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I am open to collaborators, I will be attempting to get these articles to featured list status (though some do not meet the length requirement) and the topic as a whole to featured topic. You are encouraged to work on these articles yourself and nominate them. I will review those and you can leave me a talk page message to solicit a review.

Glad to have you back and editing again. Zalaraz (talk) 00:23, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. User:Easternsahara 00:26, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back Starlet (What Now?) (My changes) 21:08, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

woot! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:10, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

+1, nice to see you back! 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 16:14, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded, I look forward to seeing your work continue. -- Reconrabbit 11:40, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am topic banned from the PIC. Can I edit Nadeen Ayoub (her career, accomplishments, early life) as long as I steer clear of content that is directly related to the PIC? I will not edit parts of the article that are about her getting harased by pro-Israel people, feud with an Israeli beauty queen, and analysis about the Gaza war. Also, can i edit the following articles:

1. List of ambassadors of Palestine to China
2. List of ambassadors of China to Palestine
3. List of Palestine international footballers born outside Palestine
4. Palestine Book Award?

thanks Sahib-e-Qiran 23:50, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an admin, but a topic ban means you cannot edit articles in that area, broadly construed. This applies to entire articles. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk 01:47, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

WP:TBAN: weather-related parts of other pages, even if the pages as a whole have little or nothing to do with weather: the section entitled "Climate" in the article California, for example, is covered by the topic ban, but the rest of the article is not; This is why I am asking for an admin. I fixed my signature. No reply needed Sahib-e-Qiran, He Who is Otherwise Known as ‪EasternShah‬ 01:55, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

As noted, this is not correct, someone can edit an article where only a portion is about the prohibited topic; I use Ms. Rachel as an example, a children's entertainer/educator who made comments about the Gaza War; banned/non-EC users could edit about her work but not her Gaza comments or her displaying art related to Gaza. 331dot (talk) 10:02, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot thanks for clearing that up. It appears that I was wrong in this case. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk 22:05, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@TheTechie, for the reasons I mentioned here, which are based on written policy, I'm not sure you are wrong, though I do agree that the position on this talk page is that topic bans are interpreted narrowly instead of broadly. Coining (talk) 22:50, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Also, please fix your signature. As a general rule of thumb, it should be obvious what your username is from the display of your signature, and "Sahib-e-Qiran" doesn't particularly tell me that your username is "EasternShah". thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk 01:48, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Recognition of Palestine(and Israel, really) is a integral part of the conflict as recognizing Palestine confers the ability to exchange ambassadors; even now that more countries recognize them than not, I would steer clear of it to avoid any potential issue.

Yes, you should be fine to edit about Ayoub as you describe. 331dot (talk) 10:08, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Can i also edit the football and book award ones? Thanks for your response Sahib-e-Qiran, He Who is Otherwise Known as ‪EasternShah‬ 15:04, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot: sorry for the second ping but I don't think you commented on List of Palestine international footballers born outside Palestine and Palestine Book Award, is it acceptable for me to edit these as well? I understand that I should not edit the ambassador lists. Sahib-e-Qiran, He Who is Otherwise Known as ‪EasternShah‬ 21:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Those should be okay. 331dot (talk) 21:55, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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okay, ill create a formal move request. i think that the move request that got it moved to its current title just stated that it was the common name, but did not analyse the quality of the sources that called it a massacre. Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 00:36, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am T-banned from the A-I, and Talk:Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has a notice about the entire article being related to the A-I. However, I do not think that it is completely related to the A-I. Can I edit the article as long as I don't edit about the A-I, and can the banner have the |section=yes parameter added if so. Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 06:20, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

My advice would be to make an edit request so that you avoid debating as to if you can technically make the edit or not. 331dot (talk) 09:11, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As some of you may have noticed, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. This point increase has been retroactively applied to all good article reviews for which competitors have claimed points in this round. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

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are 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran and related articles a part of WP:A-I? Iran is not an arab country and its not certain why exactly the strikes occurred. Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 22:02, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

BTW i think I made some edits on ali kameini and stuff, and participated in some discussion. I will revert and strike out that if it is determined that those edits were breaches of my tban Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 23:41, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator comment) The article is currently protected as an AE action, with one of the CTOPs it relates to being the Arab–Israeli conflict. So, I would say yes. Also, 2026 Minab school airstrike and its AFD are protected as being under the topic area. I have struck the comment and !vote you made at the AFD. Chess enjoyer (talk) 00:25, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• The restrictions apply because Iran has supplied groups opposed to Israel(Hamas and Hezbollah). 331dot (talk) 11:55, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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118		Uru people (talk)	Add sources
152		Geographical indication (talk)	Add sources
116		Early Islamic philosophy (talk)	Add sources
3,836		Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (talk)	Add sources
114		Pseudocereal (talk)	Add sources
140		Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union (talk)	Add sources
71		Christianity and other religions (talk)	Cleanup
60		Tawassul (talk)	Cleanup
5,936		History of Iran (talk)	Cleanup
67,367		Supreme Leader of Iran (talk)	Expand
6,890		NATO (talk)	Expand
198		Food loss and waste (talk)	Expand
568		Jalebi (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
839		Abortion law in the United States by state (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
119		Islamic fundamentalism in Iran (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
4,317		Democrats 66 (talk)	Merge
103		Proof of the Truthful (talk)	Merge
124,332		2026 Iranian Supreme Leader election (talk)	Merge
229		Spread of Christianity (talk)	Wikify
189		Nafl prayer (talk)	Wikify
389		Islamic honorifics (talk)	Wikify
172		Ramadan in Iran (talk)	Orphan
5		Kumbakonam Betel Leaf (talk)	Orphan
4		Ashraf Muhammad Yusuf Uthman Abd al-Salam (talk)	Orphan
20		Nick Roberts (politician) (talk)	Stub
21		Popular Front (Philippines) (talk)	Stub
17,158		Javad Khamenei (talk)	Stub
66		Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard (talk)	Stub
158		Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem (talk)	Stub
9		History of Islamic Philosophy (talk)	Stub

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Note that WP:BLAR does not state that it is disallowed, I was about to notify the authors and put the recommended template on the York Region District School Board page as well. Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 21:47, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry, I adapted the question from a similar one at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz, so I thought it would be okay. I do not plan to participate in many RfAs, so this will not be problem in the future regardless. Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 16:22, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

		The Ridiculous Barnstar
		For the most insane question anyone has ever asked at RfA. I do *not* encourage anyone to try to outdo you. In your defense, the question that inspired it was met with a flawless answer from the candidate, but yours was on another level.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 21:38, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am sincerely sorry about that, I just wanted to check if the candidate knew their stuff because I noticed that they didn't have that many edits (compared to other admins, especially those recently elected). I think they are still experienced enough to become an admin, but I just wanted to make sure. I shouldn't have described the process that much, it was irrelevant, but I was also trying to be humorous. Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 00:34, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, this barnstar isn't supposed to be taken seriously or thought of as a warning template or badge of shame, I just thought it was a fun way to say I thought you did something silly that was both harmless and funny :) Apologies if the phrasing sounded mean, when I called it "insane" I meant that in a "how did you even think of something that crazy" way, not a "how dare you post that" way  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 02:45, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 03:03, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify, I didn't interpret anything that you said as offensive and it was in good humor. I just wanted to restate that I could've handled the situation better. Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 03:36, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I would've just trouted you, but you had me laughing for at least a few minutes so I think 5 trouts arranged in a star shape is more appropriate here.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 21:38, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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756		Eid Mubarak (talk)	Add sources
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107		Mid-Sha'ban (talk)	Add sources
99		Eid prayers (talk)	Add sources
983		Zona da Mata (Minas Gerais) (talk)	Add sources
25,988		2025–2026 Iranian protests (talk)	Cleanup
102		Jonathan Wilson (musician) (talk)	Cleanup
5,847		Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (talk)	Cleanup
11,950		Assembly of Experts (talk)	Expand
264,677		2026 Iran war (talk)	Expand
671		James Barry (surgeon) (talk)	Expand
91		East Midlands English (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
216		International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
919		English people (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
14		Tamriyeh (talk)	Merge
16		Shamishi (talk)	Merge
20		World Safari (talk)	Merge
262		France-Albert René (talk)	Wikify
238		Arab cuisine (talk)	Wikify
56		Primary stage of socialism (talk)	Wikify
5		Bratislava Model United Nations (talk)	Orphan
8		Abdulaziz bin Khalifa al-Attiyah (talk)	Orphan
7		Bui Hydro–Solar Hybrid Project (talk)	Orphan
1,140		Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom (talk)	Stub
324		Mohammad Ali Araki (talk)	Stub
34		Kazem Nourmofidi (talk)	Stub
41,948		Mostafa Khamenei (talk)	Stub
30		Mojtaba Tehrani (talk)	Stub
25		Caroline Torosis (talk)	Stub

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