Hello!

Initially, I was going to ask this on the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia on arz:WP: EMBASSY, but I noticed it's basically a ghost town.

So I'm wondering if I could just ask this here: I noticed that the template {{صندوق معلومات شخص}} adds both the preferred and deprecated image from Wikidata.

If any template wizard can help fix that, I'd be very appreciative!

Thanks, QuickQuokka (نقاش) 06:34، 6 فبراير 2025 (ت ع م)[ردّ]

Example: arz:انيتا فلورنسا هيمنجز --QuickQuokka (نقاش) 06:36، 6 فبراير 2025 (ت ع م)[ردّ]
@QuickQuokka thanks for bringing attention. Ping to @HitomiAkane --كريم رائد (نقاش) 06:43، 6 فبراير 2025 (ت ع م)[ردّ]
@كريم رائد شكراً على الإشارة
@QuickQuokka I think the issue is fixed now. HitomiAkane (نقاش) 12:59، 6 فبراير 2025 (ت ع م)[ردّ]
QuickQuokka (نقاش) 13:10، 6 فبراير 2025 (ت ع م)[ردّ]
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Hello, sorry if this is not the right place. Can someone confirm if the arabic captions added by this user on Commons are legitimate/relevant to the photos? Because with google translate they look like random stuff. Thanks :) Syrio (نقاش) 16:34، 20 فبراير 2025 (ت ع م)[ردّ]

إشارة إلى الزميل @محمد أحمد عبد الفتاح:. --كريم رائد (نقاش) 16:38، 20 فبراير 2025 (ت ع م)[ردّ]
@Syrio: thanks for bringing attention to this topic. I see most of his contributions are pure vandalism. --كريم رائد (نقاش) 16:42، 20 فبراير 2025 (ت ع م)[ردّ]

Many thanks, I will revert them. Bye, --Syrio (نقاش) 16:44، 20 فبراير 2025 (ت ع م)[ردّ]

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مرحبًا،

صورة ترمز إلى لغات متعددة

يسرنا أن نعلن أن لقاء مجتمع اللغات التالي سيعقد قريبا، يوم 28 فبراير/شباط الساعة 14:00 ت ع م. لو رغبتم في الانضمام، يرجى تسجيل أنفسكم على صفحة الويكي.

هذا اللقاء يعتمد على مبادرات المشاركين وسنشارك فيه آخر أخبار المشاريع المتعلقة باللغات وسنناقش العقبات الفنية على مواقع ويكي اللغات والتعاون في إيجاد حلول. تناولنا في لقائنا الأخير مواضيع مثل تصميم لوحات مفاتيح للغات وتأسيس ويكيبيديا المورية وآخر أخبار مسار دعم اللغات في ويكي إندابا.

هل لديكم موضوع ترغبون في مشاركته؟ سواء كان خبر فني من مشاريعكم أو عقبة تريدون المساعدة في التغلب عليها أو طلب للحصول على الدعم في الترجمة الفورية، سيسرنا أن تتواصلوا معنا! لا تترددوا في الرد على هذه الرسالة أو إضافة بند لجدول الأعمال في الملف هذا.

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