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Lately, I've been trolling Commons for "Valued images." You are the photographer of 4 new ones, of Mohenjo-Daro. Congratulations!!

All the best,

Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:36, 21 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. --Saqib (talk) 16:48, 21 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your edits to V. S. K. Valasai‎‎ and for fixing the format of my user page.

Best,

Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:18, 4 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Don't mention it.--Saqib (talk) 22:20, 4 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, User:Saqib! Thank you for helping reverting the hooligan Boeing 737's vandalism. However as I returned the content to your user and talk pages and tagget VAVAVAVVA etc. for deletion, you reverted my edits. Why? ϒpsilon (talk) 10:02, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Because the way you're dealing with things is incorrect. --Saqib (talk) 10:06, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

@Ypsilon:. This is not the way to deal with page move vandalism. Redirects should not be created. @Ikan Kekek: I don't understand why you blocked Saqib. I can confirm that it isn't hijacked. An admin needs to delete all the nonsense pages created by the vandal. --Glaisher (talk) 10:06, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Why am I blocked? --Saqib (talk) 10:13, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

I have unblocked the account. Like Glaisher I don't see evidence it is hijacked. On the contrary Saqib has been doing tremendous work fixing the vandalism. Nurg (talk) 10:14, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Nurg. This has left a stain of block on my account. --Saqib (talk) 10:16, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

(edit conflict) OK, I didn't know that. ϒpsilon (talk) 10:17, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Saqib. I thought I had posted an explanation and apology for why I blocked your account for 20 minutes. It sure looked to me like your account was hijacked, because the histories of vandal articles looked like you had started them. Oh, I just realized: The explanation was in the User talk:Saqib that I deleted in order to restore this version, which had been moved to User talk:VAVAVAVA but had the history. Anyway, this is no stain at all on your record, but I highly recommend you change your password, in case I really am not wrong that your account was hijacked. And now, I'll go back to deleting more fake articles, if that's still needed. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:21, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

And if I misunderstood what I was seeing in the histories of vandalism articles, I apologize. In any case, no ill will toward you whatsoever was intended. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:26, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

(edit conflict) IK, I'm sure my account was not hijacked. All of edits I made today are done by me. I want you to check my today's contributions closely. You'll notice that I moved back the vandalised pages but over redirects and later I tagged those nonsense redirects for speedy deletion. The reason why I reverted YPSI edits on my user page because I wanted to move back User:VAVAVAVAVA to User:Saqib because otherwise the history of my user page was losing. --Saqib (talk) 10:28, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

The thing that I don't understand is that your username appeared first on many of the vandalism pages I deleted, and it said things like "++++++++ moved to [name of policy page] over redirect". If you didn't create the page, why did the rest of the history before your action disappear? All that was there, often, was that action by you and then Ypsi's "speedy" notice. Can you understand why I was confused? Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:32, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

OK, this was just explained to me on my user talk page. I'm very sorry; you were not only an innocent bystander, but doing your best to help. I hope you can accept my apology, as I was acting in good faith and not to hurt you. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:36, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

No problem! --Saqib (talk) 10:45, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Something should be done about how the wiki software works to prevent this in the future. I bet situations like these can and do happen much more often on WP. Also look who's allegedly replaced Saqib's user page and talk page as well as MoS and it's talk page with a delete tag :P ϒpsilon (talk) 10:56, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

LOL! Your bad YPSI. --Saqib (talk) 10:59, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

An abusefilter could be setup to prevent this. --Glaisher (talk) 11:08, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

How? I should say, though, this amount of abuse this quickly is very unusual on this site, to date. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:13, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

@Ikan Kekek: Sorry for the delay. It would be easy to prevent page moves by newbies. There are two options; an abusefilter or changing the criteria for autoconfirmed status as only confirmed users can move pages. Currently, users are automatically confirmed after 4 days of account creation. An edit is not needed. If criteria for autoconfirmed is changed, then not only would this affect moving, but other permissions as well, such as editing semi-protected pages. See Special:ListGroupRights. On the other hand if an abusefilter is used, we can use it to prevent page moves by newbies, without affecting other permissions such as editing semi-protected pages. Of course, if an abusefilter is used more tweaks can be done. This should be discussed by the local community. Regards, --Glaisher (talk) 15:24, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

I understand. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:27, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

This has been happening on a regular basis on other larger wikis; given that many vandals only hit English wikis, it was bound to happen sooner or later. --Rschen7754 20:15, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib! Athens' article is in pretty bad shape as I signposted in its talk page. I'm volunteering to help with city districtification. Unfortunately I experienced some troubles downloading a map from openstreet.org. Can you do it next days? Let me know, please. --Gobbler (talk) 02:06, 30 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Pardon me. I didn't get what you said. You want to insert a OSM in the article or you want me to draw a Wikivoyage-styled district map? --Saqib (talk) 12:48, 30 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

I want you to draw a Wikivoyage-styled district map. I know the city --Gobbler (talk) 21:21, 30 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

I once tried to draw a map based on current district-ification but couldn't able to as the current district-ification is way to complex but based on your proposed district-ification on the article's talk page, I can give it another try but I think first you've to make sure we're going to use your proposed district-ification. --Saqib (talk) 21:27, 30 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

I got it. So it's better to wait for user:Handrian --Gobbler (talk) 18:14, 1 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

That's fine with me. --Saqib (talk) 20:17, 1 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

I have updated the districtification of Athens, a Wikivoyage-styled district map can be drawn now, however, I don't know how to do it. --Handrian (talk) 02:50, 24 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib, thank you for your kind words. You might have seen that i work a bit on Munich. The only district missing a map is Munich/South-West. It is wide, so an OSM map for the Get around section would be great. If you have time it would be great. The map would need to include the big train station in Pasing (last backbone station) and the commuter hub Solln in the south. I played a bit with OSM but didn't got a satisfying map. Hope you travel a lot and best regards, jan (talk) 14:41, 5 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Jan, all the district articles of Munich using dynamic maps and I think you're looking to insert the same dynamic map into Munich/South-West as well. Right? --Saqib (talk) 14:49, 5 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Correct and thanks. jan (talk) 15:08, 5 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Saqib. Do you happen to have any friends in Oman who might be able to upload good new photos of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat to Commons? Most of the photos of the mosque seem to have been deleted from Commons, which is very unfortunate for several reasons, including its bad effects on the Muscat guide and its Dotm nomination.

Also, let me take this opportunity to thank you again for all the magnificent work you do.

All the best,

Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:54, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I've just transferred plenty of photographs from Flickr. Please have a look at commons:Category:Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. --Saqib (talk) 08:55, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Wonderful! I will have a look when I feel more awake. :-) Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:15, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sure. It was my pleasure to assist you. --Saqib (talk) 09:22, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

In the end, I was still awake long enough to use a couple of images. I still hope for a better image of the Svarovski crystal in the dome, which Commons used to have an outstandingly clear and impressive photo for. If you happen to come across a usable one without someone's name on the photo, please upload that, too. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:34, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sorry but I've got some bad news for you. See commons:User_talk:Saqib#File:Sultan_qaboos_grand_mosque_13.jpg. --Saqib (talk) 09:42, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Oh, that's a shame. So it looks like we need someone to upload photos of this mosque (and eventually, other buildings in Oman) locally. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:45, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Yes. Under fair usage rule. --Saqib (talk) 09:48, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

I posted about this to User:StellarD's talk page. Perhaps she has some photos. I hope so. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:49, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Saqib, I think your behavior has been exemplary ever since you were promoted back to regular member. I would support a return of your admin tools with a nomination if you would like them back. Just let me know. Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:50, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Why not. I've been missing the tools since I lost them. --Saqib (talk) 11:40, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

I'll make the nomination within 24 hours. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:45, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your trust and confidence. --Saqib (talk) 11:49, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

You're very welcome. Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:58, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

You're on the Administrator rolls again, Saqib. That is a sign of the faith and trust you have earned from the community. Congratulations. Powers ^(talk) 14:35, 28 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. --Saqib (talk) 14:37, 28 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqiq, I would ask you if on your spare time you could create the 6 regional maps for the 6 territories that compose the article in the subject. I've explicitely link the Italian version because in my opinion there's a big mess in the English version (I would comment it later). The details of each single map can be taken from the the map present also in en:voy, while territory division can be taken from the second map present on it:voy. Considering that Burma it's a "long" nation, I would cut each map focusing on the specific region. Please let me know, --Andyrom75 (talk) 07:28, 14 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sure Andy. I'll look into it as early as possible. --Saqib (talk) 10:24, 14 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Saqib. On Talk:Manhattan/Chinatown, there's been agreement that the boundaries of the map for Manhattan's Chinatown should be extended further east from Pike Street and the East River to Allen St. and Delancey St. (specifically, I would say that both sides of Pike and Allen should be included, but only the southern side of Delancey, and I'd also say that NoLiTa, which is included in the article, should start just west of Bowery, with both sides of the Bowery between Delancey and Houston St. included in the Lower East Side). If you'd like to extend the static map, that could be tricky because a number of places now in the Manhattan/Lower East Side article should be inserted. The other tricky thing is that the map for the Lower East Side would have to be edited to exclude the area that's being moved from there to the Chinatown map. Perhaps it would be easy to just move that area from one map to the other? Otherwise, since User:PerryPlanet understandably isn't feeling motivated to edit static maps anymore, new dynamic maps would need to be created for the Chinatown article and the Lower East Side article. Would you like to create them?

All the best,

Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:26, 17 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I'm having difficulty understanding it but I'm still willing to help you with this. I've tied both of the maps together. Can you please use an image editing program and draw new boundaries both for Chinatown and Lower East Side. --Saqib (talk) 12:29, 17 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks a lot, Saqib! However, that doesn't look right, as there's a bunch of empty (non-white) space between Chinatown and the Lower East Side that shouldn't be there. I may try to edit the image later today, but if it's too difficult, it may have to wait for a while. Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:26, 17 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

This map is just for my reference so I can know about where is the new suggested boundary. The finished map will be free of glitches. --Saqib (talk) 15:35, 17 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi IK, are you having trouble editing the map? --Saqib (talk) 13:18, 18 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

I don't have time right now, so this will be delayed for at least a couple of days. Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:30, 18 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Shoot, I could not understand you due to language barrier but let me try. Is this what you suggested above? --Saqib (talk) 22:11, 18 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

If the boundaries are the solid orange lines, no, that would make Chinatown way too big. I'll try to make an edit after I'm finished with all my final grading and anything else that's urgent. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:28, 18 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Saqib. I finally got the chance to try my hand at this map with Photoshop.

File:Manhattan mockup map edited.png

. Everything to the west and south of the black line is in Chinatown; the rest, south of Houston St., is in the Lower East Side. Does this make sense to you? There should never be any space between Chinatown and the Lower East Side, which border and blend into each other. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:26, 17 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi IK, I've made the changes to both of the maps. Please have a look and let me know if you want me further improve them. --Saqib (talk) 08:11, 17 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks a lot! There is one more thing: The words "LOWER EAST SIDE" should be removed from the Chinatown map, as there is no longer room for them in the area we are now allotting to the Lower East Side article. And if you want to, at some future point, you could add some new listings to the Lower East Side map and move some listings from the Lower East Side map to the Chinatown map, but I don't think any of that is urgent. I'll move some of the listings themselves around. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:11, 17 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Label "LOWER EAST SIDE" has been removed. I've moved a few listings from Lower East Side map to Chinatown map and then I compared the listings on the maps with the listings in articles and I found that except a one or two listings, everything else is already in place. --Saqib (talk) 09:23, 17 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much! Eventually, there will be more listings. For example, there's a Quality Inn on Ludlow St. on the Lower East Side (I think; I have to check), and I hope some people will add listings of some of the more popular bars that I avoid, due to loud music, overcrowding, and expensive drinks. I guess I should add Pianos, though. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:58, 17 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Once listings added to articles, please let me know and I'll update maps accordingly. --Saqib (talk) 10:22, 17 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

You bet, and thanks again! Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:16, 17 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

At Recent changes I noticed you're deleting spam pages and blocking spambots again. That means you've become an admin again - CONGRATULATIONS! :) ϒpsilon (talk) 16:59, 28 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

It is fun to delete and block spambots YPSI. Thanks for supporting my RfA. --Saqib (talk) 17:13, 28 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Walekum-as-salam saquib i have read your message. I wanted to tell you that if we merge the page with the Kolkata, won't it look bad. Because i wanted to give complete info on the station and merging won't make it look good. Do u have any other option? —The preceding comment was added by Shaane Khan (talk • contribs)

Khan, it won't look bad if you merge only the useful part of information. You don't need to merge all the stuff into Kolkata article. Wikivoyage is not encyclopaedia and we only need information that is relevant and useful for a traveller. For instance, we don't need to write detailed history about the railway station. Why don't you take a look at "By train" section of Karachi article. And please when you make comments on talk pages, make sure to sign them by using four tildes "~". Let me know if I can be of any assistance to you. --Saqib (talk) 11:49, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much. As i am a new wikipedian i don't know much about these rules. —The preceding comment was added by Shaane Khan (talk • contribs)

No problem Khan. Feel free to ask me whenever you need any help. Enjoy your stay here. --Saqib (talk) 11:52, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

I would also request you to check the Ajmer article which I edited few days ago —The preceding comment was added by Shaane Khan (talk • contribs)

Yes, I saw that. Good work Khan. And again, when you make comments on talk pages, make sure to sign them by using four tildes "~" --Saqib (talk) 11:59, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

I am trying to merge the Howrah Railway Station article. How do you delete an Article? Shaane Khan (talk) 12:02, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Once you're done, let me know and I will delete it. --Saqib (talk) 12:03, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

now i have merged the info in the kolkata page (you should look at it once) now please delete the page. Shaane Khan (talk) 12:11, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Done. --Saqib (talk) 12:12, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much for explaining me. Now please see the Kolkata page and check for any error(s). Shaane Khan (talk) 12:14, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

hey saquib i just found out a serious mistake in the Kolkata page and its adjoining pages. Would you like to help me out? Shaane Khan (talk) 12:21, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Which mistakes? --Saqib (talk) 12:44, 7 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Shaane Khan (talk) 14:48, 12 June 2014 (UTC)The southern and northern fringes are officially and commonly called north 24 parganas and south 24 parganasReply

Assalam alaikum saqib . i would like to inform you that sagar island and sagardwip are different name of one place but their are 2 pages for one place . please do something. Shaane Khan (talk) 12:09, 14 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Done. --Saqib (talk) 21:27, 14 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib,

I'm almost done fixing articles that previously contained copyvio content. In the meanwhile, do you mind sending me deleted articles ( Kelmend, Valbona, Gusinje, Plav, Prokletije National Park, Prijepolje, Novi Pazar, Sremski Karlovci)? What is the way to do this - email? Thanks Dronych (talk) 15:55, 10 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sorry for late response. I almost forgot to reply you back. Sure, I'll send you the deleted material by e-mail tomorrow. --Saqib (talk) 22:02, 11 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hey, just wanted to remind you about sending me this deleted material. Thanks --Dronych (talk) 19:36, 15 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Done. --Saqib (talk) 20:17, 15 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Perfect, man, thanks! --Dronych (talk) 21:36, 15 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib, Thank you for your interest in the Mid Canterbury page, I was creating. While I was creating it - it appears you deleted it for copyright issues. However I hold the permission/copyright to that content. Can you please undelete the page I was working on? Also, under regions of the page "Canterbury" it mentions "Mid and South Canterbury" as one listing - this is incorrect, as each have their own distinct attributes which should be represented. Is there a way to more accurately reflect this? Thanks for your help in advance. Looking forward to creating a complete and accurate picture of Mid Canterbury. Emct (talk) 21:45, 11 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

But "Experience Mid Canterbury" website — from where you took most of the text — clearly mention that stuff on the website is copyrighted. --Saqib (talk) 21:57, 11 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

The content has been extracted from the website and the Official Visitors book, and I am an official working for Experience Mid Canterbury with permission to distribute the content as appropriate. Account name correlates with company "EMCT" Happy to send an email verification to your account. Emct (talk) 22:36, 11 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Emct. I would encourage you to read Wikivoyage:Welcome, tourism professionals; it has some useful information on how you can help us improve our guide(s) to Canterbury... and some common pitfalls to avoid. Powers ^(talk) 00:50, 12 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi. This edit does not seem to have worked, since on e.g. Ukraine the Ireland parameter disappeared in Read view once someone changed the code for it: cf. and . It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 20:43, 12 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

I've fixed it. --Saqib (talk) 20:47, 12 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, map master!

Half a year ago you made a map of Sweden's regions. Me and PrinceGloria decided to change the regions again. I was about to modify the map, but then I noticed you've only uploaded the png. If you happen to have the svg version on your hard drive could you please make the following changes:

1. Gotland, the large island in the middle of the Baltic Sea halfway to Latvia will split off Southeast Sweden and be a separate region organized directly under Sweden.
2. The rest of Southeast Sweden should be merged with Western Sweden. The name of this region would be Götaland, just like before.

Thanks! ϒpsilon (talk) 14:45, 16 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

You gave me a good chuckle YPSI. I still remember my school teacher was used to call me "computer master" even actually when I wasn't and now you calling me "map master" although actually I'm not. Btw, strange I didn't uploaded the source file of Sweden map. Anyway. I've uploaded both the source file as well have modified the map as per you suggested. Please have a look and let me know if I can be of any further assistance to you. --Saqib (talk) 15:14, 16 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Looks perfect! :) ϒpsilon (talk) 15:39, 16 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

See Talk:Philippines#Palawan Pashley (talk) 01:30, 2 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi! --Lkcl it _(Talk) 07:54, 18 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

I'd like to do with Taxila#See something like what I did at Suzhou#See, list the sites which are included in the (linked) UNESCO listing, then other sites separately. It works for Suzhou with only 9 gardens on the UNESCO list; I'm not certain it would for Taxila with 18 sites. What do you think? Pashley (talk) 18:24, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

On a related note, is Talk:Suzhou#Map_update.3F a problem you could solve? Pashley (talk) 18:30, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Pashley, thanks for working on Taxila article. I truly appreciate and I think your suggestion is something I should definitely follow but I'll need to learn about each and every site. I've started to gather information about Taxila so hopefully we'll be able list each and every site as a separate listing. As for Suzhou map, I'm sorry but this is an external issue and I'm not into OSM. Feel free to let me know if you may need my assistance with any static map and I'll be happy to help you with that. Thanks! --Saqib (talk) 18:42, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Saqib. It's good that you put these templates at the beginning of some articles, but some of the language isn't true in all cases. For example, Saba is not yet a successful nominee. Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:42, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Right. At first, I was a bit hesitant to add the template to Saba article when I read on the table "pending fixes and stronger consensus to support" but due to nominations' inclusion in to the table, I added the template. I see no harm in this as if later, the nomination removed from the table due to lack of strong support, definitely the template would be removed too. --Saqib (talk) 05:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Understood. I just wonder if another template should be developed that says "This article is currently under consideration for x, y or z feature," etc. Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:52, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

I'm not in favour of too many templates which serve almost same purpose. --Saqib (talk) 05:55, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, I guess others would object, too. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:56, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

(edit conflict) I'm not either. Perhaps the text in the current template needs to be modified? Like "and is now a successful featured article candidate." for example.

Articles are nominated when they are put on the nomination page. If they do not get support votes it's because something in the article has to be fixed (if it has already been DotM or someone has nominated an outline etc. it should be slushed directly). On the other hand, there is almost certainly something to fix even in articles that gets support votes from everyone. ϒpsilon (talk) 07:01, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi YPSI, I don't think there is a need to change the text in the template. In my opinion, once a nomination is up there in table, its considered a successful featured article. I think we shouldn't move nominations in the table if something is need to be fixed in the article. --Saqib (talk) 13:18, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

I have added a section Islam#Understand. It is certainly incomplete and some of it may be wrong. Pashley (talk) 20:01, 12 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Several articles -- at least Kim and Taxila, likely others -- mention this road, and it has considerable historical importance. w:Grand Trunk Road has a fair bit of info & a map.

I think it might be a good basis for an itinerary. I am not likely to write one, though I might contribute. Pashley (talk) 18:04, 13 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Grand Trunk Rd or GT Rd, as it is known locally, is certainly one of the historical and important route in the region but I'm not convinced why it should have an article. If compare to Silk Rd, GT Rd doesn't have much significance in my opinion and on the other hand, GT Rd is just remains a major road connecting major cities along the route but it doesn't enjoy the attention of a tourist such is the case of Karakoram Highway. --Saqib (talk) 22:39, 13 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

I did one; it seems to me it can do no harm & may do some good per Wikivoyage_talk:Search_Expedition#Index_articles. It is at Grand Trunk Road Pashley (talk) 00:21, 2 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Oh .. it is ok. I was one among the core members in WLM India. Karthik told you both working on WLM. So just thought of wishing you .. bye --Naveenpf (talk) 08:58, 18 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. --Saqib (talk) 10:07, 18 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I see that you first signed, and then retracted your signature, here: meta:Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer

I am interested to know more about your thinking. In your edit summary you indicated that the statement here resonated for you: meta:User talk:LilaTretikov#Our Future and the role of the Foundation

Could you help me understand that connection? I read that statement; while I welcome any expression of what the Board is trying to do, it did not seem to me to address any of the issues brought up in the letter.

But I'm not here to argue, but to try to understand -- can you tell me more? -Pete F (talk) 16:10, 22 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

My signature was based on hearing only one side of the story. After going through various links posted in the pub, I've no strong feelings one way or the other so I'll take myself out of this drama. Please excuse. --Saqib (talk) 16:40, 22 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

OK, thanks for letting me know. Happy editing! -Pete F (talk) 19:15, 22 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Saqib. Can you plz tell me who co-manages the Twittle handle with you? --Hindustanilanguage (talk) 09:57, 13 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hindustanilanguage, WMF communication department and Nick. --Saqib (talk) 16:23, 13 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Salam Saqib sahab! Guzarish thi keh Aap chonke ek mehnati sarif ya muntazim hain , Isliye main ne socho keh ap jesi mehnatkash logon ko mein urdu wiki voyage ke taraf mutawajja karon. Angrizi wikivoyage main tu beshumar log hain woh to devolop hota rahega likin Urdu wikivoyage ko filhal sakht zarort hain ,is mansoobe se hamare qaum ko safar ke boht sangeen muamelat ko baa-asani hal kar sakege.isliye Guzarish thi keh baraye Karam aap Urdu Wikivoyage mein bhi hamara haath bataye taakeh hum apne qaum mein elm o taleem phela sake.

Shukria, Usman Khan--عثمان خان شاہ (talk) 19:01, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for writing in Usman but I don't like the idea of starting Urdu edition of Wikivoyage at the moment. Even Pakistan's coverage on English WV is pretty much bad right now and we've no editors from Pakistan so I'll focus on developing articles here. --Saqib (talk) 19:33, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hello! Sorry for writing in English. As you're an administrator here, please check the message I left on MediaWiki talk:Licenses and the village pump. Thanks, Nemo 19:22, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for updating DotM in my place last night. I am out of town and had expected to be able to do it myself, but it didn't end up that way. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 16:03, 21 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

No problem. I realised your absence. --Saqib (talk) 16:22, 21 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Why am I no longer autoprolled, did a make a controversial edit? --Traveler100 (talk) 10:12, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Not at all. Actually auto-patrolled rights are no longer required when one gets administrator rights. --Saqib (talk) 10:15, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqiq, how are you? :-)

I'm writing you to ask a couple of favour.

1. Very quick. To change the color of Crimea on Ukraine article from yellow to gray, because today is a part of a foreign country (Russia).
2. More work. To convert the out-of-standard map on Southern Russia into a wikivoyage standard map. Possibly keeping the same colors, to vaoid to change the regionmap template. Once done (if done), could you substitute the map in any language version?

Thanks, --Andyrom75 (talk) 18:09, 7 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Oh hello Andy. Nice to hear from you. I'll definitely work on it but please allow me a couple of days. --Saqib (talk) 05:33, 8 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks a lot Saqib. I've spread your Southern Russia map on all the language version. One minor thing on the Ukraine map: the letter "e" of the word "Ukraine" exit from the square box. Could you fix it?

I take the chance to ask you another favour. I've noticed a mistake on the color of the map in Southern Thailand. Currently the color of Phuket island include by mistake also the Ko Yao. While in the Phuket article Ko Yao is listed in the "Go next" section and in the Northern Andaman Coast article is listed in "Other destination". To better visualize what I mean, see the map on the Wikipedia Italian article. Basically, the two big islands plus the minor islands on the east side of Puket should have the same color of the Northern Andaman Coast. ....I hope it's clear enough :-P --Andyrom75 (talk) 08:56, 11 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Fixed. --Saqib (talk) 09:45, 11 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for both your quick fixes :-) --Andyrom75 (talk) 16:18, 12 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hey—you contacted me via email with a copyediting request. I can't help out, unfortunately; on top of my barely present level of activity at Wikipedia as of late, I'm under a large workload IRL. Best, Resident Mario 18:06, 9 October 2014 (UTC).Reply

Hi. Please accept my congratulations for your excellent article "Wiki in Pakistan: Filling in the missing jigsaw pieces" in the Dawn newspaper. It is well written and summarises many facets.

I was equally surprised in 2011 when the Dawn newspaper quoted one of my works in 2011. --Hindustanilanguage (talk) 07:20, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for appreciations Muzammil. --Saqib (talk) 07:29, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib,

I logged into my account today and found out that a photo that I uploaded for Wiki loves Monuments 2014 had been flagged as a possible copyrights violation. I assure you it is my own work. It has been published in the Caravan Magazine as well but as the creator of this work I enjoy all copyrights to this image.

I noticed that the I cannot take part in the deletion debate anymore please help me out if there is anything that can possibly be done to keep my image in the competition.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014_in_Pakistan/Gallery#mediaviewer/File:Empress_Market_at_Sunset.jpg

This is the image I am talking about

Regards, Fahd. (Cyclops1789)

Thanks for your confirmation Fahd. The photo has been kept and won't be deleted! --Saqib (talk) 18:11, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib, could you fix in the Ethiopian map the southern border between Gambela and Southern Ethiopia regions according to this map? Thanks, --Andyrom75 (talk) 17:03, 27 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Another thing. To be coherent with the Jutland map, the map of Funen and Surrounding Islands should be fixed in this way: the small yellow island shall become grey, the near grey island shall become green and the "dotted S" line, shall be removed. I hope it's clear :-P --Andyrom75 (talk) 17:30, 27 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Done Andy but it was not easy as source files of both maps are missing. --Saqib (talk) 20:26, 27 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks a lot Saqib, I didn't notice the missing svg. Sorry for your extra effort ...but very glad that you succeed :-) --Andyrom75 (talk) 23:29, 27 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, but why Mille Grazie? —The preceding comment was added by Lkcl it (talk • contribs)

Hello and thanks for dropping by. Nice to see you around. Happy travels. --Saqib (talk) 15:27, 10 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Oh, I forgot the signature, I'm sorry ... happy travels also to you! --Lkcl it _(Talk) 16:11, 10 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib, If you have time, could you maybe have a look at Wikivoyage:Star_nominations#Okayama? Chubbychimbus seems to have addressed all the issues we mentioned, so he's hoping we can all review our votes. He added a history section too. Thanks, JuliasTravels (talk)

Hi Saqib - you might already know this, but just in case: if you're testing CSS, it's best to use User:Saqib/common.css, and then to copy to MediaWiki:common.css once you've got the changes working and want them deployed for everyone using the site. -- Ryan • (talk) • 16:17, 22 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Yes, I was trying the code but somehow by mistake I edited the MediaWiki:Common.css. --Saqib (talk) 16:21, 22 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib,

Could you please have someone take a picture of a taxi in Karachi, and upload it to Wikimedia Commons?

Also, 176 pictures of objects/places in Karachi have been requested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Karachi

It would be great if people could take these pictures in priority as they would be immediately useful in each article :-)

Thanks for all your work! Nicolas1981 (talk) 07:46, 26 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sure, I will get photos myself as soon as I can. --Saqib (talk) 08:49, 26 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib!!! ;) I'm glad to meet you!!! ;)

	Nice to meet You!
	Hi Saqib!!! Im glad to meet you! :) Angellene10 (talk) 09:10, 23 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you!! Saqib!! for the award!! ;) You're such just a good friend!! Angellene10 (talk) 01:44, 24 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib, best wishes for the new year! Could you have a look at Chak Malook? An anonymous user created it with just a copy-paste line from WP, which I deleted. I'm wondering though if this village is big enough or interesting enough to have an article in the first place. Maybe you have a better idea of that, I can't really find a lot of info. Thanks in advance, JuliasTravels (talk) 12:29, 5 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Best wishes to you too and thanks for letting me know of this. I'm not aware of this place but it seems a tiny village so I don't thnk it merit its entry yet. Anyways, I've redirected it. --Saqib (talk) 12:38, 5 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Whatever Yesterday happen, we should forget it if either it is mine mistake or your. We should/Must start A new vision by forgetting the past troubles.If it was mine mistake I apologize and if your mistake so I have forgiven .I Hope you and me will together help the people. My best wishes with you:)--عثمان خان شاہ (talk) 01:17, 21 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

As an outsider who does not speak either language, I have a question. My understanding is that Hindi & Urdu overlap a lot. Is there any easy way (maybe translation software?) to get two guides for the effort of one? If someone writes in U, translate to H and vice versa. Pashley (talk) 02:28, 21 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

I'm not aware of any such Pashley. --Saqib (talk) 10:21, 21 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib, could you fix the map in that article? I'm speaking of:

• match title & title box
• align "25 miles" with the legenda
• change the two "Rose Isle" into "Rose Atoll"
• change "Swains Isle" into "Swains Island"

Thanks, --Andyrom75 (talk) 17:45, 21 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hello Andy: I've made some changes. BTW the title was correct. --Saqib (talk) 21:50, 21 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

The file was an svg, so "maybe" is rendered differently from brower to browser. However, now the title is fine. Please change the second "Rose Isle" into "Rose Atoll" (the one in the box), and then is perfect. Thanks! --Andyrom75 (talk) 08:46, 22 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Have made the changes. Such minor changes doesn't matter in my opinion. --Saqib (talk) 20:14, 22 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks :-) No matter, I'm going to clean Nashik up but... what a mess! --Gobbler (talk) 23:58, 22 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for starting that article! There's a bit of information in the "See" and "Go next" sections of the Vadodara article that I was working on tonight which could be moved or copied to the new article and then considerably enlarged. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:04, 31 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Sure. --Saqib (talk) 11:04, 31 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

I didn't plan on notifying that vandal of the block, just gradually increasing the amount of time of the block, after having mentioned that any further vandalism would result in a block without notice. I'm keeping in mind the idea that vandals thrive on being noticed. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:41, 2 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

I think it is very helpful to have a note on user talk page if the user has been blocked at some point. I usually check the user credibility and reputation through their user talk page. --Saqib (talk) 10:45, 2 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

I understand. But perhaps further blocks shouldn't be noted? Do you think a day was enough? I think if the problem recurs, I will go straight to an indefinite block. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:41, 2 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Yes, 24hr block is enough. --Saqib (talk) 12:56, 2 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hi. As I found nothing that would make me think otherwise, I hope you have some knowledge concerning the topic of Cricket. We currently don't have an article about that, even though we have articles about association football, Rugby football, American football and Baseball in the United States. Even if you don't know anything about the topic, I would greatly appreciate your contribution here . Best wishes Hobbitschuster (talk) 17:35, 2 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hobbitschuster: I'll look into it some time soon! --Saqib (talk) 19:16, 2 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Hobbitschuster (talk) 19:28, 2 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Have you found time? I would like coverage on that subject, but other than "incredible confusing baseball-like game played by Commonwealth member nations and a huge deal in most of those" I know next to nothing about this sport. Hobbitschuster (talk) 16:24, 20 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

After defeat of Pakistan in recent World Cup 2015, I've almost started to hate both our cricket team as well this pointless sport itself. You know it was such a shameful defeat but anyways, I'll soon begin working on the guide. I hope you will grant me some time. --Saqib (talk) 16:45, 20 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

No problem. I know that feeling. I was almost demanding a rule change after my favorite team lost the 2013 German American Football championship in the most dramatic fashion imaginable ;-). Hobbitschuster (talk) 17:33, 20 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hello Saqib, I was wondering if you could update this map of Southern India, to include the Telangana region. Also maybe you could add Hyderabad to the map, because it is a major city, being a co-capital of two provinces. Thank you for your time. Abrahamic Faiths (talk) 16:10, 13 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Done. --Saqib (talk) 19:02, 13 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thank You :) Abrahamic Faiths (talk) 19:56, 13 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

I need a courtesy if possible. Could you create a new map for Ireland starting from the one that you find in en:voy but using the border that you see on it:voy and the motorway update that you can find in the link mentioned over here? It would be really great.

The new map would be used immediately in it:voy and fr:voy, while en:voy should wait that someone will work over all the current articles. Thanks, --Andyrom75 (talk) 22:58, 22 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Sure. I can help with this but I cannot figure out what changes you want me to make. Come to IRC when you're free (preferably night) and let me know so we can discuss it. --Saqib (talk) 09:13, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Saqib, you always crack me up! :-DDD However, as usual you map is excellent; just add the arrow and the legenda. Thanks a lot! --Andyrom75 (talk) 19:50, 27 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Andy. The MAP and its source file has been uploaded. Please try to restart the discussion here on Ireland talk page and get the new region list implemented. If the new region list makes sense for other versions of Wikivoyage, obviously it should work here, too. --Saqib (talk) 10:15, 28 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks a lot Saqib! :-) --Andyrom75 (talk) 10:33, 28 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Saqib. Can I ask why you thought it was necessary to oversight this edit? It's certainly rude, but it's not vulgar nor did it contain personally identifying information. Powers ^(talk) 01:09, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

I found it really offenseive personal attack and I thought comments made could be harmful. --Saqib (talk) 09:09, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hi Saqib - you deleted a number of templates that are in use throughout the site earlier today. Based on the delete logs I'm guessing you may have imported something and then deleted what was imported, but please be very, very careful when doing so since it looks like you imported about 38 modules, overwriting some existing templates, and then deleted all of them, including the ones that were in use such as Template:Documentation and Template:Tl. We all make occasional mistakes - I've broken CSS, templates and JS at various times - but I did want to recommend that in the future you should probably import pages one at a time, rather than importing a template and all of its dependencies at once. -- Ryan • (talk) • 23:46, 7 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Ryan: Thank you for looking it this and restoring the deleted template(s). I was testing something and had no idea it will bring too much clutter over here. Anyways, will definatetely be careful in future. Applogoes for inconvinicen it may caused to you. --Saqib (talk) 08:55, 8 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

I've recently tagged User:Saqib/MainPage for deletion. Now, I wouldn't write this if it wouldn't be the freaking fifth or sixth time someone other than you creates that page and fills it with some random Russian spam. As they've persisted in doing this so many times, I'm sure they will do it again in a week or two if the page is just deleted. Should this page not be protected? ϒpsilon (talk) 05:55, 10 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

I deleted the spam and protected it for administrators only - hopefully that's OK. Pages that are repeated targets of spambots can be useful as they allow us to easily identify and block IPs or accounts used for spamming, but if the repeated spamming is bothersome then it is easy to protect the page against future edits. -- Ryan • (talk) • 06:10, 10 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

YPSI, Ryan: Thank you to both of you for taking care of it. It is really weird the same is happening since I posted this. --Saqib (talk) 08:15, 10 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Wikivoyage:Joke_articles/Time_travel#Golden_Age_of_the_Caliphate, are there culturally appropriate and notable sights that could reasonably be included, given the significance of the era and region?

Whilst parts of the article are in the tradition of an April 1st item, the intent I had in some of the sections, is to inspire the genuine traveller or scholar. (The section on India for example was written by a Wikisource contributor familiar with that region.).

The era and region are not one I am that familiar with, and so a contribution from someone that knows the region better than I do would be appreciated. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 00:21, 12 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hi! I saw that you deleted a short entry I made under Kiparissi Lakonias (Peloponnese - Greece). Being a total newcomer to the field, I am working slowly, thus the entry appears unimportant, but in fact, it is one of the most beautiful on the peninsula. I shall put in the info as a whole, once I have finished with it. —The preceding comment was added by Nature lover (talk • contribs)

I've restored Kyparissi Lakonias as I'm not sure it qualifies for speedy deletion - it wasn't created as page creation vandalism and appears to be a real place, so if it doesn't merit an article it should either be redirected or nominated at WV:Votes for deletion. My preference would be to allow the creator time to work on it and see how it develops before taking any action. -- Ryan • (talk) • 16:53, 18 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Nature lover: Please accept my aplogies for being so hasty. Ryan, your message well noted. Actually I Google to find about the place but found nothing of it. It seemed to me a small village with no defining features that would attract a tourist which according to this page doesn't merit an article. But you're right I should had redirected it instead of speedy deletig. My mistake. I will be careful next time. --Saqib (talk) 17:05, 18 March 2015 (UTC)Reply