User talk:Pepsidrinka/Archive 1

A'uzu billahi minashaitanir rajim

Do not move pages without first discussing them on the article talk page. freestylefrappe 22:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Fadak

Salam. You did not motivate why Fadak is pov, you need to do that in order to keep the pov sign. Ma salam--Striver 05:03, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Mecca -- Makkah

Pepsidrinka, Makkah may be a better transliteration of the name of the city in Arabic, but Mecca is now the accepted English name. It is quite common for various languages to have different names for one city. The Brits call it London, the French call it Londres, etc. In this case, Mecca is so widely used and understood that using Makkah is just going to confuse readers. Please don't change the name in the articles you edit.

Otherwise, I appreciate many of the edits you're making. It's possible that we're not always going to see eye to eye <g>, but at the moment, any help in keeping articles truly NEUTRAL in Sunni-Shi'a disputes is appreciated. Zora 22:38, 19 December 2005 (UTC) (a non-Muslim -- a Buddhist, in fact)

Arabic transliteration

I agree that Wikipedia is extremely inconsistent in its use of transliterated Arabic. One of the problems, I gather from reading prefaces to scholarly works, is that there are several transliteration schemes in use. Another problem is that it takes some extra work to add all the necessary notation and a bunch of us lazy editors (like me) often don't bother. It could be argued that a great many Arabic names or words have been Anglicized, and that Muhammad, say, is now an English name and doesn't need to be marked up. Of course, maybe that's just laziness.

I wish I could help with this, but I'm at the state of intending to learn Arabic -- as soon as I can afford Rosetta Stone, for a start. Perhaps we should have a Project Arabic notice board (or some appropriate name -- it shouldn't assume that all Arabic speakers are Muslim, or speak the same dialect of colloquial Arabic) at which Arabic-speaking editors could gather, decide on one transliteration scheme to be used throughout Wikipedia, and then try to make sure that every Arabic name or term has, at least once in every article, a proper transliteration and a version in Arabic script. I'm not sure I would want to try to enforce it on every use of every word, but at least ONCE when it's used in an article would make sure that we're all talking about the same person or the same word, as well as helping Arabic-speakers for whom English is a second language. Your thoughts? Zora 01:18, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Editing the "Shi'a point of view" articles

Pepsidrinka, all those articles were created by Striver. Their status is unclear at the moment. A couple were put up for deletion, but kept -- it is HARD to delete anything on Wikipedia. However, a number of people, including some important admins, have said that POV forks (creating an article just so you can rant without anyone criticizing you) should not be allowed in Wikipedia. I'm ignoring the articles, since any work on them will lead to revert wars with Striver AND because improving them would make them more respectable and persuasive. If they're left as Striver wrote them, any intelligent person finding them is going to dismiss them.

Of course, I could be wrong. I often am :)

Muhammad Rafi Usmani

I fixed it since I can do move and delete. I'm not sure about the subject but it might be good to make sure others agree with your new naming. gren グレン 03:19, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Babel templates

Dear Pepsidrinka -- as an Arabic-speaker, you have a skill that is in short supply on the English-language Wikipedia. You might want to put up a Babel template on your user page. I've put up an example. Let's see, I think the source code you would want would be:

Dunno what other language you speak, and you may want to adjust the English and Arabic levels -- I'm guessing at your proficiencies and your background. Frex, if you're a native English speaker but your Arabic is only near-native, you'd put this:

If you increase the languages from 2, change the source code from Babel-2 to Babel-X, X being the number of languages you're going to list. Contact me if you need help. I'm an expert <g>, having finally figured it out. Zora 04:38, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

PS -- delete that Babel template once you've set up your own. By posting it, apparently I've enrolled you as a native English and Arabic speaker! Zora 04:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Rewrites at two articles

If you can take a break from the unrelenting Christmas cheer, you might want to check out the work I did on Hijab and Abu Dharr. Happy holidays! Zora 07:50, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

US School Stub Info

• I have started to create sub categories for all 50 states as discussed here. Could you help me move schools to their proper states? --R6MaY89 04:23, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I noticed that you started moving schools over. Thanks a lot. I'll try to create Categories and Templates for all of the other states. --R6MaY89 04:55, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Sure, I'll create the rest. I'll do NY, PA, VA now, but give me 48 hours or so for the rest.
      • Finished all the ones you mentioned. NJ, NY, PA are the most needed i think. let's populate them! i'll do the rest when i can; thanks for reminding me.

re salah

we can always mention that hanfis consider them two different prayers while others consider them one . Or may be we can merge both of them in one . No problem . F.a.y.^{تبادله خيال /c} 22:08, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Abu Jahl

If there's an article on Abu Jahl, his contribution to the Battle of Badr should go there.

I understand that in later years it was so prestigious to have been at the Battle of Badr that many men claimed to have been there. Muhammad must have set out with a force numbering many many thousands to accomodate all the boasters <g>. Zora 01:56, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

We don't capitalize "prophet" in front of Muhammad

If we give Muhammad the title "Prophet Muhammad", it implies that Wikipedia recognizes him as a true prophet. We don't, because that would be POV. It has been a long-standing policy to remove all PBUHs and to decapitalize "prophet". In fact, I had somewhat of a struggle with a militant secularist over the use of the term prophet to refer to Muhammad. He thought that endorsed Muhammad and I argued that to use prophet without a cap just said that he held the role of prophet for his followers, which was not necessarily an endorsement.

Old argument, but let's try to keep it neutral. Zora 02:50, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Then someone has messed with the manual of style -- we discussed this matter at the Village Pump, on the policy page, and consensus was for the de-capped prophet. No one brought up the manual of style then, which suggests to me that this business wasn't there. If it was, it should be changed. Danged if I'll write "Prophet Muhammad". Zora 02:55, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

The Muslim editors want to capitalize Prophet, ignoring a consensus that has held for months. I don't see any non-Muslim editors but Tznkai (sp?) arguing for caps. If you insist on non-Muslim editors "honoring" Muhammad according to your strictures, you're just setting yourself up for a backlash.

I'll try raising this on the Village Pump again. Zora 00:00, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

BC/AD, BCE/CE

Pepsidrinka, you're new, and you keep wandering into OLD controversies, and asserting your POV as if "Well, of course I'm right!" There are some people -- like me -- who feel that BCE/CE is more NPOV and better to use. I don't go round Wikipedia changing dates on random articles, but when I start an article, or do a major revision, I use BCE/CE. Usually non-Christian editors (like me) prefer that. I'm somewhat surprised that you feel so strongly about using BC/AD. In any case, this is a controversial issue on Wikipedia, with strong views on each side. We've had vicious revert wars and one editor, jguk, was sanctioned and left Wikipedia over this issue. The rule of thumb people use now is "whatever date scheme the creator of the article used OR what most of the repeat editors prefer". I wrote the Aisha article and prefer CE; I think most of the other editors would agree with me -- but I could be wrong. But are you sure you want to argue about this in the middle of the other battle, with the editors accusing Muhammad of being a pedophile? Resolve that one first and then we can argue AD/CE. Zora 23:41, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Fair is fair

I just looked at the page for Shakyamuni and it redirects to Gautama Buddha. Shakyamuni is throughout called "the Buddha". Against my own rules. Do you want to revise the article? It's aggressively Buddhist. <g> Zora 00:29, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Proposed merge

I propose merging Islamist terrorism into Militant Islam , Dar al-Harb into Dar al Islam & Offensive jihad into Combative jihad, please comment if you have thoughts on the matter . Thanks . F.a.y.^{تبادله خيال /c} 21:02, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

IN a cave

That was a braino. Thanks for fixing it. Zora 03:19, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: "Trinity" concept in the Jesus article

I'm not sure I agree with you, but I will defer. Make the change you feel appropo. KHM03 18:57, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

CE

I saw you added CE to Battle of Yarmuk... I was wondering why? Typically if the date has no AD or CE it means common era... and it just brings us back into the God forsaken CE / AD debate... may I recommend not adding that to articles? (Unless you have a good reason in which case could you tell me... I thought it generally accepted to leave years alone). gren グレン 21:56, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry about undoing it... I just wouldn't do it anymore? It's not wrong... but, it's unnecessary since if it's linked it definitely goes to a common era date. It's also easier to me and since we don't have a set AD vs. CE policy per se... there's really no contention about neither. I suppose you probably didn't see some of the arguing about it. :) gren グレン 03:12, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abu Jahl's contribution to the battle of Badr 2

My mistake. It's been fixed. Johnleemk | Talk 06:53, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Numbers on the Babri Masjid page

Many thanks for the research Pepsidrinka! Willardo 07:37, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak..I dont know what you guys do on Eid ul azha ...but here in sub-continent we have got all kinds of kababs & tikkas & alot of other stuff to cook & eat. So its gonna be fun tomorrow . cheers . F.a.y.^{تبادله خيال /c} 20:33, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Echoing F.a.y., Eid Mubarak to you as well. May this Eid and many more to come be wonderful. joturner 21:28, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Dates

I think those dates are all useless. We don't have any in depth analysis of any day... because there never really has been a study of a day that I know of. I think they should be deleted, however, I think they need to go for AfD probably. Just to set precedent. gren グレン ^? 19:52, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Events with the Sahaba

Why didn't I press to have these deleted? Because I was exhausted, that's why. It took Striver 5 minutes to create an article and everyone else days and weeks to get rid of it. Also, because my record with getting Striver's ridiculous articles deleted was only 50-50. There is a strong "inclusionist" tendency among certain repeat voters on AfDs. They want things kept; they seem to believe there's nothing that can't be salvaged with a little editorial attention. They're not prepared to GIVE it that attention, NO. That's up to the rest of us, working day and night to deal with the tide of cruft.

Grump. Snarl. AARGGH!

Still, it's nice that Striver is gone. I hope he stays away. Pray for it. Zora 05:21, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Category:Antisemitism (People)

Up for deletion again - Cordially SirIsaacBrock 22:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Jesus' legacy

I explained it the first time I put it in - Jesus' legacy is mixed, and for the article to be NPOV compliant it must discuss the mixed legacy. Slrubenstein | Talk 15:58, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Some articles

Hi Pepsidrinka. Please try to expand some of these Islamic topics. Islamic literature, Islamic poetry and Islamic studies. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 17:12, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Jihad Watch/Dhimmi Watch

Legally I think that if that's our main conent it would be unwise to try it. If it was an important paragraph integrated into a larger article I think you have more legitimacy because it's not using their content as your sole content. I'd say it's a bad idea just for reasons of NPOV though. If our article is mainly their wording then that's not good. In a larger context of a well written article I think it could be justified. The way you said it led me to believe that you mean just copying paragraphs for conent. It may not be copyrighted but I tend to assume that everything is unless otherwise stated. It seems to be more safe that way and also forces us to write under our guidelines of NPOV which other sites dont have. gren グレン ^? 20:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Quran pic deletion

You edited your original comments on the Quran pic controversy. Just out of curiosity, why is the issue irrelavent now? Pepsidrinka 22:07, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

I found the page for requesting de-adminship. I am in the process of writing that request write now. If you would like to support his de-adminship, just tell me and I'll notify you when I complete the request. joturner 22:19, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Pepsidrinka, thanks for the welcome. And i hope this is the right place to be saying this :). I noticed that you have a wiki:babel link on your user page. I would like to do the same. Are there any topics in need of creation/addition/etc. especially those that need the arabic language? Again thanks for the welcome. wilis.azmWilis.azm 00:24, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

disambiguation

I've added arabic to sibt ibn al jawzi, but I notice that Ibn al jawzi still points directly to him, not to his grandfather abu al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi(whose article I have added) I searched on how to change this and havent been successful. Any ideas? Wilis.azm 04:18, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Muawiyah I

A new user has added Arabic. It seems like too much writing for just Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan. Could you check and make sure that it isn't some Shi'a cursing out Mu'awiyah?

Yeah, yeah, I'm learning Arabic, theoretically, but I stalled out after the first few letters of the alphabet. I need a 48 hour day. Zora 05:43, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! Zora 05:55, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Zora, its not some shiah cursing out Muawiyah, the eng would go like this (muawiyah ibn abi sufyan al ummawi al qurashi) basically I added the "ummayid Quraishite" which is standard in arabic biographies of the classic type to differentiate between similar names shared across tribes. Wilis.azm 06:07, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I dont get the deal on the ar format now, how exactly should it be? I posted to the template page you linked to, do you have an idea?Wilis.azm

Qur'an vs. Quran

salamun alaykum,

good job on moving the Quran Alone article, i was hoping for someone to do that, i didn't know how.

Khuda hafiz. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David.ilyas (talk • contribs)

Hi

Some revert warrings & discussions are going on on Kafir, Infidel, Dhimmi & People of the book . Your presence might be helpful . F.a.y.^{تبادله خيال /c} 09:46, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Rajab

Yea, thak you for correcting it! Resid Gulerdem 23:05, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

A Question

Hi Pepsidrinka,

I added the following passage to the "Criticism of Islam" article part "Domestic violence" ( based on what I found in http://www.islamawareness.net/Wife/beating1.html.)

"Some other scholars argue that the Arabic word used in 4:34 is "idribuhunna" is derived from "daraba" which literally means "beat", or "go abroad", or "give" in the sense to give or provide an example. Thus the word "idribuhunna" could mean to "leave" them. They add that for example in the same chapter the word "darabtum", which is derived from the word "daraba", is used to mean to "go abroad"."

I am not good in arabic, but could you please check whether the logic makes sense or not. I am not confident.

Thanks, Aminz 00:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I asked FayssalF. I am waiting for his answer.

Hello...

You reverted over my edit. I can understand. Yes, it was sarcastic and perhaps unecessary. I am still trying to get the vandalist thrill out of my system. Obviously I am a very mature and serious adult. Oh yes, indeedy.

Now, back to throwing rocks and "tolerance towards non-Muslims": What's your take on conforming to a society which surrounds you and which grants you freedoms and assistance that do not exist in your homeland? If that an unduly rude and impertinent request? Let's burn down the Vatican! Come on, you and me. I've got the matches and gasoline, ok? --PistolPower 20:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Jihad Watch

First, CAIR's quote does not impart to the reader any new factual information; it's just CAIR's value judgement. Secondly, CAIR is an organization with a well-known agenda. You wouldn't use the Democratic Party as a source for an article on the Republican Party, would you? Pecher ^Talk 15:34, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Oopss

Sorry, I accidentaly removed your warning to User:Cobra123 when I got an edit conflict. As we said pretty much the same things I've left mine... hope that's ok! Robdurbar 16:18, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry...

I seem to have reverted over your revert! and then reverted TO your revert seeing that yours was better =) I'm still learning tho that was my first revert, and I just had to do something because that vandalism was horrible! Also I seem to have jumped the gun, so to speak, and gave user:204.38.104.10 a warning without seeing you had just gave him one =S Hope i dont get in trouble or something but I dont know what to do lol.. Jihiro 14:55, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about breaking the 17 straight edits :p. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 20:54, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Qiyamah

You are mistaken, the anonymous editor reverted my correct edit. There is no leeway in reverting a cleanup. KI 11:38, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Mainstream Sunnis! Wake up - Mainstream Sunnis vs. Habashies / Al-Ahbash / AICP

current|dif link—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.6.57.163 (talk • contribs)

Replacing unintelligable nonsense with link to retain history. Pepsidrinka 04:35, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Please, read it before calling it "unintelligable nonsense." You never know, you may learn something about Daniel Pipes, Jeff Jacoby and Al-Ahbash / AICP / Habashies. If you don't wanna know then I will recommend you better quit editing pages about Sunnis and invest your time into something else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 7.6.57.163 (talk • contribs)

I updated that WhyIslam page today (you can verify it by looking at the today's date stamp). AND if you knew about that already then why didn't you remove the links of sunna.info from the WikiPedia Sunni page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 7.6.57.163 (talk • contribs)

Added the new sections

I'm not sure about the climate one, whether it should be a separate section or merged into geography. Anyhow, I also added the wildlife as a section and holidays as a subsection in Society and Culture. Feel free to move them and edit to your heart's content Green Giant 21:55, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Top marks Pepsidrinka, your hard work has eliminated about 10 Kb of extra fat from the Pakistan article. Green Giant 21:04, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I almost forgot to congratulate you on getting the Pakistan article below 50KB. Well done :) Green Giant 02:06, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Sources

It's probably not good to use an author who has a history of writing against. And as for the other language source, yes you can use it but add that it isn't in english. In wikipedia if english sources aren't found, foreign-language sources are acceptable in terms of verifiability, but subject to the same criteria as English-language sources. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 22:23, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

If a source is given in another language it should be proven that if what it really says is true. If it is something like having to read the Qur'an in secondary schools then a english source about this probably won't be hard to find. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 22:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I can't find anything about it too. There's nothing about citing him that will further his agenda, I just don't think that he's verifiable for that or if he can be trusted as a cite for something like that. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 22:43, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Salam

You removed the links to the different Musim article, for example Muslim scholars, from the main Muslim article. May i ask why?

Ma Salam--Striver 02:36, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Your argument seems good, ill do as you suggested. Thx and ma Salam. --Striver 02:47, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the headsup!

K3wl! My name has been cockaroached for a sockpuppet. Zora 22:21, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Peer review of Pakistan

You may get some good feedback if you leave a note in Wikipedia talk:Notice board for India-related topicsTintin (talk) 18:29, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

9/11

Something like

Overviwe===

On sep, 4 planes hit... tower hit.... tower fell... pentagon... building 7.... Very soon, based on the evidence gathered, some theories emerged. The one presented by the USA... has become the widely accepted, belived by the majority of the people in the USA and Europe to be a factual description of the event. However, a significant minority hold some different views, some including Americans blaiming their own government, others including middle easterns blaiming Zionist.

Undiputed events====

Among the undiputed vies of the event is that....

Theories====

Among the diputed theories inlcude:

Official Theory=====

see main Official American 9/11 Theory

blablablablal

Other Theories=====

see main Other 9/11 Theories

balbalab

See also===

--Striver 03:00, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Wrongful Vandal Tag

Thousand appologies. I got overzealous. Happy editing!Squiggyfm 05:43, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

List of ship decommissionings in XXXX

Thanks for helping out with a ships project. I have responded in length to your posting to me on my talk page. I think the list of decommissioned ships idea is great, but please do not remove the yearly listings, as they have many entries to be added and should not be judged by their current size. Thanks! Josh 22:23, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Pakistan PR

Sounds good...let me know once you're done with incorporating the changes...I can help with any copyediting that needs to be done before you push the article for FAC. AreJay 00:57, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

New Categories

I would like you to join following two categories of Muslims that have been censored by Zionist and Hindutva editors from posting your contributions.

• Category:Wikipedians censored by Zionist editors
• Category:Wikipedians censored by Hindutva editors

Siddiqui 03:09, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

69.194.136.40 are my IP addresses since I forget to log in when editing my talk page. You should at user Veej who created Category:Wikipedians censored by Islamist editors.

Siddiqui 03:42, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Fair use images

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia. Fairuse images are best avoided as it defeats our primary goal of free content. Pakistan is a vast topic that can definately garner free images.

Fair use images should be used as a last option eg. if the pic is of a sensitive military area, and available to only the media. Secondly, many sites used wikipedia content. Since FU images are copyrighted, they would have to strip them off, again defeating the very purpose that they serve. Lastly, if free images are available, all previous FU/Non-commercial/non-derivative images will have to go.

I hope this was sufficient. If you have any further queries, please don't hesitate to ask. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Pepsidrinka, I don't mean to interject, but have you looked at http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons as a possible resource for Pakistan images? I did a quick query on Pakistan and came up with loads of images. Also, keep in mind that only Attribution and ShareAlike CreativeCommons images are free. Hope this helps. AreJay 06:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

1. Tag the currency with {[tl|money}}. Once tagged it can stay.
2. The copyright period of most countries lapses after a fixed period of time. Please check approximately when the photo was taken, and the term of copyright exipiration for Pakistan. (eg. For India, photos published before 1-1-46 are in public domain) Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:08, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Template:Main Pakistan

Thanks for pointing out this template. It appears it was created on 23 January by Fast Track and I haven't seen it used anywhere yet. I think it should be proposed for deletion because it is made redundant by Template:Infobox Country. Green Giant 23:35, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I did create that template and it was used for a while on the main page due to vandalism, i made the template to prevent people from vandalising the infobox. Here are two more i would like deleted as they are no longer in use;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Lahore-infobox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Pak_links

Many thanks Fast track 07:33 22 March 2006 (UTC)

This was added by User:BLADE though he signed it User:Fast track for some reason.

PAKISTAN page

You removed the image of Karachi from the main page of Pakistan. Could you please tell a reason? Its a shame that on the main page of Pakistan, there is no picture of the country's biggest and most economically important city! Swerveut

Grammer help on History of the Pakistan Army Page

I wrote this whole article and as is obvious for a writer, he/she needs a different set of eyes to point out any flaws such as grammer errors, sentence structure problems, etc.

I would really appreciate that you could give a look through on this article and point out any flaws and correct them if you can.

mercenary2k

Haydar

Striver is reverting, attempting to annex the Haydar article for Ali. I could use some help trying to keep the article a neutral disambiguation page. Zora 11:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Jinnah picture

I am pretty sure that most pictures of Jinnah were taken in British India for which I am not sure which laws apply as the "entity" effectively ceased to exist in 1947. To be on the safe side I would go for the Template:PD-Pakistan because the image was obtained from the Story of Pakistan website which I am guessing comes under Pakistani law. If things go pear-shaped there appears to be another image [1] at the Jinnah article which I would estimate to be after 1947 because it shows him when he was very old and very ill. Alternatively we could write to President Musharraf at [2] and ask his permission to use an image from the government website :P . Green Giant 20:16, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Pakistan

You reverted my additions in Pakistan page while indicating that you are adding to categories deleted by another user. If you have any objections or comments please forward them to me. We can discuss them. I hope that we reach a mutally acceptabe agreement. I have reverted your changes.

Siddiqui 07:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

pakistan

KARACHI PICTURE

regarding your logic that Karachi picture isnt relevant, it shows the economic boom of Karachi by showing its downtown. People usually have the impression of Pakistan being a backward country with no infrastructure at all. The image of Karachi is infact a testament to the economic development of Pakistan. Also, since a lot of people rely on Wikipedia for their first knowledge of Pakistan, it should represent all areas of the country. And since Karachi is THE largest and most important city of Pakistan, its a MUST that there should be a picture of Karachi on the Pakistan page. Swerveut

Troll in Pakistan

Realitea (talk · contribs) is trolling in Pakistan claiming it was NOT a British Colony. Has already broken 3RR. Would you please undo his edits? Thanks. --Ragib 08:02, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Qadianism

Please do not revert the Qadianism page. If you have any complaints or concerns please forward them to Wikipedia. Siddiqui 16:52, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

user: siddiqui

Thanks for your support. Looks like siddiqui has had himself blocked yet again! Nazli 03:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

User:Gustav Korwin-Szwedowski

FYI, he was the one who requested help (by posting tl helpme on my userpage. As I am on limited net access this week, perhaps you can talk to him?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 02:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

This user thinks it is ironic that thanks for supporting Cyde's successful RFA came in the form of a userbox.

Here's a userbox for you. --Cyde Weys 04:31, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

“Category:Gosiewski (Korwin) and “Category:Gosiewski (Ślepowron)

My dear Pepsidrinka: Yes, I do need help to do in a proper way the: “Category:Gosiewski (Korwin) and “Category:Gosiewski (Slepowron) Gustav Korwin-Szwedowski 04:36, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Mosque

Hey Mr Pepsidrinka.. This is regarding the vote at Mosque Talk page and your comments about it.. I am new to wikipedia and my intention of putting the protected tag to the article was to "Protect it!!!" and nothing else.. And I dont think it was a wrong intention.. But I agree that I should've investigated a bit more and learnt that only sysops can protect a page. But as experienced users and admins, your duty is not to be sarcastic but to enlighten us about these things..Mystic 07:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeps

Yep, sorry about that.--Irishpunktom\^talk 16:36, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Pakistan review

To reduce the page size, I've suggested the excision of a few paragraphs and sentences which deviates from the article. See the PR. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:37, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

RFC

Please comment on my rfc Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jersey Devil--Jersey Devil 21:45, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Removing Inuse from Seiyū

Why did you remove the tag? The article is collaboratively being worked on, and the last edit was today. That's hardly a stale tag. Please don't remove these tags without asking first. Thank you. --日本穣 02:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Lake Parramatta, New South Wales temp

• I agree having looked at the main article. Temp article has now been deleted. Apologies for the mistake. Capitalistroadster 03:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Under Construction

I am in the process of a multiple-day reconstruction of this article, and placed the appropriate template on it to so indicate. Why did you remove it when it was less than 48 hours since the last edit? Robert A.West (Talk) 02:09, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I think you are confusing {{underconstruction}} with {{inuse}}. Given the template description, I would say that 72 hours is a lower bound for considering removing it. Certainly, 36 hours is too short. Robert A.West (Talk) 02:20, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I read the relevant talk page thoroughly before using the template, in no small part because I wanted to make sure I was selecting the correct template of the set. In this case, because I am expanding sections, I didn't want some other editor to look at something that is too short for a section and just compress it back while I was off checking sources, and this seemed to be within the intended use. You removed it after what I think is a too short a time for courtesy, so I let you know. As you put it, that is how wikis work. Happy editing! Robert A.West (Talk) 02:40, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

FYI, I have removed the {{underconstruction}} tag from Felony murder, as my schedule this week precluded finishing the edits I planned. I will return to it next week, I hope. I have left the tag on the talk page, where I hope it will not bother anyone. Robert A.West (Talk) 17:14, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Texas State Highway Loop 337

Hello,

Thank you for your stub submission. You may wish to note that it is preferable to use a stub template from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types instead of using simply {{stub}}, if you can.

Thanks! Aaronw 04:25, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Australasia Cup

Pepsidrinka, I wish I could write up a good artcle about Australasia Cup but I had never heard about it. Yes, i can tell you a link where you can find some thing about it. Regards, Shyam ^(T/C) 20:32, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

List of Governors of Utah

"Governor" is not a proper noun, so per WP:NC, it should be lowercase. --Rory096 22:54, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Merge Tag

Yes, I saw that and put the merge tag back up. Striver isn't above Wikipedia policy, the decision was to merge and that is that. I'll bring it to the attention of the administrator who closed the afd.--Jersey Devil 00:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Nominate

I can't see much more that needs doing with the article at the moment, as most of the peer-review recommendations have been incorporated. So let's nominate it. Green Giant 04:01, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Thirsty

I am feeling thirsty? Please help me. --Bhadani 06:56, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Striver AfDs

You might consider following up your recommendations of Keep on those articles of Striver's that deserve it with tagging them {{expand}} and/or other tags such as are necessary {{context}}, {{sources}} and so on. I may do it as time allows. I wish he'd work on quality>quantity. Esquizombi 08:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Recommended precaution

Does it correspond to any of these: Fard, Mustahabb, Mubah, Makruh, Haraam? If not, do the marjas not use those terms? Esquizombi 21:34, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Long overdue

[Removed barnstar and placed on User:Pepsidrinka.]

Nomination for Adminship

As promised, I am nominating you for adminship; you've deserved it. You have had a high number of edits and have contributed tirelessly throughout many articles and Wikipedia projects. I forsaked the startard nomination for adminship template because it was a little too corny for me. But it does have some important information.

Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact me to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Pepsidrinka. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that I do so.

Good luck on your request for adminship. Salaam. joturner 03:37, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

From my talk page

Asalaam wa laikum. Thanks for the RfA, though I'm going to have to give it some thought prior to accpeting or declining. In earnestness, I'd like to be an admin, and ideally, I'd like to be promoted in my first RfA. Only three months of experience might detract some voters. Nonetheless, I'll give it some thought and I appreciate the nomination. Pepsidrinka 03:08, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Despite my previous tone, I thought about it, and decided to go ahead and begin the nomination. If it fails, it fails. Life goes on. Thanks again for the nom. Pepsidrinka 05:38, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

No problem. And besides, Makemi hasn't faced significant opposition for his edit count. joturner 05:42, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Siddiqui

Well i guess you have studied the RfC on Siddiqui. Well lemme elaborate that i am not against Muslims nor Islamophobic. Everyody has his POV. I've seen that you by far are the only person who has a degree of influence over Siddiqui. Could you impress it upon him to respect others POV and ask him to work as a team rather than unilaterally editing out Indian POVs. File:England flag large.png अमेय आर्यन DaBroodey 07:03, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

My Rfc

Please comment on my Rfc. Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jersey Devil--Jersey Devil 02:10, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

thanks

it's just occurred to me that i never thanked you for pointing me to his admission that 69.194.136.40 is his IP address. So, thanks mate. Veej 14:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Partition of India

I was in the middle of a re-format when you made your edits. Rather than redo all of mine, I wiped yours and put up mine. This may have been a lazy and selfish choice, but I didn't want to redo all of my work moving things around. If you can restore your edits easily, could you do so? You have it on the top of your mind. If that's too much to ask, I'll try to restore your edits myself. Zora 23:21, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, that was very generous of you. Zora 23:36, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Reply

I would be very happy to work with you on other articles. I propose any or all of Muhammad, History of Pakistan, History of Puerto Rico as candidates for "Coca-Cola"-"Pepsi" collaboration. Outside of en:wikipedia, I noticed the simple:Pakistan article and a whole group of related articles are in need of some attention so that might be another area we can work on. Green Giant 01:17, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Karachi sounds good :) Green Giant 23:10, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

You're a sysop!

Hi, Pepsidrinka/Archive 1, Congratulations on Becoming a Sysop

Hey there. I'm pleased to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator! You've volunteered to do housekeeping duties that normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops can't do a lot of stuff: They can't delete pages just like that (except patent nonsense like "aojt9085yu8;3ou"), and they can't protect pages in an edit war they are involved in. But they can delete random junk, ban anonymous vandals, delete pages listed on Votes for deletion (provided there's a consensus) for more than one week, protect pages when asked to, and keep the few protected pages that exist on Wikipedia up to date.

Almost anything you can do can be undone, but please take a look at The Administrators' how-to guide and the Administrators' reading list before you get started (although you should have read that during your candidacy ;). Take a look before experimenting with your powers. Also, please add Administrators' noticeboard to your watchlist, as there are always discussions/requests for admins there. If you have any questions drop me a message at My talk page. Have fun! =Nichalp «Talk»=

Please add your name to WP:LA =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:44, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

File:Celebrations-UK.jpg CONGRATULATIONS on becoming a Sysop (Nerd 1st Class). We usually give a box of Celebrations chocolates for this kind of thing but you'll have to make do with a pic until technology changes to allow food to be uploaded/downloaded. Green Giant 06:54, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

congratz . F.a.y.^{تبادله خيال /c} 07:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on your new mop, Pepsidrinka! Cheers, Andy123(talk)

Do you remember when you said the following on my talk page?

Asalaam wa laikum. Thanks for the RfA, though I'm going to have to give it some thought prior to accpeting or declining. In earnestness, I'd like to be an admin, and ideally, I'd like to be promoted in my first RfA. Only three months of experience might detract some voters. Nonetheless, I'll give it some thought and I appreciate the nomination. Pepsidrinka 03:08, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Detract some voters? Give it some thought? It seems quite funny now given that you got promoted with flying colors :) (my first ever use of an emoticon). Good luck on your adminship. joturner 07:23, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations Pepsidrinka. A thanks note would be very nice but very happy that you are promoted. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 11:29, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

As we say in rec.arts.sf.fandom, a hippy happy hoppy line of dancing conga rats for you! Remember, with great power comes great responsibility :) Zora 09:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Best of luck for the future! --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 16:08, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Well done! Congrats. -- Samir (the scope) 16:29, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! I am confident that you will do a great job as an admin. Best of luck. Nazli 05:24, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Best of luck with your new mop and bucket. - Wezzo (talk) (ubx) 14:55, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

Congrats, Pepsidrinka! :) Regards, Sango123 (e) 05:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Pepsi ftl, mkay? --Rory096 05:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

To the contrary, Coke > Pepsi (and yes, I did mean to link to a disambig). --Rory096 05:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats!

Congratulations on your RfA! See you around :) deeptrivia (talk) 05:10, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

here! here! - three cheers for the man! (hold a bottle of pepsi ofcourse...) --hydkat 05:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats, and remember that Pepsi is the choice of the new generation! More people may drink Coke, but Pepsi also owns a bunch of restaurant chains. Before long, Pepsi will take over the world! Muhahahaha... --Deathphoenix ʕ 06:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

• Congratulations on the adminship, i'm sure you'll do a great job. Boston University is officially a Pepsi school, so I have to sneak my Coke, but I'm definitely not prejuidiced against a Pepsi drinker like yourself who is such a fine Wikipedian. keep up the good work, --Alhutch 06:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Congratulations Pepsidrinka, good luck on your adminship--Ugur Basak 09:05, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! You deserve this and good luck in your adminship. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 14:10, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations. Here are what pass for words of wisdom from the puppy:

Remember you will always protect the wrong version. Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. You will always pick the wrong one to do. (See #5) Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll. Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block. Remember when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology. and finally, Remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able. KillerChihuahua?!? 19:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales. All rights released under GDFL.

ProDeletionist

Only been a sysop for a few days and already using your power for the greater good! Thank you for dealing with ProDeletionist so quickly and effectively; I've never seen vandalism like that before. He must have just been really mad at the deletion policy or something. Anyway, if I weren't so lazy I would give you a barnstar! Thanks. AmiDaniel (Talk) 06:21, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Nancy Zimpher

Did you know you reverted a large section of vandalism into the text of the article?Rkevins82 06:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Make sure you sit down when you read this

File:Full Moon Party March 2003.jpg

Congratulations Wiki-nerd, you now have a featured article to boast about. This and you're new Adminship means a double celebration, so leave the editing and go out and scream at someone at the top of your voice :P Green Giant 08:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats

Hi! Congrats! Pakistan is now featured article.--Dwaipayanc 08:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
HI, Congratulations for efforts in achieving Featured article status for Pakistan Gnangarra 09:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats, Pepsidrinka! AreJay 15:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

My pleasure, and congratulations! Jayjg ^(talk) 19:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on your efforts on making Pakistan, a featured article. I had to leave IRC early. Some of my friends turned up and they demanded to watch a movie. So we went on to watch The Boondock Saints. --Andy123(talk) 20:44, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on Pakistan and becoming an admin! :) Gflores^Talk 02:34, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Best wish for your adminship.--Jusjih 08:28, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Salam

Just thought I'd let you know that Shias pray Sunnah prayers as well. [3] I have edited Salah to reflect that. Zain 02:35, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Unblocking

Thanks for your help with unblocking. Walton monarchist89 10:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Zora is succumbing to wikistress

I need help. I'm struggling on too many fronts.

At Zakir Naik, we have some devotees of Naik who want the article to be an advertisement for his teacher (or perhaps it's just one guy under various usernames). They're claiming that Naik has memorized the Qur'an, the Bible, the Mahabharata, the Talmud, claiming that Naik "won" a "famous" debate at a Chicago Islamic conference ... it's just me against a POV-warrior. I think he's making Islam look bad with all these ridiculous claims.

Then in Muhammad Cltfn or whatever his name is has totally trashed the sources section based on material he's getting from freerepublic.com. I've got a splitting headache and I'm in great danger of losing my temper badly.

If you can't help, please recruit some. Zora 04:57, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Idit Harel Caperton/archive1

After your succesful RfA (congrats, btw), you commented on my talk page that if I ever needed you to look at something that you would oblige, therefore, would you mind taking a look at the above peer review? Any and all comments/criticisms/concerns will be greatly appreciated. Cheers. youngamerican (talk) 17:59, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Blocked user - 216.20.115.37

Hi Pepsidrinka. Thanks for removing an already blocked user that i had added to the blocked list. Quick question though - how do i find out if a user has been already blocked in future. He/she didn't appear to have been listed prior and there was no note on his or her talk page mentioning a block. Thanks! Rockpocket 21:23, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Ahhh! I new I could check on the vandal list page (however, by then the blocked person is already listed), but couldn't work out how to get the block log otherwise. You live and learn. Thanks again. Rockpocket 01:59, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Husayn

The three recent Islamic history books I have stacked up next to the computer right now (Hugh Kennedy, The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates, Jonathan Berkey, The Formation of Islam, and G.R. Hawting, The First Dynasty of Islam) all use Husayn. They're all from different publishers. The Berkey is Cambridge University Press. Hmmm ... just checked, it's spelled that way in the SUNY version of Tabari. Zora 22:27, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

RfA Results and Thanks

Pepsidrinka/Archive 1, thank you for supporting me in my recent RfA. Although it did not succeed as no consensus was declared (final: 65/29/7), I know that there is always an opportunity to request adminship again. If and when that day comes, I hope you will once again support me. If at any time I make any mistakes or if you would like to comment on my contributions to Wikipedia, you are more than welcome to do so. Regardless of your religious, cultural, and personal beliefs, I pray that whatever and whoever motivates you in life continues to guide you on the most righteous path. --- joturner 07:10, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar as well! I have added it to my user page. Salaam. joturner 02:07, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Picture Gallery on Pakistan Page

If a picture gallery on the page for Pakistan is inappropriate, why is there a picture gallery on the page for Turkey? Swerveut

Hi

Well there is a discussion going on over here Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-02-27 Dhimmi and Jizya , & there is one user User:Pecher who keeps on adding controversial stuff again & again , calling everything Islamist propaganda. Can you help with this ongoing discussion and/or deal with this person . I am not able to type big paragraphs right now .F.a.y.^{تبادله خيال /c} 15:35, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

The "dude" dude...

Thanks for blocking the vandal. I, however, was not concerned about the uncivil comments. Such statements from trolls and vandals are among the highed barnstars one can receive on wikipedia :) youngamerican (talk) 17:40, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:Featuredcountries.png

Hello. I noticed that you uploaded this image and I was wondering if you could alter it to reflect the recent featured article status of Pakistan. Pepsidrinka 22:52, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Of course what do you want to change precisely in the map. CG 13:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry to have taken so much time but it's done. CG 14:57, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Moved from userpage

How do I remove an Artical page from the Wikipedia. The title was misspelled so I replaced it with a correctly spelled page instead. CliffR 22:26, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

can you help me

see whats wrong here [[4]] and correct it Mystic 17:40, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Muriel McCormick Hubbard

Thanks for saving the article from deletion, I'm working on finding as much information as possible as we speak! ;) --Caponer 20:17, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for deleting Air Chief Marshal,Russia. Can you please look at Image:Chief Marshal.GIF also and the user created the both - a sock of Roitr Uyrik (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and an anonymous sock 88.152.100.95 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log).--Nixer 20:19, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Bangladesh peer review

Hi, we've tried to improve the article according to the suggestion of everyone, so would you please take a look and comment again in the Peer review page? Thanks. --Ragib 03:26, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

I appreciate you answering my plea for help! I am trying to follow protocol and will soon see if it works. Thanks. -- Ladyhormel 21:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

PS2pcGAMER's RFA

Hi Pepsidrinka. I just wanted to thank you for supporting my recent successful RfA candidacy. Your confidence in me means a lot. If you ever have any questions about an edit or an action that I have made or if there is anything I can do to assist you, feel free to drop me a message on my talk page. Happy editing! --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 03:28, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Pak's nom for main page

Hi Pepsidrinka - I've modified your nomination of Pakistan for main page display as per main page standards - requires smaller body of text, as you will see in other nominations. Please feel free to modify the text of course. My congratulations to you on making the article an FA, and on your successful RfA. Cheers, Rama's Arrow 14:56, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your compliments on Lothal - very nearly missed it myself. The weather was good even in the astounding Rann of Kutch - visiting that place was the best part of my trip. I hope to start off-loading the remarkable goodies I brought back on Wikipedia next week. Cheers, and keep up the excellent work. Rama's Arrow 16:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

improving the conecta4 page

Thank you for giving me time to make the changes necessary to meet Wikipedia's indications. I have deleted some parts of the page. I am not sure if I can or cannot leave the logo of the company. Please have a look at Conecta4 and let me know what else i have to change or rewrite. thank you --Cpirzl 17:40, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Jinnah PR

Hi - I request your help on an effort to make this article an FA. I know you can really help us solve some serious problems and add reliable info. Please check it out whenever convenient. Rama's Arrow 16:09, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Pepsidrinka - from your comment, you appear to have 3-4 books on Jinnah or associated topics. I request you to take a frontal role in inserting facts and citations into the article, becoz even though I started this effort, I don't have a Jinnah bio from where I can input reliable facts. Btw, you should place your comments in the peer review box. Thanks for your help, Rama's Arrow 20:08, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi - it basically helps to draw all relevant comments in one place. Anyways, I'd appreciate anything you can bring to this article. I'll be waiting for tomorrow before deleting the sections on contemporaries, quotes. Thanks, Rama's Arrow 20:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reminding. I forget sometimes. By the way, would you kindly add your comments to Bangladesh FAC page? Thanks--ppm 22:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Lists

I will do my best to help. Green Giant 23:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I will aslo add help populate tis list. Siddiqui 12:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Duke advice thanks

Thanks for the advice on the Duke lacrosse scandal section move! Will take it. Best! Anagrammarian 18:56, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Jinnah PR

Hi Pepsidrinka - could you please review Muhammad Ali Jinnah? I've re-written the entire article to bring it as close as possible to NPOV and factuality. However I'm sure that there are mistakes and issues, and I still have to add references and citations. Please give me your advice on how to improve it further. Rama's Arrow 17:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

List of Pakistan-related topics

Hello. Could you help in populating List of Pakistan-related topics. Thanks. Pepsidrinka 23:34, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks, I will hopefully try to do what I can, I am actually taking a break from wikipedia due to time constraints. --Falcon007 20:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Pepsidrinka! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. PS2pcGAMER (talk) 04:38, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Master Jay's RfA

Thanks for your support at my recent RfA. If you ever have any concerns, leave me a note. Regards --Jay(Reply) 02:45, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Logos

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll revert the edits. fuzzy510 03:11, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Request

Hi, I listed a 3RRvio, but no one replied. Would you be able to do the block? Thanks. —Khoikhoi 03:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I guess I did take it a bit too far. I'll take your advice in the future, thanks. —Khoikhoi 04:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

You're right, I understand. Because of that I won't do it again. :) Cheers, —Khoikhoi 05:23, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: Help needed ...

Thanks for your response and gentle warning to the Dockland enthusiast. A sensible discussion is now under way at the AfD - I hope they will join in. Also thanks for the reminder on how to list related articles for AfD. Cje 12:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

No further problems on DLR P89 stock but you might like to take a look at Portsmouth metro. Same editor, same removal of AfD tags. A lot of knowlege and enthusiasm but this editor is going to need some real help on how to work in wikipedia without getting everyone mad at them! (I'm not invovled in the Plymouth outbreak, but left a "look processes work, use them" comment on his talk page. Cje 09:23, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey Pepsidrinka

Can you help me rename my username. I want it to be changed without compromizing my edits, contributions, or any other info. Can you please help.. Mystic 16:45, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the Info Buddy that was quick ;-) Mystic 16:59, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Moving Pages

No, this is how these pages are supposed to be done now. AR120346 18:51, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

List of Americans of Irish descent

This page was not deleted yet. Why are you so slow with this one? AR120346 18:57, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Bigot Edits

Put the List of Irish-Americans back on that page like you did for every other group! AR120346 19:00, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Edit-warring at Aisha?

Pepsidrinka, I've gotten myself involved in an arbcom case, Zmmz versus Aucaman Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Aucaman/Evidence. I offered evidence against Zmmz and he in turn accused me of a multitude of sins, among them edit warring. One of the articles in which I'm said to have edit-warred is Aisha -- and two of the arbitrators are crediting the charges. I know you also monitor that article and do a lot of reverting of PBUHing and charges that Muhammad was a pedophile. Could you explain to the arbitrators the situation at high-profile articles like Islam, Muhammad, Muslim, and Aisha, where it takes constant reversions to keep the articles in reasonable shape? I would appreciate it. If I'm blocked from editing Aisha, it's going to add to the load for the other editors. Zora 19:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

deletions

Apparently, you deleted articles I started without even bothering to check if they were legitimate. They are all nominees for a major award, and frankly I'm disappointed that you did not even take a few seconds to click on the link and make sure. See Wikipedia:Web_comics. They all easily fit the criteria for avoiding deletion. Tool. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asler (talk • contribs)

Reason for 2005 NFL Draft color cahnge

The reason I continued to change the background colors to their original ones is due to the fact that every NFL Draft, as well as every draft in general, uses the default list colors. By changing this one, there will be many other draft lists that will also need to be changed to this. That being said, I still do not know why it was changed in the first place. --Wizardman 00:15, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Good comment

Thanks for taking the time to comment on the Request for Arbitration. Your comment was very calm and balanced -- which is actually more believable than a post claiming that I was the best editor on WP would have been. That wouldn't have been true :) Zora 03:06, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

response to NFL Draft questions

Sure, You and I an fix up the draft pages. My apologies if I seemed a little angry earlier, as even I admit havign to change the other draft pages really isn't that big of a deal, and the colors actually do look better on the 2005 page. It would actually be interesting to see if all the NFL Draft pages could become featured lists. (though I doubt any early drafts could be FLC's due to a lot of rounds and a lack of info) --Wizardman 03:28, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Jinnah FAC

Hi Pepsidrinka - I hope you'll have time to check out Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Muhammad Ali Jinnah/archive1. I request your support, but also welcome any criticism. Rama's Arrow 18:07, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Rick Bruner

While I can see why this article probably isn't a good choice for a speedy delete, Wikipedia is not a soapbox and "Editors should avoid contributing to articles about themselves or subjects in which they are personally involved..."

So when I see user Rickbruner writing an article about Rick Bruner, I automatically get concerned. Should this article get a re-write from a neutral party? Should it still be put up for Proposed Delete? Llort 02:30, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Good suggestion, I'll add a POV tag just to be safe. Llort 02:41, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Rory096

See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#User:Kelly_Martin.27s_block_of_User:Rory096. —Ruud 03:23, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Pakistan

I have delinked all the dates in Pakistan. Siddiqui 00:43, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Understood. I will change them.

Siddiqui 00:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Iran

Thanks for your intervention - I was worried it might get nasty. Green Giant 01:01, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Iran article and removing two images

Please show courtesy to other editors, and leave a message on their talk page, explaining that you erased the image, the reason why, and that if they could, they should re-license the images. Also, any warning that you have; please state it in a civil manner, and leave it on users` talk pages.Zmmz 01:03, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Your incredible incivility

That was, without a doubt, one of the most rude messages I've ever recieved here on Wikipedia. Firstly, the picture of the president was NOT under copyright- it was a press photo that was released into the public domain for the express purpose of public dissemination. Secondly, given that Wiki has free use of that picture, we DO have the right to crop it in order for it to fit the profile of our particular usage. You have neither proven a good rationale for your deletion, nor have you attempted any civility in this matter. As such, I am restoring the pictures that you have deleted, and I will continue to restore them without hesitation. Your rudeness (not to mention deleting something you had no right to delete in the first place, especially without prior discussion) is noted. Never Cry Wolf 06:49, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I still don't agree with you at all, but it doesn't matter. There's a better fair use image of Mahmoud on there, so the discussion is moot. Never Cry Wolf 10:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

IranPix.com pictures

Thanks for deleting those pictures. I would have deleted them myself, but since I had a conflict of interest with the user, I just put them on speedy-row and let another admin delete them. I see you put a couple of pictures on that copyright watch page (don't feel like looking for the exact page). The user also has many more pictures from IranPix.com uploaded. Some of them have "exclusive use by him" liscenses, though every picture from IranPix.com is non-commercial and are still I3. Mind taking a look through his contribution list sorted by Images. Most of the iranpix have iranpix in the summary. Pepsidrinka 17:00, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

That's quite a problem! I only speedily deleted images in which he stated licensing was exclusively "non-commercial". Unfortunately, copyright violation of images cannot be speedied (and indeed, since he's claiming an "exclusive" license, it's just possible that the photographer gave him a different license under which photos may be uploaded here, to that which he gave IranPIX). I have been through all his uploads and deleted all those licensed non-commercially. The remainder will need listing as copyright violations (and can be deleted in due course...). Some of them are lacking source info in any case and may thus be speedily deleted in 7 days if not updated. I will have a look through to try and list the other copyright violations if I get a chance at some point, but am a bit busy right now... _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 17:17, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

You might like to see the following remark on Zmmz's talk page... The owner has given me permission to use them as creative common licensed. You can email me or him for proof.Zmmz 20:23, 25 April 2006 (UTC) _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 20:29, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Mahan image

Business one:

We've had this discussion with admins before. Some agree, others (like GMaxwell) dont:

The 1922 PD law does not apply to Iran, because according to the US Copyright Office, the US has no copyright treaties with Iran. [5] That is why Iran officially illegally distributes all American software and intellectual products.

The image is a government image; it has no intellectual proprieter.

But the again, what can I say, the decision is yours.--Zereshk 17:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Business 2:

I suaully dont report people because it's below my level. But this one irks me real bad:

User:Timothy Usher is calling me an "anti-semitic" just because I provided American and Israeli sources stating that Israel supported Iran in the war against Iraq. I think that's a clear attempt of abusing WP laws.

Thanx.--Zereshk 17:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks pep: [6]. Moshe and Pecher (who have followed me around to the same page ever since they encountered me on Talk:Persian Jews are also itching to get into a conflict with me. Notice Moshe's remarks to me elsewhere: He keeps using ad hominems: [7]

What have I done to these people but minding my own business?

Thanx again.--Zereshk 17:43, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

name change for Ali

Hi, Zora and I are discussing a name change for Ali on Talk:Ali ibn Abi Talib. Would you please add your thoughts. Currently it's just her and I. Cuñado - Talk 17:33, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Foreign language prods

You left the comment on ترجمة: don't PROD foreign language artices.

Ignoring the fact that someone speedy deleted this article while I was AfDing it, the fact remains that sub-stubs aren't terribly useful to Wikipedia in any language. If the original author had written more fully on the topic, then it might be worth translating, but there is no benefit to Wikipedia in keeping foreign sub-stubs.

If the article had been any longer than a few words, I certainly would have left it alone with the translate tag. However, as it was it just wasn't worth cluttering the translation queue. -Harmil 18:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Again, you seem to be focusing on the translation aspect. The article was a few words long. This is what is generally refered to as a "sub-stub", and such articles are often given a {{prod}} tag when they are in english. If someone feels that such an article merits an entry, it can always be expanded within the time period allocated to prod-tagging. Hope this helps clear things up, and happy editing! -Harmil 18:59, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for all that you do in defending articles like the God one. We, the users of the internet, would be lost without you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.84.178.82 (talk • contribs)

More Hadith Templates

• Template:Abudawud - {{Abudawud|1|15}}
• Template:Muslim - {{Muslim|1|4}}
• Template:Muslim-usc - {{Muslim-usc|1|4}}
• Template:Bukhari - {{Bukhari|76|8|422}}

I created all these templates. If you want a shorter version of the Bukhari template use Template:Bukhari-usc created by Timothy. If there are issues please feel free to fix them and remember to put a note on the talk page thanks «₪Mÿš†íc₪» 09:16, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Islamic scripture template news

1) Template:Quran-usc has been altered in two respects:

a) it’s no longer required to input three digits - this is automated thanks to joturner.

b) the template no longer includes “Qur’an” in the bluelighted display. Editor may choose to write it or not (or “Sura”, or “verse”, etc.) according to context.

c) thus the “-num” variants are redundant and should not be used.

2) The “range display” problem is still not solved - more information coming soon.

3) Template:Bukhari-usc is operative, with three variables (volume, book, hadith), and automated tridigitation as per Quran-usc.

4) Template:Quran-usc-num, Template:Quran-usc-numrange and Template:Buhari are defunct and should be deleted.Timothy Usher 10:07, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Help me

Hello. I need help re-submitting the Illmatic article into the peer review. I attempted to redirect the archived peer review session] to Wikipedia:Peer review/example/Archive1, but so far it hasn't been working for me at all. Every time I start a new session page, it simply redirects back to the archived one. --Chubdub 20:37, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Exactly. The thing is, I do not know how to delete a redirect. --Chubdub 21:12, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your help --Chubdub 22:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Deletion

I would like your opinion here, I deleted this image as a recreation of deleted content (probably because no source), and it was re-uploaded, could you review my action and make sure I didn't make a mistake, and re-delete it if I was correct? Prodego ^talk 21:04, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Prodego ^talk 22:33, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Kolkata

Hey — I hardcopy-traced the outline of the map as well as the river, imported it into Photoshop and worked on it from there...I'll try and appropriately source the map sometime today. Nice to know that you went to UF...are you still in Gainesville?

Go Gators! AreJay 19:09, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the help with the userboxes. Hey, I like pepsi too! Pnatt 22:03, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Image protection

Greetings,

User:Pecher insists on marking the following two images for deletion, despite their PD status, which I have explained to him/her.

Image:Kalimi mashrutiat.JPG

Image:Kalimi iran.JPG

Would you please see to it that he/she does not delete the images? Pecher is currently engaged in an edit war with several users on the Persian Jews article.

Thank You.--Zereshk 15:50, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Haathi Mere Saathi

Show me the content of that article's deleted edits! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dakota steve (talk • contribs)

Yes, but I need those to see those edits for a very, very secret reason.Dakota steve 23:20, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Please take a look at Aisha

I completely rewrote the "age at marriage" section in Aisha. Please take a look. Zora 03:50, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Sharting

Would appreciate an explanation on how it's not a CSD item. Been deleted a staggering NINE times before, as I explained in my edit summary and now on the AfD page Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharting. Thanks. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 05:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok, well, as a non-admin, I cannot see the contents of a deleted article, and I assumed it was a repost. See here for 8 times [8], one more time here [9]. In any event, even if not identical, the contents is equivalent. Dicdef and one reference to the movie - still G4 to me. Doesn't have to be word for word the same. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 05:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: 2006 NFL Draft

Thank you for your notice. I apologize about the mistake. Regards, --D-Day^{(Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?}) 17:57, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Islam Peer Review

I am requesting a peer review for the Islam article. If you have any suggestions, please let us know. Thank you very much. BhaiSaab 01:54, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

No good deed goes unpunished

Apparently this user objected to your leaving him a welcome note on his user page. [10] He's involved in a couple AfD's right now, but it doesn't look like you have anything to do with those. Fan1967 13:01, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Your recent block.

I'm the guy you just blocked. I would just like to say that I am NOT this 'retardedbob' guy. Good day. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Messenger1 (talk • contribs).

Archive

Pepsi, can you please archive the older stuff. In my 64 kbps connection, it takes about an hour and a half to load this page. Tintin (talk) 17:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)