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Sam Spade (talk · contribs) 23:28, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

apologies

I thought the complaint should be addressed in the talk page first to see if it could be corrected easily before sending it for FARC...I strongly disagree about the name thing as many other wars have been named similarly...I guess it is the principle of "to the victor goes the spoils". Elle _{vécut heureuse} (Be eudaimonic!) 21:17, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

"To the victor goes the spoils." hmmm; It seems that you're right! Anyway, thank you, no harm done. Maysara 22:03, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Sham en Nesim

Thanks for the kind wishes on the occasion of this venerable Egyptian holiday, and same to you. — Zerida 19:58, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

LLTP

I've made a recommendation regarding LLTP on the French Revolution article Talk:French Revolution, and we're inviting comment. You have expressed an opinion on this matter, and we're interested in hearing your response to these ideas. Rklawton 03:13, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Renaming "History of the world" to "Human History"

Thank you for the invitation; I have commented. I now feel the current name is the most appropriate. — Knowledge Seeker দ 09:21, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Egyptian New Year

Hi Meeso! Happy New Year to you too, nanou en sawwa en werri. The last two weeks, Wafaa en Nil, were a time of celebration of the Nile flood. Kol sana wenta tayyeb, may Hapy bring you and Egypt and Egyptians prosperity and renewed health in the new year. — · t 21:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, nanou en sawwa en werri is basically Happy New Year! And you're right, the inundation is celebrated as "Night of the Drop" (Leilet en No'tah) on June 17/Ba'ouna 11 to be exact, recalling the ancient belief that when Isis mourned the death of Osiris, her weeping would cause the Nile to overflow (of course, Egyptians don't believe that anymore, but the naming convention survived remarkably enough). Wafaa en Nil, however, was celebrated when the Nile would reach its highest level, usually between August 6 and 16/Misra 1 and 11. I think 20th cubit of the Nilometer marked the level of Wafaa en Nil, before the construction of the High Dam. That's when fireworks are used to mark the occasion and a boat procession would take place. The ancients celebrated and made offerings to Habi during this time. August 15 became the officialized Wafaa en Nil since the Nile is now controlled (unfortunately IMO).

Thanks for leaving your address, I'd love to chat with you more. In the meantime, do you want to take a look at the discussion on the Copt and provide any input if necessary? Thanks. — · t 21:53, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Thesis

Hello, I read about the disagreement at Bibliography of the Darfur conflict and have posted some questions over there. — mark ✎ 13:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I must say I find the tone of your comments a bit too unfriendly. If you calmly reconsider my questions it might occur to you that our positions are not as different as you think. First you ridicule my question as to the usefulness of this particular thesis to this particular bibliography, and then I find you saying that "As long as something is potentially useful, even if it will never be "useful to ME", not only should it be allowed to take place, but also be encouraged and welcomed." That's precisely my point. You will note that I didn't ask the question why it is useful to ME; rather, I wanted you, as someone who apparently knows more about this thesis, to explain its potential usefulness. My other questions were related to that; surely you can say something about the potential usefulness of a thesis if you know how it was judged by the thesis coordinator, if you know whether or not it is going to be published, and if you know whether or not one can consult it if one wanted.

Your comments on the principles underlying a succesful wiki are not without insight and I largely agree with you, but I do think you are underestimating your fellow editors at this point. Please help find the core of the disagreement instead of lecturing about how others should think about policies and wikis.

I want to separate the personal remarks from the main point of the discussion, so other points of my reply you'll find over there at Talk:Bibliography of the Darfur conflict. — mark ✎ 11:53, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

• Come on, I already know the doomed thesis. Its listing is not important for ME. Potential means this: Could be useful for Devils know whom: the potential lays in the "thing itself", not in our already judgement of its QUALITY (and how could that which is already considered useful to be still potential of usefulness?! And how could that which is considered USELESS to be potential of usefulness?!! !  !! !) Your questions are in vain! It is a disagreement with no "coooore"! I'd better lecture, Sir! ;-) __Maysara 16:21, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Your generous use of interpunction and CAPS may be useful to 'Devils know whom', I can't see a use for it in a serious conversation. How about we just agree to disagree about how to define usefulness in the context of Misplaced Pages? — mark ✎ 16:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

• hehe! LOL! :-))))))))) __Maysara 16:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Dead links

Could you please see WP:DEADLINK for dealing with this issue. It is much easier to address if simply tagged rather than deleted. Thanks. RashersTierney (talk) 08:49, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I didn't start an edit war

• See what is he doing? He's removing referenced statements, without a reason! Am I the one who is making edit wars, or that because he is making it personal, because he was banned from editing in Egyptian Misplaced Pages for 3 days (he's not now) because he was disrupting our work & removing a picture of a monokini because he thinks it is inappropriate. Please, review what he did before accusing me of edit-warring! --Mahmudmasri (talk) 22:35, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Judaism

While you have written much I disagree with, I want to emphasize how much I agree with this:

What is equally so clear is that, the problematic issues surrounding the defining of Judaism, and its relation to the Jewish people, are being ignored .... That debate keeps coming up regarding this, should be an indication that the statements in this article need to change, and that even this debate itself, and its details, shall be included in an encyclopedic and referenced manner, in the article itself.

I have added some sources to the ones you posted. If you want to work on a framework for a section that addresses this, I would support that. Slrubenstein | Talk 17:45, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. I hope you will drop by the article again when you are not exhausted. If you do not mind some advice - when I have been in a protracted argument with others, I have often found that it is much more productive and ultimately gratifying if we find some point of agreement or convergence, and pursue that, even if it means dropping the point I originally cared so much to make, but that did not find any (or much) traction. Slrubenstein | Talk 13:18, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Mahmudmasri/lantrix

I thought i was the only one who saw this user's attitude as aggressive, and doesnt build Misplaced Pages, but simply tries to impose his/her opinion and ideologies as Facts, rather than well... Ideologies and Opinions, i believe Misplaced Pages is a place for ALl opinions, but it also needs to state that they are simply opinions, while their are un-touchable facts... for example concerning the so called Egyptian Language, it is in my beliefe that it is simply an Opinion that its a language, yet not one institute in Egypt, tha states so, all Languages Academies have insisted that it is a Dialect rather than a language, im not saying that we should demolish the theory yet... but i think their needs to be strict warnings to Lantrix/Mahmudmasri (not clear for me who is who really) to respect other users, and always assume good faith in them... im not sure what needs to be done... but we need to report this... dont you think?? it is incorrect for a user to be violent and rude towards users who dont share the same views as his... waiting for your response. Arab League User (talk) 03:31, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

• I agree that he's frequently out of line. Though i like in him that he's (most probably) a very young man who's burnt by the fire of Egyptian nationalist feeling! His sentiments and believes drive him to deviate from the neutral vision of Misplaced Pages, that is, as an objective encyclopedia and not a place to promote ideologies and personal opinions, at least not on the expense of neutrality and encyclopedicness. But i think it is much better if we give him time to learn that as he goes by rather than threaten him with warnings and punishments; these just don't do! I am watching the article currently disputed and i gave my opinion there. Thank you very much. Maysara (talk) 22:38, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Talkback

August 2010

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Ancient Egyptian race controversy. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If the edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Please discuss this on the talk page and don't revert again. Dougweller (talk) 12:25, 24 August 2010 (UTC)