Talk:Khoy

Population
In case we find that the reference I give is not adequate, here's what the previous population figure said:
 * As of 1996, the city had a population of 148,944.

However, there was no reference for this. I want to point out that the reference I have shows a 1996 figure for Khoy of 148,900, which is pretty close. --Ricky81682 02:58, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

The World Gazetteer'' shows the following figures: --Bejnar (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1986	115 343	census	secondary
 * 1991	137 885	census	secondary
 * 1996	148 944	census	secondary
 * 2006	178 708	census	official
 * 2008	184 409	calculation

To Anon
Please keep things academic and neutral. Also, please try to edit constructively and correctly.Azerbaijani 20:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Ethnic makeup
Getting information on the ethnicity of places in Iran is a real problem. Obviously there is disagreement over the ethnic makeup of Khoy. One editor said: "The city's population is mostly Azeri. Some (e.g. Ahmad Kasravi) feel that the name of Khoy is an indication that more Kurds once lived there, since Khoy is a Kurdish word meaning salt, referring to the salt mines in the region." 213.156.52.96 changed it to "The city's population is mostly [Azari].the name of city is an armanian word meaning salt, referring to the salt mines in the region." 83.254.3.12 then changed it to read: "The city's population is mostly Kurdish. The name of city is a Kurdish word meaning salt," However, the Kurdish word for salt is "xwé" or "khwé" according to an English-Kurdish Dictionary, so it is only possibly related. The Armenian word for salt "աղ" pronounced "ad" is unrelated. --Bejnar (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/iran/all.html This paper based upon the US Army Country Studies, states the city of Khoy is a major Azari center within Iran. I located this after my team of native Iranian geographers stated that Khoy was indeed an Azari city.Miglewis (talk) 18:38, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Khvoy
Please look at references before deleting them. The World Gazetteer does in fact list Khvoy as a spelling. As noted above, that would be closer to the Kurdish word for salt. --Bejnar (talk) 06:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Famous people
Before adding famous people, please read Wikipedia:Notability (people). Each entry must either link to a Wikipedia article for that person, or it must have a footnote to a reliable, verifiable source. Entries that do not, will be deleted. --Bejnar (talk) 14:00, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Please only list people who qualify as notable under Wikipedia criteria. In general, either the person is already the subject of a Wikipedia article, or they are prominently named in an article (for example, as a member of a band), or you are getting started on writing that article. If the person's connection to Khoy is not mentioned in their Wikipedia article please include a source citation for that connection. If they are notable, have no article, but are prominently named in a Wikipedia article, please use a piped link to that article (and section) from their name. If you are inserting a name prefatory to writing the article about a notable person, please cite a source here in the article for that notability and for their connection to Khoy.  Thanks.  See in particular Wikipedia:Notability (people).  The listings for people who cannot be verified as to notability and connection to Khoy are subject to deletion.   --Bejnar (talk) 22:23, 15 February 2013 (UTC)


 * The names of four individuals without articles or citation to reliable sources were deleted from the "Famous people" section in the article, today. --Bejnar (talk) 22:29, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Economy
On 15 February 2010, editor Kamranmirza aka Babakexorramdin removed the section on the economy, including the citation to an article about the lack of markets for their pumpkin seed and sunflower seeds due to cheap imports, which article also covered the acreage in production. I can see no reason to remove this information. If there is a valid reason, please open it for discussion. --Bejnar (talk) 17:40, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You can put it back there but do not add Cyrilic or Latin Alphabets.--Babakexorramdin (talk) 17:51, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Armenian population
There are a number of sources that in passing mention Armenian people living in Khoy before 1920. The article would benefit from citation to reliable sources for some explicit information. In the same vein, an IP editor has recently deleted the fully sourced information about pre-Seljuq Armenian rule in the area. It has been restored. Given that edits about ethnicity cause some people difficulty, please discuss them here before making changes to the article. --Bejnar (talk) 00:18, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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Can you please give the quotation of this ref please. Couldn't find on internet. Beshogur (talk) 13:43, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I've added an accessible reference instead and merged the demographics section with the intro since it was repetition. The two references for an Azeri majority needs to be verified though. I can't seem to access any of them. --Semsûrî (talk) 15:12, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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