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We need lists of settlement expansions and Palestinian home demolitions.

We should have an article that is a time line of settlement expansion and another that is a timeline of Palestinian home demolitions. There are similar timelines for Kassam rockets, thus there is precedents for such things. Having a timeline really brings the point home.

Also, this should be added somewhere:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068828.html

--John Bahrain (talk) 13:40, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Tittles, oPT Occupied Palestinian Territory

I am new to this, but I am planning on learning fast and becoming more active. I think we need to start a new project that aims to changing all what is listed as Gaza and the West Bank, Palestinian territories, Palestine, etc... to the Occupied Palestinian Territory - which represents the wholesome of all Palestinian territories occupied after 1967. It is also the politically and legally correct term used by all internationally mandated (UN) organizations and institutions. --Zakouma (talk) 07:26, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Gilboa

Hello, I've just been looking at the Mount Gilboa article, which says that it lies on the green line. The article currently has some things about the Israeli activities on their side of the mountain, but I wondered if there might be anything to add about the Palestinian side (otherwise the article will end up describing just one half of the mountain, rather than both halves)? Clinkophonist (talk) 15:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, there's an article on Faqqua which you could use to incorporate info into the Mount Gilboa article. I don't know too much about the mountain myself. --Al Ameer son (talk) 19:26, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Wael Zwaiter, Emily Jacir

Can you watch these articles? I don't usually involve myself with the Israel-Palestine conflict on Misplaced Pages due to the amount of POV assery involved, and I don't intend to.

Wael Zwaiter was a translator, and an intellectual. That is irrefutable. He was also the first target of Operation Wrath of God and was assassinated in Rome. The Israelis believed him to be a terrorist, yet not proof of his terrorist activities has ever been offered.

Given the tenuous nature of the claim, you'd expect an well versed in policy such as User:IronDuke to understand that it's not suitable to boldly state as fact, in the lead that he was a terrorist. I'm sure he does understand that it does not belong there, yet he continues to revert it in because it fits his binary worldview, citing "Massacre in Munich" by Michael Bar-Zohar & Eitan Haber. I'm not familiar with that publication, but I sincerely doubt that it offers incontrovertible evidence of his terrorist activities.

Emily Jacir is an artist who won the 2008 Hugo Boss Prize for a piece on Wael Zwaiter. IronDuke also thinks it worthwhile to state as fact that the subject was a terrorist. I'm not sure if this has gone on anywhere else, but would be grateful if others could watch these articles. 92.17.225.113 (talk) 15:00, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. I replied on the talk page of the Wael Zwaiter article. --Al Ameer son (talk) 16:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

This user is a sockpuppet, and I would advise caution in rushing to supports his/her edits. I find often in these cases the users in question are banned, and therefore people who supported them acted (albeit unwittingly) as meatpuppets for a banned user. IronDuke 16:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm not really supporting the IP (as you have already noticed in the article), but banned or not banned, the point he/she made is a viable one. --Al Ameer son (talk) 17:30, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Respectfully, you are doing exactly that -- supporting the IP. I quote you: "Thanks for the update." This after the SPA anon sock refers to "POV assery." The whole post should have been ignored by you or, better yet, you should have chastised the anon sock SPA. Not rush off to join the WP:CANVASS. IronDuke 02:05, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Man, what are you talking about? I responded to a post on the talk page of a project that I am active on. I don't care if it was an IP or administrator who posted the issue, it doesn't change the fact that it's an issue. Also, it was appropriate to post it at the project talk page instead of a user's talk page so I don't think it was canvassing. I apologize for not "chastising" the IP for being an SPA or using the term "POV assery". Let's not let this become a problem, because it's really not a big deal. I don't like getting into petty arguments that have nothing do with the article in question, but rather the editor in question. Regards, --Al Ameer son (talk) 02:55, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

No need for apologies, but you're minimizing the issue. The SPA part isn't great, but it's a fact of life on WP. It's the sock issue that's worrisome. Imagine editing articles on the IP conflict, but no one has a static account, and unidentifiable POV warriors on both sides revert and counter revert until articles are put into semi-permanent lockdown. What kind of chaos does that create? I'm sure you didn't mean to, but you contribute to it when you act as you did. Just please hesitate a moment next time, if you would. Thanks. IronDuke 03:09, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

I still see nothing wrong with responding to the IP's post since it brought up a good point. I also see nothing wrong with me replying, "Thanks for the update". If the IP, or an established user for that matter, posted something troublesome or something that would cause trouble (edit wars) in an article, I wouldn't even give him/her the satisfaction of a reply, but I saw this post as a helpful one and it's not negatively affecting the already messy I/P conflict subject area here on Misplaced Pages. Regards, --Al Ameer son (talk) 03:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

If you saw nothing wrong with the post, why were you apologizing for your behavior regarding it? Or was that not a real apology? And you didn't reply to my point: this is much bigger than generic tiresom IP squabbles -- if we let this sort of behavior go by, it would literally bring WP to a halt. I can say more on that if you like. IronDuke 04:06, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the first was sarcastic. Now that I've re-read the post, I regret not warning the IP to not insult editors (you in particular). The part I saw as helpful was notifying the project about the Zwaiter-terrorist issue so that we could find a solution to it. I don't really see how this guy/gal is a part of the wider issue you brought up, but nonetheless, for now on I will think twice shall this problem present itself again. Cheers! --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Ameer, can't ask for fairer than that. Cheers. IronDuke 19:52, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

I can explicitly state, that I'm not banned. And my status as an editor should have nothing to do with the valid points raised. If you are going to push such a blatant POV statement as fact, you're going to going to find opposition, from established and anonymous editors. Don't give me ad hominem bullshit such as "this user is a sockpuppet", this IP has only been used in a constructive manner, and has followed the relevant policies and guidelines.

Single purpose, maybe, but malicious, this is not. IronDuke felt, regardless of counter-claims, and lack of evidence, that it was suitable to label Zwaiter as a terrorist in the lead paragraph of that article. Whether or not the user has an account is irrelevant, it was a very poor judgment, and deserved criticism. 92.17.225.113 (talk) 18:51, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

You can explicitly state you're not banned, but can you prove it? As your account is an SPA and is beginning to behave abusively, it can be ignored, if not banned outright. IronDuke 19:10, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Please, don't patronise me. You can check my IP if you want, if you play nice to some checkuser, maybe they'll go fishing with you. Do you know any banned users editing articles on Palestine from the UK? I doubt it. Guilty until proven innocent? Is that how this place works? 92.17.225.113 (talk) 19:30, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

You've admitted you're a SPA with another main account. IronDuke is correct - such accounts are presumed abusive. Please continue ths discussion under your main account. Mr. Hicks The III (talk) 22:43, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I saw nothing glaringly wrong with the Wael Zwaiter entry, but rearranged and made the source of the accusation explicit on the Emily Jacir page.Haberstr (talk) 15:58, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Nizar Rayan article

I have tried to be nice and inclusive, but my attempt to create a semi-balanced article on Nizar Rayan is being frustrated by another editor, who is attempting, in my opinion, to create an anti-Nizar Rayan WP:attack page. What recourse do I have, and what is it best to do at this point? Thanks for any comments or advice.Haberstr (talk) 15:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

I'll pop in to have a look. I tried to introduce some balance a while ago, but those efforts largely came to naught. Perhaps an RfC on the issue would be worth a try. But let's see if more eyes and opinions came make a difference first. Tiamut 16:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll be patient.Haberstr (talk) 19:35, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Well I cannot see for the life of me why your edits there are being opposed. I have asked Brewcrewer and Tundrabuggy to isolate which changes they have problems with before blanket reverting again and made some of my own changes to the introduction. I am hoping tey will take us up on this request, preemptinf the need to go to an RfC or mediation. We cannot do that before we know what they think is wrong with the changes anyway. Tiamut 01:48, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

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Gaza navigation box?

What do you guys think of a navigation box (template) that could tie everything in Gaza City and about Gaza City together. It could link to History of Gaza, the future articles of Demographics of Gaza, Education in Gaza, Economy of Gaza, etc, and in a separate section list all the major and historic structures of the city (Port of Gaza, Qasr al-Basha, al-Shifa Hospital, Great Mosque of Gaza, Church of Saint Porphyrius, Soldier's Square, the Islamic University of Gaza, and there's many more. Maybe we could also attach the Template:Neighborhoods of Gaza to it as well. This doesn't have to be the exact setup, but you get the picture. --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:17, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

How about something like Template:Jerusalem, slim and concise? --Fjmustak (talk) 04:46, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

The subject of Gaza could do with a good shake up, categorising, organising into a more easily navigable method..Ashley kennedy3 (talk) 11:47, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I like the Jerusalem template, but I was thinking about something like Template:Dubai topics to link all of the individual articles and not lists and categories. We could give the template a nice design though. --Al Ameer son (talk) 15:37, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

The Template:Dubai topics looks good as well. The only problem I have with these types of boxes is when there are too many of them at the bottom of the page... Of course the vertical boxes look ugly as well if there are too many of them. I doubt either will happen with Gaza related topics. --Fjmustak (talk) 21:08, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I also dislike when an article is overcrowded with navigation boxes, take a look at San Francisco, but I don't see this as a problem with Gaza-related articles. So no worries there. I also prefer the the horizontal navigation box because one can easily hide or show the topics. So definitely consider horizontal. --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 22:22, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

If we are to attach the Gaza neighborhoods template (they're really districts) then Gaza City would have only three nav boxes, and nearly all other Gaza-related articles would have one or two nav boxes, so this is good. I know how to make templates, but am not too good in designing them. Any ideas on how to structure the template. --Al Ameer son (talk) 23:15, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I searched for existing Gaza Strip templates. This search pulls up templates with "Gaza" in the title. See: Category:Gaza Strip templates. They might give you some ideas. --::::::Timeshifter (talk) 03:46, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

I like the idea, and I think a template that is similar to Template:Dubai topics would be quite good. Thanks for the suggestion Ameer. Yamanam (talk) 13:17, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh no I could create the template (I created many of the Gaza temps actually), but how do you guys think we should structure it. Like Section1 would be called ... and include ..., Section2 would be ... and include ..., and so on. Later, I might create a rough draft template and we could work from there. Until then, any structural ideas? I do realize there's a lot of articles that need to be created. --Al Ameer son (talk) 23:24, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

(indent) I made a sample template at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Palestine/Template:Gaza topics. Please tell me what you think needs to be changed. --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:32, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Great start. I personally don't like the collapsable sub-navboxes, especially since I don't expect the Gaza to become anything like Template:Arab-Israeli_Conflict, but rather something like Template:Virginia. Here is what I had in mind. A picture (like the seal of Virginia) would also be nice. --Fjmustak (talk) 06:27, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Nice! I like yours better. We could add the Municipal seal of Gaza for an image... --Al Ameer son (talk) 03:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm about to officially create the template, but I think we should use a different color scheme. Since we use green quite often for these templates. --Al Ameer son (talk) 15:26, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

I noticed that too while I was taking userboxes off your userpage to place on mine, everything Arab seems to be associated with the color green. Anywho I had thought about the colors for this template before but I couldn't determine one. Red -too vibrant, blue- overused, gray- dull, yellow/gold? --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 22:35, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Oops, sorry, I went ahead and modified the color scheme before reading this discussion here. I, too, liked the gold better than the green. However, I changed it to a blue to better match the photo I used (the sea and the blue sky). I tried to use the Municipal seal, but it didn't look that good in my opinion, because the of the opaque background of the image we have, in addition to its aspect ration (too thin and tall). I'll check back here before I do anything else to the template :) Maybe we can move this discussion to the template talk, since that page is online now. --Fjmustak (talk) 06:14, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Good idea. I'll respond there. --Al Ameer son (talk) 14:55, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Artistic Tributes to Rachel Corrie nominated for Misplaced Pages Articles for deletion Artistic Tributes to Rachel Corrie

Artistic Tributes to Rachel Corrie page nominated for Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Artistic Tributes to Rachel Corrie can I have your opinions for the deletion and help on the article. Kasaalan (talk) 22:40, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Aramaic language FAR

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Zeitoun attacks

I am currently writing (or actually trying to finalize) an article on the Zeitoun attacks and I just realized that I should probably find some recent news articles, which might have updates not covered in older articles. If you guys know of more recent articles on the Zeitoun attacks, please provide me the links. Thanks.

Also, Zeitoun (Gaza district) has yet to be created, I would like to link this from the article. --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 20:37, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

I got two from the BBC, but although they're heartbreaking stories, I don't know if they'll do the planned article any good. , . I hope to start the article on the district in the coming days. --Al Ameer son (talk) 00:09, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the source, JazakAllah khair! I am not sure if the diary will be considered as an RS, but I will check if it is. You posted the link twice, what was the other article? --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 01:24, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Oops, here's the other one: It's still a diary though. I'm weary on using them myself, so it's good that you're making sure if it's an RS or not. I'll try to find more in the meantime. Also, I might start Zeitoun, Gaza in a few hours if I gather the sources. --Al Ameer son (talk) 01:27, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help. BBC is an RS but the problem is that some editors find RS diaries and blogs unacceptable for use. If memory serves me correct, the reliability of this particular BBC Diary was questioned by a pro-Israeli editor for another article, and so we did not make use of the diary. I am going to stick to the standard news article because I want this article to be delete-proof. Once the article is done, I hope for you to review it to make sure it is NPOV, because it seems you are better at seeing things from a neutral perspective, I tried but I am not sure if my neutral is neutral enough. --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 02:05, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

I'll definitely review it (from a quick-scan it look's good). I just started Zeitoun, Gaza, but I left the conflict out of it unlike the other district articles I started since it was so severe and the info is so extensive. When you officially start the Zeitoun attacks article, we'll copy some summary info into the district article. Good luck! --Al Ameer son (talk) 03:33, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

You're fast! Thanks for creating the article -Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 04:19, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

I have found the following reports in reliable sources: Man speaks from Gaza after family home is seized and children killed, The Guardian 6 January 2009; Israel strike kills up to 60 members of one family, Daily Telegraph 7 January 2009; Gaza: Palestinian family mourns 48 dead, Daily Telegraph 19 January 2009; Israel criticised after 'shocking' discovery of exhausted children, The Guardian 8 January 2009; UN levels war crimes warning at Israel, The Guardian 9 January 2009. And there seems to be much more. If Al-Haq is accepted as a reliable source (and it should be), there is also their report The Plight of Al Samouni Family in Gaza: in their own voices. RolandR (talk) 10:43, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for news sources! I have been looking for non-American sources since I already have three American ones, so these are helpful.

It seems that all the news reports on Zeitoun are dated 1/19/09 or earlier, but I am still hoping to find articles on the investigation results (though I am not sure if the Zeitoun attacks are still under investigation or not). To everyone, please send any recent articles you come across -Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 17:55, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Here's one from 20 January: Amid dust and death, the Samouni family's story speaks for the terror of war.I've also found Fate Of One Family Illustrates Gaza War's Ferocity, NPR 27 January; Zeitoun becomes a symbol, Reuters AlertNet 23 January; Medics Say They Were Blocked from Hard-Hit Gaza Village, Wall Street Journal 28 January, and plenty more. There is a recent report on Press TV about the Samouni family's legal action against Israel, Family of 29 massacred Gazans sues Israel, Press TV 11 March. RolandR (talk) 18:27, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again! These sources are what I am looking for and will be enough for now. I will be updating the article today. --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 19:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you for your help! The sources helped me in expanding the article with important and recent information. The article is done. I still have to proofread it and check if I got my sources in order and I am still open to suggestions, please everyone let me know if you have any so I can improve this article before moving it the mainspace. Thanks!--Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 05:22, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Resource Centre

Colleagues - I thought a Resource Centre would provide useful support for our activities. Please feel free to add any useful resources you have identified; details of books you have found helpful in contributing to particular topics would be especially welcome in the "annotated bibliography". I will be adding my own collection shortly. Ian Pitchford (talk) 20:36, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Huldra created the WP Palestine Sources page a while back. Maybe we should move the info there to the Resources Center. --Al Ameer son (talk) 03:24, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that was my intention and then I'd like to categorise books and journals by main subject area and then annotate them. If editors can say why a particular book is useful we can make sure that articles have the best sources and perhaps cut down on the number of times issues are discussed over and over again on different article talk pages. For example, there's an ongoing controversy about whether the Lebanaese army entered Palestine at the beginning of the 1948 War. They didn't, and the sources are clear, and yet the debate rumbles on across multiple talk pages. I'm sure you could all think of many other examples. Ian Pitchford (talk) 08:47, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Madinat al-Zahraa

There seems to be a municipality south of Gaza that was established in 1998 called "Madinat al-Zahra" (http://www.alzahra-mun.ps) or (http://web.archive.org/web/20080126074111/www.alzahra-mun.ps/ews/posts/view/125). University of Palestine International is headquartered there. Approximate location: with an area of 4634 dunum according to the website. No mention of population. Can we add that page? here's a map including al-Zahra (very useful map, shows the locations of Gaza neighborhoods). One more links about the town: Fjmustak (talk) 11:14, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

I'll start the article in a few days (not contributing too much this week because of the Spring Break), but how come the PCBS does not list a population for it? Do they count it with al-Mughraqa? --Al Ameer son (talk) 17:38, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, according to the municipality website, it was created by decree from Yasir Arafat in 1998. That excludes it from the 1997 census. The results of the 2007 census for the Gaza Strip are not out as far as I know. Here's a very rough translation of info from here.

The city of Al-Zahra' lies to the south west of Gaza city, and sits on 4634 dunums, bordered from the noth by the Gaza municipality, from the east Al-mighraqa municipality, from the south Nuseirat municipality, and from the west the Mediterranean.

The city has a 6km long shoreline and has a population of 5500 to 6000, and is considered a new residential highly attractive to residents due to its wide roads and organized building. The city has the following sections:

1- residential area (residential high-rises and single family homes)

2- agricultural area (vineyards and greenhouses)

3- educational area (Palestine International University - Gaza Women's University)

4- touristic area (seafront)

There are a number of public and service institutions, including two schools, a clinic, city park/promenade, and a preschool. And it still needs more development.

...

Alzahra municipality (Madinat Al-Zahra') was established by a decree from ... Yasser Arafat in 1998 in response to the increased settlement activity in Netzarim...

The municipality (Madinat Al-Zahra') was affected by the Israeli aggression throughout the Al-Aqsa Intifada: the main police station of the city was destroyed, in addition to three residential towers, 16 stories each (4 apartments per floor). Also an aquifier was destroyed in addition to damage to water tanks and windows due to continuous fire. All this in addition to destruction of large parts of a tower under construction of about 60 apartments, and the destruction of vineyards and greenhouses owned by the "Abu Midein" family, in addition to destruction of two main infrastructure lines from several raids of Israeli tanks. ...

Here are photo albums of the city... The mayor is/was (as of June 2008 Feb.11, 2009) Dr. Tareq Hijjo .

municipal seal: http://www.alzahra-mun.ps/ews/img//uploaded/1236492971_110.jpg (says Al Zahra Municipality in Arabic and English, est. 1998 underneath) --Fjmustak (talk) 23:41, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Wow! Thanks for the info and the clarification. I'll start the article on Sunday at the latest if you do not start it before. --Al Ameer son (talk) 03:13, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I've created the skeleton at Al-Zahra' --Fjmustak (talk) 09:57, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! And I noticed you listed it under "Municipalities"... Since al-Mughraqa (Abu Middein) is larger (in land area, little bit smaller in pop), would it be considered a municipality? Is there a website for the village/town --Al Ameer son (talk) 16:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I didn't find a website for Mughraqa, but it seems it has municipality (baladiyya) as opposed to a village council (majlis qarawi). However, I found the ministerial decision to establish the village of al-Mughraqa in 1996 http://muqtafi2.birzeit.edu/pg/getleg.asp?id=12370 . I will research some more. Also I listed Al-Zahra' under municipalities because it says so on its website. I don't think it would be considered a city or a village. --Fjmustak (talk) 18:59, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Kafr or Kfar

Could someone explain me the difference between kfar and kafr in the name of villages of Palestine ?
I sometiimes find one wording and sometimes the other one and I don't understand the reason...
Thank you ! Ceedjee (talk) 16:06, 30 March 2009 (UTC) Editing Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Palestine (section) - Misplaced Pages, the 💕

Kfar (sometimes transcribed Qfar) is Hebrew, Kafr/Qafr is Arabic. So it depends which community lives in the village -- Israeli Jews in Kfar Etzion, Palestinian Arabs in Kafr Qasim. RolandR (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you ! Ceedjee (talk) 18:26, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

It is sometimes transliterated as "Kufr" (not to be confused with Kufr), or Kufur, for example Kufr Aqab. It is also occasionally written as Kfar for Arabic names, such as Kfar Shouba, Kfarhamam, Kfarfila, Kfarsghab, etc... (all the Kafrs in Lebanon are written as Kfar in Google Maps). In Standard Arabic كَفْر "kafr" (meaning hamlet, or small village) is the correct pronunciation, while in spoken Palestinian Arabic, it is often pronounced كُفُر "kufur". --Fjmustak (talk) 01:12, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Draft guidelines for use of placenames

Please participate at Draft guidelines: editable version and in the discussion in the section just above it to help develop guidelines for the use of placenames in the context of Palestine and Israel. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 02:04, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Source

I found this source that might come in handy in articles about Palestinian (and other Arab) governments and institutions... http://www.arabdecision.com/ The objective of the Arab Decision site is to make available to citizens and general public useful information on the Institutions of the Arab World.The documentation was gathered with the best efforts of researchers and scholars, in neutral and scientific spirit. We welcome all clarifications, corrections and improvements for best services. --Fjmustak (talk) 05:50, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

This source will come in handy indeed. I was thinking, maybe we should have a section in the Resource Center for these particular websites. We should also have one for all the municipal websites. What do you guys think? --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:29, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Welcome Template

Hi I created this template Template:WPPPalestinewelcome To welcome new users to the project, please view it, and tell me what do you think?? Maen. K. A. (talk) 17:00, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for joining WikiProject Palestine, a collaborative effort to make the project more comprehensive. A lot of articles need improvement; below are some ongoing tasks for you to take part in, or you can add a task to do. Another great place to check out is Category:Palestine stubs. Happy editing, ~~~~

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New Invitation templates

Here are 4 different designs, 1,2,3,4 for the invitation templates to chose from, and any changes you suggest are easy to do, and about the map we can change it.Maen. K. A. (talk) 22:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I decided on 4. I am not sure what link I have to place in, so I will leave the replacing to you. :) Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 21:05, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Great job Maen. I love the blue. The baby blue one is fresh, and the other blue is catchy. One comment though. I would rather not include the map of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The scope of the project goes beyond those areas.--Fjmustak (talk) 08:54, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I replaced the old invitation with one of Madhero88's But feel free to change it, I think they are all nice and I would be fine with any one of them. --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 23:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I agree with Fjmustak; since the project's scope goes beyond the territories, I don't thin we should use the territories map. The blue one is perfect. --Al Ameer son (talk) 05:16, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Can any one find a suitable map?? or shall I just remove the map?? Maen. K. A. (talk) 05:50, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Pan-Arabism

Hi, any views on what importance rating Pan-Arabism should carry within the project? Myself and Al-Ameer son have suggested mid-importance. Izzedine (talk) 03:20, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

While it is a very important subject, it is a B-class article, so mid-importance seems fine. --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 20:40, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Awards

Here are some designs for awards, we can use for the wikiproject, please tell me what you think :-)

PLbarnstar.png		PLGoldnew22.png		FetPL.png		PLbarnstar1321.png

A golden medal, a Barnstar, and featured article medal Maen. K. A. (talk) 08:53, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I like all of these, especially the second badge-type design. Thank you for making them. Ian Pitchford (talk) 16:23, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I am glad you liked them, and your so welcome :-) Maen. K. A. (talk) 16:54, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

These look great! Thank you again for your time and contributions to the project :) I will add it on the page but I am not sure where just yet... --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 17:59, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I've made some award templates here:Palestinian Barnstar of National Merit, WikiProject Palestine Gold Medal, WikiProject Palestine Featured Article Medal,Palestine Order of Merit. Please feel free to change these or create new ones as you think appropriate. Ian Pitchford (talk) 20:45, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Awesome work, I used your template here --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 20:56, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

A very worthy first award indeed! Ian Pitchford (talk) 21:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you all for the appreciation and I am happy to work with you :-) Maen. K. A. (talk) 23:30, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Wow! These are fantastic ya Maen! Where should we put them on the project page? --Al Ameer son (talk) 01:27, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I like the layout of Wikiproject Jordan, which has a tab for awards. But I leave the designing to you guys, html overwhelms me to the point of suffocation.-Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 23:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I'd be glad to organise the project pages along these lines if no one objects. Ian Pitchford (talk) 19:54, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

No objections; it seems to be the standard of WikiProject pages. --Al Ameer son (talk) 21:45, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for volunteering! A few days ago Maen KA said he would do it but I don't think he will mind if you do the changes instead. -Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 22:12, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

palestinian municapilty template

Hi everybody, I have modified the Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority municipality to fix some issues and add the pushpin_map functionality. To see the difference you can look at the before and the after (yeah, I know, doesn't look like much). Long story short, if you want to add the pushpin map to an article using the template and already has the coordinates defined in the template, you just need to add the following line:
|pushpin_map=Palestinian territories
to the template parameters. If you want to use a different map, use the following line instead:
|map_type=Name of file
If there are any problems let me know and I will try to work them out. Nableezy (talk) 04:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Splendid work Nableezy, thank you. Ian Pitchford (talk) 04:51, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

On a related note, for any other article using a template that supports the pushpin_map, you can add the same map used above (perhaps in battle articles or anything else that took place in the defined area), Template:Location map Palestinian territories by using the "|pushpin_map=Palestinian territories" parameter. The coordinates have to be defined in the template, either deg min sec or decimal degree. Nableezy (talk) 05:06, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

And we could do the same for Template:Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine if there is a demand for it. Nableezy (talk) 05:22, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

The map is perfect. Eventually, we could get to the specific region maps, but this suffices and has improved the articles on Palestinian towns and villages. One thing though, I think one of the changes to the infobox has made huge white spaces in locality article between the title and the context. See Bani Na'im, Qarawat Bani Hassan, Gaza, etc. Do you know how to fix this? And on the note of the depopulated villages, I agree that those articles should have similar maps. --Al Ameer son (talk) 05:22, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Think I got it, could you check? You need to purge the cache for any pages you have already visited. Nableezy (talk) 19:18, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Need to delete the first line of whitespace before the template is called as well. Nableezy (talk) 19:20, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

so there was an issue with the template with the whitespace, that has been fixed. the other part of the issue was in the articles, there should be no whitespace before the template or after before the beginning of the text. i went through the pages that have the template on it (too many to count, check my contribs) and took out the whitespace. i probably missed a few, so if you see any others just delete the empty line between the text and template. Nableezy (talk) 20:45, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

1948 convoys to Jerusalem

I am working towards contributing something about the Haganah convoys to Jerusalem, March to June 1948. I have The Times: "a minimum estimate of amount of absolute necessities required to keep the Jewish population in Jerusalem going is 50 lorry loads weekly." (April 1 1948) But Harry Levin has "The 100,000 Jews of Jerusalem need a bare minimum of 60 truck loads of food a day." (Diary - 31 March). Can anyone give a judgement on which figure is the more accurate?Padres Hana (talk) 21:49, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

You should state both figures and attribute them to the respective sources. --Al Ameer son (talk) 22:58, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

depopulated villages template

The same change as the municipality template has been introduced in the Template:Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine, adding the coordinates and pushpin_map arguments. This one is going to take a bit more work to fully implement though, as the original template did not have the coordinates arguments included. As an example, the Bayt Dajan article had the coordinates included in the article with {{coord|32|00|12.63|N|34|49|45.34|E|type:city|display=title}}. That needed to be moved into the infobox with the proper format. You can see the conversion in this edit. It is simple to do, the format is {{coord|latd|latm|lats|N|longd|longm|longs|E|type:city|display=title}}. Just move the latd, latm, lats (latitude degree, minute, second) and longd, longm, longs (longitude degree, minute, second) into the infobox and add the pushpin_map argument and it should be fine (also delete the {{coord|latd|latm|lats|N|longd|longm|longs|E|type:city|display=title}} as it is now redundant with the infobox). I will be going through the articles that use Template:Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine and adding the maps and coordinates into the infobox, but if anybody wants to beat me to it that is how it is done. Nableezy (talk) 21:39, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Any article that had coordinates defined is now able to use the pushpin map with just the pushpin_map=Mandatory Palestine argument in the infobox, I took care of moving the coordinates into the infoboxes for all the ones that had it in the {{coord|latd|latm|lats|N|longd|longm|longs|E|type:city|display=title}} format. (Tiamut got there first on a couple). I added the maps to articles that I felt were long enough, if anybody thinks it takes up too much space just delete the pushpin_map arg in the infobox. Nableezy (talk) 01:28, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

It would be nice if we could see the district boundaries in the map. Here's an outline of the districts. --Fjmustak (talk) 01:45, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Thats going to be kind of difficult, but I will try. Nableezy (talk) 02:01, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Great job Nableezy. By the way, what SVG editor do you use? I could try to help out. --Fjmustak (talk) 02:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

If we do pursue the districts outline on the pushpin map, we should do the same for the Palestinian territories map. However, if we are unable to add the district boundaries, we should at least have some of the major cities pinpointed on the map automatically; Gaza, Hebron, Jerusalem, Ramallah or al-Bireh, and Nablus for the territories and the district capitals for Mandatory Palestine. --Al Ameer son (talk) 03:00, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Got a test of the municipality with multiple points, wont have to modify any articles just the template. One small problem is that if the point you are mapping is predefined, there is a write-over in the name on the map. You can see it in my test with Gaza. But take a look, if yall think it looks good Ill put it in the template. Here. Nableezy (talk) 07:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Another problem, city names may overlap with each other, would need to check each article and move its name if needed. Nableezy (talk) 07:14, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

And one with the depopulated template with predefined points here. It is pretty crowded on the map though. Nableezy (talk) 16:38, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree that this is too crowded (even the Gaza one). This way, it's hard to find what you're looking for. I agree with Ameer, that if we implement the districts in Mandate Palestine, we should do the same for the PNA Governorates. My initial suggestion for drawing district boundaries was made because the map seemed too "bare". The West Bank and Gaza Strip have lines around them, so it seems less so. Anyway, I am just starting to learn how to use Inkscape, and will attempt to mark the map. --Fjmustak (talk) 19:44, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I modified the sizes on the depopulated template to make it slightly less crowded, not sure if it is that much better though. Nableezy (talk) 20:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I added the district lines to the map (see here) using this map. What do you guys think? I tried to create a test template called Template:Location map Mandatory Palestine districts, but couldn't get it to work. Could you help me out Nableezy? Thanks --Fjmustak (talk) 23:41, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I also created File:Palestine_governorates_location_map.svg. Let me know what you think --Fjmustak (talk) 01:28, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

As far as the mandate map, I just replaced the one currently being used in Template:Location map Mandatory Palestine with that map, works fine. Could just delete the template you created, we dont need two separate templates, one with the districts one without. Did the same with the territories map. This way we dont have to go through all the articles and change what map they are pointing to. Great work on this, would have taken me ages to get this going. Nableezy (talk) 01:36, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Fantastic job on the maps! Do you think we should replace the Template:West Bank Labelled Map and Template:Gaza Strip labelled map with the new map? The difference is the Area A and Area B shadings are shown on the the above two maps in addition to major cities and towns. --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:01, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

I think those two maps should stay, and we could try to determine coordinates for them to use as specific pushpin maps. Nableezy (talk) 04:18, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Even better ;) --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

FYI, these maps (especially the Gaza Strip one) might need some rotating/stretching in order to use them --Fjmustak (talk) 05:46, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

New Header Template

Hi I created the header for the project, I thought of something different than wikiproject jorda, to preserve the most of the current design, here it is

• WikiProject Palestine