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A fact from Alpha Persei appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 December 2007, and was viewed approximately 892 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the star Alpha Persei is also known by the traditional name of Mirfak, Arabic for 'elbow', and the name Hinali'i, commemorating a tsunami in Hawaiian folklore?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/December.

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Arabic names

For some reason the arabic names in Wikipedia often are not on the form I find in Arabic sources. The vowels are wrong. For example: A. S. Tritton "Teach yourself Arabic" says that elbow is "mirfaqun", while here it is "marfiq(un)". Why? Is it that Arabic dialects differ so, or that there are so many alternate forms in Arabic, or ... ?? Whassup? Said: Rursus ☻ 18:08, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Map suxx

Those darned OR visualisations again!! So the Medusa head is in fact the right foot? What about history and mythology? Said: Rursus ☻ 14:08, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like that bad visualisation comes from here! Must be fixed. Said: Rursus ☻ 20:54, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The red circle on the map obviously isn't circling Mirfak, but I don't know how to change that.