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Whosyourjudas (talk) 21:32, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Storey vs. story

There was no typo in the Burj-al-Arab article. "Storey" (for floor) is merely an alternative spelling for "story".

See m-w.com:

Main Entry: story Variant(s): also sto·rey /'stOr-E, 'stor-E/ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural stories also storeys Etymology: Middle English storie, from Medieval Latin historia picture, story of a building, from Latin, history, tale; probably from pictures adorning the windows of medieval buildings 1 a : the space in a building between two adjacent floor levels or between a floor and the roof b : a set of rooms in such a space c : a unit of measure equal to the height of the story of a building <one story high> 2 : a horizontal division of a building's exterior not necessarily corresponding exactly with the stories within

Cheers! :-) -- H005 13:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UAE blocked?

See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Blocking_UAE.3F William M. Connolley 11:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mu'alla

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Informing you of this nomination because of your previous participation in the Justin Bieber on Twitter merge into Justin Bieber discussion.--LauraHale (talk) 06:42, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: 12d Solutions (August 7)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by DGG were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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The comment the reviewer left was:

The same problems continue:

1. There needs to be references providing substantial coverage from third-party independent reliable sources, not press releases or mere announcements

2. That the company awards a prizxe does not show its notability

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DGG ( talk ) 19:01, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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About Clara Luciani

Hi Istara,
It appears that this is substantially a translation of this French language Wikipedia article. Technically, if you don't say it's a translation somewhere - in an edit summary, on the article talk page - it's a copyright violation.
Apologies if I'm telling you things you already know.
Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:11, 24 January 2019 (UTC) I didn’t know, thanks, but how can Wikipedia plagiarise itself?! I deliberately translated as I figured that data was ready approved. Istara (talk) 03:41, 26 January 2019 (UTC)Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).[reply]