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January 2008

External Links (Jordan / Jordanian Dinar)

Hi and thank you for the welcome message. I am concerned that a single person is able to make a decision that the external links I provided are "spam". I say so because the web sites that the links lead to are far from spam and are in fact the fruit of YEARS' worth of research. What What you thoughtfully labelled as "spam links" are in fact relevant pieces of information that describe in great detail all the coins, banknotes, and postage of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. I personally spent over 15 years of my life on this subject and take issue with that these are thoughtlessly labelled as "spam". I am very well connected with the Jordanian government and I am sure they would be disappointed when I report this censorship to them.

I ask you to reconsider the edits.

Sincerely, M —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mwbseiso (talk • contribs) 17:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Mwbseiso - Green Giant (talk) 19:04, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Pakistan, colonial era subsection

Hi GG, I saw your comment on 'encroachment'. Well taken. Please do see my recent copy edit in first paragraph of the above subsection and feel free to make any NPOV related changes. Thanks and regards. Wiki dr mahmad (talk) 18:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Wiki dr mahmad - Green Giant (talk) 18:13, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

GG, first of all wish you a happy new year, hope you enjoyed your holidays. Thanks for ref to original article, it has a wealth of info that needs to be organised the way you are attempting. I may chip in my two-cents off and on and would not mind your reviews of them. Thanks and regards. Wiki dr mahmad (talk) 17:13, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Karachi

Thanks for fixing this; it must be a bug in Twinkle when I used the utility to remove the copyvio image. --Kralizec! (talk) 19:07, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Kralizec!. Green Giant (talk) 00:14, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Karachi, deux

Hello Green Giant!

I noticed you moved the images on the Karachi article to the right. On my screen, a purely right alignment of the images causes a huge white space, and causes the St. Pats picture I just inserted into the article to be oddly placed. I know that a certain alignment causes white spaces to appear on a screen depending on it's size. So now while on your screen there may be no white space, on mine, there is a huge white space right at the start. See two screenshots I took:

Whitespace
St Pats pic

I would like to know what size screen you are using? Because it seems to me that the previous alignment would be the ideal one for most computer screens. Also, I think it's aesthetically unappeling to put all the pictures on the same side of the page.

Cheers! Zaindy87 (talk) 06:45, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Zaindy87 - Green Giant (talk) 19:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

db-unksource

Please stop putting Template:db-unksource on images that clearly do not fit the criteria. When they were uploaded yesterday, they can't possible have been tagged as no source for 7 days. MECU≈talk 20:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

You don't need to go to AFD, or even WP:IFD, with these. None had a source or license so you can just mark as such. Most were already marked as such. After 7 days, they would get deleted anyways. I didn't know TW could do marking like that. Good to know. MECU≈talk 20:15, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Mecu - Green Giant (talk) 20:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Your link policy

Hi! Thanks for your advices. As I saw you deleted both my Romania and Hungary links. I suppose you didn’t visit them. Hardly can I imagine that a page presenting in pictures the most interesting places of Romania or Hungary would be a spam or an uninteresting site. If it is, I’m curious about your opinion whether the below mentioned links, which you probably found appropriate and didn’t delete at the same page, how far correspond to your wikipedia link policy. http://new.photos.yahoo.com/zsolt_hungary/album/576460762351130695 http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Hungary http://www.bence.cameradigita.com http://www.hungarybudapestguide. com/slideshow.php

I’m especially interested your explication why do you think that http://www.bence.cameradigita.com complies better with wiki link policy than the link I placed. There are altogether three destinations (Kőszeg, Szeged, Tihany) displayed, which are not among the TOP10 Hungarian destinations, I’m afraid. Just calmly mentioning, the link you deleted consisted of more than 200 towns presented in pictures. My question is almost the same regarding to http://new.photos.yahoo.com/zsolt_hungary/album/576460762351130695 and http://www.hungarybudapestguide. com/slideshow.php which are almost exclusively deal with Budapest, despite the fact that the title of this wiki page Hungary not Budapest.

If you give me one reasonable argument why the above mentioned links remained in Wiki Hungary, meanwhile you deleted my added link I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. User:Marvao talk at 21:17, January 9, 2008

Y Response left at User talk:Marvao - Green Giant (talk) 03:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

correct spelling

Hey Green sup. Aga Khan University is spelled as I tried to correct it - not like you think. I should know I worked there!

Ron — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.9.205.182 (talk) 04:34, January 10, 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:61.9.205.182 - Green Giant (talk) 14:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Pakistan: Mountbatten and Gandhi/Nehru

I have added some info in my last edit on Mountbatten's and Nehru/Gandhi/Jinnah's role, that I read in a book by the eminent Indian journalist, late Frank Moraes, on these personalities. But I do not remember its title etc and amazon.com lists a number of likely titles. Please review the info. Thanks. Wiki dr mahmad (talk) 00:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Wiki dr mahmad - Green Giant (talk) 17:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

CSD for portal pages/redirects

You've tagged a bunch of pages with G6 housekeeping. Could you explain a little more why they should be deleted? It doesn't seem very clear. Gimmetrow 06:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm untagging them. Feel free to tag them with a more explicit tag. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Gimmetrow - Green Giant (talk) 17:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Article on Religious violence

Green Giant, as you have shown interest in some India-related articles, I have come here to you with a request. This is about the article Religious violence in India. The situation there seems to get deteriorated soon with strong pro-Hindutva POV-pushing. I am not sure at present what may happen, but as I can see the present situation and opinions there, I fear that the article may take the form of "Anti-Hindu violence" instead of "Religious violence". At present the article is divided into several sections viz. "1984 Anti-Sikh Riots", "Ayodhya and Babri Mosque", "Bombay Riots", "2002 Gujarat violence", "Anti-Christian violence" and "Violence against Hindus". I fear the pro-Hindutva POV-pushing will led the section "Violence against Hindus" splitted further unnecessarily (so the subject matter of the article will become anti-Hindu violence only) and information on anti-Muslim and anti-Christian violence may be reduced. Can you please look into the matter. Thank you. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 14:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Otolemur crassicaudatus - Green Giant (talk) 17:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Infobox river

I removed the DB template, as Template:Infobox river is still widely used; all pages using it showing the DB warning. We should first fix the links, and then nominate for deletion.

I am willing to fix the links if you're OK with it. Koert van der Veer (talk) 15:20, 18 January 2008 (UTC) (PS. i couldn't add to your talk page, as one of the links on it it blacklisted. I mutilated the link in order to post this, sorry about that)

The offender was http://www.hungarybudapestguide .com/slideshow.php (of course, without the added space). When I post to your talk page, I get the message "(The spam filter blocked your page save because it detected a blacklisted hyperlink. You may have added it yourself, the link may have been added by another editor before it was blacklisted, or you may be infected by spyware that adds links to wiki pages. You will need to remove all instances of the blacklisted URL before you can save.)". Koert van der Veer (talk) 15:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll start replacing the template. Koert van der Veer (talk) 15:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Responses left at User talk:Kvdveer - Green Giant (talk) 04:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Portal:France/Wikiproject

Hi - I noticed that you moved a template to Portal:France/Wikiproject and included box headers around it on Portal:France. What was the reasoning behind this? I know that, for esthetic reasons, we had opted against box headers and had chosen a template when we added that component to the page. Also, unfortunately, now the v/d/e buttons on the template just go to a redirect, rather than to the template. Can this be fixed? Thanks. - NYArtsnWords (talk) 17:31, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:NYArtsnWords - Green Giant (talk) 04:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Jhelum city

In jhelum city, those were official sites of that city and district. so keep them intact. regards, Sherry —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyberxperts (talk • contribs) 14:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Cyberxperts - Green Giant (talk) 04:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

AutoWikiBrowser

You have been making insignificant edits to pages, particularly ones about rivers. It is an inconvenient if people are watching a page, only to find that an underscore has been removed or a stub tag moved. Thanks -- Г^edʃtǁcɭ 21:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Red - Green Giant (talk) 04:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Hindoestanen ethnicity

Hello – Just a quick note to tell you that I declined speedy deletion of this template, because the rationale you gave (all the data was transferred to an article) is not a valid CSD rationale for deletion of a template. Would you list it at WP:TFD instead? Thanks very much. :-) - KrakatoaKatie 05:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:KrakatoaKatie - Green Giant (talk) 13:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Templates

Hi. When you're moving redundant templates, could you make sure to change all the uses of the template before listing it for deletion? Several articles ended up in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion for a while. Many thanks, Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 12:16, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Sam Korn - Green Giant (talk) 13:14, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Romani people

Okay, let me see if I understand correctly: you want me to copy/paste the contents of {{RomaniInfobox}} onto the article, and then you'll move the template into the creating user's userspace? · AndonicO ^Hail! 14:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. · AndonicO ^Hail! 14:28, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:AndonicO - Green Giant (talk) 14:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem. · AndonicO ^Hail! 15:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Palestinian people template

Hit there. I noticed you moved the page Template:Palestinian ethnicity to a user space page instead and then slapped it with a speedy deletion tag. I've removed the tag and restored the template, but I don't know how to move back the page history and tlak page history to the original page. Could you please do that for me? I don't really understand the rationale for hte move and the deletion and was planning on expanding and editing the template, so it's restoration would be very much appreciated. Thanks. Tiamut^talk 15:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Tiamut - Green Giant (talk) 16:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I would prefer that you do not put it up for speedy deletion again. There is an ongoing discussion at Arab citizens of Israel about the need for an appropriate ethnicity template and this may very well be it. Also, I was planning to add it to related articles like Palestinian-American and others, which would expand its usage from single-use to multiple use. Could you help me restore the talk page and article page history in light of this intention? Thanks. Tiamut^talk 16:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

With all due respect, while the same results can be achieved by putting {{Infobox Ethnic group}} in each of the articles, having a centralized template would make life much easier. I'm not sure what you mean by this comment Whilst I have the greatest sympathy for the cause of "oppressed people", it is essential for Wikipedia that we maintain a strategic distance from promoting their issues" If you did indeed review the discussion at Arab citizens of Israel, you would have seen that the discussion is centered around determining which template would be appropriate to use, based on reliable sources. There's no agenda at work here. I'd appreciate it you would restore the template's page history and talk page history, since you made the move unilaterally and obviously there is at least one editor (myself) who has taken issue with it. Wikipedia works by consensus and there is no consensus for what you did. So please, respect this request. Thanks. Tiamut^talk 19:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Tiamut - Green Giant (talk) 00:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for that very clear and detailed explanation. I wasn't aware of the wider context. Though I may consider re-creating the page one day, if I find a way to construct an ethnicity template using reliable sources that can be used at multiple pages, please accept my apologies for the delay posed to your clean-up of these template pages. Thanks for your contributions and work and consider my current objections withdrawn. Tiamut^talk 02:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion. When I do undertake its development in earnest, I may just take you up on the offer to help. Happy editing! Tiamut^talk 03:49, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Tiamut - Green Giant (talk) 03:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Uganda

You may want to join WikiProject Uganda. Look forward to seeing you about!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 20:30, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Blofeld of SPECTRE - Green Giant (talk) 00:32, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

In a distorted Belgian accent/Budapest dialect with wooden beam up arse: "Welcome. I've been expecting you. Meester Bond we can do a deal. I'll buy you a delicatessen, in stainless steeeeeeel" !!!!12:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blofeld of SPECTRE (talk • contribs)

195 European Parliament constituency templates

Y Response left at User talk:Anameofmyveryown - Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Anameofmyveryown. Green Giant (talk) 02:56, January 23, 2008

Reply to last message

GG, I am actually new here and do mostly copy edits. But, left to me, I would follow a research paper like approach: the lead section to be an ‘abstract’ and the rest of the article very concise, to the point narrative, with references/links for detailed info on specifics. Unfortunately, new nations carved out of older ones face the liability of historical baggage and if they are also antagonistic then you have had it! In fact, ‘heroes’ for one side are often ‘plundering invaders’ for the other. In the present case, details may not be available in a language that a Pakistani, or observers say from UN, would consider neutral. For historical reasons and motives, the language has remained Indo-centric, lately acquiring even Indian ‘nationalistic’ overtones and agenda. If bias can be eliminated from the detailed articles to be referenced/linked from ‘History of Pakistan’ then your proposed approach is ideal. My two cents! Regards. Wiki dr mahmad (talk) 05:31, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Wiki dr mahmad - Green Giant (talk) 00:58, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Constituency templates continued

Thank you for your recent messages on my talk page: I appreciate the effort involved. Unfortunately, I find myself distracted by events and so cannot give your messages my full attention. Thank you for your time, regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Resolved at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion - Green Giant (talk) 00:53, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Jhelum

Hello there, i dont know whats that all about.

DOT-GOV-DOT-PK domains started from 2003 onwards for districts and Apnajhelum is working in this space since 1999. in official records and information source, Apnajhelum.com and .net are considered as true information source by Government of Pakistan and other authorities.

if you need any kind of "OFFICIAL STATEMENT" according to this matter i can provide you. for further information Jhelum has no DOT-GOV-DOT-PK just because Apnajhelum are enough to fulfill these requirements.

Better Luck, and all these rules dont apply on evrything.

Regards, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyberxperts (talk • contribs) 07:58, January 27, 2008 (UTC)

Please see "http://www.google.com/search?q=official+website+of+jhelum&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyberxperts (talk • contribs) 08:00, January 27, 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:CyberXperts - Green Giant (talk) 04:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

February 2008

Euroconstituency templates

Hallo, You might be interested to see Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion#Template:Infobox_Scotland_.28European_Parliament_constituency.29, as someone who joined in the discussion at User talk:Anameofmyveryown/Archive 4. PamD (talk) 20:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:PamD and comment left at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion - Green Giant (talk) 00:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Template nominated for Deletion

I am userfying these templates, one of which you reported for TfD. So can u help me in this? I want to know how to userfy these templates? --SMS ^Talk 05:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Smsarmad - Green Giant (talk) 10:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes! i have done userfying all the templates. Thanks! --SMS ^Talk 10:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

boo1210

can you keep the template. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boo1210 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Y Response left at User talk:Boo1210 - Green Giant (talk) 11:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Request for Green Giant to Review Prophet Mohammed page

Green Giant the page of Prophet Mohammed somebody Deleted important information regarding the relations between Mohammed with the Jews and Christians. It was deleted and it is one of the most important paragraphs in the article. i request if you can check it out and put that Paragraph back up. because it is important --99.238.7.180 (talk) 01:52, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Y Reviewed article history with a post (referring to an edit by Aminz) and response left at User talk:99.238.7.180. Green Giant (talk) 12:05, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Request to review WP:SUMMARY issue at FA Pakistan

Hi Green Giant,

I raised some issues at Talk:Pakistan#Article_not_adhering_to_Featured_article_criteria_due_to_huge_additions. Since you were involved in editing the article during its FAC, can you please take a look and comment? Thanks. --Ragib (talk) 07:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Y Comment left at Talk:Pakistan and response left at User talk:Ragib. Green Giant (talk) 16:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

re:talk page

Regarding this, that's quite alright :-) Pahari Sahib16:31, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

You are contributing great

I am impressed the way you depicts truth and do positive contribution. Currently referring to your recent edit in AWAN could you please let it as it is so people who dont have any reference can be included. I do agree how a person who passed MA at third number can be a notable person (lol) But where can they go and list? Its entirely upto you as retain the verifyable and erase the non verifyable. I hope you will be helpful as you are always. Thanks for developing Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skzservice (talk • contribs) 19:01, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Y Responses left at User talk:Skzservice and Talk:Awan (Pakistan). Green Giant (talk) 06:20, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism reverted by Smsarmad

Thank-you note left at User talk:Smsarmad for reverting this act of vandalism. Green Giant (talk) 02:17, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of National symbols of Pakistan

The article National symbols of Pakistan you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:National symbols of Pakistan for things needed to be addressed. jackturner3 (talk) 15:06, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

March 2008

Infobox Jew

I see that you're on a Wikibreak, but I was wondering if you could tell me why you userfied User talk:Humus sapiens/Infobox Jew. That template was that subject of a lot of important discussion. Now that the code for the box is in the article, people don't see it and are making odd changes to its contents that go against long standing consensus. Did you have consensus for this move? --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 09:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

April 2008

Regarding tabs on the WikiProject Pakistan pages

Recently enough, I suggested that the tags be removed from the WikiProject Pakistan pages as they were confusing and adding to the verbosity of the navigational structures whereby two separate navigations, the right hand infobox-like navigation and the tabs were utterly the culprits. I skimmed through the history and located your name as placing the tabs there. Of keeping with the standards of WikiProjects, I am suggesting the removal of tabs from all the pages. In any way would you be able to comment on this I would be highly grateful. You can leave comments on my talk page as well as the original conversation at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pakistan#Should we just chuck the tabs. Thanks. Arun Reginald (talk · contribs) 00:21, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

May 2008

CfD nomination of Category:Muhajir (Pakistan)

Category:Muhajir (Pakistan), which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. – Cgingold (talk) 21:39, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Pakistan

Hello! your participation is requested here. --SMS ^Talk 21:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Infobox City Pakistan to be used for Pakistani cities

I noticed that you replaced the infobox on the Karachi article to {{Infobox Settlement}} from {{Infobox City Pakistan}}. Justify your actions please as it is kindly requested that the latter be used for Pakistani cities. If you think the Pakistani versions isn't generic enough please add a new comment on the WP Pakistan talk page where we would be glad to help you with a generic version of the {{Infobox City Pakistan}}. And, by the way, since you have been working on the article mentioned for a while, I'd like to remind you that new B-Class criteria list has been introduced in the {{WP Pakistan}} talk page banner as of 2008-05-01, where you would need to specify the criteria for B-Class articles. Please attend to that as well. Thanks. Arun Reginald (talk · contribs) 16:32, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Notice of deletion debate for Instant-runoff voting controversies

You have either participated in a previous deletion debate over this article, or edited the article or its Talk page. If you are interested in contributing to the current debate, please visit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Instant-runoff voting controversies (2nd nomination). Thanks. --Abd (talk) 22:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

June 2008

Siraiki 'seraiki or Saraiki

Dear' You wrote in Saraikistan page that government used name Saraiki and not Seraiki.Where it has been written.Siraiki is from Sindhi word SIROtherefore it is Siraiki from Siro not SaraikiRasoolpuri (talk) 20:04, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

July 2008

Disambiguation status of Reformation

I was wondering if you could elaborate on your comment at Talk:Reformation, and your subsequent change to not have it redirect to Protestant Reformation. Your rational at Talk:Reformation seems exactly what I would say to have "Reformation" redirect to Protestant Reformation, if most of the links to the term "Reformation" really do refer to the "Protestant Reformation". Was there a different reason for you changing the redirect? I ask because I saw that "Reformation" used to redirect to Protestant Reformation, but now that it doesn't, we have a sizable number of disambiguation links to it (over 1500, in fact). Thanks, -- Natalya 05:17, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

November 2008

MfD nomination of Talk:Khayrpur (princely state)/proposed

Talk:Khayrpur (princely state)/proposed, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Khayrpur (princely state)/proposed and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Talk:Khayrpur (princely state)/proposed during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 09:59, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

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