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Any ideas on this Sufi poet?
Hi Andreas, hope things are going well for you. The pope mentioned a Sufi poet and there seems to be some confusion, perhaps about 9th century AH not AD, so two articles have been created: Shaykh Ali al-Khawas and Ali al-Khawas. If you have a mo' maybe you could have a look. Thanks,  Esowteric + Talk  08:19, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I've had a look. There isn't much in English, but your hunch is probably right ... and, if so, demonstrates why you shouldn't write an encyclopedia on the basis of newspaper articles researched in a hurry and/or copied from some other publication. If I find anything else, I'll let you know; but I have a feeling this requires research in other languages than English. Best wishes, --Andreas  JN 466 00:15, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Andreas.  Esowteric + Talk  11:30, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * How good's your German? This clearly states "Sufi Ali Al-Khawwas (gest. 945 nach der Hidschra, also 1538 nach Christus)" and has a little biography of the man that may make it easier to track down other sources. For background on the reliability of Scilogs itself see http://www.nature.com/press_releases/networks-scilogs.html Andreas JN 466 12:27, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

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. Peter Damian (talk) 18:29, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Peter Damian. Andreas JN 466 13:26, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Freedom of Panorama 2015
We have discussed the matter a bit harshly. I would like to apologize if I said anything you found too harsh. I hope we can move forward in an amicable manner. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 08:13, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Think no more of it. :) By the way, I just saw this today in the Guardian: It claims that "Wikipedia only uses freely licensed images. Therefore, this valuable exception to copyright is necessary in order to allow Wikipedia to freely depict public spaces on relevant articles." Gee whizz. Best, Andreas  JN 466 13:24, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Media getting technical information incorrectly would be a given though in this case the offender is our very own Jimmy Wales. On the matter of free licenses, that statement is partially correct. Some wikis such as German or Spanish editions are free license only. I do feel we should discourage non-free content use exceptions for articles such as Atomium but I discovered that I am a minority in this opinion. Such a thing would give copyright holders the incentive to release content with a free license or perhaps give politicians an incentive to push for FOP laws. But I digress on that matter, I suppose I am too much of an idealist. At least the amendment was rejected 502 to 40, so we dodged the bullet for now. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 20:42, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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