Persian Magi

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Please verify your email address in your preferences or just give me it so we can discuss the matter of that article via email also -- - K a s h ^{Talk | email} 16:27, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

When are we Going to See Proof that Azaris are Genetically Turkic

Please keep an eye on Azari and the talk:Azari. I have started the following in the discussion.

It has been ages since these citations have not been verified. Verification is needed. If not delete the material. the amount of time granted has been generious. The Azaris Iranian background has been verified through various scientific and academic sources, but the Turkic claim has not. The only think that has been verified is the Turkic langauge. 72.57.230.179

{{User az iran}}

Hi Persian Magi,

Do you mind if I merge the two templates together? It could be similar to Template:User mo-2. —Khoikhoi 01:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

But Azerbaijani in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani spoken in Iran are the same language, so shouldn't it be in the same tepmlate? —Khoikhoi 01:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

That's the point I was making, if Template:User mo-2 uses both scripts, along with Template:User mn-1, Template:User sh-1—shouldn't we have a template that includes both the Cyrillic and Persian scripts in, because it's the same language? Having two different templates might confuse people into thinking they're distinct languages. —Khoikhoi 02:03, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Exactly, which is why I suggest that we have both scripts in one template, something for all kinds of Azeris (including the old guys who might still use Cyrillic ;)) But then again, maybe the Rep. of Azerbaijan people might not be too happy, I still support having one template however. —Khoikhoi 02:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I see what you're saying now. Anyways, the template would look like this:

az	Azərbaycan dili bu istifadəçinin ana dilidir. آذربايجان ديلي بو استفاده چينين آنا ديليدير.

Did I mess up the script? —Khoikhoi 02:19, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

BTW, the fact that the template has both scripts does not mean that the user knows both, it's just a one-size-fits-all sort of thing. —Khoikhoi 02:25, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Ah yes, have you read Azerbaijani people yet? It's about to become a featured article. :D —Khoikhoi 02:30, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

So that's how you do it! Thanks. Yeah, I'll ask one of them—people will do anything for the Baku Oil Fields. ;) —Khoikhoi 02:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

You're right, I'm trying to fix it right now, hold up. —Khoikhoi 02:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

How about this?

az

Azərbaycan dili bu istifadəçinin ana dilidir.

آذربايجان ديلي بو استفاده چينين آنا ديليدير.

—Khoikhoi 02:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, you're right, I'll try. —Khoikhoi 03:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Finially got it

It took me awhile, but I think I finally got it correct:

az	Azərbaycan dili bu istifadəçinin ana dilidir. آذربايجان ديلي بو استفاده چينين آنا ديليدير.

Let me know if there are any errors. —Khoikhoi 03:31, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem, I'll talkt one of the Rep. of Aze. editors later. —Khoikhoi 03:57, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

About your changes to the template, it doesn't seem like the font size is any different, but now there's more padding. Could you change it back? —Khoikhoi 05:58, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Iranian peoples

Thanks for mediating the dispute. I just hope this compromise will last, but rest assured that I won't be the one to disrupt it. Cheers. Tombseye 17:27, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Mount Damavand image

Hello, I saw the image of Mount Damavand on your first page. But the description states that this image is of uncertain copyright and is pending removal. Why is that? Thank you very much. Although, I'm glad if you liked the image itself. --Arad 07:40, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Two Articles in need of your attention

There are two entries at Wikipedia, which have falsely created -- they are Turco-Persian and Turko-Persian Tradition. Both entries are factitious. I have requested the entries to be deleted. My reasons are:

The term Turko-Persian Tradition (or Turco-Persian) does not exists academically and it is a factitious entry! Check the Encyclopaedia Iranica to confirm -- The correct name for that culture is the Persianate culture not the "Turko-Persian". Turkophones (mostly of mixed race and Persianized in culture) only spoke in Turkic dialects and were in the military. That is not enough participation in creating and forming the culture to deserve the name "Turko-Persian Tradition" – This is misinformation. All the elements in that area, which have to do with tradition and culture, were drawn from the Iranian culture (Persian, Kurdish, Azari, Baluchi, Tajik, Luri, Gilaki, Talishi, Mazandarani, etc.), and the Islamic faith, not much Turkic elements (like shamanism, yurts etc.) were incorporated in. That is what makes the name "Turko-Persian" an imaginary one and therefore the entry should be deleted.

Any contributions would greatly appreciated. Bā Sepās Surena 02:11, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Persian culture

Hey, welcome back! I'm not quite sure how to solve this issue, but I know some users who might be able to. Sangak and Zereshk are two I can think of off the top of my head. If they don't respond, I can think of others... Khoikhoi 06:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Sure! I will work on it when I have some free time. It is indeed true that religions have influenced Iranian culture and vice versa. Perhaps Ta'zieh which is inspired by historical as well as religious events is one of those examples. Religions inspired several Iranian festivals. Iranians have special dishes and cookies during Ramedan etc which are now a part of Iranian culture. Also sufi tradition has had manifestations in Iranian literature and poetry. However religions especially Islam have some aspects that are not considered a part of iranian culture (like khoms, zakat, jahad, standard prays etc). The latters are infact culture independent. Please see also: Islam in Iran and Religious intellectualism in Iran. Zoroastrianism is ofcourse integral to Iranian culture. Take care.Sangak 18:01, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Greek to me

Greetings. I just wrote the page Greek to me. I am comparing similar expressions in other languages. I was wondering if you would be able to add the expression in any languages with which you are comfortable. Btw, I just found your page/profile by running a search for users who have a level 4/level 5 ability in non-English languages. Thanks much! samwaltz 20:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

khorramshahr and liberation of khorramshahr

i made small but important edits to the articles. i think they improve the article - but feel free to check them. keep up the good work! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.238.150.139 (talk) 03:23, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Salaam!

		The Iran's Merit of Excellence Award
		The Iran's Merit of Excellence Award for your past contributions to improve and enhance articles pertaining to Iran's culture and heritage.--Pejman47 12:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Team Melli

Hi, plz check this. And, can you expand this article?--Aparhizi (talk) 23:57, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Varliq

A tag has been placed on Varliq requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Speedy deletion of Template:User az iran

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If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 19:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Techniques of casualty counts that might be of interest

I realized you might not regularly read the talk page where I first made this note, and it's a little off-topic there. Anyway, since you seem interested in methods of estimating casualties, here's a reference and link that might be interesting.

An addition that may be of interest: see Electro-optical MASINT#Mass graves, and other material in that page, for means that have been used for remote sensing of clandestine mass graves. You may want to look at an article in the Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal, http://ww2.csfs.ca/CSFS_Journal.aspx?ID=46&year=2006, to see how the techniques were used in real applications.

I do find your suggestions on estimation to be, in the best sense of the word, creative, and they made me think. Thank you.

Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 16:39, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Yusuf

Please read the lengthy (commented-out) warning that has been added to the article on Sami Yusuf. Thank you. DS (talk) 23:46, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

OTRS

Reload the page on Meta, I should be on both. DS (talk) 00:28, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Talkpages

Hiya, I reverted your change at Scythian's talkpage. Per WP:BLANKING, users are allowed to remove comments from their own talkpages. You can do pretty much anything that you want to your own talkpage, too. The only comments that probably shouldn't be removed are unblock requests, and a few other kinds of official admin-placed notices. Don't worry about deleting warnings, really. Any administrator worth their salt, knows to check a user's talkpage history, rather than just looking at what's openly available on the live version of the page.  :) Hope that helps clarify, --Elonka 23:31, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Sami Yusuf

Hi, I saw you add a section to that page a few times after some people removed. Please don't re-add it again. YouTube is not a reliable source, since anyone can upload videos there and say anything they want. Also, self-references to Wikipedia are to be avoided at all times except in a select few cases (such as the article about Wikipedia). You cannot use correspondence with the Wikimedia Foundation as a reference in articles. Thanks. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 02:49, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello Persian Magi, I just wanted to add on to what J.delanoy's comment, the OTRS query by Yusuf must be respected (per policy, so it does not hurt to notate this). It should not however be posted publicly on the article as it is a self-reference and does not contribute to the content of the article (as J.delanoy mentioned). Regardless of what one may ascertain from the interview you found on YouTube, YouTube is considered a link to avoid as outlined here. The opinion that is taken to be the official stance on Yusuf's ethnicity is the one which he specifically provided in the query as it is straight from his own mouth and can be verified. If you have any other questions regarding this matter feel free to leave a message on my talk page.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 03:39, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Your ArbCom Vote

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Request for involvement

According to the history of the Iran-Iraq War article, you are a significant contributor to it. Therefore, I was wondering if you would like to get involved in a discussion I have started concerning a proposal to trim some sections, and move some text back into the article. The discussion can be found here: [1]. Thank you very much if you do get involved. Cheers for reading. Terrakyte (talk) 22:44, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Nomination of List of ethnic groups known as "Iranian Turks" for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of ethnic groups known as "Iranian Turks" is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ethnic groups known as "Iranian Turks" until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Wario-Man (talk) 03:46, 30 July 2019 (UTC)