Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lebanon/Archive 1

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Hello, I believe that we must move the Phoenician importance level to highly important. Also we must give facts and show pictures of places in the North, South, East and West Lebanon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.134.197 (talk) 07:56, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Beirut Article
Hi. I was just glossing over the Beirut article...it is in desperate need of sources. There are several POV statements that I'm about to fix...I thought I would mention it here. I'm going to go at it a little at a time...please feel free to provide thoughts/input/etc. --Xtcrider 05:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I've only taken a look at that article, but you're probably right. You should post your comment on the aricle's talk page though. Be Bold! Lestat deLioncourt  talk 07:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Lebanese livre
I've been talking with Dove1950 about the Lebanese livre article, and why the main article is named Lebanese livre instead of Lebanese lira or Lebanese pound. We came to the general conclusion that, following the Numismatics style guidelines, the article and currency should be referred to as the Lebanese lira. As such, I'm going to start moving the article and updating references to it. If you see inconsistencies in usage between livre, lira, and pound please update them accordingly. Thanks. George Saliba 23:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi George, my time does not allow me to probe all the details on this issue, but let me throw in my 2 cents for whatever it is worth.  Using Lebanese Lira (LL) is certainly more accurate than Lebanese Livre.  Livre is a French word meaning Lira from "Livre Libanaise".  While Lebanese Pound is the more accurate description of Lebanese Lira in English and it is widely used when referring to the Lebanese currency in English, the use of Lebanese Lira is far more appropriate in Wikipedia to identify the unique use of Lira in Lebanon.  Hope you found this useful. Lcnj 06:15, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Lcnj. Yup, I agree. I don't have any personal preference between lira and pound (one is the native tongue name, the other is the official name), but Dove19150 preferred lira to pound, and we agreed that they were both more appropriate than the French livre, so I moved the article to Lebanese lira. Thanks for your feedback regarding this though, as it makes me more confident that we made the correct decision. — George Saliba[ talk ] 06:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Request for Comment
Hello.

I'm trying to assist two of your members reach a consensus over who should and should not be in the article List of Lebanese people and also to the extent information about individuals should be expanded on in the list. As you guys are clearly among the most informed on the subject, I wonder if you would mind commenting. It would help if you could keep your comments on the topic of content, and not behaviour of the individuals, as personal conflict is already heavily influencing the dispute (as you can see from the statements). If we can resolve the content dispute, the locus of the conflict will be solved too without resorting to further administrative action. Thanks! Rockpock e  t  23:54, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Fine, I'll see what I can do. Lestat deLioncourt  talk 13:09, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Adding town/village infobox.
I've created an infobox for towns and villages in Lebanon. I've begun adding it to some town/villages, but if you see some articles that it would help please add it. You can see what it looks like here as an example. The reason I didn't use any of the generic ones is that they're very complicated and can't do some things we might want, like hiding the population or area in square meters, as those numbers might be harder to come by in small towns of villages in Lebanon. Also if there are any bugs or features please let me know. I'm going to continue trying to improve on the template in my free time. Thanks. — George Saliba[ talk ] 01:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Wonderful work George. Could you please do me the favor of adding the template to the pages you visit and then add them to the Scope section? Thanks. Lestat deLioncourt  talk 13:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Absolutely. It will take me a little while probably, as I'm trying to look up the governorate and district for towns as I come across them, while maintaining the template, but I can definately add them to the project as I go through them. Is the scope of the project anything related to Lebanon then? I just want to be sure, because there's a lot of articles I can add if so. Thanks. — George Saliba[ talk ] 19:40, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey Lestat, I'm considering adding to the city template itself, so it will automatically show on any and all articles that use it (and whoever adds the city template, probably myself, should subsequently add the article to the scope section). What are your thoughts on this idea? I'm also thinking of adding the cities and villages in Lebanon category tag to the city template, so any place it is added will also automatically be added to the category.


 * Any idea why few of the current articles listed under scope, including the main Lebanon article itself, have the template? Should I be adding it to the articles I see without it? Cheers. — George Saliba[ talk ] 21:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC)]


 * The scope of the article is indeed anything related to Lebanon.
 * Adding the template to your city template will cause the  to appear on the main article page. The template, however, is meant to to be added to the article talk page (sorry if I was unclear). But I think you should definately add the category to your template. I think I should do the same with  so that all pages with that name are added to a WikiProject Lebanon category. This will save us the trouble of manually adding articles to the scope  section, which would then merely list the article under the category.
 * I suppose the previous point probably answered your last question.
 * Good luck with your work~ Lestat deLioncourt  talk 13:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for the clarification. I've changed the template to automatically add the articles to the list of cities and villages in Lebanon, and I'll go back through the ones I've done and add the tag to their talk pages, hopefully later today. Cheers. — George Saliba[ talk ] 21:45, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


 * On second thought, I want to be sure I understand what you're planning to do before I start. Are you planning to make a template for main article pages instead of talk pages, or will the template parse the name of the talk page and figure out the main article page based on that? It probably doesn't make sense to have the talk pages in the category, but it makes perfect sense to have the main articles in it (just not sure which way you're going to implement this - changing the template or having the template figure out the associated article). Thanks. — George Saliba[ talk ] 02:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, the template is to be transcluded in talk pages only. The talk pages themselves are added into the category. This seems to be the common practice (see this and this). Lestat deLioncourt  talk 20:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. Now that I've categorized the Scope section, it should be easier to add the towns to it as I go through them. Cheers. — George Saliba[ talk ] 20:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I've added a map and mapping locator to the template. Given coordinate values mapx and mapy it will draw a map of Lebanon and show the location of the town/village. Please let me know if anyone notices any inaccuracies. — George Saliba[ talk ] 06:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep up the excellent work, George! Lestat deLioncourt  talk 19:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Image:BoNM - Lebanon.png
Hi,

I saw many hard-working editors at the Lebanon article so I made Image:BoNM - Lebanon.png. Please let me know if:
 * 1) It's OK to use the national seal in something as trivial as a barnstar (not disrespectful, inappropriate, etc.).
 * 2) I got the legal mumbo-jumbo right.

--Ling.Nut 00:31, 18 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid I'm not 100% sure on either account, but it looks great to me (both the legalese and the image), and I don't think it would be interpretted as disrespectful at all. Nice work Ling! — George Saliba[ talk ] 10:35, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Question on adding WikiProject Lebanon template
I just noticed that the existing Lebanon category is quite extensive with pretty deep sub-categorization. What should the relation between this and the WikiProject Lebanon template be? Does our template go on all the talk pages and the Lebanon category (or sub-categories) on all the main articles? Is there any way to tie the two together so that when we add one the other also shows up? — George Saliba[ talk ] 10:40, 19 December 2006 (UTC)


 * You can add the WikiProject Lebanon articles category into the Lebanon category. But I don't really see the point why you should do that. I think the WikiProject Lebanon articles category is useful in at least determing which articles have been added to the project scope and which have not, and the Lebanon category can be used as a checklist. &mdash;  Lestat deLioncour  t  14:14, 19 December 2006 (UTC)~

Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 20:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Getting Lebanon to FA status
I was glad that a project aimed at improving Lebanon-related articles is created. But I see that there's not yet a real collaboration project between members of the wikiproject in order to improve a specific article. Would you think as a first one getting Lebanon to FA status? CG 10:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * It's been the implicit goal of setting up this project. The project is still in its early infancy and we're only beginning to organize our efforts. Please feel free to contribute in any way you like. &mdash;  Lestat deLioncour t  19:11, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Categorizing the template User WPLebanon
Hi all. I categorized the template "User WPLebanon", so every user who adds it to his page, will be included in the category : WikiProject Lebanon members.

Captainm 21:16, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks! &mdash;  Lestat deLioncour t  11:13, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Rating the article
Hi/Salam. Do we rate the articles of this wikiproject like this:WikiProject Holidays/Assessment?--Sa.vakilian 12:53, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * We already have an assessment page. Please see WikiProject Lebanon/Assessment. &mdash;  Lestat deLioncour t  13:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * On a related note, I would appreciate it if someone could come along and rate Selim Tadmoury. I have created the article, and would also like additional input from this WikiProject.-- Ed  ¿Cómo estás? 16:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Good work! I've rated the article as Stub class and Mid importance. &mdash;  Lestat deLioncour t  11:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Joyce Gemayel
Hello. I created a Joyce Gemayel stub. I know nothing about Mrs Gemayel, and care even less whether she is notable or not. However, I'm tired of the disputes about notability at List of Lebanese people and the best was to establish notability is to create an article and see if it survives, instead of debating notability in a list. If anyone could improve the stub, please do so. Or is she isn't deemed notable enough in your opinion, please list at WP:AfD and we can let the community decide. Thanks. Rockpock e  t  10:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Further to this, another editor queried her notability, so I have a made a procedural listing to delete this article at Articles for deletion/Joyce Gemayel - If you have an opinion, please have your say there. Rockpock  e  t  21:39, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

AfD for El Douaihy
Hello. Just letting people from the project know about Articles for deletion/El Douaihy. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 22:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Bilateral relations discussion
I would like to invite you all to participate in a discussion at this thread regarding bilateral relations between two countries. All articles related to foreign relations between countries are now under the scope of WikiProject Foreign relations, a newly created project. We hope that the discussion will result in a more clean and organized way of explaining such relationships. Thank you.  Ed  ¿Cómo estás? 18:16, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Jounieh translation request required
Hello. I need members of the WikiProject Lebanon to help translate the article of Jounieh from Arabic to English. It has been received no attention for the past two months now, and I believe that the Arabic paragraphs could make the article far more informative than it used to be. Thanks. - Omar 180 20:35, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Lebanese Resistance
I have looked at articles about the lebanese resistance and they seem really biased, and false. Please add a section where we can work on that topic. Much of the world wouldn't know what Lebanon is without the resistance movement's publicity. Ahmadhusseini 05:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm sure any suggestions for improvement will be welcomed at the talk pages of these articles. &mdash;  Lestat deLioncour t  12:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Sheikh Muhammad Toufik El Hibri.jpg
Would someone help out with this image? It's a great pic, but the new user who uploaded it is uncommunicative and doesn't apparently know it needs sourcing. Chris 03:19, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

2007 North Lebanon conflict
I have expanded the article, adding the aid section and updating from the initial ceasefire. (I think I messed up the ref list though. ;) Just stopping by and saying that. --Pupster21 Talk To Me 19:25, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

New userpage template
I created this a while ago, but forgot to tell anyone. I've created a new userpage template to indicate that you are a member of WikiProject Lebanon, for those that don't want to use the userbox one for whatever reason (too many userboxes, userboxphobia, minimalism, etc.). You can see it in action on my userpage (note the little flag in the upper right hand corner), and the way to include it is to use on your userpage. Again, this is only for userpages, not for articles. Enjoy. — George [ talk  ] 08:03, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

The News (band)
Hi. Could you give an hand checking The News (band)? Thanks! - Nabla 01:35, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

women right's
Hi,

I'd like to know how interrested you are in including some information about women rights in lebanon.

My current point of concern is about a high number of women who have to literally fight to get their kids back or just to know where they are ...

Here is an example : http://www.intifada-des-perles.org/index_017.htm

Let me know if you are interrested by more information ... Regards Jean-marie berger 14:29, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Arabianism vs non-Arabicness
This section in the Lebanon article seems to be hovering on the edge of a biased viewpoint. It was added in this edit by 77.42.129.120 (talk) and I can see that it does highlight an important so I am loathe to remove it entirely but I feel it could do with someone more knowledgeable editing it. Green Giant 18:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

possibly unfree image
I put up a Lebanon-related image (Image:Samir_Geagea_official_picture.jpg) at WP:PUI because I doubt that it is really GFDL-licensed, but I can't read Arabic so the source site is useless to me. If anyone is interested in keeping this image, go to the discussion at Calliopejen1 15:36, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar templates
Hi, there are efforts to delete several barnstar templates, I think you might be interested and add your opinion here.  ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 08:49, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Steps for making Beirut a Featured Articke
Hello everyone. I just had a word with one of our moderators,  tariq abjotu , and he stated that the lists under "Districts & Neighborhoods", "Colleges and universities", "Public Spaces", and "Famous Births" need to be replaced with prose or removed altogether. Also, he had a point pointing to other FA cities like Jerusalem, New York City, Mumbai, and others found under Featured articles. We should also have an well-sourced article made up almost entirely of prose. (I will also address the members at WikiProject Lebanon directly at the WikiProject talk page as well.) - Omar 180 18:35, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite
Decided to accept it. Looking foward to helping. I'm 50% Lebanese, 25% German, and 25% somethingorother. FinalWish (talk) 13:17, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi
Got the invite too, I hope I can help. My maternal grandmother's whole family was from Lebanon but moved to the United States around 1900. I don't know much about the culture except the food, which I love and have learned to cook pretty well I think. I wouldn't mind doing more research to help as well. -- Dougie WII (talk) 18:00, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

We'lcome
hey "dougie", "Finalwish", its a great pleasure to have you both. Work around this WP has been progressing at a sluggish rate and we need all the help possible to render our articles more informative and up to the "level". 21:42, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Message to slackers
guys i am really SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how come nobody ever linked Gibran Khalil Gibran to this WP ??? paradoxically this article has been assessed by WP assyria???!!!!! and wp christianity why oh why????????? this is insanity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it seems im solo here so Dgeorge i dont see what's the point in __(Articles aren't rated GA without going through the process first.) shiz__ communication is failing dude... this WP members need 2 communicate!

Elie plus (talk) 23:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)sincerely


 * You cannot rate articles however you like. There is a system for doing so. There is a process for labeling an article as GA quality. It must be nominated and reviewed by a group of other editors. Read WP:GA for details on how this is done. ← George [ talk  ] 08:55, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

latest news...lol
it appears that MAY ZIADE to whom i am related was a palestinian!!!! according to my infos the maronite ziade family originates from North Lebanon particularly Zgharta and Ehden and migrated to Ftoo7 Keserwen and Jbeil where they settled... or ... what my grand grand grand grand grand father told my grand grand grand grand father was a lie.. this is not acceptable, misinformation everywhere!!!!Elie plus (talk) 20:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Need Arabic
Need Arabic script at Rashaya District. Badagnani (talk) 00:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * see u already fixed it

Dear friends !
and dear all members of Wikiproject Lebanon; Let’s work, please Stop affirmations starting serious effective posts.

Moreover thanks for those who write, review and assess a lot and minimally criticize ; )

Enthusiastic Lebanese descents are immensely supportive, so they can improve our editing while reading about there ancestors land.

naseem abi shaheen (User talk:naseem abi shaheen) 08:00, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

REfernces references references!!!
hey guys, first let me congrat. u all for the progress that was done during the last year, some articles are better referenced and organized and we have an all time record in GA rated articles. nevertheless there are still many important articles who need expert contributions, soooo many need referencing and a good bunch simply require deletion.

a few tips for the editors, please do not write anything without a reference, do not start articles about unimportant people or places, (please read about notability), it is not admissible to write an article about a family notable who is only known in his hometown, nor to start an article about a food bazaar which is held once every say 8 years ...

I recently mediated the deletion of some articles and a CV (some actually write autobiographies here). these articles were of "un"-notable people which made some editors upset.

I will not apologize nor do i regret any of my actions.

and one more thing, Paleeeaaaaase.. references MUST be reliable and unbiased. Eli +  05:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Lebanese music industry
I've been unable to find information pertaining to the Lebanese music industry, so I was hoping someone here could help me. Is there a Lebanese equivalent to the Recording Industry Association of America or British Phonographic Industry? I ask because I'm working on a global music-market type article (List of music recording sales certifications) and I've been unable to find much info pertaining to the Lebanese music industry. Any help anyone could give would very much appreciated. Drewcifer (talk) 02:42, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Awards
i think its about time to start an award system, if u have any thoughts, if u back or oppose... please do share Eli  +  05:36, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * There's at least one:
 * [[Image:BoNM_-_Lebanon.svg|100px]]
 * ...currently being used in Template:BoNM-Lebanon ← George [ talk  ] 00:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Hezbollah GA Sweeps Review: On Hold
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria and I'm specifically going over all of the "Culture and Society" articles. I have reviewed Hezbollah and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. I have left this message at this WikiProject's talk page so that any interested members can assist in helping the article keep its GA status. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I have left messages on the talk pages of the main contributors of the article and several other related WikiProjects. Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix if multiple editors assist in the workload. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 09:35, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme
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Articles flagged for cleanup
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8 or 6 Mohafazats
Nobody noticed that Lebanon actually has 8 Mohafazats (or governorates) instead of 6. In 2003, the Baalbeck-Hermel and Akkar Mohafaza have been created. I made some research and I found that many sources give proof to this claim: CIA World Factbool, Localiban, LebanonWire... in addition to some maps I have personally seen. However, it's a mystery that this fact is unknown among most people and most information website (including the website of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities) who still refer to the old scheme. Does anybody have more information about this? Eklipse (talk) 20:06, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if the correct number is 6 or 8. The Lebanese Government Portal for Information & Forms, which has the phone numbers for all the various officies in the governorates and municipalities, lists 6 governorates. It sounds like there was a law that made two new pseudo-governorates. Another article on LebanonWire says that the governorates wouldn't have budgets. It's also unclear if the law was enforced, with the LebanonWire article you cited stating that "[Hezbollah] promised inhabitants of the two regions to 'follow up on the activation of this achievement.'" Maybe someone in Lebanon will have a better idea of the details. ← George [ talk  ] 21:38, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Ministries of Lebanon
I created Template:Ministries of Lebanon and I started slowly to create respective articles. Eklipse (talk) 18:56, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Lebanon
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GA Sweeps Review of Lebanon
Just a note to the project that Lebanon has been placed on hold following its GA Sweeps Review, which can be found Talk:Lebanon/GA1. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 15:23, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi, would someone mind going through the edits by this new user? (S)he's been identified as a vandal after some controversial edits to Rahm Emanuel and all his/her edits have been reversed as vandal edits. I'm not convinced that this decision is correct. For example this diff fits with material in Fakhr-al-Din II. Of course, that article could have been vandalised too. Anyway, I thought people here are more likely to be able to tell whether this person is genuine or not as most of his edits concern Lebanon or the Lebanese diaspora. Thanks.--Peter cohen (talk) 21:31, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Is there any way at all to characterize this edit as anything but outright vandalism? How about this one? -- Avi (talk) 23:59, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The first is vandalism, the second is a good faith edit. It comes with a certain POV and has issues with implying that the younger Emanuel necessarilly would have supported his father's membership of Irgun, (attested in this NYT article) but you'll find that most editors at Talk:Irgun agree that it was a terrorist group. And of course you have reversed the chronology of the two edits. The vandalism came after his previous edits to several articles were reversed by people who just bit the newbie and did not attempt to explain more. --Peter cohen (talk) 00:26, 28 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I've started to check YYouhanna's edits. I only see a single act of vandalism out of his 32 edits. However, many of his edits are of dubious quality. For example, Avi did the right thing by reverting this one to John Chrysostom since (1) most patristic source material doesn't refer to his father as a Syrian officer, and (2) YYouhanna inserted material in such as way as to imply that it's supported by in-line citations, which it most likely isn't.
 * That said, I'm surprised that YYouhanna received a block rather than a warning. Peter is right; it's best to tread lightly with newbies, especially in a case involving a single act of vandalism which was most likely brought on by having his edits reverted with little or no explaination.
 * I'm also surprised that the message accompanying the block doesn't mention when the "temporary" block expires. Perhaps Avi can clarify. Cheers, Majoreditor (talk) 07:46, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks ME. Although you use the word "started", it sounds like you've given this thorough consideration.--Peter cohen (talk) 10:17, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 24 hour block as is normal for first time blocks after multiple warnings. You can check the block log easily enough. -- Avi (talk) 18:08, 28 November 2008 (UTC)


 * More importantly, numerous editors have attempted to interact with this editor but to no avail. The very fact that he refuses to discuss any of his edits is enough, imo to warrant a block. A fundamental aspect of this encyclopedia is that it is built by a collaborative effort. Anyone who doesn't understand or refuses to accept this concept should not have the right to edit. BTW, he returned from the block with the same exact behavior. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 01:48, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Coordinators' working group
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Lebanese Arabic
Lebanese Arabic is in need of attention. It lacks sources making it impossible to verify the information, and this article was tagged from April 2007 meaning it could go for deletion. Also the length and the material are just disappointing for what should be an interesting article. Please make this article a priority. thanks --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 21:36, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Aramaic language FAR
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Pan-Arabism
Hi, any views on what importance rating Pan-Arabism should carry within the project? Myself and Al-Ameer son have suggested mid-importance. Izzedine (talk) 03:23, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Days in Lebanon, and working group
We are working to start an ongoing (monthly) Wikipedia Day at RootSpace... but we would love anyone's help who is involved in Wikipedia, and who lives in Lebanon. We are working on other ideas to promote Wikipedia/Wikimedia in Lebanon and the region... we are open to suggestions, people to help, etc. All in the spirit of open collaboration...

More info on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=67167667581 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Innovate-lb (talk • contribs) 11:40, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Harrisa Page Discussion Stub
Congrats to all the hardworking wikipedians building a more culturally diverse scene for the general public around the globe. Just wanted to let you guys know a discussion section commentary was added at the Harissa page which is pure suggestions on the kind of info that would truly bring the Harissa shrine alive for would be tourists and inquisitive readers. The info would of course be just as valuable on the page that was built for Our Lady of Lebanon. Most of the information needed would most likely need to be supplied by some cultural department and hall of records from Libanon. Good Luck ya all and thanks for all the good work!75.84.21.239 (talk) 00:20, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Proposal for a 200-WikiProject contest
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Al Farooj Fresh
Hi,

We have just saved Al Farooj Fresh from AfD but it would be good to put the article on a firmer setting, source wise. Could anyone produce some Lebanese sources to show its notability in the area please?

Thanks, Bigger digger (talk) 08:41, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Article Review
I listed this article for peer review on June 25 but have yet to receive any feedback. I'm hoping that a more senior member of this WikiProject could evaluate it and advise me how to further improve it. I'd like to get it to GA status eventually. Thanks and here is the article again! Mnation2 (talk) 16:42, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * hey i listed the article on GA nomination, we should here from moderators soon, meanwhile i'll review the article, just make sure the reference links are not dead and that they're reliable and impartial Eli  +  18:12, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Request for comment


An RFC is open at this article which is marked as within the scope of this Wikiproject but the RFC has so far seem very few responses. It would be very helpful to resolving the matter if any interested editors could stop by and offer any thoughts.

CIreland (talk) 01:58, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Rename Syrian occupation of Lebanon to Syrian military presence in Lebanon
Please share your views here. ← George [ talk  ] 14:35, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Rename Southwest Asia to Western Asia
Please share your views here. Izzedine (talk) 14:00, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Index of Lebanon-related articles
I propose removing all the red links in Index of Lebanon-related articles on the basis that it is supposed to be a list of existing articles, not a wish list. Any problems with that? Johnuniq (talk) 07:49, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * delete, do not move, i do not get the purpose of the whole page anyway!! Eli +  14:47, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I can understand that some might find the list useful, so I'm not going to propose deleting it. However, I just removed the red links and fixed a couple of trivial things. Johnuniq (talk) 00:12, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Defamation of Mr. Berri on Wikipedia
The biography article on Mr. Nabih Berri, the current Speaker of Parliament of Lebanon is ABSURD.

"It is widely believed that Berri has benefited from the large sums of money", "He, as well as Rafik Hariri and Walid Jumblatt, are viewed by many as having been puppets of the Syrian government during its 30-year military presence."

This is a clear absurd defamation that has to be corrected immediately. I understand that Wikipedia does not check every article, but there should be a minimum regulation.

We kindly request this complaint be taken seriously, and acted upon immediately, as it falls under WikiProject Lebanon.

Thanks in advance, W.B. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.229.235.38 (talk) 15:25, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

I would have to agree with this, because it sounds a bit bias, either we add all of the information about every politician, or none. Lebanese bebe (talk) 22:42, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Proposal for decoration (barnstar) for WP:LEB
Hi mates, first i must acknowledge the tremendous effort and time some of you have been pouring into wikipedia, the number of Lebanon related articles has grown impressively. Although all of us may appreciate everyone's efforts here there is little sign of recognition. I propose we do as other WProjects do and give barnstars to recognize user contributions. attached you will find a set of gold sliver and bronze medals that may be used for WP:LEB in the future IF I have general approval. I hope some of you see this message and for most of you not to ignore it. It may be a fun way to play pretend but for some it may make a difference.

Please enter the combination you approve of or # 6 if you are against the idea,

Eli +  20:27, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I vote for number 3. Thanks for your effort. Keep up the good work!

Fadib83 (talk) 11:14, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I prefer barnstar-type awards like the (Country) Barnstar of National Merit. Even if these wiki-medals are established, there should also be a barnstar award if there is none already. Btw, I agree with Fadib; I vote for #3. --Al Ameer son (talk) 20:35, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback, will work on a more barnstar like award soon, BUT the whole idea guys is you have to chose a combination, there is already one gold option, you have to chose between the two silver and bronze options example: i'd chose this combination 1 - 3 - 5. Each medal would be awarded to different levels and types of contributions... Adding ribbons may allow us to span the award categories much further, will work on you suggestions, again thank you Eli  +  22:37, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I like 1, 3, and 5 too. They seem easier to read. For those who were curious, WP Lebanon already has a barnstar as well. You can see it here. ← George [ talk  ] 21:37, 15 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I Agree with 1, 3, and 5. Thanks for pointing that out George, I didn't notice. But what do you guys think about also having the regular format like Template:Russian barnstar and the one most other national wikiprojects use. --Al Ameer son (talk) 23:14, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with 1, 3 and 5 as well. - Fedayee (talk) 23:20, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Personally, I like 1, 3, and 4. Al Ameer - Using Template:BoNM-Lebanon as well as these sounds great to me. Mnation2 (talk) 15:15, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, I feel like an idiot. That barnstar above is exactly what I meant. Thanks for pointing that out ;) --Al Ameer son (talk) 18:11, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I like number 3 and my second choice would have to be 1. Although I really wish you could come up with a Lebanese flag once with red stripes on the top and bottom and the flag green. Lebanese bebe (talk) 22:46, 24 September 2009 (UTC)


 * There's a barnstar like this already too, if I understand you correctly:
 * [[File:BoNM_-_Lebanon2.png]]
 * ← George talk 06:24, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Lebanon awards page is ready
Hi guys, i'd appreciate your feedback and comments on the awards section in the WP's participants page. I provided a drop down image gallery below

we should discuss the criteria, i cannot place criteria by myself Eli  +  11:26, 24 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I think what you have is really good. I might consider swapping the silver & phoenix medals, but maybe not - I'm not sure which you intended to be more prestigious, but getting articles to FA or GA status should be rewarded more than citing good sources (which is a sub-part of getting articles to FA/GA). I wouldn't mind seeing some sort of system too for "ranks", almost like military ranks, just as a way to structure and organize ourselves. I don't know how one would achieve ranks... maybe each rank would have a certain criteria of what someone would have to do... getting an article to FA, getting X articles to GA, etc. The ranks wouldn't mean much more than barnstars, but could provide a way for other editors to more quickly locate editors well-versed in Lebanon-related topics. ← George talk 06:22, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I like it George, is totally doable, if i get you right, ranks would vary according to edit numbers and time on wikipedia, there is a barnstar system like that, it could be of use Eli  +  07:22, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey George, i made a small research to assess the feasibility of a rank system and it already does exist >> Service awards, i see we adopt it without any change to avoid duplicity, the ribbons are not very aesthetic and its nomenclature is very odd (Burba, novato...) but they do the job. This service award/rank system relies on duration of service and the number of edits both of which can be found at the bottom of a user's contributions page here's yours per example and it is really intimidating! so should we proceed with it? I made some changes to decorations criteria, please leave your comments. Eli +  20:12, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, that's pretty cool. So yes, I think we could use two systems - one using your icons, which are for editors who go beyond the achievements of normal editors (those who take articles to FA/GA, etc.), and one using icons just based on the number of edits the editors has made (possibly combined with how long they've been editing, as these service awards). Is there any way to figure out how many edits people have made specifically to articles that are part of WikiProject Lebanon? Personally, I'd like most to see something very much like these service awards, but (a) based only on the number of edits to articles that are part of WikiProject Lebanon, and (b) have some custom look specific to WikiProject Lebanon, to distinguish them from the standard service awards. I'm not sure if figuring out (a) is possible though... ← George talk 20:39, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

That's a bit farfetched but i'll look into it. concerning the looks, i can work on that ;)    Eli  +  20:51, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

2009 Francophone Games
Hi guys, please help expanding this article, we have a gr8 opportunity of having an article of good quality here Eli  +  14:03, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi please help, i cannot find any sources relating who is funding the games Eli +  12:49, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

380 villages destroyed by Ottoman Syrian Druze?
Does amyone know where I could source and list the names of the 380 Ottoman Syrian Christian villages destroyed by Ottoman Syrian Druze and Muslims during the 1860 Lebanon conflict? Thanks! Chesdovi (talk) 09:48, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi check note 144, page 600 on this google books page it mentions 163 destroyed villages (maybe only in lebanon).  Eli  +  13:17, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm looking for names. Chesdovi (talk) 13:36, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Jdeide and Jdeideh
Are these the same place? Polarpanda (talk) 11:04, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * One is in the Bekaa plain, the other is in Beirut suburbs. --Banzoo (talk) 11:35, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

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Zaheer Mrad
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New WikiProject?
Is it possible to start a new Wikiproject? I think a WikiProject Sports in Lebanon would be good and would improve this wikiproject. Is this doable?--Smkaram (talk) 07:37, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Lebanese musician?
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Lara Scandar
Lara Scandar is currently in consideration for deletion. Are there any non-English sources which confirm her notability? - BalthCat (talk) 19:58, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

I am going to translate this article into English
http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%85

Its pretty well written in Arabic and I think it will enrich our Lebanon wiki project. --Saab 1989 (talk) 12:59, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Can someone teach me how to create or copy this map with geographic information regarding the city of Chhim?

Link again is http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%85 --Saab 1989 (talk) 15:01, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * hey mate nice article, i'd add references though if these are to be found, check your talk page for instructions abt the map. sorry for the late reply Eli  +  14:43, 4 July 2010

(UTC) Actually the person who wrote those notes on chhim is the previous mayor of chhim, Engineer Ziad Hajjar, I am his son, and I have all the contents both in English and Arabic, Although I have hundreds of pictures for both the village and the Roman Temple, I wanted to create a page for the Roman Temple and for the Village in English. I have all the text in English, just give me a few days to locate this CD as It has been a long time since I used it. we used to have a website for the village and this text is an extract from it. Anyway I was trying to contact you guys regarding this, great work, I have several items about Iklim el Kharoub area in Chouf which I will add, my only problem is that I am new to wikipedia. By the way Bravo for your amazing work. I salute you. Keep up the good work
 * ayman if u ever need anything drop me a message at my talk page Eli  +  20:53, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

2006 Lebanon war
My Lebanese brothers, this article that discusses the 2006 war between the two state of Lebanon and Israel is no where of being fair to Lebanon. I urge you all to read it and contribute to it ( while being fair of course) currently most tributes are from people who tend to be driven toward Israel with a bias. It would nice to have Lebanese input on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saab 1989 (talk • contribs) 20:09, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Eshmun Temple for Featured article
Hey guys, feel free to check out the Eshmun temple featured article entry and leave your comments. Thanks Eli +  16:11, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Leontes Bridge
Who knows what had happened with this bridge. It seems to be destroyed, but I would like to know for certain. I am devastated, that was a very fine ancient bridge, a true pearl! Gun Powder Ma (talk) 13:14, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately the bridge fell apart during the 70's, it used to figure on lebanese postage stamps but it was forgotten amid the civil war. article about Ka'kaiyyet al Jiser, a town near to where the bridge used to be (arabic)  Eli  +  14:09, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I am really sad. How could this have happened? It survived for 2.000 years and now it's lost right under our eyes. What a cultural loss, just like Makestos Bridge. It's unbelievable. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 18:31, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Need help with a hat name
Please see this Many thanks! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:40, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Tantour is the transliteration of the arabic word طنطور, so correct transliteratin in english would be "tantoor", I would go with either one of these but not tantur. Eli  +  09:08, 29 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for the quick, helpful response and edit. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:30, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, as this is English Wikipedia, we should not make our own transliterations, but use what has already been used in published sources. Tantour seems to be the most frequently used. FunkMonk (talk) 12:44, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

False witnesses --> Special Tribunal for Lebanon
I was wondering if someone on this project with more knowledge on the "false witnesses" saga could add the stuff to the page. I've got all the reactions, etc, but i need the beginning of the whole saga as to who the false witnesses were and what they lied about.(Lihaas (talk) 14:37, 19 September 2010 (UTC)).

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Debka article
Hello all, I'm a student at Georgetown's Masters in Arab Studies program and am a part of the Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative. Just wanted to give a heads up to the groups involved that I'll be doing research and edits on the origins and types of Debka, when it's danced, styles, etc. --Naj87 (talk) 21:51, 22 September 2010 (UTC)Naj87

Zahle
Hi, my name is Rhea Chedid and I am working with the Public Policy Wikiproject. I am going to be writing about the town of Zahle in the Bekaa. I f you can give me some help and feedback that would be great. Thank you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rc379/zahle —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rc379 (talk • contribs) 18:58, 21 October 2010 (UTC) Noted :) Eli  +  16:29, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

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Main page on Lebanon Independence day
I nominated the Panorama of Beirut as the picture of the coming 22 November as you find below. This will drive some traffic to Beirut article. Furthermore, Lebanon Independence day gonna be mentioned in the "On this day" section. A total of 2 articles about Lebanon on the same day in the main page. If you need to do some improvement to the articles, now it's the time. ;-) --Banzoo (talk) 02:04, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

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Article on the singer Elissa deleted
The article on Elissa has been deleted, quite prematurely I believe. A novice editor was asked to bring reliable sources within a short time frame, couldn't, and then the article was just deleted, regardles of Elissa probably being one of the most famous Arab pop musicians. What's to do about that? FunkMonk (talk) 17:30, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

American University of Beirut
Hi, could a couple of editors here have a look through this article American University of Beirut and add it to your watchlists in an attempt to improve and assist, it gets a fair degree of IP desired additions. It is under pending protection so reviewer status will be helpful, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 16:57, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Noted, added ;) Eli  +  21:09, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Noted likewise - I wonder what happened to the list of "notable alumni", I left a message in the discussion page but of course they never get back to you. Anyway just added Charles Malik for the record. It is true the list was going out of control, but this is not a reason to delete it in its entirety! JAR (talk) 17:25, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Photo request - MEA head office
For those of you in Beirut, I have a photo request: Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 07:45, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Head office of Middle East Airlines - 11-206 Airport Road, Beirut, Lebanon 1107-2801/Boulevard de l'Aéroport - Code 0111 Beyrouth, Liban - طريق مطار رفيق الحريري الدولي ـ بيروت، لبنان

Ancient Near East archaeological sites reorganization (Suggestion)
Please see this discussion here. Yazan (talk) 19:05, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

"Lebanese rocket attacks on Israel since the 2006 Lebanon War"
There's an article about this vague subject, the rockets didn't cause any casualties, but it did breach Israel's sovereignity. And if that's why its notable, then we sure should also have an article devoted to illegal Israeli overflights of Lebanese territory and things like that. How could such an article be structured and named? FunkMonk (talk) 15:50, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I have now started this article: Israeli violations of Lebanese territory FunkMonk (talk) 17:18, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * And now it has of course been nominated for deletion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Israeli_violations_of_Lebanese_sovereignity FunkMonk (talk) 22:39, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Picture of the Year 2010
for Beirut historical panorama. Hopefully it will pass the first round. Be sure that you are eligible to vote. --Banzoo (talk) 16:20, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Off-topic: meetup request
Hi all,

I'll be in Beirut this weekend with a flexible schedule, so if you see this message in time, and want to meet to discuss anything, please drop a note on my talk page, or mail me using the link on my user page. --Slashme (talk) 04:57, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

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Working towards GA on Lebanon article.
There is a to-do list on the bottom of the talk page. I'm doing the best I can but it would be faster with more people. The nomination is on hold now. I'd appreciate any help I can get! Cheers! Ramaksoud2000 (talk) 05:10, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Old images of Beirut
There are some very nice public domain images here which could be uploaded: http://oldbeirut.com/archive FunkMonk (talk) 08:38, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Where does it say public domain? It looks copyrighted. Ramaksoud2000 (Did I make a mistake?) 03:39, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Architecture of Lebanon
This is a dreadful article. Its lead: "The architecture of Lebanon, or often referred to as the Lebanese architecture, is a resemblance of the history and culture of Lebanon. The houses are minuscule representations of family heritage and the old buildings are a outlined by the history of different era's the country lived some of which left beauties of art still present till our days while others brought the unexpected. Architecture in Lebanon is mostly cultural towns and cities in Lebanon hold structures dating back a thousand of years to the dates of the nations earliest human inhabitants."

The article doesn't get any better. And it claims that the oldest houses in Lebanon are Phoenician, when clearly there are older houses. Dougweller (talk) 06:47, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Lebanon will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Lebanon's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 21:44, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Attention to French speaking editors
I notice that on the French Wikipedia, fr:Projet:Liban is en sommeil. Anybody want to wake the French Lebanon WikiProject up? WhisperToMe (talk) 20:58, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

please revise your info and correct it... This is misleading!
"Byblos Mosque, considered to be the oldest mosque in the world." is what is written

That is absolutely false information - the world's oldest mosque is in Saudi Arabia in Medina (where Islam actuality originated from!!) built in 622 I believe, but please re-check!! The Byblos mosque was built much later (please revise and let us know exactly when this mosque was built, thank you)

Maybe what you meant to say is that Byblos Mosque is the oldest Mosque in Lebanon?? In which case please correct your mistake, I know we Lebanese like to think we are the first at everything :) but pleeaassseee come on, this is a bit exaggerated don't you think?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.126.14.98 (talk) 19:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Check what the source of the statement is. Check the sources for the Saudi mosque. Sometimes such things are in dispute WhisperToMe (talk) 08:50, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Domestic servants
This article discusses domestic servants in Lebanon and the issues they face. The title refers to the film The Help about discrimination faced by black maids in the USA WhisperToMe (talk) 08:50, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hill, Jess. "The Help: Status, Servants and Double Standards in Lebanon." The Global Mail. October 15, 2012.

Some Lebanon-related Arabic articles with no English version
Who wants to make an English article based off of this one? WhisperToMe (talk) 18:25, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * ar:مشروع تطوير التعليم في لبنان

Sources for populations, etc
I came across, and have been trying to fix, the article for Talia, but unfortunately all I know so far about the town is what was in the original article, which was copyvio from this site. Unfortunately I have no clue what kinds of online sources would give authoritatve info on cities in Lebanon. In the US the census site or the city's website would be the best place. In this case my web searches are finding lots of sites talking about Talia, but none of them seem recognizably authoritative. I can't even trust google maps here because it is unclear if it's really showing Talia or rubber banding to Baalbek. I won't be surprised if this ends up requiring a trip to the library, and the reference desk is not a bad way to go, but I thought since this is the project for Lebanon you probably have come to some conclusion as to what sources are authoritative/useful for this sort of thing. As an aside, I did notice some people have done some helping with tags and such - thanks for that. Rifter0x0000 (talk) 01:38, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

File:LebaneseArak.jpg
File:LebaneseArak.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 16:50, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * No worries, I will replace it with another image that's more flattering Eli  +  20:15, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Lebanon/Main
I just stumbled upon WikiProject Lebanon/Main which appears to be unused. I'll leave it up to a member of this project to decide whether or not the page should be deleted. Regards, Illia Connell (talk) 08:02, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

File:100,000 Lebanese Pound Banknote.jpg
File:100,000 Lebanese Pound Banknote.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 01:56, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

AfC submission
This submission is relevant to this Project. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 02:33, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Suggestions on subjects that need attention
Hello, I was going over some of the pages on Lebanon and their content, and there doesn't seem to be much information on unemployment, emigration, and education, the relation between them and how they affect young people in the country. Adding pages for one or both of the first two topics, and expanding the page of the 3rd to include more information on them might be useful. There is a significant lack of information on these topics in general not just on Wikipedia, and this might be a great opportunity to start putting together what information is actually out there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RM09312 (talk • contribs) 04:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Request for article: May 16, 1912 issue of the Al-Khawater magazine about the Titanic, at the American University of Beirut
Does anyone have access to the May 16, 1912 issue of the Al-Khawater magazine about the Titanic, at the American University of Beirut?
 * See: "Bekaa village remembers Lebanese Titanic victims." Daily Star, 15 April 2012.

WhisperToMe (talk) 06:37, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Pageview stats
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Lebanon to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at WikiProject Lebanon/Popular pages.

The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the Tool Labs tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr.Z-man 23:22, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mtein
Dear Lebanon experts: This old draft about a Lebanese village has never been submitted to be added to the encyclopedia, likely because it needs some reliable sources such as census reports or ther government data. It will soon be deleted unless someone would like to work on it &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 20:06, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014
You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in Asia may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 21:19, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission - 09/06
Draft:Conflict-related water issues in Lebanon. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 15:31, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Living people on EN wiki who are dead on other wikis
The following individuals who are in the scope of this project are showing to be alive on the English wiki, but deceased on another language wiki:


 * Ibrahim Kulaylat: ar:ناصريون
 * Mohammed Ali Hammadi: ar:وفيات 2010 / de:Gestorben 2010 / fr:Décès en 2010

Please help to find reliable sources to confirm if these individuals are alive or dead, or correct any mis-categorization on the relevant foreign-language article(s). Please see WP:LIVINGDEAD for more info and raise any issues on the talkpage. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 08:46, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello, Kulaylat is still alive in exile, haven't found any further updates. The death of Hammadi is debated to say the least. - Elias   Z   04:27, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Languages in censuses and Race and ethnicity in censuses
Pleas add information about this country to this articles.--Kaiyr (talk) 20:51, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Popular Democratic Party (Lebanon)
Popular Democratic Party (Lebanon) has been tagged for notability for over six years without anyone resolving it as yet. If anyone thinks they can help, please take a look at the article. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 18:37, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Expert attention
This is a notice about Category:Lebanon articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 23:56, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Revival
This WikiProject is in the process of being Revived! Any user who is willing to help is invited to join the user group and help with this process. Thank you in advance,

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WikiProject X is live!


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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Better way to organize this international school template?
I started this template showing all international schools in Lebanon. All French schools designated by the AEFE have a French flag: Template:International schools in Lebanon.

Is there a better way to organize this list? Also is "Brasilia Baabda" and "Louaize Baabda" the same thing as "Baabda"? I can't find articles for these places! WhisperToMe (talk) 00:52, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Mahjar
Hi, i came across the above article and noticed that it had recently been almost completely blanked. I've restored the page before the 'almost blanking' but as there doesn't appear to be any editors linking to the page i thought i would mention it here so that someone can take it under their wing. thanks, Coolabahapple (talk) 13:14, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Merge of 2 articles
Hi, Damour notable natives is the recently created article. And I feel this article could be merged with the main article Damour. Since this is the project talk page, so posting here for further discussion. Thanks! Peppy Paneer (talk) 19:06, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

1860 Druze–Maronite conflict move discussion
A discussion has been started regarding a proposed name change of the 1860 Druze–Maronite conflict article. Your participation is welcomed, cheers. --Al Ameer (talk) 03:54, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Sourcing?
Hi! I've recently declined a speedy on Charbel Rouhana. The guy seems to have some assertions of notability, but it's likely that there are probably sources in Arabic moreso than in English. Anyone want to help find some sourcing? I've found some mentions here and there, but it's sort of spotty and slow going. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  07:39, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Tanyus Shahin picture request
Does anybody know where a picture of Tanyus Shahin could be found? At first I thought none existed, but after searching "Tanios Chahine" I found these, and , but unfortunately, none of them have any information about the author or year the work was made. If anyone has a picture, knows where to find one or could at least find the year any of those works were made/published, it would be appreciated. --Al Ameer (talk) 23:30, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Afif Chaya
I am sure that you will be notified when the discussion is pinged for this project, but wanted to give you a heads up that is has been recommended for deletion. Any input would be appreciated. --CNMall41 (talk) 17:36, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Questions: Lebanese article names, population info
1) Does anyone know of a site where I could access information from the Lebanese census regarding the demographics/population of individual localities? I know there hasn't exactly been a census since '32, but was wondering if there's some sort of official record regarding basic population figures. If not, does anyone know of alternative (and generally reliable) source for such information?

2) As I've been editing articles about Ottoman-era Lebanon, I've noticed there's a significant difference in the way Lebanese localities, persons, etc are spelled than how they're spelled in English-language sources (at least the ones I've come across on google books). For example, Shuf vs Chouf, Yusuf vs Joseph/Youssef, Dayr al-Qamar vs Deir el-Qamar, Shihab vs Chehab, etc. It seems that on English Wikipedia, we're transliterating close to the French way. Is there a standardized form that Wikipedia articles on Lebanese subjects should be transliterated from Arabic or is it just based on an individual editor's decision? If it's the latter case, then shouldn't we have a standardized transliteration form, and if so, should it be more faithful to the English-language sources or the French language? --Al Ameer (talk) 19:35, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Suffrage for women
Can someone clarify what the situation is regarding Women's suffrage in Lebanon? There is a discussion here: Talk:Women's_suffrage. 19:43, 7 November 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2F01:501F:FFFF:0:0:5679:C2F4 (talk)

The Lebanese constitution granted women full equality, land and business ownership and voting rights upon its drafting, so generally speaking there's never been a Lebanese womens suffrage movement until recently for divorce and abortion rights. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.186.66.40 (talk) 15:37, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

El Ain, Lebanon
Please verify and source.Xx236 (talk) 12:08, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Unsourced since 2009. Xx236 (talk) 09:30, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Qays and Yaman discussion
There is currently a discussion regarding the name, and perhaps scope, of the Qays and Yaman tribes article. For those interested, your participation is welcome. Cheers --Al Ameer (talk) 21:49, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Districts of south Lebanon
Hi, I have been trying to clean up a bit on Lebanon-articles lately, there are some problems in south Lebanon, which I have started a discussion about here. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 23:06, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Category:Operation Grapes of Wrath has been nominated for discussion
Category:Operation Grapes of Wrath, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for merging into Category:South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000). A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:47, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Discussion on the 1948 Arab–Israel war in WikiProject Israel
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Israel--Bolter21 (talk to me) 17:56, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to Women in Red's special November activities
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I just started stubs...
on Farid Karam, Youssef Khaddage, Rashid Shoucair and Muhammad el-Hibri, but I can't read Arabic, can someone find more information from Arabic sources? Thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 08:24, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Cannabis in Lebanon needs improvement
We have a new article Cannabis in Lebanon, but it could really use improvement and expansion, especially from anyone who can read Arabic sources. With a little polishing, it'd also be really useful to make a translated version for Arabic Wikipedia since it's a topic of increasing interesting these days. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 03:01, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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 * Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

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Popular pages report
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Was the removal of content about Arab/Levantine passengers from the Titanic justified?
Please see this talk page section Talk:Passengers_of_the_RMS_Titanic on whether the removal of content about Arab/Levantine passengers from the Titanic justified. Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 05:20, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Two gardens in Beirut or one?
See Talk:Jesuit Garden/Talk:Jesuits Garden. Duplicate article? In ictu oculi (talk) 12:49, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Is this Project live? In ictu oculi (talk) 08:28, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Lebanon

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 16:52, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Huge tangle of Lebanon diaspora categories, titles
Not sure if this helps since this is not a busy page, but just wanted to note that Category:Lebanese diaspora and its related cats are a tangled mess. There seems to be substantial conflation between "Lebanese diaspora", "Lebanese emigrants", "Lebanese expatriates", and "Lebanese communities outside of Lebanon". I'm sure there are slight differences, but all of these get used wholesale on articles about the diaspora.

Note also in Category:Lebanese diaspora by country (which I had to create since Lebanon, of all countries, lacked this category) that there's no standardization as to whether it should be "Lebanese American" or "Lebanese people in Germany", "Lebanese migration to Paraguay", or "Egyptian people of Lebanese origin". Maybe it's not possible to have just one title format, but four seems excessive. Just noting here for the record. MatthewVanitas (talk) 10:08, 18 March 2018 (UTC)


 * MatthewVanitas actually I feel that Lebanese emigrants should be redirected to Lebanese diaspora, and the same for Lebanese communities outside of Lebanon. What are your suggestions? Maybe we can tackle this together because as of right now the categories are much too numerous and are incomplete in this way. LebaneseBebe (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)


 * this is just my initial idea, but I'd suggest that anything about groups of people be put under "diaspora" categories, and individual people be put as emigrants. Though re the latter an "emigrant" would have to be someone who personally emigrated, not someone like a Lebanese-American person who was born in the US. I'm open to idea from others, but as noted there is just a lot of overlap and redundancy. I'll try to take a look later and get a more cogent strategy. If we want to do something that involves moving a lot of articles I suggest we ask WP:CFD to do it automatically rather than re-categorize hundreds of articles. Can you take a quick look and maybe propose just a few key category title-formats we should use, and which ones should be deleted or merged into the proper ones? MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:01, 23 March 2018 (UTC)


 * some of those are good suggestions. What I am thinking of doing is writing down all of the Lebanese “people”/group categories and then figuring out a way to organize it. As for “emigrants” there will be an issue there. Because while some of us such as myself are considered first generation Americans, we are still second generation immigrants. Along with the fact that most of us have (birth right) Lebanese citizenship through our paternal line. But there is a way to organize it, I’ve noticed redundant categories such as Lebanese Americans vs Americans of Lebanese descent, etc. LebaneseBebe (talk) 00:27, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * I think as an initial step we can consider using CFD to delete/merge the category Category:Lebanese communities outside Lebanon, as I don't see any reason that's not redundant to Category:Lebanese diaspora by country. I have proposed a merge here: Categories for discussion/Log/2018 March 24. MatthewVanitas (talk) 01:04, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * I totally support merging Category:Lebanese communities outside Lebanon with Lebanese Diaspora. That is an obvious and unnecessary redundancy. LebaneseBebe (talk) 01:16, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Deletion of “Lebanese Communities outside of Lebanon”
This is a notification that a request has been made to have Category:Lebanese communities outside Lebanon merged with a new page Category:Lebanese diaspora by country. The request was made by MatthewVanitas, after some discussion. We feel that there were some redundancies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LebaneseBebe (talk • contribs) 03:41, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I would like to start a new wikiproject
Please let me know if you are interested. Looking for members. LebaneseBebe (talk) 22:11, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * , what is the topic of your proposed WikiProject? I would also note that a lot of current WikiProjects are under-utilized, so are you quite sure that your topic would not be better off within an existing WikiProject? MatthewVanitas (talk) 00:05, 25 March 2018 (UTC)


 * you actually inspired this idea (every other diaspora group has a page/category categorized as diaspora by country), lol. I am sure that this current project would not be better utilized under other wiki projects. I have also attempted to reach out to other people. And I am willing to completely take this on myself. I would like to create a WikiProject Phoenicia, or WikiProject Ancient Phoenicia. It was a long spanning empire, with roots to modern civilizations and countries, it deserves a category of its own. It’s significant enough in terms of colonization, empire, imperialism, and -linguistics-. I can make a number of arguments for it, we have pages for ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and even modern Hebrew. LebaneseBebe (talk) 00:12, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Further work needed on Lebanese general election, 2018
Input requested, at Talk:Lebanese general election, 2018 --Soman (talk) 07:24, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

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RfC on election/referendum naming format
An RfC on moving the year from the end to the start of article titles (e.g. South African general election, 2019 to 2019 South African general election) has been reopened for further comment, including on whether a bot could be used move the articles if it closed in favour of the change: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation). Cheers, Number   5  7  15:37, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Elias Moukheiber
Hi, I came across this draft in the WP:AFC queue. This reads like a tribute page, and I'm pretty sure that the subject is not notable. Before declining, I wanted to check here first. (I'm not watching this page, so please ping me if needed). --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:21, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Sara Abi Kanaan
This draft about a Lebanese actress has references that are not in English. Perhaps someone from this project can read them and determine if they are referring to independent, reliable published sources.&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 03:49, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Requested move
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hassan Chaito (footballer, born 1991) that would benefit from your opinion. Please come and help!  Paine Ellsworth , ed.  put'r there  13:31, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Verification needed.
The following is found in the article "Hammana": "The village has given the world great humanitarian persons, among them Doctor Fangis Khan who helped save Changy Wangy from many diseases of the new age, and who was honored by naming the square in the front the town's square after him." I do not have time to check/fix it, but it seems suspicious on it's face.--Rajulbat (talk) 23:09, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing attention to this. It was apparent vandalism that was never removed. Actually, most of the article is unsourced and full of flattering language not fit for an encyclopedia. —Al Ameer (talk) 01:48, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Azm Movement and Majd Movement
Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right place, but perhaps you can help, I think Azm Movement and Majd Movement describe the same thing, but I'm not sure, because both are stubs and I don't speak arabic and online translations are dubious at best. I would be very happy if a member of project Lebanon woud check on those articles.

Thanks! YoungArkas (talk) 17:36, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

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Requested move
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Mikha'il Na'ima, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, comrade waddie96 ★ (talk) 09:44, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Lebanon experts
I can't find even a single (non wiki-mirror) reference to Bishriyata. Anyone with Lebanese resources have anything? All the best: Rich Farmbrough  (the apparently calm and reasonable) 12:48, 12 April 2020 (UTC).


 * I've found the village's name in Arabic on Google Maps (and have changed the title of the page). I can't find any source online about the place though. Nehme1499 (talk) 16:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
 * It's a start! Thanks! All the best: Rich Farmbrough  (the apparently calm and reasonable) 16:52, 12 April 2020 (UTC).

GA Review
Hello all, have been editing Lebanese Cuisine and adding citations where necessary but could use some help adding more content including adding more paragraphs explaining history and a paragraph or two on the 'List of dishes and ingredients' section. Please visit and add content so we can get this article a 'good article' status. Regards JJNito197 (talk) 21:10, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Reorganize Wikipedia:WikiProject Ottoman Empire as a task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries?
Dear users of this WikiProject:

At Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Former_countries I have left a proposal to convert WikiProject Ottoman Empire into a task force of WikiProject Former countries. I asked this project (as all or portions of this country was/were a part of the empire) and several other projects to get further feedback. Please let me know if you have questions, comments, or objections.

Thanks! WhisperToMe (talk) 01:54, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Paleo-Hebrew alphabet or Phoenician alphabet?
Greetings. There has been discussion as to redirecting Paleo-Hebrew alphabet to Phoenician alphabet. Insight and input from members of this WikiProject may help decide the matter. Thanks, -- Deep fried okra  ( talk ) 18:22, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Women in Red Asian women contest
From 1 October to 31 December, Women in Red is running a virtual contest on Asian women. In November, this will coincide with Wikipedia Asian Month. We look forward to strong participation from all those interested in improving coverage of Lebanese women.--Ipigott (talk) 16:32, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Ibrahim EL Khoury article
Hello fellow editors, I have written an article about Ibrahim El khoury and have now re-edited it multiple times to make it as good and referenced as possible, can any of you review the article in order to submit-it? Thank You very much Zorodelito (talk) 11:48, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Locate Victims Beirut
Hi Wikipedians!

I have written an article about Locate Victims Beirut. After several edits and tweaking, and lots of help from fellow editors, it is nearly complete. Can anyone review the draft and verify if everything stands in order to publish it? Thanks in advance.

TritonVictor123 (talk) 06:30, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Politics of Lebanon
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Politics of Lebanon that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 03:38, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Hussein Mortada
Could someone assess the notability of Draft:Hussein Mortada? Thanks. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:42, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Galilee in Lebanon?
See Talk:Galilee%23Scope_(S_Lebanon_section). All views appreciated. Onceinawhile (talk) 07:00, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Levantine Arabic FAC
Hi, I nominated Levantine Arabic for FAC. Would be great to have a review from someone involved in WikiProject Lebanon :) A455bcd9 (talk) 14:33, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Assessment description
Why does the assessment description say "Tools for rating Phoenicia-related articles." shouldn't it say "Tools for rating Lebanon-related articles."? --Red Phoenician (talk) 22:49, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Actually, that's what I was also wondering. I have been bold and have fixed it. Nehme1499 18:08, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Majdel Balhis
Can somebody familiar with the area and the issues take a look at the Majdel Balhis village article? User:Brmcmahon has been writing a 7th-to-19th century history of the wider Mount Hermon area there instead of at Mount Hermon, partly because the Mount Hermon article is locked to new editors, and partly because they are unsure of what "reaction" they would get if they wrote it there. Given the Arab-Israeli Arbitration Enforcement template on Mount Hermon, I assume some care and attention is needed here. --Lord Belbury (talk) 17:35, 18 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I've now removed the content on the grounds that it plainly belongs in the other article instead, and suggested that the writer makes an edit request to put it there. --Lord Belbury (talk) 11:28, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Question
Does anyone refer to the current state of Lebanon (after the Taif agreement) as the "Second Lebanese Republic" and does anyone have sources to that? The same applies to the First Lebanese Republic (after independence). Hoping to make an article for both, especially since this redirect has a "Redirect with possibilities " tag on it. Prodrummer619 (talk) 19:12, 9 July 2022 (UTC)


 * It is indeed a thing. Check google scholar. It also has an entry in encyclopedia Britannica. el.ziade (talkallam) 19:36, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Coat of Arms
The seems to be in dispute yet again. Requires attention. Prodrummer619 (talk) 16:14, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Boat disaster
Where’s the article on the wiki? This is rather serious 41.58.242.97 (talk) 18:07, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Pamela El Kik
The article requires some attention. I've made a few changes and it can be further improved. GusChago (talk) 20:52, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass WPBannerMeta a new custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 13:20, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

inactive
This WP doesn't seem to be very active. Does anyone mind me marking it as semi-active PalauanReich🗣️ 06:06, 23 April 2023 (UTC)


 * No response so marked PalauanReich🗣️ 23:28, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Strange Titling of Diasporta
Earlier today I stumbled upon Lebanese Brazilians, which was at the time titled "Lebanese People in Brazil." I decided to change it as it seemed strange and ambiguous (it could be interpreted as any Lebanese person in Brazil and not just Brazilians of Lebanese descent.) After doing this to two more pages I noticed that lot of pages are titled with the "_____ people in _____" format and I figured I should comment here before mass moving the rest. I've also brought this up at Wikiproject Ethnic Groups. Flalf Talk 19:26, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

http://www.localiban.org
Hi,

I have gotten "Internal Server Error" every time I have tried to access http://www.localiban.org lately. Does anyone know if this is a "temporarily glitch", or if it is permanent? Huldra (talk) 23:18, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Removal of content by User:Emolu
T@Emolu

Hello fellow editors. I wanted to bring to your attention a recent situation involving @Emolu. It has come to my notice that User:Emolu has been making changes and removing content from various articles within this project scope without engaging in proper discussion or seeking consensus. While I value the contributions of all editors, it is important to uphold the collaborative nature of Wikipedia and ensure that changes are made through transparent and constructive discussions. Removing content without proper consensus can lead to the loss of valuable information and disrupt the integrity of our articles.

I kindly request that we keep a watchful eye on articles related to our Wikiproject, particularly those peripheral ones. GusChago (talk) 21:58, 8 August 2023 (UTC)


 * What? I removed a transliteration crammed into a wikitable without any formatting or explanation. That’s a single edit. I’m genuinely unsure of what “various articles” you are referring to. Emolu (talk) 22:34, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Film classification and censorship system
How would anyone use this report in English from L'Orient-Le Jour to expand on Lebanon's film classification and censorship system in both Human rights in Lebanon (which Censorship in Lebanon redirects to) and Motion picture content rating system articles? JSH-alive/talk/cont/mail 10:09, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Oh, and in the Cinema of Lebanon article too, as recommended by. JSH-alive/talk/cont/mail 13:51, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Lebanon:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 13:17, 21 September 2023 (UTC)