User talk:Khoikhoi/Archive 27

Alsóvalkó

Here it is: Valcău de Jos. If you need any more villages or anything from Hungarian Wikipedia, just tell me, I like to translate :) – Alensha ^talk 21:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

OMG, your talk page is quite popular, I see :D I added to those two articles what I could. In Cavnic I found contradicting data, so I left a comment. Also, these Slavic name ethymologies should be checked by a native speaker of a Slavic language. Do you know any? I only knew Juro, he could be very useful if anything seemed to prove that the whole universe is of Slovak origin, but he has been banned. – Alensha ^talk 23:05, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, done as well. Biruitorul 02:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

STOP THE ATTACK TO CHILE

The origen of the Chilean population is spaniard, (to see demography of Chile ) the Chile economy does not have a 58% of poverty, is impossible with the entrance per capita and the HDI of Chile. Finally you not exclude please the beautiful images from my country. thanks. MY SOURCES:

1.- UNIVERSITY OF CHILE [[1]]

2,. THE WORLD VALUES WORLD CHILE 2006 [[2]]

3.- SPAIN GOV. [[3]]

4.- CIA [[4]]

Antarcticwik 22:37, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Reggaetón Protection Again

Hi, you helped me protect the reggaetón page a while back because anonymous users were involved in edit wars. The semi-protection was moved by GTBacchus where they changed the name of the page, which is fine for now because at least they’re willing to discuss the matter. While the name has been changed, it has not been agreed that the spelling in the article has changed. No such consensus has been agreed and more anonymous users have sprung up to quickly revert the changes without discussing or providing information for their actions. I’ve already reverted the user 70.149.187.88’s changes twice, but they keeps on changing it without discussion. I also warned them that edit wars are not neccesary, so for now their edits have remained so that hopefully you could protect the page again. I’d move the page back, but the anonymous user will just do it again. Please help bring order, this user is also calling me a vandal just like the previous user who brought on the edit war. Thank you. --Noé Æ 22:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

STOP ATTACK TO CHILE

The origen of the Chilean population is spaniard, (to see demography of Chile ) the Chile economy does not have a 58% of poverty, is impossible with the entrance per capita and the HDI of Chile. Finally you not exclude please the beautiful images from my country. thanks. MY SOURCES:

1.- UNIVERSITY OF CHILE [[5]]

2,. THE WORLD VALUES WORLD CHILE 2006 [[6]]

3.- SPAIN GOV. [[7]]

4.- CIA [[8]]

Antarcticwik 22:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandal Block

I just want to apologize for the vandalism caused by an anonymous user whose IP address escapes me. PS: Thank you for blocking that user, I did NOT want him to get to my userpage. ~Steptrip 00:51, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

TO STOP THE LIES

THE POVERTY IN CHILE IS OF 18 PERCENT (2006) SOURCES: http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/es/metadata.show?id=3696&currTab=simple

http://www.unicef.cl/indicadores/pobreza.htm

Antarcticwik 01:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Re:Vakif

Done! - Fedayee 03:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

You just change anything that I contribute to, don't you?Dapiks 05:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Re:Reggaeton

I can see your point, however the user is not vandalising/launching PA's in this instance - and is making a valid argument, as well as providing examples. Therefore I have posted back the content in my name on the user's behalf. Sfacets 07:51, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Tacopimp

Is an indefinite block for username. We don't allow the word pimp. pschemp | talk 07:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Vakilfi

Yes sure, no problem I'll do that :) ROOB323 08:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

SEY01

Please also take a look at to the link given by the "Northern Kurdistan" and check the names of provinces before making correction. SEY01 10:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I am not sure about the demography of the province either. SEY01 10:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

List of Turkic states and empires

Please check the talk page and recent edits, mostly those by A.Garnet. As for the word "hypocrite" - I do not consider it a personal attack. Maybe it's because I have another "interpretation" of the word since English is not my first or second language. As for the word "vandalism", I have already removed it from the text. Tājik 11:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Iranian Revolution

What happened? Sa.vakilian and myself are in dispute over the article. You're right, it's a mess. I'll work to clean it up. --Leroy65X 15:36, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

my assistance request was vandalised

Dear khoikhoi - I can't understand what happened. some user erased totally information on my page - request for assistance and replaced it with absolutely irrelevant information. see diff [9]--Dacy69 17:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Armenia-Azerbaijan

Please take a look. Your input would likely be quite valuable. Jd2718 21:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, you could take a look at this: Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Statement_by_uninvolved_editor_user:jd2718. If you think my comments are way off base, I'd like to know that. Jd2718 05:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

My talk page

You posted a greeting on my talk page. May I ask why? (I am a few months old user fyi.) Anonimu 22:26, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Your help please

I am having some difficulty with the same set of nationalist editors at least in 4 different articles. They are and the counter measures I havetaken about them.

• Talk:Allegations_of_mass_graves_at_Chemmani#Categorisation The discussion is it a mass grave or not. (Posted it in RFC)
• Talk:Chencholai_bombing the discussion is it is a massacre or not. UNICEF and SLMM say that the dead are civilian children not child soldiers – (no action taken)
• Talk:Kokkadichcholai_massacre specifically about 1987 incident. I have found what I think is three WP:RS sources which say it happened but it is being contested. (I tried third opinion none received yet)
• Talk:Mirusuvil mass grave Neutrality is questioned although I asked a third party to look over it.

Also I have evidence of one of the editors WP:STALK me for over 3 months now. That's a different matter, I dont need to deal with it now but about the articles. Please let me know how to proceed further. Thanks RaveenS 22:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Location maps

Please note that there is NO consensus for the current locator maps -- and I dare any editor to show me where this is -- and that the original PNG maps were in place for MONTHS before any of relatively recent (bad) map changes. Change is good, but these aren't. Read the Country WikiProject talk page for more information. Corticopia 23:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

DRV comment - in the right place?

You made a deletion review comment that could have been for one of two deletion reviews, due to the way that one of them was being transcluded. I think I put it in the right place. But can you check Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 February 23 and if necessary move your comment from the "Talk:Brian Peppers" section to the no-longer transcluded "Daniel Brandt" sub-page. Thanks. GRBerry 23:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

User:Ahmadinejad's Cats

Hey, can I just ask why you blocked Ahmadinejad's Cats for their username? There was a discussion here on RFCN that said it should be allowed RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 01:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Persian transliteration

Hi KhoiKhoi I would like to ask for revision of WP:MoS for Persian transliteration. MoS forces us to use Arabic transliteration for Persian words. It makes no sense. Please see [10] and [11]. Do you know how can we ask for revision of WP:MoS? Thanks. Sangak 12:24, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

May I write a guideline for WP:MoS (Persian) ?Sangak 12:27, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Pontus Rumları

Hi! The naming is Pontus Rumları. As you had pointed, the word "Pontus" is rarely used in Turkish; its usage is restricted to contexts referring to Greeks and antiquity. Ciao! Behemoth 15:01, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Al-Kwarizmi

Hi Khoikhoi,

You reverted my edit back from the Arab Empire to the Sassanid Empire. The Arabs conquered Iran in the 7th century and China conquered Central Asia. The Arabs fought with the Chinese for Central Asia for the last time during the battle of Talas in 751. In 780, Khiva was Arab. Here is the map of the Arab Empire:

Khiva is in the yellow area south of the Aral Sea and the Western Turks. Do you agree that Sassanids should be replaced by the Arabs?--Daanschr 15:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

There was many local rulers there. We can replace it with Abbassid empire, but Khwarizm had a Persian based dialect as described by Biruni. --alidoostzadeh 06:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I will respond on the talk page of Al-Kwarizmi, since we are with three persons at the moment in this debate.--Daanschr 12:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

There is no need for it. I like the present solution.--Daanschr 12:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Chilean edits

Could you explain in a bit more detail your edits to Chile? (obviously excluding reversions to Antarcticwik's edits). Have you read my edits on the talk pages: Talk:Chile and Talk:Demographics of Chile? What is your opinion? Jespinos 16:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

endorsement

I wondered if you are enforcing (or endorsement) this text that you have added [12]. If you read the GA failure [13] all the arguments of GA faılure ıs in the text of your addition. As you know, there is a distinction between a person (biography) and an ideology. The person is Ataturk, and the ideology is Atatürk's Reforms, in the text that you endorse. Something that extends beyond a person's activities belongs to the ideology. I do not know, what is your position, how you will approach this with a text that does not have citations? However I intend to bring quality into this article, and your addition (enforcement or endorsement) does have a lot of problems. Hope you take time on this issue, you will recognize that the concepts you endorse with this text is already included in the article or in the Atatürk's Reforms. Thanks. OttomanReference 15:56, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I resent that you demise all my efforts into "Khoikhoi>>make much sense to hide the information." The separation of Atatürk's biography and Atatürk's reforms are clear and any non biased person can see it. Besides there is more than enough links to Atatürk's reforms from Atatürks biography. LETS CONCENTRATE ON THE REAL ISSUE: The section you added (endorsing) is huge and contains many different things (arguments) which does not show a coherency. I'm requesting from you (who is an ADMINISTRATOR); remove the arguments (especially non-cited) from your endorsement which is below par level. The section as you added has things which can not be endorsed and this is my support. You are a stringer Kurd activist which means you have a bias; if you can not appreciate the greatness of ATATURK (to kurds), it only proves your limited knowledge of this period. Thanks and I'm looking for your efforts in the mentioned section. --OttomanReference 14:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I guess you are behind all the text you have added [14]. As you are endorsing it, You are the one who should be challenged (ask the verifications) of arguments in this section, right? OttomanReference 18:32, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

This is about the quality of the article. My point is that there were factual issues (not only my point), which I tried to eliminate. Also ">>Khoikhoi:compromise is a compromise; I "endorse" having something that all editors agreed upon" I do not find anywhere that claims compromise is more important than the factuality. My point is that I have already moved relevant parts to appropriate sections that has the contextual background (instead of one liners). I also introduced may citations which did not have citations before. I'm asking you; Are you personally endorsing this section? Are you endorsing anything that is not factual (no citations)? There is no way this article will pass GA criteria with that section that you reverted. if you are endorsing this section there is no way to improvement and bring the article to GA level. If you are behind whole section; I'm not going to have edit wars with you. Is it too much to ask you keep only what you are endorsing, get rid of the rest? Thanks have a nice day. --OttomanReference 21:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Bocicoiu Mare, Lunca et al

You are welcome, I was currious myself. I am sorry I cannot find more detailed information on the web. If you ever need translation from Romanian, you know where to find me. The first of the two links you showed me is nice, and BTW it has also a scheme-map of the comune on the Romanian side, which is south on top and north on bottom. I guess you want to go see somewhere where the table in the left down corner is :-) (plus minus a few hundred yards). The second link you showed me already in late November, I remember reading it. It was just before I became very busy and did not contribute to Wikipedia for a month.

Well, I guess now it is your turn to go, see and write an account. Sooner or later you will have the occasion. It is worth even as a vacation. You can take the airplane to Budapest or Cluj-Napoca, and the train from there. They were building a bridge in Sighetul Marmatiei during the last few years, so you should be able to cross onto Ukraine. I am not sure about Ukrainian visa, but for Romania you will either not need one, or it will be a plain formality (hopefully processed not by some lazy bureaucrat). Prices to stay nowadays vary from as little as 10$ per night to as much as 200$ per night (sometimes for the same quality), and you are much more likely to be overcharged in Bucharest than in Transylvania. Of course, try to avoid cities in which there are some festivals during the days of those events. Well, if you are planning and have something more specific in mind, drop me a line. There is a small but non-negligible chance that I might get to that region next summer. If so, I'll obviously save all contacts and info.:Dc76 19:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I ment, if you get to Transylvania, it's worth seing Brasov, Sibiu, Cluj, Sighisoara. Sometimes there are week-long festivals there during summer. It is very crowded and impossible to find places in hotels for reasonable prices during those days.:Dc76 15:33, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your help [here]. On a second issue, what is better, Northern Maramuresh (geographic region) or Northern Maramuresh? Obviously on would have redirect to the other, but which is the main? :Dc76 16:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Reverting into madness

Yeah I realized that. What is with that guy? He basically seems bent upon screwing up the article without adding anything of value. Tombseye 23:12, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

So what do we do about him? We all agreed on the version we had and we make a few changes here and there, but taking out pictures just because they aren't pan-Azeri or to his liking? And without bringing in anything comparable to replace them with. Well, at least I don't have to worry about it for 24 hours or whatever time it is. Tombseye 23:22, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Unblock citta

Read the below, there is NO COPYRIGHT VIOLATION, Ryūlóng HAS IN ERROR, jumped to a false conclusion.

Refrain from vandalism of citta on wiki

You need to talk in discussion on citta, before removing the entire page, you did not notice, that the ENTIRE original entry is present at the bottom.

It is unwise to erase talk:citta, and against wiki rules Attasarana 23:18, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

All of that text seems to be from http://www.attan.com/start.html which is a copyright violation.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 23:26, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I OWN Attan.com, all of it, I wrote EVERYTHING ON attan.com, I OWN it, I WROTE it, it is ALL MINE. Your claim: 23:24, 24 February 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs) (do not rewrite this article with what appears to be a copyright violation) , is unsubstantiated. Stop your vandalism, or I will request Wiki editor sieze your vadanlism. Attasarana 23:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Then do you really want to release all of your work so that it has no copyright and can be changed by anyone and everyone?—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 23:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, anything I use on wiki is free-use, I release all materials I WROTE, and Pali I TRANSLATED. I save my copyrighted materials for my books, not for materials on attan.com. If you question that I own attan.com, send an email to its webmaster, I will be the sole person who responds. Attasarana 23:32, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Attasarana, if so, please send an email to apermissions AT wikipedia.org (replace the "AT" with "@"). Thanks, Khoikhoi 23:42, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

You are the one who has, without ANY evidences, blocked citta, it should be your responsibility to undue your error, not mine. And what do I say IN the email, perchance. You need to correct Ryulong for his error, and you have not done so. 23:48, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Ryulong and yourself, in all too quick fashion, jumped to a conclusion without evidences or otherwise, which is unprofessional at best. Attasarana 23:48, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

How are we supposed to know if you did not mention this in the first place. Just e-mail permissions@wikipedia.org and tell them that you release your published works under the GFDL, and tell them the article at which you are releasing your works under.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 23:50, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

"We", referring to the both of you jumped to a conclusion, all too quickly, very very unprofessional. It took you all of about 4 mins. to unwisely get the thread locked and ASSUME "copryright voilation" where none exited. Attasarana 23:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Velykyy Bychkiv

I do not have data for this place. The source that I used for Mukacheve does not have data for Velykyy Bychkiv: http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Zakarpattia/ PANONIAN (talk) 00:45, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Re:

It's not the source that matters the info is POV its made of theories from movses etc its old out dated, its also irrelevant in the section you cant summarize Armenian history there. Artaxiad 08:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Hes an ancient historian, the quote is a mix of ancient history and Armenian nationalism which is obviously wrong. Artaxiad 08:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Some info from someone I asked: It's outdated. It mentions the folk-history version of Khorenatsi and his "Hayg" theories. Furthermore it states an invasion theory. The more advanced of theories point to an establishment of "Armenian" hegemony due to alliance with the invading Iranians. Many invading tribes from the north had already destroyed the centers of Urartian civilization. The Armenians, whether part of the Urartian confederation or not before its destruction, didn't need to "invade". Artaxiad 08:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Re:

Everything is fine now, thanks. Tājik 11:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Hrodna

Why you cancelled my editions of Hrodna??? Gerea-en 14:48, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Gerea-en 04:03, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

ru-sib

The number of bots increases. You cannot fight them all manually. The closure of ru-sib drags ridiculously long. We have to push the wikimedia admins to do their job, e.g., here. `'mikka 17:26, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Kurdish Revolts

Do you want to add more info to this article, Kurdish Revolts. It deserves to be an article. Thanks. --OttomanReference 20:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I do not understand this; your friend creates a whole section about Kurdish Revolts; which is an important topic that bypass the Ataturk and his time, Why not peruse to turn it into a whole article and then add it as a link? What is the meaning of trying to create this concept inside the Ataturk Page? The Kurdish revolts are bigger than Ataturk; they exist before and after him. --OttomanReference 20:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not opposing this concept; I'm rejecting developing it as a major Ataturk thing. It is not a major Ataturk thing. It deserves its own page. There is another user who reverted the page, just after "Kurdish Revolts" introduced; If you look under the Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk#Resistance.2C_1925-1927, sheik said is there with a link to rebellion. It was a resistance to the state right? --OttomanReference 21:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I will write more about it; but I have to do something else. Thanks --OttomanReference 21:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not saying it is not relevant; I'm saying the relevancy needs to be developed. The relevancy is not established with a single sentence under the Ataturk page; Are you going to cover the opposing arguments? Are you going to validate the supporting arguments? There is also a side that claims these were "Tribal" more than "National" uprisings of (individualism is not there yet) Kurdish population. Kurdish nationalism needs to be developed, no rejection, but I do not understand why it has to be under Ataturk? I see the relevancy of adding events, and Ataturks own views of the events, but CONCEPT development (event analysis) is something else. MY point (event analysis, conceptual development) needs to have their own articles. --OttomanReference 23:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Help me out with this paragraph that you are constantly reverting:

Claim:	Kurds criticize Atatürk for disregarding their cultural distinctions in pursuing a Turkish national identity.
Support 1)	In 1925, an uprising for an independent Kurdistan, led by Seyh Sait (Shaikh Said Piran), was put down quickly, and Sait and 36 of his followers were executed soon thereafter.
Support 2)	Kurdish revolts occurred in Ararat and Dersim in 1930 and 1937[38][39]. Turkish Air Force used aerial bombardments effectively against Kurdish uprisings.
Support 3)	Sabiha Gökçen, Turkey's first female pilot and the adopted daughter of Atatürk, took part in the bombing raids against the Dersim Kurds[40].

How does grand Kurdish culture is linked to Sheikh Said Rebellion? Are you claiming abolishing the caliphate was a grand plan to eliminate Kurdish identity? Education of women, elimination of feudalisms (economical reforms) is really performed to wipe out Kurdish Culture from the earth? Ataturk was against the "Shaikhs", because he was against the Shaikh Said? What is the meaning of Sabiha Gökçen and Dersim rebellion? Are you claim Sabiha Gökçen was specifically trained attack dog to kill Kurds? Do not get me wrong! I'm not trying to eliminate these arguments, BUT they need a lot of space to prove themselves. Especially, given the fact that during Ataturks time the penetration of the reforms to Kurdish Areas were very low. When I was a child Kurds were claiming that they did not see the effects of these reforms. Is it reversed, now? Why do you think "after 80 years from Ataturks time" Kurdish people have education problem (literacy rate is very low). The highest suicide rate is among Kurdish girls! Is it because Ataturk's reforms or is it because failure of implementation of Ataturk's reforms. Can You claim that the rebellions did not have negative effects on the socioeconomics of Kurdish people? Was the rebellions aim to improve the life of Kurds or keep the system as it was (the traditional way, under educated, linked to a sheick, etc). You want to discuss "80 years of Kurdish sin" under Ataturk's page? The guy died in 1938, he spend his last years in bed, you want to link 1937 events to him (not to the idealogy but to the person) Where is the justice in this? OttomanReference 02:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

If you really believe Atatürk was there to get the Kurds; the ideology needs to have its own page. I really try to understand your position. Why don't you use Kurdish Revolts as a starting page? Tell us why they were rebelled, what happened after they rebelled? I have a lot of Kurdish friends, none of them blame their problems to Ataturk. I really try to understand this position of yours, but this can not be solved under a biography page. Thanks. --OttomanReference 02:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

PS: I have just talked to a friend, who is proud of being Kurdish. Regarding cultural distinctions; he makes a difference between private life of Kurds and public life of Kurds in Turkey. He says no-one intervene with their private life. No-one intervened with his home or activities at his family gatherings (note:He had a traditional wedding!!!). He has been living outside Turkey, and he claims assimilation is stronger outside than in Turkey. He also claims that Sheikh Said Rebellion was more link to oil politics than anything else (else=Kurdish culture). --OttomanReference 02:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Qazakh trouble

Khoi, the Azeri editors on the Qazakh article are already catching on and User:Atabek is now insisting that Andersen's ADR map be removed. You have to do something. This article needs to be resolved. You need to intervene. Please help. -- Aivazovsky 00:34, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Look at this: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan/Evidence. Check out User:Atabek's report against me. -- Aivazovsky 00:35, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Aivazovsky is reverting the page again despite Arbitration case. Atabek 02:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Pls stop user Jalaleddin

Please stop user:Jalaleddin He is new and perhaps does not know rules. He is pushing POV and make OR on page Farida Mamedova. He is not engaging in Talk Page. But it might be also that (I would not be suprised) he is someone's sockpuppet to push POV.--Dacy69 02:33, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I noted further he aggressively changing other pages. On Caucasian Albania he even removed semi-protection tag. Please stop him ASAP--Dacy69 02:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Azerbaijani people

Hello. Why did you revert? None of the changes I made were incorrect. I simply reinserted the quotes, and modified the first sentence to take out the "partial Oghuz descent" because the genetics showed that there is no Oghuz descent for the most part. The section also says that there has been no studies within Iran. That is simply not true as there has been a Cambridge University study within Iran, and the results of both the on in the Azerbaijan Republic and the one in Iran show that the Azeri's from the Republic of A. are Caucasian while those in Iran are Iranic.Azerbaijani 04:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

That statement about further genetic studies in Iran was made before the Cambridge University genetic test which was conducted in Iran...The tests showed no connection to Turkic peoples or the Azeri's in the republic, but it did show the Iranic roots of the Iranian Azeri's.Azerbaijani 04:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Please look at my proposal on the talk page. Thanks.Azerbaijani 01:11, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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NO, you are not right. All references call them Azeri (regarding to their ethnicity) but they consider the Iranian and Caucasian origins (regarding to their Origin) for them. Can’t you read provided quotes? Can not you see Britannica, Larousse! If the provided quotes are not enough, I can provide more--behmod talk 05:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

~mr charles river is attacking me personally pls help me

attack

hes attacking my articles here since the day i was included in the system thank youMULAZIMOGLU 06:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Khoikhoi, As a newbie, I need some help. I made a change in Ankara article and removed a picture added by Omulazimoglu (most probably himself skateboarding). Since then, this user keeps retaliating by reverting all of my edits. I tried to warn him on his talk page (which is blank now). How do I handle this situation? As he notes above, I guess he has an illusion that I am personally attacking to him.Thanks--Charlesriver 13:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Khoikhoi. Hopefully he won't be doing this again.--Charlesriver 15:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

OK then, let's talk.. I removed that picture and sentence because it basically says 'people do skateboarding in Ankara'. On the other hand, the sport section tells that Ankara is represented in the national leagues by some teams -- This is an information that contributes the general information about Ankara (as in this example). It doesn't just say 'people play football'. If Ankara had a skateboarding team or it were the skateboarding capital of the world, then skateboarding would have a significance and sure we would add it to article. I guess the text should read like an encyclopedic article not a tourist guide. That part is added because this user is into skateboarding and wants it to be displayed on the article...with his picture. Finally you mentioned that I was reverting his changes. I guess you made mistake there. Please have a look at the contributions of this user. I thought it was obvious he had in bad faith because he reverted all my changes right after I removed that picture. My reverts was to protect my edits (not to modify his contributions). Anyway, we talked about this issue way too much. I won't bother to change the article anymore. --Charlesriver 21:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Link in protected page request

Hi, Khoikhoi. Would you mind putting in a link to this here? Thank you. Biruitorul 06:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. That's fine - I may put in a short summary once it gets unprotected. Biruitorul 16:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Template:History of Iran

Before reverting my edits [15], you should have looked at the talk page. Jahangard 06:59, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Re Qazakh

Dear Khoikhoi, thanks for your mediation effort on this one. I agree to the general spirit of text you posted. But I would like to hightlight some corrections/additions, which I highlighted in bold below:

1. Under the Russian Empire, the rayon was a north-eastern part of the Kazakh uyezd of the Elisavetpol guberniya.

2. User:Aivazovsky needs to cite the references where he got the figures 39% Armenians and 57% Azerbaijanis from.

3. This sentence does not reflect the historical reality:

"After the British left and more fighting between Armenians and Azeris ensued, Bolshevik forces gained control of the region and annexed it to the Soviet Union"

Britons have left Caucasus in 1919, while Bolsheviks took over Azerbaijan (first in Caucasus) on April 28, 1920, Armenia was taken by Bolsheviks in November 1920. Soviet Union was created in 1922. So obviously Bosheviks could not have annexed it to the Soviet Union. Kazakh uyezd was part of Azerbaijan (Elisavetpol governorate was designated so by Britons), which under Bolshevik rule was divided between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

4. "Neither country has disputed this boundary since" quote is not true. Armenia occupied one of the exclaves of Kazakh rayon, called Yuxari Askipara during 1991-1994 active phase of war.

5. On another note, and this is the MOST important issue with the page. Unless User:Aivazovsky can present claims to scholarship and credibility of "Andrew Andersen, PhD" as a researcher with publications or books on the region proven to be NPOV, any quotes to Andersen or to the maps made under this name shall be purged out of the page. Those "references" and invented maps become a subject of unfounded claims of one country against another and should have no place at Wikipedia.

Thanks. Atabek 22:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Justin McCarthy

Hello

You reverted my edits in Azeris in Turkey stating: "I'm sorry, but Justin McCarthy isn't going to work". Why exactly isn't he going to work? Parishan 23:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Here [16] it says:

1920.09 ARMENIA. Massive pogroms of Muslims by Armenians in Kars Province and Erivan Governorate. Parishan 23:37, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Vakifli

I can only get a clean image in a couple of weeks - I am on the road and do not have access to my archives. Just had that one on my laptop by luck... --RaffiKojian 03:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Well I have been to Armenian villages in Karabakh and Georgia, and there *may* be some in the Caucasus region of Russia, so... that statement is clearly wrong either way, and saying Caucasus seems to cover all the bases. --RaffiKojian 07:26, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I can respect the idea for the policy, but if you like, I can give you references for the existence of Armenian villages in Karabakh and Georgia. Purely Armenian villages. So the original article is simply wrong. I can use three references to show that Armenia, Karabakh and Georgia have Armenian villages. I don't know about Russia for sure, but it would also fall under Caucasus, so the only statement I felt would be totally accurate is to say Caucasus, since Armenia, Karabakh and Georgia fall under that anyway, and any Russian ones would too. You can put a by my statement and someone can go google three references. It is verifiable. But Kessab and Anjar - I don't know if purely accurate information exist on these, and don't feel like poking around. Again, I respect the intent of the rule, but anything I publish on the subject of Armenian villages outside of Armenia would be much more accurate than anything I've ever seen online. Perhaps only because of a lack of interest, or professional coverage, but either way. --RaffiKojian 15:20, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

BTW - I notice you left out the very next lines of the WP policy: Although everything in Wikipedia must be attributable, in practice not all material is attributed. Editors should provide attribution for quotations and for any material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. The burden of evidence lies with the editor wishing to add or retain the material. I'm a bit disappointed you chose to leave that out, since that alone shows that some things just are known, and do not need attribution. I think the fact that there are Armenian villages in Georgia (plenty of them) is one of them. If you are challenging it, then just say so. --RaffiKojian 15:23, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'm just a common sense sort of person. This is not some well kept secret. There ARE Armenian villages in Karabakh, there ARE Armenian villages in Georgia. Everybody knows this - and there are published articles to back that up. The article says Vakifli is the only purely Armenian village outside of Armenia. It is wrong. I don't even know who is challenging it except perhaps you, but I really don't care anymore. The WP policy is ridiculous, and you can change the text however you like. I've spent way more time than it's worth defending my "the world isn't flat" statement. --RaffiKojian 14:48, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Adjar language

Hey Khoi. Someone created this gibberish article. I suspect the author to be a sockpuppet of Macahel. What do you think about it? I listed the article for deletion since there is not such a language. --Kober^Talk 05:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, Khoi.--Kober^Talk 07:20, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Victor H. Mair

Hello,

I've noticed your Jan 8 edit on that article. I wonder why you thought it appropriate to remove a couple of links added by an anonymous contributor that were, IMHO, quite relevant. One is to a scholarly newsletter that Dr. Mair edits (and where some of articles are published too), the other to an essay of his that is, at least, notable enough to be quoted by the proponents of "alphabetization" of Chinese (i.e., wider use of pinyin instead of hanzi). Classifying these links as "link spam" is somewhat strange, methinks. (And they are not redundant, as they are not directly linked from Dr. Mair's official home page - which, actually, is merely his listing in the faculty page). Best regards, Vmenkov 08:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Mazandaran/Tabarian

I have just come across some odd claims and edits by User:Ali1986. I lived myself in Mazandaran. I can only say his ideas looks eccentric to me. Please watch this user. Thanks. Sangak 11:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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hi mr charlesriver is likely to have a private problem with me .could you pls ask him not to ruin my addings and not to send me rude messages..thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Omulazimoglu (talk • contribs) 06:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC).

Help with a dispute

Hi Khoikhoi, I know this isn't your area of expertise, but you've helped me with disputes before. at Tom Penders, I've been adding information about scandals during his tenure, but another user keeps deleting them, calling them defamation. I hardly think so, since they're sourced from newspapers and to me neutral. I'd appreciate it if you could look at it. Thanks! --AW 08:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate it! --AW 15:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

surrender

okie; you are telling me i made changes that are not neutral point of view and you told me those parts but that i never changed...i just made changes on the sports part...
anyway i was just trying the people who are planning to visit to ankara and who are skateboarding to know that skateboarding is done in ankara and told about the spots .because for years i met lots of foreighners that visited ankara and they told me sadly they would bring their boards if only they knew some people skate in ankara...but somehow the info about skateboarding disturbed dear mr charles...and i also want to know that why football may be a part of the sports section but skateboarding is not welcome...may this be because most of the editors are moe likely to football and dislike skating...does this not ignore the neutral point of view...
and lastly if you guys want to have a wikipedia of your own thoughts and ideas go for it...for me this really ignores the fundamentals of wikipedia idea...go charles river and you have an ankara page of your own...let the sports you like stay you dislike be out...
and you should change the name ankara to charlesrivers ankara cause in my ankara theres skateboarding as a sports beside football...
regards as a human being and a world citizen...
and whers the democracy?????
MULAZIMOGLU 12:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

132.216.104.200

Thanks for the clarification. It looked like the same sort of POV that I observed Norbert making when I checked that contributor's history, though I'm not super familiar with the editor. In any event it was an evader so at least I semi got it right.--Isotope23 12:58, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Sami Yousof

hi , I am getting tired of reverting that article, can anything else done? --Pejman47 13:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Pan-Turkism deletions

Khoikhoi, please see my comment in Pan-Turkism Talk. Barefact 23:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

And since you expressed interest in the Massaget/Masgut question, you may be interested to see how the events of 60 years ago impact us today[[17]]. Meskheti Turks (Meskheti=Georgian for Masguts) were "deported" in 1944, together with Chechens, Ingushs, Tatars, Balkars, to Central Asia. That tragedy still unfolds today, 3 generations later. The tragedy is not only physical, but their culture, language, traditions, and attachments to the native land and cemeteries of their ansestors were all willfully destroyed. Barefact 00:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Khoikhoi, thanks for the response, may I suggest that the editing and reinstatement of the deleted portions be done on the Pan-Turkism Talk page?

Am I sure that the words Meskheti and Massagetae are related? I only know what I learn from the scholars. Meskheti were participants in the very first Georgian chronicles. Go to [[18]], there is a selection for you that addresses the topic of Massagets and Masguts, and also casually informs that the Geogian annalistic name for Masguts was Meskheti. Unfortunately, the Meskhetian Turks does not tell the history, does not tell that Meskheti is a Geogian annalistic name for Masguts, does not link Meskheti/Masguts with Massagets and Alans, etc, all of that you may verify by checking the sources. Hopefully, that will help you in enriching the Meskhetian Turks.

About Stalin's "deportations", he could not announce that he is a primitive racist and a supremacist, he was a shrewd politician and used his demagogy to kill 20 mln people, so any normal being would take his claims with a stone of salt. If he had to deport "ethnic groups accused of collaboration with the Nazis", the Russian would lead the way, following by the Ukrainians and Bielorussians. Just imagine, 20 mln people had 120 mln relatives, and the whole country had only 160 mln people, so nearly everyone had a reason to hate the system, no wonder millions "collaborated" and saw Germans as liberators. Was it a mass repression that happened to include newborn collaborators, or audacious ethnic cleansing under Makiavellian cover? Today, this question can be answered without a grain of doubt. Just mentioning the propaganda lie in the article is a disgrace. Barefact 01:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

You are right, many ethnic peoples were among the 20 mln obliterated, with most, including Georgians, outside of the Pan-Turkism thematics, but the use of anti- Pan-Turkism rethorics, politics, and demographical policies are and should be in the article, and white-wash of the history should be a disgrace for any objective view. Barefact 21:55, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

YOUR YOU ARE VANDAL OR ADMINISTRATOR?

FOR OF VANDALIZAR IN CHILE Antarcticwik 06:39, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Abdullah Öcalan Case

Hi, what do you think, isn't it an important event to mention (at least at the "Timeline" section) in Greco-Turkish Relations (as ups and downs of relations), the role of Greek embassy in Nairobi international airport Kenya, when he captured in an operation by MIT, 1999? (SEY01 08:59, 1 March 2007 (UTC))

That's what I meant, the close relations between Greek politicians etc. and the Kurdish leader caused Greek - Turkish relations become tense in 1999. That's why it has to be noted in the article that; he was the factor delaying the improvement of the relations between the countries in those days.

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Regarding Qazakh

Khoikhoi, I apologize for getting back to you late on this. I agree with your recent version, but again few comments:

• We need reference that the borders were redrawn by 1927, and not by 1921 or 1920.
• There was no Soviet Union when Bolsheviks took control of the region, it was created 2 years after the Bolshevik takeover of Azerbaijan and Armenia. So I propose removing the part that says "According to Armenian sources", because that the Bolsheviks took control of the region after British were gone is a fact, it's just Soviet Union did not exist.
• "During the Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenia gained control of Yukhari Askipara, an exclave of Qazakh. Besides this, neither country has disputed the boundary since."

Can we change this to "During the 1991-1994 Karabakh war, Armenia occupied the village of Yukhari Askipara, an exclave of Qazakh rayon of Azerbaijan inside Noyemberyan district of Armenia." The reason I ask to change "gained control" to "occupied" because the exclave is officially part of Azerbaijan, it's not a disputed territory.

Thanks for your assistance with this, and I hope we will come to closure on the issue. I also would like to propose removing all citations to Andrew Andersen from the page. As shown at Talk:Qazakh by myself, User:Mikkalai, and several others, this individual even if ever proven a scholar, has no publications and lacks any credibility as an expert in the matter. Thanks. Atabek 09:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

In addition to Askipara, the exclave of Barxudarli was also occupied and should be mentioned. --AdilBaguirov 20:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Khoikhoi, I agree with your last version. About "controlled" vs "occupied" my concern is with legal definition. According to Wikipedia Occupation and Military Occupation is defined as "the periods of time following a nation's territory invasion by controlling enemy troops" and as "when one nation's military occupies all or part of the territory of another nation". Clearly both Barkhudarli and Yukhari Askipara are internationally recognized parts of the territory of Republic of Azerbaijan, of which Armenian militarily occupied. The territory is not recognized as part of Armenia, hence it's an invastion of nation's territory by controlling enemy troops.

Also, all references to Andersen shall be removed. I hope we agree on this point as well. Atabek 02:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Dear Khoikhoi, regarding your reference to TRNC and "occupation". I think in this debate, it's better to follow the practice of international bodies on the issue. Here is an excerpt from the U.S. State Department's 2006 most recent report (the full version is here [19]):

Armenia continues to occupy the Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding Azerbaijani territories. During the year incidents along the militarized line of contact separating the sides again resulted in numerous casualties on both sides. Reporting from unofficial sources indicates that approximately 20 persons were killed and 44 were wounded, including both military and civilian casualties on both sides of the line of contact

I am not sure what it says on TRNC, I never edited TRNC related pages, and this conflict does not have much in common with causes and consequences of Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict.

And since you do not have opinion on "Andersen PhD", all references to the source should be removed from the page. There is sufficient evidence presented, especially by User:Mikkalai to show that "Andersen PhD" references are completely unfit for this encyclopedia. And now we have more reliable source, W.E.D. Allen's article. Thanks. Atabek 17:03, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Khoikhoi, again PKK is not relevant to Karabakh conflict. We are not doing comparative analyses, we are just stating what majority of authoritative bodies state, here is another one from the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe in 2005 [20]:

The resolution criticizes ethnic Armenian forces for occupying considerable parts of Azerbaijan's territory years after the end of the separatist conflict. The document also states that the 1988-94 war led to large-scale ethnic expulsions and the creation of mono-ethnic areas that it says "resemble the terrible concept of ethnic cleansing."

and here are the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council [21]:

• Resolution 821: Demands the immediate cessation of all hostilities and hostile acts with a view to establishing a durable cease-fire, as well as immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces from the Kelbadjar district and other recently occupied areas of Azerbaijan
• Resolution 853: Condemns the seizure of the district of Agdam and of all other recently occupied areas of the Azerbaijani Republic
• Resolution 874: Calls for the immediate implementation of the reciprocal and urgent steps provided for in the CSCE Minsk Group's Adjusted timetable, including the withdrawal of forces from recently occupied territories and the removal of all obstacles to communications and transportation
• Resolution 884: Demands from the parties concerned the immediate cessation of armed hostilities and hostile acts, the unilateral withdrawal of occupying forces from the Zangelan district and the city of Goradiz, and the withdrawal of occupying forces from other recently occupied areas of the Azerbaijani Republic

If you want I am ready to bring more references, but frankly, I am a bit confused by your questioning of legitimate sources. If UN, US State Deparment, Council of Europe say it's occupied, why should Wikipedia say it's controlled. Is Wikipedia to define a new concept of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity or provide a new definition of the word "occupied"? Thanks. Atabek 07:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

There is a boundary between just trying to NPOV everything and reflecting the reality in legally accepted terms. If Armenians call it "liberated", it's their POV. If Azeris say it's conquered or occupied, it would also be their POV. What matters is what itnernational law and NPOV organizations say. And these are three NPOV sources of highest authority using the word "occupied". Same and even heavier "occupied" wording is used by Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). So I am not sure why we should leave the internationally accepted term and go for new definition within Wikipedia. Perhaps, a compromise would be saying controlled but mentioning that the U.S., U.N. and CoE recognize those lands as occupied and provide the links that I did provide already. Thanks. Atabek 07:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Nicolschi

Hi, man. You recently added a photo at the Nicolschi article; however, it is not one of Nicolschi, it is one of Marius Oprea (the author of the article). Dahn 12:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I was about to say the same thing. But I first double-checked, to make 100% sure (I was only 99.99% sure, since I never met the man). So here is an article by Oprea, with another pic, which makes things pretty clear, yes? BTW, I think we should have an artticle about Oprea himself -- his name keeps coming up, and he's already on ro.wiki. Turgidson 13:13, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Ocalan and Greco-Turkish relations

I would agree that the Greco-Turkish relations hit a patchy period in Feb 1999 because of Ocalan being hosted by the Greeks. A number of joint boards/groups etc suspended (from the Turkish side) relations etc. --Free smyrnan 13:11, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

help with request of assistance

I have requested assistance while ago [22] but it seems I forgot to put my username in the title. Anyway, it does not show on Assistance listing [23] Can it be fixed somehow--Dacy69 17:59, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Pejman47

this user is being disruptive -- I discuss my edits in the Talk page and provide rationale and facts, but he simply reverts to the POV versions in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_theory_regarding_the_origin_of_the_Azerbaijanis and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_%28Iran%29 --AdilBaguirov 20:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Adil is trying to add his POV and OR into the introduction of the article and needless to say without consensus.Azerbaijani 00:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

First, there is no consensus. Second, I've outlined all the facts of why the reverts to an older edition are inferior -- they range from bunch of misspellings to clear POV. It's unfortunate that user Azerbaijani is again back to his old tricks, working in tandem with user Pejman47. --AdilBaguirov 00:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Ethnic Cleansing

I'm doing my best to keep axe-grinding out of this article. Whether intentional or not, your insistence on suppressing the term "Bosnian Muslim" falls into that category, IMO. In any case, your current undiscussed reversions violate WP guidelines. Please do not continue or I will request mediation. CJGB (Chris) 23:33, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Do you have any comments before I request mediation? CJGB (Chris) 01:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey KoiKoi! Thanks for stopping by and welcoming me to Wikipedia. The information you left is really useful.--Erkin2008 00:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for your support in my recent RfA which passed unanimously - thus proving that you can indeed fool some of the people some of the time. I'm still coming to terms with the new functionality I have, but so far nothing bad has happened. As always, if there's anything you need to let me know, just drop me a line on my Talk page. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

World Heritage infobox in Chaco Culture National Historical Park article

Hi! Someone keeps on deleting the World Heritage infobox in the said article, saying that it's full of "infocruft". I forwarded the case already for mediation. If you are interested, please drop by the mediation article (see here) or the talk page of the article to express your opinion. Thanks. Joey80 02:07, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Kiarostami was promoted!

Dear KhoiKhoi

I need to thank you for your kind assistance and support. The article would not come to FA status without your helps. Thanks and All the best. Sangak ^Talk 11:30, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Azerbaijan (Iran)

High actually some academic sources see it as politically motivated. Not just Iranian sources. --alidoostzadeh 19:16, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Help

Khoikhoi, could you please re-order my barnstars in the manner of those at your userpage?

Thanks a lot, man. Cheers. --PaxEquilibrium 23:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

South Tibet

Sorry for my carelessness.--Ksyrie 12:45, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi, Khoikhoi. Just a quick note to say thanks for the support on my RfA. I was quite astounded by the overall level of support and thoroughly intend living up to expectations. If you see me step out of line, feel free to pull a (not so) young pup like me up! Bubba hotep 21:18, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Azerbiaijani people

But studies in Iran have been done. That comment is POV, whose to say more testing in Iran is needed? Cant we also say that more testing in the Republic of Azerbaijan should be done to show an Iranic connection too? That statement is not sourced, and it was probably put in before the testing in Iran came to light.Azerbaijani 23:27, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

March Days

Khoikhoi, can you please, check this: [[24]]. Aivazovsky again removed a big chunk of referenced text, directly relevant to March events from the page without any explanation on Talk:March Days. This is really tiring. Atabek 00:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Happy Spread-the-funny and-slighty-random-love day!

:) pschemp (talk) 00:48, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Azeris in Turkey

Hi Khoikhoi

I disagree with the adding of "According to the ABC source and the XYZ source..." as it undermines both the accuracy of the statement and the credibility of the sources. Here are some more sources we can add, as long as we put an end to this meaningless political correctness:

• [25]

If you follow the link, there are two different documents from the State Archives of the Russian Federation. Both are in Russian describing the same event with pretty much the same wording. Here's the translation of one of them:

Period: June, 1918
Involved parties: Armenians, Azeris, Kurds
Place: Erivan Governorate, RSFSR
Form of expression: Murder
Informer: Information Office of the People's Council for National Affairs
Type of information: Review
To: People's Council for National Affairs
Date of issue: June 17, 1918
Stored in: State Archives of the Russian Federation, fund 1318, list 1, folder 413, document 21
Description: National troops of the Caucasus massacre 260 Muslim villages in the Erivan Governonate during the retreat. Parishan 01:38, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Syriacs/Aramaeans

Hi Khoikhoi,

I wonder, why did you tag Aramaeans with , but left Assyrians untagged? Both link to articles where the connection is explained. Those articles should be tagged instead, in case they are insufficiently sourced.

For now, you might want to check out the Syriac Universal Alliance website, which functions as an Aramaean umbrella organisation. --Benne ['bɛnə] _(talk) 06:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

your edit doesn't make sence because its been mentioned already; Members of the Syriac Orthodox Church or Syriac Catholic Church - now you have 2 things overlapping each other. Not all Syriac Orthodox consider themselves Aramean (if any in terms of % actually), but all those Aramean are part of Syriac Orthodox church. So why would you add Aramean to the list? Chaldean 14:45, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Benne is making ridiculus edits once again with no good base given. I've stated a clear answer and he is yet to response. Please Khoikhoi do something. Chaldean 19:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Deletion format

I have suggested that this article be deleted Afrocentricity did i go about it in the correct way? I believe it is a useless fork and could be merged and has been merged into 1 quality article--HalaTruth(ሐላቃህ) 09:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Cretan Turks

The page is under siege, which I am sure you realized before I did. What can I do? I mean "a do" that will leave no cacophony. Or will this continue as long as they take what they want?--Doktor Gonzo 16:13, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

By the way I used your user name coding for my own without permission. You can sue me but let me warn you, I know good lawyers. Even the fact I confessed here doesn't mean shit, that's how much good they are. Even this last confession, means shit.--Doktor Gonzo 16:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Why am I being ignored?--Doktor Gonzo 12:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I think they really did excommunicate him for Cretan Turks. Anyway removed the comment just now, I'll be good.--Doktor Gonzo 14:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Request protection from anon users for Turkey

Hello, I would like to request that the article Turkey be protected against anonymous users. The last few days have seen a high level of vandalism and edits with an eye to extreme points of view. The great majority of these come from anonymous users. --Free smyrnan 17:54, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Figured out later the existence of Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection, and added request there. It got declined though. :( --Free smyrnan 21:18, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

The last 24 hours have seen 11 anon edits that got reverted. It currently is getting reverted back fairly quickly. Let's leave it as it is now and if revert attention falls off, I will ask again. Thanks!!!! --Free smyrnan 05:47, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Persistent personal attacks by User:Tajik

Dear Khoikhoi, I am writing to report persistent personal attacks by User:Tajik at Talk:Safavid Dynasty. Here are the instances with diff links:

• "What the hell are you talking about?!", "What's wrong with you?!", "Your stubborn attitude is the main reason...", etc. at [26]. I warned the user and said that I will ignore his attack for now [27].
• After the first warning, User:Tajik again: "this is the information that Wikipedia needs, not your POV and stubborn tries to defend POV" [28] and for the second time, I warned the user kindly [29]
• Another attack: "do not think that YOU are in ANY respectable position to judge that a world-class scholar like Minorsky was "wrong"" [30]
• In my response to my reference to precise quote from Friedrich Nietzshe unrelated to the user [31], the response and blackmail warnings from User:Tajik were at [32]:

• "I ask you for the last time to stop lying",
• "You also continue your lie",
• "So please stop to continue your lies and I once again remind you to watch WP:CIVIL",
• "So please stop your agenda, and please stop lying",
• "The problem with you is that you are not ballanced at all"
• "you - based on your own anti-Persian ethnocentrism - purposely cut the text"

Please, help to address the issue. I have exhausted all available means to convince him to stop attacking me. Atabek 20:26, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Who the hell is this Robert599?

Could there be a block on the IP range until the Arbitration close? He apparently is a new user and we already have enough with the older ones. It's oil on fire. Fad (ix) 22:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Ro.wp

Hi. We have a user on the Romanian Wikipedia who has your name (see ro:Discuţie Utilizator:Khoikhoi), but who behaves very much unlike you, I'd say. Could you please tell me whether or not you guys are the same person? Thanks. — AdiJapan ☎ 01:39, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I've done the translation you requested.

About your account on ro.wp, we should first check if you can regain control (that is, if that user didn't change the password). I unblocked the account so that you can see if you can get in and change the password. If this doesn't work I will block the account indefinitely. — AdiJapan ☎ 04:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry. Now I unblocked the IP also. See what you can do. — AdiJapan ☎ 04:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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Love of Lhasa

Just to let you know I am currently aiming to write Lhasa into a good article and eventually a A-class or feature. I am in love with Lhasa and Tibet I don't know what it is that attracts me -I think about the place a lot and the mountains, the monasteries the people. I improved the Potala Palace and Tashilhunpo a while back by adding all the details of the interior and Shalu Monastery and Ramoche Temple are also my created articles. The article is very poor at present and I feel it my duty to write a beautiful article about the place. I have added a full info box professionally and have commenced work on the History section -when I am done this article will be about 5 times the length! and may need splitting onto seperate pages It will be done gradually though because I have a lot of work for WikiProject Film to do . OK? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 11:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

You may also be interested that I along with User:Sangak recently made Abbas Kiarostami a featured article from a start article in just weeks -I noticed you have done some work on Iranians too. I hope I can do the same to Lhasa ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 11:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

MedCab case

Hi Khoikhoi/Archive 27. I'm currently mediating a case into which you're involved.

Please take a look of the case here.

For a successful mediation, I need to hear every position and its arguments, including yours, of course ;-).

So, please voice your opinion on the case's page.

I'm at your disposal for every question.

Happy editing,

Snowolf^(talk)_CON^COI - 18:45, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Turning time 1 year back

Hey Khoikhoi.

You remember one year ago, Newroz / Nouroz / نوروز, or however you prefer to spell it, was approaching. We then had a heated debate about how the Kurdish celebration of that festival should be covered. We didn't agree, but reached a compromise.

Now the festival is approaching again, and the same heated debate seems to repeat. So maybe you would like to come with input at Talk:Norouz#Merge_2.

Cheers,

Bertilvidet 22:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

vandalism?!

Hi Khoikhoi. Please keep an eye on the Huns page. Thanks. Tājik 01:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Khoi,

Look at this ASAP: Azeris in Armenia. -- Aivazovsky 01:42, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

It's being worked out between Fadix and Grandmaster now. -- Aivazovsky 00:43, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, I should say that they're arguing about it. In any case, I'm out of the dispute.

To give you some background, the article was created by User:Artaxiad back in February. However, on March 6 (amid our ongoing mediation), User:Parishan expanded the article to include cited material and NPOV references, but suited to fit an Azerbaijani point of view. This was done without any prior discussion. I attempted to revert the article back to Artaxiad's version, stating that Parishan should discuss his edits first. However, Grandmaster became involved and User:LittleOldMe accused me of POV pushing (because I reverted Parishan's version, or "erased cited NPOV information"). This same admin also called me an aggressor.

Eventually, I became fed-up with arguing with Parishan and working on the article, so I left it. Fadix later became involved and he knows more about pre-Russian Eastern Armenia than I do, so I'll let him handle it. -- Aivazovsky 00:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Masoud Rajavi

Hi, Please see the history section, and lock it because of vandalism.--Pejman47 04:54, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Restoration of a Rejected Mediation Request

Entirely by accident, I happened to come across the rejected mediation request Paytakaran. What struck me as odd was the recent edit to it, despite it having been rejected over a month ago. I looked in the logs, and noticed that you had restored it for usage within an Arbitration request as evidence. The charter that founded the MedCom (in fact, we were established by Jimbo himself) explicitly states that mediation is not to be used as evidence within ArbCom or elsewhere within dispute resolution (see here for more). This being said, I re-tagged the article for deletion, and it should remain deleted. The arbitrators all have sysop rights, so if they must see it, they can view the deleted revisions themselves. Thanks.

On Behalf of the Mediation Committee, ^demon^{[omg plz]} 06:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Mediation is supposed to represent a good faith effort of all parties to resolve their disputes on their own. In it's design it is therefore immune from being used as evidence to prove the bad-faith of editors in a dispute. As our charter and policy states, we reserve the right as a committee to not allow this information to become involved in further disputes. As for recreating the information in user space, that also would not be a good idea, as it is essentially a move to get the information in a place where it is still publicly accessible, which is exactly what we as a committee are trying to avoid.

For the Mediation Committee, ^demon^{[omg plz]} 06:30, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

protection

Can you please semi-protect again Battle of Thermopylae? An admin undid it and now it's being vandalised again on a daily basis. It will get much worse due to the upcoming movie. Thanks. Miskin 14:08, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Wrong place

I briefly tracked User Gorco who kept adding his own links in wikipedia articles, as well as the email address to his site (he has done the same with the German wiki). There are still some of his links across wiki. The language of that user also, in my opinion, seems questionable (for instance, "If you wanna scare me man, I'd rather prefer on doin' it, when our eyes will establish a contact, and not through a PC."). Could it be that he fits the profile of someone who needs to be blocked for a while? Politis 14:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Small issues

We are trying to find a solution.:Dc76 03:34, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Late reply

Sorry for the late reply, but I got hit with a bunch of work. I imagine I'm a little late for whatever is going wrong lately. It's a never ending battle it seems. I imagine the suicide rate among admins is higher than that of the average wikipedian, no? I kid, I kid. I need to check my email more often too. Tombseye 05:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Zurbagan

Khoikhoi, can you, please, look into the case of User:Zurbagan, besides being most likely a sockpuppet of a banned User:Robert599, he is also going around insulting people [33], [34] calling them vandals and giving advises, instead of discussing his edits appropriately on the talk page. Atabek 08:44, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Khoikhoi, based on this [35] I have a suspicion that [User:Robert599] and [User:Zurbagan], who edited only 2-3 same pages are the sockpuppets of the same banned user. I have filed a request earlier [36], though it's still unanswered. Thanks. Atabek 23:36, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

RE: FYI

Thanks much. I guess it's out of my hands unless the original author decides to give his apporval (which he sorta technically did when he first uploaded it). In any case, I'm going to be taking down a couple of the other images that I uploaded, too. I still don't even know what I was thinking when I claimed fair use with the picture of the old man and the map. Anywho, at least I'm studying cartography so the map should be easy to replace. --Sean WI 14:34, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Artaxerex (talk · contribs)

Dear Khoikhoi. This user claims himself to be a scholar "Meanwhile I have asked some students of mine to watch the article, for disturbing propaganda and historical distortions." [37]

has accused users of using sockpuppets, reverted almost an hours worth of contribution which all provided sources (encyclopedia, or academic journals) by calling it vandalism [38]. Quotes from his latest post on the talk include:

"As I have asked you and your associates in neumeous times before, please do not use Wikipedia as a monarchist propaganda platform...The resort to sock puppets to distort historical facts is deplorable...All your positive comments are from questionable websites or non-academic aticles that are not piere reviewed..in the meatime please let me to maintain my hostile attitude towards those who resort to fiction and distortion of facts." [39]

Please warn this user that he has to be WP:Civil, assume good faith and do not call other users contributions as vandalism. Thank you --Rayis 17:55, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Afrika paprika returns

User:Tar-Elenion is most probably another of his socks (per Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Afrika paprika). --PaxEquilibrium 19:03, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I certainly am not!. User PaxEquilibrium has absolutly no proof of me being AfrikaPaprika's or anyone's elses sockpuppet. I was cleared by checkuser so that he would again filed the same identical accusation. This person besides the similarity of my IP (which I disclosed to him on his talk page) has absolutly no proof of me being a sockpuppet and is fishing. I don't know what kind of problems this person has with me but he is aggressive and acts like a madman. Please tell him to stop. Tar-Elenion 19:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

He was not cleared of Check-User, but it was declined because the User was inactive (possible evasion). The arguments have been placed and the strongest of the evidence is Check-User. --PaxEquilibrium 19:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Simply not true. Checkuser cleared me two times. Even the last one (third one) stated that besides the obvious similar IP (which led you to think I am AfrikaPaprika's sockpuppet) there is nothing else to indicate this. Tar-Elenion 20:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I cannot accuse you for lying, because that would simply not be nice, but where did check user confirm twice that you are not Afrika paprika. Please, just show us where (there's the problem). The only relevant Check User pointed at that which we suspected in the first place (that you're AFAIK, Afrika paprika himself). --PaxEquilibrium 21:12, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I said Checkuser cleared me two times already. Now while we are at it, where did the checkuser confirm I am this AfrikaPaprika? Tar-Elenion 21:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Are you saying that Chekuser cleared you twice of the suspicion that you're Afrika paprika's sockpuppet? The CheckUser that said that you're most probably Afrika paprika can be found at the top of Wikipedia:Request for checkusers/Case/Afrika paprika. --PaxEquilibrium 21:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser cleared me two times already from false sockpuppetry allegations. The recent (third and identical with the second) one said likely based on the similarity of IP's but the previous identical request was declined with the same data. This recent also said But this is really one for duck testing, no? meaning there is no sufficient evidence or shorter that you are fishing. Likely is not a confirmation. Tar-Elenion 21:55, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:AN/I

Your thoughts about this diff, this block and this discussion ? Cheers. Dina 20:58, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Selam

Still, yo do not have any proof for using "ethnic conflict" term.(Also, human righs report does not use it.) Uğur Kaymaz's death is a violation of human rights, but it does not make the conflict an ethnic conflict. Uğur Kaymaz is a civilian and it is not an act of conflict with PKK. But, it is a result of "conflict with PKK", indirectly.Paparokan 21:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC) By the way, Uğur Kaymaz is not killed by Turkish man. He is killed by Turkish Security Forces. In ethnic conflict, different ethnic groups attacks them,any evidence for that case for the problem in Turkey?Paparokan 21:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC) An ethnic conflict or ethnic war is a war between ethnic groups often as a result of ethnic nationalism. Paparokan 21:20, 8 March 2007 (UTC)Since 1984 PKK tries to start an ethnic war, but they could not have managed it. But, in propoganda, they say that there is an ethnic conflict.Paparokan 21:22, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't think what's going on between Turkey and Kurdish nationalists can be described as 'ethnic conflict'. It is at best a political conflict. There are more than 10 million Kurds in this country, there are Kurdish ministers in the parliament, if there was an ethnic conflict you'd smell the blood all the way from Los Angeles, Khoi.--Doktor Gonzo 17:09, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

1. In this links, "Kurdish-Turkish conflict" or "ethnic conflict" is not used. But, it refers to some civilians killed by security forces in latest events. 2. Why do not use "Kurdish Seperatist Organizations", including PKK, and TAK.? 3. I mean by Turkish man, some civilians who are armed against Kurds. 4. What happens on streets are planned by PKK. There were reports before these events started, that PKK would start a new struggle like the Palestinians, they would use civilians. And the events stated after some time. Their role model is HAMAS. Paparokan 10:19, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

By the way, in 1992, more civilians were killed. In 1992 Newroz, 34 civilians, 2 police and 1 soldier was died in the conflict between Security Forces and demonstrators. This caused Leyla Zana and others to join HEP(its name was changed to DEP, later.)[1]

1: Temel Britannica, Cilt 18. Paparokan 10:32, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Request

Do you think you could s-protect Greece. There's a vandalism problem and while I know I have immunity when reverting simple vandalism (which is what's happening: "PENIS", "YO MAMA"...), I find it risky and I'm logging off now, so I can't watch it :-( --Domitius 00:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I didn't notice you protected the page, thanks :-) --Domitius 00:55, 9 March 2007 (UTC)