Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tajik people


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The result was   speedy keep. Spartaz Humbug! 08:07, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Tajik people

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Tajiks are ethnic Persians and speak Persian only with a different accent and there is already a page called Persian people. It's not only offensive to the ethnic integrity of the Persian people, to divide them based on nationality, but such a move can be viewed as being unnecessary and politically motivated. Keeping this page would be like creating seperate pages for ethnic Germans who became stuck in Polish, Hungarian, and Swiss national territories after the first world war. I'm sure the locals in those regions also refer to them by a different name? Remember, Tajik = Persian, Tajik meaning Persian in the Turkic languages, and throughout history the neighbouring Turkic-populations would refer to us by that word. And you must understand that borders with countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan were made in the last 100 years. Also, in terms of language 'Tajik' cannot even be categorized as a dialect, because in truth, it's actually an accent. The difference is so small, and is much like the differences between American and Canadian accents. Except here, we're not talking about nationalities, were talking about an ethnic group which was separated through political procedures in the last 100 years. Overall, this page is an attack on the ethnic integrity of Persians and lacks any intellectual value whatsoever. Xythianos (talk) 21:11, 23 July 2011 (UTC)


 * STRONG keep - Look at the sources, and the heavy consensus that the Tajiks are a distinct people, if not too different culturally. Governments, academics, and reporters always note the Tajiks as different from Iranian Persians, if simply for their different histories or even geography. The article should not be deleted on the basis of personal opinions. Furthermore, unlike Iranian Persians, who all come from a similar background and have a similar, Tajiks display a wide range of phenotypes and have a wide range of historic backgrounds. hello, i'm a member  |  talk to me!  21:22, 23 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Strong keep per Member. The nominator seems to offer nothing more than a personal opinion that this is somehow offensive, in the face of a great deal of literature stating this is a distinct people.  This looks like SNOW to me. ---  RepublicanJacobite  TheFortyFive  21:52, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Afghanistan-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 23:46, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
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 * Strong Keep Numerous reliable sources are available. Nominator's contention that this is an attack page is not supported by anything. Edward321 (talk) 03:47, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep and trout the nominator. LiteralKa (talk) 07:27, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep and invite the nom to read a few of our policies, specifically on notability, neutral point of view, and what AFD is for. No point trouting an editor with fewer than 100 edits. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:43, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * See Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents Dougweller (talk) 07:55, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.