Template:Did you know nominations/Armenians in Baku

Armenians in Baku

 * Symbol possible vote.svg ... that in 1989, there were 145,758 Armenians in Baku, but because of a pogrom in 1990, there were only 104 left in 2009?

Created/expanded by. Nominated by at 21:19, 02.01.2012
 * Symbol question.svg Two unreferenced sections (Culture and Notable People). Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:08, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Culture section referenced, the "notable people" section is referenced through the biographies linked to. Paolo  Napolitano  18:23, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Importing the references from the articles themselves should be easy. It makes for a heft bibliography, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:12, 15 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg I added a couple of sources to the "notable people" section, but it's a difficult process. Many of the sources cited in the other articles are dead URLs, and the sources I was able to access (some of which are in Russian) often don't indicate both Armenian nationality and birth in Baku. The unsourced list detracts from the rest of the article....
 * A bigger concern relates to the hook fact. The population numbers for 1989 and 2009 are in a table in the article, and I verified the sources, but there's no discussion of the numbers in the article text; the section "Pogrom and massive exodus (1988–90)" does not discuss the number of people who were killed nor the number who left Baku. The hook needs to be based on the article text, not merely data in a table. I think the article needs some more text to support the hook. Additionally, particularly since 1989 was not the population peak (this source indicates that attacks on Armenians began that year), the hook might be more effective if it said something like:
 * ALT1 ... that the population of Armenians in Baku was over 160,000 in the 1970s, but had dropped below 400 as of 1999 after a pogrom in 1990? --Orlady (talk) 04:18, 23 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I have notified the article creator about the fact that there are some outstanding issues. Gatoclass (talk) 16:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

First of all, I would like to thank PaoloNapolitano for nominating my article for DYK. I know that there are some issues with the article. I haven't really worked on it as well as I whished to, because I can't find many English language sources. Most literature for the topic is in Russian (the lingua franca of Baku) and Armenian. I thought that many people would be interested on that, so I just left it alone with the hope that others would improve it. So, yes now I'm ready to cooperate with you to make it better. --Yerevanci (talk) 16:44, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yerevanci, it is OK for English-language Wikipedia to cite sources in other languages. It is important to tell where the information in an article came from. It is nice when the sources are available in English, but that's not required. It is also acceptable to cite published sources that are not available on the Internet. If you have sources in Russian and Armenian, please add citations. If you are using Template:Citation (or ) you can use the "language=" parameter to identify the language of a reference. --Orlady (talk) 18:10, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I know that other language sources are acceptable, that's not my point. The problem is it have to be translated, which takes alot of time. I mean, I can concetrate on that article for a week and make it a "superstar", but I also edit many other articles. But I think I should do that, stick to one article, and then go to another one. Well, I'll try to do so in coming days and I expect your help, too. --Yerevanci (talk) 21:37, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The only thing that needs to be translate directly is the title of the source(s). You don't need to include quotes. The information from the sources shouldn't be directly translated, but be written in your own words in English. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:31, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Fresh eyes, please? This nom is getting really old. --PFHLai (talk) 07:25, 11 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg The article still is far from ideal, but the issues raised earlier are largely resolved. The proposed hook is still supported only by a data table that is not discussed in the article text. However, it is possible to draft a related hook that is supported in the text:
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg ALT2 ... that after being a major part of the city in most of the 19th and 20th centuries, Baku's Armenian population is almost completely gone due to a pogrom in 1990? --Orlady (talk) 16:25, 11 February 2012 (UTC)