User talk:MonsterHunter32

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Raqqa offensive. Please see the :en: article. --Yug (talk) 19:36, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Yug I already saw it. There's nothing there. That's why I reverted your edits. Your edits seem to be based on the module of Syrian civil war. However from what I've seen, the editing standard at the module seems very shoddy with some Twitter sources not even being reliable per Wikipedia standards. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 20:02, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Agree. I 'am in touch with twitter @CivilWarMap / Syriancivilwarmap.com. We had a talk about the map making / publishing request, I told him about the requirement for "(mainstream) source", and how yesterday case was not satisfying as only the SDF's twitter was vocal about the submission of the lake Assad ISIS pocket (trustworthy?). I saw your yesterday revert almost immediately, but your revert was legit :)

Today (12/21), many mainstream newsroom replicate a single SDF's video statment and report the conquest of "97 villages" without clarifying the areas other than "west of Raqqa" which is very very large. I conclude that they are more interested by breaking up the news (fastest) than by factual, precise news. Sad, but I think we can add to twitter buzz some deductions to 'confirm' that the lake Assad pocket has been submitted. I don't feel totally comfortable with that in the context of Wikipedia, but it isn't fair either to wait that fast-food newsrooms report it "literally" to update the map. Yug (talk) 21:29, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Yug There is confirmation now (sort of) through a map. Al Jazeera's map shows the region of the 54 villages under SDF control (http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/offensive-targets-rebels-aleppo-outskirts-161224140539925.html). Also reports of Jabhat Thuwar al-Raqqa breaking off alliance with SDF too seem to be true as a region to the east of Raqqa is shown under rebel control. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 18:35, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Raqqa map

Hi, MonsterHunter32.

The SDF advances to the east of Raqqa have been fully confirmed by now, via a number of news outlets. Al-Masdar has also confirmed the return of SDF forces to all the villages mentioned before, up to the Al-Kulayb Grain Silos. As for the northern Deir ez-Zor countryside, Thuwar al-Raqqa did not separate from the SDF, only a couple hundred fighters did at most (and that was back in Agust 2016); those forces completely left to join the Turkish-backed rebels in Jarabulus following clashes with the SDF near Ayn Issa. The "green" area marked near Abu Khashab in northeast Deir ez-Zor is controlled mainly by the SDF's Thuwar al-Raqqa group; however, they are still part of the SDF. The reason why they were marked green in those maps you mentioned was because those groups are not Kurdish groups, they are Arab. (For those maps, yellow=Kurds and green=Main opposition or Arab group control.) About the Raqqa map, can you please restore the SDF advances to the east of Raqqa? They've been confirmed all the way up to the Al-Kulayb Grain Silos (from the east to the west), and Syrian Civil War Map has also confirmed the SDF advances (e.g. no ISIL pocket in east Raqqa). By the way, after 3 years of following the conflict, Syrian Civil War Map is the single most reliable interactive map I've found on the Syrian Civil War, despite their shortcomings. This means that there's enough sources backing up the advances to restore the changes. BTW, I will be using my Wikimedia Commons account in my future communications. Thanks. LightandDark2000 (talk) 06:18, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

LightandDark2000 I don't see why you can't wait for a few days. SyrianCivilWarMap and its like cannot be considered a reliable source just because it's a map. Of course it relies on others, not its own assessments as it is based in USA not on ground. As for Al-Masdar it never said SDF "returned" to the areas. Nor any reliable source seems to confirm the advance. Even the other sources you cited aren't reliable or unbiased. Turcoplier is a self-published blog and Kurdiastan24 is pretty biased and funded by son of Kurdistan president Masoud Barzani. ANHA isn't very unbiased in its language nor South Front but at least they've been giving mostly correct and up-to-date information. The pocket villages you are talking about haven't been confirmed to be captured by any reliable report. Al-Masdar recently contradicted itself and also has been contradicted by others. News sites often make premature reports, and Al-Masdar itself seems to have done the same thing.

Al-Masdar reported Khas Ujayl and Khas Hibal as captured on 10 March. But two different sources, Hawar News and SOHR reported Khas Ujayl as captured on 12 March: Hawar News, SOHR. Also Al-Masdar itself reported Khas Hibal captured on 14 March. South Front too reported this. Both also report Al-Kulayb grain silos as captured by SDF, an area which Al-Masdar itself claimed was captured by SDF on 21 February in which it also claimed it reached the northern bank of Euphrates. Also note that it never claimed SDF retreated earlier and later recaptured it, nor there have any been such reports. When multiple reliable sources and Al-Masdar contradicts itself. Still it's better to wait until the situation becomes clear. I don't think there is any problem in waiting, please remain patient. Nothing will go wrong if a few villages aren't shown under SDF control for a few days. We should avoid dubious information. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 11:31, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Also I see you made changes to my edit with Or statements that Khas Hibbal and Al-Kulayb grain silos were "recaptured". The sources nowhere stated it was "recaptured". You are basing your edits on inference and original research especially in an attempt to reconcile them with reports from Al-Masdar never confirmed by any reliable source. Please do not indulge in such behavior, it is against the rules. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 11:50, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

RE: Pleae correct Iraq civil war map

I have already updated the map as your requested, and also fixed outdated Iraqi Kurdistan territories. However, the Syrian-Iraqi border crossing controlled by ISIS that you asked to be removed is apparently where the ISIS leader is now hiding (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11/28/isis-leader-baghdadi-hiding-near-iraq-syria-border-alive-but-injured-iraqi-military-says.html). Thanks. --Koxem918 (talk) 01:31, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Separate color for Turkish forces in Northern Syria

I have recently added a separate color for the Turkish safe zone to File:Syrian, Iraqi, and Lebanese insurgencies.png due to a consensus on the talk page, but there has been a history of people removing it after it is added, often the same person with different accounts. Could you please do me a favor and make sure this doesn't happen, and report it to Magog the Ogre if it does happen again? Thanks. --Koxem918 (talk) 03:34, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Aleppo

I'll handle it :) --- 09:23, 26 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emreculha (talk • contribs) 09:23, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

List of countries with death penalty for apostasy

1.) Is it possible to add description to the picture/map? Like this:

Description English:

  States in which death penalty for apostasy exists per Library of Congress.
  Federations in which some of the states have death penalty for apostasy.

2.) Is there a possibility to make a list of countries with death penalty for apostasy? For example on the left side of the picture? Or the picture would become illegible then?

3.) Or if there are small countries (e.g. Comoros, UAE), it's hard to guess from the map what country it is. Can you put a name of even small countries on the map or again the picture would become illegible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 7atut7 (talk • contribs) 10:14, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

--7atut7 (talk) 10:16, 10 June 2020 (UTC)