User talk:Leitmanp

List of tallest buildings and structures in London

Hi there. Quick message to notify you that I've added comments to Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of tallest buildings and structures in London. Regards, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 06:10, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Tall Tower / Al Burj ; 1400 m?

You may want to read the first post of the Tall Tower thread on Skyscraperpage. I think it's the meed.com article published on 2008-06-20 discussing the height and name change. Cheers. _{Trance addict - Armin van Buuren - Oceanlab} 01:04, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Then we should at least add a note regarding this article. Cheers. _{Trance addict - Armin van Buuren - Oceanlab} 19:04, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done No, it didn't need rewording, but a note-link in the lead section. Cheers. _{Trance addict - Armin van Buuren - Oceanlab} 19:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Even though I've been editing skyscaper articles for a while, it's nice to feel part of the larger project! –Cg-realms (talk • contribs) 19:01, 13 June 2008 (EDT) —Preceding comment was actually added at 23:02, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

FL Thanks

Thanks for your efforts

This user helped promote List of tallest buildings in Chicago to featured list status.

--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:54, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Dubai Tennis Championships colors

Hello and thanks for what you said on my work ! I've changed the Dubai event's default color to red because most of the other events have a specific color, and I thought Dubai should have one too, and I chose that specific red because I thought it was close to the one used in the Dubai flag. But I agree with you it makes the text difficult to read, and I'm willing to change it. I think that a lighter red, like the Terra cotta would be fine and make the text easier to read, but if you think that another color would suit Dubai better, you can look yourself here.
I also want to say that the spaces around the tournament templates you removed on the Dubai Championships pages should actually be kept, as it has been the consensus for a few months already to have them on tennis events articles, for aesthetic reasons - so I'm going to put them back, as line breaks, rather than as spaces. Cheers, --Plafond (talk) 20:42, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Any color would work actually, so feel free to propose something entirely different if you want (if not, I'll change to burnt sienna). As for the spaces, I believe it's actually a case of silent consensus. Some users started to do this a few months ago and it has been accepted by regular tennis editors, and the line breaks are now present on every new event page created. I've put spaces on articles written in early 2008 for the sake of consistency, but I don't know if there was a particular discussion on the subject (I think the spaces improve the look of the pages, but I guess it's a matter of personal taste). Cheers, --Plafond (talk) 21:27, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Renaissance Square

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Renaissance Square, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.  Sandstein  09:07, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Sheikh vs Shaikh

Hi; regarding your recent changes to Category:Shaikhs_of_the_emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates and its articles and subcategories, "Shaikh" is not a mis-spelling. See article Sheikh, where it gives alternate English spellings. If you feel that the categories should be renamed to "Sheikh" to conform with the spelling of the article Sheikh, the proper method would be to propose name changes for the categories at WP:CFD. And in any case, if you think a mis-spelling has occurred, the proper place to propose the change would be WP:CFDS. In the meantime, I've changed the categories back to the original spelling. Thanks. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 10:59, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for leaving this message on my talk page. I am sorry if my edits appeared to be rude. I should have discussed my edits on the talk page before I made any changed, and I apologize for that. I should also apologize for the content of my edit summaries. "Spelling error" was a mistake; I should have said "spelling difference."

I know that "sheikh" and "shaikh" are both used in English. I was not attempting to change all usages of "shaikh" to "sheikh." My only goal was to change usages of "shaikh" when it dealt with people from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In the UAE (where English and Arabic are both widely spoken), "sheikh" is much more common than "shaikh." I will admit that there are some cases in which "shaikh" is used. But, the most common form of the word in the UAE is "sheikh." I was attempting to change the spelling to the format that is used in the United Arab Emirates.

I would like to change the categories back to "Sheikh," but I would like to first discuss it so we do not start an ugly edit war. Thanks. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 22:09, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

It's OK, no need to apologise, I just wasn't sure about your intent. If you would nominate these for a name change using WP:CFD, I'd be happy to support the change based on your explanation above. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 01:05, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I have just nominated the renaming at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 July 26#Sheikhs in the United Arab Emirates. Thanks. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 22:01, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Western Asia banner

Which article(s) are tagged as "C" class, so that I can ensure that the changes made to the banner work as they're intended to. John Carter (talk) 19:04, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello there - I've just fixed the template so C-class tagging works properly. Best, — Hex (❝?!❞) 23:48, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Image Problem

Hey Leitmanp, why do you revert all the edits i do. You say you have to "discuss" all your edits, but they're are so many edits you do which are not discussed and they're are so many edits which other people do which are also not discussed. You don't own wikipedia neither do you own any articles. So just because you don't like how a page looks doesn't mean that someone else won't. I mean for example the Abu Dhabi article sucks. They're are so many mistkakes, wrong facts, and one of the most boring city articles. Look at the Dubai article, everything is so organised and their is a link with every word as well as keeping the page very balanced and informative.

Another point is the Dubai airport article. The page is basically messed up. It is so small. Infact they're lots of spelling mistakes and incomplete sentences, not to mention extremely wrong facts brought up. The reason i don't correct them and provide a link or a source for them is because people like you will just revert them. All these articles are so boring, they need more images, and better information. So stop acting like you control these articles, because you don't, you share editing it. (MoHasanie (talk) 23:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC))

Olympics

Hi. Just wanted to say thank you for your work on United Arab Emirates at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Aridd (talk) 16:56, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Abu Musa

• Thank you so much for this .--Elmondo21st (talk) 03:11, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion in response to the recent spree of building Afds

We should contribute to Wikipedia:Notability (Buildings, structures, and landmarks) and expand the guidelines so that it fits the desires of the skyscraper project and deletionists. Cheers. _{Trance addict - Armin van Buuren - Oceanlab} 03:18, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Skyscrapers Wiki

I would like to invite you to the skyscraper wiki. It currently does not have many contributers.

The link is HERE

Houstontowers (talk) 22:33, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

CTBUH wikipedia page

Dear Leitmanp,

My name is Philip Oldfield and i am head of research for the CTBUH (www.ctbuh.org). I am contacting you as one of our interns has been recently been updating the CTBUH wikipedia page as it was several years out of date. Having made this update, we have found it has been reverted back to it's original state by yourself - why is this? Have we done something wrong with the update? All the content and pictures we have used are owned by the CTBUH and as such we are not (to the best of my knowledge) breaking any copyright laws. Would you be able to contact me to shed some light on this situation. 216.47.145.107 (talk) 20:19, 14 August 2008 (UTC)phil

Thanks for your reply - we're working to get this up to scratch —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.42.83.82 (talk) 21:50, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Found another ruler with the title Sheikh included in his name, Ruler of Fujairah Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi and Shaikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of emirate of Fujairah. Found another Sheikha Alia bint Khalifa bin Saeed al Maktoum, oh boy there are many.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NoPity2 (talk • contribs) 05:14, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting on my editing, i fully appreciate it. I didn't know that the UAE using British writing in their article, thanks for letting me know. I fully apologize about the mistake i did, and thank you for letting me know about my mistakes. I like it when people tell me the mistakes i did, at leasts i know about them and try to change them. I am going to read the wikipolicy again and see what I missed. Thank you a lot for your help. NoPity2 10:37, 24 August 2008.

Welcome back!

Leitmanp, welcome back! Hope you're doing well, here's a little something for all your contributions to WP...enjoy! AreJay (talk) 17:28, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I award Leitmanp the Tireless Contributor Barnstar for the user's contributions on articles related to Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. AreJay (talk) 17:28, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

You're more than welcome. The barnstar has been long overdue...you've always done a terrific job in ensuring the accuracy of so many articles. I've always felt that that's the best part of Wikipedia...everyone finds their own calling and do what they enjoy doing. Enjoy! AreJay (talk) 00:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Abu Dhabi

Hi Leitmanp. I've added a few more images to the abu dhabi article, but i've also removed a few. The images i removed, in my opinion, were not that good. So i replaced them with better images. (MoHasanie (talk) 18:15, 23 October 2008 (UTC))

Please review this article

United Arab Emirates is currently a good article nomineee. Can you please review and comment about it? Secret Saturdays (talk) 21:42, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Westburry Square

The article Westburry Square has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Project is likely canceled. Coordinates point to some marshalling yard. Article makes no claim of notability for these towers, which at 39 floors are average for Dubai.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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Proposed deletion of La Residence at Lotus

The article La Residence at Lotus has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

As anon says, project is on hold. Google searching shows only 2 News hits, which are not substantive, and 31 Google main hits. Non-buildings are not notable, and their being put on hold was not even reported in the media.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. 208.59.120.194 (talk) 09:17, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to workshops on editing Wikipedia

Dear Leitmanp,

We are a team of researchers at the University of Oxford and AU Sharjah, researching the experiences of editors of content about the Arab world on Wikipedia. We are interested in your experiences of editing Wikipedia and are organising two events that we think you would be an excellent contributor to.

First, we are hosting an online wiki focus group about contributing to Wikipedia in Arabic and to articles about the Middle East and North Africa. We are interested in what barriers you perceive to exist in Wikipedia, how articles can be made better and generally what can be done to expand and improve Arabic Wikipedia and Wikipedia articles about the Arab world. This discussion will take place on a MediaWiki hosted at our institution and be available in English and Arabic. We will allow users to create their own discussion pages in addition to our discussions.

Second, we are hosting face-to-face workshops in Cairo from 21st-22nd October 2012. If you are interested in this we should be able to pay travel and accommodation costs for up to twenty participants. This workshop will cover similar themes to the online discussion but will allow participants to meet one another and benefit from being together.

We will take care of the organization and planning and all you have to do is show up and be ready to discuss. But if you would like to help shape some of the discussion themes in advance, please let us know. We have booked time in the workshops for Wikipedian-led discussions.

More details can be found by expanding our “Frequently Asked Questions” below.

We would be delighted to welcome you to either (or both) event. Please let us know (wikiproject@oii.ox.ac.uk) if you would like the opportunity to participate and we can send you more details.

Sincerely,

Mark, Bernie, Ilhem, Ali, Ahmed, and Heather

Dr. Mark Graham, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Dr. Bernie Hogan, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Dr. Ilhem Allagui, Department of Mass Communication, American University of Sharjah; Dr. Ali Frihida, National Engineering School of Tunis; Heather Ford, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Ahmed Medhat, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford;

Frequently Asked Questions

* What is the purpose of this project? This project is about who represents the Arab World on Wikipedia, and how the Middle East and the Arab world is represented on Wikipedia. We are studying Wikipedia through statistics, edit history data and personal experiences. Our ultimate goal is to help Wikipedia grow in size and fairness and do academic research on this topic. You can read more about the project here. From this page, you can also find a biography of the researchers. You may also want to see our interactive visualizations about Wikipedia. Who is funding this project? This project is funded by the International Development Research Centre (http://www.idrc.ca). This organization is funded by the Canadian government to improve infrastructure across the world, including online content. We have been working with the IDRC since June 2010. Why did you contact me? Because you’re awesome. In all seriousness, we have been looking through Wikipedia for active editors based on user activity in either Arabic Wikipedia or articles about the Arab world. We have not contacted everyone we could, but we contact people that we think will help to balance the discussion and help us (and each other) learn more about the state of Wikipedia. Do I need to participate in both events? Not at all. You are welcome to participate in both or just one. We recognise that it will be more convenient for some people to have online conversations and for others to speak in person. For some people it will not be practical to fly to the Middle East, but we still consider their contributions important and want to give them a voice in this work. Can I use my Wikipedia handle in the online discussion? You do not need to use any particular name on the online forum. All we need is a valid email address so you can register. You can post using your real name, your Wikipedia name or a completely different nickname, whatever allows you to speak your mind most effectively. What sort of travel funding will you supply for the face-to-face workshop? We have funding for travel and accommodation costs for approximately twenty participants depending on where they are coming from. If you would like to join us in one of the face-to-face meetings then we will do our best to get you there. The exact amount of support we can offer will depend on how many expressions of interest we get and their distance from the chosen venue. Can I get involved and help to organize sessions? Yes, but this is completely optional. Our first priority is organizing a space for people to attend, talk about Wikipedia, and discuss how to expand and improve it. However, if you want to help organize discussions, advise on venues or facilitate specific conversations, please let us know. The discussion we have already organised/planned will focus generally on barriers that people perceive to exist when editing Wikipedia either in Arabic or about topics related to the Arab world. But if there is any particular angle of conversation that you’d like to focus on and start a discussion about then please let us know and we can either incorporate it in the programme or let you lead that part of the conversation. Will the face-to-face meeting be public? The meeting won’t be open to the broader public in order to facilitate focused discussions about the topics of greatest concern. We will compile a summary research report of the discussions. People can choose how/if they want to be identified, and a draft version of this document will be circulated to everyone who participates. What if I don’t live in the Middle East or North Africa? We would still very much encourage you to participate in the online discussion. However, we think it is unlikely that we will be able to fly you in for the in person workshops. If you can pay your own way, we may still be able to provide you with hotel expenses. In short, talk to us and we will see what we can do. Will these events be in English or Arabic? Both events will be designed to accommodate English and Arabic speakers. The online discussion will have tracks for both languages and the workshops will have simultaneous English and Arabic sessions that you can choose between (as well as coming-together sessions to share experiences). Three of the researchers speak English as a first language and three speak Arabic as a first language.

OIIOxford (talk) 11:24, 21 August 2012 (UTC), tidied 11:03, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

An Invitation From Sue Gardner

Dear Wikimedia Project Contributor,

I am the assistant to Sue Gardner, the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia. Sue and I will be in Dubai from December 1-6 for speaking events at TedxDubai and Zayed University's-Dubai Campus.

Sue invites you to meet with her and other local Wikipedia contributors the afternoon of Saturday, December 4. If you are interested to attend please sign-up on using the below link or email me at jowen@wikimedia.org.

Dubai Meet-Up Sign-Up Page

WIKI MEET-UP DUBAI WITH SUE GARDNER

Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010

Time: 18:30-20:30

Location: The Pub in the Radisson Blu Duabi Deira Creek

Address: Bani Yas Road, 476 Dubai

We hope you can attend.

James Owen (talk) 04:28, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Executive Assistant & Board Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

James Owen (talk) 04:23, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Executive Assistant & Board Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

Sky city

Hello,

I noticed that you were one of the prime contributers to the Burj Khalifa article, and I thought you could help me. I am trying to take Skycity to DYK, considering what an interesting hook it will make. For which, I intend to expand the article as much as I can (to meet DYK expansion standards). For this I request your help to expanding the article and making it a truly great hook.

I am trying to keep all edits at User:TheOriginalSoni/Sky city so that we have more than the traditional 7 days to finish this hook. Hope you shall help!!!

Thanks and cheers!! TheOriginalSoni (talk) 18:05, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:54, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Listen up, buddy.

STOP REMOVING THE DAMN LINK THAT GOES TO A BLOG ABOUT HOW TRUTHFULLY HORRIBLE THE SABIS SCHOOL SYSTEM IS! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.215.49.112 (talk) 14:33, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:NE listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:NE. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:NE redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. George Ho (talk) 07:31, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

SABIS/Chouweifat Bot Edits

Why did you set out a bot to the SABIS/Chouweifat page to auto-moderate it?

Page in question - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_School_of_Choueifat

KSword007 (talk) 11:34, 20 April 2019 (UTC) KSword007

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Qwerfjkltalk 09:32, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Dubai

Hi there! As part of my goal to clean up and revamp WikiProject Dubai, I've gone ahead and removed all members who haven't edited in 1+ years listed as "active" on the members page and moved them down to "former members". You are one of those members. If you think this is a mistake, or you wish to return to being an active member of the WikiProject, feel free to add yourself back to the active members section. Thank you! jolielover♥talk 16:59, 5 December 2024 (UTC)