User talk:SwanSZ

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Research

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I was so impressed and blown away by your diligent research in our discussion in WP:AMOS that I was compelled to award you this well-deserved Barnstar of Diligence. Thank you so much for the hard work. - Anas ^talk? 21:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Dr. Swan — yeah, did a Google search. I'm a Canadian-Syrian young man living in Saudi Arabia for the time being (off to Canada in a few months). It always gratifies me to learn from an experienced person like you. :-) If you ever need any help or assistance, please feel free to contact me in my talk page, or send me an e-mail. Thanks again, have a good day. - Anas ^talk? 21:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, don't mention it. I guess I learned about it from the Internet, see this UN document. It also makes sense to me since it's a correct translation. By the way, we'll need to modify the MoS some time. I'm swamped this period with work on WP:SY. Cheers, Anas ^talk? 20:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Valid points, but what you say actually supports my opinion. You say that the typical order is noun-adjective while in English it is adjective-noun, and this the case in āḥrof shamsīyyah (noun-adjective) which in English is likely to be solar letters (adjective-noun), right? Anyway, I'll be eagerly awaiting your research on the matter. :-) All the best, Anas ^talk? 22:43, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's letters solar --> solar letters. It's similar to siyyarah sari`a (car fast) --> fast car. Like I said in WP:AMOS, the terms solar and lunar letters might be correct but the more commonly used and endorsed terms are sun and moon letters. So I'm pretty sure that your research's conclusions will probably lean to sun and moon. Regards, Anas ^talk? 01:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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User page

Just popped up on my watchlist. Would you like some help designing your user page? :-) —Anas ^talk? 15:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, absolutely! Words come naturally for me, but the learning curve on designing is intimidating! I'll probably play around with my user page over time and add a few things in (like the gazillion courses I've tuaght), but since I seem to be using Wikipedia as my "R&R" activity, I thought I'd at least put something up there. :-) Any aid and assistance would be welcome. warmly,

Sure, I'll see what I can do. As for replying, well, people generally expect to see replies in their talk page, but it would be OK if you want to reply in your own talk page. Though, if you're going to do that it is recommended you notify users; for example see User talk:Asabbagh. —Anas ^talk? 16:27, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think? I hope you're enjoying Easter as much as I am. ;-) —Anas ^talk? 23:26, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you like it. :-) To be honest, I am shocked to learn that this is how it is in UAE. I thought they somehow celebrated Christian holidays there. Well, not here, that's for sure. We just had a local house party with some friends. Anyway, see you around. —Anas ^talk? 17:33, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anka

Very valid points indeed. I do also believe that Paul Anka is, historically, of Syrian ancestry. He was born to Syrian parents and sang in a Syrian church, but his parents were Maronites, so undoubtedly Anka himself asserts that he is of Lebanese descent. I think it's not a major issue actually. What's important is that we have noted that in the article. Being in a certain category or tagged as part of WP:SY is no big deal. Thanks for the information and the link. :-) Regards, Anas ^talk? 18:07, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Page moves

Swan, as the page move is disputed, please go through Requests for page moves. As I recall, this involves organizing a mini poll on the page, then asking an uninvolved admin to interpret the results and make the decision. Many thanks, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 22:49, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requested moves. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 22:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help w/ Am/Brit English diff editing

What do you need help with? Place {{helpme}} back up with your answer. --ais523 16:28, 16 April 2007 (U T C)

Hello, ais523. I've been working on some edits in the article "American and British English differences." Problems keep cropping up though. It seems if I do a longish edit, the "save" blanks out the first two and 1/2 sections of the article. This just happened when I tried to save an edit adding a reference to the article. The first time this happened, I thought it was vandalism and just reverted back to an earlier edit. But it keeps happening. Any trouble shooting ideas? Cyg-nifier 16:54, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've just looked through the article's history. It seems to be because there was an incorrectly-closed ref tag introduced in your edit here; you typoed and accidentally wrote >/ref> rather than </ref>. This led to the ref expanding to enclose the whole of the rest of the article, apparently blanking it. I think the ref tags are correctly matched in the latest version, so you shouldn't have a problem if you don't typo again; if the problem persists, put {{helpme}} back up. Hope that helps! --ais523 17:09, 16 April 2007 (U T C)

Your editing

I'm getting the strong impression that you're going around adding your personal views to Wikipedia, whether it be about Harvard referencing or anything else, which is why I'm requesting sources for your edits. Rather than throwing out accusations of harassment, it would make more sense for you simply to provide the sources, and to read the content policies, which will save you problems like this in future: see WP:NOR, WP:V, and WP:CITE. Also, have you edited Wikipedia with any other user name/IP? I'm getting a strong sense of déja vu from some of your editing and your responses. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 21:28, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3RR warning

As you're reverting a lot, I should also warn you about our 3RR policy. Please take the time to review it carefully. Many thanks, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 21:31, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for helping with WP:CITE

Hey, I appreciate you assisting with the Wikipedia:Citing sources related articles.. I feel they are some of the most important to the project. Please don't be discouraged that not all your changes have stuck, it happens to everyone. There are plenty of other details (and gaping holes) which would benefit from your attention! Also, if you are sure about something, strong and specific sources will work wonders. Stick around,.. feel free to drop any questions or requests my way. ∴ here…♠ 04:36, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summary

Hi Swan (if I may..), how's it going? :-) You don't need to sign your edit summary usage comments. I just noticed you have signed all of them; I think you assumed signing them would register your name in the edit history, but that is done automatically. Cheers, Anas ^talk? 18:08, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Re-raising Harvard referencing issue

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