User talk:Lysozym/Archives/2014/Apr

Hazara people
Why the "related ethnic groups" parameter is removed from Hazara people article? They are related to other Iranic peoples, specifically other Persian-speaking groups like Central Asian Persians (Tajiks) and Iranian Persians. I know this parameter caused a heat on some articles, but it's good to provide more details than removing a parameter. Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. Regards. --Zyma (talk) 17:42, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Talk-back
--Mossadegh-e Mihan-dust (talk) 17:19, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Take a look at this
http://books.google.com/books?id=wXejvEgKs9oC&pg=PA206&dq=soviets+changed+Persian+alphabet&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1KJHU6D8KeG3sATCsYD4Dg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=soviets%20changed%20Persian%20alphabet&f=false

Is this POV do you think? To me it reads more like history. No? Cheers.

Dr. Persi (talk) 09:27, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

I must be out of my mind. I am here online after having worked for 24 hours straight, spending my sleeping time trying to enrich what I consider to be one of the most beautiful and inclusive cultures in the world. To think how our ancestors might have lived. How they would have suffered from attacks from the Mongols and the Arab armies. To think that our history and indeed history of all our brothers in middleast, asia and even Europe even that of those who invaded us is filled with conflict, and sorrow. It is tiring when you think about it all. It is a sobering experience. Makes you realize how small you are. It also makes me realize one thing brother: It makes you realize of the power of division. Power of division that drives brothers against brothers. But heck this is just a free philosophy lesson from an old man to a likely younger one ;)

Dr. Persi (talk) 10:36, 11 April 2014 (UTC)


 * This is not a political issue. It's about writing a good and neutral article. By using good and reliable sources. Nobody would ever deny that Ferdowsi was a Persian and that he wrote in Persian. And nobody denies that "Tajik" is just another word for the more common "Persian". Yet, there is no justification for not mentioning or even criticizing the use of the common Tajik spelling for Ferdowi's name. It is just a transliteration, and since the Cyrillic script is the only officially recognized writing system for Persian in Central Asia, it is as relevant for this article as the Perso-Arabic spelling of his name.
 * I have also added the known fact to the name section that his name is to be pronounced with a diphthong. The "ow" in "Ferdowsi" is to be pronounced like the "ow" in "flower". Not only because it is an Arabic laqab, but also because that was (and still is) the original pronunciation of the name in Persian. --Lysozym (talk) 19:02, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Tajik people
Protected for a week - copyvio and I'm wondering about sockpuppets, not sure. Dougweller (talk) 20:50, 8 April 2014 (UTC)


 * thank you anyway! --Lysozym (talk) 00:29, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Why did you revert the article "Tajik People" and reduced the list of tajiks? The article that i added had a credible and reliable book references too. Please state the reason for your actions? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.106.52.178 (talk) 14:53, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

"Tajik People" Reason for your actions?
Please provide the reason for reverting back the article. You have provided no reason and reverted the article back.
 * There are plenty of reasons. 1) Your edits are no improvements at all. 2) Your edits are copyvio. 3) You have no sources for your edits (and the ones you provide clearly fail WP:RS). 4) You flood the infobox of the article with irrelevant pictures. 5) You revert without even reading the earlier edits, for example, you have reverted back to a version with wrong numbers and sources which I had previously cleaned up. These are just 5 reasons. --Lysozym (talk) 11:50, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Iranian peoples template/navbox
Hi. I've created this template: Template:Iranian peoples. Please edit and improve it. Some ethnic groups are removed by an editor (Aimaqs and Hazaras). I'm a semi-retired Wikipedian and maybe I won't participate on En WP anymore. Regards. Bye. --Zyma (talk) 05:29, 30 April 2014 (UTC)