User talk:Abdel Noor

W e l c o m e Hello, Abdel Noor! Thank you for your contributions. My name's Airplaneman and I just wanted to say hi and Welcome to Wikipedia! You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of the world's largest encyclopædia. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name, the date and the time. You'll soon learn to appreciate people using helpful edit summaries, so please contribute by filling in that box (just above Save Page) every time you edit. If you are already loving Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. (There's a comprehensive Directory of WikiProjects, and you'll find many article talk pages have banners from a relevant project.) Again, welcome, and happy editing! Some useful links to learn more about Wikipedia: Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Airplaneman ✈ 18:57, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Abdel Noor. I've been looking over the Ghana Empire entry and I am planning to do some changes that will affect your contribution, most notably that concerning links between Ghana/Wagadu and the Asante Kingdom. There is very little evidence and that convoluted, that there is any real historical connection between the two. When Nkrumah named his new country Ghana in 1957, he never claimed there was and only used the term as a symbolic representation of the first independent African country after independence, linking it to the first named African country he knew. Raymond Mauny and Ivor Wilks have since sought to make connections largely though pointing out the commercial links between Northern Ghana and the Mande world of which Ghana was ultimately a part. But no one has suggested any more direct connection, especially given the geographical and chronological difference between the two regions.

Anyway, I wanted to let you know what I'm doing and you can judge whether or not you would like to discuss it on the article talk page, or my talk page. Beepsie (talk) 19:36, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Abdel Noor. You have new messages at Airplaneman's talk page.
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