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Talkback on GA Review

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A barnstar for you!

 * I am fed up of conflicts. After a faith-change, I have started a new journey here by trying to keep myself away from conflicts. I think that our conflicts could be solved by the talk page instead of warring. I don't think that the differences still exist. Thanks for the star, anyway. Fai  zan  13:11, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

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Operation Zarb-e-Azb
I noticed that you are contributing to the page Operation Zarb-e-Azb recently. Its an ongoing operation and its not going to be over soon. I think we have to consider merging sections. Incidents happened in a week can be merged into a section. Whats your opinion? -- Rameshnta909 (talk) 17:27, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I am contributing to it ever since I created it. The merge proposal is a good one, but prefer splitting the article into two, the entire Timeline can be moved to the Timeline of the Operation Zarb-e-Azb, after the article's size becomes more than perhaps 100K. Fai  zan  17:43, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * k.. -- Rameshnta909 (talk) 17:51, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello sir
Your post on PIA, sir is wrong. Dawn posted that chairman of pia said x many aircraft are active. the gentleman made right edit but he forget to add reference or explain. please don't be so harsh and revert everything, it's not nice. maybe add reference? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.178.239 (talk) 10:27, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, I explained the revert reason in the summary, "unreferenced and unexplained changes". As of July 2014, this is the current fleet. Whereas the reverted user gave wrong figures, by reducing the number of all of the planes. I have updated the article here. Fai  zan  13:47, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Sir

Wikipedia is against forums ciatation. I have visited that page for years and it don't change. If you read news, you'll get latest info. Which is, PIA has 3 a320 and one due in october. Also it currently has 19 operational planes. Only one b747 in working condition out of 3. I don't understand why cite a random website on the internet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.178.239 (talk) 01:29, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I am not "Sir". I agree that forums cannot be cited as reliable sources, but the source cited is not a forum. The source is not "unchanged" for years, as you claim, rather it is regularly updated. See the archiving at archive.org. As far as news is concerned, PIA is inducting new A320 aircraft, the second one recently, on dry lease. But the cited source has yet to update it. Fai  zan  07:55, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

I call you sir out of respect. Perhaps you don't like it so I may call you brother? Please go to http://www.dawn.com/news/1121292 it says PIA has only 19 functional planes out of 34. Either use 34 or 19. But I don't think that it is good to add planes that aren't functional and likely to be scrapped. I haven't seen b747 flying much, if at all. This is credible website that is quoting senior staff at PIA, not some fan based website that isn't accurate nor providing proper citation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.178.239 (talk) 08:49, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The source you cited from DAWN gives the figures of both functional and grounded planes. We have got the table in the PIA article for "the current fleet (which includes both functional and grounded)", so I suggest the addition of some columns to include the figures of the grounded aircraft. Fai  zan  16:43, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Brother

Good idea. PIA often has grounded planes. Can you make column please? I'm new and I don't know much. Because people say 34 owned aircrafts but they always changing numbers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.178.239 (talk) 02:40, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Brother, could you please make column? I can do fillings — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.178.239 (talk) 06:55, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear, I was busy due to Eid celebrations, I just noticed that there is already a column for "Notes", so we can fill the info regarding grounded aircraft there. To me, It would seem odd to add a special column for grounded aircraft, I have not seen such column in any airline article. "Notes" can suffice. Fai  zan  07:18, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Brother, Eid mubarak.

So I just put, example, 9 a310 and say in notes 4 grounded? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.178.239 (talk) 07:53, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, exactly. Use this reference: Fai  zan  08:07, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

New huggle 3.1 is going to be released soon
Hi Faizan, we are to release a new major version of huggle, but we did receive almost no feedback from our beta testing team, which you are a part of (see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members). It would be of a great help if you could download it (if you have windows, all you need to do is getting http://tools.wmflabs.org/huggle/files/huggle3.1.0beta.exe and putting it to a folder where you have installed huggle) and test it. You can always get a help with making it @ !

Major changes:
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Pakistani Cultural Heritage Edit Drive 2014

 * Thanks. Fai  zan  17:00, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Edit drive
Hi Faizan, I'm Saqib. A few days back, I sent you an email through "Email user function" but until now not heard from you. Please try to send me your postal address at "saqib.qayyum@undefinedhotmail.com" so that I can send you your prize. Congrats, you won the lone "Pakistani Cultural Heritage Edit Drive 2014". --139.190.128.68 (talk) 16:11, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

I want to win too. How do I? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.178.239 (talk) 08:09, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks Saqib, I will mail you! Please announce the positions too.   Fai  zan  16:59, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * My mail will be from "faizan*******@gmail.com". Fai  zan  17:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Mail sent! Fai  zan  17:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * There are no positions! The drive is closed. Samar  Talk 17:49, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

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Incomplete DYK nomination
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Pakistan–Afghanistan barrier at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with db-g7, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 09:50, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for not replying sooner, I've been busy lately.
Hey Faizan, I am trying to make an wonderful profile with all the hard work. Yet, I got a few questions. How can I create some articles about notable people? How can I achieve those stars which have been labelled on your userpage? What are the autopatrollers and rollbackers ? Are u an administrator of Wikipedia? Respond me..... and I apologise for all of these questions. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115ash (talk • contribs) 16:44, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive
Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

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At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

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DYK for Javed Manzil
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Noor Mohammed Charlie
Hi Faizan, Can you please look over this page on Indian/Pakistani actor Noor Mohammed Charlie to check for correct parameters and categories? Thanks. Kaayay (talk) 09:45, 23 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks! and Thanks for the reviews! Kaayay (talk) 11:12, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Hashim Khan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#RD:_Hashim_Khan this article needs a bit of attention before it is posted in ITN. --39.55.102.68 (talk) 14:24, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Fai zan  14:34, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --39.55.102.68 (talk) 14:56, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_squash_player. --39.55.102.68 (talk) 15:10, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Added. Fai  zan  15:16, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Need to ask somebody to update the ITN. Add these to the info box too. Death, date and place. Country, finals. etc--39.55.102.68 (talk) 15:24, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅. Fai  zan  15:36, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Pakistan–Afghanistan barrier
Thank you for the new content Victuallers (talk) 12:06, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup
Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
 * 1) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
 * 2) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
 * 3) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
 * 4) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
 * 5) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
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We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. ,, , , , and  have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. and 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Defence Day no mention in "On this day"
Defence Day please update this article. --39.42.134.180 (talk) 03:37, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

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