User talk:Tombseye/Archive2

Re: Pashtuns
Hey, thanks. I'll do the Iranian peoples page some time, one of the things that needs to be fixed is the numbers at the Turkish people page. 1 million in Syria?? And look at the source for it. As for the Persian Jews, I suggest you leave a comment on the talk page over there. It's pretty much a battleground on that page - Iranian editors vs. Jewish editors: The final throwdown.

BTW, you should really archive your talk page. &mdash;Khoikhoi 08:20, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey
First of all, thanks for your great contributions to Iran-related articles, just one small thing..can you please see Help:Edit summary:


 * "When editing an article, there is a small field labeled "Summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:


 * [[Image:Edit_Summary-2.png|Edit summary text box]]


 * It is highly recommended that one fill in the edit summary field, as it makes it easier for you and your fellow contributors to understand what has changed, and is helpful when going through the history of the page."


 * Keep up the excellent work, -- - K a s h  Talk 19:12, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Erased
Tombseye, I dont know if I'm wrong but somebody erased most of your chat page! Afghan Historian 03:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Lawrence of Arabia
I think you might know something on this. I've been reading on Lawrence of Arabia (TE Lawrence) online to improve the wiki article and alot of people seem to hold him accountable for the problems in the Middle East today, particularly the Levant (Israel/Palestine/Lebanon/Jordan/western Syria). I was under the impression that he tried to solve some of those problems in the end, just to get rejected. Would you find him at fault for what happened in the region or would you pin the blame on Allenby and the British politicians? Afghan Historian 03:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Armenians
Hi, you might want to see this. &mdash;Khoikhoi 23:33, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

1) Majority of Armenians are not from the region (if by region you mean Transcaucasus). There are between 10-14 million Armenians around the world, maximum 3-5 million (that includes inhabitants of ROA as well as those in Iran and Russia, a good number of them are descendants of Genocide survivors from Western Armenia) can trace their ancestry to the Caucasus. The majority are of Western Armenia. Point being Pontic Greeks are not exactly identical to mainland Greeks.

2) I have no objection towards removing Greeks. It's generally assumed that the two are related among both communities based on cultural similarities etc. In addition there's the Graeco-Armenian hypothesis and Classical sources claiming Armenian origins in South-Eastern Europe.

3) It's not about Azerbaijan.

4) You can mention the studies (which are still inconclusive like all similar studies, hell there are genetic studies linking Armenians to Hungarians, Ashkhenazi Jews, Italians, Portuguese and Kurds!!!!) in the ROA page since the test subjects were from there. But in no way does that apply to Armenians in general even if it was sound and valid.

I look forward to your response; nevertheles, here are compromise suggestions:

a) Leave Hamshens only b) Keep Other Caucasus people (which is still problematic), I means Kalmyks live in the Caucasus as well as Greeks. --Eupator 03:20, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I have no time for a proper response now but i'll get back to you tomorrow. I still very strongly disagree with such a controversial inclusion based on a language replacement theory and some studies reminiscent of drug testing studies conducted by pharmaceutical companies.--Eupator 03:49, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Heh, yeah. Have you seen the history of the Turkish people page today? You-know-who decided to pay us a visit. &mdash;Khoikhoi 04:14, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Vote on Iranian People
Tombseye, Thanks for letting me know about this vote. I will paticipated in it. Mehrdad 02:48, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I have to let you know that I think what you did there to target users like that is not appreciated. -- - K a s h  Talk 10:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Input on the nationalist test
Thanks for your input, could you please see the talk page :) - FrancisTyers 08:49, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Iranian peoples
No, I disagree. We should really keep the page. So far there's no consensus on the voting, is there any sort of compromise you could think of? &mdash;Khoikhoi 02:19, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I know, it's ridiculous. I think the article is fine as it is right now. I suspect that some of the users voting are using sockpuppets, I'm going to list some of them at WP:RFCU. &mdash;Khoikhoi 04:09, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


 * P.S. - try asking User:Kilhan to vote. &mdash;Khoikhoi 04:10, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Could you please prevent them from doing so... other compromises (Azeris are contributing to Iranian culture and history) are what I have not problems with. Or state in the article that some Iranians claim that Azeris belong to Iranian group, claiming such and such source abdulnr 14:35, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I think many of the pages related to Iran and Iranian history have strong bias, they don’t comply with the rules and contradict the facts that are general knowledge, which compromises the encyclopedic value of the articles. It is evident even in such articles as Safavid dynasty or Ismail I. I think we need to attract the attention of the community to what’s going on in Iranian people and other articles. Here’s the source they provided to prove that Azeris are Iranian people, it is called Language of Azeri People and Pan-Turkism. I’m not going to comment on it, see for yourself. Someone needs to explain to them that you cannot decide on belonging of certain people to certain ethnic group by voting, things like that should be based on academic researches. Grandmaster 16:20, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


 * ArbCom? No, that's only used as a last resort. (I'm in one, by the way) Hopefully this will be resolved once the voting's over. If not, I'm sure we could come to some sort of compromise. &mdash;Khoikhoi 15:52, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Kizilbash
I did some writing in the article Kizilbash. Could you please have a look at it?! Some feedback would be really helpful. Thx Tajik 23:47, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

There is an slight impasse btw us and Tajik, specifically about intro - Kizilbash is "predominantly Turkic origin (with others for good measure) " vs " people of diverse ethnic backgrounds (no mention of Turkic majority)" abdulnr 20:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I am not disputing the fact that the Turcoman Kizilbash were the largest and most infleuntal group. I am just against your version that this should be mentioned in the intro. The intro should only mention that the Kizilbash were a "militant religious group of different ethnic backgrounds". The special role of the Turcomans as well as all the Non-Turkic tribes who made up the movement are mentioned in detail in the article. Tajik 21:33, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Seems like a minor point we can agree on. Tombseye, please pass your independent judgement when you have time. Rgs abdulnr 21:55, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

On the different note - if you go to other say of History of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan there is amazingly little discussion, as if there are no controvershy. It seems History of Caucasus causes people more problems than of Central Asia. I wonder why abdulnr 15:27, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

I think we resolved Kizilbash issue. Pls, pay a visit anyway and check for yrsf abdulnr 01:45, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

You-know-who
This is why, in case you haven't noticed already, the Turkish people, Ardahan, and Zaza People pages are currently semi-protected. :p &mdash;Khoikhoi 18:43, 7 May 2006 (UTC)


 * As for Iranian peoples, I think there's still room for compromise. They're a lot more reasonable than you they are. I prefer "Iranian" over "Iranic", because it is much more common. I'll put forth some more suggestions on the talk page eventually, but don't worry about it. BTW, have you seen this? &mdash;Khoikhoi 18:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Well the compromise might be a creation of Turko-Iranian Peoples article that should discuss interrelationship of these two peoples over centuries. Current one is very sparse. abdulnr 19:35, 7 May 2006 (UTC)


 * We already have the Iranian Turks article, which is a term that I've quite frankly never really heard of. Yeah, I saw the map, have no idea why Dagestanis are included. Weird. As for Inanna, yeah, you should see some of the stuff going on at Talk:Armenian Genocide. But if she ever tries to talk to you, just remember one of Wikipedia's policies, don't feed the troll. Cheers, &mdash;Khoikhoi 00:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * P.S. - don't forget to add your email to your preferences. &mdash;Khoikhoi 00:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Iranian Turks is really a non-article, quite disorganized. Need to do smth about it.Btw, where are you in UK? London? See also Turko-Iranian abdulnr 21:01, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I am doing something on the History of Turkmenistan. please help editing when you have time abdulnr 22:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Have you seen the Ancient Azari language article by any chance? &mdash;Khoikhoi 23:41, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hehehehe, you did the right thing. :) &mdash;Khoikhoi 23:45, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Turkmens and History of Turkmenistan
Thanks for the interest! Could we do the following= Turkmen article currently refers to two separate people in Turkmenistan and Iraq. Turkmenistan Turkmen probably need a separate page and a collage photo like Azeris, Iranians etc, I can suggest you three four photos. Actually there is quite a lot to do, not many Turkmens around to help us abdulnr 01:37, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi
Can you enable your e-mail address please? --ManiF 06:48, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I will contact you by the end of the weekend. --ManiF 07:26, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Check this out:
Look what I came across while searching on Google:

"Vote for Iranian Turks on Wikipeida"

Apparently now we're "separatists". :D Now I'm quite convinced that these people have no idea what the definition of "Iranian peoples" actually is. They seem to have come up with something by themselves. &mdash;Khoikhoi 18:45, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


 * That’s how they enlist supporters and that’s why there were so many anons and newly created accounts, who took part in voting. Grandmaster 18:59, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


 * The signature of the guy who posted that points to a blog owned by someone who calls himself "Persian Magi" . Maybe someone should ask User:Persian Magi if he knows anything about this, and point him to WP:SOCK? Lukas (T. 19:12, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Good find. Coincidentally, he's the same one who set the deadline for the voting. &mdash;Khoikhoi 01:55, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah that was a good find. Sheesh. I had no idea this was that important of an issue. At any rate, I really think this is just absurd to argue with anons (who may be sockpuppets) with little history or credibility anyway. Tombseye 03:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

No man
I still think we should continue to discuss things. The anon has made a new section on the talk page that requests for people to define what "Iranian peoples" is with references, and I suggest you check it out. Meanwhile I'll archive the talk page, it's getting pretty big. Don't give up! &mdash;Khoikhoi 03:02, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks! I'll make a picture when I have the time, I'm really busy right now. As for the Hist of Turkmenistan article, I suggest you add a lot of links like you did to Iranian peoples. Then I can eventually convert them into references. (I'll do the same for the Iranian ppls page, but I'll wait until the conflict is over) Hey, have you seen this? I think we should tell our friend 203.48.45.194 to log in... &mdash; Khoikhoi 03:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hmmm, yeah, the problem is, I have some guy ranting on my talk page about how "Georgians are talented" and "Georgians should be part of EU", etc, etc. I hope the compromise at Georgia (country) works, however. BTW, a sock puppet is defined as an account holder. An IP address is not an account. &mdash; Khoikhoi 04:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I agree. You've done a great job, congrats! &mdash; Khoikhoi 04:32, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

BTW...
I noticed you mentioned the Judeo-Tats. Are the Mountain Jews the same people? Also see the Tats article. &mdash; Khoikhoi 04:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Also, do the Turkomen of Iraq speak Turkmen or Turkish? &mdash; Khoikhoi 16:13, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Just noticed there's already a Iraqi Turkoman page as well. &mdash; Khoikhoi 16:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Ah, so I guess the languages section of the Demographics of Iraq article should be changed. It still points to the Turkmen language article. &mdash; Khoikhoi 16:24, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Lol. &mdash; Khoikhoi 16:27, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Theoretically they speak vernacular close to Azeri, but it is heavily influenced by Turkish across the border. Iraqi Turkoman is not an literary language, so they use Turkish of Turkey for the purpose. We need a bit more on the Iraqi Turkomans in that article as well. Definetely their language is not as close to Turkmen as Azeri and Turkish. abdulnr 23:03, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Central Asia
You are absolutely welcome, I wouldn't consider anyone to be butting in unless they came to my user page cursing at me. If you have anyone else who might share this interest (I've already contacted Abdulnr) then please feel free to invite them over to my discussion page which will be the temporary home of this plan. Aelfthrytha 04:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Question
Hey, could you please cite a source that shows that "Central Asian Turks who remain a large segment of the population that has been moving to Turkey for centuries"? Also see the talk page, thanks. &mdash; Khoikhoi 17:44, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Also, sorry for bugging you so much, but could you check out the discussion here? &mdash; Khoikhoi 23:40, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Heh, it's not possible, it's final. :( Oh well, I'm glad that's all over with. &mdash; Khoikhoi 00:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Iranian peoples
Hello. You might be interested in this article of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911". It has some useful, historically-documented information about the meaning of the word "Iran" and about the ancient inhabitants of this country and how they were discribed by Greeks. Tajik 13:18, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Turk-
Yeah man, I highly suggest you stay away from Turk-related articles. Consider it a topical ban. ;) BTW, Zmmz sent me an email:


 * you are welcome to use this in iranian ppls article discussion page under tombseye s comments,


 * Genetic studies have already placed Azeris firmly into the Iranian group. This was published in 2000 by a 25 man research team led by Richardson. the statement below confuses Georgians and Armenians with Azeris. Georgians are kartvelian and of a different gene pool, although this is an oversimplificaiton. The Ossetians of Georgia (I am part-ossete) speak northern Iranian Avestan - they and the Armenians share the same genes as Azeris (found in the same study). The Kurds are also the same as Azeris genetically. Kuyurds, azeris, Ossetians and Armenians are of the U5 gene pool - the same as Europeans. The U5 is found in south, east and southwest, but less so due to earlier Elamite and Aramaic asimilations - in the woutheast with the Barhui.


 * Now it is true that parts of Arran were settled with kartvelians and parts of our own Azerbaijan as well - however the genetic studies have firmly confirmed Azeris as Iranians. This study seems to annoy pan-Turkists who now claim that Turkish tribes have been indigenous to Azerbaijan and Khuzistan for 10,000 years. Again these claims do not stand up to scientific scrutiny.


 * The reference for the genetic study is below (note the large number of international researchers):


 * Tracing European founder lineages in the Near Eastern mtDNA pool. American Journal of Human Genetics, 67, pages1251-1276, 2000.


 * good luck
 * zmmz

I know the issue is pretty much over, but you might want to check it out. &mdash; Khoikhoi 16:50, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Which Azeris though - I presume in the south?. I actually have a theory developed while working on Turkmens. You see all Oghuz Turks have Meditteranean (largely) features, unlike Chagatai and Kipchak Turks - 2 other branches. It is known from Arabic sources (don;t remember where though, you can help me on this) that Oghuz Turks were already Caucasoid by the time they settled in Transoxania after coming from Altay. So it may be that they mixed with Iranian population there in 8th century - and then much later ( a large time gap!) in 11-12th migrated to Az. and Turkey, in which case genetics, which does not distinguish between native Iranian and transoxanian (eastern) Iranian elements is hard to interpret. If this is not the case then arises the question how such small group of people was able to impose their culture through the whole of the area. So in summary - it is a mass migration  of already mixed Turko-Iranic Oghuz tribes to Middle East and Turkey.abdulnr 23:47, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah - i need to find a reference to original Oghuz Turks being already Mediterranean. I am not going to add this into Azeris page until that is confirmed abdulnr 20:24, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

- he he I am coming from different prospective. If they are placated good for them... Plus Northern Az. where I am from is probably less iranian than native Caucasian anyway. abdulnr 00:01, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Yeah I kinda realised that shortly after wards..but I always thought Iranians and Indians to be of the same root of Indo-Aryans branch of Indo-European, it seems that infact Indo-Aryan and Iranian are different branch under Indo-Iranian, of Indo-European? Lol could it possibly get any more confusing? :) -- - K a s h  Talk 22:04, 14 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah good job. I think after a general clean up, especially in the references, we can nominate it for good or featured article status, that'd definately make it all worth while -- - K a s h  Talk 22:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Can you
Please revert this vandal he was blocked for 3RR but I can't revert it anymore. Thanks, -- - K a s h  Talk 16:20, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks man. Yeah he is blocked from editing for breaking WP:3RR. Lol it is the second time in the last few days I have been called a "monarchist" for keeping an eye out on monarch's articles -- - K a s h  Talk 16:33, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Pashtuns
Its hilarious how new users are voting in favour of something like that. There has to be a policy against this! -- - K a s h  Talk 21:08, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome to remove the picture. Khoikhoi said he is busy, I am sure he will do a collage when he has time. Pashtun vs Pathan is another meaningless discussion similar in spirit to our Azeri inclusion in Iranian Peoples... sometimes arguments are not enought abdulnr 23:52, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Pashtun is the correct name. The Pathan is used by people in other parts od South Asia.
 * Siddiqui 22:28, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Turks
Hi, when you have the time, could you reply to this? &mdash; Khoikhoi 00:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's exactly who I was thinking of as well. Jeez, that Turkmenbashi is really weird. I believe he recently renamed all the days to things like "my mother", and "the flag". He's another one of those dictators who think everyone should read his book every night. So we have two so far: Magtymguly Pyragy and Saparmurat Niyazov. The problem is, I even checked several books and I can't find anyone besides these two. Perhaps you could find some other Turkmen heros. (Although Turkmenbashi is hardly a hero).


 * Interesting people, the Turkmen. They're only a generatinon or two removed from being nomads. Plus they've allowed their cities to become predominantly populated by other peoples. I guess most of them prefer village life.


 * Anyways, you think I should propose to move the Oghuz Turks page to Oğuz Turks? I know the former spelling is much more common, but thanks to development of the UTF charsets as the browser standard, we can now see in the browser the exact word, so the original form of the word can be written.


 * Salam aleykum. ("peace by with you" in Turkmen) &mdash; Khoikhoi 02:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)


 * No, I'd rather learn Spanish personally. I'm going to Israel this summer for a month, so no need to use Turkish there. Yeah, but at least Lukashenko isn't obsessed with himself, or is he? My personal favorite is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the Kalmyk Republic in Russia. His Chess City idea has to possibly be the dumbest idea I've ever heard of. Talk about leaders treating their countries as playgrounds. I could do a better job than him.


 * As for Oghuz, I should probably ask Saposcat on that one. He's the Turkish literature guy here. Yeah, I've always supported using the native names of cities, like in National Geographic. Wikipedia has this "use English" rule however, so changing Turin to Torino won't be so easy, and it will probably take more years because people are so reluctant to switch. &mdash; Khoikhoi 05:14, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I was away and will be again for a week - but I am struggling to find a world renown personality in Turkmenistan worth mentioning - that is why for the picture I would like to add the generic turkmen girl in trad. attire. BUT: There are plenty of underreported heroes like banned writer Esenov or Shikmuradov, leader of opposition languishing in a real dungeon. I think these people deserve mention? Turkmenbashi is mad but not suicidal, he knows how to choose friends, and stays clear of making trouble, and he has a lot of natural gas. This is in short an answer, why he will never be in the axis of evil. abdulnr 22:51, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Azerbaijani people
Hi. Do you think the following phrase that was copied from Iranian peoples is appropriate in the article about Azerbaijani people? It’s not connected with the text, as the article is not about the group of language speakers.

Due to historical ties with various ancient Iranians[1] and cultural ties with Persians[2], some sources also include Azaris/Azeris as an Iranian people, although the modern Azerbaijani language is a Turkic language and the issue remains highly debated.[3]

Grandmaster 05:35, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, they are just trying to make a point. If I remove it myself, they will immediately accuse me of various things. But the way it is now is also not appropriate. Maybe you can try to explain to the anonymous User:72.57.230.179 that it’s not the way it’s done here? But also be sure to check his block log to have understanding who you’re dealing with. Grandmaster 05:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I think that is their purpose. They just want to present Azeri people a certain way, apparently for political reasons. Thanks for your efforts to keep the article factually accurate. Grandmaster 06:03, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Azeri Wikiproject
Great, thanks for joining, we really need knowledgeable contributors like you. Cheers. Grandmaster 06:32, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


 * True, and now you are a formal member. I’m really glad. Feel free to edit our Wikiproject page, and add any information or announcement you deem necessary. Grandmaster 06:39, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Great. I’ll try to be helpful as well. Also some recent edits to the History of Azerbaijan are questionable, it would be nice on part of those editors to discuss such changes on the talk page prior to making them. I’ll post my message there soon. Grandmaster 06:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


 * yes most welcome to wikiproject azeri! Karabakh 12:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Georgia is Europe
Ok. In what ways is Georgia not European? Please, do not make the argument, that Georgia was under Greeks, Romans and etc. We never were part of Romans or Greeks and it helped us to keep our unique language that is spoken only in Georgia. Sorry, but your argument makes no sense. It shows your lack of knowledge about Georgian Culture. Georgia was European, when it was free from Russian, Turks, Romans and Greeks. In adiition, please do not post again the statement, which us absurd in all ways.Sosomk 11:28, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I am sorry, I realize that I was not being nice calling your statements absurdity, but I just wanted to say that Georgia is Europe historically and culturally, despite its neighbours. I can kind of tell why you made that point about the Caucasus in general, because you know about the neighbour provinces from the North. If we despite their religion I can also provide an argument why Georgia is completely European country, because the way that Georgians lived before christianity is totally similar to other Europeans lives before Christianity. The argument about the minority religions in the Caucasus can also be attacked from another point of view. You know that Eatern Europe is kind of complicated in terms of the religion, because you know about Kosovo and Albania. So, even though that Georgia became Christian in 325 (second Christian Nation in the world) I believe that there is nothing wrong in having other minorities in Europe, such as Chechnya, Kosovo and Albania, because the world should be treating people good, despite their religious beliefs. I don't wish to argue with you any more and once more I apologize for using inappropriate terms about you. I just have to deal with lots of people who do not know about Georgia at all and you are definitely not one of them. Yours Truly Sosomk 22:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Horror/Collaboration of the month
Hi! I noticed your name on the WikiProject Horror membership list and am writing to all members who have not voted for the Collaboration of the month. Today is the designated selection day to choose the collaboration, but we currently have a tie between the two articles receiving the most votes, John Carpenter and Dario Argento. I am hoping to remedy this by drumming up a few more votes. Note that by voting for any nominated article (not limited to these two) you are indicating your "commitment to support and aid in collaborating on that specific article if it is chosen," so please feel absolutely free to ignore this message if for any reason you don't wish or would not be able to participate.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:59, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

We have a winner!

Thanks with regards to picture on Pakistan page
Thanks Tombseye for putting in that picture of Jinnah addressing the nation in place of the other one. It resolves the conflict (which was getting pretty ugly!) and is much more relevant to that particular section than another picture of solo Jinnah or one with him and Gandhi, which justs inflames passions on both sides. Thanks a lot! Afghan Historian 23:08, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Israel et al.
Yeah, I'm only going to Israel though. Unfortunately not the occupied territories. :( The first website I find when I type that in on Google is some anti-Arab webiste. Some people will do anything to get at the top of Google. Anyways, I'm going all over the (very tiny) country, including a vist to Bedouin and Druze villages, so that will be awesome. The only thing I need to remember is not to open my eyes in the Dead Sea.

As for the nightlife, I'm sure a hookah will be involved. ;) &mdash; Khoikhoi 05:05, 25 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure about the Golan Heights, but that would be cool. I hear a lot of people go up there to ski. I like the userboxes man, I never knew there was one for ethnic groups. I like my user page as it is right now. As for the map, I suggest you directly bring it up with User:Imperial78 or go to Talk:Iranian languages. I think he'd be happy to hear from your input. Adios. &mdash; Khoikhoi 19:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey Tombseye, some anon just added some genetic info at Turkish people . I copyedited it, but could you double-check to make sure it's accurate? Thanks, and be careful. ;) &mdash; Khoikhoi 17:44, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Latest stuff
Hmmm, I suggest we contact National Geographic on this one. Remind me to do it sometime. As for the second thing, you might want to check out Words to avoid. Make sure the page goes in according to the guidelines there. Thanks for fixing the Turkish people page. Yeah, I'm not much of a horror guy, I prefer action. Ever seen Total Recall? &mdash; Khoikhoi 02:55, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, good 'ol Steve! I'll email him sometime. I've been pretty lazy recently. Ciao. &mdash; Khoikhoi 21:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm sure it will have a chance, but the thing is, you get tired of editing the same articles after awhile. I think you should just move on and possibly return to it someday. I remember Arnold saying once, "I am a Republican because I believe the Communists are evil". Gee, I didn't the Commies were much of a problem anymore... &mdash; Khoikhoi 22:27, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, tell me about it. :( What do you think of my quote? &mdash; Khoikhoi 23:06, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Kash nominated Iranian ppls for Good Article. So after that the next step is peer review. Adios! &mdash; Khoikhoi 17:39, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Pashtun
I noticed you nominated Pashtun ppl for FA, you might try peer review first... &mdash; Khoikhoi 04:01, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Naw, I don't strongly think that. Let's just see what others have to say first. I gotta go now. &mdash; Khoikhoi 04:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Cool. Let me know if I can help with something. deeptrivia (talk) 04:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hiya! I'll have a look but the almost constant criticisms have made me keep a bit of distance from Pashtun..I think a good article nominee would be better suited because the disputes come in fast and thick..about the pashto movie industry I am afraid it's become quite sleazy have a look at a separate wikipedia entry on Pollywood..also have a look at these two articles. ..some of the pashto..horror/porn B grade movies have even been mentioned as video nasties by one movie mag I forget which..on the positive side pashto was shown on screen in Hollywoods Rambo 3 ..where Sly allies with pashtun tribesmen Mujahidin against the Ruskies..and more recently Michael Winterbottoms Movie In this world was shot mostly in Pashto the movies won several awards and despite poor distribution it is a high quality movie. Also if you are mentioning movies you have to mention the movie version of yousaf Khan Sherbano..I am looking for a poster the movie was made in the 1970's and broke local box office records at the time..the sector turned sleazy in the late 70's after a conservative military government came into power. As for arts I've mentioned dances and made a section for some of them..for more check out these two links http://www.khyber.org and  http://www.pashtoacademy.8m.com/ --Zak 15:04, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hiya again T..i forgot to mention Nauroz is celebrated in parts of the pashtun belt mostly those areas which are more Persian influenced like in Afghanistan..yeah you are right it's an unfortunate paradox about conservatism and sleaze..I suppose thats life irrespective of which ethnicity or religion..but the pakistani movie industry as a whole has been in sharp decline since the 1980's when it started being dominated by sleaze..on the other hand there has been an increase in DVD movies of both comediac and propaganda use http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/05/12/10039333.html ..several Pashto TV channels are now running in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well..if you are working on anything specific and need help do tell I am stuck on fixing two articles right now Khudai Khidmatgar and Abdul Wali Khan but I'd be happy to help if you have specific areas you want checked or suggestions on.. --Zak 17:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Well wowzers ..thats a lot of work thats been put in that..a few General comments before I answer your question 1)Perhaps replacing Ayub Khan with/or adding Ghulam Ishaq Khan as an example of Pashtun presence in Pakistans power structure. 2) Some mention of Squash because of the Khans of Nawan Kali dominance of the sport as well 3)One can argue that the founder of the first Pakhtun/Afghan dynasty were in fact the Khiljis and Lodhis of India..Sher Shah Suri is considered one of the greatest Afghan/pashtun Kings of South Asia after all and in a specific pashtun nationalist basis one should mention Mirwai Khan Hotak who predated Ahmed Shah Durrani 4) Have you seen this link ? http://www.geocities.com/turlandi2000/history1.html 5)It's a misconception to cite the usage of the Burqa as a pakhtun trait in fact in most villages it was not uncommon for women to work unveiled because of the nature of the village environment the burqa is a more urban phenomenon and by that virtue quite recent 6) I feel uncomfortable with the word Punjabi pathans it seems like an oxymoron..Hindko speakers I'd be fine with because they are a distinctive community of their own.. 7) I have a picture I uploaded on wikipedia that kept getting pulled which illustrated the patrilineal tree line for pashtuns it might be useful for a separate "pathan" page 8) Historically pashtuns have shifted between Nationalism and Pan Islamism case in point for most of the 20th century in Pakistan and Afghanistan religious groups had a very minor role in politics it was only because of the Russian invasion and International support for the "mujahideen" that the communities in both sides of the border swung to the far right.

All in all good effort I think start with gettig a Good article nomination so little things can get sorted out first and then move on to formal peer review..that won't be a pleasant experience speaking from personal experience lol .. but critisicm is what makes things improve. --Zak 21:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi. I have added some info in Pashtun page. I would appreciate your comments.
 * Siddiqui 18:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * It's looking good Tombseye. Let me read the whole thing this evening, and I'll come back to you. deeptrivia (talk) 20:04, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I will review the article and give you my opinion. It looks great on initial read.
 * Siddiqui 21:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow, it looks great! I'd rather leave this one to the "experts", as I don't think I could really give any good criticism. Hasta la vista. &mdash; Khoikhoi 23:42, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Looking good ...perhaps a passing comment on the Khudai Khidmatgar movement is needed but it didn't effect all pashtuns as much as it did the British occupied branch fo them..also perhaps a comment on the former caste system of the pashtuns of swat? If you check the term hindkowans is used more often than Hindko speakers I am surrpised Brittanica used teh term punjabi pathans because many hindko speakers would find that insulting..otherwise extremely well done..

--Zak 18:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey Tombseye, could you mention the efforts of Khudai Khidmatgars and especially Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in ending the British Empire, and their persecution after 1947? deeptrivia (talk) 12:48, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


 * you've got my vote TE..the hindko identity is very vague because most of the pure hindko speakers particularly in the hazara and attock belt whether of pashtun origin or non pashtun origin have suppressed their own identity in favour of a "pakistani" identity..the same does not apply so much to the hindko speakers of peshawar, nowshera and kohat many of whom are bilngual and some oddly fanactically good at doing "pakhto" ..anyway I look forward to seeing this as a featured article soon... --Zak 20:59, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
I've removed my nomination from the list. I'm going to try to find some images for the Pashtun article, any that are needed? &mdash; Khoikhoi 03:48, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

article help
Hey Tombs I am planning on working on two articles this weekend and was hoping for your input Khan Wali Khan and Khudai Khidmatgar they need some heavy copy editing and clean up I have the template of what improvements on Khan Wali Khan on my talk page if you have a few minutes see if you can sort out bits and bobs and I'll try wrapping up at least one of em this weekend..Thanks --Zak 18:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Can you have a look
Hey, can you please have a look at the Aryan invasion theory and Azerbaijani people when you have some time?, I think there are some POV issues. --K a s h Talk 10:55, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Your dedication is inspiring :) --K a s h Talk 17:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Dog Day Afternoon
Removed the obvious unneeded links, will try to copyedit a little deeper late tommorow if my connection permits. However, I hope the article rises to the standard to garner your full support. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Lo siento for my late reply
That really sucks about Steve, I don't know what his problem is. Has he ever heard of fair use? (Hopefully he doesn't read this) See the collage at Turkish people? It's not one image, but just a clever way of having 4 up there. Perhaps we could do the same for Pashtuns, you just have to make everything just the right size, or the whole thing will get off. Nice work on the page btw, it's really starting to look great. I'll try to find some pictures, but it's harder than you think!

Take care. &mdash; Khoikhoi 04:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Iranian peoples
Yeah..sure should we do like a little task box for it or do you think its almost there? oh by the way, I have a question for you, I have been working on Zoroastrians in Iran, but reference section is a mess, do you know how to fix it up? Thanks! don't worry about it! --K a s h Talk 18:24, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Awesome work
Hey, the artwork section you added to Watchmen was awesome. Good work.--DCAnderson 22:12, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Panjabi Pashtuns
Tomb, sorry for replying late. I have never heard about the Panjabi Pashtuns, if a Pashtun man married a Panjabi woman dosn't give any prove to call them as Panjabi Pashtuns while if there offsprings chatting in Pashto, hindko is just a common major towns language as same as urdu in Karachi otherwise Pashtun tribes keep chatting in pashto amongst them, will you reckoned Utmanzais as Panjabi Pashtuns and other comparively smaller pashtuns, Or major tribes like Yousafzais, Swatis, Tareens, Mashwanis and Jadoons as Panjabi Pashtuns? It's hurting and even insulting - Is it accepted to mind that I start reckoned Pashtuns living in interior sindh as sindhi pashtuns or baloch dominating areas as baloch pashtuns or in karachi as Urdu pashtun? Even Khattaks and other major tribes those who chatting in hindko in kohat, peshawar and DIkhan etc as panjabi pashtuns, believe me all the above mentioned tribes do not accept hindko as their mother tongue, their mother tongue is Pashto without any doubt. If you think that I have made some contributions by taking part in debates to solve some issues on Pashtun talk page then I hope you will delete Panjabi Pashtuns from Pashtun article esp when it is a featured one now! The tribes/people like Dhond, karals, Abbassis and many more do chat in hindko as their mother tongue, they could be mentioned as just hindkowans due to their language hindko. Thanks      Haider 22:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Highly appreciated for your quick changes regarding hindkowans. Every tribe/people are respectable whether pashtun or non pashtun and they should be mentioned as different nations rather than to mingle them. I would congratulate you for your efforts to make it a featured article, It will be more glorious if you add/mention the father of ghazals Ameer Hamza Shinwari (of 20th century, 1907-94) with the great Khushal Khan Khattak and Rahman Baba, his crendentials are highly admired by the Pashtun people. Kindly count also how many times "Irani" had been used in Pashtun article, if somewhere it is unneccessary than you may remove it. Looking forward for some great work. Thanks!    Haider 00:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Dog Day Afternoon
The cast table has been moved, per a suggestion (which makes sense for films, I just got used to an early cast table from editing Cheers). The article has also undergone further copyediting by Zepheus. Hope it will garner your full support now. Thanks! Staxringold talkcontribs 22:48, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks!--DCAnderson 00:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


 * You just spent a long day at the library didn't you ;)


 * Thanks, I nearly had a heart attack when I saw that list of objections.--DCAnderson 03:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)



Awesome, I guess all we can do now, is wait.--DCAnderson 01:22, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Pollywood
Hey Tomb, You have already done it and there is no need to put yourself emphasizing on Pollywood. There is only one film industry in Pakistan existing in Lahore and is famous as Lollywood, a film industry was in Karachi also but later shifted to Lahore compeletely. Pollywood would be a new name for Pashtuns and would become astonished to explore in your featured article. I hope that you will consider it when esp working on a glorious featured article? I will keep myself in touch to make it more precious as I can see your great efforts already. Take great care. Haider 23:08, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey friend, Why don't you add "Tumbal" (Tambourine)a very famous musical instrument are bieng used by Pashtun women/girls esp in wedding ceremonies? That's for sure will delight Pashtun featured article     Haider 12:48, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for adding "Tumbal". Add "Swara" also in which male aggrassors/culprits give their innocent girl to rival party for compensation and compromise, fortunately this regretful act of custom is getting weaker and weaker now, due to some higher increading literacy rate awareness amongst Pashtuns male and female aswell. This could be added slighlty in Pashtun women.   Take care.      Haider 21:55, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


 * You are welcome! I added "Lokhay Warkawal" literally means 'giving a Pot' in Pashtunwali, kindly check its grammer if required? One more thing which has to be mentioned that Pashtunwali must comprise the Pashtuns way of life only, but I have seen Bani Israel theory in it, which is already in Pashtuns article on its very front page. Thank you!   Haider 22:46, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Iranian peoples
Hi

Try to find someone else to go through it.

In the meantime, you might wish to look at User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 2a, in particular, User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 2a: redundancy exercises.

Tony 01:13, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Kudos
Tombs just wanted to congratulate on your hardwork with regard to the pashtun article..you had to brave the arrows of misfortune and hot tempers I am afraid..the level of nitpicking you had to face seemed almost brutal ..thats a cultural trait of ours I am afraid! Jokes aside kudos on the work done and you seem to have gotten quite a bit schtick from people for my suggestions I do apologise for you having to fight my battles.. as you know I was trying to avoid contributing to the pashtun article for that reason..everything gets politicised and nobody wants to reference anything ..(thats more of a South Asian trait as whole if you ask me..) The understanding of what an encyclopedia is ..is basically lacking.. --Zak 02:31, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Good to hear you have such thick skin! I've been meaning to add a comment in the article about Pashtuns being predominantly sunni Muslims who follow the Hanafite tradition of Islam I am not sure if it's relevant but it's worth discussing before hand..I am just of to bed I'll sort out all those issues in the Wali Khan article hopefully tomorrow. Also if you are working on anything else and need a hand do tell all the best! --Zak 01:05, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Azerbaijani people
Hi Tombseye. Could you please have a look at Azerbaijani people again? The same anonymous user reverted your edit and tries to include in the lead the paragraph he copied from Iranian peoples. I think something should be done to address this issue. Please see talk of the article, I’m not the only one who is concerned about this. Regards, Grandmaster 19:54, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, I’ll try to be as much of help as possible. Regards, Grandmaster 07:00, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * There were some edit wars because compromises were not reached, its always good to have a neutral approach to things and I am sure with your much appreciated help it can be all fixed up :), I have it on watch so I will help whenever it is needed --K a s h Talk 16:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Watchmen themes
Hi, the section is a good addition, but the style is a bit abrupt, could you add a brief intro to the section before we get to ..As previously noted. --Peta 22:12, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I try to read the articles I review :) Great work, I am adding my vote now.--Peta 22:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

My late reply
Hey man, sorry for my late reply. I just found the perfect image for the page! Isn't it great? I'm going to contact the webmaster if there are no objections. He says at the bottom of it, "Any use of this file must include "(C) Foley, Michael 2003/The Streets of Kabul", so that gives me the idea that he's not like Steve when it comes to image use.

The Turkish people article actually has hardly any problems recently. But you're right, nationalism sucks. I mean, you're not going to see a huge American flag on my user page and a portrait of George Washington in my room, and think about how many problems it's caused in this century.

I don't think we should go back to the old map, Zereshk should just discuss things with Imperial or perhaps they could find another map somewhere. BTW, there was an edit war that broke out on the Azerbaijani people page today, that article really needs a rewrite, perhaps you could check it out.

Take care. &mdash; Khoikhoi 23:55, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The collage is cool, but I think it would be better to use this one in the infobox. Also, should we upload this and this? I'd probably have to contact the photographer as well.


 * I like the map too, in this case, I believe we should follow Wikipedia's most important policy, ignore the rules. :)


 * I saw the nice work you've done so far on the Azeris page, just remember, don't stress the mixing thing too much! There are other important things than the fact that Iran is historic a melting pot, regardless of how interesting it is. :p &mdash; Khoikhoi 03:13, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * You should definately do a rewrite. And I love your idea for how to title 3 different theories&mdash;I would have never thought of that. Anyways, I'm tired too, adios. &mdash; Khoikhoi 03:59, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh, and have you seen this? &mdash; Khoikhoi 04:40, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey Tombs I've added the citations you mentioned in the Wali Khan article and done a bit of minor editing as well..I didn't know you were a DC comic book fan, i used to be a big fan..I'll have a look at the Watchman..keep me updated! --Zak 14:11, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Johnstevens5
I have reported this user because of constant anti-Persian, Turkish-nationalist POV and the Babur, Mughals, Timurids, Alisher Navoi, Ulugh Beg, and al-Farabi articles. -->

Tajik 15:35, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Could you please have a look at Babur. User:Johnstevens5 is once again vandalizing. He is deleting the information of the Britannica and Iranica only because he does not like the message:, . And he keeps adding totally wrong information to article, claiming that "it is the scientific truth". However, his claims are being disproved by the most authoritative sources, from Encyclopaedia of Islam, to Irannica, Britannica, or Columbia Encyclopaedia: I can't always revert his nonsense because of 3RR! And in someway I have the feeling that noone feels responsible for the article Babur or Timur, and that I am left alone with this freak. Tajik 20:16, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thx ... Tajik 21:00, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Poke
Check your email, please. Raul654 02:19, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Watchmen
You're all set. Hope you get it! --P-Chan 07:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats
Hey congrats for being one of the two most prolific editors of the 1000th Featured Article of wikipedia. You are there in the press release :)--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:20, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, congratulations! -Fsotrain09 16:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Congratulations for the featured article Iranian peoples. This is a great honor for all the members of the Iranian Wikipedians' notice board! Tajik 16:30, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I also offer my congratulations, and I wish the articles I worked on were half as interesting, or given the amount of POV, maybe not... Well anyway, cheers! RyanG e rbil10 (Drop on in!) 16:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey man, I just saw this now! Wow, that must definately be worth the efforts you put in to it aye? Congrats dude! :) --K a s h Talk 11:51, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Update!
Yeah, we're semi-famous. :) I contacted an admin about use of the image, so hopefully we'll hear from him soon. The problem is that I'm not sure how to contact the photographer, he doesn't provide any email or anything. However, the note at the bottom of the page somehow gives me the idea that he gives people permission. You got 3 featured articles in like two weeks! That's gotta be a record or something. :p And soon perhaps Azerbaijani people will follow. I noticed you referred to Turkification in the article. There is a Turkification article, but it's about Turks of Turkey, not Turkic peoples in general. Since I think the definition has a broader meaning, do you think it should be changed? Hey watch out for those high school kids, they can be dangerous sometimes. &mdash; Khoikhoi 01:48, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Hehe, we'll first I'll see what the admin says. He seems to be an expert on copyright stuff. I was thinking of adding some images to Azerbaijani people from the History of Azerbaijan article&mdash;would that be OK? LOL, she said she'd smack you? What did you say to her? Anyways, kolay gelsin (that's "take it easy" in Turkish). &mdash; Khoikhoi 01:59, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Watchmen FA!
Bitchin!

Thanks for all the help.--DCAnderson 04:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Check it out.--DCAnderson 04:46, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats
Hi - congratulations on the feature article!! I read it, and it was really informative!

Svetlana Miljkovic 13:56, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Azerbaijani people
Yes, I’ve been watching your work on Azerbaijani people and I think that you did an excellent work. But what you mean by “regular Azeris”? Just the ordinary people from the street? Grandmaster 17:43, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, I’ll see what I can do and ask other people to contribute appropriate pictures. In the meantime what do you think of this picture, which I used in Nagorno-Karabakh article? It’s a 19th century painting of an Azeri bey by a Russian artist. I know we need pictures of modern Azeris too. Grandmaster 20:06, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Alright. Also I noticed that you included some pictures of architectural monuments in the article about Tamils, I don’t know how appropriate would that be to this article, but we have some views of Baku here. You can use them if you wish. Grandmaster 20:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Lol! The thing about the Bey is that it's a 19th century painting, and it shouldn't go in the ancient history section. I'll try to find another image. We used to have a woman, but I wanted to have another Iranian Azeri in the picture as most Azeris live in Iran. Peace. &mdash; Khoikhoi 23:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

You are doing a good job in Azerbaijani an Peoples. But You should be more careful about pictures, most of pictures and sub titles are controversial and I am sure that Iranian users may accuse you to Pan-Trickic propaganda. When you have such a vast options why you choose these pictures and sub-titles. For example on picture of Babak Khoramdin. I do not understand the reason you emphasize that the painter is an Azeri? IS it important what is the ethnicity of the painter? I think this sub-title is provoking for Iranians because he many Iranians consider him as a symbol of Iranians resistance against Arabization of Iran during conquest of Arab Muslims and they do not accept that he is has Turkic root also the same story about the picture and sub title of Nezami. Watch out! I am sure these pictures would cause new debates. behmod  talk  18:12, 10 June 2006 (UTC)24.199.204.66 18:09, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I know that the painter is an Azeri but I do not see any reason to emphasize on ethnicity of the painter (just his name is enough). You know that Iranians side has also some pictures from Babak (of course all of them like current one in article are imaginary pictures not real pictures of Babak). If you mention that the ethnicity of painter is Azeri, Iranian sides may ask you to put a picture painted by an Iranian artist (and they have some pics too). I understand that both sides intend to show that Babak is more important for them and mentioning the painter ethnicity could be one way to show this. So please edit the caption and just indicate the name of painter.-- behmod  talk  18:36, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Claims of Racial Purity
This paragraph in Iranian peoples promotes racial purity. The article needs a careful and thorough review.

Moreover, the Iraqi Kurds are an eclectic Iranian people who, although displaying numerous ethnolinguistic ties to other Iranian peoples (particular in their Iranian language, and some cultural traits), are believed to have mixed with Caucasian and Semitic peoples, while the Iranian Kurds are of more pure Iranian stock. Heja Helweda 15:57, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Azeris in Azerbaijan
The paragraph is great, except I have a hard time reading the last sentence, Despite these problems however, there is a social and cultural renaissance in Azerbaijan as positive economic predictions and a political opposition that remains active appear poised to continue to improve the lives of average Azeris. Can you try to rephrase that? Other than that, keep an eye on the history of the page so it doesn't get messed up so much. ;) &mdash; Khoikhoi 17:47, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Check your email. &mdash; Khoikhoi 18:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you! :D &mdash; Khoikhoi 18:29, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello
Hello Tombseye I would like to welcome you to WikiProject Azeri, I know its a bit late but better late then never. Also great work on those articles, they are really good! Baku87 20:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)Baku87

I finished uploading the photos, hope they help. I'll be visiting Azerbaijan again this summer, so if you need any photos of anything related to Azerbaijan just let me know. Baku87 21:25, 10 June 2006 (UTC)Baku87
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Check this out
Hey man,

Take a lok at these images. None of them are in Azerbaijan, but aren't they cool? It's hard to believe that was taken in 1915. Later. &mdash; Khoikhoi 22:09, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Still haven't heard from the admin yet. :( However, I just uploaded 3 different versions of an image of two Azeri men (then called "Persian Tatars". Which one do you think I should add to the page? &mdash; Khoikhoi 22:28, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * It's at the Mugan Steppe, so I don't think it's in Iran, as it was also taken by Prokudin-Gorskii in this trip throughout Russia. &mdash; Khoikhoi 22:33, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * It was taken in Salyan, currently in Azerbaijan republic. These guys were from the southern regions of modern Azerbaijan republic. This photo is available in color as well at the Library of Congress. Grandmaster 09:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * See here. It’s in public domain, as it belongs to the US library of congress. Grandmaster 10:20, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Some interesting old photographs:

Ourmiah, Persia - Fruit Market

Ourmiah, Persia - Awaiting the Shah

Shah of Persia

Shah of Persia, seated

Grandmaster 10:56, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Two Azerbaijani gentlemen in local costume 2.jpg|thumb|left||500px]]


 * [[Image:Two Azerbaijani gentlemen in local costume.jpg|thumb|left||500px]]


 * [[Image:Two Azerbaijani gentlemen in local costume at the beginning of the twentieth century.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]

Hey again
You might want to check out these changes and re-add anything that you see fit. Ciao. &mdash; Khoikhoi 08:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


 * LOL, you seem to have been having a bad day. Did that girl talk back to you again or something? :p Yeah, hopefully I'll get a good night's sleep as well. Later. &mdash; Khoikhoi 09:05, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Picture
Hey Tombseye, I uploaded teh picture you wanted earlier, see it. Baku87 17:52, 11 June 2006 (UTC)Baku87

Alan Moore 3rd FAC
I've renominated this article if you're interested.

You did such a good job on Watchmen's FAC, that I would love to have your help on this one.--DCAnderson 19:47, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Dude
No offense, but please calm the fuck down! Get up from your computer for a second and take three deep breaths. I'll keep an eye on the article for you, just please relax. &mdash; Khoikhoi 20:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Email
OK I have sent you an email to reply to.. if you don't get it, just send me an email so I can respond to?! --K a s h Talk 20:59, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Azeri section (Johnny :) )

 * Hi, sorry about that, I;m new to Wiki and still learning how its operated, when do you think you will include that addition?

Also Ayatollah Shariatmadari image should be there instead, he's the reason for the revolution among Azeri Turks and was imprisoned and got rid of by the so called Azeri Khomeni who didn't give what was promised.

Another addition - Strabo states that among the 26 tribes of Caucasian Albania there were also Turkic speaking tribes ie Sabirs, Savirs, Gels........ This was the 3-4th century BC, meaning that even if it were little that there was a Turkic presence in the area since that time. This should be added.

I think it should be added as the area clearly was never homogenous and has been constantly mixing between Caucasion-Turkic-Iranic people's.

Caucasian Albania was a tribal confederancy, this kind of mixing often happens, it can even be seen in present day Iran, the "Khamsa Clan" is a an Arab-Turk tribal confederancy.

p.s The origins part is patronising and condescending, why are "racial" arguments being included? today in Azerbaijan people are Turks, they weren't forced into this, they simply are Turks who migrated to the area. There are many "races" among the people, there is Caucasian blood, Iranic blood, Turkic blood, Arab blood................ but the nation is not made up by race. Its linguistic, cultural and a sense of identity.

Arabs ruled Iran for hundreds of years and had a clear Arabisation process, is everyone an Arab today in Iran? NO

Esfahan was the capitol of the Seljuk Turks, they did not have a Turkification policy.

How can people get Turkified and change what they are just out of the blue.

Why is there no hard facts, proof or events of when this forced Turkification took place? when did this happen?

The article talks about origins and claims of Turkification but where is the proof that these policies existed?

Turks moved in large numbers around the Caspian Sea region and the inhabitants there who were outnumbered eventually assimilated into becomming Turks.

Now, this must have been natural assimilation because there is absolutely no proof of any force being used in history to forcefully Turkify people during the Turks rule in Iran.

Regards

--Johnstevens5 22:42, 11 June 2006 (UTC)