User talk:Al Ameer son/Archive 18

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Jassem Alwan

While this is not ment as a criticism of the article, which is very good, I was thinking of merging, I think the article is redundant. The person is barely notable, and he is known for one event only, the failed 1963 Syrian coup d'état... Wouldn't it be wiser to delete, or move the article and create and article for failed 1963 coup? You could say that two articles are notable, but those articles would be highly identical, since writings on the coup are scarce to begin with... I'll leave this for you to answer, since you created the article.. --TIAYN (talk) 22:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

I have to disagree. While his 1963 coup attempt against the Baath is arguably the most notable part of his life, his biography warrants an article on its own. He led a prior failed pro-UAR coup in 1962 from Aleppo, Homs and Deir ez-Zor (joined by Hamad Ubayd, Umran, and Luay Atassi) and his role as commander of the Qatana base during the UAR period is interesting. Furthermore, his evasion of and eventual capture by the authorities following his failed 1963 coup, the deliberations surrounding his trial and pardon, and the opposition role he played following his exile, including collaboration with the guy who stamped out his coup (Amin al-Hafiz), his return to Syria after reconciliation with the regime and the alleged attack against him during the civil war are all notable. Also, I think while he was a military instructor, Shishakli tasked him to groom and promote Sunni officers and keep out Alawites, Ismailis and Druze from the mid-level corps (I don't have full access to the source though).

However, I have no problem moving general/redundant information out of the "1963 coup attempt" section into the main 1963 coup article. Afterward, we could add a hatnote to the section linking "See also 1963 Syrian coup d'état#Immediate aftermath". --Al Ameer (talk) 01:48, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Nasser follow-up

I haven't been able to keep up with your Nasser edits, especially as the section rearrangements make a mess of the diffs and would require re-readings of entire sections. You've done great, diligent work as I've followed it for over a month, and I've enjoyed working with you. As academic year projects begin to require my attention, I'll be unwatching the page and dropping back from the regular copyedit, but give me a ping if you'd like me to look over any language in particular.

czar · ·

16:41, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Czar, I greatly appreciate your efforts, which I believe have significantly enhanced the quality of the article and its readability. I know I've been jumbling the text a bit, but I've tried to be careful of maintaining the quality in the process. I'm pretty much in the same boat as you, as far as college is concerned, having less available time as the year progresses. I nominated the article for A-class a week ago. Hopefully it passes, but whatever the outcome, I'll nominate it for FAC when the review is complete. If there's anything specific I feel would benefit from your attention, I'll certainly let you know. Cheers!

DYK for Maarouf Saad

DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs

Thanks for pointing that out, didn't know that was the norm here. Cheers, --Al Ameer (talk) 15:45, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

No worries :) Number 57 15:50, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi htere. You should look at things from the point of view of a reader who does know anything in the subject, except wishes to search for lebanese food articles from within Category:Lebanese cuisine. Perhaps for that reason alone, that category (as well as the Arab cuisine one) should be in the article, and not the parent category, which, frankly, rather fewer people even realize pertains to Lebanon. --04:13, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

You may be right, but then what's the point of having a "Levantine cuisine" category if we just add Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian cuisine categories to the article? Anyway, I have no strong feelings either way. --Al Ameer (talk) 17:01, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

There probably is not a point. So may I restore Lebanese? In fact, I was looking for tabbouleh precisely that way. :) --Mareklug ^talk 18:24, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Yea, go ahead. If there's any dispute, it could be discussed at the talk page. --Al Ameer (talk) 18:29, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

mccapra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mccapra (talk • contribs) 12:44, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Yea a disambig page would be useful. Good luck. --Al Ameer (talk) 17:05, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi I have now created a disambiguation page for 'Turanshah' so I'd like to amend the spelling of the name here from the non-standard Turan-shah to the standard Turanshah with a reference to the disambiguation page. Do you agree? Thanks Mccapra (talk) 21:44, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

That's fine with me. --Al Ameer (talk) 17:02, 1 October 2013 (UTC

Lovely many thanks. I am working systematically on the Ayyubids so if you spot anything else I can change to improve the articles please let me know. All the best Mccapra (talk) 09:21, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

I've finished the section on the coalition government, you can begin you're work on the planned "Cabinet of Syria (March 1963–May 1963)" now, if you want. However, it would prefer the title, "Bitar's first cabinet"... Which is more normal, see Blair ministry, Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, Second Merkel cabinet etc etc etc.. But this is you're choice to make. --TIAYN (talk) 11:02, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Nice work with Bitar. I'm actually having second thoughts about starting that article, at least for the time being, since it lasted only for a couple months. It's still relatively notable though. I started

Ibrahim Makhus and Ahmed al-Suwaydani sometime in the future as well since they seem to be have been relatively important officials. --Al Ameer (talk

) 18:23, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Honestly, when it comes to the Ba'ath, Wikipedia is missing way to many entries, just look at the lists for

Ali Salih al-Sadi, probably one of the most important figures of early, pre-23 February 1966 Ba'ath history... But I think we should focus primarily on the bigger articles for the time being, considering that the articles on Bitar, Hafiz, Jadid, Assad, Jundi etc are in bad shape. --TIAYN (talk

) 19:45, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

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