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Re Just out of curiousity

Are you Arabi and are you the only Arab administrator here? --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 03:12, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

I believe I am not the only administrator of Arab origins. -- FayssalF - 09:53, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. Well you are the first I have seen. It seems that most Arab editors get banned in the first few months of registering. You must be mum on the I-P issues to last this long as administrator. :D --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 18:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

There aren't many since there aren't so many editors of Arab origins. And I don't agree with you that Arab editors get banned "quickly" since I've not witnessed that happening. I do not see any bias in that direction. At the opposite, when it comes to the I-P wiki non-stop disputes I've seen more pro-Israeli editors being banned. Personally, I've had enough of that headache and I must stress that I am not very enthusiastic to see that Wiki conflict ending soon without kicking a few bad apples out of the project. I am thinking that some very harsh sanctions may help ease the tensions in that Wiki area. There is clear Wiki activism of people with clear political agendas roaming around freely and causing massive disruption. My colleagues arbitrators are discussing ways to fix that. I am recused. -- FayssalF - 19:10, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Gaza template?

Please give your input at the WP Palestine talk page. Cheers! --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:23, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

First off, thank you for giving me the right link. And I really appreciate what you did in defending me here and standing up for me. And a third thank you for assuming good faith. I really appreciate those deeds from your side. Yamanam (talk) 19:03, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouraging message. And by the way, I made my respone to wikifan at the Administrators' noticeboard. Yamanam (talk) 19:51, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Al-Fakhura school incident‎;

I'm a bit confused now. lol. Are you saying that after Gaylord made his statement and clarifiction. That the media continued criticising the UN which required a second statement from UNRWA? Wodge (talk) 02:19, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Rollback permission

Thanks for the notification. I left a message on their talk page. I'll keep an eye on it, and please let me know if you notice any further abuse. Thanks, –Juliancolton · 04:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

I just want you to know, I only reverted 3 of Yamanam edits on March 20, 2009. I regret doing this. I'm Sorry. I received my rollback rights on March 24, 2009 . I only use rollback for blatant vandalism, Like This or This. --Michael (talk) 07:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Quotations and fair use

Hi, I noticed you raised an issue about overlong quotations earlier, so I'd appreciate your input on my new section Misplaced Pages:Quotations#Quotations_and_fair_use. Thanks! Dcoetzee 21:55, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

I think your section is an excellent addition to the essay, clears up a lot of issues. I found that many editors think it is okay to not use quotation marks with copied-and-paste sentences from copyrighted sources just as long as a reference is provided. One person said that this is allowed under fair use. I am confused myself on whether it is permitted, can you address this in the section? --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 01:14, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Effects of cannabis

The ref in question addresses the possibility of using cannabis as a mental health medicine. As this is the point of their lit review, that's what a summary of the lit review should be. You've drawn my attention to the fact that the paragraph was in the wrong section to begin with. I've therefore moved the statement to the Mental health section, which covers the other points, so there's no need to be repetitive. If you feel that there is information missing, feel free to add it, however please don't add statements which simply repeat previous statements. NJGW (talk) 23:11, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

The source is called "Cannabinoids in bipolar affective disorder: a review and discussion of their therapeutic potential," not "marijuana may cause bi-polar disorder". This is no accident, and it is odd to present the source in a different way from how it is written. All they really say other than the medical potential is that "there are reports that indicate that cannabis can have a detrimental and potentially causative role in the development of psychosis". This is thoroughly covered in the Mental health section of the article:

• "Cannabis use has been assessed by several studies to be correlated with the development of anxiety, psychosis and depression"
• "A 2005 meta analysis of available data which evaluated several hypotheses regarding the correlation of cannabis and psychosis..."
• "Studies have shown that a risk does exist in some individuals with a predisposition to mental illness to develop symptoms of psychosis"
• "These results have been questioned as being biased by failing to account for medicinal versus recreational usage — critics contend it could be a causal relationship..."
• "Some studies conclude that there is a correlation of cannabis use and some symptoms of psychosis, but don't necessarily support the notion that cannabis use is a sufficient or necessary cause for psychosis."

As you can see, there is quite a bit of discussion on the subject. As to the issue of mania, I suggest finding the original sources for that statement through the actual text of this Ashton, Moore, Gallagher, Young source. This can only improve the article and our mutual understanding of the literature. NJGW (talk) 23:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Re:Request for assistance

Marhaba Falastine. Despite it being true, it probably would be considered POV. However, it depends on the context and place in which it's mentioned. How and where exactly would you place the info? There are plenty of articles on tragedies here on Misplaced Pages that have witness testimonies and the like. Therefore, go ahead and add it to the draft version of the article and we'll go from there. Cheers! --Al Ameer son (talk) 00:12, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the wait... The bit seems fine, but there will be some quoting right? And the source is neutral and reliable. --Al Ameer son (talk) 16:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

haha

thanks for this, honest oversight, i swear Nableezy (talk) 20:34, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

NP. They are actually both accurate names to refer to the IDF shirts. --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 22:30, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

go to hell

fuck your mother you are the vandal krisztina morva is a hungarian bastard neo nazi!!! you are a muslim and terrorist??????? are you neo nazi??????? you support palestine? you support hamas? you are TERRORIST ISLAMIC-FASCIST???????