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Dersonlwd Talk 07:33, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Great job on the article about Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, and the pictures were excellent. I moved the last two to the page on Aligarh University.

DigiBullet 07:41, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Image licensing

Hi, you uploded the image Image:Victoria gate.jpg, could you please attach an image copyright tag, there is more information here Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags. Thanks --nixie 09:06, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Also, could you add a image copyright tag to Image:Aligarh church.jpg? You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc. If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. Ricky81682 (talk) 08:14, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

Ok, you can look at the image copyright tags to get a better idea. I think the one you'd probably want is {{CopyrightedNotForProfitUseProvidedThat| reason}}. That tag says that it can be used for a non-profit, educational purpose only, with "reason" being any other restrictions (credit is given to the author, etc). If you want to get some ideas, go to the category for these images and see what language they use. Additionally, you may wish to consider going to Preferences and adding a link to your user and talk pages in your signature (it's just easier to simply click on that than to check the history for who wrote it). Maybe I'm just getting too lazy. =) --Ricky81682 (talk) 07:36, May 3, 2005 (UTC)

Jama masjid.jpg listed for deletion

Image tagging

Hello. I've noticed that you've tagged a few of your images with {{mprotected}}. I think you may have meant to copy-&-paste something else. The {{mprotected}} tag is used by Admins to keep track of 'protected' images on the Main Page. I don't think you want that on your images. Please check and fix. Thanks. -- PFHLai 21:16, 2005 May 3 (UTC)

Image:Temasek JC.PNG

Hello Syed Atif Nazir, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:Temasek JC.PNG) was found at the following location: User:Syed Atif Nazir. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not re-add the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 22:23, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

Dear Atif nazir,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that at this time you do not meet the minimum requirement of 250 edits to mainspace articles (see under main here). Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof. Daniel 06:23, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I have declined your request again. Please read the above. Daniel 06:50, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Climibing Guide to Mount Kinabalu

I was going to nominate this for speedy delete for the following reason:

This article more properly belongs on Wikitravel and is an example of OR and a travel guide.

Such an article would not notability guidelines and on top of that, it appears to be original research and your personal opinions, so I'm suggesting that you migrate the content over to Wikitravel instead of keeping it here. --BrokenSphere 16:57, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Copyright status of Climibing Guide to Mount Kinabalu

Please do not post copyrighted material to Misplaced Pages without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to Climibing Guide to Mount Kinabalu. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites (http://syedatifnazir.blogspot.com/ in this case) or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Misplaced Pages takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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Otherwise, you are encouraged to rewrite this article in your own words to avoid any copyright infringement. After you do so, you should place a {{hangon}} tag on the article page and leave a note at Talk:Climibing Guide to Mount Kinabalu saying you have done so. An administrator will review the new content before taking action.

It is also important that all Misplaced Pages articles have an encyclopedic tone and follow Misplaced Pages article layout. For more information on Misplaced Pages's policies, see Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. Butseriouslyfolks 05:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I saw your note on the article's talk page. To confirm your right to post this text, you need to either post a notice on your blog website that the contents are licensed under the GFDL or send the email to the OTRS system as noted above. I'm blanking the article per WP:CV pending completion of the process. Also, you might want to take a look at WP:NOT#INFO, particularly the discussions on travel guides and "how-to" guides. Thanks! --Butseriouslyfolks 07:47, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I have sent the email to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org already. pls help to resubmit the article. ~atif - 14:12, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, you should be good now. Thanks for your contribution and quick action to confirm that it's your own work. Happy editing! --Butseriouslyfolks 01:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

please see WP:RS

answers.com is not a reliable source - yet here is the quotation from Britannica on that website: "The Arabic word islam means "submission" — specifically, submission to the will of the one God, called Allah in Arabic." ITAQALLAH 13:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

we have 2 conflicting meanings of Islam's roots from these 2 sites: About.com and USC-MSA, which one to believe? ~atif - 15:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Three revert rule

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. Sefringle 23:01, 8 July 2007 (UTC)