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Barnstar for Teamwork

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		Thanks for your teamwork on Egyptian Arabic. Regards, the eloquent peasant (talk) 02:16, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Ahh, I see, your trying to move the page. This has a couple of problems: a) This is the English Wikipedia and we prefer anglacized names 2) please refer the correct way of moving a page using the "move" button. Thanks!

Also, please discuss any page moves on the appropriate talk pages before attempting to do so. Regards! Sasquatch′↔T↔C 09:11, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

I wouldn't leave a page blank :) thanks for the note.

I left you a message at your blog :) 亮HH (talk) 02:53, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi

Hey Matthew! Just noticed you were contributing to Wikipedia. I like your blog. Drop me a note sometime. — Zerida 08:33, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimania 2007

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Egyptian pound

I wonder if you'd mind providing a reference for your transliteration of جنيه to gineih (rather than gunaih) in Egyptian pound. There seems to be some degree of uncertainty on the most appropriate form. Thanks, Dove1950 22:38, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ويكيبيديا مصرى

I have put a proposal and started an active project for ويكيبيديا مصرى wikipedia Masri. If this may interest you , I would be very grateful for any help you can offer in this project, many thanks.
To vote on the proposal please press here.--Ghaly (talk) 19:23, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Many thanks for your helpful edits on wikipedia Masry, and looking forward to more of them , best wishes--Ghaly (talk) 21:23, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Update

ويكيبيديا مصرى wikipedia Masry project started on 2 April 2008 and currently there are;

59 articles, categories, templates, and talk pages;
5 redirects;
8 editors (including any with at least one edit);
313 revisions (including 31 minor edits).

- Looking forward to more of your edits , there are currently 24 articles providing a point to start from and you are welcome to add more, as you might be aware this will add a momentum to the proposal and will increase the chances of its acceptance. Ghaly (talk) 10:30, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Masry approved

I am pleased to let you know that Wikipedia Masry proposal has been accepted on Meta, looking forward to your valuable contributions iin it. Ghaly (talk) 19:23, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MatthewS.

How are you? we want you back in Wikipedia Masri, PLEASE Fadywalker (talk) 11:23, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Masry Wikipedia created, Just to let you know. Thanks--Ramsis II (talk) 20:44, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Orange redirect

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Some help with Arabic translation please?

Hi Matthew. I'm hoping to add a picture or two to the article Tourist Landmark of the Resistance. There are a few rather striking images on their website, but of course they can't be re-used without permission. Explaining the implications of Wikimedia's licensing is difficult even when there are no language barriers, so I thought it would make sense to email them in Arabic rather than in English. If I draft a short email in English explaining what is being asked for, would you be able to translate it into Arabic? If they reply, their reply might also need translation back into English, for example so that the OTRS people can see whether they agreed or not. Many thanks if you can help. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 12:56, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Egyptian currency

Dear Matthew, as of 2010, no currency value less than 0.25 pounds is accepted in Egypt. Why do you claim that they are still used? Also, stop editing the Arabic spelling of Millièmes, as it is officially spelled with two Arabic ل, not one, as you do it. Also, in the Alexandrian accent, the definitive article is more likely pronounce [el] before /ɡ/. The assimilation of the definitive article in Egyptian Arabic before some consonants is a matter of preference. Some people never even assimilate it, some assimilate it differently from Arabic rules. --Mahmudmasri (talk) 05:55, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you help verify translations of articles from Arabic

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Would you be able to help evaluate the accuracy of translations of Wikipedia articles from Arabic to English Wikipedia?

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This would involve evaluating a translated article on English Wikipedia by comparing it to the original Arabic article, and marking it "Pass" or "Fail" based on whether the translation faithfully represents the original. Here's the reason for this request:

There are a number of articles on English Wikipedia that were created as machine translations from different languages including Arabic , using the Content Translation tool, sometimes by users with no knowledge of the source language. The config problem that allowed this to happen has since been fixed, but this has left us with a backlog of articles whose accuracy of translation is suspect or unknown, including some articles translated from Arabic. In many cases, other editors have come forward later to copyedit and fix any English grammar or style issues, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the translation is accurate, as factual errors from the original translation may remain. To put it another way: Good English is not the same as good translation.

If you can help out, that would be great. Here's a sample of the articles that need checking:

All you have to do, is compare the English article to the Arabic article, and mark it "Pass" or "Fail" (templates {{Pass}} and {{Fail}} may be useful). (Naturally, if you feel like fixing an inaccurate translation and then marking it "Pass", that's even better, but it isn't required.)

If you can help, please let me know. Thanks! Mathglot (talk) 09:38, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Egyptian Arabic

Hi Matthew, i am a fellow Egyptian who's pro an independent Masry language. I also believe that the correct pronunciation of the word is Masry as in Masry Wikipedia and El Masry el youm, El Masry of port-said...etc. The term Masry is the one used between Egyptians, while Masri is more used between the Khaleejis in their English written articles when they refer to us.

Also, if we are saying in the article that our language is written in both Arabic and Latin alphabets, why can't we write the name in latin in the infobox?

Egyptian Premier League (talk) 09:50, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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Egyptian Companies

Hello Matthew, I hope all is well. I wanted to work with you to bring more Egyptian Companies to the English Wikipedia. I have worked on a lot like Commercial International Bank, EFG-Hermes, Telecom Egypt, the stock ticker and naming of Orange Egypt and many more. But there a lot of missing pages like Edita or Palm Hills while pages like Juhayna are extremely weak. I hope we can work to bring many more to wikipedia. Contact me when you are ready. Thank You KarimKoueider (talk) 02:34, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. (at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#KarimKoueider and his unconstructive edit) Matthew_hk t c 03:33, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hala'ib Triangle

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Regarding these edits: diff, diff and also at Nazism: diff. Leviv ich 15:29, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And now also diff. That is three reverts; a fourth will violate WP:3RR. Leviv ich 15:32, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Levantine Arabic FAC

Hi Matthew, I nominated Levantine Article for FAC. As you contributed to Egyptian Arabic in the past and given your knowledge of Arabic, I thought you could be interested in reviewing this nomination. Thanks for any help you can provide. A455bcd9 (talk) 08:29, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My edit summary when reverting Egyptian pound

I thought I should explain my cryptic edit note. When I wrote "these are not reliable sources", I was referring to Investopedia and XE.COM being cited. I have no idea what I was looking at, as you certainly didn't write it in your edit summary. Obviously a stray cosmic ray and reality has been reinstated as at the last backup. John Maynard Friedman (talk) 18:54, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

Newly created account TheCurrencyGuy is bent on ruining the Egyptian pound page and forcing his way without FIRST reaching consensus. I am not one to “edit war” as this has never happened in my 18 years on Wikipedia. Please protect the page from vandalism. Thanks. MatthewS. (talk) 14:09, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Both of you were edit warring, and both of you are blocked. Content disagreements are not vandalism, whether there is consensus or not. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 14:25, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Egyptian pound. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Egyptian pound

Hello.

I don't want to make an enemy of you, we both got a little carried away with ourselves. I would like to collaborate in order to reach a satisfactory result. TheCurrencyGuy (talk) 17:01, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Turkey vs. Türkiye

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ANI incident

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October 2022

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Egyptian pound. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
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I undid it because of the duplication. That was unintentional. But the symbols I know are all valid, with sources. I’ll be back to include them all. No idea why some have to force only their way and nothing else. MatthewS. (talk) 16:54, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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