User talk:Petra MacDonald

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A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	I, Sarah, hereby award Petra MacDonald with the Special Barnstar for your excellent efforts at helping to maintain the article for Aisha, which has recently been getting a bit more attention than usual. Thank you for all you do for Wikipedia and free knowledge! SarahStierch (talk) 01:34, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I have to admit, I needed to look up Barnstar. I had no idea Wikipedia did this!

Merge discussion for The Meaning of the Qur'an

An article that you have been involved in editing, The Meaning of the Qur'an, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Wahj-asSaif (talk) 00:21, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for thinking of me, but I'm afraid all I did was correct the grammar. I have no expertise in this subject and I feel completely inadequate to address any content-based issues.Petra MacDonald (talk) 08:15, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 2013

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Talk:Khadija bint Khuwaylid. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted or removed.

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Small Suggestion

Hey, I just wanted to pass on some advice I was given several years ago. A more experienced editor left a note on my talk page saying:

...you might want to add something (here's one possibility) to your userpage; it may give your edits more weight. (For some people, a redlinked userpage says "Newbie! Don't take his comments as seriously as you would otherwise!")

It was an easy enough thing to do, gave me a place to keep some helpful links, and removed one minor impediment that might have kept some editors from taking me as seriously as they might have otherwise. EastTN (talk) 18:45, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your comments would be appreciated at

Talk:Invasion of Banu Qurayza. There has been a content dispute, but before that can be resolved there is the question of whether this should be merged back into Banu Qurayza. Note that if it isn't, WP:SUMMARY would suggest that it's the main article and that the relevant content in Banu Qurayza should be a summary of the invasion article, which may not be a good idea. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 16:05, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Fatima bint Al-Aswad

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You signature

Hi Petra. Can you please adjust your signature per WP:SIGLINK? Thanks. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 22:31, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Request

On Asmā' bint Abi Bakr and Aisha some editors are hanging speculation on Asma being exactly 10 years older than Aisha. From your comments on the Asmā' bint Abi Bakr talk page from about a year ago, you are familiar with Dhahabi as a source, so your input would be appreciated. Edward321 (talk) 16:28, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your prompt and thorough response. I plan to post it on the talk pages of both Asmā' bint Abi Bakr and Aisha. Edward321 (talk) 23:46, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your participation

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Reference errors on 24 September

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Proposed deletion of Hajl ibn Abdulmuttalib

Hello, Petra MacDonald. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Hajl ibn Abdulmuttalib, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:

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