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<tr><td>Born in Nigeria, Africa</td></tr>
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==Current: Working on==
* [[Adil Najam]]
* [[All India Muhammadan Educational Conference]]

==Me, I, ... er ...==
Starting out on the journey of self-discovery, (when I was young, and, well, cornier--cornier than '''''this''''', you might ask ;)), I came up with the following characterization for myself:

:''I am a 2nd generation [[:Category:Pakistani people|Pakistani]] of [[Arab]] extraction, [[India]]n origin, and [[Nigeria]]n birth.''

:or maybe I should say

:''I am a 2nd generation [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Pakistan|Pakistani]] of [[Arab]] extraction, [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians/India|Indian]] origin, and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Nigeria|Nigerian]] birth.''

That might give you an idea of how it is that I butt in on the [[#WikiWikiMe]] that I do.

A [[writer]] whose day job is as a [[:Category:Technical communication|technical writer]] in the [[Silicon Valley]]/[[San Francisco Bay Area|San Francisco Bay]] Area, I blog at [http://iFaqeer.blogspot.com iFaqeer] and [http://wadiwallah.com/blog WadiWallah] and a few other places (see http://www.iFaqeer.com). I have recently also started paying attention to a blog I started a while back: [http://rickshaw.blogspot.com Rickshaw!], which captures the inscriptions on the back of [[Rickshaw]]s ([[Rickshaw|jinrickshaws]], [[Velotaxi|cycle rickshaws]] and [[Auto Rickshaw|auto rickshaws]]). It's part of what drew me into the Wikipedia; looking for places with information on rickshaws.

I recently had reason to say the following in a discussion on an article:

:''...the main reason I associate myself with the Wikipedia is that I consider it a chance to receive and present a more complete picture of the world than I grew up having to read.'' ([[Talk:Muhammad/archive 1#A_more_scholarly_article.3F|Source; for the curious.]])

...and in another discussion:

:''Let me say the following up front by way of disclaimer: I am a Muslim and sympathise with Islam. And I also am not sympathetic to inflexible and/or extreme rationalist "devotees" of any ideology—be it Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Communism, Capitalism, Progressive philosophies or any other.

:''And I am also a strong believer in the importance of strict NPOV policies for an encyclopedia to really live up to its name. See, for example, what I am trying to do at [[Template talk:Timeline of Islamist militancy]].''

Which is why I spend time on Wikipedia.

==Updates==

===[[Wikicities:c:Pakistan|Wiki Pakistan!]]===
6/18/05<br />
See: [[#Pakistan]]

===Urdu Language Users===
5/15/05
We are actually breaking some very interesting ground here on the Internet as the [[Urdu]] language starts to mature in its use on this medium. And Wikipedia is on the cutting edge. See:
http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com/2005/05/urdu-speaking-wikipedia-users.html
and
http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com/2005/05/on-being-saahib-e-zubaan.html

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I have just finally got to publishing my thoughts and translations on Urdu poetry, Sufism and related topics. For now, it will be mainly on the following page:

:http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com

See [[#Net sites I own/contribute to]] below for more details.
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Just posted the following at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countering systemic bias#Can_we_measure_Wikipedian.27s_Bias.3F]]

:''My personal bias (excuse the pun) is that bias is something that exists in every person—it's basically a function of our being human and being shaped by our own experiences and background. The High Road, IMHO, is to understand what one's own bias is and work from there—identify opinion as opinion and try to work with others to achieve objectivity and completeness is a priority, as it is for projects like Wikipedia. (And yes, I have worked as a journalist and do [http://iFaqeer.blogspot.com have a blog].) The way I do this on Wikipedia is to place an honest statement of my background and an attempt at describing my own bias on my [[User:IFaqeer|user page]]. I know this will make me an easy target for people that want to discredit me or my contributions based on their perception of "people like me". So be it; it is the price of honesty.''
[[User:IFaqeer|<nowiki></nowiki>]]—[[User:IFaqeer|iFaqeer]] [[User talk:IFaqeer|(Talk to me!)]] 20:53, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)
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Starting to take interest in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias]].[[User:IFaqeer|<nowiki></nowiki>]]—[[User:IFaqeer|iFaqeer]] [[User talk:IFaqeer|(Talk to me!)]] 20:55, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
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Just discovered something while reading [[User:DigiBullet]]). As that user puts it, "Im among the Top 1000 users of Wikipedia by edits or something, despite me reducing my usage of the site. I dont know if this is an honor or an indicator of something else. [[Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits|The List]]".[[User:IFaqeer|<nowiki></nowiki>]]—[[User:IFaqeer|iFaqeer]] [[User talk:IFaqeer|(Talk to me!)]] 02:21, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
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Just started engaging with the [[Wiktionary:Special:Contributions&target=IFaqeer|Wiktionary Project, too]]--[[User:IFaqeer|iFaqeer]] 08:47, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)
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<div class="noprint MainPageBG" align="center" style="border: 1px solid #f85101; padding: .1em .2em .1em .2em; font-size: 100%; color: #000000; background-color: #ffc166">''[[September 20]], [[2004]]'': Wikipedia passed [[m:Wikimedia press releases/One million Wikipedia articles (US)/Print|1 million articles]] in over '''100''' languages.</div>

::::::::::::Articles I created on September 20, 2004:
::::::::::::*[[NED University]] (my alma mater)
::::::::::::*[[Razia Sultan]]
::::::::::::*[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]]

==WikiWikiMe==
''The very nature of the medium makes it difficult to list things like '''pages I have made a significant contribution to'''. And of course, on Wikipedia and in the wider Wikiworld, there is no such thing as '''owning''' a page, let alone a whole Wiki. Even pages one starts are communal property and contributed to by others, often extensively. And often that's the desired result. And things happen fast. The lists below are provided only to give you a small sampling and an idea of what I am interested and engaged in. They are, by definition, rather sketchy and out-of-date. You can check a list of my contributions to see what I have been up to lately.''

===Wikis===
====[[Wikicities:c:Genealogy|Genealogy]]====
The Wikipedia re-ignited the hope in my heart and mind to try and work on a dream project of mine; to collect and overlay genealogies, sufi initiation chains and other information, starting in South Asia and work outwards to document people and other topics around the world. After discussions on [[Wikipedia:Help]], I was able to make a case for its being hosted at [[WikiCities]]. Of course, like all WikiCities projects and all true Wikis, it is a community resource that I just have the honour being the founder of:

http://genealogy.wikicities.com
<!--''I am toying with the idea of starting a Wiki that would collect genealogies, sufi initiation chains and other information and thus start out in South Asia and work outwards to document people and other topics around the world. See [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archive_7#Large_Infobase|my query at the Help Desk]] in this regard.

''I am playing around with a [http://iFaqeer.swiki.net Wiki hosted at Swiki] as I think this through. I am hoping one day it will become a larger project--maybe under the MediaWiki rubric.''

''Any help, comments, feedback, etc. are welcome.''-->
====[[Wikicities:c:Pakistan|Pakistan]]====
I have the honor of being the founder of '''''Wiki Pakistan'''''! Or "The Pakistan Wiki", PakWiki, or WikiPak, call it what you will.(You may want to avoid "Paki Wiki", since in some parts of the world, that first word is seldom used in affection.) It is at:

http://Pakistan.wikicities.com

The basic idea is a national project. A "Pakistan Information" database to which everybody can and does contribute...You can read more at [[Wikicities:c:Pakistan:Pakistan:About|that wiki's About page]].

===WikiProjects and Boards===
====Those I started====
* [[Wikipedia:Africa-related regional notice board|Africa-related regional notice board]]

====Those I am subscribed to====
* Boards and lists of Wikipedia users related Pakistan, Africa, Urdu, etc.

===Categories===
*[[:Category:Chiefs of Army Staff, Pakistan]] (and pages on [[Jehangir Karamat]] and [[Mirza Aslam Beg]])

===Pages I Started===
====Entries====
*[[Ashraaf]]
*[[Asma Jahangir]]
*[[NED University]] (my alma mater--on ''[[September 20]], [[2004]]'', see top of this page)
*[[Razia Sultan]] (on ''[[September 20]], [[2004]]'', see top of this page)
*[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]] (on ''[[September 20]], [[2004]]'', see top of this page)
*[[Turuq]]

====Redirects====
:''The (usually pre-existing) articles are in brackets. I have just added another way of people might be looking for the same information.''
*[[Aurangzeb Alamgir]] ([[Aurangzeb]])
*[[Chagatai Turks]] ([[Chagatai Khan#Chagatai Turks]])
*[[Chagatai Turk]] ([[Chagatai Khan#Chagatai Turks]])
*[[Chughtai]] ([[Chagatai Khan#Chughtai]] -- including the content for that section)
*[[House of Taimur]] ([[List of Mughal emperors]])
*[[Lord Lugard]] ([[Frederick Lugard]])

====Projects, Notice Boards, etc.====
* [[Wikipedia:Africa-related regional notice board]]

===Pages I have Butted In To===
====Entries====
* [[Adil Najam]]
*[[Afghan Wars]]
*[[Ashraf Jehangir Qazi]]
*[[Aurangzeb]]
*[[Baisakhi]]
*[[Babur]]
*[[Bahadur Shah II]] (moved/changed title from ''Bahadur Shah Zafar II'' and pointed [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]] to it)
*[[Barbary pirates]]
*[[Bey]]
*[[Chagatai Khan]] (including adding [[Chagatai Khan#Chughtai]] and [[Chagatai Khan#Chagatai Turks]])
*[[Hina Jilani]]
*[[List of Mughal emperors]] (I am trying to add full names, not just short, common monikers)
*[[Mughal Empire]]
*[[Partition of India]]
*[[Tariqa]]
*[[Women as imams]] (including obtaining consensus and renaming the page)

===Pages I have Edited A Wee===
====Entries====
*[[Frederick Lugard]]
*[[Rajpath]]
*[[Sokoto]]
*[[Usman Dan Fodio]]

==WikiPedia Content I Recommend Highly==
:''The usual reason a page is listed here is that reading it will provides an insight that, in my humble opinion, is important in helping us all better understand (and be more understanding of) the universe around us.''
===Entries===
*[[Urdu poetry]]
*[[Urdu#Urdu - Hindi - Hindustani|Note on the Urdu-Hindi-Hindustani issue]] -- One of the best expositions I have seen of the issue.
* This image is very interesting:
:[[Image:ChristianityBranches.svg|thumb|500 px|center|Christian Denominations and their "lineage"]]
:Just like the charts available off:
:http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/index.html

===WikiHumor?===
* See [[Talk:Jean-Bédel Bokassa#Humor?]]

==WikiContent I like to browse==
*[[:Category:New religious movements]]

== To Do list ==
:''Please free to help—and [[User talk:IFaqeer#Working On A Project|let me know]] if you want to/are working on one.''
* Compile [[List of Caliphs]] either as part of [[Caliph]] or separately. Also [[:Category:Caliph]]s. <font color=red>'''Update:''' Under Construction at [[Caliph]]</font>
* Compile [[List of Shia Imams]] either as part of [[Shia Imam]] or separately. Also [[:Category:Shia Imam]]s. Current template stashed at [[Talk:Shia Imam]]. See also work being done at [[Caliph]]
* Compile [[List of Sufi Masters|List of Sufi Masters/''Murshid''s/''Peers'']] either as part of [[Tarika]] or separately. Also [[:Category:Sufi Masters]]s. Current template stashed at [[Talk:Tarika]]. See also work being done at [[Caliph]]
* Add [[Hejaz]] to list of places whose names starts with "The".
* Merge [[Urdu#Urdu - Hindi - Hindustani]] and [[Hindustani]]--the former has more/better info.
* Merge Note on Pen Names under [[List of Urdu poets]] with entry on [[Thakhallus]]
* I have preserved version http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Ali_Jinnah&oldid=18174021 of [[Jinnah]], because I am on WikiVacation and can't engage fully right now.

==External links==
===Net sites I own/contribute to===
* http://www.iFaqeer.com, my website
*http://blog.iFaqeer.com iFaqeer; I blog, therefore I am
*http://www.wadiwallah.com, another blog I am experimenting with; might get merged with the previous
*[http://rickshaw.blogspot.com Rickshaw!] a blog that captures the inscriptions on the back of [[Rickshaw]]s ([[Rickshaw|jinrickshaws]], [[Velotaxi|cycle rickshaws]] and [[Auto Rickshaw|auto rickshaws]])
* I have just finally got to publishing my thoughts and translations on Urdu poetry, Sufism and related topics. For now, it will be mainly on the following page:
:http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com
:The blog's not really "mine", but a collaboration with some folks (among them {{User|manzoorkhan}}) who are mainly in Hyderabad (Deccan) (see [[Hyderabad, India]] and [[Hyderabad state]]), one of the homes of [[Urdu]].

===Other places you can catch up with me===

===Links of interest===

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==Awards==
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''I present this Barnstar to you for your excellent contributions to articles related to [[South Asia]].'' -- [[User:Utcursch|utcursch]] | [[User talk:Utcursch|talk]] 08:04, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

[[Category:Muslim Wikipedians|IFaqeer]]

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