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Fair use rationale for Image:A_Short_History.jpg

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AKU Notable Alumni, Professors and Staff

Islescape - Thanks for your encouragement with respect to creating a separate list of AKU notable people. I have finished separating the list out from the main AKU article. Please take a look and post any thoughts or ideas on the AKU talk page. Thanks -- Aylahs ^(talk) 03:40, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

The WikiProject Biography Newsletter: Issue II - April 2007

The April 2007 issue of the WikiProject Biography newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you BetacommandBot 18:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

The Call of the Marching Bell

I'm afraid that I've had to revert your edit. Frst, your change from Bang-i-dara" "Bang-e-Dara" wasn't properly explained. The sources use a variety of transliterations; for example, the on-line translation uses "BĀNG-E-DARĀ" on the title page and "Bāng-i-Darā" in the text. Is there good reason to choose one over the other?

Secondly, you seriously over-linked the article. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)#Overlinking and underlinking: what's the best ratio?:

"An article may be considered overlinked if any of the following is true: "Low added-value items are linked without reason — such as, 1995, 1980s, and 20th century"

I've replaced some of the good links that you added, and I've rewritten part of the article so that the problem of transliteration choice is dealt with. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:32, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I spent a great deal of time researching the issue before I reverted, as my comments above should indicate. I'm sorry that you should respond with hostility; I tried to make my message polite, friendly, and informative. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 17:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Miscommunication somehow, then — sorry for my part in it. Let's start again. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 23:14, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:AESOPlogo.gif

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Unspecified source for Image:AESOPlogo.gif

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All provided--IslesCape^Talk 14:21, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Non-free use disputed for Image:BARDlogo.jpg

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Rationale added.--IslesCape^Talk 17:20, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive

WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive!

WikiProject Biography is holding a three month long assessment drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unassessed articles. The drive is running from June 1, 2007 – September 1, 2007.

Awards to be won range from delicacies such as the WikiCookie to the great Golden Wiki Award.
There are over 110,000 articles to assess so please visit the drive's page and help out!

This drive was conceived of and organized by Psychless with the help of Ozgod. Regards, Psychless ^{Type words!}.

Non-free use disputed for Image:ESDPlogo.gif

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Rationale added. --IslesCape^Talk 15:36, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Non-free use disputed for Image:Globalized City.jpg

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Rationale added. --IslesCape^Talk 15:36, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Hoax?

Hi, Is the "Lord Malhi" a hoax? I've put some disputed tags on his page. Please alter in suitable fashion. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 04:36, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Mr Malhi

Mr Islescape,

I have noticed that you have placed the article that I have authored under the hoax category. This is based on the fact that I have not provided any references.

Mr fowler/Islescape our family has books about Mr Malhi, by Pakistani journalists, they are in Urdu. If you like I can send you a copy. However I cannot make references to it's ISBN because the material is with the family in Lahore and I am overseas in Australia.

Nawaiwaqt prints an article on Mr Malhi on his Barsi every 12th July, which states just about what my article states. So if you pick any article on the 12th of July from any year after 1991, you will be able to confirm the validity of this article.

However, the authenticity of this article cannot be disputed because I am his grandson and anyone who knows the truth about him would be me.

As to checking the validity of what I have written, it can checked by anyone in the Muslim league archives.

Also our history books mention him and Sialkot convention. How could you not have heard of it?

We have in our collection all the medals that he was awarded at these conventions and I have photographs of Malhi sahib sitting next to the quaid at the sialkot convention.

I have looked at your other articles and I can see that you have particular interest in Pakistan/subcontinent history.

I am assuming that you are more likely than not from Pakistan. If you want I can organise for the material to be sent to you.

However Mr Malhi, nor his Biography is a hoax.

He was a minister for Pakistan, any emabassy in which ever country you might be in will confirm it. The man is not a hoax.

Regards,

Haroon
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Haroon.tauqir (talk • contribs) 08:41, 13 June 2007

Project European Union

Hello Islescape/Archive 2, you are member of the project European Union. I try to create a new project page for the project. You can see it at here Because this should be the project page for all it´s members, please tell me, what you think about it. Please leave your comments on the talkpage of the project.--Thw1309 11:49, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Template:Pakistan

Hello there. I just wanted to ask about this template -->Template:Administrative divisions of Pakistan which you created on May 20, 2007. I can't see any particular task that it serves because everything it does can be done quite easily by using the flag image at -->{{flag|Pakistan}} which would produce this -->Pakistan followed by the text. Would you mind if I propose it for deletion? Green Giant 18:05, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:AHDani.GIF

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Pakistan Scouting

Thank you so much! The improvements are great! Chris 19:58, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Pak Articles

Ya Dont Worry. I make sure when I tag a certain article, that it belongs to Pak.Mercenary2k 00:14, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the information but...

i couldn't find my name over there.User talk:Yousaf465

Pakistan Scouting

Thank you so much for your contributions! Can you render Almustaid (Be Prepared), the Scout Motto, into Urdu script? Thanks once again! Chris 20:22, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use disputed for Image:AHDani.GIF

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Small islands

I see that you are the originator of this article. Could you possible add a source for this definition? It strikes me as a rather odd definition including as it does both area and population size. --JBellis 10:54, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Salimuzzaman stamp.jpg)

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WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5

The Biography WikiProject Newsletter Volume IV, no. 4 - September 2007
Project News The three-month long Summer Assessment Drive, organized by Psychless, was a huge success! It ran from June 1 – September 1, and reduced the backlog of unassessed articles from 113,385 to 56,237. In all, over 100,000 articles were assessed. Over 60 people contributed in some way. A barnstar has been created for exceptional work on Wikipedia biographies and for assisting the project. The Biography Barnstar is listed with the other WikiProject awards and can be awarded easily with a template. See the template page for more details. Member News Congratulations to the editors who worked on the newest featured biographies: Augustus; William Shakespeare; Adriaen van der Donck; Alfred Russel Wallace; Alison Krauss; Anne Frank; Anne of Denmark; Asser; Bart King; Bill O'Reilly; Bobby Robson; Bradley Joseph; CM Punk; Ceawlin of Wessex; Colley Cibber; Cædwalla of Wessex; Dominik Hašek; Elizabeth Needham; Frank Macfarlane Burnet; Georg Cantor; Gregory of Nazianzus; Gunnhild Mother of Kings; Gwen Stefani; Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery; Harriet Arbuthnot; Harry S. Truman; Henry, Bishop of Uppsala; Héctor Lavoe; Ine of Wessex; Ion Heliade Rădulescu; Jack Sheppard; Jackie Chan; Jay Chou; John Martin Scripps; John Mayer; Joseph Francis Shea; Joshua A. Norton; Kate Bush; Kazi Nazrul Islam; Kevin Pietersen; Martin Brodeur; Mary Martha Sherwood; Mary of Teck; Maximus the Confessor; Miranda Otto; Muhammad Ali Jinnah; P. K. van der Byl; Penda of Mercia; Pham Ngoc Thao; Rabindranath Tagore; Ramón Emeterio Betances; Red Barn Murder; Richard Hakluyt; Richard Hawes; Robert Garran; Roman Vishniac; Ronald Niel Stuart; Ronald Reagan; Roy Welensky; Rudolph Cartier; Samuel Adams; Samuel Beckett; Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; Sarah Trimmer; Sargon of Akkad; Shen Kuo; Sophie Blanchard; Stereolab; Sydney Newman; Sylvanus Morley; Tim Duncan; Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft; Uncle Tupelo; Waisale Serevi; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Walter Model; William Bruce; William Goebel; Yagan; Zhou Tong; Æthelbald of Mercia; Æthelbald of Mercia New Members Congratulations to our 225 new members	From the Editors The newsletter is back! Many things have gone on during the past few months, but many things have not. While the assessment drive helped revitalize the assessment department of the project, many other departments have received no attention. Most notably: peer review and our "workgroups". A day long IRC meeting has been planned for October 13th, with the major focus being which areas of the project are "dead", what should our goals be as a project, and how to "revive" the dead areas of our project. Contribute to the discussion on the the new channel (see below) We decided to deliver this newsletter to all project members this month but only those with their names down here will get it delivered in the future. This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned or post news on the next issue's talk page New irc channel Lastly, a new WikiProject Biography channel has been set up on the freenode network: #wikipedia-en-bio Our thanks to Phoenix 15 for setting it up. Contributors to this Issue Psychless (talk · contribs) Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Pakistan scouts.jpg

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