User talk:Yellaban

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Toula article

Hi, thank you for your contribution to the article about Toula. Are you from North Lebanon? Abountu 22:47, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aito

You are welcome. Keep up the great work. linaduliban

Ras Maska

Thank you very much for putting the information up about Ras Maska, Lebanon. My Father was born in this village but he doesn't know anything about it since he was so young when he left.

--Eternalsleeper 01:04, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any pictures of Ras Maska? I would love to see them, like any other photo from the beautiful north. Thanks.

--Eternalsleeper 06:02, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Holy valley

thank you for wikifying, plz message me we need to make the community more active... any ideas? Elie plus (talk) 21:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I m new here, i currently focus on the project page (my layout u c) also on linking lb related articles to the wp Ive only created 3 articles And i never start unreferenced artikles or stubs We should recruit Elie plus (talk) 12:08, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kadisha Valley article

I would like to express my regret for using the word "mythological" in regards to certain aspects of the Kadisha Valley article. The word was used in regards to a couple of phrases that, to me, seemed to not be sufficiently explained so that a reader unfamiliar with North Lebanon (myself) could understand them.

That having been said, I would like to work on revising the article, but I think this would be best done as a collaborative effort, seeing as my lack of knowledge of the subject area is not an asset to me in this case. I think that some reorganizing of the article and a bit more explanation of certain aspects would be very beneficial to someone who stumbles upon it, as I did. Could we possibly work on this together? Jhml (talk) 20:39, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please find on my user page (Jhml) a restructuring of the Kadisha Valley article. Note: I'm not saying the article has to be this way, I'm just proposing what I think is a very readable and understandable layout, which is certainly open for discussion. That's why I put it on my user page, and haven't changed the actual page yet. Usually when I make a massive restructuring of an article, there is no one who cares enough about the article to say anything about it one way or another.

Please consider this a bit of "good faith" work. Thanks, Jhml (talk) 21:25, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I just went ahead and reorganized the Kadisha Valley article, being careful to include the modifications Elie Plus had made earlier today. All information is still there, I just think it flows more naturally, especially for someone reading about it for the first time. Jhml (talk) 19:18, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hey... I already told Jhml that his edit turned the focus off important subjects >> comments ... what do you think? Elie plus (talk) 20:36, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
currently undergoing a new revision ...Elie plus (talk) 20:45, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Youssef Karam

Hi Yellaban, thanks for your kind words. Please see the comments I've made on the article talk page. ← George^[talk] 09:08, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kfarsghab Review

Hello, thanks for posting to my talk page. I will be happy to review the article. I will also try and help out and get the article to GA and do some copy/tone/stylistic editing. Let me know and also feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Lazulilasher (talk) 14:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HI, I've done some copyedits to the Kfarsghab article. I will return and do more later. For now, I must sleep :) Lazulilasher (talk) 04:45, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops I wasn't aware it was up for GA. I thought it was a great article but the history section was a little too long in comparison. It will need cutting down a fair bit. I'm very busy at the moment, I;ve just been adding infoboxes to all the Lebanese districts and creating new templates ready for developing at Wikipedia:WikiProject Lebanon/District templates. See my discussion with User:George. What I would recommend it to copy it back again (but leave the new page) and then begin working at condensing a summarised version for the main article. As you do so, I will make sure I give you a hand and help you copy edit it for a GA. Good work, it jjust goes to show what can be written about villages in places like this. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 17:27, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to develop it to GA, then I can do a great deal to put it on its way and make suggestions when I have a moment. The main initial objections would be that it lacks conciseness, needs a major copyedit and there is a lack of citations. Once the history summary is done I can then make some pointers on how to improve it. Good work ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 17:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've added citations tags for area initially that you need to reference. Once the sources of your article is more clearer and is verifiable I can then begin to help you copy edit it thoroughly. Part of the problem is that the article seems to be discussing two different villages which appear to be seperate villages but form together under that name within a given area. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 17:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ahmad Faris Shidyaq

Hello. I am Wikipedia editor, and I've recently been researching the life of the English writer John Lodwick. He was the second husband of Sheila Legge, mentioned in note 2 of the above article. I actually found the Ahmad Faris Shidyaq article by chance, while hunting for information about Sheila Legge. The information is very interesting: is it based on anything published, or just personal knowledge? Grateful for any assistance.KD Tries Again (talk) 15:25, 8 January 2009 (UTC)KD Tries Again[reply]

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The above is mostly in regards to the images used at Chocolala Chocolate Museum and Chocolala. Best.--SamHolt6 (talk) 21:14, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry @Yellaban: but the inquest above should be answered as soon as possible. SamHolt6 (talk) 11:59, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

the owners are my neighbours. I took the photos on the museum page and a photo from their catalogue for the only product I showed. I am not paid for this. In case you consider there is COI, please advise me how to declare it?youcroft (talk) 13:52, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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