User talk:Grandmaster/Archive 7

DYK nomination of Nizami Mausoleum
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Unreferenced BLPs
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DYK for Nezami Mausoleum
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Shusha/Shushi
Look here please, I think it could be interesting for you. --Quantum666 (talk) 07:07, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

notice
please see this notice: Vandorenfm (talk) 21:38, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Happy Novruz Day
Hello Grandmaster, happy Novruz Day! Abbatai 22:21, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Grandmaster, salam, bu şəkil təbliğat vasitəsi deyil mi, kömək edə bilərmisən?--Melikov Memmed (talk) 06:17, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Help on page: Iranian Azeris
Hello Grandmaster

I would like to request you help on page Iranian Azeris. The other editors of the article who are coincidentally Persian are denying me the right to edit the article even though I have sound reliable sources. For example they refuse to accept reports from Human Rights groups such as UNHRC, Amensty International and Human Rights Watch due to the report "not having an author". I am also being blocked from placing information that has been referenced from 5 western professors. I believe I am being targeted and I call for your help to resolve the matter. Thank you, regards, Tugrul Irmak. Tugrulirmak (talk) 08:07, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Look
Look http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_dynasty/OfficalNameOrigin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.123.232.169 (talk) 13:49, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Safavid Dynasty
I opened an RFC regarding Safavid dynasty. There are several interesting proposals regarding the article. As a contributor previously involved on the subject, can you, please, take a look and provide your references/inputs? Thanks. Atabəy (talk) 15:01, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Azerbaijani people
nominated Azerbaijani people for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. DrKiernan (talk) 17:10, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Could all Azeri users check User:Yerevanci's and User:Nocturnal781's relentless POV additions, lately in the Ermenikend article.
Could all Azeri users check User:Yerevanci's and User:Nocturnal781's relentless POV additions, lately in the Ermenikend article.

These users constantly change the correct article name of Ermenikend into the incorrect name of "Armenikend". Could all Azeri users prevent the taking over of articles about Azerbaijan by Armenian users with their biased nationalistic POV agenda. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.224.158.240 (talk) 12:16, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Could other users check User:MarshallBagramyan expropriation of the entire Kars article.
Could other users check User:MarshallBagramyan expropriation of the entire Kars article. This user constantly erases the other versions of the name of the city Kars in other languages (Կարս Kars or Ղարս [ʁɑɾs] Ghars, Qars, ყარსი Kars, Qers, Карс Kars), and only lets the Armenian version of the name to stay (Կարս Kars or Ղարս [ʁɑɾs] Ghars). Unfortunately this user's ethnocentric POV pushing by ignoring the history of the city, after the Armenian era, is still allowed to stay. He even defends it in the city article talk page.

Warning on edit-warring and disruptive editing
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users who edit disruptively and refuse to collaborate with others (e.g. your demeanor in the article Nagorno-Karabakh and Khojaly Massacre) may be blocked if they continue. Work towards wording and content that gains consensus among editors. If unsuccessful, then do not edit war even if you believe you are right. If edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Winterbliss (talk) 04:55, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Last warning for removing content
Several warnings have been made. The issue of the "victims" has extensively and understandably been explained to you based on the context of the article.

This is your last warning. The next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, as you did at Khojaly Massacre, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. --Aghetrichter (talk) 00:45, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

re
I'm sorry, I've taken a sabbatical from all things Caucasus related. --Golbez (talk) 22:17, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I was tired of dealing with the crap by myself. All I could do was protect it, then protect it again when they restarted. I do an SSP, and it's discarded with prejudice. I didn't exactly ask for support from the wider admin community, which explains in part why I received none, but I guess I'm that kind of loner. Having people lie to my face and then be officially defended in SSP gave me a choice - I either start banning people based on my own personal guesses, or I withdraw. I withdrew. I would fully support any move towards dispute resolution and would testify that these articles are a shitstorm, but I need a break from them for a while. A long while. --Golbez (talk) 22:30, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe if and when I decide to get involved again, I'll ask. And you can ask. But what I foresaw was another process of nothing happening. You are more than welcome to push it to the community, in fact I encourage it and would join on. But I have no interest in starting it myself. And, frankly, it's impossible that no other admin knows of the problems with the AA articles. So I didn't need to nor should I have had to ask. And when I did bring it to the bigger community, I was shot down. Maybe I'm a whiny bitch who left when he couldn't get his way, but I can live with that. --Golbez (talk) 22:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Also, I did plead to the community - when I left, I told WP:AN, and one person responded, though so far as I know no admin has actually been looking at the articles. --Golbez (talk) 22:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Two things - one, while I am still engaging in some NK-related discussions, they are on small topics rather than the broad strokes of a rewrite. For that, you really need to find fresh eyes. Secondly, I am currently on vacation and only using a cell phone so there's no way I'm examining a ton of diffs anyway :) --Golbez (talk) 14:20, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

WARNING about edit-warring and canvassing
You appear to be engaged in an edit war by violating 1RR restriction in the article Nagorno-Karabakh. If unsuccessful to attain consensus, do not edit war even if you believe you are right. If edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. You also appear to be engaged in canvassing per WP:CANVAS and recruit meat-puppets, such as [User:Golbez]. This should be a serious warning for you who had been banned for meatpuppetry in ruwiki and whose revert war is being supported by at least 2 proven ruwiki meat-puppets, ([Brandmeister] and [Parishan]). Dehr (talk) 02:58, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * If you think that admins Golbez and dab are my meatpuppets, you are free to launch a formal complaint. The same is with accusations about other users. Grand  master  07:58, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Large revert at Nagorno-Karabakh. Consensus needed
Hello GM. I see you've recently made a large change at Nagorno-Karabakh. While I share your suspicion of some of the new accounts that have been warring there, your revert is risky because it could set off a new round of battle. It is better if a consensus supports whatever revision may be needed. If you will cooperate in opening an RfC on the contested matters, that could lead to a better result. If you try to behave conspicuously better than the other side, your views are more likely to get a sympathetic hearing. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 02:20, 19 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Ed. I reverted all that to the original version, because a large rewrite received no consensus at talk, and other than 7 new accounts, no established editor supported it. I believe such substantial changes require a strong consensus at talk, and it should include support from the long established editors. What I see now is that we have 3 accounts with very few contribs (Zimmarod, Oliveriki, Hablabar) which try to reinstall edits of the banned user. Also of note how the accounts of Oliveriki and Zimmarod came to life the same day as Winterbliss and Dehr were banned. Oliveriki has not edited since posting a comment at WP:AE report, and his reappearance strangely coincides with situations like this. I will take your advice and start an RFC on the recent edits. But I believe that the large rewrite should be removed and discussed with involvement of the larger community, and inserted in the article only when there's a strong consensus. I already expressed my concerns about original research and inappropriate use of the primary sources, and those concerns were not addressed. For instance, the lead of the article was based on a consensus for years, and it cannot be rewritten by a new account without being proposed and discussed at talk first. I also left a further comment here: with regard to my revert.  Grand  master  10:16, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

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Armenians in Azerbaijan
Please also be aware of Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 before making further reverts. You're an active part of an editwarring while you even doesn't explain your actions on article's talk. Your edit is too much dubious and not consensused. Gazifikator (talk) 19:07, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

It is impossible to know if citizens who are assumed to exist (because the page implies they are in hiding to avoid discrimination) are married to a certain group or not or if they are "elderly and sick, and probably have no other family members."; The "probably" part being mere speculation. I think you're biased because you are an azeri. As Gazifikator pointed out, you're also a hypocrite. --TheShadowCrow (talk) 21:10, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't know why you are even fighting over this. You can find the same info on US State Department website: Approximately 10,000-30,000 Armenians (almost exclusively persons of mixed descent or mixed marriages) remain in Azerbaijan (in addition to Armenians residing in Nagorno-Karabakh). Approximately 20,700 Armenians, almost exclusively persons of mixed descent or mixed marriages, remained in the country (in addition to Armenians residing in occupied territories).  Also, mind WP:NPA, this is your only warning. Gazifikator is not a good example to follow, he has recently been blocked for sockpuppetry, and is on indefinite 1RR.  Grand  master  21:59, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * US State Department website is weird place to get good information. This shitty site is edited by interns. Some country info is simply weird. See for yourself: "Separatist activities undertaken by Farsi-speaking Talysh in the south and Caucasian Lezghins in the north in the early 1990s engendered some suspicions in other citizens and fostered occasional discrimination." Talysh so not speak Farsi, they speak their own language which belongs to the Iranic group, like Kurdish or Ossetian. See also how this stupid sentence is composed: it creates the wrong impression that the cause of the controversy is in the fact that there are Farsi soeaking Talysh and some other Talysh. These writers are just nutheads. US State Department website should be mostly ignored. Sprutt (talk) 01:55, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with Sprutt. Also, discrediting someone only discredits yourself.--TheShadowCrow (talk) 01:59, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * What you think of US State Department is your personal opinion. I see that it is not connected to Azerbaijani or Armenian government, and is neutral in this issue. It is used throughout Wikipedia. We can attribute the info to the US State Department, and that pretty much closes the issue. Grand  master  10:37, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * US State Department rectifies Error in India maps
 * U.S. lawmaker seeks answers after State Department error releases Mexican fugitive from Texas jail
 * State Department computer error halts immigration lottery
 * The Department isn't perfect, they have made errors.--TheShadowCrow (talk) 14:49, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thanks. Grand  master  17:42, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

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Your behaviour at talk pages
Grandmaster, you know that talk pages are for serious discussions and everyone is trying to waste lesser time at talk and reach a common understanding according to the reliable sources provided. I'll assume good faith, but some things seems to be problematic to me: I'm sure if you waste a little more time to check what you're writing, you will not add so much baseless and disruptive information into the talks. Gazifikator (talk) 17:44, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) we had many talks about several articles, in several accasions I suggested consensus (for example, ), but until now I don't remember even one consensus I made with you.
 * 2) while explaining yourself at talks, you prefer not to explain the whole problems you believe article has, but just asking some questions related to minor detals, which, if answered, will be added by other questions, and so on. We lost a lot of time discussing things which are not important, and when I'm answering a last question and the problem seems to be resolved, you (or Brandmeister, who mostly reverts in place of you) are again asking your first question, and this beacame a useless circle of discussions with no finish (a classical example is ). I don't remember a discussion where you concentrated your attitude and explained all the problems you see at once. Mind WP:Disrupt.
 * 3) it is the most important to me: only during the last time in several occasions at different talks you accused things which are not true, or misinterpreted and I need to waste some time to check that what you're writing is not true. Just some examples from the last few days:
 * Here you write: "This source is about events in Guba: ". While, if you check the source, it is called "General Information on Azerbaijani Jewish Organizations" and among the hundreds of sentences only one is partially about Guba. So what you write is not true.
 * Here you write: "Again, there was no settlement called Armenikend in Soviet times. The area was called Mamedyarov settlement. Google books is full with sources attesting to that." Google books has 0 books on "Mamedyarov settlement".
 * Here you're claiming "The Soviet development in the area was not called Armenikend, it was called Mamedyarov settlement. See: " by a selective search (searching the name you prefer in Russian, as no source in English supports you) of sources (you selected 4 sources of 414). But even the first result you have doesn't support you, it uses the name you reject, as dominant.

Yerevan
Ok the source is in Russian and I do not have any experience in Russian language... but even though as I said, during the given period the used term was Caucasian Tatars and not Azerbaijani Tatars... do not try to mislead the readers same as you are trying to do in the Azeri language Wikipedia.--Preacher lad (talk) 20:59, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Calm down and do whatever you want I'm not going to argue anymore.... and avoid behaving like you are threatening, we are not in a battlefield.--Preacher lad (talk) 09:02, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Archiving
Oh, OK. There's so much foolery on that page that I routinely use a very heavy hand. It should be simple given the few page edits to find the date those comments were made, and then they can be moved to the right chronological order. You can't help with the creation of the Armée Nationale Congolaise can you? Sorry/Cheers, Buckshot06 (talk) 07:19, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, what about the *exact* details of the Soviet Ground Forces withdrawal from Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1989-91, and anything you have on the organisation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, or sources for both? Buckshot06 (talk) 07:35, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks; my (military) Russian is passable enough that with the help of GTranslate I can get the gist. I've seen that initial page before, I think. Especially looking for details of what happened to the 75th Motor Rifle Division in Nakhichevan; I believe it was a Category 'C' division that just essentially dissolved. Please tell me if you ever come across anything. Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 08:01, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thankyou; that's great. However none of the Russian links in the Ru-Lev Roklin page mention the 75th at all. Please add any Russian links and sources to 7th Guards Army, which is my little concentration point for 75th MRD information. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:29, 22 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Salam. You're not correct, 'Da svidaniya' is partially in Talysh language. See from 4.38 sec . Dexact (talk) 08:28, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

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WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - July 2012
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Armenians in Azerbaijan
The number of Armenians in Azerbaijan outside Nagorno-Karabakh is no longer 20,000 to 30,000 as it was in 1993 after the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War (with the departure of the vast majority Armenians from Azerbaijan). The actual number of Armenians in Azerbaijan outside Nagorno-Karabakh is around 2,000 to 3,000 according to UNHCR and other neutral (neither Armenian or Azerbaijani) respectable academical sources. Azerbaijani government sources also estimate and state that the actual numbers of Armenians in Azerbaijan outside Nagorno-Karabakh is around 2,000 to 3,000. And they are almost exclusively comprised of persons who are of partial Armenian descent and the wives of Azerbaijani men. The number of 20,000 to 30,000 is not only now highly overestimated but it is also obsolete, as their numbers have steadily and drastically decreased since then and is continuing to do so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.224.0.40 (talk • contribs)


 * I'm not arguing, but you need to cite your sources for that info. That is the rule here. Grand  master  18:17, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

AA2
Hi. Please be aware of Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 before making further reverts. Thanks. OptimusView (talk) 06:08, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I was a party to that one, if you noticed, so I know. But thanks for taking the time to post this message anyway. Grand  master  06:14, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * A fortiori you should know that "revert rules should not be construed as an entitlement or inalienable right to revert" as you were doing. Thank you. OptimusView (talk) 10:10, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you help me in the Azeri Wikipedia ?
Hi, Can you please take a look at this page in Azeri Wikipedia and help me to express my opinion ? Thank you .--Alborz Fallah (talk) 13:47, 13 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but I do not edit there. I'm staying out of the conflicts there. Grand  master  19:46, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Ateshgah of Baku article
I have reverted an IP that changed Hindu to Persian and removed what appeared to be a blog that was being used as a reference. According to, The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and Its Trade, 1550-1900, by Scott Cameron Levi, page 129, mentions a "somewhat famous Hindu temple in Baku" 25km north east of the city. Would you happen to know if this is the same temple? Do you know if it is Hindu or Persian? Thanks in advance. --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:54, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it is the same temple, even though the source does not mention the name of the village where it is located (Surakhany). The temple in Surakhany was used in the 19th-20th centuries as a Hindu temple, and inscriptions there attest to that, but many believe that previously this location was used for Zoroastrian fireworship. Grand  master  20:32, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - August 2012
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Warning: In the Azerbaijan article, the map of Azerbaijan showing its de-jure borders is relentlessly being replaced with map which shows Nagorno-Karabakh as a legitimate entity
User:MauriManya is relentlessly replacing in the infobox of the Azerbaijan article, the map "Azerbaijan (orthographic projection).svg" which shows Azerbaijan with its de-jure borders and is replacing it with the map "Azerbaijan with Nagorno Karabakh and region.svg" which shows Nagorno-Karabakh as a legitimate entity. The user is not impartial and neutral and is only and relentlessly doing this unilateral map replacement in the Azerbaijan article, but interstingly enough not in other articles of countries which are in the same situation as Azerbaijan. Could you watch this user and revert his unilateral map replacements of Azerbaijan in the country article. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.224.142.52 (talk) 10:41, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe a discussion of the map in the talk page of the Azerbaijan article could solve the dispute. SaguamundiTalk 21:11, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

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WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - October 2012
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Why Armenia?
I saw your edit on N. Karabakh's claim to independence. I know this "occupied territory" is governed directly from Yerevan, although it seemingly has its own institutions. However, the story looks different from where one looks. I will keep myself restricted to a legal angle: Armenia does not recognize it (neither as independent nor as part of its territory). Therefore the last sentence -accompanied by an Armenian flag- beginning with "Armenia strongly rejects..." has no sense; should be deleted. If you wish, replace it with "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" strongly rejecting... --E4024 (talk) 09:24, 6 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree, the wording is not good at all. I think you should bring this up on talk of that article, where we can discuss it with involvement of the larger community. Grand  master  20:48, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe I should, but I already made a minor modification after another editor's contribution in that one. You are right, maybe I should open a discussion there, but I am already very tired of other nationalists in the area surrounding Turkey, my country, and try to avoid more dramas. In case you need help in other contentious areas, where my own sentiments will not make me suffer, please call me. Are there any border disputes or historical conflicts between, say Australia and New Zealand, where I may contribute without my personal idiosyncracy weighing on my back? All the best. --E4024 (talk) 21:02, 6 October 2012 (UTC)


 * There are quite a few, see for instance Sino-Indian border dispute or Croatia–Slovenia border disputes. Thanks for the interest in this topic. Grand  master  21:08, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - November 2012
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Ordubad
I understand you have insight into Azerbaijan history. Could you please have a look at the history section of the above article? Thanks. --E4024 (talk) 16:20, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * There's a very nice article about Ordubad in Iranica:  Grand  master  16:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Indeed the Nakhchivan article itself needs a lot of help. A reference to Armenian tomb stones in Julfa may be OK but such a long and detailed section? Seems like Nakhchivan article is biassed towards that cultural aspect. It lacks much of recent development of Nakhchivan and kind of looks at the NAR from abroad (Yerevan). BTW are the maps in "Armenians in Azerbaijan" article accurate? Best. --E4024 (talk) 18:17, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The maps represent the Armenian POV. And I agree, the article about Nakhchivan needs a lot of work. And the section on Julfa is blown out of proportion. Grand  master  19:27, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Happy New Year
May Şahta Baba bring peace, prosperity and happiness in 2013. All the best, --E4024 (talk) 12:41, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for you kind wishes. I was away and therefore was not able to see you message in time, so please accept my belated best wishes for the new year. Grand  master  20:10, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Of whom?
I also suspected Kevork was a puppet. Of whom? Are you sure? Yesterday they made several controversial edits at Turkish-Armenian War. I complained to an admin, without referring to my suspicion though, because the edits were enough non-NPOV. If you are sure we can revert those edits. All the best. --E4024 (talk) 16:39, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * See here: Edits by socks should be reverted regardless of 3RR.  Grand  master  16:50, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * There is also a Jackal. It's like a zoo around there... --E4024 (talk) 16:51, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Sockery is nothing unusual in AA area. Don't be shy to file an SPI request whenever you deem necessary. Grand  master  17:45, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Another thing: "Anti-Armenian slogans" part is redundant at the Istanbul protest article. (Strangely enough the repetition is in the "reactions" part.) I suggest it should be removed. --E4024 (talk) 22:21, 8 January 2013 (UTC)


 * That article needs further work to fix NPOV problems. Grand  master  16:24, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Confiscated Armenian properties in Turkey
Hello GrandM, I recently copyedited and WP:npoved the Confiscated Armenian properties in Turkey which is nominated at DYK, but I would be happier if I knew that a Turkish expert had also looked at it. Regards Chienlit (talk) 10:17, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Dear Chienlit, unfortunately I'm not an expert on Turkey, I'm an expert on Azerbaijan, so if you ever have any questions related to my country, I would be glad to be of help. Regards, Grand  master  19:55, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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re Oliveriki
Thanks for the heads up. --Golbez (talk) 19:58, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Justice for Khojaly
Could you have a look at this new article. It needs to be better sourced, or trimmed. see discussion on my talk page. John Vandenberg (chat) 21:30, 7 February 2013 (UTC)


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ibad huseynov
You just removed the sentence where it said that Armenians say Huseynov didn't kill Monte, would this link, 1, be a good source or should i add another one? Ninetoyadome (talk) 03:13, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * It is better to link directly to a statement of an Armenian official who provides their version of events. This news article just indirectly quotes others, and there's no way to check the veracity of their claims (no inline citations or links). Grand  master  09:43, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I found an interview, on youtube, with Saro Yeremyan, who was mentioned in the article. He was there with Monte when he died and he is explaining what happened. The video is in Armenian but you can put Russian, or English, captioning. 1. Then there is this article where Ashot Beglaryan, who was also a soldier during the war states the same thing. 2. I cant find any other articles so i guess we can change it from "Armenia has stated" to Saro Yeremyan, Lieutenant Colonel of the Karabakh military, stated that Monte was killed in Merzulli, or something like that. Ninetoyadome (talk) 02:11, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Video cannot be used as a reference, and Beglaryan only quotes what others say. But if you can find a reliable direct statement by an Armenian official or an involved person, you can quote it with a proper attribution. Grand  master  19:59, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

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Ottoman-Persian War (1821-1823)
I would like your opinion for the result of this war. On the talk page you will find my source, "A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East", Vol.III, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 1140., which states the Treaty of Erzurum and "status quo antebellum" as the result of this war and User:Someguy1122's opinion that the war was a "Tactical Persian victory". Thank you. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:48, 7 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I provided my personal opinion about this issue. I hope it helps. Best regards, Grand  master  08:11, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Nakhichevan city
Hi, do you have any statistics from the Russian annexion, from Chopin or elsewhere of the population of the city and the ethnic makeup? JediXmaster (talk) 21:28, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes. According to Chopin (pp. 599 - 602) the total number of the population of the city was 5470. Of them 3641 were Muslims, 719 local Armenians and 1110 Armenian immigrants from Persia. Grand  master  20:26, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
 * tks. JediXmaster (talk) 20:45, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
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Qarabağ FK
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List of Azerbaijanis
Might want to keep an eye on this article. IP 46.71.186.34, changed and added a bunch of nonsense. I reverted it all back, but IPs have a habit of returning. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:22, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. It seems that the issue has been dealt with. But I'll keep an eye on it anyway. Grand  master  23:25, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Committee of Union and Progress
Would you be interested in joining a discussion about this article? --Kansas Bear (talk) 06:10, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have limited knowledge in that area and usually do not edit this topic. Grand  master  21:03, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * That's fine. I am just tired of IPs pushing their POVs and the only way I know of stopping it, is to get established editors together to form a consensus. Thanks anyway. --Kansas Bear (talk) 05:21, 4 February 2014 (UTC)