Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Abkhazia/Archive 3

A & SO pov problems
There is an issue that WP:ABKHAZIA editors may be interested in. I have edited some articles, which include List of countries and capitals in native languages, List of official languages by state, List of official languages, and have inserted Abkhazia and South Ossetia, based upon:

1) The fact that they are recognised by one other country which has broad international recognition 2) The fact that Kosovo is listed independently on such lists 3) If Kosovo and Taiwan are listed independently, then the same has to go for Abkhazia and South Ossetia, in the interests of NPOV.

Another editor has at some stage also inserted Abkhazia and South Ossetia as part of Europe, based also upon the existence of Kosovo being listed independently.

There is now discussion at Talk:Europe in which editors are arguing that Kosovo should be listed, with the ommission of Abhkazia and South Ossetia. I have suggested, and it appears to be the general consensus on other articles, such as List of countries, that so-called partially recognised states (this means Abhazia, Kosovo, Taiwan, South Ossetia, SADR and Palestine) be listed inline with their partially recognised status, but with a notation that their independence is disputed.

Perhaps interested project members will like to provide their opinions on the talk page. --Russavia Dialogue 20:38, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:NOT#PLOT
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Proposal for a 200-WikiProject contest
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Proposed Renaming of 2008 South Ossetia war
Good day, everyone! I would just like to let everyone know that currently, there is a discussion underway at Talk:2008 South Ossetia war about a renaming of the article from its current name ("2008 South Ossetia war") to "Russia-Georgia war" or "Russian-Georgian war". This discussion seems to be spending literally more space on Russia's war guilt, or absence thereof, than what English-speakers actually call this war!

A similar discussion already occurred about two to three months ago, during which an extraordinarily slim majority of users (the final tally was 24-23, although one user voted for both sides) defeated the proposed renaming. However, the renaming proposal was brought back up, as some individuals feel that a new consensus has appeared, while other users believe that the consensus has not changed since the last polling.

I hope that the input from this project will help get the discussion back on track, so that the improvement of this article, which your project considers to be of Top Importance, will swiftly continue. And personally, I don't really care what we call the war, as long as we consider our readers in the process. Thank you, and happy editing! Laurinavicius (talk) 02:09, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Abkhazia–Venezuela relations AfD
For those interested:

Articles for deletion/Abkhazia–Venezuela relations

--Tocino 21:53, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Abkhazia for GA
Please share your thoughts about my proposal there. Alæxis¿question? 18:09, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Hibla Gerzmava
User:NKuprava/HiblaGerzmava

Hello, this is my very first article on wiki. I'm posting it here as in today's reality Hibla's contribution to Abkhazia (of course culturally) is incredible. Could you please have a look and tell me if it makes a good start for a the page.

Thank you very much in advance

Nino —Preceding unsigned comment added by NKuprava (talk • contribs) 23:30, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia then! :-) The article looks good for a start. If you agree, I could improve the spelling/grammar/style somewhat. Also, it normal for the name to be transcribed as Hibla, and not as Khibla? (Is is Russian or Abkhaz?) sephia karta  |  di mi  15:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!! Would be great, please help. I've double checked with Hibla, and that's how she spells it in her press releases, site, etc. So i guess we should keep it like that. NKuprava (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:53, 7 November 2009 (UTC).

Thank you for the input. NKuprava (talk) 20:42, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Please help! I've moved the page into the main space, and added categories. But listing in the categories comes out starting with first name ... don't know how to fix it. Please advise.

Thank you very much in advance NKuprava (talk) 21:43, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Cyrillic edittools
Hello everyone. I am currently updating some of the functions in the edit window here in Wikipedia. Below the edit window we have a list of Cyrillic characters, so it should be easier to insert them in articles. That list is currently not complete, so I would need some help from some editors than can read and write Cyrillic. See MediaWiki talk:Edittools.

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--David Göthberg (talk) 00:54, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Abaza, an ambigious title
In Turkish history, there were some important people titled Abaza. (For example Melek Ahmet Pasha). So several times I referred to Abaza people in my edits. I usually took them for Abkhazian people. But, all the same, I must note that there was probably no clear distinction between the Abkhazians and Abazins in minds of contemporary chroniclers. Any idea to whom the title Abaza referred ? Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 13:54, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure, I'd guess he would have been Abkhaz but ideally we would want a source to make that call. Another option would be to link to Abazgi, although that is more of a dictionary entry than a proper article. sephia karta  |  dimmi  14:53, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of election poster image
I wish to inform you that has been nominated for deletion. There are potentially other nominations that I do not know about. Silver seren C 20:26, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I've reuploaded a reduced-resolution version here under under Fair Use claim. Alæxis¿question? 18:34, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Can you please create the template
Abkhazia topics

Can you please create the template Abkhazia topics. See sample in Women in Burma. Thanks. - AnakngAraw (talk) 00:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Abkhazia will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Abkhazia's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 21:46, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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Soliciting comments on Russo-Georgian War
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Lived in Sukhumi once, enjoyed, 10/10 would write wiki articles again
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Help needed with commons images
There is a lot of poorly categorised images of Abkazia on Wikicommons after the mass upload of Panoramio pictures: commons:Category:Abkhazia, commons:Category:Sukhumi, commons:Category:Gagra_District. Any help would be welcome. Alaexis¿question? 05:50, 15 July 2021 (UTC)