User talk:Wedian

Western Sahara
Hi, here is a vote related to Western Sahara, it's about the neutrality of wikipedia in this conflict, are you interested? Daryou 18:29, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Egypt stubs
Hi there! Thanks for all your work on the Egypt categories. I agree this area is in total disrepair! I was thinking of proposing a WikiProject for Egypt along these lines so it would be a collaborative effort for Egyptians and anyone interested in Egypt on the areas needing work. Perhaps we could start by brainstorming on a list of tasks. It doesn't have to happen soon, but whenever time allows.

Also, nice to see a fellow Zamalkaweyya :) - Zerida 00:33, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Translation request
Hello, I saw that you are a native speaker of Arabic, so I would like to ask you if you could take a look at 2003 invasion of Iraq and Iraq War. There is a featured article in Arabic which we would like to know how it could be used the English one which is of course dominated by people who have either been there as soldiers or have their knowledge from western media. Someone also asked if the section about "related propaganda and phrases" could be amplified with information about the Iraqi side. Maybe there are also people who took photos in Iraq at the Arabic version? Nameme 16:23, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!
hi, if you may let me, I copy/edited your personal page, now I have a nice little personal page too :) Dr amr 16:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * yea I am mansourian :P, by the way are you a pharmacist or a pharma student?
 * pharmacist--Wedian 20:49, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Your Genealogy
hi, are you serious or are you kidding? That fact is unbelievable, bearing in mind that your ancestors are very ancient and notorious Atenea26 19:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If you're talking about the userbox, it was definitely a joke.--Wedian 11:20, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Template:Current section
I've merged this into the main template. Just use {&#123;current|section}} instead. section — May. 24, '06  [06:25] < [ freak]|[ talk] >

Template:H5N1 cases
Thanks for catching the non-updated 2006 totals. It seems particularly easy to miss an entry or two in this template! Waitak 00:39, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course, it is a common mistake. BTW, thanks for maintaining Template:H5N1 case graph and Template:H5N1 Human Mortality.--Wedian 18:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

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Blanking
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 * No problem. By the way, if you intend to create an article about Hany Ramzy the actor, you should name it Hany Ramzy (actor) according to the Manual of Style. This way you wouldn't even have to worry about Hany Ramzy Actor being deleted. Cheers, Zoz (t) 20:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Asser Harb AFD
Excellent work!

Great work
Great work on Wikipedia. The arabic version needs alot of help though. If you're interested have a look at  --Ahmed 00:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Prokaryotic Translation
Awesome work on the prokaryotic translation page! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.82.135 (talk • contribs)

Qana Conspiracy
It is possible to tag the page with something warning readers of your fears? I dont have the knowledge about the tags to know that. If it gets deleted they will just recreate it in a way more POV fashion. 82.29.227.171 19:59, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * What about

Disputeabout with the text "This page contains information from blogs and conspiracy theories from bloggers with a political agenda which wikipedia cannot verify, only discuss"


 * or some text of your preference which brings in the wikirules about not using blogs/bloggers you identified, then link it to the topic you began on the talk page?
 * I try not to write so much on wikipedia and have only made some articles on my home country before under an ID. I have one or two more articles to write- on the propaganda warfare and on the myth of blending then I will take a break for some months. 82.29.227.171 20:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I added a warning, is it possible you can support on talk here?. Thanks 82.29.227.171 15:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Mideast Facts/figures

 * Would you like to team up and work out some of the details? I am fine with most of whats in there now, although it is inaccurate. It also appears to be a POV push sorting on criteria which puts Israel at the top :) I am no expert on which criteria would work- do you mean deaths in conflict, battles fought, bombs dropped? I would like to write something about US aid to the mideast which would fit in a table form nicely, thats the only thing I can think of. I can get a username for this but my IP is static afaik. 82.29.227.171 15:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Mema is actually the name of a zionist I know, it is a joke that I use her name :) I agree the article is POV and needs re-written- will look for some ideas on what to include there. 82.29.227.171 19:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your support on the US aid article. That editor really is beyond belief :) Anyway, I did some research into sources for mideast facts & figures. I thought splitting the military and economic/social would work best given the amount of fields to incorporate.  A table on the actual battles etc is most likely covered in the 'order of battle' sections of the respective outbreaks of the conflicts. However figures are available for a listing of military strength and economic power in the region.  This may or may not be useful.  Here are some fields, figures are available for the countries stretching from Morroco to Iran and include Sudan.

Economic

Military

The military/economic details come from Israeli sources but the economic details could just as well come from independant sources. More can be included in the economic, and figures also exist for ethnic/religious makeup of the various countries. Regarding the infant mortality rates etc this would be good alongside information on emigration statistics to give an idea on the 'health' of a population. I am looking for sources. It would of course be listed by country name, not something that arbitrarily puts Israeli at the top. Let me know what you think and any fields that are missing. Its ok to remove this once you see it, thanks. RandomGalen 22:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello
You have a really good user page, I hope you don't mind if I copy your layout and a userbox :D. This user is a descendent of Nefertiti.

Yeah, and I'm a descendant of the Queen of Sheba. :D --Inahet 17:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Inahet. Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you liked my page. The layout was taken from Duran. You are free of course to copy whatever you like.--Wedian 19:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Shukran! I used the layout for a fellow user, it looks great. --Inahet 22:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks
Actually a lot of questions are in, but no time at the moment. However, still we can co-operate. I like photography for instance (you can tell from my contributions ;)). Ahlway :p How long have you been wikipedian? --TheEgyptian 20:15, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Help
Can one just translate a wikipedia article from one language to another? For example an article found on the English wikipedia to the Arabic wikipedia. Thanks. --TheEgyptian 23:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC) --TheEgyptian 12:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
 * About 2005 Alexandria riot article deletion. how can this be done? or transfer it to wikinews?

--TheEgyptian 18:00, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Can you protect or semi-protect the article Egypt?

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List of Egyptians
Hi there. How are you? What's going on with the List of Egyptians? I guess if all Egyptians got to know about wikipedia, we might see over 70 millions entery in that list!!! I see that some people are advertising for themselves, their friends, relatives, or whoever they like! So what do you think??.

My greetings. --TheEgyptian 09:30, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Good girl. Thanx. :). --TheEgyptian 20:57, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks!
Hi Wedian! I appreciate the barnstar, thank you 8-). I know the article is fairly long, but trying to condense 5,000 years of copiously documented history in a quality but limited article is no easy task. I think it also comes from my irritation by the lack of a comprehensive article on the Egyptians since Wikipedia launched years ago, even though just about every other ethnic group has had one! It goes to show how much people know about Egyptians, so I think the info is important to share. Actually, there were two more things I wanted to add: expand the section on Contributions to humanity (a lot to be said there) and create a separate section on Egyptian women and the feminist movement in Egypt. Lack of space won't allow me clearly, but I'm thinking of a separate article on Egyptian feminism. I'm not sure how the Egyptians' collage constitutes OR? I checked No_original_research and didn't find something that applies. &mdash; [ zɪʔɾɪdəʰ ]   ·   t  07:38, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll see what I can do about replacing Ruby's image with Sherin's. In choosing the pictures, I worked within two main criteria: copyright-free (the harder part) and diversity. I felt it was important to include images of Egyptians both from different historical epochs and different cross-sections of Egyptian society. I mean, what do an Azhar mufti, a radical feminist and a pop singer have in common? The Fayum portrait is of a virtually unknown man, but it represents a Roman-period Egyptian. I chose Rahotep because his statue is one of the most well-preserved and lifelike representations of an ancient Egyptian. I was going to include Zewail but his GIF on Wiki messed up the collage because of the format. In any event, I think one Nobel Prize Laureate is sufficient to maintain diversity. &mdash; [ zɪʔɾɪdəʰ ]   &middot;   t  07:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

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My edits
Hi, Wedian. Nice to know you too. I understand your point of view concerning my edits in the message you left me. These edits were automatically generated by AutoWikiBrowser. However, your are right about that making an edit only to remove or add empty space is not correct. I only thought that any edit made by AutoWikiBrowser is OK. However, this seems to be incorrect. In the future, I will limit the usage of the WikiBrowser to only correcting spelling mistakes.

I, after reaching this far in Wikipedia (seven months of experience and 3000 edits), intend to focus on quality of my edits. I noticed also that there are about 129,000 unassessed articles on WikiProject Biography as can seen here. I will try to rate some of them. By the way, since you are more experienced than me (Your first edit is on 11 November, 2005.), the Portal:Egypt page needs to be designed. If you can help, please do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meno25 (talk • contribs)

WikiProject Egypt
Hi, Wedian. Thank you for your kind replay. I would like to inform you that I am ready to participate in the project as soon as it begins. --Meno25 23:47, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Your user page
Hi, Wedian. I noticed that the template about Neffertiti on your user page has a spelling mistake. You should have written descendant instead of descendent. Here is the page in Wiktionary about descendant. I have created a template with the correct spelling here: --Meno25 10:28, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, both variants are ok as far as i know :) and , but thanks anyway. --Wedian 14:35, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Editing on the Arabic Wikipedia!
Hello Wedian Why aren't you helping at the Arabic Wikipedia? don't you know that it needs everyone who understands Arabic? --Alnokta 00:50, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

My short experience in the Arabic wikipedia wasn't a delightful one. The problem as i see it, is that Arabic wikipedia is too Arabic.

Sorry to hear that..but I don't know what do you mean by 'too Arabic'...

I remember i commented on an article, a biography of a famous scientist which was copied and pasted from another website. The only reply i gotby an experienced user - was that copyright isn't really important because this was a biography!! Biographies were full of bias, mostly written by  advocates and it seemed nobody really cared about neutrality.

Yes, I can see why you were set off but I can tell you that there have been serious changes there and policies were written to organize biography related articles. beside that..why didn't you edit & correct these biographies? you should be bold when editing as the fellows here say. :)

Now we are ironing the policies of copyright infringement issues(copying from other websites, etc...), you should come in to have your say.

it seemed nobody really cared about neutrality

Will you please come again and raise that issue(and articles)? there is now some people who do care about neutral point of view.

writing scientific articles in Arabic is an extremely difficult job

I know believe me, I do. but it isn't that extreme ;)

Arabization of science seems much beyond the scope of wikipedia.

Will you believe me if I say that this is the greatest chance for the Arabization of science?

You will ask why is that smart ***?

I will answer saying; if we write an article in which that article is accessible to every Arab with an internet connection and we agree(voting,opposition,support,democracy,etc...) on the scientific terms written in it and on the content itself then we will standardize the scientific terms which will lead to the success of the Arabization because as you know standardization is our big obstacle in our way...

We have a great opportunity here and we should seize it in my opinion, Wikipedia can help us create a great thing if we just believe in our language again.

I contacted you because you are a pharmacist, I think of you as a treasure, no kidding... if you make your mind on enriching the Arabic pedia with articles on pharmacy science, you would have made a mile stone...

Saving the Arabic language is in our hands now because _our_ governments don't give a damn thought about Arabic... if Arabic didn't acquire & contain the needed vocabulary now, it will stale...

Finally, I hope I didn't annoy you and looking forward to see you in the Arabic Wikipedia.

--Alnokta 21:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

All right--Alnokta 09:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

We need your help!
Hi, Wedian. A new WikiProject about Egypt was proposed. You can read the details here. I thought you would be interested, so, if you are add your name to the list. We need your effort. Thank you. --Meno25 22:40, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The project is now active at WikiProject Egypt. --Meno25 01:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in the project. --Meno25 02:00, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

arabic wikipedia
i invite u to write in arabic wikipedia because it suffer from low number of articles, so can u help us --Mmustafa 10:28, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Eftekasat
Hi there, what's up?! Look, i wanted to ask you if you can state your opinion on this matter. Also please do visit those two pages, Eftekasat and Mouled Sidi El-Latini, to obtain a better understanding of the band! Thanks for your help. :) Maged M. Mahfouz (talk) 19:37, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

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 * I have put a proposal and started an active project for ويكيبيديا مصرى wikipedia Masri. If this may interest you, I would be very grateful for any help you can offer in this project, many thanks.
 * To vote on the proposal please press here.--Ghaly (talk) 19:23, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

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as a member of WP Egypt
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