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Pakistani passport

Thanks for ce the article. Please see if the first few paragraphs of the original article should be imported as well or otherwise they can be added elsewhere. Also, I have removed the external link that you added earlier today since the content is imported already. On a side note, I am planning to get more of his articles under CC-BY-SA so that relevant WP articles could be benefited. Will you be able to help me to identity the articles he wrote for Dawn.com that can be useful for Wikipedia? --Saqib (talk) 17:50, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi. I'll have a look, but from what I remember, it was mostly the history that I found valuable for that article. Good luck with getting his content licensed, I think it will be great for expanding coverage here. There are a lot of articles quite useful, so I don't have any particular favourites at the moment. But I'll definitely identify any in the future. Regards, Mar4d (talk) 19:45, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Purely procedural

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Not that you have been involved. But your page has  ;) _Muffled ^Pocketed 12:48, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

New Article requested Hyderabadi Chatni

Dear, I have been editing Wikipedia in office but now has been strictly prhibited from opening Wikipedia during office hours, I would definately write this article which I am requesting , but can't so you are request to write it kindly,New Article requested Hyderabadi Chatni , here is news reference of requested article which is in Sindhi language which can be machine translated into English or Urdu through Google translation. or you may correct it link is Hyderabadi Chatni حيدرآبادي چٽڻي and its Sindhi name is (حيدرآبادي چٽڻي),, Thanks ...Jogi 007 (talk) 07:46, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Sure, if there are significant coverage in reliable sources, I will look into it. My most recent Pakistani food articles were Sai bhaji and chapli kebab :) Mar4d (talk) 11:12, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Both of those articles are nicely written. Thanks.Jogi 007 (talk) 10:35, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Your contribution in multiple Wikipedia articles have been phenomenal. Excellent work !!! Rugby9090 (talk) 18:11, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Musharraf

Hey Mar4d. I'm currently having a discussion at Talk:2016_Uri_attack#Gen._Musharraf on the notability of Pervez Musharraf, and whether his military-related opinion could be notable enough to mention on the 2016 Uri attack article, especially with regards to claims that Pakistan may have armed the perpetrators. I see that you have edited both 2016 Uri attack and Pervez Musharraf, so presumably you are familiar with both topics. If you could give your opinion, that'd be appreciated. Thanks! VR _talk 01:23, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

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3RR warning

Hi Mar4d, you have exceeded 3RR on 2016 Uri attack. I recommend that you do no more reverts for the next 24 hours. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 13:47, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi. I count two reverts, not more. But anyhow, the discussions on talk are in progress. Thanks, Mar4d (talk) 13:50, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Urdu wikipedia

Hi, can you please active on Urdu wikipedia? Muhammad Shuaib (talk) 13:53, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Ways to improve Government of Karachi

Hi, I'm Pgallert. I've just checked through Government of Karachi, a page you created. I noticed several links to references to another Wikipedia article, Mayor of Karachi. As those references seemed to be unrelated to the Government of Karachi article, I have removed them for now. But generally, if a reference is useful for more than one article, it should appear in full in all articles it is used.

If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Cheers! --Pgallert (talk) 07:07, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Pakistani edit counter

Do you happen to know about the pakistan wikipedians edit counter? i remmbr seeing but cant find it. Saadkhan12345 (talk) 00:59, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Saadkhan12345. I think you are talking about this manually updated list. Mar4d (talk) 05:24, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

saraiki language

Dear. Saraiki is language.182.186.31.198 (talk) 06:28, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Chauburji page

Hi, just wondering why my addition to the Chauburji page was removed. Need to know what went wrong as I am planning to be more active on wikipedia. :) Saba Khan 04:06, 11 October 2016 (UTC) Saba — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sabasak (talk • contribs)

Hi Sabasak. It is important that any information added on Wikipedia is verifiable and supported by references. Feel free to add content if you can provide reliable sources for it. Good luck with editing, Mar4d (talk) 10:19, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Hello

why are you not paticipating in the asia challenge? Saadkhan12345 (talk) 15:02, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Category:Marketing companies of Pakistan has been nominated for discussion

Category:Marketing companies of Pakistan, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. 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. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:17, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Cas Liber (submissions)
• Second Place - MPJ-DK (submissions)
• Third Place - Adam Cuerden (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
• Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
• Featured List – Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
• Featured Portal – SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
• Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
• Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
• Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
• In The News – Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
• Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:53, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

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Ways to improve Pakistan Locomotive Factory

Hi, I'm CaroleHenson. Mar4d, thanks for creating Pakistan Locomotive Factory!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Pakistan Locomotive Factory that you created has just one citation. Do you have other sources for the article?

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. CaroleHenson (talk) 18:27, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Ali Zafar

Hi Mar4d!

Remember when you wished me "Welcome" on Wikipedia? Thanks!

Actually I want to ask if you know something about Ali Zafar. I have left a message on talk page of the article. Hope for your kind response and action on it.

Thanks once again! M.Billoo2000 (talk) 14:50, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Mar4d! As you've said to me, "If you need help,... ask me on my talk page...", but you haven't replied me (I know I also didn't messaged you that time). Another question, related to Ali Zafar's song Ab Khel Ke Dikha, I want to ask from you. "Urdu to English translation" translates "اب کھیل کے دکھا" as "Let's show the Game" or "Show the Play now", and according to my limited knowledge, it doesn't say "Ab Khelne Ka Waqt Hai" (as you translated it "Time to Play the Game"). I want to ask why did you remove two singles (songs) from "Ali Zafar chronology" in that article? And in update of above's message, I have left three messages on "Talk:Ali Zafar". Hope for your kind response and reply, thanks! M. Billoo _{(talk • contribs)} 13:28, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello M.Billoo2000. Regarding the English translation, the ones you mentioned aren't really meaningful or grammatically correct. The existing one is what I found on an official PSL poster on social media, hence it was added as a rough translation. I don't know where that source is now, I'll have to find it. As regards the Ali Zafar singles, they were removed because that article is on the PSL theme song, not Ali Zafar. Hence they were irrelevant to the content of that article. You can add them on the singer's article however. Regards, Mar4d (talk) 08:38, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Proposed deletion of PakTribune

The article PakTribune has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

WP:USERGENERATED.

not notable and reliable. no editorial board. no print edition. just an ordinary news website.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Saqib (talk) 07:12, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Template:Pakistan listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Pakistan. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Pakistan redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 00:53, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:English scholars of Pakistan studies has been nominated for discussion

Category:English scholars of Pakistan studies, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. 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. Rathfelder (talk) 00:00, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017

On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

• First place – $200
• Second & Third place – $50 each
• Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email).

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Featured article on Main Page

Hi, Dear, Kindly help and guide me how can we include Sindhi Cultural Day article on Wikipedia's main page as featured article. Expecting a positive and a dignified role from you. Jogi 007 (talk) 11:01, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Jogi. The Featured article criteria is quite stringent, and not possible as the article is quite far from even GA criteria currently. Moreover, FA articles on the main page are pre-determined from a list of very selected articles from what I know. However, some basic formatting could make this article eligible for the main page's WP:DYK section, and the fact that it's a new article is a plus point. Regards, Mar4d (talk) 13:36, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Saraiki dialect -> Saraiki language

Hi, there's a move discussion at Talk:Saraiki dialect, where you're welcome to participate. Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 02:57, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Karakoram

The article Eight-thousander shows four of them (K2, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II, Broad Peak) in the Karakoram. The remaining ten seem to be in the Himalayas.
The wording in the Karakoram article "the highest concentration of peaks over 8000m in height to be found anywhere on earth", if true, needs an explanation showing in what sense it is true.
I would normally check the wording of the reference (the BBC Planet Earth episode 3), but I am not able to do that unless the programme is repeated some day. Perhaps the BBC programme was lumping the Karakoram with the Himalayas. It would, perhaps, allay my doubts if you could give me, and other readers, a more easily verifiable source. Apuldram (talk) 21:02, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

done it. Apuldram (talk) 17:06, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Pakistan Super League

Hi Mar4d! You have earlier created a page "Ab Khel Ke Dikha", now I have created a new page "Ab Khel Jamay Ga". Please check it, Thanks! M. Billoo 06:31, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:PSL-stub

Template:PSL-stub has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 14:46, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Muttahida Quami Movement Pakistan

Hey mate, I proposed that Muttahida Quami Movement Pakistan be merged with Muttahida Qaumi Movement page however a dispute has arisen between me and a user. Since you are an expert related to Pakistan related pages, I would appreciate if you kindly let us know your opinion on the matter. Thank you! --Saqib (talk) 14:28, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

PakTribune

Last year, I proposed this page to be deleted but it was reverted. I did check Google Books and found this website been quoted in several books, but I wonder if this news organisation meet WP notability criteria and have an editorial team. I realised that some recently published news stories on website are merely copy/paste of articles published by other mainstreams news organisation such as Dawn, Daily Times etc. To me it look like a mirror site? --Saqib (talk) 14:59, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

According to this, they are an established entity and do have an editorial team. As you mentioned, there were several book references quoting their articles so I would imply there is notability. Mar4d (talk) 15:06, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Saraiki dialect

Hi. You recently participated in the Requested move discussion for Saraiki dialect, which has now been closed. The close is under discussion at Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2017 January#Saraiki dialect, where you'll be welcome to comment. Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 13:08, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Indo Pak air war 1965

Hi I noticed you edited this page a few months back before Mblaze a disruptive sock who edited that page with blogs and dead sources is back he is reading coggins a dead source and putting bharat rakshak a known nationalist biased blog. R.Shukla.Mohan (talk) 16:50, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Zoltán Mujahid

I reverted your edit. He's not an emigrant, as he's part Hungarian himself. --113.203.154.155 (talk) 15:31, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

@113.203.154.155: He was born in Pakistan and lived there, and did not migrate to Hungary until he was 11 as per that article. That makes him a Pakistani emigrant. Please note that Category:Pakistani emigrants to Hungary is a subcategory of Category:Hungarian people of Pakistani descent, so indirectly the article is already in that cat. Technically, the first one is just more correct than the latter. He would only go into the latter if he was born in Hungary of Pakistani parentage. Mar4d (talk) 15:35, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Emirati performance artists

A tag has been placed on Category:Emirati performance artists requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and it is not presently under discussion at Categories for discussion, or at disambiguation categories.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. AusLondonder (talk) 16:07, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2017 Lahore suicide bombing

On 13 February 2017, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2017 Lahore suicide bombing, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 23:28, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

March 2017 WikiCup newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

• Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
• Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
• 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
• Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. 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 a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Restoring sock edits

I see in this edit your restored, wholesale, the edits I reverted as having been added by a confirmed sockmaster quoting WP:BANREVERT. Per that policy you are free to restore such edits as long as you are willing to take full responsibility for the content of said edits. Essentially, it is as if you made the edits yourself. In this specific case, you restored material made by a paid editing sock farm that introduced extremely promotional material and unsupported statements to the article. If you independently verify specific information that was included and can vouch for its accuracy, please feel free to restore the content on a case by case basis. What cannot be restored is promotionally-toned commentary such as "One of the most popular actresses of the nation", "established her as a leading actress of Pakistan" "received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters" and effusive puffery such as "acclaimed role". --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:41, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo:: Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't aware that content was contributed by a paid editor, which in any case is bound to bring WP:NPOV issues too. Knowing this and the concerns raised above, your revert can stay. Generally, when I see large amounts of content being reverted per WP:SOCK, I like to take another look and see if the contributed content improved the article's quality in any way. In this case, I'll go through the said content if I have time and see which parts can be verified. Mar4d (talk) 04:51, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Note that this sock group also has a history of including inline citations that do not always support the content added, so that's something else to be wary of in this case.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:47, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Message

Hi! I have left a message here, hope for your kind reply. Thanks! M. Billoo 20:41, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Bengal presidency

Hi Mar4d, Thanks for you edit on Partition of India. The reason why I had left it at Bengal was that I seemed to remember that the Presidency either formally ceased to exit in 1912, after the reunification of Bengal, and the creation of Bihar and Orissa Province, or it was formally abolished after the Government of India Act 1935. In either case, if my memory is correct, the presidency had ceased to exist by 1947. Would you like to do a little work? See if you can find sources that speak to the truth of either notion of mine. If either is true, could you create a real content page at Bengal Province, which currently is a dab page, or you could do it at Bengal Province, British India. It would have time period 1912/1935 to 1947? Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:15, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

@Fowler&fowler: Hey Fowler&fowler. My knowledge of Bengal's colonial history is patchy at best, though what I understand from Bengal Presidency is that it was split in 1905 only to be "reunited" in 1912. And if this section is correct, Bihar and Orissa were carved out as new provinces whereas the rest of Bengal remained in its original (presidency) boundaries up till 1947. It was based on this assumption that I redirected British Bengal to that article. I may have to research a little more to be 100% certain. Mar4d (talk) 16:28, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Asia challenge

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Improve/create any article on anywhere in Asia whenever you feel like it and list it!...

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Hello. You have been invited to join WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge, a WikiProject dedicated to improving Asia-related articles on Wikipedia. You received this invitation due to your interest in, or edits relating to or within the scope of the project. If you would like to join or just help out a bit, please visit the project page, and add your name to the participants. Thanks, ~~~~

Mar4d (talk) 16:44, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

A page you started (Khaleeji cuisine) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Khaleeji cuisine, Mar4d!

Wikipedia editor Onel5969 just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

Nicely organized article, the culture and ingredients sections need more in-line citations.

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Manual datestamp for archiving. Mar4d (talk) 16:44, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Gilgit-Baltistan

Hi Mar4d, two problems here.

• You have violated the 1RR restriction on the page.
• You reinstated your edit while a discussion is ongoing.

I think we need to set a good example to all the newer editors, and this reinstatement is not one such. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 14:53, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Pakistani MP's

Dear Mar4d, I often see you reverting vandalism and removing unsourced material so I thought I let you know that recently I was able to fix 330 bio pages on current MNA's (10 needs to be fixed and you can help). It took me two years to fix the pages so I would appreciate if you could add all of them into your watchlist and revert any questionable edit being added in future. 2018 election are near and I am expecting people close to subjects to edit the pages to please themselves. Here is the list: List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan. Thank you. --Saqib (talk) 10:45, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I will keep this and associated pages under my watch. Regards, Mar4d (talk) 12:03, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. And also please add this bio of a Senator Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh. Apparently, Senator himself editing the page for self-promotion. --Saqib (talk) 15:37, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Your attention needed at Meta

Hello. A renamer or clerk has responded to your username change request in meta, but requires clarification before moving forward. Please follow up at your username change request entry as soon as possible. Thank you. --Alaa :)..! 09:16, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement

I have filed a report against you at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement. D4iNa4 (talk) 02:34, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to 2017 Wikipedia & Sindhi Wikipedia awareness workshop and meetup in Karachi

Invitation to 2017 Wikipedia & Sindhi Wikipedia awareness workshop and meetup in Karachi Dear , All Wikipedian living in Pakistan, You are cordially invited to one day workshop "Wikipedia & Sindhi Wikipedia awareness workshop and meetup in Karachi", starting in May 2017, you may contact JogiAsad, for details see, follow Sindhi Wikipedia Facebook page..Thanks..سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا (talk) 13:04, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

May 2017 WikiCup newsletter

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
• 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
• Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
• Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. 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 nominations, 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Warm regards, Mz7 (talk) 05:10, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Cheers! Mar4d (talk) 05:43, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Maryam Nawaz

Hi, I've removed some overly detailed material related to Panama Case. Perhaps could you help with re-writing it better? --Saqib (talk) 09:08, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

If I get around to it, I'll take a look. Good work with the cleanup though. A summary would be nice. Mar4d (talk) 09:14, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan military conflict

On 8 May 2017, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan military conflict, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Bencherlite^Talk 18:36, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

CPEC

Hello I recently added a new indian subversion section however it does not seem to show up on the article is something wrong with the page or the edit? Suleman789 (talk) 06:58, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

[1] Why is all that content missing ? Suleman789 (talk) 07:02, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

@Suleman789: Hi. Thanks for your edits. Please note that at Wikipedia, we are required to adhere to a neutral point of view. Therefore, please note that any edits which do not satisfy this policy can be reverted or changed by others. As your edit deleted some information and changed a section heading without an explanation, I had to restore the good version. Regards, Mar4d (talk) 07:04, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Its well sourced actually I basically restored content which was removed by an ip account on 7th may so the ip made changes without explaining not me.Suleman789 (talk) 13:07, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Blog on Pakistanis editing Hindi Wikipedia

Assalamu Alykum,

Long time back I had written a blog on Wikinut about Pakistanis editing Hindi Wikipedia. While I had to erase all my blogposts on Wikinut when I could not make minor corrections to one of my posts, you can still find the archived text posted here.

As against this, I have written some blogposts on your compatriots which still exist on WMF blog.

Thank you. --Muzammil (talk) 17:57, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

@Hindustanilanguage: Thank you for your response, I appreciate it. The post is relevant to a topic I am doing a little research on. On a side note, I have always found your Wikimedia posts very interesting and have read quite a few of them :) Regards, Mar4d (talk) 18:07, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

List of political parties in Pakistan

Hi

Kindly Check the ending of Article, it seam some one messed up during editing, Don't know how to do that

List of political parties in Pakistan
Sulaimandaud (talk) 06:25, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

The table wasn't closed. I have fixed it now. Mar4d (talk) 06:30, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of Article

Hi

An article created by me Pakistan Railways Carriage Factory has been nominated for deletion. I Know it's very small that's the only info available on net. Need your help regarding that.

Thanks

BR
Sulaimandaud (talk) 11:52, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

No comment on the AfD. But if you want to save the article/expand it further, Google Books would be a good place to look for sources. Mar4d (talk) 12:25, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Template:Cabinet of the Government of Pakistan

Hi

i have seen Template:Cabinet of the Government of Pakistan has been expanded to all governmental organisations. Why not have 1 template for onle cabinet ministries and one template for each ministry institutions/organisation. Like what US departments has, each department having its own template. Thanks and waiting for you response?

Sulaimandaud (talk) 13:19, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

@Sulaimandaud: That would seem reasonable, especially since Template:Cabinet of the Government of Pakistan is huge. Thus, it makes sense that the Cabinet template should list the ministries, whereas the sub-articles should be moved to spin-off templates. I am sure it would aid easier navigation for the readers. Regards, Mar4d (talk) 15:21, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

@Mar4d: I have started making template boxes for ministries. will need your help. One more thing i have seen two different categories for same thing Category:Culture of Gilgit-Baltistan and Category:Gilgit-Baltistani culture I think latter one should be deleted.

Sulaimandaud (talk) 15:34, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

@Sulaimandaud: Sure. And you can empty the latter category and replace it with {{db-empty}}. Mar4d (talk) 16:31, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

@Mar4d: Sorry to disturb you again but i want to know difference between these two categories Category:Culture of Sindh and Category:Sindhi culture. Is this doubling of same category?Sulaimandaud (talk) 18:53, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

@Sulaimandaud: From my perspective, probably not. The second one deals with ethnic Sindhi culture, while the first one (based on its wording) could incorporate the culture of the whole province which includes Muhajir culture etc. Hence the latter is a subcategory of the former. Mar4d (talk) 19:09, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

@Mar4d: Hi Created Couple of Templates. Hake a look and suggestions/improvements please

1. * Template:Ministry of Ports and Shipping
2. * Template:Ministry of Railways
3. * Template:Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control
4. * Template:Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication

Sulaimandaud (talk) 05:02, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

I have created all the other ministry templates. Feel free to cleanup the cabinet navbox as required. Cheers, Mar4d (talk) 12:32, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Templates

Bravo man..

You are too fast. Just as i was about to create template of WAPDA and boom there page was

Sulaimandaud (talk) 16:24, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Discussion Forum

Is there a discussion forum where we can discuss issues regarding Pakistan related articles like fb page or some other??
Sulaimandaud (talk) 20:45, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Hey Sulaimandaud. The Pakistan notice board is where all your queries can be directed, in addition to any outstanding issues. Since that page is watchlisted by several, hopefully one of us can attend to your questions whenever needed. Cheers, Mar4d (talk) 08:51, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

I see that you've already posted there. Btw, those two articles appear to be the same so you should go ahead and merge/redirect one to the other per WP:BOLD. Mar4d (talk) 08:53, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

@Mar4d: Got ur mail. send u a reply i think it went to ur email. yes if possible
Sulaimandaud (talk) 15:21, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Noted, thanks for the ideas/suggestions. I will take a look at the concerned templates, though I believe the majority of them have been created for all the railway branch lines. Mar4d (talk) 17:29, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Globalize/Pakistan

Template:Globalize/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. Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 08:19, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Draft:India and state-sponsored terrorism

Hi Mar4D, this was WP:G13 eligible. Where's it at now? Take care! — O Fortuna ^{semper crescis, aut decrescis} 09:20, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Help requested for Taxila page

Hello, this is Willard84 (my phone logged me out and won't allow me to log back in on my phone). I'm the one who authored most of the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar page. There's a big discussion going on in the talk section of the Taxila page. I created a Taxila (modern) since some users were insistent that the original Taxila page was only in reference to the ancient city, and not the modern one. I would like to change the original page to "Ancient Taxila" to more accurately describe that page, however some editors are insistent that there be no name change, and that Taxila refers only to the ancient Sanskrit city. If you have a second, please offer your vote as we're trying to come to consensus.2600:1012:B04E:364B:788A:504C:49A4:D2A8 (talk) 15:35, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Hey Willard84. I've given my two cents on the talk page regarding the naming. Regards, Mar4d (talk) 09:44, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

2017 Champions Trophy Final

Hi Mar4d! I appreciate your work on the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Final page. You can browse here and find numerous articles that could be of help. Cheers. Editor5454 (talk) 14:57, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

@Editor5454: Thanks. Just trying to make incremental improvements, changes etc. as I go along. Will take a look at the coverage for sure. Hopefully it can be taken to a decent size to satisfy the requirements at WP:ITN, where it is currently on hold pending expansions. Cheers, Mar4d (talk) 15:01, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Ali Jinnah

Featured articles can be edited in ways since having been a FA. Once a good-article doesn't necessarily mean its been locked & shut. In this particular context, I refer you to the Talk page: 'Talk:Muhammad Ali Jinnah#Early years / Religion'

1. Edits have been made removing content from his "Early life" (specified in Talk). 2. Edits have been made which do not even fit into "Early age"–things referring to "latter" time period of subject's life. 3. Said insertions are WP:UNDUEWEIGHT since the section that does tackle the subject (i.e. religious persuasion) contains differing viewpoints/accounts, whereas the selected inserted statements contain one POV (of a matter that is debated).

If you think this makes any sense, hopefully you may restore the NPOV template on the article. Perhaps also add your take on the matter in the Talk page to see where it goes. DA1 (talk) 08:06, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

@DA1: Thanks for outlining your concerns. I've made an adjustment and left a comment on the article talk regarding this. Please note that as the dispute was over one section (or a few lines to be precise), there are section-specific and inline tags which would've done the job. Placing an NPOV tag for the entire article comes across as overkill in my opinion. Cheers, Mar4d (talk) 08:41, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Yes, thanks. I'm actually writing a response on the Talk page myself. I couldn't simply tag inline (with what exactly?), I instead chose to bring the whole issue to the Talk page, where it was unaddressed for exactly 2 months to the day. Then as I noticed the latter discussion (which was active, surprisingly) on a similar issue; I had to insert an NPOV tag. I couldn't simply "remove" the objected material or restore the prior material without the fear of being reverted, so I chose to take it to Talk instead. And i specified as much in the Edit Summary when I added said tag. DA1 (talk) 08:46, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

ITN recognition for June 2017 Pakistan bombings

On 27 June 2017, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article June 2017 Pakistan bombings, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 03:50, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 July newsletter

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:37, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Can you do me a favour?

I saw we were creating individual templates for all the divisions of the Federal Cabinet of Pakistan, so I decided to make one for the Cabinet Secretariat. I accidently created it as Cabinet Secretary. Can you do me a favour and rename it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cabinet_Secretary_of_the_Government_of_Pakistan

Thanks. --113.203.207.72 (talk) 10:07, 30 June 2017 (UTC)