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Hi Chaswmsday. As a recent contributor to discussion on the WP:NOTADVERTISING policy, I was wondering if you could perhaps help clarify a related issue? Does including an image of a particular brand of a given country's main export constitute advertising (i.e. does it breach that policy)? I ask because an editor has suggested that adding this photo of Ethiopian Blessed Coffee brand bags by the Maryland state government as an example of Ethiopia's main export, coffee, is advertising. I believe the situation is little different from the Iran Khodro car photo that's included on the Iran article as an example of one of Iran's main exports, cars (c.f. [1]). The Manual of Style's WP:PERTINENCE sub-policy also seems to support the both commodity pics' relevance. Please advise. Best regards, Middayexpress (talk) 20:59, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
As you may have noted from my discussions, I have some serious disagreements about proper content with the seemingly self-appointed "powers that be" within Wikipedia. That being said, your question is not one I've ever considered. My best hunch, at least at en.Wikipedia, is that such an image would probably be OK if it's in the public domain or similarly free (probably contatined in WikiMedia Commons), or licensed, as was the image you cited. I'm certainly no expert in this area. You may wish to enquire at Commons. Other than that, it's anyone's guess what the opinion of the "powers that be" here in en.WP might be... --Chaswmsday (talk) 17:25, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi. No it's not. It should be listed, but not linked. Also, "Ethnicity ... should not generally be emphasized in the opening unless it is relevant to the subject's notability." And by "emphasized" it means discussed.
Against that see WP:OVERLINK in which nations should not be linked. Particularly egregious is when there's a city or province/state linked immediately before it.
WP:OVERLINK doesn't appear to discuss nationality. WP:OPENPARA's Petrarch example is also linked accordingly. But point taken. Regards, Middayexpress (talk) 16:20, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Middayexpress. I think it would be a great idea for Somali regions to have this template as it would be more convenient to look up related articles. 26oo (talk) 21:45, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
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NICE WORK!... on to religion next? Six paragraphs on a controversial subject with two sources cited. I am scared to even touch it. — አቤል ዳዊት?(Janweh64) (talk) 02:19, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Would you still be opposed to including Bati girl in Argobba people. The photographer has admitted mistake and corrected both flickr and his website. I believe I have made a good argument for why we can be sure she is Argobba. I believe your only problem with it was that the photographer did not also identify her. — አቤል ዳዊት?(Janweh64) (talk) 02:03, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
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Note: By removing the <div> parameters from the template above, new posts are posting correctly here. Again, this is very likely due to the formatting of this page. I'd rather not change the template that all users receive, though, because this is an uncommon problem. Northamerica1000(talk)16:56, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
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My name is Abdirahim, and I live in Abaarso, Somaliland. I want to make some changes on the Somaliland Armed Force page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland_military), which you recently have made some changes in.
I would really appreciate if you could help me with the amendments as I am new in altering articles in Wikipedia.
I was busy on trying to make a page; I was just practicing. I made a page on my user page, and it somewhat looks fine. It is on here [[2]]. You are more welcomed to make changes on it if you want to.
I would like to work with you in a project--anything that you feel happy with will please me too. I want to learn more about using Wikipedia, how to find and use credible source, for instance.
I go to a school on day time, but I will hopefully be online for at least an one hour a day.
I am very keen to hear from you and to work with you.
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Hi Middayexpress. Faysal Waraabe's son was arrested along with a female companion originally from Wajir in Laascaanood, Sool. The matter is still being investigated but all signs point to them being radicalized by what he calls 'unjust groups'. Faysal Waraabe gave an interview to the BBC Somali Service days after the incident occurred and said that they traveled from Burco to Laascaanood after he previously prevented his son from leaving for Yemen. There are sources and the audio, but they are in Somali.12326oo (talk) 11:16, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey Middayexpress. I'm up in the middle of the night in NZ, and honestly despite our differing shades of approach, I'm fascinated by your particular take and special expertise on Somalia. Do you have time for half an hour's general chit-chat? Buckshot06(talk)14:51, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
Sorry to withdraw the invite before properly getting started; on second thought, I am wilting, so I'll go to bed. Best wishes in your time zone !! Cheers Buckshot06(talk)15:02, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for doing quality investigation into socks. What you do is thorough and you intuitively understand when good faith has been transgressed, which can be difficult to call out. I appreciate what you do. Blue Rasberry (talk)14:41, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
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could you please help in adding Arabic link in the language bar of the Article Tekezé River, as follows:
ar:نهر سيتيت
Note that some of the pages on this article have already the Arabic language link.
Hi Mussapedia. Interwiki links now appear to be managed by Wikidata. Here are instructions on how to add them. It can also now apparently transfer the coding automatically. Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 14:32, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
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Don't you think having an image for a DC-3 adds more variety to the article? It already has an Airbus A310 in the Fleet section.--JetstreamerTalk13:47, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, but every other aircraft is terrestrial. One of those Fokker F-27s in lieu of the Boeing 707 seems adequate. There's already a Boeing 707 at Frankfurt, and an aircraft at Fiumicino. Middayexpress (talk) 14:03, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
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As you did on the French Montana article here. Please see WP:OVERLINK. The city of his birth is linked immediately before, and so if someone says "hey what's that country in norther Africa that's on the coast?" and somehow associate that country with this subject, they'll still be able to find it through his birth city. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:51, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi. WP:OVERLINK, also known as WP:REPEATLINK, pertains to repetitious links. It does not apply to links that are included once ("A term should be linked, generally, at most once in an article's lead, perhaps once again in the main article body, and perhaps once at first occurrence in each infobox, table, caption, and footnote"). Morocco was not linked to at all prior to that link. Regards, Middayexpress (talk) 15:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
No. They are two separate things.
An overlinked article contains an excessive number of links, making it difficult to identify links likely to aid the reader's understanding significantly.[1] In particular, unless they are particularly relevant to the topic of the article, the following are not usually linked:
everyday words (expressions, phrases, dialect, etc.) understood by most readers in context;
names of major geographic features and locations; languages; religions; common occupations; and nominal letters;
whereas repeat link is described below that:
A term should be linked, generally, at most once in an article's lead, perhaps once again in the main article body, and perhaps once at first occurrence in each infobox, table, caption, and footnote.
Either way, his place of birth is relevant as he's naturalized. It was also at the time not linked at all, so overlink obviously does not apply. Regards, Middayexpress (talk) 17:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
It clearly does apply as it's a "major ... location". If you would like to ask if it applies on the talk page of the guideline, feel free to.
In most modern-day cases this will mean the country of which the person is a citizen, national or permanent resident, or if notable mainly for past events, the country where the person was a citizen, national or permanent resident when the person became notable.
Ethnicity or sexuality should not generally be emphasized in the opening unless it is relevant to the subject's notability. Similarly, previous nationalities or the country of birth should not be mentioned in the opening sentence unless they are relevant to the subject's notability.
Since he's notable as a rapper and not a Moroccan, this MoS implies that his place of birth shouldn't even be mentioned. The MoS has been used to remove place of birth in many, many articles where it's not a relevant fact. As there is some question as to whether he's notable for having been born in Morocco, I have left it for now, but it wouldn't take much to convince me that it should be removed and left only for the personal life section. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:43, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Major geographic locations refers to things like Earth, not to countries of origin. Openpara is also not really relevant here since the link was in the body, not the opening phrase. Regards, Middayexpress (talk) 15:01, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
No. Major geographic locations refers to places like the United States and other countries. And common terms such as Somali people. Feel free to discuss that there but I will have to take this up at ANI if you continue to ad overlinks. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:22, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
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I haven't yet looked very closely, but I don't see the overlap (you probably remember the specific behavior better than I do). It might be a moot point because the new account just got indefinitely blocked. -- Gyrofrog (talk)15:29, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
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