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August 2015

Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Gilaki people, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Jim1138 (talk) 23:44, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Gilaki people

To change "Gilaki people" to "Gilak people" you would need a wp:reliable source stating that the name, in English, should be "Gilak people". There is currently a discussion on talk:Gilaki people to change this. Please join in!

• Wikipedia has a common name policy. wp:common name Articles and names should be what most English speakers use.
• Different languages use different names for people. For instances, People in the USA call themselves "Americans", in Spanish, "Americanos". Italian: "Americani". Americans call them Spanish or Spaniards and Italian or Italians, They call themselves "Españoles" and "Italiani". So, it is possible that while you may call yourselves "Gilak", English speakers may use "Gilaki". And, that would be considered proper per common name.
• The article was created in 2005 as "Gilak". Dec 2007 it was moved to "Gilaki people" here.
• The discussion to rename the article was here Talk:Gilaki language#Requested move
• Familiarize yourself with the wp:common name policy.
• Discuss changing the name here: talk:Gilaki people. Remember, just your (or my) insistance alone will not help changing the name. It needs to come from wp:reliable sources(RS) which give the English language name. A "rough translation" would not do. The sources should probably be published by one or more experts in their field. A blogger saying this would not be considered (RS). See WP:NOTRS for what to avoid. See wp:verifiability for the policy on needing information to be RS and wp:cited.
  
• An attempt at humor: I have an Indian friend who is often asked "Do you speak Hindu?" Hindu being the religion, not the language which is Hindi. Her answer in unaccented English: "Yes, I speak perfectly fine.". She is not a Hindu either...

I hope this helps. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 18:02, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Welcome

I added a welcome section above which should help you find information and learn how to edit Wikipedia. May I suggest you add a brief introduction about yourself on your user page here: User:شیخ. It is your personal choice to do this or not. Google translate thinks your username is Persian and translates it to English as "Sheikh". Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 18:08, 29 August 2015 (UTC)