User talk:يوسف قناوة

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March 2020

Hello, I'm Path slopu. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Phocas—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. PATH SLOPU 03:18, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August 2020

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to 1340s—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 11:26, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

February 2022

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to SPLA, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 09:16, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello.

The correct elaboration of SPLA in the first meaning is Sahrawi People's Liberation Army. It also redirected to the main page, instead of a subarticle. I apologize for any inconvenience caused. يوسف قناوة (talk) 09:32, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see, now that I have clicked on the links. I will restore your version. I apologise for reverting a valid edit, but that is why you need to use edit summaries. Other editors are likely to revert if no explanation is given, especially if we don't know the editor and don't have time to investigate the change. If you had just written a short reason, such as "target the article page instead of section" or something like that, I would have known! Thanks for following up though. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:38, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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September 2023

Hello, I'm SKAG123. I noticed that you recently removed content from 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. SKAG123 (talk) 19:24, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @SKAG123

I removed a redundant phrase that was already present elsewhere in the article. Please don't be in a haste to check my edit and undo it. يوسف قناوة (talk) 19:46, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please use an edit summary next time. SKAG123 (talk) 20:52, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SKAG123 In case you find none, consider taking some time to check the edit rather than urgently undoing it. يوسف قناوة (talk) 21:17, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Second Western Sahara War

Thank you very much for your work so far! I wonder if you could create the pending Timeline of the Western Saharan clashes (2020–present) article to list the daily developments of the war so far instead of the section currently used in the article + further analysis on the main article itself. I can help with further research on Sahrawi sources in both Arabic and Spanish if needed! Tidjani Saleh (talk) 21:33, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I really appreciate it, @Tidjani. ☺️

I had long received no response to my proposal; nonetheless, I decided to occasionally gather some of the attacks carried out by the SPLA, depending on daily military communiqués published on SPS and elsewhere. By looking at the somewhat inadequacy of the information therein, I deduced that it would be better to handle them by sorting them chronologically on a table that mainly consists of the date and location of each attack, with additional notes if available. I saved my progress so far on a text file, and I would publish the work on a draft as soon as possible.

However, I assume this will lead to WP:UNDUE, since Morocco has yet published any patent statement regarding this conflict (it rather de facto denies it, despite confirmations from UN reports S/2023/729 and S/2022/733). To that end, the article will be mainly centred on the Sahrawi attacks at this point in time. يوسف قناوة (talk) 23:33, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @يوسف قناوة, thanks for your quick answer!

I think that sources prove that Morocco does acknowledge some attacks (or at least Moroccan press, such as Le Desk's analysis of the strike and Hespress's celebration of the murder of Sahrawi generals), and that the SPLA's reports are still an important source on the conflict even if Morocco denies or ignores most attacks (which can be clarified on the lead of the article).

As per the article, I'd follow the structure used for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the 2023 Israel–Hamas war's timelines + I'd personally split them in two articles: 13 November 2020-28 October 2023 and 28 October 2023-present as per the current developments on Smara and the announced escalation by the SPLA. Tidjani Saleh (talk) 23:48, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would be greatly honoured to cooperate in order to cover this ongoing armed conflict that marks the continuation of the 1975–1991 Western Sahara War. Hitherto, there's 908 communiqués released from the SADR MoD since November 13, 2020, concerning the war, so it might take some effort to build the article. While the casualty statistics of the war are ostensibly classified, I think it may be preferable not to rely on any other source (such as ACLED Dashboard) until an official statement is made regarding the matter. يوسف قناوة (talk) 02:00, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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mahammed Ahamad 196.190.61.172 (talk) 02:33, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Algeria

Thanks for attempting to remove a comment of yours that I labeled as off-topic at Talk:Algeria, by undoing your comment. The problem is, by that time it had already been responded to, and in order to maintain the integrity of discussion threads at Talk pages, once another editor has responded to a comment of yours, you may no longer remove it (although there are some ways to adjust it). Please see WP:REDACT for details. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 06:57, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking the time to address this matter. I would like to clarify that my intention was not to suggest that Wikipedia administrators engage in this stalled debate with personal opinions, as appears to be happening. My point was that it is unprecedented for a country’s name in its official language to be excluded from Wikipedia solely because the state has not officially favoured a specific script.

This particular issue seems to be encroaching on Wikipedia’s policies and manuals of style, which is why I believe administrator involvement is necessary to ensure that the matter is handled in accordance with established guidelines. Addressing this could help prevent similar disputes regarding the representation of country names in the future. يوسف قناوة (talk) 14:51, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I understand what you are saying, but it's rather the other way round: it is perfectly acceptable for admins to engage in a debate (stalled or not) by adding their personal opinions; admins do not resign the right to participate in writing articles, participating in debate on Talk pages, or anything else when they take on administrative privileges. If content edits are encroaching on Wikipedia’s policies and manuals of style, an admin might caution, or even block the editor from editing the page, but they will provide no opinion on the content dispute going on.

Think of it this way: we non-admin editors have one hat: the editor hat. We can edit, but we cannot block other editors. Admins have two hats: they have an editor hat, just like we do, and they also have another hat with a propellor on top, that's the admin hat. But they have only one head, and they can only wear one hat in any given discussion. If they are wearing their editor hat, they can add content to articles, and add opinions to Talk pages, even vigorously disagree with other editors, but they won't block anybody involved in a dispute with them about that topic. If they are wearing their admin hat, they can block you if you are violating behavioral policy in your edits at the Algeria Talk page, say, but they cannot contribute their opinion. One head, one hat. Does this make sense, now? Mathglot (talk) 05:38, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Algeria and Tamazigh

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Algeria and Amazigh

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