User talk:Fitzcarmalan

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Campaignbox changes

Fitz, I would please ask that you cancel your edits (and revert of my edits) here [1] and here [2]. The subject of the article linked and referred to as the 1st intervention is about Turkey's first ground invasion of Syria in 2016-17. That one ended early last year. What you are referring to (overall Turkish actions in Syria) is covered in the article Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War. At the very least, as a compromise, please change the Turkish intervention in the Aleppo escalation box to Euphrates Shield since there are two Turkish interventions and a distinction is required between the two (2016-17 and 2018). Plus, Euphrates Shield is the common name for that operation and its well on its way to being renamed. As it stands now, it is miss-leading to just leave it as Turkish intervention, which implies there has only been one intervention. EkoGraf (talk) 16:50, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

I understand that the "involvement" article covers the whole thing, and I would gladly revert myself (which I just did). But I haven't come across any source describing Euphrates Shield as a "first intervention" and Olive Branch as a "second" one. Once Turkey intervened militarily in Syria, it never withdrew. You're also forgetting the Idlib operation, which could have easily been dubbed a "second intervention" had it opened a new front in the war or if it had received the amount of media attention that Afrin did. I simply disagree with terms like "first" or "second" unless backed by sources, especially when it's the title of the campaignbox. And mind you that there was a minor 2015 incursion by the TSK to relocate the Tomb of Suleyman Shah, which happened long before Euphrates Shield. So ES wasn't the first time Turkey intervened militarily in the Syrian war. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 17:11, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Its a matter of the names of those two specific articles. If they both were renamed to something other then intervention I would drop my request for 1st and 2nd. EkoGraf (talk) 21:39, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

I went ahead and changed it to Euphrates Shield and restored my version of the Idlib box, since the ordinals aren't needed anymore.

On a side note, what do you think of my proposal on Talk:Turkish military intervention in_Afrin#Title? It doesn't strike me as a controversial move (by that I mean Turkish military operation in Afrin, not the code name). Should I go ahead and do it? Fitzcarmalan (talk) 10:31, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you and fine by me. EkoGraf (talk) 16:48, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Balaha

I saw you tagged this as a G10 attack page, but I'm not seeing how this is. Is this a derogatory term I'm not aware of? RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:38, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Yes, it's a nickname commonly associated with him by his opponents on social media. The literal translation in Egyptian Arabic is date (as in the fruit), which in this particular case means idiot. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 18:53, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for that! RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:55, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Battle of Aden (2018)

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Your GA nomination of Russian occupations of Beirut

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Russian occupations of Beirut has passed GAN

Congratulations on bringing Russian occupations of Beirut to GA. It was an interesting read as well.--Catlemur (talk) 11:01, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, and let me know if you need any help incorporating the Voinovich material. I also feel that Russian sources would be a great addition to the article. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 11:41, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

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I just wanted to say I'm deeply moved that I would get such a recognition for my articles. Thanks, friend! I will definitely keep at it in the future. - Crenelator (talk) 18:31, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

You've earned it. I particularly enjoyed reading War of the League of the Indies. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 13:55, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Russian occupations of Beirut

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Sana'a

Hi Despite the fact that this user shouldn't be EoL, he is clearly attempting to impose Houthi POV in WP. There source said that the demonstration was pro-Houthi but the delete the words because the Houthis claims that the demonstration is not pro Houthi. --Panam2014 (talk) 16:30, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

He/she is right in saying that the source doesn't say whether the demonstrators are "pro-Houthi" or not, which doesn't surprise me, considering the source itself (Almasirah) is a Houthi network. You can use this one, which refers to them as "Houthi supporters". Fitzcarmalan (talk) 17:09, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I have provided him this source but Reuters is better. But I think he will reject it because he claim that he is against "US regime". --Panam2014 (talk) 18:10, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

He claims that Almasirah is reliable and he attempt to keep the info. --Panam2014 (talk) 21:13, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Great work!

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		Thank you for creating Russian occupations of Beirut and raising it to Featured Article status! I hope you will continue to expand on this era of Middle Eastern history. Keep it up! Al Ameer (talk) 20:27, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

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Thank you very much, Ameer. It's great seeing you again and I truly hope you're here to stay. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 02:34, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

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Wagner Group

Removed per talk [3]. EkoGraf (talk) 13:34, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

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A cupcake for you!

Great article creation in Henry Raup Wagner! Keep it up! Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 20:59, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 09:20, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

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Henry Raup Wagner

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Henry Raup Wagner has been completed. As it stands it is an excellent, well-written article on the subject and I really have no suggestions for improving it.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the GAN.

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Thanks, much appreciated. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 12:36, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

2018 Year in Review

		The WikiChevrons
		For you work on Russian occupations of Beirut you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:37, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

		The Epic Barnstar
		For you work on Russian occupations of Beirut you are hereby awarded The Epic Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:37, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, TomStar81. This truly means a lot. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 20:39, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Egypt Constitution

Hi

Do you have the list of amendments and/or the text or the amended version? --Panam2014 (talk) 20:53, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

No, I don't. Will let you know when I do. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 09:12, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Here you'll find the description of each amendment (not the actual text). This is not a great source though. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 09:20, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Reply

Not sure if you know it, but banned participants made many good contributions to the project. No one is going to revert their edits just as a matter of principle, but only if their edits degrade the content. My very best wishes (talk) 01:33, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

The fact that you still believe those edits were "improvements" implies that you have serious NPOV issues yourself that need to be dealt with by the community. I'm not discussing this any further with you, as I'm a firm believer in WP:DENYing POV trolls like Sayer the pleasure in having achieved something (in this case: provoking a pointless discussion with you). And please don't post here again about subjects that are being simultaneously discussed elsewhere. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 12:51, 25 February 2019 (UTC)