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Did u do this ?

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(Libyan 10:59, 3 May 2007 (UTC))

Seriously ??

Libyan 13:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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Deletion of Libyan Arabic language boxes

I've restored them. Please see my response on my talk page. Thanks for bringing that to my attention! JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:19, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

animated wikipedia project

Hey, I guess i could join that project. I don't edit wikipedia as much as I used to though. What do I need to do? Fresheneesz 07:05, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Med. Union

Hi, thanks for yoru contribution to Mediterranean Union, but we are unable to find a citation for the fact that Lybia was "outraged" at the proposal. Where did that come from, can you help us on that please? Thanks. - J Logan /_c: 11:16, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much! - J Logan /_c: 18:57, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Famous acacia

Thanks for that piece of information - I had heard of the tree before but knew nothing specific about it! Ephebi 21:49, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

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I apologize for the vandalism warning. The reverts you made were to highly controversial and completely unsubstantiated statements, which it appeared that you had either added yourself or you had previously reverted back into the article. Whichever is the case, I see that those statements are no longer in the article, which is good unless there is better proof for them to be included. For what it's worth, I do believe that Bush has ordered torture of suspected terrorists, possibly even including the rack, and I will be the first one to add that to that article once it is substantiated, unless you beat me to it ;) Jfiling 05:23, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Dubai Cares

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Slavery by country

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Libyan Arabic

Could you please write a stub about Kurów in Libyan Arabic here – just a few sentences based on http://kurow-wiki.openhosting.pl/ar:%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81 ? Only 5-10 sentences enough. Please.

PS. Article about Kurów is already in 276 languages and dialects. If your village/town/city isn't yet on PL wiki, I can do article about it. (I'm first author of requests and this article have the biggest number of interwikis) Pietras1988 12:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

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Barnstar

Oh thank you very much, shukran, shukran, I love editing Misplaced Pages articles on Libya and making them as neutral as possible. I always consider myself a very neutral person and thats why I started editing them in the first place. Once I find more time, my next goal are the cities. Only Tripoli and Benghazi have good articles at present.

Anyway thanks a lot for the barnstar, I really appreciate it! Jaw101ie (talk) 21:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Hala hala

Thanx for the welcome. I'm actually loving this. There's a lot of mess out there in the Syria categories. Time consuming though.

Yazan.

Hewar

Thanx a lot for the edits, they most definitely make more sense. Salamat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zozo2kx (talk • contribs) 05:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Arab Summits

Marhaba Hakeem, I've created this template listing all Arab Summits. Would be nice if you can help just to write a bit about each one of them. If you have any sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/Template:ArabSummits —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zozo2kx (talk • contribs) 06:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Libya map

Please see commons:Commons:Graphic Lab School/Images to improve#Equirect projection map of Libya for a coloured version. /Lokal_Profil 12:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Map of Kanem

Hello ! I am sorry for the late response. You asked on what source this map is based. It is a bit inacurate, because it does not represent the raw territory of the Kanem Empire, but mostly the cultural influence of the state. Also, it does include the Bornu kingdom, which explains the weird marking west of lake Chad. I hope it does not represent a problem. By the way I didn't knew about the existence of a territory map of Kanem in Commons, thank you. :)

- Tourbillon 18:47, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

dromadaires

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Dromedary&diff=189283153&oldid=189223568

I think that should answer your question. I already fixed back the caption :-) Anthere (talk)

流暢

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Copts in Libya

Thanks for adding info about Copts in Libya. The lines you added say that the Coptic community in Libya is composed almost exclusively of foreigners. Are you sure that almost exclusively is the right choice of words here as I am not aware that there are non-Muslim Libyan nationals, which would mislead the reader to thinking that there is indeed a small (very small) indigenous minority of Libyan Copts - which is not the case. P.S. Consider adding the info to Christianity in Libya article as well. cheers. ;) -- hɑkeem_¡ʇuɯǝǝʞɐɥ 06:20, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

You mean I wrote that specifically in the article "Religion in Libya"? If so, than I only added to what had already been written.

This is the original sentence (as I remember it):

"The Anglican bishop of Libya has his seat in Cairo, as most Christians in Libya come from Egypt"

This is half-true, as Copts, who slightly outnumber the other denominations, are originally from Egypt — in fact, they are probably the closest to being pure descendants of the ancient Egyptians. However, you do have a point as to how this implies that the, quote, majority of Christians are almost exclusively foreigners.

I only added:

"The Anglican bishop of Libya has his seat in Cairo, as most Christians in Libya come from Egypt... including the Copts"

Either way, both are inaccurate, as it should probably only say that most Christians, the Coptic Orthodox, as well a few other denominations, have historical roots in Egypt.

I can tell you one thing for sure, though, I don't even remember writing the exact words: "the Coptic community in Libya is composed almost exclusively of foreigners". I know for a fact that this is not logical, as it is not feasible in most circumstances to have the majority being immigrants for centuries! The Italians have a history as well, as Libya was once a colony, so the same goes for all of the other Christians who have at least a notable prescence (ie: Catholics, Anglicans, Greeks, Russians).

Also, it was contradictary when it said that the Catholics have the largest minority, and then said the same for the Copts. According to the source I added, along with the Catholic source, the Copts should have about 10,000-20,000 more than the Catholics, so as this difference is not noticable, I see why the articles said what they used to.

Would you mind telling me where you think it needs help? Until then, I will try to add more information to the articles - may be it should clear up this mess with all this articles (the text is almost "exclusively" copy-and-pasted XD)Thanks a bunch. :)

• ~ Troy (talk) 23:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I agree entirely about what you say about Looklex Encyclopedia. The only problem is, it's probably the only source that I can find for the Copts in Libya — notice that I only used the 1% figure as an approxamite estimate. However, if I do find a better source (AKA, any other source at all XD ), then I'll replace Looklex with that other source. In any case, I would like to thank-you for helping me out and I look forward to working with you. Later,

• ~ Troy (talk) 22:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, I should notify you that whoever wrote "exclusively" to begin with didn't have any of the right sources. Thus, I have changed "exclusively" —> "largely" — not the best word, but I think that you'll find that it's far more suitable ;). Cheers, ~ Troy (talk) 22:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, then. Considering that you know more about Libya than I do, I'm not going to touch that sentence. Of course, if either one of us finds a reliable source which is contrary to any of our edits, then it should logically override our perspectives. Until then, I think that this is agreeable. Thanks for co-operating, ~ Troy (talk) 23:26, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Col. Kadaffi's Amazon Guard

His bodyguard are actually called "The Amazonian Guard", and the "Green Nuns". See Amazon and Col. Kadaffi, Re.:Personal Life for more on these soldiers. 205.240.146.14 (talk) 01:08, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Libya

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RE: Hello! Do you always delete 5 minutes old articles?

Yes, I do if they're not notable enough; especially with only 22 hits on Google. Regards, Craigy (talk) 07:15, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

The article has been restored. The best way to avoid this is to add more citations to the initial article so that when other people first see it, it strongly indicates that the person is Notable. Cheers, John Vandenberg 12:51, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Hi. --Modysss (talk) 08:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Maltese

Sliem. I noticed the edit you made to the Maltese language history section (Jiġi żmien li fil-Wardija kull xiber raba’ jiswa uqija); while your translation was indeed literal, it missed the metaphorical context completely. Maybe the literal translation could be followed by the metaphor meaning (one that is still used in Malta today). Thanks! the roof of this court is too high to be yours (talk) 21:32, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

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Il-Malti

You seem to be enjoying yourself on the Maltese article: great! A new pair of hands and smattering of gray matter are always welcome. However, please use the talk page regularly, as the Maltese language article is a hotbed of controversy.. strange, for such an innocuous little language hardly anybody speaks or understands, eh? But there it is. Rather than make bizarre changes (pushing a Maghreb connection) to Maltese (which has been isolated from its ancestor, Siculo-Arabic, for over 1,000 years) it may benefit the article if you found more interesting things to do. Enjoy your wiki experience. the roof of this court is too high to be yours (talk) 13:46, 16 January 2009 (UTC)