User talk:Ankimai

Welcome
Hi Ankimai. You've been here for a while - only about 9 days less than me, in fact - so I don't suppose you'll need it, but I'd like to welcome you to Wikipedia anyways. You've been popping up in my watchlist a lot lately, seeing as we both focus on Nigeria related articles. Are you aware of WikiProject Nigeria, a wikiproject dedicated to maintaining Nigeria related topics? We'd love it if you'd join, although, of course, it isn't required. Anyways, happy editing! Picaroon 18:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Did I ever reply to this message? No, I didn't. I beg your pardon. I appreciate your work. --Ankimai (talk) 13:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

No summary deletions
Your characterization of other users' edits as "vandalism" is unwarranted and unjustified. Moreover, your summary deletions are themselves advancing non-neutral POV, which is even more unacceptable considering that you have no knowledge or experience in the subject matter that you are editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.5.250.146 (talk • contribs) 00:12, March 22 2007 (UTC)

Help needed on Amir Taheri


Help needed on Amir Taheri—identical reverts by three anons. Ref: WP:AN3 report. (Asked here also.)  — Athænara   ✉  07:59, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Followup: all three blocked for 24 hours.  — Æ.   ✉  09:18, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Ankimai
I see you are following around users and unilaterally reverting all of their edits as you see fit, no matter if they are sourced or not. I recommend you stop this practice or else you will simply end up getting all the entries "protected" and render them uneditable indefinitely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.182.35.241 (talk • contribs) 22:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

User:75.26.157.62
I thought I'd let you know, it seems 75.26.157.62 has something against you. Probably a sockpuppet of some kind. Someguy1221 00:40, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

re Amir Taheri
I have issued short blocks on the two editors you are warring with on the above article, and undid the last edit by them. Please note that reverting edits, other than blatant vandalism (this being a POV/Content dispute), is not appropriate. As I note that you have attempted to discuss the matter on the article talkpage I am issuing you with a warning only. If there are further instances of edit warring by the other parties, take it to the Admins noticeboard (incidents) page but do not revert the article.
 * You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. LessHeard vanU 21:34, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I'll heed it. Ankimai 11:56, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Crime in Lagos
Hey, add the section for crime in Lagos - A lot of cities have crime sections... WhisperToMe (talk) 04:28, 24 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, almost no other country or city pages have crime sections.
 * Please note that Whispers comments, originate from an ongoing content dispute on the Nigeria talk page regarding Advance fee fraud's relevance to the Nigerian economy. Ajisekanla (talk) 11:19, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps some sort of Law and order section would be good. Who's in control of what? How does a city (or country) work? I'd like to read (but am not able to write) a section on Lagos institutions and organizations (police, LASTMA, EFCC, NURTW etc) on the one hand and on the problems they have to cope with (robbery, area boys, wonder banks, clashes at motor parks and so on) on the other hand.
 * Regarding the 419ers, I agree with Ajisekanla. I doubt whether they are that relevant. They're neither peculiar to Lagos nor to Nigeria. According to the Economist the scam business has been outsourced to South Africa years ago already (Go south, con man, August 14, 2004 edition). The legend lives on, obviously, and Nigerian authorities may now and then still stage raids on some "shady cybercafes" in Festac town to live up to the expectations of foreign camera teams - but in my opinion it's the myth they combat, not a real menace.--Ankimai (talk) 01:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Rollback
Would you like the rollback tool? It's quicker than the undo function. Picaroon (t) 23:11, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I would like to give it a try, yes, thank you. --Ankimai (talk) 12:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added it to your account. Just remember, the point is for quick reversion of vandalism and spam - if you accidentally hit rollback to revert an edit where the reason is not self-explanatory, you can make a dummy edit in the page history noting this. Picaroon (t) 03:07, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

edit war Amir Taheri
I think your efforts to create an edit war with me on Amir Taheri is unproductive--Babakexorramdin (talk) 08:49, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Please see this note on Bab's talk page. I think we ought to leave the information out of the article until we can work something out on the talk page.  Ursasapien (talk) 09:20, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: Babakexorramdin was blocked indefinitely on 9 May 2010.- Ankimai (talk) 17:45, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Discussion at ANI
Please see Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 16:12, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * See
 * Requests_for_checkuser/Case/William_Ortiz -- results "unrelated"
 * National Space Research and Development Agency -- You remove reliable news sources about the Nigerian space program, but Nigeria does have itWilliam Ortiz (talk) 02:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It rather was on a bogus astronaut story, wasn't it? - Yes, Nigeria has a space agency. I didn't deny that. Many nations have one. --Ankimai (talk) 07:46, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Re
Replied on my talk page. Khoikhoi 05:30, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Left another note on his/her talk page. As for Larno Man, if you believe he is a sockpuppet you are welcome to make a request at WP:SSP or WP:RFCU, as I mentioned to Parthava. Khoikhoi 18:53, 6 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, if you believe he is my sockpuppet you are welcome to make a request at WP:SSP or WP:RFCU--Larno Man (talk) 03:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Your Comment on my talkpage
There are no universally accepted criteria for distinguishing languages from dialects, although a number of paradigms exist, which render sometimes contradictory results. The exact distinction is therefore a subjective one, dependent on the user's frame of reference.

Language varieties are often called dialects rather than languages:


 * solely because they are not (or not recognized as) literary languages,
 * because the speakers of the given language do not have a state of their own,
 * because they are not used in press or literature, or very little.

of course Mazandarni falls into all above categories.

Regarding my edits, for example following references consider Mazandarani as a dialect(by the way unlike what you said on my talk page all provided references are available online):


 * Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages By Andrew Dalb, page 226: (He even calls Mazandarni a sub-dialect of Caspian dialect)


 * Encyclopedia Iranica: CASPIAN DIALECTS, Iranian dialects spoken along the Caspian littoral, including Ṭāleši, Gīlakī, Māzandarāni and related subdialects


 * Even Borjan that you mentioned calls Mazandarani: local language, dialect, and vernaculars and not a totally distinct language

Some quotes from Borjan's article:

1. ''My interest in Mazandarani is largely connected to my familiarity with linguistics, sociolinguistics, and ethnography, without which I might have regarded the dialect worthless, as many of my friends from Sari do.''

2. Since there exists a high mutual intelligibility among various Mazandarani sub-dialects, the broadcasts attract many listeners and are considered to be successful.

--Larno Man (talk) 02:56, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

-- Dictionary of Languages is not my only reference. Borjan also refers to Mazandarani as dialect, local language and vernaculars. I also provided accounts from Irania in my last comment, though it is not necessary to provide multi-references for one fact in WP. Nevertheless, I improve the citation for "Dictionary of Languages"--Larno Man (talk) 13:46, 7 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I noticed that you have a long dispute over Amir Taheri with IP 68. ? Once you told me that I am him. Is that because of this misunderstanding that you left comments such as "I wonder how you could spend hours of studies over scholarly books and journal papers, Larno Man and didn't even get that far." If you feel that I am the same guy you are more than welcome to make a request at WP:SSP or WP:RFCU. Otherwise, I kindly request you not to extend your dispute over Amir Taheri with this IP (68. ...) to Mazandarni related articles.
 * Regarding your last comment []. What you call OR is supported by Iranica, Borjan and Dictionary of languages. I provided those sources on your talkpage but you keep saying that this is OR. --Larno Man (talk) 17:11, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Stalking
Your most recent contributions seem to be largely focused on a single user, Larno Man. In particular, the content you wrote at User:Ankimai/Sandbox2, and your recent reverts to the History of slavery and Secession articles. Please review Wikipedia's policy on Wikistalking, and stop following this user around. If you have concerns about his edits, please discuss it with him instead of warning him. Both of you are good faith editors and I expect both of you to play by the rules. Thanks. Khoikhoi 04:09, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes if I may, I want to add that Ankimai's intervention in the Iranian articles is very disruptive, not only because of his lack of knowledge in these issues, but also his stalking of and reversion of edits by certain editors.--Babakexorramdin (talk) 13:23, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: Larno Man was blocked indefinitely on 29 June 2009. Babakexorramdin was blocked indefinitely on 9 May 2010.- Ankimai (talk) 17:45, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Prayer mat
Since you were active on the RfD you might like to comment on the Requested move to get Prayer mats back to their rightful place. Bazj (talk) 09:46, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Report at RFPP
Note that it's preferable to warn users on their talk pages when you revert their actions. This way when admins respond to claims we can consider blocking the user. That course of action is more difficult to follow when the user has had no warnings given to them. Thanks, Nja 247 09:16, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Sanusi baballe ilah
Hello Ankimai, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Sanusi baballe ilah - a page you tagged - because: how is that patent nonsense? Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know.  So Why  19:51, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I beg your pardon. I should have explained it. The text has been copied and pasted from here ('Barack Obama' sometimes being replaced by 'Sanusi baballe', 'Illinois' by 'Kano centeral' etc.) -- Ankimai (talk) 21:33, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I see. The correct tags would have been G3 (blatant misinformation / vandalism) and G12 (taking text from Wikipedia sources without attributing it is also a copyright violation). It's not a G1 though because the text is understandable and makes sense. It's just not true. Regards  So Why  22:25, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

To Ankimai from Kehz99
Hey, i have now modified the page to correspond with the text. come check it out.

Our Lady of Zeitoun
Thank you for your intervention with the spamming of this article. Much appreciated. Hopefully the hint is finally taken. Danmav (talk) 02:23, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

November 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. \//\ - 23:41, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Looking at your agenda and your block logs and the number of people who have you on their watch list I wonder if some mentorship would do you good? -- Ankimai (talk) 11:51, 5 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Everyone has bias. The block logs are misleadingly cluttered due to IP autoblocks and wrongful blocks. Out of all that 'clutter' in there - were three or four short blocks which were not overturned, over the best part of a year. And how many people have you on their watchlist means nothing. All you do here is exclusively revert people, whereas I have added significant amounts of decent content to articles. Time out Ankimai, if you continue stalking and harassing me, it will turn out bad for both of us. Are we really enemies? Izzedine 14:22, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Middle East Lead section
Hi, I saw your comments in my new section on the talk page of Middle East regarding what I feel is a misleading sentence in the lead. I appreciate your help finding additional sources! Since my edit was reverted, reinstated by another user, and the reverted again by yet another user, I am inviting everyone involved to the talk page to sort it out. I have proposed a compromise sentence that I think communicates the perception of Eurocentrism without the inaccuracy that currently exists. I look forward to hearing your thoughts. Jieagles (talk) 00:19, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

December 2009
Please stop. If you continue to blank out or delete portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. Izzedine 23:54, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you delete or blank page content or references from Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. Izzedine 23:54, 25 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: Izzedine was blocked indefinitely on 14 January 2010.- Ankimai (talk) 17:45, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for the correction

--LIL T (talk) 01:22, 7 January 2010 (UTC)LIL T

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari
More wives was not really what I meant. But I suppose now they are there, they have to stay. :~) Aymatth2 (talk) 02:55, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You're a great contributor, Aymatth2. Did you notice that your article on Musa Inuwa went verbatim into this article from Leadership? - Cheers, Ankimai (talk) 09:55, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Sahar (TV station)
Hi. Yes, I did review the edit history of the article before I deleted it. I don't think the BBC article was cited in any of the previous versions of the Wikipedia article.

If you think Sahar is notable and are interested in improving the article, I'll restore it for you. Please let me know what you think. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 23:09, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

University of Ibadan
Please follow the instructions on WP:3 before making unilateral reverts to this article. Gomez3000adams (talk) 08:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you delete or blank page content or references from Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. Gomez3000adams (talk) 08:21, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid you are wrong.- Ankimai (talk) 17:45, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

About my edit summaries
Thank you for your care.It's been a while now i have not seen any wiki-activity on your userpage.I have been visiting your userpage for some time now because of your Anti-vandalism efforts on the Nigeria page and i have also seen your contributions on conflict resolution among editors.Can you put some more wiki-Templates on your userpage so that we can know more about you? Earlymen (talk) 07:58,13 September 2010 (UTC)

Mecca
Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't see she had her own Wikipedia article.

The thing that set red lights off about that website was its huge headlines claiming to tell the real truth TM about Islam, so I was off to a bad start. However, that makes no difference to her reputation, I shouldn't have assumed she was "nobody", so, my mistake.

It'd be nice if we cited both sides if we're saying "controversy" there, since she is described as "She established herself as a major challenger to the established narrative of the early history of Islam" but maybe the established view is felt so established we don't need to cite it. Apart from that there's probably nothing wrong with it as it is - so thanks again for spotting my error. Begoon &thinsp; talk 09:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your message. I am not familiar with that particular controversy. I simply reverted because I couldn't make sense of the summary ('its a non-NPOV site, hosting essays'). And I'm afraid I still can't: what website are you referring to? The ref is a book, isn't it? Cheers, Ankimai (talk) 20:13, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

You're totally correct. I am an idiot. I thought from memory the reference was to sultan.org. The site introduces itself at the top with "Discover Islam and Muslim Beliefs ! Learn about The Real Islam ! Correct your information about Islam Religion" and I'm afraid that, and the general look of the site made me very uneasy about it being somewhere offering its own brand of WP:TRUTH. Actually, I must have found that site myself searching for the book - so my edit summary was, indeed pure WP:BOLLOCKS - because the ref is just the book. Looks like I confused myself as well as everyone else. :-( Sorry if you spent any time trying to work it out - I don't know how I confused myself so badly. I don't normally make errors like that - quite embarrassing.

Anyway, my only remaining concern is that we are saying "controversial", yet as far as I can see we only have a reference for the "minority" side of any "controversy", and that is from an author described as a "challenger" to the "established narrative". Why it concerns me is that the section is about very ancient Mecca - which it seems Islamic tradition may hold to be much older than archaeologists can prove. I don't know the full controversy, or the answer, but I do suspect that seemingly POV editors will attempt to remove statements like "Archaeology found no inscriptions or mentionings of Mecca from before that time, although other cities and kingdoms in that region are well documented in historical records." -, presumably because it conflicts with their "traditional" beliefs. The statement I refer to was uncited, but it can sometimes be difficult to source a negative like that. Sorry for such a long reply - couldn't condense it much without missing stuff out. Begoon &thinsp; talk 02:29, 26 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I disagree. I am absolutely sure that you are not an idiot. And I beg your pardon for not coming back to you sooner. - Concerning the challengers, I'm with Tilman Nagel here: I find it difficult to believe that sometime in the seventh or eighth century AD "a few people sat down together and invented a good 150 years of past history". On the other hand, even Nagel has Crone on his reference list. She may hold minority views, but she is a respected scholar. It is okay with me that the IP removed that statement; if however the statement could be referenced to someone like Crone, it certainly should be put back in again. Cheers, Ankimai (talk) 19:44, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

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Bat Ye'Or
I suggest we discuss her inclusion in the Islamophobia template on the talk page. Best regards, benjamil (talk) 22:07, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

October 2013
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Wikiindaba:A convocation of African Wikipedians
Hi Ankimai. We are planning the first African conference for Wikipedians in South Africa later this year. I would like to know if you are interested in attending and/know of more Nigerian Wikipedians who would love to attend, we will soon opening scholarship application process and I am confident that you meet the activity criteria. Please see our off wiki conference page here.-- Thuvack | talk 13:08, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Is there a place for Wikipedia in Africa?
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Please, join me in WikiProject Lagos
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