorless 19:11, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Habar Jeclo

What did you think you were doing here? You insert three tagged out images that have been deleted along with links to four other deleted iamges. You add back a very non-notable person who owns a money transfer business! And worst of all you add back copyright material. Pay attention to your edits and don't add back rubbish. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 14:28, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

February 22, 2007

Please do not delete content from articles on Wikipedia, as you did to Sanaag. It may be considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. —Ocatecir ^Talk 07:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Three-revert rule

Please read the above link. The 3RR refers to reversions in a 24 hour period and not to a calendar day. So you have already made four reversions to the Sanaag page, one, two, three and four in the last 24 hours. If you continue you will be reported at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 10:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

L33ter, please read over the latest additions I have made to Sanaag. As you can read above, it is not good form to simply revert the article, and it is actually against your claim of "1RR" on your userboxes. Therefore, to avoid any action by administrators, please adhere to the 3RR, and talk on the comments page more about your objections, and also bring to the table citations of external sources. Most recently, I did indeed find that the districts of Sanaag under Somaliland actually number 10 (or 6, not counting the "D"-graded districts), and have cited my sources. I would prefer to work with you and to cooperate on improving the article. I know I have seen the "3 district division" of Sanaag. That's not the question. We need to prove how it differs from the other district divisions which we can cite from other authorities. Hope to work cooperatively with you. Thanks. --Petercorless 11:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

WP:CVU status

The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 15:47, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Sanaag.png

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:Sanaag.png. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Jusjih (talk) 03:42, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest

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