User talk:RaffiKojian/Archive 5

Hovhannes Katchaznouni
Hello, I need your advice in this article, which's one section I proposed to merge to this one called The ARF Has Nothing To Do Anymore (book). --Vitilsky (talk) 11:30, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

The Swallows
Hi Raffi Just a quick note to let you know that I have uploaded a slideshow-song video to YouTube of my song based on the poem "The Swallows" by Gourgen Mahari. The video includes a photo (Dilijan Haghartsin), which you uploaded to wikimedia (duly credited in the description). I hope you approve: The Swallows Kind regards David W Solomons Dwsolo (talk) 19:03, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Plants wiki
I found a user who may be interested in your wiki; see: User talk:Pvirgatum. On another subject, Harriet the tortoise may not have been the oldest living animal. See: List of long-living organisms. --Teratornis (talk) 00:17, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Grom GT
You asked me recently about "Sustainable Gardens" and "Lists of botanical terms". I have looked at plants.am and it seems identical to Wikipedia in set up and much of the material directly from it. Could you please explain to me on my page what the relationship is between this wiki and wikipedia? Granitethighs (talk) 23:41, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Plants.am
Hello Raffi. Your plants wiki looks exciting and I am interested in helping out. I can see the need for something more concise for gardeners although a lot of the content will inevitably be similar. There is not a lot of information regarding the overall aims though and the 'about' page seemed to be empty when I looked. Other than being designed for a specific audience, do the principles and motivation for the project align with those of Wikipedia? Safflle (talk) 17:21, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for that. I also found info that I was looking for here that should go in the about section. It is important before users invest time making contributions that they know you will hold the copyright. Additionally I think there should be some further clarification on what content is or is not acceptable. In particular, as a practical guide I am concerned it could be hijacked as a method of advertising certain products and become cluttered by unverifiable content. If links were then placed on Wikipedia and directed to your wiki then the similar style might lead them to believe they were still on the Wikipedia site. Just an opinion, but I think at least the color scheme should be significantly different just to make it clear that it is a separate Wiki. Safflle (talk) 13:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey Raffi thanks for clearing that up. The new background on the main page looks good....green makes for a much more planty atmosphere too. Safflle (talk) 16:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks --- Ihave been thinking about doing more re. those topics (much less controversy than BLP stuff). Bigdaddy1981 (talk) 20:56, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Մատուռ

 * Բարեվ Ձես! Ես ռուսական Վիքիպեդիայի մասնակից եմ: Ես տեսա որ դուք գիրք եք գրել (B. Kiesling and R. Kojian, "Rediscovering Armenia", Yerevan, 2005, p158.) Հայաստանի մասին: Ես տեղեկություններ էմ հավաքում այս մատուռի մասին: Տարբեր կայքեր տարբեր բաներ էն գրում դրա մասին, մեկը գրում է որ դա մատուռ է, մեկը գրում է որ դա վանք է, ուրիշը որ դա եկեղեցի ե: Ես եղել էմ Լուսհովիտ գյուղում եւ տեսել էմ այդ տեղ մենակ մատուռ: Խնդրում էմ, տեղեկություններ տվեկ ինձ այդ սրբավայրի մասին:
 * P.S. Ներեղություն իմ ուղղագրության համար, ես ապրում էմ Ռուսաստան եվ ստացել էմ մենակ ռուսական կրթություն:--Wikistreet (talk) 16:15, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * P.S.-2 Եթե կարող եք, պաշտպանեք այս:--Wikistreet (talk) 16:19, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Nomination of Armeniapedia.org for deletion
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Armeniapedia.org deletion
Hi Raffi, I'm surprised someone nominated this article for deletion. I was too late for the vote, but I wrote a message to the administrator involved. Maybe Armeniapedia.org can at least be mentioned in other Armenian-related wikipedia articles in passing until the article is allowed back up, or in lieu of. Serouj (talk) 07:50, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Raffi, Please see my comment at the admin's talkpage here. -- Ashot ( talk ) 17:08, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Raffi, please be aware, that Armeniapedia.org is mentioned in the text of a huge list of publications. Below are just some of them:

Unfortunately I do not have access to the texts, so further research is necessary. Full list may be provided upon request. Best, --83.139.40.40 (talk) 16:30, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, was logged out. -- Ashot ( talk ) 16:32, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Also please check this out:. -- Ashot ( talk ) 18:59, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

ITN for History of wine
--This is for the 6,000-year-old winery if you're confused! HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   05:21, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Request for opinion
Hi Raffi, would appreciate very much your opinion at Talk:Drmbon and Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic_names). Thanks. -- Ashot ( talk ) 18:27, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Arba Lijoch


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WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening invitation
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Dashalty
I noticed you made a recent edit there. Do you happen to know of any source material on the Hunut Gorge State Reserve and its past history (back into the Soviet era)? Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 22:46, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link you posted on my talk page. The issue behind my question is the Topkhana Forest article. We have Azeri propaganda sources claiming that there was a national state reserve at "Tophkana Forest" as proof that "Topkhana forest" actually existed. However, the entity actually seems to be the Soviet predecessor of the "Hunot Canyon State Natural-Historical Reserve", so I was trying to find out some sources abut its history. In sources, the proper name of the current reserve seems to vary, if it is mentioned at all, as if there is almost a desire to minimize the fact of its existence (maybe because the governing authorities in Armenia are not the most environmentally friendly lot). Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 15:02, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * I can't see what text you removed, and the link you mention was published 4 days after my additions to Wikipedia, but the article looks fine to me. --RaffiKojian (talk) 06:11, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

2016 Yerevan hostage crisis
Parev Raffi,

I have chose to work on improving the wiki page of 2016_Yerevan_hostage_crisis and would love to hear opinion about what needs to be worked and improved on.

thank you hope to hear from you soon.

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Arshag Chobanian
Please don't put false categories on articles. This author was never an Armenian citizen. He may well have been an ethnic Armenian, but the categories you are trying to push him into aren't ethnic ones but citizenship ones. His citizenship was Ottoman then Turkish after the overthrow of the Ottoman monarchy. Compare: Category:Armenian writers with Category:Ethnic Armenian writers. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:30, 18 June 2018 (UTC)


 * There is no Category:Writers from Turkey as you suggest; that category is titled Category:Turkish writers. In any event, I have initiated the discussion of the category Category:Armenian writers to merge it with Category:Ethnic Armenian writers, as you suggest that the scope of the two categories is identical. We'll see what everyone else thinks. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:58, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

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Begonia sp.
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Marz
Please weigh in on the Marz documents. I found them via the Persian Wikipedia at fa:باردیدزور. Are they comprehensive? Is there a machine-readable list of their names for cities, towns, and villages? Uncle G (talk) 05:58, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
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The Simpsons
Your addition of the Fictional Armenian people category to Principal Skinner is completely and utterly baseless, not to mention ludicrous. There have never been—nor ever will be—any reliable sources for him being an Armenian character. Also read WP:CIRCULAR for why WP itself cannot be used as a source. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 12:25, 16 May 2021 (UTC)


 * You've been on WP long enough to know that's original research, and cannot be used to support inclusion of that category whatsoever. It doesn't matter if every "-ian/yan" name in the world is Armenian—the creators of The Simpsons have never, ever said he's an Armenian character. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 17:21, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I will say "This again?" and revert every single time someone tries to add this unsourced lie to WP. It is absolutely not "harmless" to perpetuate hoax content and lies on an encyclopaedia. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 17:45, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * I don't know what to say when the other user has flat out said that they will remove the mentions of Armenia, and that it is Armenian propaganda. I already posted a warning on their page not to remove content in that manner, which someone had suggested I try. I looked at WP:DR as you suggested, and already seem to be past many of the first steps. The next step in the list suggests requesting a third opinion. So, I kindly request that you give your opinion. I don't know who else to ask, frankly. I have indeed been on Wikipedia a long time, and I don't recall if I've ever reported anyone, but I can't recall an interaction quite like this either. I don't think they have any intention of having a discussion with me. RaffiKojian (talk) 15:22, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I will have a look, and see what I think. JBW (talk) 17:41, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks. RaffiKojian (talk) 18:11, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, I have now looked at the disputed content of the article, and its reference, and I will tell you what I have seen. However, to give a complete account will take more time than I have now, but I shall try to come back to you as soon as I do have time. JBW (talk) 12:40, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. RaffiKojian (talk) 17:23, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Taniel Varoujan
Hello. I'm currently writing an article on Taniel Varoujan in Russian Wikipedia. I have already written a lot but I plan to make at least a "good article" out of it. But this is hindered by my ignorance of the Armenian language (to my shame), I can’t even read. In the Russian section, all of the active Armenian users are either too busy to help me with this or don't know how. I have too many questions about the sources I used (which strongly contradict each other). Could you consult me on the subject or indicate to whom I can write on this issue (ideally, I need a specialist in Armenian literature). I will be very grateful to you for the answer. Sincerely. Smpad (talk) 17:39, 17 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Sorry Smpad, literature really isn't my thing and I can't think of someone to refer you to. I suggest just deciding which source(s) is the most reliable and stick to that one to decide which way to go in the case of a contradiction. RaffiKojian (talk) 05:55, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I am very grateful to you for your answer (you are the first non-Russian Wikipedia member to answer me). I can understand you that literature is not your thing, but Varuzhan can be interesting even purely for his biography. It would be very kind of you if you could consult me on the authority of the following sources:
 * 1. Taniel Varoujan: Life, Work and Times, Marie Rose Abousefian (I am very worried by the belletristic narrative and the author's stories about herself)
 * 2. Articles from V.H. Apelian's blog, namely When a Teacher and a Student Fall in Love (1): Taniel and Araxie and Unlike Feathers: The Poet and The Freedom Fighter
 * Sincerely. Smpad (talk) 08:41, 19 March 2023 (UTC)