User talk:Whoopsawa

Abdi House raid
Dude, nice job! I was doing a project on UNSOM II and kept running across a ton of references to it, so I dropped the stub in there. Thanks for adding all that, and for the Pakistani peacekeepers attack too. Not sure if I want to break out the civilian massacre a week later, or leave it in there. Palm_Dogg (talk) 19:58, 25 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much :) I've barely started the article for the attack on the Pakistanis so it's a bit of a disjointed mess. I personally believe the following civilian massacre is relevant to the page as I highly doubt it would have happened without the atmosphere following the June 8th attack and it represented another a major "Bloody Monday" like source of mistrust between Somalis and UNOSOM. I don't know if it worth making its own page, but I do strongly believe it should be somewhere on Wiki. Maybe I should put it somewhere on the actual UNOSOM II page in the future instead? Whoopsawa (talk) 21:10, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Aidid's Name Spelling
Hey there, wanted to reach out as you seem to be the primary editor in a few articles, particularly Abdi House raid and June 1993 attack on Pakistani military in Somalia where the use of the spelling "Aideed" was introduced by you. While I don't have any particularly expansive knowledge or linguistic background to help, it would appear that the generally accepted spelling is "Aidid", based on discussion in the primary article for the individual and the majority of established articles on related subjects. I updated the spelling in both articles while browsing today and wanted to let you know. If you had a compelling reason for the spelling (which based on primary sources seems to have been one of three commonly-used spellings in the early-90s; contemporary sources nearly all exclusively seem to use "Aidid"), I at least wanted to give you the opportunity to have dialog about it. I do, however, believe that consistency in spelling is important for clarity and understanding for potential readers and that using different spellings goes against that. Overall, the work on the articles seems to be quite good! --Slazenger (Contact Me) 07:17, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Additionally, I have tagged the articles for their use of quotations and opened up a discussion here regarding them. --Slazenger (Contact Me) 07:29, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * For the sake of consistency its probably better you keep it as Aidid then. My rationale was that Washington Post reporter Kith Reichburgs spelling of "Aideed" made more sense for English readers, as his name is pronounced (I - Deed) instead of (I - Did). Whoopsawa (talk) 10:19, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! Whoopsawa (talk) 21:03, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Ways to improve 1963 Ogaden Rebellion
Hello, Whoopsawa,

Thank you for creating 1963 Ogaden Rebellion.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

"The text in this article appears to be a cooyrigh5 violation of https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/28/archives/somali-guerrilla-chief-says-hell-ignore-a-truce-ogaden-rebel-says.html"

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Mccapra (talk) 22:28, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Some editing advice
Hi, it is often best to edit one section at a time, rather than several at once (as you have been doing at United Nations Operation in Somalia II). Not least because it makes it easier to spot and fix any reference errors which may have sneaked their way in. All the best, DuncanHill (talk) 22:40, 9 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the advice, I will take care to do so in the future. Whoopsawa (talk) 23:01, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and don't hesitate to ask for help if you do run into problems with referencing. DuncanHill (talk) 23:04, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * @Presidentofyes12 Your kind words are much appreciated, thank you. Still lots to be fixed up, but it's getting there. Whoopsawa (talk) 01:34, 10 January 2024 (UTC)