Do you have any idea on what to do with this article? I thought I'd ask you since you're a shite Muslim. I thought it could be AfD'd since I cant find any sources talking about it but you might know better. Before I blanked this page, it was a copyright violation of another website. Someone else told me about it so I'm passing it on to you. Feel free to AfD if you like. They're giving a suggestion that it could be redirected to Day of Ashura. --Matt57(talk•contribs)09:07, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have been reelected coordinator and brought up the old discussion about expanding Muslim military history to the present day. This has been an issue raised by Muslim editors when the task force was founded. It would be great if you could help expanding the articles that present what makes Islams treatment of war effect especially the Muslim warfare. I have been reading a bit on the topic and can help you with advice, but feel myself not confident enough with my limited knowledge. Wandalstouring (talk) 12:34, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are currently 3,647 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 185 unreviewed articles. Out of 237 total nominations, 42 are on hold, and 10 are under review. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
The top five categories with the largest backlogs are: Sports and recreation (39 articles), Theatre, film, and drama (34 articles), Transport (23 articles), Music (21 articles), Politics and government (18 articles), Culture and society (13 articles), Places (13 articles), and World history (12 articles).
If every participant of WikiProject Good Articles could review just one article in the next week, the backlog would be almost eliminated!
GA Sweeps Update
Two members joined the sweeps team this month. They are Jwanders and jackyd101. Jwanders swept Physics sub-category quickly and is now sweeping "Astronomy and astrophysics". Meanwhile, jackyd101 is sweeping "Armies, military units and legal issues".
During February, 66 Good Articles were reviewed. Including those articles that were under GAR or on hold, 33 were kept as GA, 21 delisted, 17 currently on hold or at GAR, and 1 was exempted as they are now Featured Articles.
Reviewer of the Month
Blnguyen is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for February, based on the assessments made by Epbr123 on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Blnguyen is from South Australia and has been editing Wikipedia since 2005. He was also the reviewer for the month of December 2007, so this marks the second time that he has been GAN's Top Reviewer for the Month. Congratulations to our GAN Reviewer of the Month for February!
Other outstanding reviewers recognized during the month of January include:
In this issue, we will focus on one of the requirements for good articles: a good article article should follow Wikipedia's guideline on lead sections. So what does this guideline say, why does it say what it does, and how can good article reviewers help?
The lead section is particularly important, because for many readers, it is the only part of the article which they will read. For instance, they may have come to the article by following a wikilink in another article simply to obtain a quick overview before they continue reading the original article. They may only read the first paragraph, or even the first sentence. On the other hand, one of the joys of Wikipedia is the way that it embodies the endlessly branching tree of knowledge; if a lead is well written, it may encourage even such a reader to read on and learn something new.
This is reflected in the terminology: "lead" is a word taken from journalism, where it recognized that many readers will only read the beginning of a newspaper article, and so it is important to convey the key points first, before going into detail. Note that "lead", in this sense, is pronounced as in "leading question" and is sometimes spelled as "lede" by journalists to distinguish it from lead, the metal, which was once very important in typesetting. Wikipedia supports both spellings.
Wikipedia:Lead section is written with all this in mind, and describes two different roles for the lead: first, it should introduce the topic; second it should summarize the article. This is not always as easy as it seems; indeed, it is almost impossible to write a good lead if the article itself does not cover the topic well. It has a side benefit that an article which satisfies this guideline is probably also broad: if the lead is both a good introduction and a summary, then the article probably covers the main points.
The good article process is often the first place in which an article is judged against this criterion, yet many current good articles may not meet it. A common fault is that the lead is purely an introduction, while the rest of the article contains other information, which should be summarized in the lead, but isn't.
So, how can reviewers help to improve this? One approach is to read the rest of the article, and not the lead, first. Make a note of the significant points discussed in the article. There is usually at least one important issue in each section. Then, go back to the lead and ask the following questions:
Does the first sentence of the lead define the topic, as described in the article?
Is the most important information mentioned in the first paragraph?
Is the lead a suitable length for the article? The lead guideline recommends 2–4 paragraphs depending on the article length, but judgment is more important than counting.
Are each of the significant topics that you noted mentioned in the lead?
If the answer to each of these questions is "yes", then the article probably meets the guideline. If not, you may be able to fix it yourself by summarizing the article. If you can't, then it suggests that there are not only problems with the lead, but also the rest of the article. That is the beauty of Wikipedia:Lead section.
Finally, there isn't universal agreement on whether the lead should contain inline citations. As long as the material in the lead is developed and cited elsewhere in the article, then inline citation is not required. There are exceptions, the most significant being quotations and controversial material about living persons.
Good luck helping more articles meet this important criterion!
From the Editors
Well, this is somewhat GA-related but at the same time not totally GA-related. However, I think this is important. Thanks to everyone who supported me at my 2nd RfA. It passed unanimously at 79 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral. As many are impressed by my work in Good Articles processes, I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone giving me a very enjoyable time at GA. There are 2 people that I want to explicitly say thank you to. They are Nehrams2020 and Epbr123. They patiently taught me how to do GA reviews properly in summer 2007. I couldn't achieve better without them. Now that I have the mop and the bucket, some of my time will be working on reducing Commons image backlog. Nevertheless, you will still see me once in a while in matters related to GA.
OhanaUnited
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Of course the copyright situation of the new image should be checked. I found this on the web but I couldn't find the main source or the copyright situation of it.--Seyyed(t-c)14:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
IMO the article falls well short of the Good Article criteria, for the reasons outlined on my talk page. This relates to the substantial unreliable source usage and the general skew of the article I perceive when reading it. Regards, ITAQALLAH22:29, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ali
Salaam Seyed,
Eid shoma mobarak!!! The reason I added the "According to Shia tradition" was not to emphasize its being Shia. Just meant to add the "according to the tradition" part. I didn't notice that the source is not Shia. Cheers, --Be happy!! (talk) 07:17, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I will try to add as much as I can in the coming days. Regarding Imam Ali being the first to believe in Muhammad, it might be good to mention that Ibn Ishaq, the first biographer of Muhammad, mentioned this. Later biographers like Tabari mentioned the three differing stories of Imam Ali, Abu Bakr and Zayd of being the first in parallel. Cheers, --Be happy!! (talk) 07:30, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that there is no need to go into details; a brief mention that some of narrations do not place Imam Ali as being the first would be enough. Cheers, --Be happy!! (talk) 08:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please let me know the source for the quote: ""Typical of this perspective is the attempt to understand the prophet true his circumstances, education and type of genius..." I am thinking of explicitly adding it to the article. --Be happy!! (talk) 07:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the clarification to my previous question. I was also wondering if you would share your thoughts on what aspects of the article's prose need improvement. It will be best to add those comments to the article's talk page. Once again, thank you very much. Majoreditor (talk) 16:45, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Of course I agree that the article lacks theological views, not just Shia but also the way historical incidents are interpreted in the light of God's names(just as when the Qur'an mentions something ends it with "And God is ...". --Be happy!! (talk) 07:24, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Seyed,
I think it might be better not to get involved into the Shia-Sunni dispute much in the Muhammad article itself. What happened after the death of Muhammad may be summarized in a few sentences but these details seem to belong to another article. Also, you know, if we mention one detail, some may argue that we would require mentioning another detail e.g. that Abu Bakr led the Friday prayer. I just feel this may not be a good place to discuss these in detail... it may turn into edit-war I am afraid... --Be happy!! (talk) 07:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Seyed,
I am making some changes and am doing all my best to make the article remain stable and acceptable to everybody. If you do not agree with some of the changes, I am completely open to discuss them on the talk page. Best, --Be happy!! (talk) 07:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Question
I want to summarize and add the following text to the "aftermath" section:
[4].
Before adding it, I however have a personal objection to it: I may be wrong but your addition may present Ali as a greedy person who is after money and properties. Before adding the section, I wanted to discuss this with you and then add it. --Be happy!! (talk) 08:05, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seyed,
I will definitely add the issue of Fadak. See I added this back [5]. But before that I would like a similar sentence saying Ali was asking for the ownership of Fadak because of something. For example he believed he could use its money for poor; do something for the Muslim community, etc etc. That's what I am looking for. Just to say that he wanted it puts him in a negative light and we know of Ali's life style wasn't greedy nor did he pay any attention to the worldly possession. I'd rather to add the sentence together with some explanation. --Be happy!! (talk) 08:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See this is like the issue of successorship. Ali felt a responsibility for guiding the community/ not that he liked being a ruler; he wasn't unhappy that he couldn't rule; he was unhappy that he could not serve; because he cared about the Muslim community. I think this distinction is very important to be made. --Be happy!! (talk) 08:20, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See, being for economic purpose is vague because one can interpret that he wanted to have a luxury life. Believe me, that's what comes first to mind of those who do not know the personality of Ali and his simple life-style.
I think it would be injustice to him to say that he insisted on Fadak without any clarification about what Ali thought of worldly possessions. In fact, we should explain what grand charity project he had planned in mind with the money of Fadak. To simply say that he insisted on having Fadak without any explanation would, I am afraid, either makes him look like greedy or immature. --Be happy!! (talk) 08:31, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you say it was political, then it can mean a lot of things. How was it related to serving God? That's the whole point; saying anything beyond it would be injustice to Ali. --Be happy!! (talk) 08:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seyed, you are more familiar with Shia sources. If you can find one that talks about Fadak in a way that a person who doesn't know anything about Ali wouldn't be misled and then we can summarize it. As of now, please let's keep this section [6] out. Thank you very much in advance. --Be happy!! (talk) 08:40, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. I read the link. I must say, for that explanation, we need to go into details. What is at stake here is not Fadak, it is the position of ahl-al-bayt. So, it wasn't for the money of Fadak; this was symbolic. Now, I think it is hard to summarize it in a few sentences. But if one can faithfully do it, we can certainly add a few sentences about it. --Be happy!! (talk) 08:47, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I also disagree with this addition:"The conquests led to absorption of Sasanyd empire and eastern part of Byzantine empire into Rashidun empire and the eventual conversion of the majority of Jewish, Christian and Zoroastrian peoples to Islam." as it may mean that the conversions were forced. --Be happy!! (talk) 08:50, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I do have problems with your proposal. ", Fatimah, and al-Abbas asked Abu Bakr to turn over their property" - Turn over property to do what with them?
"became angry and stopped speaking to Abu Bakr, and continued assuming that attitude until she died." - Why did she become angry? Because she cared about the ownership of the land and the wealth? Or because it had a symbolic meaning, not just possessing it? Or because she wanted to do something Godly with the land? --Be happy!! (talk) 09:09, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"According to Madelung, Ali himself was convinced of his special capabilities to serve the cause of Islam"
to
"According to Madelung, Ali himself was convinced of his special capabilities to serve the cause of Islam; in one instance, Ali publicity invited those companions who had heard Muhammad's statements in a placed named Ghadīr Ḵhumm during the farewell pilgrimage to testify on the square in front of the mosque of Kūfa."
Also, we add a sentence summarizing the following quote from Madelung:
In the lifetime of Muḥammad , his close kin enjoyed a raised religious status of purity recognised by the Ḳurʾān . As his kin (d̲h̲awu 'l-ḳurbā), there were counted the descendants of his great-grandfather Hās̲h̲im and, to some extent, the descendants of Hās̲h̲im's brother al-Muṭṭalib. They were, like the Prophet himself, not allowed to receive or to handle alms ( zakāt ) as these were considered unclean. In compensation for this exclusion they were entitled to receive a portion of the k̲h̲ums, the fifth of war booty reserved to the Prophet, and of the fayʾ [q.v.], property which fell to the Muslims without war effort. After Muḥammad's death, the establishment of the caliphate by Abū Bakr on the basis of a privileged position for the tribe of Ḳurays̲h̲ as a whole, and the confiscation of Muḥammad's property, deprived the Prophet's Family of the special status, as they were disinherited and lost their title to their Ḳurʾānic share of the k̲h̲ums and fayʾ . The Banū Hās̲h̲im vainly protested against these developments by refusing to pledge allegiance to Abū Bakr for six months. The disestablishment of the Family of the Prophet after his death was the ultimate motive for the rise of the S̲h̲īʿa.
Instead: We remove all the additions to the Farewell pilgrimage (because there is a wiki-link to ghadir khum above) and the Fadak related stuff (because it is a symbol of the changes Madelung is talking about in the above paragraph). Also, I suggest we remove the terminology and definition of "Seyed" because while true, it seems not directly related to the biography of Muhammad. How is that? --Be happy!! (talk) 03:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the delay. Having myself read the article, I think that right now the content is probably good enough for A-Class, maybe even FA, but that the writing would probably prevent it from being approved as such, given the occasional vagueness and occasional unnecessary length. I intend to make a copy of the article in my userspace and make such changes to it as I think called for there, and then you can review it and make any changes you wish based on the proposed changes there. Does that seem reasonable to you? John Carter (talk) 15:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Arrival_of_Imam_khomeini.jpg listed for deletion
Thank you for your additions to Muhammad in Mecca. I edited it a bit. In the academic view, the hadiths are not the next source after the Qur'an on the events of the life of Muhammad; the biographies are. The hadiths are surely important but only after the traditional biographies. Cheers, --Be happy!! (talk) 21:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you
You have worked so hard to improve Islam-related articles in an unbiased and eloquent fashion and I am very grateful for the work you've done.
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Re:
I think your suggestion of editors from other side join editing the article and add something was a good suggestion :) The best way to move may not be removing the current content but adding what the editors think needs to be added. Cheers, --Be happy!! (talk) 07:58, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Sa.vakilian. I'm sorry that you're irritated at me. If I think the article isn't neutral because it caters too much towards a relatively minority perspective, then I think it needs to be mentioned. As for why I haven't been editing the article much, it's because I've been focusing on improving other articles such as Muhammad, Hadith, and so on. It's also because I'd rather avoid conflict where possible, and I feel that if I made the necessary changes that you would be too strongly opposed to them. I also don't wan't to give the impression that I'm trying to step on your toes or ruin your good work, so I thought I should put the improvements I feel need to be made on hold. But because the article has been nominated for GA, I thought I would put my own views about the state of the article on the table. You can't expect me to be making major changes to the article during a GA nomination, because that will make the article fail on the basis of content stability. Those are the main reasons why I've commented on the talk page instead of making the necessary changes. ITAQALLAH13:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Secondly, my only interest is in producing a professional article on par with any neutral, scholarly treatment of the topic. My interest is not in inserting "Sunni POV" to balance "Shia POV." Both viewpoints have their place in the article, of course, but they should not saturate it or overwhelm it. ITAQALLAH13:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ali tag
Apologies - I forgot about Ali as I've been obsessed with Qur'an recently. I actually want to make some more changes (cut down on repetition, 'Prophet', shorten sentences, better style etc.). I'll make a start just now. MP(talk•contribs)08:36, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've done a bit of copy-editing and tweaking with Twelve Imams, and as I'm no expert in Islamic theology, you might want to make sure I didn't inadvertenly change the meaning of something or cut something important out. Article is looking better though. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR(Converse)04:05, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The references, table, and prose might need more cleaning, but I'll leave that to the reviewers at WP:FLC. As for your request, I'm not a member of WP:LOCE, and you might still benefit from one of their members taking a look at the article. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR(Converse)05:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"GA-FAIL: Jargon like hadith, Muhajirun et. need to be explained. al-shia.com, non-RS, still used as ref. Some parts needs to cleaned up and/or reduced significantly per MP. And considering concerns expressed about equal representation of Shia-Sunni views, thus Neutrality issues
and other issues in "An outside view", Failing the article. The nominator is welcome to get a reassessment.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 14:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC)" as left on article talk. If you disagree, please ask for a reassessment else sort those issues and renominate. Regards.
--Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:20, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Inheritance
Hi Seyed,
Please see my message on Muhammad's talk page. Please specifically pay attention to the two quotes I provided from Ali. Thanks--Be happy!! (talk) 06:15, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Amin, don't you think that it's kind of misleading to call "Fadak" the "Inheritance" of the prophet? I believe that the Fadak issue is more about the Sunni-Shi' dispute than it is related to the title of the section: "Inheritance". Imad marie (talk) 06:43, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Imad, as far as I know, Abu Bakr responded Fatima and Ali that "The prophets leave no inheritance" rather than arguing that Fadak was not an inheritance (to best of my knowledge but I have not researched this in detail). But I personally agree with you that the significance of Fadak is not simply because it was inheritance; the issue is more complex and the Seyed's version does not do justice to the matter as I explained on Muhammad's talk page. --Be happy!! (talk) 06:48, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have also expanded the Farewell Pilgrimage section. But I have not un-hid the Ghadir Khum stuff until we all reach an agreement. Cheers, --Be happy!! (talk) 08:45, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are currently 3,868 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
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The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of March, a total of 92 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 74 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 18 were delisted. There are currently 14 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. Congratulations to Nehrams2020 (talk·contribs), who sweeped a whopping 51 articles during the month! Jackyd101 (talk·contribs) also deserves congrats for sweeping a total of 26 articles!
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
To delist or not to delist, that is the question
So you’ve found an article that, on the face of it, does not merit its good article status. What next? Especially where there are many glaring issues that need addressing, it’s tempting to just revoke its GA status and remove it from the list, but although we are encouraged as editors to be bold, this approach (known to some as "bold delisting") is not recommended good practice. There are many reasons why a listed article might not meet the assessment criteria—it’s always possible that it never did, and was passed in error, but more likely the criteria have changed or the article quality has degraded since its original assessment. Either way, we should treat its reassessment with no less tact and patience than we would a fresh nomination.
This, in fact, provides a good starting point for the delisting process. Approach the article as though it has been nominated for GA review. Read it and the GA criteria carefully, and provide a full reassessment on the article talk page. Explain where and why the article no longer meets the criteria, and suggest remedies.
Having explained why the article no longer meets current GA criteria, allow its editors time to fix it! In keeping with the above approach, it may help to treat the article as on hold. There is no need to tag it as such, but give editors a reasonable deadline, and consider helping out with the repair work. Bear in mind that more flexibility may be required than for a normal hold—the editors did not request or expect your reassessment and will probably have other projects taking up their time. They may not have worked on the article for months or even years, and at worst the article may have been abandoned and its authors no longer active. As always, communication is the key. It sometimes helps to post messages to relevant WikiProjects (found at the top of the article talk page), or to contact editors directly (this tool is useful for identifying active editors for any given article).
Only once the above process has run its course, and sufficient improvement has not been forthcoming, is it time to think about delisting the article. Communicate your final decision on the article talk page, even if there was no response to your reassessment and hold, and take the time to fill in the various edit summaries on the article talk and GA list pages to ensure the delisting is transparent and trackable. If you have any doubts about your final decision, you can list the article at Good article reassessment or contact one of the GA mentors, who will be happy to advise.
Article reassessment is perhaps the single most controversial function of our WikiProject, and the one with the most potential to upset and alienate editors. Yet it is one of the most necessary too, since without the ability to revoke an article’s status we would be unable to maintain quality within the project. However, if we approach reassessment sensitively and with the goal of improving articles to the point where sanctions are unnecessary, we will ensure that delisting is the last resort, not the first.
As we near the 4,000 Good Articles milestone, the project continues to grow and to gain respect in the Wikipedia community. Nevertheless, we continue to have a large backlog. If every member of WikiProject Good Articles would review just one article each day during the month of April, the backlog would be eliminated!
Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here.
Please stop reverting the good version of the intro to Shia Islam, "Seyed". The current version is both more informative and more aesthetic than yours. I see no reason why you should hold a monopoly on the article and only be satisfied with your own version. Leave it as it is. Salam. FiveRupees (talk) 10:14, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
MOSIslam
Allah-u-abha.
I do not object. I believe, however, that the standard MOS on religious capitalization stipulates that 'Prophet' is capitalized, but 'the' is not. I think that this is good, maintaining an encyclopedic tone while still showing the proper significance of the term and giving it the due respect, if not the veneration that is entitled to Him. Does that seem amenable to you? May you go in God's care.Peter Deer (talk) 01:00, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Seyyed. I had brought up the issue of using the word prophet on the MOS talk page a long while back if you search through the archives. A lot of academic sources use it without problem, but the issue has always been whether it's a POV to use the descriptor Prophet. I just think the current guidelines save a lot of potential future disputes over the issue. ITAQALLAH16:40, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Shia Islam
Well, I don't know, Seyed. I will watch the article more closely and try to join the discussion if the issue comes up again. Cheers, --Be happy!! (talk) 02:19, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I fixed the issue. It should be no less than a century old. Also, how were copyrights handled during the Iranian Revolution? --Enzuru06:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
16:40, 15 April 2008 (hist) (diff) User talk:Sa.vakilian (→MOSIslam: comment)
Perhaps you could go back and make a note that you copied the comments from other talk pages? You could maybe tell User:Itaqallah and User:Peter_Deer also.
People get so upset about anything that looks like manipulating other people's comments, because people have done things that appear just like this for really bad reasons. I don't want people screaming at you when you are just trying to organize a discussion. That's why I copied the evidence that it wasn't vandalism into this comment. Shenme (talk) 07:02, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seyyed has my full confidence, and I trust him to act honorably even on my behalf, but thank you for your concern. May you go in God's care.Peter Deer (talk) 07:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are currently 4,050 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 195 unreviewed articles. Out of 227 total nominations, 16 are on hold, 14 are under review, and two are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
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Noble Story (talk·contribs) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for April, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Noble Story joined Wikipedia on May 16, 2007. He is a big fan of the Houston Rockets, and edits many related articles, as well as articles on basketball in general. Congratulations to Noble Story (talk·contribs) on being April's GAN Reviewer of the Month!
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GA Topic
Do you know what a GA topic is? If you are not nodding your head, or don't know what I'm talking about, then you should pay attention to this article.
There are ten GA top-level topics (but you will spot the eleventh as this article goes along). These topics are: Arts, Language and literature, Philosophy and religion, Everyday life, Social sciences and society, Geography and places, History, Engineering and technology, Mathematics, and Natural sciences. Each of these topics are further narrowed down to more specific topics. For example, Arts can be narrowed down to Art and architecture, Music, and Theatre, film and drama. But let's not get into sub-topics in this article because of its depth.
Now you will probably ask, "I already knew this, so what is your point?" What I want to illustrate is that some people often forget a step when they promote an article to GA. After they have posted their review in the article talk page, added the article name to the corresponding topic in the good article page, increased the GA count by 1, and added the {{GA}} to article talk page, many reviewers tend to forget to add the topic parameter in {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}}. You can browse the topic parameter abbreviations at on this page as well as what each top-level GA topic means, because sometimes it can be chaotic and confusing to pick a topic. For example, should On the Origin of Species be placed under the Natural Science topic (because it's related to evolution), or under the Language and Literature topic (because it is a book)? The correct answer is to place it under Language and literature topic, because its categorization as a proper title supercedes other categories.
Let's go back to the page that shows GA topics; does anyone spot the eleventh topic? Yes, Category:Good articles without topic parameter is the 11th topic, only it shouldn't be there. Articles that do not have a topic parameter in either {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}} will be placed in this category. The topic "Uncategorized" is not very informative, is it? So if you have time, you can consider cleaning up the articles that are left in this category and move them to the appropriate category by adding a topic parameter.
That's it for this month, I hope you learned a little from it.
GA Sweeps Update
The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of April, a total of 26 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 15 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and two were delisted. There are currently six articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. One article was exempted from review because it was promoted to FA. Two articles were exempted from review because they were already delisted by another member in the community.
We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.
...that different languages have different symbols representing GA? (Alemannic uses , Bavarian uses , Czech and French use , Estonian, Icelandic, and Swedish use , Esperanto and German use , Polish, Spanish, and Turkish use , Portuguese uses , Russian uses , Ukrainian uses )
Note: Lithuanian and Serbian have their own symbol but only uploaded locally. Other languages not listed above either have the same symbol as english or they don't have GA process.
From the Editors
There is currently a debate on adding a small green dot to the top right corner of all Good Articles that pass the criteria, similar to the small bronze star that is added to the top right corner of Featured Articles. Members of WikiProject Good Articles are encouraged to participate in the debate on this page.
Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here.
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Yes, it's true, I don't have exact evidence of it. But from my research I've come to the following beliefs:
1) These pictures are by Alevi, not Iranian Shi'ah. You can see these pictures in Alevi homes and Cem Evis.
2) They are most likely not within the last decade. They are very wide-spread.
I do believe they have a possibility of being very old pictures, or perhaps in some sort of religious public domain, because the Alevi tradition itself is very old. I understand I need better argument than that, so I'll see what I can figure out. I may need to get a book on Alevi art. And lastly, I have edited these pictures quite a bit, so I am unsure how that will effect their copyright status. Any help you can give for this situation will be appreciated. --Enzuru06:23, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Remember that calligraphy means very little to a non-Muslim, even if it's fancy it is only particular to a certain piece. On the Ismaili template, it is easily a lion, on the Twelver template, it has twelve points and any non-Muslim can see that the pictures are rotated versions of each other. The Islam template itself doesn't have it, though possibly it will later. --Enzuru19:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you. And I appreciate your comments on my talk page. I agree we should drop the GA nomination for now. Cheers, --Be happy!! (talk) 20:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are ways we can make it more clear that the picture is fictitious. But this is Wikipedia, so we should attempt to add pictures and increase the content, that is what we strive for. On top of that, the pictures are considered fine by most Twelver and Ismaili, but everyone knows they are fictitious, just like most Christians know the pictures of Jesus are fictitious. These works were done by Shi'a, I think they do hold considerable merit. --Enzuru09:04, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
On the Twelve Imams userbox (Hasan al-Askari and others) I added the 'fictitious depiction' description under each picture. The only issue is on Muhammad al-Mahdi one it has calligraphy instead, but I feel it is redundant to manually put fictitious depiction each time. Perhaps we will put a picture of al-Mahdi (AS) with light covering his face. --Enzuru00:24, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you
Dear Seyed,
Thank you very much Seyed for the barnstar and thank you again for reviewing the article. There is certainly no deadline in wikipedia and we can nominate the article once it is sufficiently diverse.
Hi Seyyed, concerning the improvements on Tawhid: I think there could be a little more explanation of the textualist stance, because the current section all too easily equates it mostly with tashbih - which is only one perspective. I do believe that bi-la kayf was a significant part of the textualist stance. There is much more coverage given to the other two camps, namely the Ash'arites and Mu'tazilites. The textualist stance was codified primarily by al-Shafi'i and Ahmad b. Hanbal, which is why almost all early Shafi'ites and Hanbalites were traditionalist in their stance (the Hanafite school, in contrast, was much more accommodating to Mu'tazilism). The article doesn't really mention that al-Ash'ari himself changed over the years and eventually sought the approval of the textualist Hanbalites of his time with his book al-Ibana. The early Asharites too were substantially different in what they accepted (i.e. much closer to the textualists) as compared to later Asharites, which may be due to the increased influence of Kullabism. While there were indeed some who went to excesses in affirmation of attributes in the textualist school, it was pretty much a minority. So it might be a nice idea to draw upon a larger pool of reliable sources to get a more complete perspective. ITAQALLAH12:24, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've been working on cleaning up and improving the Ahl al-Bayt article. It's a real POV and broken wiki mess and if you have some spare time I could use your experience in editing such articles. I've been tagging up a lot of stuff that needs references and I'm going to be going through and looking through some of the regular sources for citations, and I'm also going to be trying to fix some of the broken and weird citations currently being used. Frankly, I could just use some general advice on making it not look ugly as sin and being gigantic walls of unreadable text. Peter Deer (talk) 07:37, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Re:
I don't necessarily agree with the change or the standard of sourcing used, but like I said, we can work on fixing these minor issues even after GA. ITAQALLAH13:07, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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In my humble opinion, the article does not meet GA standards and my concerns have not been addressed. I have taken it to Good Article Reassessment here [12]. Regards, Somno (talk) 01:50, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I realized I'd probably be more useful to the wikiproject if I had the talk page on my watchlist. I'll get to work on helping with that article as well, and it'd probably be a good idea if I went on the wikiproject page and asked for help with Ahl al-Bayt and Ahl al-Kisa. Peter Deer (talk) 15:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Task forces
So far as I can see it, there are basically two purposes for task forces. One is to potentially draw in additional members who are interested solely in a given area of the subject, and I tend to agree that isn't likely to happen with "Sufism". The other purpose is a similar, primarily "bookkeeping" one, to allow editors who are primarily, if not exclusively, in one area of the subject to be able to keep track, through the assessment statistics, of which articles relative to that particular area are in what condition, and allow them to focus on the subjects of particular interest to them. That has been a particular problem with the Christianity content, where individuals have only been really interested in their particular church, less Christianity in general. I don't know if the same is true of Islam editors, but if it is then it might make sense to have such a separate group. The only other group I could think might even be remotely justified, and I honestly can't say one way or another whether it would be, might be an Islamic theology or Islamic texts group, but like I said I don't know if there are enough editors to keep such going. I have found that, at least for editors when they are comparatively new, it can be useful to allow them to focus on their particular "brand" of a given faith first, which having separate assessments for denominations or whatever can often be useful. John Carter (talk) 16:43, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Theology has significant overlap with other groups, agreed. However, it also probably does not fall within the scope in its entirety of any of those groups, so it makes sense to be a separate group. Also, such a group could be a joint subproject with Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy, and perhaps get some more qualified and interested editors from that group. John Carter (talk) 20:32, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are currently 4,266 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 157 unreviewed articles. Out of 215 total nominations, 44 are on hold, 13 are under review, and one is seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film and drama (31), Sports and recreation (31), Transport (24), Music (13), and Art and architecture (11)
The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of May, a total of 82 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 71 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 11 were delisted. There are currently 15 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions.
We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.
GAN Reviewer of the Month
Giggy (talk·contribs) (a.k.a. Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk·contribs)) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for May, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Giggy had a whopping 45 reviews during the month of May! Congratulations to Giggy (talk·contribs) on being May's GAN Reviewer of the Month!
Other outstanding reviewers during the month of May include:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
New GA Review Process - Review Subpages
In case you haven't noticed, we initiated a new process for GA Reviews at the end of last month. The {{GA nominee}} template was modified to direct new reviews initiated on an article to begin on a subpage of article talkspace (e.g. [[Talk:Article/GA#]], where '#' is the current number of GA reviews conducted for the article, incremented automatically, starting with 1). The primary reason for this change is to address some concerns made by several Wikipedians that previous GA reviews are not easily accessible in archives, the way that featured article reviews and peer reviews are, since the review is conducted on the article's talkspace, instead of in a subpage of the featured article space or peer review space. The reason we opted to move GA reviews to article talkspace (instead of GA space) is to better maintain the personal relationship between editor(s) and reviewer(s) by keeping reviews done in an area where editors can easily access it. Nonetheless, we still desired to have better archiving and maintenance of past reviews, so that GA ultimately becomes more accountable.
When an article is nominated, the nominator adds the template using a substitution, by adding {{subst:GAN|subtopic=<name of subtopic for article at GAN>}}, as well as lists the article (as usual) at WP:GAN in the appropriate category.
When a reviewer initiates a review of an article, all that needs to be done is to read the template on the article's {{GA nominee}} template on its talk page, and click on the link to start the review. When the reviewer clicks on that link, they will also see some instructions on how to start a review of a GAN. For new reviewers, there's also a link to the Good Article criteria, as well as to the Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles page and the mentors list. Once an article is reviewed, the GA review page should be transcluded onto the main article talk page, by adding {{Talk:Article/GA#}} to the bottom of the talk page. This is to ensure maintain the transparency of the GA process, as well as to make editors of the article in question aware that the review is taking place. When an article is either passed or failed, there's really nothing different to do in the process, although reviewers are encouraged to utilize the {{ArticleHistory}} template, linking to the GA review subpage with the 'action#link' parameter.
Assalamu-alaykum. I have to leave now, thank you for all your help, friendship, and companionship. Please keep helping the Shi'a articles and templates. And if you can, I would like you to work on User talk:Enzuru/ConstitutionIslam since I can't anymore. Take care of yourself, dear brother. Walyakom salaam. --Enzuru01:21, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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. 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 this message on your talk page since you have significantly edited the article (based on using this article history tool). 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 with the assistance of multiple editors. I have also left messages on the talk pages for other editors and related WikiProjects to spread the workload around some. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 09:38, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Pas, mazerat mikham age bad goftam. Hala mitunam dorost begam : khahesk mikonam, qabeli nadasht. Az Aks gereftan dar Iran khosham miyad (my sentence is probably full of grammer mistakes, but I'm sure you got it). Thanks for the lesson :) Fabienkhan | talk page14:15, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My friend recently created Al-Musta'min which I guessed the Arabic to be المستعمين but, I have no idea. Since you speak Farsi and some Arabic I assume the word is the same for either and wonder if you know it. Thanks. grenグレン13:43, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Re:Avicennism/GA1
Hi, the reason I failed the article is because it does not yet reach Good Article standards. Good Article is a process used to assess articles that meet the criteria; if an article is far from meeting the criteria, then it is quickly failed. This is so articles that have major issues do not get submitted for a Good Article Nomination. GaryKing (talk)02:24, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Succession
Re: your note on my talk page, I'll try to have a look soon, but I'm sure you know my stance regarding sources and stuff anyway :-) Thanks. ITAQALLAH17:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Re: Al-Kindi
Salam brother,
I think the Al-Kindi article looks good enough for a Good Article nomination. Do you plan to nominate it any time soon?
Shavuot celebrates Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
What's This? Shalom aleichem sports fans, and welcome to the first of what I hope will be a monthly newsletter with the need-to-know information about our fair WikiProject. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a story for the newsletter, click here to leave a message on the Newsletter Coordinator's talk page. In the News
WikiProject Good Articles is doing sweeps over all our current good articles to ensure they still meet criteria. For more information and how you can help, check out WikiProject Good Articles Sweeps.
GA status for the article Jew has been put on hold pending a few minor revisions. A list of things that need to be done to return this top importance article to its proper status can be found here.
Jerusalem is a Featured Article Candidate! Go forth, my people, and !vote!
To Do
One new Judaism-related article was created this month, the long requested Hebrew Punctuation. Thanks to Epson291 for creating it. Remember, folks, there are over forty standing requests for Judaism articles, so whenever you get the opportunity make sure to go create a few.
In the right column you will see a listing of our most popular articles. All of these articles got 170,000+ page hits in the past month, and they should be on everyone's watchlist so we can keep them vandalism-free.
Spread the word! No, not the Word... (well, you can do that too) I'm talking about inviting knowledgeable users to join the project. You can proclaim your undying love of WikiProject Judaism in methods mild to wild, check the project template page and member list for examples. We also now have a flashy advertisement, to use it add {{Wikipedia ads|ad=148}} to your userpage.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVIII (June 2008)
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Re:GA
Sorry I've been away for some while. But I will, insha'Allah, try to spend more time on wikipedia. Thanks for the good news on Battle of Trench.
Bless sins (talk) 21:11, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Going back to GA reviewing is not a bad idea, (though its more fun to write a GA and review one). Are there any articles you'd like me to review?Bless sins (talk) 23:06, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, you left a comment on my talk page about the POV template I added on that page. Well, when I came across the article, I remember seeing a lot of speculation, weird dates, weasel wording etc. used so I added it. Since I won't be able to address these concerns for the time being, I'll be removing it. Cheers. 3rdAlcove (talk) 06:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Mersad.jpg listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Mersad.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Korossyl (talk) 21:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
I have proposed the deletion of Mersad.jpg from the English Wikipedia, as it is available on Commons except with the border removed. Korossyl (talk) 21:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, the image of Valerian on knees in front of Shapur II, in this article could be somewhere in the middle or top of the page and not in this small size in the bottom with the description of PERHAPS(!) valerian, where as it is obvious that it is 100% valerian. Besides that all Iranian sources verifying this, also you can check all other non-Iranian sources. I made the changes, but it seems that someone is undoing the edits for an unknown reason! As you have been in english wiki much more than me, I thought you might be able to do this. Thanks. --Wayiran (talk) 09:54, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Salam,
As you knkow I'm somehow new in english wikipedia. So there are some questions raised in my mind:
Why should this article be the FE of wikiproject Iran: 300 (film)
Why there is only one wikiproject for iranian related articles, where for "India wikiproject" there are more than 20 subprojects? I gues wiki project history of Iran is really needed.
Can you introduce me some active Iranian users. (except zereshk and ofcourse yourself!)
Overall howmany Iranian users are active in english wiki (approximately)?
A credible authors' reference is being "overrided" by edit-warring. I recently tried to add to the telescope article but this editor seems to think that his opinion overrides a VERY credible author in Mr. Richard Powers. I've been blocked before for edit-warring recently, so I don't want this to be another incident on my record.
Anyway, the other editor seemed to have asked his friend-type editors to form a consensus, so I will do the same. The Islamic connection here is, Al-Haytham. He is FUNDAMENTAL to the telescope and the FATHER of optics. By definition, the summary can include him since the radio and electro-magnetic telescopes are derogatory to the average person looking at the article; I wanted to add it to the history section since it looked cleaner. Can you help your fellow InternetHero?? InternetHero (talk) 21:02, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you are interested, please add some ideas and views of Islamic philosophy and philosophers to this article. The absence of their ideas is sensible! --Wayiran (talk) 10:42, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Salaam, wonderful to see you again too. The pictures mean alot to me, this is why I argue for them. Alhamdullilah it doesn't take too much time. --Enzuru03:29, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
High!
High, you commented me about Battle of Hyrba, I'm not sure what you mean by historiography, all I did was to explain what the battle meant in the broader context of the ancient world, as well as its place in it. And I am not sure if I have to reference the intro, it was never referenced before, and most, if not all battle articles never reference the intro, but everything else I referenced, please if you could, explain what your comments meant last time you replied to me, thank you a lot.--Ariobarza (talk) 03:43, 30 July 2008 (UTC)Ariobarza talk[reply]
Hi, I see you're adding new sources and I'd like one thing. You either do. 1) Author (Year) or 2) Author Title. We started out with the latter but now you're using the both styles for notes. I had changed some of your earlier ones and I actually think Author (Year) is more standard... but, whichever you choose can you keep it consistent? grenグレン12:47, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Selected Muslim
I wasn't aware there'd be a problem. The current entry was over a year old, and I do believe you yourself instated it without discussion. ITAQALLAH18:00, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seyyed, don't you think it's time for a change? I think the criteria you list are unfairly stringent and sectarian oriented. Even Saladin's article notes that he is venerated and an inspiration for many Muslims due to his role as a Muslim ruler. In fact, he is one of the most well known Muslim rulers in history. Could you please be frank in telling me why he's being opposed, as I don't want to assume anything. Kind regards, ITAQALLAH18:09, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIX (July 2008)
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Now with 200% more Jewishness!
Yes, folks, we're moving on up. This newsletter is now the newsletter for both WikiProject Judaism, WikiProject Jewish History, and WikiProject Kabbalah. In the future, I may split them, but for now I think we'll be just fine with one. As always, any questions or comments should be directed to me, L'Aquatique.
A Special Dispatch
Just a note, not aimed at anyone in particular. By order of the administrative cabal, it is officially not cool (and possibly dickish) to call someone an anti-semite when they aren't being anti-semitic. Anti-semitic is a very charged word, and it's important only to use it when you're absolutely sure it applies, lest it become the subject of a Godwin-esque law. Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. In the News
A new class on the importance scale has been added- C Class- which covers articles better than start but not quite to B Class yet. It is up to the WikiProjects to decide whether to adopt them or not. Currently, there has been little discussion within our Projects, so if you feel strongly either way be sure to note so at your Project[s].
Thanks largely to the efforts of Xyz7890, a new navbox has come into being featuring Halakha topics. See: Template talk:Halakha to join in the conversation about how it can best be improved.
To Do
The Simple English Wikipedia is beginning a project of creating and improving articles related to religion, including Judaism. At the present time, volunteers are needed to propose our most important subjects for articles to be created. The official working list is here and a more extended list is here. If you are unsure of proper topics, you might try checking our lists of top importance level articles: Judaism and Jewish History. (WikiProject Kabbalah currently doesn't have such a list)
[Simple English] WikiProject Christianity is considering running a monthly drive wherein two or three top importance articles from English Wikipedia are simplified and moved over to S.E. They have extended an offer to work with us in creating a similar project for Judaism related articles. For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact User:John Carter.
WikiProject Kabbalah is in dire need of an article rating system for quality and importance. If you are familiar with that system and have some time on your hands, please create one. It could also use some infoboxes...
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You asked me a while ago to help you improve the article history of Iran. I'm no more editing on WP, just checking my profile once in a while. I had a quick look at the article History of Iran, and I feel like the iranian POV is too much present in this article, like most articles on en.WP which is quite normal because a majority of editors are of iranian descent ;-).
Actually, imo, Pre-historic era & early history should be rewrited, as they lap on each other ; the irano-soviet crisis is not enough developped (as the first cold war confrontation) ; the "united states and the shah" is badly named (american influence is more understandable).
Those are the most obvious remarks I can make, and I won't go into details, as I don't have the time nor motivation to do so.
Thank you. While I am going to university, I work at a computer company to make money. If you need any computer help feel free to ask. --Enzuru07:59, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. We've been going over your nom of Al-Kindi, and it's almost ready to pass. There are just a couple of places that need work. We've been waiting a while, so could you please hop on over as soon as possible so we can pass the article? thanks. Intothewoods29 (talk) 15:14, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are currently 4,675 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 141 unreviewed articles. Out of 186 total nominations, 28 are on hold, 14 are under review, and 3 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film, and drama (28 articles), Sports and recreation (27 articles), Music (22 articles), Transport (18 articles), and War and military (13 articles).
There are currently 4 articles up for re-review at Good Article Reassessment. Congratulations! There really is no "backlog" here! :-)
GA Sweeps is Recruiting Reviewers
We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.
GAN Reviewer of the Month
ThinkBlue (talk·contribs) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for July, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. ThinkBlue had a whopping 49 reviews during the month of July! ThinkBlue was also one of our two reviewers of the month from June, and has been editing Wikipedia since December 1, 2006, and is interested in articles dealing with Friends, Will and Grace, CSI:Miami, Monday Night Raw, Coldplay.
Congratulations to Giggy (talk·contribs) on being May's GAN Reviewer of the Month!
Other outstanding reviewers during the month of July include:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
GA Sweeps Process
The GA Sweeps process has recently reached its first year anniversary. If you are unaware of what GA Sweeps is, it is a process put in place to help ensure the integrity of the ever-growing number of GAs, by determining if the articles still meet the GA criteria. Experienced reviewers check each article, improving articles as they review them, and delisting those that no longer meet the criteria. Reviewers work on a specific category of GAs, and there are still many categories that need to be swept. In order to properly keep track of reviews, a set date was used to determine what articles needed to be reviewed (since any future GAs would be passed according to the most recent GA criteria).
The number of GAs that were to be reviewed totals 2,808. Since the beginning of Sweeps, the progress has reviewed 981 by the end of July 2008 (or exempted them). For a table and chart breakdown of the current progress, see here.
With more than twenty editors reviewing the articles, progress is currently a third of the way done. At this rate, it will take another two years to complete the Sweeps, and active involvement is imperative to completing on time. We are always looking for new reviewers, and if you are interested in helping in speeding up the Sweeps process and improving your reviewing skills, please contact OhanaUnited.
Did You Know...
... that the goal of GA Sweeps is to reviewed all articles listed before 26 August2007?
... that the entire category of, "Meteorology and atmospheric sciences" has been swept?
... that of all subcategories, "Recordings, compositions and performances" in the Music category has the most articles (240 articles in total)?
The only reason we are using black (aside from religious symbology of Imam al-Mahdi (AS)) is that it fades in with the current image. If we can find an image that fades in with blue, we could use that too. Most likely we will change the image anyway, so I am unsure if the black will change, but insha'Allah it will and we will have something better. --Enzuru21:49, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It technically is dark blue right now, but it looks black. If you look at the coding you will see that it is dark blue. --Enzuru21:50, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sadra and his Substantial motion
Hi. I am working on sadra's substantial motion and wanna make it a separate article.so i would be pleased if you helped me in expanding it.Bbadree (talk) 13:56, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sir Moses Montefore, a Jewish activist who died 123 years ago this month
"Censorship" of names of G-d
There is an interesting discussion currently taking place regarding whether or not it is acceptable to censor (i.e. G-d, HaShem->YodHey) names of G-d in articles to protect Jews who may be reading or editing the article. You can weigh in here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Judaism#Yahweh.
Article Cleanup Lists User:B. Wolterding has generously offered us use of his bot to generate lists that show which articles of ours are tagged for cleanup. You can read more about this service here: User:B._Wolterding/Cleanup_listings and if you would like to take him up on his offer, contact him on his talk page.
WikiProject Kabbalah's only Featured and Good articles have been removed from the WikiProject, on the grounds that neither article (Diane Keaton and David Beckham, respectively) actually mention the subject's affiliation with Kabbalah. If you have sourced information linking either of these people to Kabbalah, please add it so the articles can be returned to the WikiProject.
After a rather heated discussion, there are now two barnstars for use by the Jewish WikiProjects, {{The Jewish Barnstar}} and {{The New Jewish Barnstar}}, and you can choose which one you would like to use.. Remember: barnstars are for rewarding users who are doing good work on the project or on Judaism, Jewish History, or Kabbalah articles, and anyone can give anyone else a barnstar. If you see a user who you thinks deserves a thank you, give them a barnstar!
To Do/Help Requests
If you have some spare time on your hands, we could use an article about a Kabbalah scholar named Moshe Idel. According to HG there are quite a few sources easily available, you can contact him if you have questions. Be sure to nominate it for DYK if the finished article is eligible.
The folks at Shimon Peres need some assistance from someone familiar with both the Hebrew calendar and language to help them figure out the subject's birthday. If you can help, please see Talk:Shimon_Peres#Birthday.
We get a lot of articles that are being created and not announced! By announcing new articles, you attract attention to them, and the more people looking and editing the better they will get. If you would like your new article to appear in the newsletter, add it here for Judaism and Kabbalah and here for Jewish History.
There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. .
This newsletter was automatically delivered because you are a member of one or more Judaism related WikiProjects. If you would like to opt out of future mailings, please remove your name from this list. As always, please direct all questions, comments, requests, barnstars, offers of help, and angry all-caps anti-semitic rants to my talk page. Thanks, and have a great month. L'Aquatique[approves|this|message]20:31, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Image copyright problem with Image:Imam Ali Series.jpg
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Salaam Alykum! Sayeed, I am not a very experienced editor here on the Wikipedia, and have had little contact with others to learn. I keep finding articles all over with no ranking or quality evaluation from the Islam Scholars group here. I can't find a list to add their names to for this purpose. IS there a list? (-somewhere???- where?) It's embarrassing for this project to place banners without any follow up, I'd think. If you can instruct me, I'd like to add names that haven't been evaluated.
AND, Can you please take a look at Cat Stevens, and Zain Bhikha and rank and rate them? The one for Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islammight seem frivolous, but there is more to the article that needs to be written, about his embrace of Islam, and the libel cases he is winning, because he has been accused by the Israeli and American Government of funding Hamas, and his curious return to musical performances. We have a Israeli editor who may be a sockpuppet, having changed names, reading Hebrew political objections, and now appears obsessed with her own POV issues, while we're trying to update what was a GA article, Whew! Zain Bhikha desperately needs some help; nearly the whole thing was plagiarized when I found it. I did a little with it, but with few references available thus far. I see you are really busy, and wish to join the Wikiproject:Islam. Please answer when you can, inshallah.--leahtwosaints (talk) 20:32, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My brother, thank you for your swift answer. Are you fluent in Farsi? I'm sorry to say I'm only just learning Arabic.. my shahada was quite recent. I hope you are enjoying Ramadan! You may have guessed I'm interested in the biographies of musicians, although I get sidetracked.. However, there is one true scholar, I have corresponded with- spoke to him on the phone, he lives close to my home. His name is Yusuf Estes, a revert involved in Dawah if you can add him to the list of scholars. I feel that my participation on that page may contradict Wikipedia rules, thus I can secure photographs, but no more. Can you help with this as well? Last, if you know anyone who might have free use photos of either Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam, Zain Bhikha, or Dawud Wharnsby Ali, or would like to help edit these pages, I would once again be very pleased. I appreciate your kindness!
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I have just finished addressing the issues you brought up aka Factual accuracy, Broadness (including the Farthest mosque subsection which was rewritten, referenced and merged), NPOV, Article stability, Images and I assume it passes the Well written criterion since it was copyeditted by Matisse. Is it ready for a pass. --Al Ameer son (talk) 03:03, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have been through this article several times, copy editing it. In my opinion, it is a well-written article and deserves to be a GA article. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 16:33, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to thank both of you for all the help in the article, especially in clarifying some important aspects of it like in Religious importance and modern-day controversies. Also thanks for copyeditting the article Matisse! I'm so happy that Al-Aqsa is now a good article; a major success for Project Islam and Palestine! Hopefully we get cracking on Masjid al-Haram and other holy or famous mosques very soon! Cheers and thanks for the barnstar, it means a lot. --Al Ameer son (talk) 05:29, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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A friendly reminder from the Adopt-a-User project =)
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I, Enzuru, award you the Jewel of Nowrūz for your work in preserving over three thousand years of history, heritage, and hope for all Iranian peoples. Just as every year, unceasingly, untiringly, the world is reborn on Nowrūz, you have brought new life and future to our culture.
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Please see my talk page, we are discussing if ethnicity should be mentioned and if it goes againt MOS for biographies. I changed my mind, but I don't think the infobox should state the ethnicity in big letters like it does now, like Persian scholar, it should instead say Philosopher or Muslim scholar since that is what they are famous for. --Enzuru04:00, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Try the fact that he adds "Twelver" and "Usuli" to every Shi'a article so as to portray Ismailis as an equally or more important and valid version of Shi'a Islam and the fact that he adds hideous depictions of Twelver Imams to discredit Twelver Shiism and make the Imams look less infallible, not to mention thesetwo disgusting edits. Give me your email address so I can send you something. Arms and stuff (talk) 04:12, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Salaam Seyyed! I'm excited that Ali is being nominated for GA, but I was scanning through the beginning of the article, and I really think you should get a references for this part of the "Acceptance of Islam" section: The Sunni's also use the honorific Karam Allah Wajhuhu, which means "God's Favor upon his Face." The reason his acceptance is often not called a conversion, is because he was never an idol worshiper like the people of Mecca. He was known to have broken idols in the mold of Abraham and asked people why they worshiped something they made themselves. Ali's grandfather, it is acknowledged without controversy, along with some members of the Banu Hashim clan, were Hanifs, followers of a monotheistic belief system, prior to the coming of Islam. The Shī‘a claim Ali and his father Abu Talib to have been the same, which is what Muhammad acknowledges himself to have been prior to Prophethood.
Talhah, al-Zubayr and some other companions refused the rebels' offer of caliphate. Therefore they threatened that, unless the people of Medina choose a caliph within one day, they would be forced to take some drastic action. Did Talhah and Zubayr refuse the rebels' offering the caliphate to Ali or did the rebels offer them the caliphate and they refused this offer? --Al Ameer son (talk) 22:57, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Salam Sayyed. I am fine and thanks for asking. Well, as you may have noticed, this IP used to remove content from a Romania-related article. It was then blocked indefinitely by User:Dmcdevit on May 2007 with an expiry time of indefinite as an open proxy. More than 18 months have elapsed now and it may be that the IP address has been eventually transferred or dynamically reassigned, or the open proxy closed. I am not 100% sure about that but since you say that some students --who, apparently, have little to do with Romanian articles-- have requested an unblock I see no problem in unblocking it. However, I may not be able to get back to verify any possible misuse of this unblock. You can, Sayyed, keep an eye on it. Otherwise, I am keeping this notice and rationale at the IP talk page in order for any other user or admins to do so. Thanks. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 15:55, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, That's your favor. I can't watch the issue and anybody can misuse a public IP. However, I think there should be a good policy or guideline for public schools and universities.--Seyyed(t-c)16:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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