Keldan

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No worries, no offense taken. I completely understand the objections raised, and certainly now have a better understanding of the process involved. Thanks for your guidance, and I hope to collaborate more with you (and y'all) in the future. Great username, by the by. Keldan 20:01, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Arabic

Thank you for adding that on the calendar article. It was long overdue. -LambaJan 03:59, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Arabic)#poll for standard transliteration. I think you will add something valuable. Cuñado - Talk 02:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Religion

Hi, I was just looking at the Baha'i faith and saw that you are a follower of this religion. I have never heard of this faith before so I was just wondering if you could tell me about this religion's role in the United States. Are there any Baha'i churches in America (besides the one in IL)? Do you have any famous church members who I might recognize. Please let me know if you have anything to tell me. Thanks, (LonghornJohnny 03:37, 24 September 2006 (UTC))

Primary transliteration

You should take a look at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Arabic). Regards, -- Jeff3000 20:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Images

Hi Keldan, would you have any pictures of the World Centre that you have taken yourself that you could upload at commons.wikimedia.org on a free license? Regards, -- Jeff3000 04:41, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I have taken some, but they're not to the standard I would like. I've been planning on dedicating the next few weekends to taking some more professional quality stuff - making sure I have the full day to find the right lighting and what-not. Are there any areas in particular that you know of off the top of your head that we need (better) photos of? It would certainly make a good place to start. Keldan 14:45, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Keldan, the images that we need the most are on the Baha'i World Centre buildings page. A lot of those images come from the Baha'i Media Bank and are used under fair use, and recently fair use buildings (that still exist) have been deleted left and right. In the order of importance on that page, I think we definitely need these pictures:

• The ITC (df)
• The Centre for the Study of the Texts (df)
• House of Abdu'lla Pasha (df)
• The House of Abdu'l-Baha
• Garden of Ridvan

These images are also needed, but are less important

• Mazraih (df)
• The Terraces Visitor Centre (inside)
• 4 Haparsim Street
• Haifa Pilgrim Centre
• 75 HaTzionut Avenue
• Bahjí Pilgrim Centre.

Finally, we have free images of these pictures, but they are pretty low quality:

• The Archives building (df)
• The House of Abbud
• Mansion of Bahji

On a last note the free picture that we have of the Shrine of Baha'u'llah is also of low quality, so a good quality photo of the entrance of the Shrine would be great.

I know this is a lot, but whatever you can do, would be an improvement. Thanks again, -- Jeff3000 15:05, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm noting this list as well! I just came back from pilgrimage and have a lot of pictures, including many listed here. --dragfyre 16:11, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

No worries - having a list like this is actually helpful for planning my weekends. I'll start tackling some of these as soon as possible. Keldan 16:23, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey—I've noted buildings I've uploaded photos for. That being said, please feel free to contribute your own for those too :) --dragfyre 23:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Added some more! --dragfyre 15:38, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Arabic

Hi. Please comment here. Cuñado - Talk 06:39, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikimania in Atlanta!

Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!

P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 01:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

About Esperanto

Hi Keldan,

I'm a Baha'i that runs the Baha'i encyclopedia bahaikipedia.org. If you'd be interested in starting the project in Esperanto I'd love to talk with you.

Regards, T0lk (talk) 08:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

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