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Christianity in Iraq

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Please do not remove properly sourced material with no explanation (or with the claim that the material is unsourced, when it plainly is sourced). If you dispute the material, discuss the matter at Talk:Christianity in Iraq. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

That section of the article is pure garbage; its only cited source is an anti-Kurd author from the 1980s. Kurds didn't raid Upper Mesopotamia after the rise of Islam. In fact, Kurds were already in Upper Mesopotamia when Muslims conquered the region, as written by Al-Baladhuri (died 892 AD). Arabs fought Kurds in the regions of Mosul.
Mosul
Nineveh and surrounding villages. ^Umair ibn-al-Khiattab
appointed ‘Utbah ibn-Farkad as-Snlami giowraor of al-
Mausil in the year 20. The people of Ninawa ^ fought with
him, but he seized their fort (i. e. the eastern one) by force
and crossed the Dijlah (Tigris). The people of the other
fort made peace with him on condition of giving jizyah,
with permission that whoever preferred, might depart with
those who emigrated. He found in the territory of al-
Mausil some monasteries the inmates of which secured peace
from him by giving the jizyah.
‘Utbah afterwards: conquered al-Marj ^ and its villages,
the land of Baihudhra,^ Ba'adhra,^ Hibtun,® al-Hiyanah,®
al-Ma^allah/ Damir, and all the strongholds of the Kurds*.
He advanced as far as Ban'atha® of Hazzah® and con-
quered it. ArezKader (talk) 17:29, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

April 2024

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  Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did at Christianity in Iraq, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. If you dispute the content, discuss the matter on the talk page. Do not continue to just remove material that you don't like without a discussion. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:56, 11 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

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  Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:ArezKader reported by User:WikiDan61 (Result: ). Thank you. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:40, 11 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

April 2024

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You have been blocked from editing from certain pages (Christianity in Iraq) for a period of 2 weeks for edit warring. The block does not prevent you from continuing to discuss at Talk:Christianity in Iraq, the article's talk page.
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This is completely unfair. Initially, I provided primary sources because I didn't know that Wikipedia prefers scholarly sources over primary ones. Then I provided a scholarly source. Please check "A People Without a State: The Kurds from the Rise of Islam to the Dawn of Nationalism" by Michael Eppel. 'Chapter 1. Kurdish Distinctiveness under Arab, Persian, and Turkish Dominance' is partially available online—just Google it. This scholarly source debunks that section of the article. ArezKader (talk) 20:39, 12 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hello ArezKader, thank you for discussing this at Talk:Christianity in Iraq. Please continue finding a consensus before editing the article directly. The block only enforces discussion instead of reverts; it does not prevent you from making these arguments on the article's talk page and following the usual dispute resolution approaches like requesting a third opinion or starting an RfC. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:59, 12 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

May 2024

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  Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Arne Slot, you may be blocked from editing. Shadow4dark (talk) 22:34, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

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