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War on Terrorism vs Overseas Contingency Operation

Hey all. I'm asking users from this WikiProject and other WikiProjects to weigh in at the talk page for a question about the War on Terrorism page: specifically at this section. Currently, the page says the war ran from "October 7, 2001 - January 20, 2009", where it ends because the Obama administration has discontinued use of the term in favor of the "Overseas Contingency Operation". However, Overseas Contingency Operation currently redirects back to War on Terrorism. The way I see it, we need to either a) create a new Overseas Contingency Operation page that encompasses everything that has gone on since 1/20/09 with the Obama administration and the war on terror, or b) Incorporate toe OCO stuff into the existing War on Terrorism page, in which case the date would be "October 7, 2001 - present". I personally can see merit to both ideas, but I'm not the expert, so I'm seeking input from people more qualified than me to see if we can develop a consensus. I'm hoping we can War on Terrorism page: keep the discussion here so the discussion doesn't split into multiple discussions on multiple WikiProject talk pages. Thanks all! — Hunter Kahn 16:46, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

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I have nominated the article July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike, which is within the scope of this project, for deletion. All interested editors are invited to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike. TomStar81 (Talk) 18:53, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Help request

Hi folks, you could help us at WP:TOL. We have no photo of the Mesopotamian Crow, and I have seen some on the Web and they look beautiful (by crow standards). Their plumage is really singular, and it would make a very valuable addition to several articles. They're the local birds that look like a "clean" Commons:Category:Corvus cornix, and they are almost endemic to Iraq.

So, if any of you ppl has a chance of taking a photo of one, we'd be very grateful.

(Also, if anyone has a chance to photograph an Oriental Darter in Iray, do so. Any proof of its existence is valuable in general, and it might yield a honorable mention in a scientific study..)

Thanks! Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 21:58, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Added articles on Yazidi and Assyrian militias; any other minority militias to add?

I was working on some articles about militias and "self-denfence forces" of religious minority groups in various countries, and ran across a couple interesting ones in Iraq:

• Malik Al-Tawus Troop, Yazidi self-defence force [wrote this article myself from news coverage]
• Qaraqosh Protection Committee, Assyrian group. Pre-existing article, but I added categories to tie it in to trees

I've added both of these to the template "Armed Iraqi Groups in the Iraq War and Civil War", down in the bottom right corner:

Are there any other minority militias that should also be added? I already checked on the Sabean/Mandaean sect, but they're evidently pacifists. Hope folks find these additions interesting, and that maybe we can drum up a few others. MatthewVanitas (talk) 08:06, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Clean up Category:Populated places in Iraq

Hi there, I cleaned up Category:Populated places in Iraq and moved all places to the appropriate Category:Populated places in XXX Governorate. I couldn't locate the few that remain. Could someone else have a look at that? Thnx -- Zoeperkoe (talk) 19:33, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Transport in Iraq - Category rename to meet other Asian countries

Maybe you like to vote at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_September_9#Category:Transportation_in_Iraq TruckCard (talk) 01:42, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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De-Ba`athification Article

Hello all. I'm working with Wikipedia's Public Policy Initiative and working on an article about the US De-Ba`athification policy, which I think ought to be linked to both the Ba`ath Party article and the Iraq/Iraq War articles. I am open to help and suggestions. Amfarr21 (talk) 16:58, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

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Spelling: Shia vs. Shi'a vs. Shiite -- Discussion at WP:ISLAM

For anyone with input regarding possible WP standardisation of the word Shia, Shiite, Shi'a, please provide input at the following page: Shia/Shiite/Shi'a at WP:ISLAM. MatthewVanitas (talk) 03:09, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Arabic name

Seif Adnan Kanaan needs his name in Arabic. Also it needs sources. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:43, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings

Article: 17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings

Would like to see if anyone in WikiProject Iraq can assess this since WikiProject Terrorism refuses to touch it. But it has been assessed by someone. I totally forgot about this article and stumbled upon again today. Feedback would be appreciated. Adamdaley (talk) 07:08, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

An assessment of WikiProject Iraq and WikiProject Arab world would be appreciated. Adamdaley (talk) 23:49, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Ancient Near East archaeological sites reorganization (Suggestion)

Please see this discussion here. Yazan (talk) 19:02, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Merge Mesopotamia - History of Mesopotamia - History of Sumer

Please see discussion here. -- Zoeperkoe (talk) 00:43, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

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Jack Hensley and Kenneth Bigley

Eugene Armstrong does not have his own Wikipedia article while Jack Hensley and Kenneth Bigley do. All three were involved in the same kidnapping saga. How should we organize the information related to the three? WhisperToMe (talk) 06:48, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Al-Kindi

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Proposed deletion of Muhammed Ibrahim al-Juraissey

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FAR

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Jamal Al-Karboli

Hello. Could editors with a good knowledge of Iraqi affairs please have a look at Jamal Al-Karboli? It started out as a self-promotional WP:AUTOBIO, but the man appears to be quite notable, so the article is certainly worth improving. I can't read Arabic without an online translator, and can only find passing mentions of him in WP:Reliable sources in English, but I would imagine there's a lot about him in the Iraqi press. All help most welcome. Thanks, Gurt Posh (talk) 11:01, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Multi-move discussion

Readers here may be interested in contributing to a proposal regarding the renaming of 11 Ottoman Eyalet articles. See Talk:Mosul Eyalet#Multi-move. Cheers. -GTBacchus^(talk) 13:14, 25 September 2011 (UTC)