User talk:Mehrshad123: Difference between revisions

I noticed you were new, and wanted to share some links I thought useful:

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Sam Spade 12:17, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

1. Please put at least a little something on your profile page, because until you do, there is a big ugly redline next to your contributions.
2. Check out the Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Iran
3. Think about adding yourself to Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Iran if you are in Iran or speak Persian. You can also add the appropriate tag from Babel:Persian to your profile to show that you can speak Persian.

--Jpbrenna 23:47, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I regret to say that I have closed your RfA early as per WP:SNOW. I have included a summary of the opinions cast in my reason for doing so, which was essentially 'get some more experience before trying again'. You have been very brave in putting yourself in the spotlight here after so short a time of editing WP. Most people wait between six-to-twelve months before trying for an RfA and they are not alway successful either. Strategies for improving your profile for another RfA include:

1. contributing effectively to articles. This includes finding references and citations for facts in reliable sources, something that is essential for an encyclopedia.
2. Working on the Good Article Drive, Good Article Collaboration of the week and the Article Creation and Improvement Drive.
3. Patrolling the New pages and Recent changes special pages for vandalism; tagging the pages according to the criteria for speedy deletion and warning the vandals.
4. Reporting repeat vandals for admin intervention.
5. Joining a Wikiproject or finding a portal on a subject in which you are interested and contributing through that.
6. Assisting at the Help and Reference desks.
7. Welcoming new users.
8. Becoming adopted or, when you are more experienced, adopting new users to assist them in learning about Wikipedia.

These are just some of the ideas for making effective contributions to the project. You can also see Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia for more ideas. Regards and good editing, (aeropagitica) 23:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback and the guidelines.

Some of the suggestions you provided have been already fulfilled, and I will steadily strive to intensify my partnership in the coming months.

Regards. Mehrshad123 01:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

<<<Removed unnecessary RV from user "Swatjester" related to Tevanian article, my response follows>>>

Thanks for the lengthy comment, however my page had been attacked without explanation and I had to do a lengthy investigation to find out that two people, including yourself, were retaliating because a legitimate edit I had made to the Tevanian article. A more appropriate place for a discussion would have been on the Tevanian page, and the false accusations were totally uncalled for, especially considering that the reason for the retaliation was not initially clear. Also you mentioned that the Tevanian article and my RV cleanup was the reason my RFA had failed. You are mistaken. The RFA failed due to other reasons regarding minimum contribution requirements to Wikipedia which I currently do not meet. The quality of my contributions, and my response to RV has been exempulary and you are free to research that here. Mehrshad123 20:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Er, did you just call me a sockpuppet on my talkpage, or did I read that wrong? And I'm not sure what it is you are referring to by RV...RV is an abbreviation for "revert". ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 00:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Um, did you just call me a sockpuppet on Swatjester's talk page, or did I read that wrong? Bete Noir 09:57, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Mehrshad, Would you please take a look at Sparta. The current introduction says Sparta was a superpower that "overpowered" both Athens and Persia. I think this is wrong because the link says that a superpower is able to "project power on a worldwide scale;", which I think does not apply to Sparta. I have tried moving the text to farther down the article by users Miskin and Domitius insist on keeping it in the introduction. Regards, NN 19:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct that Sparta was a greek City State, not a superpower - either militarily or geographically. I will take a look at the article for you...Mehrshad123 23:44, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mehrshad, Thanks for your work with Sparta. The current introduction certainly is not balanced. Classical times stretched over a thousand years, and Sparta was strong militarily for only a small part of this. Also note you have already made 3 reverts, so as per Wiki policy you cannot do any more for the next 24 hours. Regards, NN 00:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He sure "took a look alright". Speaking of 3 reverts already, your "look" is by default equivalent to rv-warring. Miskin 00:37, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]