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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
2. Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
3. WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

• Hahc21 (submissions), who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
• Prism (submissions), who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Category:Foreign hostages in Pakistan

Category:Foreign hostages in Pakistan, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 15:57, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Yeah need help.

they are deleting mine article,so do something save this article Haneef Shareef. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balochi tamur (talk • contribs) 15:10, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Do you have reliable sources to cite your article? As lack of sourcing can be an issue. Mar4d (talk) 15:26, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Do something

They are deleting this article Saeed Shad do something.. criteria for speedy deletion.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balochi tamur (talk • contribs) 15:44, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Studio 146

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Category:Pakistani rapists

Category:Pakistani rapists, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 15:49, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 March newsletter

A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Campaignbox 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan

Template:Campaignbox 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 17:06, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Debate: Template Talk:Islam

Hello, there is a debate at Template Talk:Islam about whether the ahmadiyya are actually a sect of Islam or a seperate religion in it's own right, currently the debate is deadlocked, feel free to provide your viewpoints so that we can ascertain a conclusion. (Wiki id2(talk) 15:18, 26 April 2014 (UTC))

WikiCup 2014 April newsletter

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar (submissions) and Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Zong

You're invited here.  SAMI  ^talk 16:43, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Hey

Hey,

Responding to your link of this lad. That gentleman and many others are part of a certain group of users of presumably Afghan origin who are making anonymous edits, reverts and undo's based on their PoV. It's usually about and including few thing;

- They remove things about Afghan people that have to do with other South Asian peoples as they don't to be associated with other South Asians. - They edit numbers of Afghan diasporeans according own personal opinion or singular sources such as newspapers - Always an agenda. - Based on personal opinion closely linked with WP:JDL

It's a pain to monitor one IP of them, let alone all of them. We might have to bring some of them up at WP:ANI. Anyway, at the moment [this] article seems to be getting the most heavy fire. Perhaps you can take a look at it and it's editing history too. It's all coming from anonymous users/IP's who just make quick edits regarding the points I mentioned above. Let's ask for making it a semi-protected page?

- LouisAragon (talk) 22:30, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Getting the page protected would be a good idea. I'll try to keep a watch as much as I can, depending on how much real life commitments let me ;) Do bring any more pointy edits to my notice and we could seek some intervention. Mar4d (talk) 12:15, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Will do that for sure man :-) - LouisAragon (talk) 03:47, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

I applied for indefinite semi-protected status, but it got declined because "it hasn't been edited since December 2012"? Was he perhaps sleeping when he wrote that? [[1]] - LouisAragon (talk) 04:05, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Looks like an error on the admin's part. Mar4d (talk) 07:05, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

That's because the request was not transcluded properly and the admin thought you were referring to "Template:Afghan diaspora" rather than "Afghan diaspora". It is semi protected to 18 June so let's see how that goes. --regentspark (comment) 17:18, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification. Mar4d (talk) 15:47, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments - Pakistan

Hi Mar4d!

Wiki Loves Monuments, the world's largest photography competition, will be taking place in Pakistan this September. The competition is all about capturing the cultural monuments and heritage sites of Pakistan and uploading these images on Commons to create an online repository which will be freely available to all.

Start taking photos of the sites enlisted here and upload them in September to be eligible for national and international prizes.

Email: contact@wikilovesmonuments.pk
Official website: wikilovesmonuments.pk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonumentsPK

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Informative article about the airport attack in Karachi! Aarp65 (talk) 23:58, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Heh, thanks. Just going with the flow really and putting up what's been coming on the media. I'm sure as the investigations develop further and more information comes out, there will be more to add. Mar4d (talk) 04:34, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

June 2014

When moving pages, please remember to fix any double redirects. These can create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing. Thank you.  SAMI  ^talk 09:21, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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Talkback

Hello, Mar4d. You have new messages at Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Zarb-e-Azb.
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Faizan 15:08, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Can this article be reassessed? Currently it is rated B-class. Faizan 15:18, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For crossing the 50,000 edits mark. Keep up the great work! Faizan 08:31, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

You are probably the most active Pakistani Wikipedian! Congratulations again. Faizan 08:32, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Faizan. Due to some real life commitments, I am busy and may not be as active on Operation Zarb-e-Azb. Good luck with the ITN, DYK and expansion. Mar4d (talk) 08:58, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

The same guy and the same problem

Hello there,

I see you and some other user managed to get the Afghan diaspora page protected which greatly reduced the amount of IP hoppers and reverts on the page :) Good job. However, now that the semi-protected status has expired , the very same IP has returned and is pushing the very same agenda and calling his reverts based on correcting "vandalism" [[2]].

It's the same guy doing the same thing, so you might wanna take actions here.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.210.203.230 (talk) 10:55, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Banned/blocked user constantly reverting languages of Pakistan page

Hi there,

This banned/blocked user is constantly reverting and editing on the Languages of Pakistan page and ridiculously calling his reverts based on "evidence" without putting any evidence. (A sock of a banned/blocked user, what do you want eh?) By using new socks such as User:Mwojj and IPs 39.47.44.169 and 39.47.77.221 he tries tries to evade his block and banning and keep pushing his agenda. I've reverted his edits several time and warned him for the last time, but you might wanna take actions here. Here you can see more of it [[3]]

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.210.203.230 (talk) 00:15, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

May you

• May you have time to take a look at, and add proper categories article Hanif Tarin. Thanks. Justice007 (talk) 16:52, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 June newsletter

After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to 12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Sven Manguard (submissions).

The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Pakistani Cultural Heritage - Edit Drive

Hi Mar4d!

Wikimedia Community User Group Pakistan is organizing an edit drive for Pakistani Wikipedians on Pakistani Cultural Heritage throughout the month of July.
Top three contributors will be given a gift pack containing Wikipedia merchandise.

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Ramadan Mubarak

I didn't see anything about this on Wikipedia, except the redirect you created. I'm trying to understand what TV stations in my area are doing. The entire screen has some kind of art and these two words, which apparently are some sort of holiday greeting. I would suggest this go in the Ramadan article if that is true. Yes, I could Google it but I'm at hoe and I limit myself to a few select web sites.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:09, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Hey Vchimpanzee. Yes, it is like a phrase. A bit like saying Merry Christmas. 'Mubarak' means blessed, so the term Ramadan Mubarak can be taken as meaning 'Wishing you a blessed Ramadan', or just 'Congratulations for Ramadan.' Another common greeting is Ramadan Kareem, which literally means "Ramadan is generous" in Arabic. The intended meaning is that Ramadan is full of good and blessings, and it's used to express happiness at the start of the month. Hope this helps :) Mar4d (talk) 03:55, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Sindhudesh

Dear brother User:Mar4d : It hink you do not know history of sindhi seperatist movement and its Etymology. the very term Sindhudesh means independent sindh country. Parties which demand rights within framework of Pakistan do not use term Sindhudesh, only seperatist parties do. Former group includes: sindh taraqi pasand party, qaomi awami tahreek, sindh united party etc, while later includes jeay sindh qaumi mahaz, jeay sindh mutahiida mahaz, jeay sindh tahreek etc. sO term Sindhudesh means seperate sindhi country. I am reverting your edit to the page regarding this matter, while statement regarding election is now OK and neutral. If you want to discuss this issue further please come to my talk page or write here in this thread. Thanks.--Ubed junejo (talk) 14:33, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Reverts

Hey there! :)

A certain IP keeps reverting your revert on this page while labeling it as vandalism, without even apparantly knowing what vandalism is. [[4]]

- LouisAragon (talk) 19:17, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The page's been protected by RegentsPark and I reverted the IP. Faizan 19:20, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Faizan. Mar4d (talk) 23:39, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Eye to Eye (Taher Shah song)

A tag has been placed on Eye to Eye (Taher Shah song), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

Delete to make way for uncontroversial move of Taher Shah to Eye to Eye (Taher Shah song) per consensus at Talk:Taher Shah

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
2. Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
3. Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
4. Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
5. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
6. 12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
7. Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
8. Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Matty.007 (submissions), ThaddeusB (submissions), WikiRedactor (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), Yellow Evan (submissions), Prism (submissions) and Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Saleem Safi

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A tag has been placed on Saleem Safi requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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WP:NOTINHERIT

Doesn't Ziauddin Yousafzai violate WP:NOTINHERIT as all coverage is being inherited from Malala (all the references added are about Malala with mentions of him)? I was about to AFD it but thought to ask for a second opinion first. --lTopGunl (talk) 00:03, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

I would say he passes notability since there's enough coverage on him, and he's been making many public appearances lately. He's also working as a diplomat for Pakistan, so again, that would satisfy notability guidelines. Mar4d (talk) 06:18, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that's what's holding me back. I think the article is not well sourced with sources that point only to him. I made a remark on the talk page for whoever was adding content to that article to take this into account (as I thought of AFD, some one else might just do it). --lTopGunl (talk) 11:09, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Sounds fair. Mar4d (talk) 12:03, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Asian American#Radical infobox changes

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Merging references

Do you know how to automatically merge named duplicate references into a single one? I used to use WP:REFLINKS but it only works on barelinks.--lTopGunl (talk) 18:07, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Hey, sorry for the late reply. Been a bit busy. Umm, not sure actually :p Mar4d (talk) 07:11, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Mar4d, I've noticed you improved "The Abraaj Group" page in the past. Please can i request that you have a look at the "talk" page of The Abraaj Group? I have a COI, but the page needs some updates. I've included references in the talk page. Best wishes and many thanks.

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Reverted Edit on British Pakistanis

I see you reverted my edit on British Pakistanis, I'll have you know that the current wording style implies that there are no British Punjabis of Non-Mirpuri and Kashmiri descent in former mill towns in Yorkshire which is actually inaccurate, I changed it to imply that although there are large communities outside of mill towns in Yorkshire there still are small and very successful communities of non-Mirpuri and Kashmiri Punjabis in these towns, which is more accurate. So please consider reverting back to my edit, as it is common knowledge that there are small communities of non-MP and Kashmiri Punjabis in these towns. --AgentPsyops (talk) 18:03, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

There may be a small number of Punjabis in these towns but I believe that is not what the sentence was referring to. Instead, it was making a comparison that unlike British Kashmiris, who tend to live more in mill towns, the Punjabis are more spread out towards larger urban areas and are not restricted to just mill towns. Feel free to add a source to back up your views though if you feel it is important to mention in the article. Mar4d (talk) 03:12, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Many business owners in the mill towns are non-Kashmiri or MP Punjabis, there is a common misconception that there are no non MP and Kashmiri Punjabis in mill towns of Yorkshire. As a matter of fact with the small Sikh Punjabi community they are very successful, indeed the majority for example in areas like Bradford are Mirpuris and Kashmiris but in the wealthier suburbs there are some non MP and Kashmir Punjabis. My only issue is that it lumps them in with the MPs and Kashmiris, and they don't want that, they do not even regard MP and Kashmiris are true Punjabis even though they speak the same language being Pothwari. One former mill town for example where I have visited to see Punjabi friends Heckmondwike has a majority non Kashmiri and MP population many of their parents originally hailing from Bewal, Sui Cheemian and the surrounding area in Punjab. Many of them being powerful Zamindars holding powerful positions in the Pakistani Senate, unlike their MP and Kashmiri counterparts. --AgentPsyops (talk) 16:40, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Military history of Pakistani Americans for deletion

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