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Congratulations from WP:STiki![edit]

The Gold STiki Barnstar of Merit

Congratulations, M.Bitton! You're receiving this barnstar of merit because you recently crossed the 25,000 classification threshold using STiki.

We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool.

We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (talk) 14:40, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Hi, because of lack of time, i was not able to complete the article yesterday, thank you very much for taking the time to explain me how to use the Harv style and for completing (and correcting my mistakes) my edits at Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire. Cheers. ---Wikaviani ^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:36, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikaviani: Thanks! Glad I could help. M.Bitton (talk) 23:47, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	It’s always great to see more people fighting vandalism. Have a star! Jeb³ _{Talk at me here}^{What I've Done} 23:41, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jebcubed: Thank you so much for your encouragement. M.Bitton (talk) 23:57, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you![edit]

I see that you check recent edits for appropriateness. I clicked through to see a set of the reversions that you had made for rejected submissions, and I agreed with all of what I saw you had done. It seemed apparent to me through the decisions you made and the comments that you left that you were giving human attention to the decisions you made rather than over-relying on tools and automation. Thanks for that, and thanks especially for the notes you leave. You are doing good review. Blue Rasberry (talk) 01:39, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Bluerasberry: Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. Best, M.Bitton (talk) 22:07, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	For your excellent job with creating the administrative maps of Albania! Ahmet Q. (talk) 07:40, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ahmet Q.: Thank you so much for your feedback. Best, M.Bitton (talk) 22:27, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Another barnstar for you![edit]

		The Original Barnstar
		For answering a lot of edit requests and helping to keep the backlog at bay. For a while, I was taking care of that on my own, and it feels nice to see someone else get to it first every now and then! Actualcpscm (talk) 17:22, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Actualcpscm: thank you very much for the encouragement and for tackling those time consuming edit requests that tend to be pushed to the back of the queue. Keep up the great work! Best, M.Bitton (talk) 22:39, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for your incredible work on the Horn of Africa relief map :)[edit]

		The Original Barnstar
		Here's a barnstar for your incredible work on the Horn of Africa relief map! Really appreciate the effort you put into it :) KluskaSlaska (talk) 16:21, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, on a related note, I would love to do some more map work once I have more time in late summer. Do you have any good guides on how to get started on maps for Wikipedia? :) KluskaSlaska (talk) 16:21, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@KluskaSlaska: Thank you so much for your feedback. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any good guides that would help you. Best, M.Bitton (talk) 14:02, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not giving this to you sooner! You have been a great help creating maps for many articles, don't stop doing what you do! – Treetoes023 (talk) 22:09, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Treetoes023: Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. Best, M.Bitton (talk) 12:01, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ngrams[edit]

Hi. Re this comment at Talk:Pied-Noir, actually ngrams does distinguish parts of speech. Remind me later and I’ll point you to some examples; mobile now and too difficult. Mathglot (talk) 07:18, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mathglot: I was referring to the French words (usually within French sentences) that are often quoted in the English sources (explained in this comment). Does that make a difference? M.Bitton (talk) 00:09, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's different. There's little they can do about that, and unless their algo is cleverer than I thought, they won't tag foreign snippets correctly for POS in a majority English text. If you have a good English source that has a fair number of sentence-or-longer snippets in a foreign language embedded in it, I could test that theory. Mathglot (talk) 00:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can't think of any offhand, but I'll keep it in mind in case I come across one. M.Bitton (talk) 00:24, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did a couple of quick tests of French expressions in English books: fait accompli has a very small number of false 'verb' tags, so they did really well there. Still pretty good with cause célèbre, about 5% mistagged. (In both of these, fait can be n. or v. in French; ditto cause.) They did better than I expected.Mathglot (talk) 00:41, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking of proper nouns and adjectives, as in "les Bretons" and "les gâteaux bretons". M.Bitton (talk) 00:50, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New article[edit]

Hey, feel free to ignore this, but you seem to be more familiar with the editor who created it and possibly with the topic too(?), so I thought I'd flag Slavery in al-Andalus for you, in case you're interested. Some of my spot-checks made me think there's some WP:OR, but I don't know the topic well enough to judge if it's merely superficial or if there are bigger concerns to raise. (I left some comments on the talk page about the citations, but not willing to judge the rest.) Again, no worries if this isn't worth your time. R Prazeres (talk) 20:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@R Prazeres: I am indeed familiar with the modus operandi of the editor who takes a lot of liberties with the sources, cherry picking what they want and misrepresenting them at times (see their latest edit on the Aghlabids article). Unfortunately, dealing with their edits (checking all the cited sources) is a lot of work. That said, If I have time, I will look into the new article. M.Bitton (talk) 00:15, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for considering. And of course there's no urgency. Cheers, R Prazeres (talk) 00:20, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for starting the discussion on the talk page. M.Bitton (talk) 00:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How a lack of consensus is determined[edit]

Hi, can please help me understand how, when handling an edit request, do you determine that there is a lack of consensus for the request? Much thanks spintheer (talk) 06:02, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It usually depends on the nature of the request. In your case, the decision was simple since the removal that you suggested was already discussed on the article's talk page. M.Bitton (talk) 15:01, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yeah you're right, my bad on this, and thanks for pointing this out spintheer (talk) 15:55, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish Sahara[edit]

I disagree with the statement that more than 80 governments consider the territory to be sovereign. As of September 2022, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is recognized by 46 out of a total of 193 United Nations member states. 104.192.212.102 (talk) 02:48, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Reverting My Edit on Arab Cold War[edit]

Hello. You have reverted 7 of my edits on Arab Cold War. I didn't remove or add any information. I just cleaned the jumbled mess that was the infobox. Why have you reverted the edits? Hind242 (talk) 04:50, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's what you exactly reverted

>Collapsible List of Parties

>Grouping of Palestinian and Omani Militant groups

How is this contentious? Hind242 (talk) 05:49, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You removed State of Palestine. If this was a one off, I probably wouldn't have said anything, but given that you've been editing the contentious topic for a while and the content in your sandbox, I had no other choice. This and the introduction to the CT that was left on your talk page are meant to prevent you from getting yourself into trouble. M.Bitton (talk) 13:30, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Look, the State of Palestine was founded in 1988. I'm not an Israel supporter or anything, but including a nation that had not existed back then? Its nonsense.

Oh and my sandbox. Yeah I use it to make althist content on reddit.

I am not gonna bring the content without getting your approval, which I wish you would grant. Hind242 (talk) 15:08, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You make any edits regarding the Arab/Israel conflict, broadly construed until you have 500 edits and become extended-confirmed. That includes edits about Palestinian militant groups. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:13, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aaah ok Hind242 (talk) 06:48, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would appreciate if you deleted "State of Palestine". Its a big innacuracy. Hind242 (talk) 06:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]