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User:Nadirali/Star Wars - Science Fair. This is not ready. DS (talk) 13:24, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

User:NadirAli/Scientific and parascientific perspectives on The Force

Articles to create and improve

Create

• Arab-Israeli relations
• Starkiller base
• Star Wars Feel The Force
• Star Wars: The Power of Myth
• Sheheri
• Science and Star Wars (webseries)
• Niagara Comic Con
• Daraz PK
• Star Wars Adventures: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes (January 20, 2010)
• Real life Supervillain
• The Outer Limits (comics)
• Canadians for a Sustainable Society
• White apologist
• Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario

Improve

• The Force (Star Wars)
• Draft:ZippCast
• Outline of South Asian history
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• List of languages by number of native speakers records the number of first language speakers
• List of languages by total number of speakers records the number of first and second language speakers
• Abu Dhabi
• CAS School
• Emirates (airline)
• Virgin Atlantic
• Douglas DC-8
• Philippines and weapons of mass destruction
• Boeing 777
• Airbus 350
• Middle East
• Saturn 3
• Condor Flugdienst
• Al Maha Airways
• Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System
• Competition between Airbus and Boeing
• Scandinavian Airlines
• Technology in science fiction
• Afghan cuisine
• Almond milk
• List of lakes of Mongolia
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Indian subcontinent
• Defence industry of Pakistan
• Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
• The Nation (Pakistan)
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• Persian language in South Asia

The Force is not magic

Just because someone uses the word "energy" doesn't mean they aren't talking about magic. Most people who use the word "energy" don't know what energy is. Just look at how New Agers use it. Serendious 13:14, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

To editor Serendipodous: Telekinesis is a common theme in science fiction. See X-Men or the Outer Limits as examples. Also check the commentaries on Ewoks: Caravan of Courage or Ewoks: Battle for Endor. These sci-fi fantasy films where their supernatural elements are distinguished from the force.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 16:56, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

The boundary between scifi and fantasy is blurry; superhero stories in particular owe more to Samson and Hercules than they do to HG Wells or Jules Verne. Serendious 17:38, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

To editor Serendipodous:, I'm not sure I agree about the boundary, but I agree more or less on the superhero part taking inspirations from fantasy. Thor is right out of that era. As in Thor (Marvel comics).--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 05:01, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Can I ask a favour?

Before you make another edit to Harry Potter influences and analogues, please watch this short Youtube video.

Also, your edits are shifting dangerously close to "How JK Rowling ripped off Star Wars," which is a fairly blatant POV. Serendious 13:14, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

To editor Serendipodous:, I did not change the text of the article, I simply updated the format of the references. All of them are reliably sourced. I'll watch the video. What exactly is your concern?--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 16:54, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Mainly I want you to consider the Hero's Journey. I'm not trying to stand up for Harry Potter here, but if you were to bring up Hero's Journey elements in contrast to Star Wars, you could just as easily argue that Star Wars stole from The Lord of the Rings, or that Lord of the Rings stole from Beowulf, or that Beowulf stole from the Odyssey, or that the Odyssey stole from the Epic of Gilgamesh. Serendious 17:41, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

To editor Serendipodous:, I looked at the video and learned nothing new. The hero's journey is something I'm familiar with and a hero with a thousand faces too. It's already mentioned that Star Wars is inspired by King Arthur, Bewulf and Lord of the Rings. I'm not familiar with Bewulf and only vaguely familiar with Lord of the Rings, but it's borrowings are listed. As long as everything is reliably sourced, I still don't see what the issue is.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 01:30, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

You're a really confused person

You just are. First you delete Arabized from Urdu. The YOU say, that "Oh it is Arabized, but it's via the Persianization—well some parts of it". LOL RaviVery (talk) 00:31, 12 August 2017 (UTC) RaviVery (talk) 00:31, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Not sure what you are trying to get at. It did come via Persian and is simply a result of Persianization.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 02:55, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

It is Arabised. Get that thru your head. RaviVery (talk) 23:51, 13 August 2017 (UTC) RaviVery (talk) 23:51, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Sindhi is Arab not Urdu which is from Persian.inspector (talk) 21:41, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

To editor Inspector123:, to learn about Urdu-Hindi (Hindustani) see Indo-Aryan languages. To learn about Persian see Iranic languages and to learn about both see Indo-Iranic languages. For Arabic see Semitic languages.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 03:31, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Pakistan Barnstar of National Merit
		Thanks, it's always great to receive recognition from veterans like yourself. I'd like to reciprocate likewise, in appreciation of all your efforts to improve Misplaced Pages's coverage of Pakistan now and over the past decade! Mar4d (talk) 05:27, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

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Yo

Yo man could you go over to the Al-Khalid tank and talk page and clear up all the confusion over there.

Thank you for messaging. Although I'm not too big of a military buff (I am interested in paramilitaries & police forces though), I'll have a look later on.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 23:54, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

References needing double checking

References

1. A Geography of Hindustan, Ancient and Modern, American Ceylon Mission, 1843.
2. chambers's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. 1878. p. 537.

PIA template

I've created a navigation box for PIA at Template:Pakistan International Airlines. I've added the most suitable pic I could find, however feel free to suggest or replace with any better images you might know of. Cheers, Mar4d (talk) 06:08, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

To editor Mar4d:, thank you for this message. The previous image, while excellent in quality was of the Airbus 310-300, which is no longer in use with PIA. But that's not the reason I replaced it. The image was already in use elsewhere. I tend to avoid recycling images. But because this is a template and not an article, I am okay with replacing the older image. Feel free to add it back in if you wish. It was a great choice by the way.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 03:58, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

@NadirAli: Thanks for your input, I appreciate it :) I'm not much of an expert on aviation, so was having a tough time locating good aircraft pics on Commons. I seem to like this image especially as it captures the entire aircraft as opposed to the previous one, which was slightly cropped. However, the one downside I guess is the dark/cloudy backdrop which seems to add too much contrast. If you know of any clear, sky-blue pics, I'd love to see them. What I have in mind are like the ones used on Template:Royal Brunei Airlines, Template:Emirates Group, Template:Garuda Indonesia, Template:Malaysia Airlines etc. Thanks for your help regardless! Mar4d (talk) 04:08, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

I guess I should've looked a little harder. This category has some good ones. Mar4d (talk) 04:17, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

To editor Mar4d:, darn I was too ignorant. A brighter one was right next to it. I'm replacing it now.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 04:19, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

To editor Mar4d:, I replaced it with another file, almost identical, but this pic is slightly brighter and not in use anywhere else. Have a look when you can to see if it's okay.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 20:58, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

It is perfect, thanks! Mar4d (talk) 09:03, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

To editor Mar4d:, on a separate topic, has there been an article created for the recent riots in Islamabad/Rawalpindi yet? I'm referring to the one that led to Zahid Hamid's resignation. If not I'm considering writing it, just hoping to have the time for it given my current circumstances outside of Wiki.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 21:55, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes indeed, see 2017 Tehreek-e-Labaik protest. Mar4d (talk) 09:21, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Thankyou for the link. I've done a couple of edits there. Nothing more seems to be needed at this time.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 22:51, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

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ARBIPA sanctions reminder

Hi NadirAli, you are perfectly aware of the ARBIPA sanctions. I would appreciate if you exercise more caution in your talk page discussions and refrain from misrepresenting facts and situations. For example, in this post, you have claimed that Shankar and Raghavan are undue, that they are non-independent and non-HISTRS. None of this has been established. The only thing that was agreed that the particular article of Shankar should be given less WEIGHT because his article does not have any citations (yet). You should not claim any more than that without justification and evidence.

The entire talk page section called Talk:Kashmir conflict#NadirAli edits is raising various objections to your edits, none of which you have answered. Your first task should be to justify your edits, and answer the objections that have been raised. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 02:26, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Kautilya, you know very well that I have not edited the article in a number of days. I've just stuck to the talk page although I don't see what this whole commotion is all about. Let's confine the discussion to the talk page and not spin it off to my talk page.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 02:36, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

PIA Dublin

DUB was never served, PiA sometimes lists destinations they offer onward connections to but do not serve. inspector (talk) 21:35, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

According to their website that I surveyed over a decade ago, Dublin was on the list. Technical stops are not included in an airline's destination list and PIA did a number of technical stops including Cyprus, but I don't think this would be included in their destination list on their website, but Dublin was. I think it's fair to say it was a former destination prior to competition by Gulf careers--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 21:45, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

I know PIA routes inside out, it was never served in any manner. Website also listed Da Nang bck then.inspector (talk) 21:34, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

To editor Inspector123:, I clearly remember it listed on their website, but it doesn't matter anymore.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 03:52, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

POV pushing on Poverty in Pakistan and Women in Pakistan

Hi there I had wanted to ask you if you could kindly assist me on some Indian pov pushing on article on Poverty in Pakistan a Indian user under a fake name called Arslan274 made this edit along with a few others on poverty in Pakistan page he intentionally removed date which shows Pakistan is doing better than Bangladesh and India and then someone replaced it with Pakistan is falling behind Bangladesh. Coule you please readd the data? Plenty of Indian poverty articles use sources from 2011 so its not an excuse to blank information.

Also on Women in Pakistan adamberged readded pov text to the article we are being overwhelmed by pov pushers from India but can you please assist just once? Take care. 82.132.222.152 (talk) 14:44, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Alright, I'll have a look when I have time. Thank you for messaging.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 03:05, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

To editor 82.132.222.152:, you sent me a diff but I cannot see it anywhere in the article history. Can you pull this out with the proper link. Like maybe the prev?--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 04:28, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Pakistan Army article 1965 section contains Indian claims but the Indian army page contains only Indian claims

Hi user Ali I just noticed the 1965 subsection of the Pakistan army page has Indian claims of 471 tanks while the Indian army page has ZERO pakistani claims of 500 tanks nor does it contain neutral sources which state Pakistan lost 200 or 300 tanks. Please I would like someone to tell this to user Adamberger80 who seems to think the Indian Army page should only contain Indian sources but the Pakistani army page should cater for Indian claims also this double standard should not be allowed. Hranday8 (talk) 09:57, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

To editor Hranday8:, thank you for your concerns. We are currently dealing with similar issues article after article and it'll be some time before I or anyone else can deal with this. I would recommend you have a look at this page and see if you can report your concerns here and over here, but please ensure to provide proper diffs and any other relevant evidence when filing the report, otherwise it's unlikely to be accepted.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 21:36, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

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FYI

During a series of edits you made to Paramilitary, you added an image titled; "Emergency response team RCMP". This is actually a picture of toy army dolls (I believe they're called "One Sixth Warriors"). This is to inform you that I have since removed that image and replaced it with an image of an actual police tactical unit. - WOLFchild 17:54, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

To editor Thewolfchild:, okay let me have a look. I don't think that's the case, but let me review it.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 19:31, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

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Kautilya, did you have to bring this up now...? Sigh, I'll respond a little later.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 19:56, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

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Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Persecution of Biharis in Bangladesh. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. —MBL 17:23, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

You would be helpful to point out the alleged "original research" edit by edit. But instead you restored a lot of original research.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 20:14, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Airbnb

I am seeing it says 200,000,000 members is there a source for this? I am seeing 44.8 million users in 2016 based on this source. Valoem 16:29, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

To editor Valoem: then change it accordingly to that source. Until a better source comes, stick to that one. Let me know if you need assistance. For today (perhaps tomorrow) I won't be available.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 21:27, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

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Need your help on Tarek Fatah support for Baloch insurgents

Hi I wanted to ask you if you could possibly help a section on the article on Tarek Fatah his view section needs to show that he openly supports the separation of Balochistan from Pakistan and his support for militancy there is a crucial bit missing from the section. Its been protected so I cannot edit so could you add it for me ? Thanks. 2A02:C7D:151D:D100:6DC2:BB5:3713:E898 (talk) 11:19, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. I will add it to his biography as soon as I can find reliable sources.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 23:50, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done I found only one source, but I'm sure I can dig out more later.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 07:22, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Arif Nizami, Azhar Abbas (journalist)

Arif Nizami, Azhar Abbas (journalist) are up for deletion Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Azhar Abbas (journalist) Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Arif Nizami. Can you please help in improving these articles and defect deletion attempt.--Spasage (talk) 15:15, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

To editor Spasage:  Done--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 01:29, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

thanks.

To editor Spasage: see the template I added on the talk page of those articles. They should help you expand them.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 21:36, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

tag

Please look into this article which has more than 20 citations including reliable ones such as Business Recorder, Dawn, Express Tribune, BBC which are leading newspaper dailys. If there are one or two unrealiable sources or there as mentioned in the tags by a user who hasnt replied to on the page's talk page ever since applyinh these tags, the tags should be specifically placed at specific places where the problem lies. To generalise the whole article by placing tags on top of the article affects the credibility of the whole article itself which is unfair (45.116.232.56 (talk) 18:43, 9 March 2018 (UTC))

Also please label reference number 18 and 28 on the page. Thanks (45.116.232.56 (talk) 18:44, 9 March 2018 (UTC))

Alright, I will do it. Give me a while to look it over and other edits that I need to take care of.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 01:29, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Source below:

Indian involvement in Balochistan

Hi I came across this source: it states the RSS is supporting separatists in balochistan could you add this to the Indian involvement section in the Balochistan insurgency section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.231.17 (talk) 12:56, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Alright, I will take a look tomorrow hopefully. Right now I am a little busy with little time to spare and am putting input into another article, so I'll need a little while before checking that article. Thanks for your patience.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 03:15, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Portals

The Portals WikiProject has been rebooted.

You are invited to join, and participate in the effort to revitalize and improve the Portal system and all the portals in it.

There are sections on the WikiProject page dedicated to tasks (including WikiGnome tasks too), and areas on the talk page for discussing the improvement and automation of the various features of portals.

Many complaints have been lodged in the RfC to delete all portals, pointing out their various problems. They say that many portals are not maintained, or have fallen out of date, are useless, etc. Many of the !votes indicate that the editors who posted them simply don't believe in the potential of portals anymore.

It's time to change all that. Let's give them reasons to believe in portals, by revitalizing them.

The best response to a deletion nomination is to fix the page that was nominated. The further underway the effort is to improve portals by the time the RfC has run its course, the more of the reasons against portals will no longer apply. RfCs typically run 30 days. There are 19 days left in this one. Let's see how many portals we can update and improve before the RfC is closed, and beyond.

A healthy WikiProject dedicated to supporting and maintaining portals may be the strongest argument of all not to delete.

We may even surprise ourselves and exceed all expectations. Who knows what we will be able to accomplish in what may become the biggest Wikicollaboration in years.

Let's do this.

See ya at the WikiProject!

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Regarding this, it's not up to you to decide which articles get tagged with WP:LAW. It's rather up to that WikiProject to set out its scope. I'll ask there about the tag being used at the Child sexual abuse talk page. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 18:57, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

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