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Kudos for your African restaurant contributions!
Thanks a lot for your contributions! I've been meaning to come back and add more to Mr Biggs and other restaurant articles, but you've beat me to it and have done a great job! Rjhatl 15:46, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Halal Dichotomy
Hello! I just saw your change on the Halal article, changing the parallel to Judaism from using the word "kosher" to "kashrut". I am reverting this change back to kosher, because that is the accurate term. Kashrut is the name of the Jewish laws, while kosher is derived from a word that means "fit", very much like halal.Starwarp2k2 05:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thanks for the info. I was still trying to master the differences between those terms, ever since I was transfered to the Kashrut article while clicking on the Kosher link through Nando's. But I guess I did the wrong thing there.

inappropriate interwiki links
Hello, I've noticed that you've been adding many interwiki links to entries that do not exist. I've been reverting these in a few cases, only to have you readd them. Please see Interlanguage_links. Thanks. f(x)=ax2+bx+c 00:22, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello? You're still doing this. f(x)=ax2+bx+c 18:09, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

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re: About Islam's template
consensus means to obtain general agreement on the issue with other wiki editors (i.e. everyone agrees to the suggested change. see WP:CON). with regards to the template image, i think the mosque image is o.k, as it is described as the bayt allāh and traditionally has significant importance in islam as the social and religious center of the muslim community. i don't really mind though, but this topic is best discussed on the template talk page. thanks.  ITAQALLAH  16:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the description of consensus. Guess I'm still learning much in the Islamic life. :) I kinda like the green and orange color though -- just for the Ramadan make-over; nothing bigger than that. However, we may have problems adjusting the background color with the mosque or with the "Allah" calligraphy. I made a minor test with Microsoft Paint (R) :S -  Qasamaan   19:35, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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MBC channels
Hey there, I reverted your edits to the MBC 2, MBC 3, and MBC 4 articles. These names are English, not Anglicized, so the Arabic script is not supposed to be added. All the best my friend. ↔ A NAS '''  -   Talk   17:43, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

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 * Hello  tariq abjotu . I added the source of the image. Let me know what else needs to be fixed asap. But thanks for the info. - Qasamaan 08:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Re:Hi
Thanks for to complements, I appreciate it :) I'm always looking forward to meeting new people. --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  22:19, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
I find the song to fit my edits in wikipedia ;) Amoruso 17:51, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Syria
Hi Omar. Please check the project's talk page. ← A NAS '''  Talk? 12:07, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Again please. ← A NAS '''  Talk? 12:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi again. I'm sorry and I thank you for understanding. I guess you would realize that I was trying to do what's best. I am, however, going to start this project one day. It's just that a wikiproject as wide-scoped as this needs some planning and enough members to keep it up and running, something not really possible currently. I would be glad to offer help or advice if you need it and I'd be glad to discuss any issue or project/work with you. Just drop me a message, any time. Have a great day, Omar! ← A NAS '''  Talk? 12:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Where are you from
To answer your first question, I'm not Lebanese, but I do live in Lebanon. My Arabic is good (I'm a native speaker), but I'm afraid I can't contribute to the Arabic Wikipedia right now. I'm currently very busy in real life, and when I do get time, I focus my edits on imporving Lebanon, which I hope will reach FA status one day. Once I become free enough, and Lebanon is FA, I assure you that my next project will be the Arabic article. I hope I see you there soon! &mdash;  Lestat deLioncour t  08:48, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I have :). &mdash;  Lestat deLioncour t  13:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your invitation
Hello! thanks for your invitation to join the Lebanon wikiproject. I'm not Lebanese, but I'm an Arab - speak Arabic natively - and willing to help you guys in the project :-)

I've added the tag to my page.

Looking forward to get some work done. Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by A.Jalil (talk • contribs) 08:50, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

Thanks
Thanks for the invitation, I am from Egypt. I will not be able to join the project since I dont have the time but I will help you guys if I can.--Shipmaster 07:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Jounieh image
OK. here it is:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Jounieh_Bay.jpg Serouj 17:10, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Judaism template
I saw the new template on the Talk:Abraham page. I also saw that the template as it now exists doesn't show that image. I have a few questions, as one of the more active members of the WikiProject Religion. I personally question whether this is the appropriate template for a number of reasons. One, there may also be a few other sects involved in Biblical matters, for instance the Mandeans, who are not covered by any of the "smaller-scope" religion projects. For reasons like this, personally, I think it would be more appropriate to perhaps use the Template:WPReligion. Also, I note that there is a WikiProject Bible, which has its own banner, which would cover much the same territory as the "expanded" banner you had created. I hope that you realize that I am in no way, shape or form criticizing you for your work or impugning it. Also, frankly, I have a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth because of the conduct of one member of several of the Judaism projects, so I don't mind his having the "exclusive" claim he seems to feel the project has on these articles negated. However, I do think that it might be less controversial if the one banner were not used for all the projects too often. Having said that, I can easily imagine creating work groups or task forces in the Religion project for both the Abrahamic religions and the Dharmic religions, which would act independently of the larger project. That might be another way to go. Anyway, congratulations on the quality of the work you have done on the template. However, if it wasn't approved by the rest of the project, I think you might face some problems. Badbilltucker 21:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * My apologies. I was not implying that you needed anyone's approval for anything. However, I have already been through the difficulties of changing an existing template, and know how obstreperous some parties can be. You might have noticed the flack about the Religion banner some time back, which I am specifically referring to. And, from what I saw, you were actually seeming to use the existing banner, which didn't seem to have that option in it (I checked), and I was more than a little shall we say surprised when I saw it. I don't handle surprises real well, and I'm afraid that may have colored my phrasing. Also, I neglected to say (evidently in my haste to get back to assessments) that there are clearly other subjects, for instance, the Sabbateans (first one I could think of, not implying anything by the choice), who do not really fall within the scope of Christianity, Islam, or possibly even Israel. (I think he was Turkish? Sorry, it's been awhile). Lastly, I note that the Christian and Islamic history groups referred to in the banner don't actually even exist. The banner can be seen in that way as indicating that someone should create such projects, and that isn't always the best way to go. I wouldn't mind proposing such projects (I do that a lot, by the way; check the WikiProject Council/Proposals page for verification if you want) but I would wait for them to exist before adding them to the banner. Also, there are now different standards among projects for assessments, and having only one banner try to serve for more than one unrelated project with potentially different assessment standards might cause trouble in and of itself. One of my ultimate hopes is to try to get some of the groups (or at least banners) arranged in task forces/work groups a la WikiProject Military history, WikiProject Biography, and WikiProject Australia, but I think we're going to have to see a lot of banner clutter before that day arises, as I doubt it would happen otherwise. I applaud the idea of consolidating into fewer banners, and actually hope to help bring that day forward. But I have learned that trying to prevent something before it becomes a problem doesn't work around here. And, personally, I'm not trying to dissuade you from keeping at least a revised version of it on the pages it is already one (revised for the non-inclusion of the nonexistent projects). But I do think that the Islam project in particular might have objections, and I'm fairly sure that if Christianity gets its own work groups, such a potentially complicated banner would be a real problem to keep current. If you haven't received any other complaints yet, I'd try to keep the banners in place, as they do reduce clutter. Just trying to warn you of some of the objections that might arise. Again, sorry if it was taken as anything else. And, finally, if you would like to maybe help in getting an Abrahamic religion or Dharmic religion group together, I think that that might even be a quicker way to achieve the same goals. Again, my apologies for having been expressed myself poorly earlier. Anyway, back to the assessments. Badbilltucker 22:42, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi there
I just saw your message, it's been sometime since I logged to wikipedia (as myself) to edit, what do you need me to help with? Abountu 22:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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A couple of questions
Salamalaykum (Peace), Firstly, if you're from Lebanon do you speak a bit of French? Secondly, do you like history? If yes, would you like to help out on History of Islam? Please leave a comment on my talk page, or e-mail (preferred) at bless_sins@yahoo.ca.Bless sins 22:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Breakfast to Breakfast
I have added a "" template to the article Breakfast to Breakfast, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. One Night In Hackney 02:38, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It's okay. It was one of my earlier works and it doesn't seem encyclopedic. - Qasamaan 16:03, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Religious significance of Jerusalem
Salam (Peace), You have recently made many changes on Religious significance of Jerusalem. Some of these changes were made before but an edit-war broke out. Currently we (Shamir1 and I, and Almaqdisi) are trying mediation. I advise against making any more such edits, lest another war breaks out.

You should, however, leave a comment on the talk page of the article with suggestion of how this article should be improved. They will be put into effect, in sh'Allah, as soon as we get done by mediation.Bless sins 19:54, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Al-sala'am alaykum wa rahmatu Allahi wa baraka'atuh. If that is the case my brother, I will back down from editing this article for now. But tell what initially happened that we have flying plates over this article. - Qasamaan 20:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't mean to discourage you. You edits on wikipedia are welcome.Bless sins 20:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * go to, and see under "Issues to be mediated". The first 5 bullets are mine, where I am questioning the content of the page. I agree that the content violates many wiki policies. Pray that we get a mediator soon and we get this over with.Bless sins 20:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No it's okay. I understood the request part. I'll take that into consideration. - Qasamaan 20:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi there
Yeah, sure I'm the author of these pictures. However, I am not familiar with how to make these pictures accessible for other languages. I never took the time to learn well how to use this system, I don't have enough time to do that anyways. Nonetheless, you can feel free to use them, I reall don't mind it. :)

By the way, seems like we'd have many disagreements, but that's really cool to be contacted by a muslim. Must say that happens as good as never. :) Okay, take care and feel free to let me know if there's anything else you want.

Cheers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cccc3333 (talk • contribs) 21:18, 12 February 2007 (UTC).
 * Shalo'wm wa elr to'wv. I can tell you are a Jew, and that's cool too; you should be glad I'm not a Lebanese Shia Muslim (heehee :D). But anyways, the truth is that, really, there are hardly any differences between Jews and Muslims, except that we are like fire and water -- if that's the best way to put it.


 * As for commons.wikimedia.org, it is almost as the same as uploading files to Wikipedia.org itself. Except, non-English Wikipedians can actually share it via Wikipedia with respect to there corresponding languages.


 * To'wdah wa laylah to'wv. :)


 * - Qasamaan 21:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


 * P.S. Will you have the chance to create a userpage? Everyone has them on Wikipedia, and let me know if you need help in putting templates into your userpage, e.g.:




 * - Demonstration from  Template:User_Israeli 

Hey!
I hope I am making it right, 'cause this is the first time I thread a message. I have never known how to do it before, but now I took a minute to look at it, and I suppose that's how it's done. I hope I'm right. :)

To be quite frank with you, I'm not that bothered about anyone's religion or other affiliations, it's mostly about who they are, how friendly and positive they are and what they make of themselves. I believe that is probably more important than being either fire or water, and in fact, I don't have enemies, so it's someone else's problem if they see an enemy in me - 'cause I'm most probably not, and it's all in their heads. :)

As for the wiki topics. A. You can really even save these pictures and upload them yourself, and say that you have permission to do it. I really don't mind. As long as these pictures aren't used for making profit, I'm okay with that. Anything for leisure or academic or what-so-ever 'typical' useage is totally fine by me. B. Yes, many people create such user pages, and your offer is honestly very kind and even quite tempting, but I'm afraid I simply don't have time to do that. I know from my own experience that if I start donating to wikipedia, I soon find myself mostly occupied with that, and I cannot let than happen as I have lots of stuff to do, routinly. I used to write quite a lot on the Hebrew version, but I learnt that it hooks me too badly. I even used to write on it for a long time without even being a member.

Anyway, these are all long stories. :)

Really, feel free to use these pictures or any other picture/information I might upload in the future. And let me know if there's anything else I could do. (I'm short on time, but I still do have some :) )

Shalom! :)
 * I'll upload the pics as you said and give the credits to you. It's nice talking with you by bro. - Qasamaan 14:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

salam
this is the second time i come to someone on Wiki for help because i dont know how to use it.. I know you do sooo... Please fix this..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque

under First qibla? 3rd paragraph second sentence

says Muslims are scums.

could you please take this out

thank you so much.. M.DeLand —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mdeland (talk • contribs) 00:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC).
 * Hi there. Listen, I checked on the article just now, but I think someone neutralized it already. But thanks for the notification. - Qasamaan 14:28, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Labneh
Salam, I have uploaded the Labneh photograph to commons you can find it here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Labneh01.jpg - Omernos 08:12, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Now I can use this picture on other related articles outside the English Wikipedia. And by the way, use this as an opportunity to download free files for other Wikipedians to use in the near future. This is your chance. - Qasamaan 14:40, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi again
How are you doing? Thank for writing back. :)

1. Okay sure, thanks for using these pics. I'd also like it if yo could send me the links to where it is you upload the pics. Would be interesting to see. :)

2. I hope it's not too much to ask, but could you assist me in finding out how to thread messages, rather than writing news ones everytime? I think it must be annoying for others that I keep answeting in new messages, but I don't really know how to thread.

Cheers! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cccc3333 (talk • contribs) 16:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
 * שלום. I am not sure if threading with Wikipedia is possible, but that seems to be a good idea. I'm afraid that the only option left is to continue posting new messages instead.


 * And don't worry. I'll log onto my account at Wikimedia.org and start uploading in no time. I'll let you know once I'm finished. - Qasamaan 16:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


 * P.S. It's been long. I think it's time we introduce ourselves more properly. :)
 * After finishing typing a message, make sure you type "- ~" to automatically leave your signature, or else you'll get this instead for example:


 * —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cccc3333 (talk • contribs) 16:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC).

Hi there
How are you doing?

Are you saying that every time I answer you, I must post a whole new message? How strange. It seems like you simply add threads on my talk page, while I add more new messages on yours. Should I always press the + folder whenever I want to write anyone a new message?

Thanks for uploading the pics! :) Doesn't seem like anyone's gonna use them though.

Okay, so here I am introducing myself this time. :) Hope it's working!

Cheers mate. Cccc3333 03:02, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Ps. I accidently posted this message on your Discussion page at Wikipedia.org and then deleted it from there. I hope no harm was done. Oops!!! Sorry!!!

Ramadan riots
ASA. Desperate help needed on islamophobic article Ramadan riots which is actually the same thing as French riots. Claims that the french unrest in the ghetoes was motivated by hatred of jews and christians as allegedly commanded by the quran. Support speedy deletion. Aaliyah Stevens 00:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Nothing to fear. Help is here. Thanks for the report. This article will soon be gone, in sha'a Allah (God willing). - Omar 180 18:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Lagos and scams
Omar 180, I decided to add a section about 419 in the article. WhisperToMe 22:13, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Omar 180, I have removed this section due to concerns about its accurateness and neutrality. Please see the talk page on the article and my talk page for more information.Ajisekanla (talk) 12:54, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Nigeria
Hi Omar. You've identified yourself as a WikiProject Nigeria member with a userbox, but your username isn't listed at WikiProject Nigeria. Would you like to list yourself? Picaroon 02:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry. Forgot to change my old username "Qasamaan" to the current one. - Omar 180 08:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

The Emperor's New School
Hi, first you have to get the progam BitComet (go to Google and search). Then u did that download and install. And when you go to [www.mininova.org] and seach for The Emperor's New School, then click on The Emperor's New School Season 1 and dowload the hole thing. It will take 1-2 days for dowload 1 episode and 30-40 days fo dowload all the epiaodes there. Chirchona 09:44, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. After Disney Channel South Africa disregarding my messages, I do deserve to see those five episodes one way or another. :) - Omar 180 18:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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Maghen Abraham Synagogue photo
Hi Omar! I have just noticed that the photo has changed in the Maghen Abraham Synagogue article. I tried to find to old image but it seems that it was deleted when you uploaded the newer photo. That is quite a shame. In future maybe try naming the file slightly differently which would solve this problem. Chesdovi 09:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply; I just thought the photo with the façade would add to the article. I’m not sure how you could find it online, but if you could it would be fantastic. As to your query: I live in London and most of my great-grand parents came to the UK from Lithuania. Chesdovi 16:37, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Omar, I don’t know how you found it – I’m well impressed! By the way, I can see that you used it when you first created the page:. My question to you is did you upload the image or was it already on wikipedia/commons? Chesdovi 21:27, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

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Eid Mubarak
Your friendly neighborhood Muslim.

If you object to the above message, please remove it, accept my apologies and notify me on my talk page.

Late response
Salam,

You left me a note on my talk page eons ago which I never saw cause I did not login back to my account since then. To answer your question, I am Egyptian, not Lebanese. I'd be glad to help if you need any help, nonetheless. :)

Koll sanah wenta tayeb :P

--Karlosian 23:50, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Your edits regarding Serj Tankian
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Blocking and Reviewing Request
alSala';amu alaykum wa rahamtu alLahi wa baraka'atuh. I wish to request that this page should be locked from editing for now. Someone, within the past 48 hours, labelled Serj Tankian as "Borat".

Also, if you aren't busy, let me know what it would take to get Beirut to become a featured article. Thanks. - Omar 180 10:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * That's not a good enough reason to protect an article. As for bringing Beirut up to featured status... I think it's got a long way to go. Take a look at other city articles – Jerusalem, New York City, Mumbai, and others found under Featured articles. The lists under the "Districts & Neighborhoods", "Colleges and universities", "Public Spaces", and "Famous Births" need to be replaced with prose or removed altogether. You should have an well-sourced article made up almost entirely of prose. --  tariq abjotu  17:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

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Salam
Assalam Allaykom (Peace be upon you)

i have noticed that you are a fellow Arab wiki-User, i would like to Invite you to Join the Arab Wiki Project.

our goals are to Increase the Public's Awarness and Develop Articles that are related to the Arab world, and help each others to achieve it, we are all good in certain things, so why not complete each others to make the Arab world a more Understood region for readers in Wikipedia...

i hope you join in, and get to explore the Project more, and add your name as a member in the Project...

Ma Assalama (Peace be with you)

--Arab League User (talk) 05:33, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Tantalizers
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List of mayors of Beirut
PLease can you add to this article or it may be deleted. Thankyou  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 15:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

help!
Hello, I don't know who I should speak to about this important matter. The Golan article has been taking over by Israelis and they have removed everything mentioning an occupation and changed it to "disputed" They have also removed the "the neutrality of this article is disputed" that was on top of the article while it is written in a completely pro-Israeli way. Please do something about this!

help!
Hello, I don't know who I should speak to about this important matter. The Golan article has been taking over by Israelis and they have removed everything mentioning an occupation and changed it to "disputed" They have also removed the "the neutrality of this article is disputed" that was on top of the article while it is written in a completely pro-Israeli way. Please do something about this! —Preceding unsigned comment added by SwedishArab (talk • contribs) 19:54, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Maghen Abraham synagogue
Hi, i found this update, could it be of any help, i would've contributed to the article if i had more free time, in the meanwhile could you take a look at this blog post? Eli +  09:25, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Stories Project
Aloha!

My name is Victor and I work with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. We're chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade new people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who use Wikipedia have so much to share.

I find stories that drive our annual fundraising efforts. It's important to convey the incredible diversity of people who've come to rely upon Wikipedia every day.

I'd really like the opportunity to interview you to tell your story, with the possibility of using it in our materials, on our community websites, or as part of this year’s fundraiser to encourage others to support Wikipedia.

I'm hoping you will elaborate on your story with me, either over the phone, by Skype, by facebook, by email, or any means you like. Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project and we'll set up a good time to discuss further.

Thank you,

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Victor Grigas (talk) 18:40, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Lebanese nationality law
The article Lebanese nationality law needs more reliable and up-to-date information. If you are interested you can contribute to it. Thanks in advance.

Radartoothth (talk) 22:46, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Lebanese passport
The article Lebanese passport needs more reliable and up-to-date information. If you are interested you can contribute to it. Thanks in advance.

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Call for Wikipedians in Residence in Africa
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If you are not interested in applying, I would be very grateful if you could spread this call far and wide among your networks to ensure that both projects get excellent candidates. Here is the link for the information page: http://www.wikiafrica.net/two-wikipedians-in-residence-for-africa/

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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Wiki Loves Women- Monthly Contest
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Asian 10,000 Challenge invite
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Women in Red World Contest
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