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March 2006

Translation request

Hello, I saw that you are a native speaker of Arabic, so I would like to ask you if you could take a look at 2003 invasion of Iraq and Iraq War. There is a featured article in Arabic which we would like to know how it could be used the English one which is of course dominated by people who have either been there as soldiers or have their knowledge from western media. Someone also asked if the section about "related propaganda and phrases" could be amplified with information about the Iraqi side. Maybe there are also people who took photos in Iraq at the Arabic version? Nameme 16:36, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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SABB

I see that you made a good choice lol, btw I fixed some redirects again, some got double redirect so it got a bit messy, also did the changes in the main HSBC article. salam ;) --Muhaidib 08:04, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I tend to forget to fix the double redirects. I will try to pay more attention next time :) . - Eagle^talk 08:13, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

:lol no problem, don't mind me askin', are you saudi, or where you just born there. I am saudi but I study in montreal. I am editing the Riyadh city article, want to add a city infobox, if I found a pic somewhere in the net and want to use it, is that cool or someone will bi*** at me ? :P --Muhaidib 08:21, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Yep, Saudi born and raised in Dhahran (which is why the article is so big!). I will see what I can do with the infobox, but I made several requests that the Riyadh article be expanded years ago, so finally someone will take care of it which is good. About images, if you must use a photo from an online source, the copyright holder should either permit you to do so in writing or, more often, it can be just implied from the copyright status or its statement. As a rule, you may use any image produced by the United States federal government or any agency, including the military (therefore it's easy to find free images in .gov and .mil domains). Don't forget to add the appropriate tag and source so that you don't get one of those creepy OrphanBot messages (he's orphan, so easy on him!). I sometimes see images from Flickr, I'm not sure if it's ok (check copyright on each image before upload), it's a very good source for many places and things in Saudi Arabia.

If you feel like it, perhaps you could help with other Saudi-related articles, just check the Category:Saudi Arabia stubs and its subcats as well as Category:Saudi Arabia. It was a complete mess months ago when I first created them, but it's getting better. There aren't many Saudis helping so it's a bit difficult but it's improving nonetheless. Good luck. - Eagle^talk 08:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Riyadh

shokran for cleaning up Riyadh's page, I was looking at how to make that photo gallery but I am not that good at the wikicode, etha ma 3ndk man3, 3nde so2al, kam 3mrk ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muhaidib (talk • contribs)

No problem. Well if you must know, old enough to drive, but not old enough to carry a gun! :) - Eagle^talk 09:51, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Saudi cities template

ahleeen,, keefk,, its me again lol. just wanted to say i made a template:Saudi cities template, what do you think? I am adding it to every saudi city (the ones that exist on wikipedia) around 34

do you know how to add a small saudi flag on the right side of the template box?

mashkooor a5ooy,,,

o by the way,, mashala old enough to drive, you can drive if your 14 lol, o mashalla mn mita fe age to carry a gun :P

ana 18, 19 in april

salaam

--Muhaidib 18:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Greetings. I made a few minor edits and removed the template from the Saudi Arabia article as it does not belong there.. other Saudi-related templates exist but you can't put them all in the main article! However, you may want to add it to the list of Saudi cities. I don't really understand what you mean by a small flag since there is already a flag. Cheers. - Eagle^talk 00:56, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Summaries

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labelled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

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- Eagle^talk 01:34, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

It's a weird way, you can complain here I guess. You can email other users, but mine isn't enabled. About the Wikiproject, I'm trying to jot some notes first (kinda busy lately) but of course, you are welcome to go ahead and start the thing. About areas, it's really difficult to find statistics about Saudi Arabia... I would just add '?' in place of unknown values. - Eagle^talk 01:45, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Prince names instead of mayors

Hi there. I just thought maybe prince names should be reserved for provinces, on which they are appointed. For cities, it's best to state the mayor's name. I think Riyadh could be an exception (prince of province is also mayor of city?? not sure about this). Another thing, the Eastern Province is governed by Prince Muhammad bin Fahd, not Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz (who died 22 years ago). - Eagle^talk 22:01, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Images

Thanks for uploading images of Saudi Arabia topics. But there's a problem. Since you didn't take these photographs yourself, you can't release them under the GFDL like the pictures say. Could you put information about where the images came from? Are they from a book, or the web, or what? Thanks, – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 20:51, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Saudi Telecom Company

I thought the article never existed. It's strange that I didn't have it on my watchlist. Anyway I did what I could for this time. I'm not too familiar with the topic so I couldn't add as much information as format. - Eagle^talk 06:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

STC is like SABIC, mostly government-owned. However for the sake of consistency it is defined as public (like any company with partial IPO).

I have articles that didn't exist yet on my watchlist, so this article being a stub or substub doesn't explain why it wasn't there.

Mobily, or Ittehad (sp?) should be added as one article for the company. Please make sure the link in the list of Sadui companies (or Tadawul?) turns blue to eliminate conflict like the one happened in Bank Al-Bilad. - Eagle^talk 07:08, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:King-Saud.jpg and others

Hi there, I was going to upload this image to Commons, so that it could be used by other wikis, but I'm not quite sure about the licensing. Does the government of Saudi Arabia release its images as GFDL? I honestly don't know -- I'm just being cautious, that's all. I'd normally expect PD at best. Thanks! Bansp 22:17, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

the govt. of Saudi Arabia is not so much concerned about copyrights and that kindda stuff,, i took it from the govt. site somewhere lol --Muhaidib 22:27, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I can hardly use that to justify a free license tag at Commons :-) Well, thanks anyway, Bansp 00:16, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

KAEC

Hey there, I'm sorry if I interrupted or made edit conflicts. The reason I rushed is because I know that OrphanBot will list the image for deletion once it's removed from all pages. - Eagle^talk 22:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

ohhh okk,, don't worry i'll put it in now :D --Muhaidib 22:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Muhaidib

Hi Muhaidib, it's really nice to hear from you and I hope we can get to know each other better,and sorry about the copying ;-) M.A.Z.3.N 00:02, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

New template

Hi, the template could be useful, though there is already {{expand}} so it might get deleted. Regardless, don't you think it should be placed in the talk page? - Eagle^talk 10:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Bold "m"

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