User talk:Middayexpress/Archive 54

Main Country Page?
Hey there. I've never made a wiki before, but I see a need to update the main country page for Somalia. I noticed that you have updated much pertinent information about Somalia that is not on the main country page. I am wondering if we can take a few of your entities and transfer them over to the main country page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.160.152.250 (talk) 01:36, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Lideta Army Airport
Hi Middayexpress, please note. The name of the airline at the time of the accident was Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL). Hope you don't mind the reversion. Cheers.--Jetstreamer $Talk$ 20:24, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries. I thought "Ethiopian Air Lines" was perhaps a typo of Ethiopian Airlines. Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 16:26, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Next steps
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Taita
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Assist?
Can you assist me on Talk:Shimbiris? AcidSnow (talk) 19:34, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure. Middayexpress (talk) 19:48, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Wikilinking
Hi, and thanks for your work on the English Wikipedia.

I noticed an article you worked on. Just a short note to point out that we don’t normally link:
 * dates
 * years
 * commonly known geographical terms (including well-known country-names), and
 * common terms you’d look up in a dictionary (unless significantly technical).

This applies to infoboxes, too.

Thanks, and my best wishes.

Tony  (talk)  08:24, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 15:16, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

hi brother
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Gallery at Aquiline nose
What's in the gallery that isn't OR? Dougweller (talk) 17:07, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Indeed. Middayexpress (talk) 15:50, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Map
Hi, Middayexpress. Do you mind fixing the Map of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea? Some cites are not in the right spot such as: Sarapoin, which is in Mogadishu, Alavaites in Zeila, and Malo in Berbera, Mosyllon in Qandala, Mundus in Heis, and Nicon is in Brawa not in Kenya. Also "Berbers" were the Somalis and not in Ethiopia. AcidSnow (talk) 15:46, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Left a reply here. Middayexpress (talk) 17:15, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
You are replying to a blocked editor banned from such pages. See Sockpuppet investigations/Rktect/Archive for the ban, and Sockpuppet investigations/Rktect. I have no doubt whatsover that this is Rktect. How would you feel about removing your edit and the IP's edit? Dougweller (talk) 10:04, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Left a reply here. Middayexpress (talk) 16:47, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 17:57, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * No prob. Middayexpress (talk) 18:22, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Bust
That is Faduma Ali, the wife of Prince Luigi. Can you add that in? AcidSnow (talk) 19:24, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Done. Middayexpress (talk) 19:35, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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I've asked for a second opinion. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 03:03, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Middayexpress (talk) 19:10, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Based on the edits I'm not certain it's the same user. Perhaps most telling is that the new account has elected to defer to others for consensus, which doesn't sound like Hiyob. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 13:37, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hiyob wasn't exactly above ruses, so that in itself is almost to be expected. The pages, idiosyncratic edits, and familiarity with Wikipedia bureaucracy are also the similar. Same editing time too. Middayexpress (talk) 13:58, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

User:Hadraa
I'm having trouble with the page Isaaq as it is a mass of confusion and edit-warring. User Hadraa appears to be editing generally in good faith but has marked at least one reversion of his edits - by me - as "vandalism", probably out of frustration about the lack of consensus on that page.

The problem is one of communication, as it is not really happening. Still, since he reached out to you, perhaps you could investigate? I have no dog in this fight but there is definitely no consensus. (Also, he keeps breaking wikilinks.)  Ogress  smash! 
 * No prob. Middayexpress (talk) 17:47, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Sultanate of Mogadishu
Do you mind updating the Sultanate of Mogadishu? Its very poorly written and organized. AcidSnow (talk) 19:26, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look. Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 19:28, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Shrekeezy
Hi Middayexpress, I don't really see the reason why the "East African region" can't be used in the Shrekeezy article. African Great Lakes do not encompass the whole of East Africa. Also, people often use regions (not lakes) to describe someone's popularity.  V e r s a c e 1 6 0 8   (Talk) 20:18, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Versace1608. He is only known and popular in the African Great Lakes region, where his business operation is based; same with Mwangi. So it shouldn't be implied that they are as well in the Horn or Indian Ocean islands. Best regards, Middayexpress (talk) 20:24, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I understand your point and thanks for the clarification. Generally speaking, if an artist is known across a large populace, regions or similar words are used to depict their popularity.  V e r s a c e 1 6 0 8   (Talk) 20:32, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Perhaps. However, neither is popular or indeed even known in the Horn. We can thus conclude that East Africa in this instance is an allusion to the East African Community. Best regards, Middayexpress (talk) 20:38, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Dada Masiti
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Sockpuppet investigations/Pass a Method
Care to weigh in on this WP:Sockpuppet investigation investigation? I'd hate to see the case closed with no action. People need to start taking the WP:Clean start policy, which is very clear about what Pass a Method should not be doing, more seriously. Flyer22 (talk) 06:04, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
 * No prob. Middayexpress (talk) 14:16, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Sorry I missed your notification on the South Nyanza languages.
I was never notified by Wikipedia that you had mentioned me...I just found out today when I logged in about something entirely different. Again, I apologize. - A.Tamar Chabadi (talk) 19:36, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi A.Tamar Chabadi. That's quite alright; the essential is already more or less established. Let me know if I can help you with anything. Best regards, Middayexpress (talk) 17:05, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

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Puntland
Hi, I've changed the demonym in the Puntland article again. The demonym for a place answers the question "What noun/adjective means 'person from this place?'". "Somali" means "from Somalia". It doesn't tell us whether or not a person is from Puntland (nor do the cited sources claim that it does). The word that specifically means that is "Puntlander". (Conversely, if "Somali" really belonged there, wouldn't "African" and "Earthling" or "Terran" belong there as well?) —Largo Plazo (talk) 23:28, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Left a reply here. Middayexpress (talk) 16:05, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

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Get ready
Get ready, see here for why. As for the Reer guy he has also explained himself on this blog. AcidSnow (talk) 19:52, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks User:AcidSnow. That certainly explains a lot. Best, Middayexpress (talk) 14:45, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Healthcare in Somalia
Hi! Can I ask you to fill me in on a bit of the background here? As you know, this new article was tagged by CorenBot as a copyvio. What actually seems to have happened is that you copied most of the Health section from Somalia into a new page. Could I ask you to please make sure that when you do that you make it clear that that's what you've done, in order to give attribution to the editors who created that content, as our policy requires? At the very least, in an edit summary; or by using the copied template; or by using split to and split from? Did you intend this to be a split? Were you planning to go back and summarise the section in the Somalia article? Because at the moment it's no more than a content fork, and should probably be redirected back to the parent article - which obviously I'm not going to do without your agreement. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:28, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Left a reply here. Middayexpress (talk) 14:40, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying that, I had indeed noticed the resemblance to that page. But all I'm concerned about here is the unattributed copying from Somalia to Healthcare in Somalia (it just needs some tags to be put right), and the fact that as a result we now have the same content in two places. Did you plan to summarise that section in Somalia, or would it better to redirect Healthcare in Somalia back to that page? I'll see if you answer here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:08, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Left a reply here. Middayexpress (talk) 15:29, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm mystified by your reply. I do not any sign on the Somalia page or in the history that you have summarised the content you copied; nor do I see any sign that you have provided attribution for the copied content either (perhaps I have missed that?). Do you intend to do those things, or shall I redirect Healthcare in Somalia back to the parent article? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:46, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Left a reply here. Middayexpress (talk) 17:13, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

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Ethio-Somali
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Rer Bare
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Skogssamer
Hi, I was wondering if you could take a look at the article Skogssamer that I have created. I have nominated it for DYK. But before it will be finally approved some copyediting for Standard English is needed. So if you are interested please take a look. Otherwise thanks anyway :).--BabbaQ (talk) 16:52, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * No prob User:BabbaQ. Middayexpress (talk) 16:58, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
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Somali languages
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Said Sheikh Samatar
I am disturbed at your removal of clan affiliation at this article, without any attempt to do what I've just done and corroborate Samatar's clan affiliation with a reference. You know ten times better than me that clan affiliation is an existential identifying factor in Somali life; why in the name of Allah are you removing such data? Buckshot06 (talk) 20:35, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * For the reason already explained in my edit summary; it is original research (btw, your link is a wiki-mirror of Darod). This is also why User:Gyrofrog did the same to the anonymous ip elsewhere. Regards, Middayexpress (talk) 13:34, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

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Hargeisa
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ANI discussion
Ja'afar Aden has reported you there. Dougweller (talk) 14:47, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Middayexpress (talk) 14:48, 20 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I will add that you really shouldn't use the term "sock" without substantiating it, at least enough that an admin can look into it. Otherwise, it just looks disruptive.  Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  14:51, 20 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Per WP:DUCK, he is indeed a sock of 2001:848:0:6600:f878:b6d6:3c46:bacf. Middayexpress (talk) 14:59, 20 July 2014 (UTC)


 * That's not socking; that's merely an IP editor who then proceeds to create an account, as recommended. Unless you have evidence that 2001:xxx was already evading a block or something. I would also like to hear your comments about why you reinserted material in the article that was clearly not covered by the sources you cited? Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:31, 20 July 2014 (UTC)


 * He wasn't an ip editor nor did he just create that account, as his contributions show. Regarding her background, the link indicates that she was "holding several leadership roles in the women’s organizations within and without the Minnesota Somali community" . This means that she is a part of the Somali community . Regards, Middayexpress (talk) 15:41, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * Thanks 2001:848:0:6600:f878:b6d6:3c46:bacf/Ja'afar Aden. Middayexpress (talk) 14:59, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Somali colonial troops
Should we have a page about "Somali Colonial Troops" like the Eritrean Askaris? I would not really call them "Askaris" because that not what they were refereed to as. In most case they were called "Somali troops" or by their numbers such as "two Somali Battalions". They are any reasons why there should be its own article, such as how I found many books discussing the bravery and the courage that the Somalis showed when facing off against the German and Japanese Soldiers in both World Wars that even the British, Italian, and French officers themselves were shocked about! What do you think? AcidSnow (talk) 06:51, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
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