Talk:List of Armenian churches in Nakhchivan

IP, present the electronic evidence of the source of Parliamentary Group Switzerland-Armenia source you added. The Gayane Mkrtchyan source can be disregarded right away. Also, please do not change the village names. Tuscumbia ( talk ) 14:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I think this article should be tagged for being WP:OR or lacking any neutrality whatsoever, as the page is based entirely on Armenian references making POV claims. Atabəy (talk) 23:34, 4 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I do not need to "present the electronic evidence". The source is a hard copy, an actual book. Its isbn is 3-9070-1291-7. As you requested, I have given page numbers and a quote from that source in the article's reference section. That is more than plenty, and there is also the cited ArmeniaNow article which is available online. 93.97.143.19 (talk) 03:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Here is yet another source, one with no Armenian connection: a Le Temps article from 4 Nov 2006. "L’AZERBAIDJIAN FACE AU DESASTRE CULTUREL" which has the sub heading "L’Unesco reste impuissante face à la nouvelle campagne que mêne le gouvernement azéri pour effacer toute trace de la culture arménienne sur son sol" ("Unesco is powerless against the new campaign waged by the Azerbaijani government to erase all traces of Armenian culture on its soil"). You can also read the full article here: http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=27494 93.97.143.19 (talk) 03:34, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I've added that Le Temps article as a source. Is that enough? 93.97.143.19 (talk) 03:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That's an allegation since the sources say they were not allowed into Nakhchivan, hence were not able to conduct any investigation. I changed the word to alleged. And do NOT change the names of village to Armenian. This is the territory of Republic of Azerbaijan. Tuscumbia  ( talk ) 14:33, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The names I think are actually intended to be the names of the churches, NOT the names of their locations. For example, there is a huge number of "St Hakop" churches, but only one "St. Hakop church of Agulis". I suggest that some time in the future a separate column be created to list the locations, where known, and these should have the modern names. BTW, were the 5 regions also ecclesiastical divisions of the Armenian church - it would be good to have that clarified. The sources that state the opinion that the churches have probably all destroyed are based on the findings of an investigation that did take place on the territory of Nakhchivan, with the opinion that they were probably all destroyed being based on the finding that all of the churches which were investigated had been destroyed. So I don't think that the word "allegedly" is appropriate, but the word "probably" is. I've changed "evidence has suggested" to the more factual "Reports have stated that". 93.97.143.19 (talk) 03:07, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I re-added the word "allegedly" because there is no substantial evidence of these churches being destroyed. Some people alleged, they wanted to ented the area and were allegedly restricted from doing so. Hence, the opinion about these churches having been destroyed is an allegation, not a fact.
 * The names are the names of villages. That's why there is comma after the names of churches. If you say that the village names are actually part of the church titles, you can add the name of the churches and still retain the proper village names. Tuscumbia  ( talk ) 19:49, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I've removed the word "allegedly" since it sounds weasily to me (I think the use of "allegedly" implies something more than just saying that there has been an allegation), but as an alternative have written "reports have alleged". 93.97.143.19 (talk) 02:24, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, that would work. Tuscumbia  ( talk ) 15:08, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Merger
I suggest merging this article to another one as Nakhchivan is part of Azerbaijan Republic. Discussion is here. Best, Konullu (talk) 19:02, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

References to be improved
Most of the references are unreliable (propaganda sources, biased Armenian owned web-sites, etc.), therefore I added refimprove template. Best, Konullu (talk) 19:56, 27 January 2013 (UTC)