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AIV

Probably not useful to ask for revdel at AIV for an already blocked editor as the bot will remove your request (I was in the process of revdelling after the block). --NeilN 00:52, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Okay. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 01:01, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Islam in the United States

Thanks for catching my late-night disambiguation spree error. I was curious however if you think the link should be reversed to have Black Islam be the visible text as it discusses more groups than just the one that is linked to.

Thanks again!

Jasonanaggie (talk) 15:01, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

No problem. I think both articles are shown as further reading. See Islam in the United States#Black Muslim movements. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 17:22, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Category:Phil Ochs family has been nominated for discussion

Category:Phil Ochs family, 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) 18:47, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

John Brown link to 2nd Cavalry Regiment

Could the link be to "2nd", and then that redirect to "5th"? ZackTheCardshark (talk) 17:50, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi ZackTheCardshark. I think the link as it is is correct. In Brown's time, it was called the 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment, which is what our article about Brown's raid calls it. The Misplaced Pages article is located at the regiment's modern name, 5th Cavalry Regiment. So we have a piped link that displays as "2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment" but sends readers to the "5th Cavalry Regiment" article, like so: ], which displays as 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment. Are you suggesting something different? — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 18:03, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi Malik, I'm thinking of making the link actually 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment—but then set that page to redirect to 5th Cavalry Regiment. So then, clicking that link would get to the same page (5th Cavalry Regiment), but with the message "Redirected from 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment." Does that make sense? ZackTheCardshark (talk) 18:38, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

It definitely makes sense in the historical context, but by the principle of least astonishment, that redirect should probably go to 2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States) or 2nd Cavalry. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 18:59, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

I see, this is the definition of a can of worms. Better leave it as it is. Thanks! ZackTheCardshark (talk) 14:30, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Contests

User:Dr. Blofeld has created Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:31, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification, Ser Amantio di Nicolao. I'm not sure how much direct help I can be, my knowledge being mostly limited to the United States and my ignorance being global, but I'd like to assist any way I can. It looks like you've already notified the relevant WikiProjects. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 02:10, 21 July 2016 (UTC)