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Portal:Islam

Sorry that after a review I didn't feel I could pass the article you had nominated, Ali, as GA. But I do a bit of Featured Portal work and I noticed from the portal's peer review that you were working on Portal:Islam. Actually I still think it could use a good deal more work, formatting, standardization, some new subsections to be added, etc, before its ready to be nominated for featured consideration - but would you mind if I put some work into the portal and its subpages to help move it along towards eventual WP:FPOC consideration? Cirt (talk) 13:21, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, no worries. I am almost done with the work on the portal to get it to Featured Portal. Cirt (talk) 10:03, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Text and dispute is at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&diff=274961453&oldid=274952179

Arguements

found in edit summary and at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran#Deletion_by_KneeJuan

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Imam Ali

Walekum,

Surely you are trying to help by your edits, but it seems you have reverted few edits which ere discussed on talk page by group of editors and were reached at conclusion by them(especially Sunni view).

I have reverted few of your edits which fall into above category, other edits remain as it is.

Few references included by you e.g. Sahih Muslim Book 031, Number 5955, reads :

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'A'isha reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) went out one norning wearing a striped cloak of the black camel's hair that there came Hasan b. 'Ali. He wrapped hitn under it, then came Husain and he wrapped him under it along with the other one (Hasan). Then came Fatima and he took her under it, then came 'Ali and he also took him under it and then said: Allah only desires to take away any uncleanliness from you, O people of the household, and purify you (thorough purifying)

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and it has nothing to do about its place of quotation i.e. Theirs was a simple life of hardship ..... I have pains in my chest..

You are most welcome on talkpage to talk about edits; preferably under new section.

Was'salam!

--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 12:09, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I noticed that you were the primary editor pushing Ali towards GA quality the last time it was reviewed and I hope you'll participate with us as we continue that effort. As Faiz pointed out, we have made several improvements after lengthy talkpage discussions in order to achieve both accuracy and Neutrality. Your input in these discussions would be very welcome. Also, we are putting effort into "fixing" and formatting the references as that was a major concern in the last review. Our goal, like yours, is to produce a high quality article that will properly reflect the importance of Ali as a historical figure, and his immense influence as a religous figure. Thanks, Doc Tropics 16:59, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I commented primary references(actually they were removed by you out-rightly, for cross-reference of editors I put them back in commented form) regarding removal of references/hadiths as Doc pointed out and I have shown you above there are numerous cases in which references/hadiths are dead links or unrelevant to the place of quotation. When I pointed few such cases Doc took over this tedious job to review each and every reference/link and for start to remove dead ones. I have noticed a trend that people are used to putting any link for the sake of reference as it is seldom that they are checked, so before providing reference to each and every uncited section we are checking for validity of present references(a sort of cleanup).--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 06:22, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mail checked and replied.--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 06:30, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When I reverted/undid your edits I did it selectively (as you may have noticed); there are few sections which seem to inclined and whole article needs to be checked for whether the text being written and reference being provided are coherent for start we are checking references as mentioned above. We need to be streamlined in operations as too many efforts from all can lead to mess, thats why when Doc is doing this review job we are abstaining from any major edits or revamp we are just having a look/watch to see wether any thing is not being missed by Doc. When we com to next stage then you may take up the job. --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 08:00, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ali: Article cleanup and revamp

Dear editor,

Few of us have concluded that this article needs severe cleanup and revamp. Intial steps of this have been started and as of now are underway one task.

• We'll take one task at time, have a review after its complition and move to another,
• One or two members will do the actual task while others can do periodic review and correction,
• Group of editors can take a task and devide it section wise between themselves
• During this process any major revamp or re-writing of article will be avoided.

You are invited for this activity.

Talk:Ali#Article_cleanup_and_revamp

--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 09:48, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Seyyed for notifying me about your efforts regarding article revamp. I noticed that you not only removed references which were dead/inconsistent but you also removed the text from various locations; at start of this activity that we will remove such references and tag resultant unreferenced text as unreferenced tag(as done by me and Doc). I think we should follow that understanding, in next phase we can start with cleaning of article(for which probably we'll have a short discusion).

Thanx again for your contributions.

--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 13:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re Moving Astronomy in medieval Islam

Salam Alaykum,

Can you please move Astronomy in medieval Islam to Astronomy in Islam, because medieval is euro-centric approach to describe history. In addition this article includes issues which has happened in modern era. Unfortunately there is an entry with that name, and I can't move it by myself.--Seyyed(t-c) 07:38, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

salam Seyyed. I can do it but the intro should reflect that. You probably need to place this in the last part of the lead:

In the 20th and 21st centuries, Muslim astronomers have been making advances in moon sighting, while Muslim astronauts and rocket scientists have been involved in research on astronautics and space exploration.

You may also need to leave a note at the talk page. Which article with the same name? -- FayssalF - ^Wiki me up® 14:44, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

Salam Alaykum, I'm coming to you directly because you have done so much of the reference work on Ali and I have a question about one source. Most of the refs are well formatted and consistent, and I'm trying to continue that for the few that aren't. For example, most now appear like this:

• Al-Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir (1990). History of the Prophets and Kings , translation and commentary issued by I. K. A. Howard. SUNY Press. ISBN 0395652375. (volume XIX.)

This is an excellent format which provides maximum detail for an interested reader to follow up (and gives no grounds for a reviewer to complain!), but there is one source which seems to appear several times simply as "Tabatabae, 1979" or "Tabatabe, 1987". Are you familiar with this source? Can you provide any further information about it, like the publisher or the ISBN number? If so, it would be a huge help. Thanks for your time, Doc Tropics 20:45, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Islamicization of Persia

Salam Seyyed,

I looked at the article of Islamicization of Persia today. You had changed the name from "cultural impacts of the conquest of Persia". I think that the new name is better, but does not describe the article as currently written. Either the article needs surgery or we should change the name back, or we should carefully describe "Islamicization" in the beginning in a manner which is consistent with the article. I wrote about this on the discussion page of the article. What do you think? David s graff (talk) 20:43, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Recent edits on Safiyya bint Huyayy

Recently few sections of article have been removed. These sections were based on Martin Lings' work, reason cited was that Lings is not a historian and was just a writer.

But same article quotes Wafa Sultan who is a psychatriat.

The difference seems to be is that Lings quotation were in support of Muslim view while Wafa's are against.

I think a discussion is needed over this issue.

--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 13:03, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Salam,

No issues, matter has been resolved. Thanx for your response.

--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi^talk! 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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muslim conquest of persia

asalamualikum, thanks for responding to the third opinion. Apparently the dispute seems to have been resolved. It was regarding the reliability of some sources regarding the muslim's persecution of zoroastrians in persia after it came under muslim rule. a paragraph has been compiled to be added into the article describing the persecution history in a more balanced way. We will surely contact u in case we again end up with the deadlock. You can see tht paragraph in the last post on Talk:Muslim conquest of Persia. Regards. الله أكبرMohammad Adil 18:04, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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battle of yarmouk

waalikumsalam.

The article is currently going through a peer review, u r most welcome in giving suggestions to further improve the article so it might pass for GA or FA class. Once its peer review is archieved i am gonna give it for GA then for FA.

And the dispute has apparently been started again in the muslim conquest of persia, this time its about the rashidun caliphate, whether they were persecuted during thir time or it all started later.

[1] so far this is the only available source that speaks about the treatment of zoroastrians under Prophet (PBUH) and the rashidun caliphs. and there is no mention of such persecution here. See if u can help.

REgards الله أكبرMohammad Adil 08:39, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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GAN

Ok thank you for your help!UBER ^(talk) 16:35, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I made some comments at the Liberalism GAN. Here they are again:

I've added a sentence about opposition to liberalism in the lead and cut out some extraneous material from History per your suggestions. As for Philosophy: it already contains the information for your proposed subsections, so I've retitled them to reflect your request. For example, Relation to other ideologies included criticism from feminism, conservatism, Christian Democracy, etc. I've retitled that section to Criticism and support to better reflect its content. I could add a little bit more about socialist critiques against liberalism though. How do you propose to integrate the content on Fukuyama? I don't think it's a particularly big issue because that quotation is meant to highlight the importance of liberalism in modern politics, not to start a tit-for-tat over how Fukuyama's views have changed over the years.UBER ^(talk) 21:00, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As for the History of liberalism, I've mentioned a few more details about industrialization and the Industrial Revolution, as well as their relationship to liberalism. Let me know what else you think I should add. Thank you for your help again!UBER ^(talk) 21:33, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have now removed the Fukuyama comment entirely in both Liberalism and History of liberalism.UBER ^(talk) 17:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I've responded to your latest concerns at the GAN.UBER ^(talk) 19:32, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For the Liberalism GAN, when you said "good idea"...does that mean you want that information under the Philosophy section, or it's fine where it is?UBER ^(talk) 05:37, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've placed that information under Philosophy now. Is there anything else I need to do?UBER ^(talk) 01:52, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done.UBER ^(talk) 04:22, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, right now I'm trying to keep the focus on Liberalism. I want to get that done first and then move on to History of liberalism.UBER ^(talk) 04:23, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Where the suggestions are related, I'm taking notes and making the necessary changes. What other improvements do you think I need to make for Liberalism? I've summarized the parts you wanted for History.UBER ^(talk) 04:59, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, it's been a week now since you wrote anything in the GAN for Liberalism. Do you think there's anything else I need to do? Let me know quickly because I want to move on to other projects. The other two editors who participated in the review seem to be satisfied and I want to close the GAN relatively soon. Thanks.UBER ^(talk) 00:04, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, the claims you want cited are already cited in various other places and they are also painfully obvious or famous, as I wrote in my summary when I reverted you. Please just go ahead and fail both Liberalism and History of liberalism. I can't waste any more of my time on such a futile adventure. It seems like you are just raising pointless objections to drag out the process, and I'm getting rather sick and tired of it all. Thank you for your help anyway.UBER ^(talk) 16:44, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're right that the claim about most nations emerging out of the Depression with deficit spending from states would require a source, although I could just as easily remove the claim and solve that problem immediately. However, you also added citation tags to things about the US becoming a republic and the Consulate under Napoleon replacing the Directory. Those do not have to be cited. They are plainly obvious to any student of world history.

You don't have to ask another reviewer. You already did that and the reviewer was satisfied. A second reviewer came along and I took care of that person's concerns as well. What you're doing is giving me a run-around with silly objections, and if that's what you're going to do, I'd rather you just fail the entire nomination. I don't want to waste your time, but I especially don't want to waste mine.UBER ^(talk) 16:45, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and punched in a "fail" on the Liberalism GAN as there hasn't been any additional activity whatsoever, even after the 2nd opinion request. Following up on the History of liberalism article, it looks like the 2nd opinion (Jezhotwells) doesn't have much else to add. Can you please see whether or not that article passes (since I do see some recent activity on that one)? Thank you, –MuZemike 18:49, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend a fail now as there have been no substantive edits since 18 April. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 13:45, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I think both of them have been failed, but due to disagreement between me and the nominator, I asked for another reviewer.Seyyed(t-c) 02:30, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Translation

Hi, I do not know where to request this so I am putting it here. I was wondering if you could help or seek help on Persian wiki project to translate these pages from English to Persian wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_rankings_of_Iran http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statistically_superlative_countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statistically_superlative_objects_by_country

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Re:Akbar

Thanks for the comments. Unfortunately, I am on holiday now with limited internet access and do not have the time or resources to work on the changes you suggested. I would like to request you to extend the hold period by a fortnight in order to enable me to make the necessary changes. Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 13:18, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, I was unable to address all the issues in time. I will address them subsequently and renominate. Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 05:57, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi Sa.vakilian! I noticed your activity as a Good Article reviewer, and wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

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I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 22:26, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]