User talk:Lanternix
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[edit] Userbox:Coptic
I have moved your page Userbox:Coptic to Template:user Coptic and tagged the original for speedy deletion. Userboxes belong in the template namespace, not the article namespace. Thanks, —Swpb talk contribs 05:07, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Unspecified source for Image:SaintVerena.jpg
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[edit] Copts
Hi! Finnaly I have a chance to meet a true Copt on Wiki. Can you please review [[1]]. My version was numerousely removed by Arab users. Thanks, Regards Ldingley 21:10, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Dear Coptic brother, I completely agree with you on Ethiopian and Eritrean issue. I think we should remove that passage in the introduction. As for why did Arabs attack my version. First of all, did you see info box on my version? Its specifically designed for separate ethnic groups. Based on research and sources I wanted to create the ethnic info box for Copts due to the simple fact that Copts are a separate nation from rest of Arab Egyptians. Secondly, they objected to the notion that Copts of today are direct descendants of ancient Egyptians. After studying the language and culture of the Copts there is no doubt of that. But their main objection was when i created that infobox with photos of the famous Copts. They want to downplay this fact of Coptic identity. I was outnumbered and my changes were removed. I did get some help from some Georgian users but in vain. Please make all necessary changes and fix any POVs you might find on the Copts article if your time will allow. Also I have a very interesting collection of historic and modern photos of Copt country and its people. I travelled there a while ago. Let me know if you are interested and I will email you my whole collection of Coptic images (some of them are very rare). Thanks for your massage and wishing you all the best. Ldingley 15:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nabih Youssef
I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Nabih Youssef, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Nabih Youssef. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Argyriou (talk) 23:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- I don't quite care, I didn't put the article on Wikipedia. Maybe you can notify the people who wrote or edited it then have a voting and go with what the majority decides. Thanks - Lant
[edit] Marry Christmas
Marry Christmas my Copt brother, May the Lord Jesus Christ be with you and your family on this joyous day. Marry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Ldingley 16:32, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- The photos were sent to you! Thanks for warm wishes Ldingley 19:03, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nofry
Nofry to you too , I could not find a cetgory of theologians in the copt article . Fr Menass Youhanna is very well known as a historian as his book provides a concise and yet comprehensive insight into the history of the Coptic church that is why I canged it back
I can see your point about Coptic or Egyptian and it seems reasonable , but from the other side the word Coptic has a lot of meannings related to it.
Best of luck
--Ghaly 19:49, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Arsenius the Great
I have no problem with a move to this article title, and will go ahead and do that. I try to add qualifiers (for example, "the Deacon" or "the Great") when I move saint articles so that the article title is as specific as possible and will not be a conflict later. As I read the recommendations of the naming conventions and the WIkiproject Saints, "Saint X" should be only rarely used as an article title, and I try to move articles into conformity with that. Thanks for your quick response, and I will go ahead and make that move per this conversation. Pastordavid 19:34, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- Ah ... that's why I didn't use Arsenius the Great -- it is already in use as a redirect. I will put in a requested move, give it a day or two and an admin will make the move for us. Pastordavid 19:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cut and Paste Moves
- Hello, Lanternix. It appears that you copied and pasted Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite to Shenouda the Archimandrite . Please do not move articles by copying and pasting them because it splits the article's history, which is needed for attribution and is helpful in many other ways. If there is an article that you cannot move yourself using the move link at the top of the page, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Also, if there are any other articles that you copied and pasted, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you, Pastordavid 21:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree the article needed moved, but please use either the move button, or the requested move page, so that article histories are not lost in the move. Thanks -- Pastordavid 21:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Watch for double redirects
When moving pages, as you did to Shenouda the Archimandrite, please remember to fix any double redirects. These create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing. Thank you.
[edit] DYK
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On 19 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sidhom Bishay, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
--Carabinieri 17:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Category:Coptic saints
We are bringing back the above category primarily because there seems to be some interest in bringing into existence a separate project dealing with Oriental Christianity, specifically including the Coptic Church. Actually, I am also in the process of reorganizating all of the Christian saints, and adding the category for each of the separate churches, including Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Catholicism, and all the Orthodox Churches, primarily to help these church-related Projects know which individuals fall within their scope. Unfortunately, there are at least a few Egyptian saints who are not specifically Coptic saints, Mark the Evangelist among them. Actually, he isn't even necessarily an Egyptian saint either. As I work on clarifying the various categorizations of all the Saints articles, and also help create the articles on all those individuals declared Saints which we don't already have, including the Coptic saints, it seems to me likely that at least some other Coptic saints will also not specifically qualify as "Egyptian". It is for those people that the Coptic category is going to be primarily used. However, like I said, I am still in the process of categorizing all the Saints articles, and a few other things as well, and it might take as long as a month for me to get just all the existing categorization completed. I will try to use the Coptic category primarily for those individuals who do not qualify as "Egyptian" though.
One other question. How do you think we would best categorize those saints who are Egyptian but who are not Coptic? Again, there will probably be at least a few of these. I would welcome any guidance in this matter. Thank you for your attention. John Carter 13:53, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- The reason it was titled Category:Coptic saints was to conform to the existing other categories. However, I can see how it would be confusing, given the other Coptic churches. On that basis, I am proposing the category for renaming to eliminate any confusion. John Carter 18:05, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pashons 10 (Coptic Orthodox liturgics)
A tag has been placed on Pashons 10 (Coptic Orthodox liturgics), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Realkyhick 17:20, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Meriam George edits
Hello. Can you please discuss your edits on this article? I've been making edit summaries, so I think that it is clear what I am trying to do, but you have not been using edit summaries, so I do not understand your edits. Is there something about this name that I do not understand? Typically, articles are sorted into categories using the last names of persons and the WP:MOS recommends also to refer to persons by last name instead of first name. Is there a custom with persons in Egypt that is different? If I understand the rationale, that it will be easy for us to obtain consensus. --After Midnight 0001 17:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your reply. Now that I understand, I won't be messing up that in the future. --After Midnight 0001 18:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RE:Talk:Pashons 10 (Coptic Orthodox liturgics) and all Pashons articles
The problem I see here is one of context; i.e. anyone coming along and seeing Pashons 10 (Coptic Orthodox liturgics), Pashons 9 (Coptic Orthodox liturgics), etc is going to have absolutely no clue what these articles are about and why these concepts are in any way important if they are not already familiar with the concepts. I suggest you rewrite them a bit to better demonstrate the concepts in these articles to someone who isn't familiar with Coptic Orthodox liturgics. If you don't do that I suspect that this won't be the last time these are tagged for deletion (by the way, I declined to speedy delete Talk:Pashons 10 (Coptic Orthodox liturgics)) .--Isotope23 19:03, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
