Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Armenia/Archive 2

WP:NOT#PLOT
Apologies for the notice, but this is being posted to every WikiProject to avoid accusations of systemic bias. Hiding T 13:26, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Rename of Category
Some of you may wish to participate in the discussion on renaming the category Armenian Genocide deniers to Armenian Genocide skeptics. The discussion is here.--Anthon.Eff (talk) 14:27, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Jane Harman
FYI - there has been a little back and forth about the significance of Jane Harman's secret flip-flop on the Armenian Genocide resolution in '07 on her page. There were countless articles at the time, so if there are a couple of more references that could be added to the blurb, it would help I think. So if anyone knows of any, feel free to either add them or let me know. Thanks, --RaffiKojian (talk) 22:29, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Deletions at Elâzığ
Recently a single new editor has been purging the article Elâzığ of most of its Armenian content. These deletions are regrettable and more eyes and continued vigilance is necessary. Members of this project might also wish to create an article on Harput, which at present redirects to Elâzığ. Aramgar (talk) 21:42, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Is there an automated way to have a page here in Wikiproject Armenia show any removed text from a list of similar pages? --RaffiKojian (talk) 18:31, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think there is enough material currently in the Elazig article to warrent a separate article for Harput. Until there is, there would be a risk of it being used as a pov fork - as a way of moving anything Armenian-related out of the Elazig article and into the Harput one. Meowy 20:28, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Banak Cathedral
Hi all, I need some help with the Banak Cathedral article that is a 7th century Zvartnots-style Armenian church now in Turkey. According to a Georgian user, the Cathedral was restored by Georgians at some point, and was renamed "Bana." According to Armenian sources it is an Armenian cathedral (architecturally it must be Armenian as there is no other circular Georgian church). Georgian users have repeatedly been removing all Armenian references, so your help in keeping an eye on this page as well as adding to the article would be great. Regards, Serouj (talk) 21:44, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

New template: Major Armenian Churches
Please spread:

(One issue I am pondering is to rename it to "Major Armenian Churches of the Armenian Highland" to reduce it to the historical homeland of the Armenian people, and not add, say churches in Lebanon [e.g. Antelias Catholicossate] or Istanbul Patriarchate, or US churches, etc... But perhaps that should be a separate template, and allow this one to grow throughout the world?)

Serouj (talk) 09:06, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Proposal for a 200-WikiProject contest
A proposal has been posted for a contest between all 200 country WikiProjects. We're looking for judges, coordinators, ideas, and feedback.

The Transhumanist 00:39, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps invitation
This message is being sent to WikiProjects with GAs under their scope. Since August 2007, WikiProject Good Articles has been participating in GA sweeps. The process helps to ensure that articles that have passed a nomination before that date meet the GA criteria. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. Instead of reviewing by topic, editors can consider picking and choosing whichever articles they are interested in.

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Georgian alphabet
Hi friends. I am a novice in English Wiki, and have a problem with user Kober. He is deleting reliable sources about Mashtots from Georgian alphabet. What must I do to stop it? Divot (talk) 05:24, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Armenian speaker might help here
I am attempting on Turkish Van and Talk:Turkish Van (I'm sure you guys all know it's a moggy, not a motor vehicle) to engage in discussion with User:Zara-arush, who is I believe Armenian. Might even be a member of this project.??. He says on his userpage that he has professional level english, but unfortunately he's a bit optimistic about that, and I have spent the last three days trying to explain why his content is (a) not really intelligible in english or (b) not properly referenced. Compare my version of the legend of the coat colour with his version, which I've tried to edit into something that works on Wikipedia twice now. Trouble is, being uselessly English I don't really speak any foreign languages, I'm getting about a one word in three level of what he's saying to me, he's probably only getting the same from me. For the reference thing, I've tried pointing him at the page in Turkish, but as he's Armenian I've probably mortally offended him doing so, and he's still posting unreadable content with malformed references that don't support what he's saying. Any help in allowing us to communicate with each other gratefully received - I'm sure he's got loads of good stuff to contribute if we can get over the language issue.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 19:46, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Past Armenians
Have added categories for Category:Ancient Armenian people and Category:Medieval Armenian people (linked to the general people category for the period) with some rulers etc in them (more needed), as there were no categories for past Armenians. Probably not enough potential members to categorise by century, but possibly warranted for 16th-19th century if some Armenians identified for those centuries? Hugo999 (talk) 22:00, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Rename Southwest Asia to Western Asia
Please share your views here. Izzedine (talk) 14:00, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

NOTICE. RFC: Changes to Naming policies which may affect WikiProject naming conventions.
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This WikiProject is being notified since it operates such a specific naming convention. Editors are invited to comment on the proposed change at this location.  Xan  dar  00:48, 16 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The above "notification" is a grossly biased misrepresentation of the changes under discussion. The old version of the naming conventions policy tried to lay down binding rules; we don't work that way, so it was necessary also to make explicit exceptions. The new version articulates principles, and allows for consensus to establish how they should be applied. Thus there is no longer any need for exceptions. In fact, making exceptions is nonsense, since there are no rules to make exceptions to. These changes are good for specific conventions. Xandar is trying to induce moral panic in those who stand to gain the most from this. Xandar is only opposed to the new version because he thinks the wording, not the general thrust, weakens his position in a dispute unrelated to this RfC. Don't be fooled. Hesperian 02:38, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Tourism in Armenia
I want to nominate the article Tourism in Armenia to the featured articles in Ukrainian wiki and that's why I need a more-less complete articles in other languages, especially in English. Please improve this article. Also I'd be realy grateful if somebody would create even a stub in other languages.

Also I have a yet one notice. Divot is realy experienced user in Russian wiki and it is realy unfortunate when nobody from enwiki answers on his question. We must cooperate in multilanguage projects.

With the best regards, user from Ukraine --Ліонкінг (talk) 01:54, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Shabin-Karahisar Resistance
Someone blanked Shabin-Karahisar Resistance, claiming that there is no such thing as western Armenia and that the article was propaganda. I don't know anything about Armenian history so I reverted it. Someone who knows the motives should look into the situation. Gigs (talk) 20:49, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Armenian Cities, Towns, and Villages
Hello everyone, I have been working to clean up articles on cities, towns, and villages in Armenia. I am trying to get as many photos of each town that I visit while I am here. Any assistance to get more photos of towns that I have not covered yet would be greatly appreciated. Also, I am needing help from WikiProject Armenia community to add the mayors, elevation, and area in sq. km. of each town to each of the article's Infoboxes. I have done some, but there is always still more to do. Liveon001 (talk) 10:30, 03 November 2009 (UTC)

Просьба
Доброго времени суток, вижу вы прекрасно владеете английским и поэтому возникла просьба, не могли бы вы мне помочь с подбором материалов на англ-ом и других языках про армянские ковры--Lori-m (talk) 18:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Good morning, I see you are well speak English and therefore there was a request, could you help me with the selection of materials for English and other languages about the Armenian carpets?(translation from Russian)

Need assistance at Talk:Goblet drum
Hi, we need the Armenian spelling (in the Armenian alphabet) of the name of the goblet drum--I think it is "dumbeg" or "tmpug" in Armenian. Can someone please post that at Talk:Goblet drum? Thank you, Badagnani (talk) 00:41, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Susanna Petrosyan
There is a discussion of an Armenian singer at Articles for deletion/Susanna Petrosyan. Comments by members of this project would be welcome. It would also be helpful if references could be added to the article. - Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:07, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

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Merge proposal of Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti
I have made a proposal to merge Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti to Samtskhe-Javakheti based upon reasons presented at Talk:Samtskhe-Javakheti. Interested project members should present opinions at the article talk page discussion, and hopefully come up with a solution to what are valid concerns with the article. --Russavia I'm chanting as we speak 08:33, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Banned Turkish nationalist keeps removing references to Armenian Genocide throughout Wikipedia
User:Shuppiluliuma is a banned Turkish ultranationalist, one of whose main obsessions is removing any mention of the Armenian Genocide from Turkey. He has created dozens of socks to do just that. As soon as one sock is blocked, he creates another one, this one being the latest. I'd rv him myself without thinking twice about it, but I am under a pesky 1R restriction on anything Balkans related, which may or may not include Turkey. Athenean (talk) 04:17, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Karabakh passports
Hi,

I am currently expanding the pages on passport of unrecognized countries. Does anyone know if Nagorno-Karbakakh issues its own passports ? http://www.karabakh.net/engl/gov?id=52 seems to indicate that they do, however so other sources seem to indicate that only Armenian or old Soviet passport are used. Does anyone know/have a source indicating which is the case ? Travelbird (talk) 17:52, 5 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello. No, Artsakh issues only passports of the Republic of Armenia (also uses the Armenian currency "AMD") for the population to be able to travel in be involved in other international affairs. There can also be population left with old USSR passports or a few with refugee documents only. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.75.34.109 (talk) 23:44, 21 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Do officials of Armenia issue these passports or are they actually issued by a Karabakh authority in its own right ? If the latter is true, then I wouldn't quite understand how that would fit in with the notion that Karabakh is an independant country rather than part of Armenia. Travelbird (talk) 13:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

VERY IMPORTANT
The article Islam in Armenia is a total polygon for Azeri propaganda, telling there is Azeri population, mosques and of Azeri majrity in the late Persian domination history of the territory of Eastern Armenia. Please list it in your watch-lists ASAP! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.75.34.109 (talk) 23:51, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Argavand
Is the Argavand mentioned in Tourism in Armenia Argavand, Ararat or Argavand, Armavir? Apokrif (talk) 19:20, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Aram Satian
This composer appears to be very notable and active in the musical life of Armenia and should have an article on Wikipedia. The article needs a lot of improvement (I had to reduce it to a stub to remove copyvio), and its creator got off to a very rocky start. It would help if someone who can read either Russian or Armenian could contribute to sourcing the article and adding his name in Armenian. Voceditenore (talk) 11:12, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

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Help there is some attempts to falsify the Armenian history
every one there is some attempt to falsify the Armenian history and make them not existed trying to make there lies to LOOK academic on wiki i am not Historian so i cant stop it need your help —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hagop12usa (talk • contribs) 10:46, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Help regarding Kamo
I am trying to determine whether Kamo was actually buried in Lenin Square. Since he is a famous (infamous) Armenian, I thought someone related to this project could find a source to support this assertion. Any help would be most appreciated. Remember (talk) 15:18, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Armeniapedia.org article vote for deletion
I would like to point out that the Armeniapedia.org article has been nominated for deletion. Two users who appear to have no knowledge or interest in anything Armenian have voted for deletion saying it is not notable. If you have an opinion, please join the vote here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Armeniapedia.org#Armeniapedia.org -Thanks! --RaffiKojian (talk) 19:53, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Armenian disambiguation pages with links.
Greetings! This month, we have a large number of links to disambiguation pages relating to Armenia. We at the Disambiguation pages with links project would appreciate any help you could give us in fixing ambiguous links to the following pages: Cheers! bd2412 T 12:41, 4 February 2011 (UTC) there is a new created page about Melik Barkhudar who was one of armenian noblemen. The page has references and tends to be extended in the future as well. The page could be linked to armenian noblemen page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nairabarkhudaryan (talk • contribs) 15:19, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Armenia: 96 links done
 * Greater Armenia: 59 links
 * Armenian Church: 53 links

Archiving
Both bots that ones archived this talk page are now inactive. I propose to subscribe to a new archiving bot. In view of the fact that there is not that many discussion here, a archiving period of 1 or even 3 months would seem sensible.

Please notice that I have manually archived all previous discussions from over three months ago, and added a notice of existing archives to the top of this page. Debresser (talk) 18:09, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Orontes
Hi. Can someone from the project check the content of the articles Orontes II and Orontes III? I know nothing about Armenian history but the pages don't make sense. For one thing, they provide the same dates of reign but Orontes III is claimed to be the grandson of Orontes II. Also the info on Orontes II's reign is contradictory. The infobox says 336-331 BC, the article says fifth century BC and the category says sixth century BC. Cleanup and verification is in order but it would be best if someone knowledgeable from the project could do it. Thanks, Pichpich (talk) 18:49, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

New Taskforce
I am proposing along with other Armenians to form a taskforce specifically targeted at countering and neutralising Azeri propaganda that plague articles regarding Armenia. Any body interested please make your self known. Mov25 (talk) 07:17, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia
A number of articles have linked via one or other URL to an online PDF of Rediscovering Armenia by Brady Kiesling -- but now merely bring "File unavailable" or similar messages because the US embassy website has moved things around and (I think) deleted the file. I've located the PDF, here at web.archive.org.

I have edited Template:RediscoveringArmenia accordingly, but there is probably a lot more work to be done: none of the first two or three links to the PDF that I encountered used this template, and they were to different URLs.

(I notice that Rediscovering Armenia is also available here at armeniapedia.org and that [as part of a wiki] it's updatable and in some places updated [and perhaps augmented] -- but precisely because of this, Wikipedia can't cite it. The fact that the book is available at armeniapedia.org may or may not be worth a mention within the article on Brady Kiesling, but I don't think that it should be mentioned elsewhere.)

If you come across a dud link to Rediscovering Armenia, please amend it. It's probably best to use Template:RediscoveringArmenia where possible. -- Hoary (talk) 23:46, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Ajabaj
I am attempting to deorphan the Ajabaj article and am running into some difficulty. The article states that Ajabaj is a town in Syunik Province, but the Syunik Province article states that there are only 109 communities in the province, all of which are listed, and Ajabaj is not in that list. Are towns different from communities in Armenia? If so, could a list of non-community towns be added to the Syunik Province article? Neelix (talk) 16:38, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Armenian Genocide
Hi, everyone. A historical document was used incorrectly in the article Armenian Genocide. See Talk:Armenian Genocide. Thank you. Takabeg (talk) 04:50, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Template
I create Template:Martuni Province, Template:Hadrut Province, Template:Askeran Province, Template:Martakert Province, Template:Qashatagh Province, Template:Martakert Province, Template:Shahumian Province, Template:Shushi Province. Please control them. Takabeg (talk) 10:04, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Armenian PowerSpell
Hello WikiProject Armenia editors. I came across the article Armenian PowerSpell, but I wasn't sure if it was notable or not. I would check the Google News results myself, but it looks like they are mostly in Armenian. Could someone take a look and let me know whether they think this software passess our notability guidelines? Best regards —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 06:08, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Armenia will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Armenia'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)

Aram, the king Armenia is named after
I've been disambiguating links to the disambiguation page Aram. I found multiple references in articles to Aram, a patriarch of Armenia, or the king who's name was used as the basis for the name Armenia. I have no expertise, but I was bold and have created a red link for that king, a scion of Hayk as Aram (son of Harma). There are now about 14 references to that red link and there should probably be an article on the individual, or perhaps it should be redirected to History of Armenia (Moses of Chorene). I hope I've been more help than trouble. Thank you. SchreiberBike (talk) 20:51, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Armenian Braille
I commented out the bulk of this article as unverified. The UNESCO document we cite is horribly inaccurate. Does anyone here know of a RS? Please let us know on the article talk page if you do. — kwami (talk) 07:53, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Request for input at the language desk
If anyone who is able to read and understand Armenian could help out with this question at the language desk, both the querent and the desks would be very happy and grateful. Thank you in advance! ---Sluzzelin talk  22:08, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Category:Imperial Russian by occupation
There is a CfD discussion on Category:Imperial Russian people by occupation and many of its subcategories. Since there were many people of the Russian Empire who were ethnic Armenians, this has the potential to effect how many Armenian articles are categorized.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:16, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Dikran or Tigran?
Composer Dikran Tchouhadjian seems to be a mixed title, Turkish Dikran Çuhacıyan and should be moved to Tigran Tchouhadjian? In ictu oculi (talk) 00:34, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

We need your help
Dear friends, I would like to invite you to give your opinion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Serbia. If proposal advocated by editor Direktor pass in the case of Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbian community outside Serbia pass it may one day be used as a dangerous precedent for Armenian church outside Armenia. I would caution you that this position is in direct conflict with WikiProject Council/Guide. Thank you in advance for your time.--MirkoS18 (talk) 00:04, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Flag_of_Armenia
If you notice the Armenian flag becoming darker, I was finally given the official specifications of the Armenian flag colors. The document can be seen at http://yeraguyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/HST-50-2012.pdf User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:27, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Alerts reactivated
For some reason this wasn't there even though it was linked on project page header WikiProject Armenia/Article alerts. Now fixed. It can be transcluded into home page r/h column as WP Greece has done. In ictu oculi (talk) 16:40, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Hovhannes Katchaznouni.jpg
file:Hovhannes Katchaznouni.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 04:30, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

1965 Yerevan demonstration.jpg
file:1965 Yerevan demonstration.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 02:21, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Thousand-drams.jpg
image:Thousand-drams.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 16:44, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Hovhannes Katchaznouni.jpg
File:Hovhannes Katchaznouni.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 05:54, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Vazgen Sargsyan bw.jpg
File:Vazgen Sargsyan bw.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 04:16, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Gertar bridge 1929.jpg
File:Gertar bridge 1929.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 07:38, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Levon shant photo.jpg
image:Levon shant photo.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 06:01, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Armenian civil war listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Armenian civil war. You might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 01:18, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Help needed at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Vakhtang Harutyunyan
Can someone who speaks Armenian help us out with this review draft: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Vakhtang Harutyunyan ? Most of the sources appear to be in Armenian (other than the WP:OR "personal interview"). Thanks! MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:31, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Persecution of Ottoman Muslims


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Leaflet For Wikiproject Armenia At Wikimania 2014
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Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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100th anniversary next year of Armenian Genocide
Next year is the 100th Anniversary of the start of the genocide. Would be nice to see the article improved so it could be that day's article featured on the main page.

--Harizotoh9 (talk) 23:13, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Armenian Genocide

Armenian Highland
When you have time, could you see Talk:Armenian Highland ? Thank you. Takabeg (talk) 03:26, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Question about Agdam
Template talk:Agdam Rayon Takabeg (talk) 12:58, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Church of St. George of Samatya
Hallo, I would be glad if some of you could go here, review the article and add the name of the church in Armenian language (and of course other information, if possible). Thanks, Alex2006 (talk) 07:17, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Artsakh University
If someone has the will and power to amend this article Artsakh University I wish only make you familiar with its existence. Also, if you find materials in English, you can send them to me if you do not have time. I apologize for all inadvertent errors.--MirkoS18 (talk) 21:38, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Removal of text from article on Germany's 1915 chancellor
An editor deleted a section titled "Inaction on Armenian Genocide" from the article on German chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, claiming that it violated Wikipedia's NPOV rule. While in the article's present state it may be too large a portion of the whole, the remedy for this perceived imbalance is to flesh out the article with more solidly sourced information on the rest of Bethmann's career. Aside from that, the information (which conclusively proves that the German government was fully aware of Turkey's massacres while they were going on) is important to people studying the Armenian genocide. Whether you agree or disagree with my point of view, I encourage you to weigh in on the Article's Talk page. 195.50.152.130 (talk) 01:08, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Edvard Mirzoyan
I'm looking for some help regarding Edvard Mirzoyan. The Armenian Wikipedia categorizes him as having died in 2012. The article provides no reference for that claim and I haven't found any Latin-script source to back it up. But searching for sources in Armenian is close to impossible for me so I would really appreciate it if someone from the project could take a look and let me know if there's a good source about his death or if the Armenian wiki info is incorrect. Thanks in advance for any help. Pichpich (talk) 13:53, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Barxudarlı, and Askipara and Karki/Tigranashen and Artsvashen
Hi,

Can anyone say (and preferably sources) whether the villages of Barxudarlı, and Askipara and Karki/Tigranashen have been annexed by Armenia, or whether the Armenian government simply considers itself in control of the territory pending resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict? The same would also be interesting in regards to the Azeri governments stance on Artsvashen. Travelbird (talk) 16:02, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians
Anyone know anything much about this? I'm 99.9% sure it was the same thing as the Armenian National Congress (of 1917). Someone's put the article up for deletion. Cheers. --Folantin (talk) 17:32, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Help!
Could someone in this project group please take a look at what has been going on at the article Armenian surnames and then go to the article talk page to get some more discussion going and hopefully consensus? There's a new edit war brewing there as a result of (what I perceive to be) anger about allegedly non-Armenian names from a couple of folks (one is apparently Georgian. I've given some advice on what to do, but it's not being taken and frankly, the atmosphere is getting a little heated and out of control.  Plus, there seems to possibly be a bit of a language-barrier.  Your help is appreciated.  Thanks! Winkelvi (talk) 17:07, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

The usage of is under discussion, see Talk:Andranik Ozanian -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 01:55, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Armenian speakers: Article requests on the Armenian Wikipedia
For the Armenian speakers: Are any of you interested in doing article requests on the Armenian Wikipedia? Several topics have to do with Los Angeles, which has an Armenian diaspora.

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 12:11, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Braille
Can anyone confirm Armenian Braille (either alphabet)? Unesco did not get confirmation, which means it's almost certain our account contains errors, or maybe is completely spurious. — kwami (talk) 03:59, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

""
The usage of is under discussion, see talk:Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) -- 70.24.244.51 (talk) 07:52, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

English exonyms for place names
English_exonyms. Isn't there a standalone list someone of Armenia place name changes that should be added as a "see also"? Can someone check this please. See also article Talk. Many thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:32, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Request for comment at Talk:Armenian American
There is a WP:RFC (Request for Comment) at Talk:Armenian American at the Armenian American article. The question is: Shall an image of Kim Kardashian be included in the collage in the article's infobox?. Your opinion is requested. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 02:41, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Armenikend
There is a merge discussion at Talk:Armenikend. DrKiernan (talk) 16:30, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Languages in censuses and Race and ethnicity in censuses
Pleas add information about this country to this articles.--Kaiyr (talk) 09:30, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Correct populations of Armenian cities
Hello, can anyone help me understand some apparent discrepancies I found in the Armenian Statistical Service's population census figures? I posted to the Wikipedia Reference Desk a month ago but got no response. More information is available on the Yerevan article's talk page. I want to ensure that Wikipedia has correct population estimates in its articles on Armenian cities. Ketone16 (talk) 15:27, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Help with an article?
I'm asking for help with the article Ruben Gasparyan. I'll be blunt- the article is a promotional nightmare since it's chock full of promotional prose and needs a complete re-write and scrubbing to remove the peacock phrasing. The trouble I ran into is that I couldn't really find anything in English to show notability. It's likely that coverage only exists in Armenian, so I was wondering if anyone can do a search for the guy and see if there was/is any coverage of him. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   09:18, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I've re-written the article so it'll be clearer for anyone wanting to help. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:31, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on the Front Page
The 100th anniversary of the genocide has been nominated for the In the News section of the front page. Please feel free to comment on the nomination or to help improve the relevant articles that would be linked in the news blurb. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:40, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Kirk Kerkorian - ITN recent death
Hi, Kirk Kerkorian has recently died, and the article on him is proposed at In the news/Candidates - there are a few issues in sourcing, maybe can someone try to fix that up for a possible ITN listing?

Cheers. -- Aronzak (talk) 01:13, 17 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Hello . Can you point out specific issues you found with the sourcing? I'll try my best to help out. Étienne Dolet (talk) 06:00, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * There just seem to be a few paragraphs without a single citation. Editors on ITN are a little cautious about text-source integrity on BLP pages if they're going on the front page. -- Aronzak (talk) 11:25, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Help discussing edit war
Hello, I've been embroiled in an edit conflict on the Armenians in Turkey article, and I would like you guys to go over and see whether my version seems acceptable compared to the prior one, and if so back me up in the chat. The controversy they have is that I made brief mention of Crypto Armenians for clarification purposes, which they think justifies reverting my almost 5,000 character overhaul that included demographic data on little known areas with Armenians still in Western Armenia like Diyarbakir, fixed typos, and added several new citations. They think my edit should be transferred to the Crypto Armenians page. If you disagree with my edit, perhaps you can help me make it better or acceptable. Cirflow (talk) 07:53, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
See Draft:Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte. Best, FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  03:34, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Which Raffi?
See Talk:Raffi (musician) Requested Move and Talk:Raffi (novelist) In ictu oculi (talk) 10:02, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Raffi again
Talk:Raffi (disambiguation) ? In ictu oculi (talk) 17:23, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Pontificio Collegio Armeno
բարև. In attempting to update the Roman Colleges page from information largely from the 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia, I noticed that a number of the national colleges have their own page, but the Pontificio Collegio Armeno does not. The College (and for that matter St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church) appears to be an important center for the Armenian community in Rome. Would anyone be interested in either expanding the entry under "Roman Colleges", or creating its own page and posting a link? Just a idea. մերսի Mannanan51 (talk) 20:27, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

News from Commons
New uploads and new versions of files in Category:Armenia in Commons are accessible at my userpage in Commons. Updates almost daily. Thank you - Kareyac (talk) 13:00, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Tzolag Hovsepian help needed pretty quick
Can anyone reading this help save this article from deletion: Articles for deletion/Tzolag Hovsepian — Maile (talk) 22:40, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Article creation request
I would like to make an article creation request for Carolyn Mugar, founder of the Armenian Tree Project and board president of the armenian assembly of america. In addition to her work for Armenia and the diaspora, she is the executive director of Farm Aid, a high profile charitable organization in the United States. I would imagine that she meets notability criteria. 2601:182:C702:8DA0:C8B6:747C:DB0B:11 (talk) 15:34, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Hi. Could someone check the accuracy of and the IPA transcription on Henrikh Mkhitaryan? Martin sv 85 (talk) 14:33, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Bias in article about US ambassador to the UN
The discussion and article about incumbent US ambassador to the UN needs scrutiny regarding bias relating to Armenia. 46.15.215.196 (talk) 13:01, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Peer review: War of the Antiochene Succession
All comments are highly appreciated here. Thank you for your time in advance. Borsoka (talk) 03:22, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Photos of genocide memorials
Hi everyone, on a dewiki i am compiling a list of Armenian genocide memorials. Still there is a big gap of Commons photos of US, see. Maybe we could somehow organize to make those photos at best as a little series for each one. Thank you in advance, --Arnd (talk) 19:10, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Category:Nagorno-Karabakh Republic stubs and Template:Nagorno-Karabakh Republic-stub
Greetings! There's a discussion going on at the stub sorting project regarding the recently created category and stub template created by User:Harut111. Please feel free to contribute to this discussion. Her Pegship (talk) 17:50, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

File:Arshakuni.svg and File:Artaxiad.svg
Every flag of a historic entity should - of course - not be own work, if we show it on wikipedia, but it should be a copy of a reliable source which shows scientifically that this flag is correct and was used in that period. I strongly doubt if this is true for the files mentioned (File:Arshakuni.svg and File:Artaxiad.svg). Are these flags to anyone's knowledge mentioned in reliable scientific publications on Mets Hayk? The current attribution is not enough, and therefore they should be removed I would say, unless we got confirmation from good sources that these flags indeed once flew. HGVWijloo (talk) 22:43, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Auto-assessment of article classes
Following a recent discussion at WP:VPR, there is consensus for an opt-in bot task that automatically assesses the class of articles based on classes listed for other project templates on the same page. In other words, if WikiProject A has evaluated an article to be C-class and WikiProject B hasn't evaluated the article at all, such a bot task would automatically evaluate the article as C-class for WikiProject B.

If you think auto-assessment might benefit this project, consider discussing it with other members here. For more information or to request an auto-assessment run, please visit User:BU RoBOT/autoassess. This is a one-time message to alert projects with over 1,000 unassessed articles to this possibility. ~ RobTalk 22:18, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Tsiranapogh
Բարեւ Ձեզ:

All,

I happen to believe an integral part of Armenian history is our music. The page for the "duduk", correctly called "tsiranapogh" is misleading. It attempts to eliminate the Armenian identity of the tsiranapogh, by laying claim the official name is the duduk. I am gathering information on the tsiranapogh and any help would be greatly appreciated.HyeSK (talk) 11:05, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Nobody is trying to eliminate its Armenian identity. Most Armenians call the instrument duduk. It doesn't make it any less Armenian. -- Ե րևանցի talk  23:21, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Castles Challenge
Hello. Let me announce a new writing contest in September. It's a contest about castles of Armenia and Spain. You have the complete information here on meta. Thanks! --Millars (talk) 16:55, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Armenian Young Men's Society
Can someone please add the Armenian name to Armenian Young Men's Society? Thanks--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:40, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Tom Mooradian
FYI -- the above article, which is within the scope of this project, is being considered for deletion. K.e.coffman (talk) 17:42, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Requested move notice
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:2016 Yerevan hostage crisis, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, JudgeRM   (talk to me)  18:04, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Armenian Young Men's Society
Can someone help provide Armenian text or links for these? I can't read Armenian, so thanks in advance!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 07:26, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Cannabis in Armenia is a stub that needs improvement
We have a new article Cannabis in Armenia, but it could really use improvement and expansion, especially from anyone who can read Armenian or Russian sources. With a little polishing, it'd also be really useful to make a translated version for Armenian Wikipedia since it's a topic of increasing interesting these days. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 23:23, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Good Armenian Sources
What are some good Armenian sources that can be used in Armenian related articles? I know several good English speaking sources such as Public Radio of Armenia and Armenpress, but I am specifically finding sources that only publish only in the Armenian language. Yoshiman6464 (talk) 05:27, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

PanARMENIAN.Net neutrality
Hello. Please, check Talk:PanARMENIAN.Net. There's a neutrality problem with this article.--200.223.199.146 (talk) 10:18, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Request for audio pronunciation of "Sarksisian"
Cher is currently a featured article candidate, and we are looking for someone to pronounce her Armenian surname Sarkisian, as it is a difficult-to-pronounce term for English speakers. Thanks in advance, Lordelliott (talk) 14:48, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Do we really need the Armenian pronunciation of Sargsyan (the standard transliteration of Sarkisian)? In English it's usually pronounced Sar-kEE-zee-un. -- Ե րևանցի talk  16:38, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

WP Reference Desk help please
Could anyone with a knowledge of the Armenian language help with Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language ~ What language is "Hays hark nviranats ukhti" please? Alansplodge (talk) 12:00, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

hi
Привет. Кто-нибудь из участников проекта говорит по русски?--Кертог (talk) 11:17, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Armenia

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 13:12, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Article request
Hi,

Can somebody translate the article about Armenian sculptor Vigen Avetis (or Vighen Avetis) ? I came across one of his works in Florence, Italy, but there's no biography of him in English. :(

Then I will be able to translate the article into French.

Thanks in advance,

—  Mathieudu68  talk  10:14, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Armenian Professional Society Page Edits?
Hello. The information on the Armenian Professional Society page is out of date and incorrect. I have content for the page that is cited extensively and based on the current organization. Is anyone willing to review my article? First time working in Wikipedia, so I want to make sure we have a third party review... 68.65.169.22 (talk) 00:12, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen C. Ananian
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen C. Ananian. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 09:05, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Focus on Armenia at Women in Red
In May 2018, in conjunction with m:Wikimedia CEE Spring 2018/Article Lists, Women in Red is focusing on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. We hope there will be contributions on Armenian women.

Wikidata properties
Over on Wikidata, I have proposed five properties relating to Armenia; links to the proposals, (and the properties, if/when they are created) may be found at d:Template:Armenia properties. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:17, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Wiki4MediaFreedom
Hi. If you have time, please take a look on meta at this page m:Wiki4MediaFreedom contest. It's an event organized by Rossella Vignola (OBC), there is a list of articles to improve also on English wikipedia.--Alexmar983 (talk) 20:39, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:26, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Several existing articles
Like I put in the title, there are several existing articles that are mentioned as to be yet created. Ararat Plain instead of commonly misattributed Ararat Valley, elections in armenia for "electoral system in armenia" (similar articles of other countries on the topic are also titled "elections in this and that country"), constitutional Court of Armenia for the "supreme court", "judicial system" is under the title legal system of Armenia. And there might be other existing articles too.

I noticed during preview that the latter two need modifications for small and capital letters, otherwise names don't create links to the articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.77.149.38 (talk) 12:42, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Category:Armenian terrorist groups
Please see the discussion at Categories for discussion/Log/2018 June 17 to merge Category:Armenian terrorist groups. – Fayenatic  L ondon 09:32, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

AFD about Armenian writer
Please consider commenting at Articles for deletion/Ashough Jivani's House-Museum. --Doncram (talk) 19:52, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Month names in Armenian
"Month names in Armenian are derivatives of Latin names" (Khash (dish)). Is this true? --Mautpreller (talk) 09:39, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

RfC on election/referendum naming format
An RfC on moving the year from the end to the start of article titles (e.g. South African general election, 2019 to 2019 South African general election) has been reopened for further comment, including on whether a bot could be used move the articles if it closed in favour of the change: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation). Cheers, Number   5  7  15:34, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Armenian Coffee
I read an [| edit] to the Turkish Coffee page about Armenia's contribution to coffee in Europe. There was some interesting information. unfortunately it was reverted then deleted before I could consider it much, or before anyone else would read it. Maybe the content was from here: http://100years100facts.com/facts/first-european-coffee-shops-established-armenians  It's an interesting topic.

Liberty5651 (talk) 19:39, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Instructions on The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: how to complete the article
Hey, guys! I started The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey. I don't know if/when I'll get around to finishing the article, but note that it's controversial.

An important thing: Take WP:WEIGHT into consideration! Do a literature review (read all of the associated book reviews), and write the article giving the majority positions the most weight. Give minority positions less weight.

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 15:34, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

İrmaşlı Church
Hi please note re is a deletion discussion going on at Articles for deletion/İrmaşlı Church about a ruined church that may (or may not) be notable. It would be helpful to have someone able to read Armenian sources contribute to the discussion. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mccapra (talk • contribs) 19:54, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Armenia for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Armenia is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Armenia until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 06:48, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Tanakert for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Tanakert is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Tanakert until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Theprussian (talk) 16:14, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Mass deletions
Portal:Armenia has been deleted. Portal:Armenia/Armenia-related Wikipedia notice board and WikiProject Armenia/Newsletter have also been deleted. I've moved the Armenia Notice Board to WikiProject Armenia/Notice Board and reactivated WikiProject Armenia/Newsletter. Yours aye, Buaidh  talk contribs 04:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

I've relinked Template:Regional Wikipedian notice boards and Template:Regional notice board box to the new WikiProject Armenia/Notice Board. Please add your comments to the new Notice Board and Newsletter. Yours aye, Buaidh  talk contribs 04:10, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:23, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Sir Vartan Melkonian: Draft declined
Hello! I recently worked on a draft for an Armenian man, Sir Vartan Melkonian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Vartan_Melkonian). As you can see, my submission was declined for not adhering to a neutral POV and for lacking sources to support his notability. As I am a new Wiki user, I would appreciate the help of more experienced editors in the resubmission process. I was able to find an articles from Panarmenia.net and need help finding additional sources/references to support his notability. It would be great to collaborate on this effort.

Thanks in advance! PinkElixir (talk) 17:57, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Help needed: Kingdom of Parisos, at Simple English Wikipedia...
Hello there, and sorry to bother with a requwst that may look a little strange. I am from the Simple English Wikipedia. It has an article simple:Kingdom of Parisos. Recently, another article was deleted. We would need your help in the following: We are a small wiki, and so far, we don't have people who can read Cyrillic or Armenian script. Also, it would be nice if you could add a reliable source to the article. The spelling issue can be settled later, if the kingdom is worth keeping. Thank you for your help. Eptalon (talk) 13:13, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Did the kingdom exist(probably, FRWP has an article on it, RUWP has one)?
 * Transliterating the original spelling, would it be better to have the spelling 'Parisos', or 'Parissos'?

Help needed: Draft: Marie Rose Abousefian
Hello. I have been working on a draft for an Armenian actress, Marie Rose Abousefian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Marie_Rose_Abousefian). As you can see, my submission was declined for lacking sources. As I am a new Wikipedia user, I would highly appreciate your help in the resubmission process. I'd be willing to collaborate.

Thank you! Armenshirazd (talk) 23:09, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Merging duplicate articles for conductor Հովհաննես Չեքիջյան
Hi friends, I notice that the English Wikipedia has duplicate articles for Hovhannes Chekijyan and Ohannes Tchekidjian. I am not sure what the policy is for name spellings, so I don't know what the best title should be. I invite you to merge the two articles, as you deem appropriate. Thanks! &#966;&#952;&#8057;&#947;&#947;&#959;&#962; 17:54, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Displaying Russian names as footnotes in former Soviet Union locations?
Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Soviet_Union for a discussion on whether the Russian names should be put in footnotes in articles about former Soviet Union locations (which existed at the time of the Soviet Union) WhisperToMe (talk) 08:30, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Reorganize Wikipedia:WikiProject Ottoman Empire as a task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries?
Dear users of this WikiProject:

At Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Former_countries I have left a proposal to convert WikiProject Ottoman Empire into a task force of WikiProject Former countries. I asked this project (as it also covers "Western Armenia" that was in the empire) and several other projects to get further feedback. Please let me know if you have questions, comments, or objections.

Thanks! WhisperToMe (talk) 01:55, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

new article: Marat Arakelian
Can someone please rate Marat Arakelian for quality and importance? Thank you! - TimDWilliamson speak 02:27, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Women in Red Asian women contest
From 1 October to 31 December, Women in Red is running a virtual contest on Asian women. In November, this will coincide with Wikipedia Asian Month. We look forward to strong participation from all those interested in improving coverage of Armenian women.--Ipigott (talk) 19:06, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

RFC on whether Ottoman capital city should be referred to as "Constantinople" or "Istanbul"
Please see this request for comment on whether Ottoman capital city should be referred to as "Constantinople" or "Istanbul": Talk:History_of_Istanbul This is relevant to the project due to the historic Armenian population in the empire. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:07, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Question about the scope of Category:Armenian emigrants to the United States
On Category talk:Armenian emigrants to the United States there is a question on whether "Armenian emigrants to the United States" should refer to people from the modern polity of Armenia (1918-today) or whether it should include ethnic Armenians of other citizenships (including the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire) WhisperToMe (talk) 06:25, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Request edit help
A user has posted a request edit at Talk:Vazgen Manukyan. Lots of the sources used to verify the text is in Armenian so it is difficult for most editors to complete the request. Would someone here be interested in completing this request? Instructions on how to complete request edits are found at Template:Request_edit/Instructions, and I am happy to answer questions. Thanks for your help! Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Armenians in Switzerland
This little stub could use some work. Please ping me. Bearian (talk) 22:12, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Asking for help with a Good Article review
Hello, I have rewritten the article on Armenian Genocide denial and am looking to have it reviewed so that it can be listed as a Good article. The reason that I am asking is that *if* the article can be promoted to GA status by mid April, it can be featured on the Did you know section of the main page on 24 April. Reviewing is not difficult, all you have to do is read the article and decide whether it meets the criteria. And it would be much appreciated! (t · c)  buidhe  07:25, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Category:Armenians of Romania has been nominated for renaming to
Category:Armenians of Romania has been nominated for renaming to. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy (talk) 16:26, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Vache Sharafyan
I just pruned this article severely since it was just a copy of the composer's tripod site. He appears to be notable but right now I don't have the time or inclination to write a full article on a composer. I figured I'd leave a note here in case anyone was interested in filling it out. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:07, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Kommersant has an RFC
Kommersant has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 06:30, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Mass-deletion/cleanup discussion
Several thousand articles exist for purported places in Azerbaijan and Armenia that were mass-created in a problematic way from GEOnet. We have had similar problems with Iran articles (see earlier on the same noticeboard) and California articles (see Reliability of GNIS data and WikiProject California/GNIS cleanup task force) and have quite a number of areas not even tackled yet. A discussion of which articles we do not trust to be fundamentally accurate in the context that they give to readers/editors, and whether and what to mass-delete; as well as ways to filter out the good articles, and any articles that are simply duplicates because places have been renamed; is on-going on the Administrators' main noticeboard. We are also, please note, on the cusp of mass-deleting a couple of hundred articles from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh/Republic of Artsakh area that were mass-created with a notice that they could not be found otherwise than from the source GEOnet database. If you have any concerns, now is the time to speak up. Uncle G (talk) 06:18, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

2021 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
2021 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis is growing extremely fast due to news being released every hour, would appreciate if this is considered a top priority for this WikiProject presently and hoping for more editors to be involved. Regards, --Armatura (talk) 20:34, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Notice of Featured Article Review
I have nominated Flag of Armenia for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm Talk 00:27, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Tehcir Law
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Tehcir Law that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. VR talk 02:53, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Rename articles about uezds for consistency
I’m proposing renaming every article in the form of, for example, Akhtyrka Uyezd → Akhtyrka Uezd, to match the spelling of the renamed main article Uezd. Please discuss at talk:Uezd. —Michael Z. 22:16, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Stepanakert
Hello all, I am working on getting the article Stepanakert to good article status and would appreciate if anyone would be willing to help. The Stepanakert article has been listed as top importance to this Wikiproject and is currently at a B class rating. In particular, If anyone is experienced with the soviet and post soviet history of Stepanakert and can read Russian and Armenian sources for such. Also, any copy edits would be much appreciated as well. Thank you.  Tagawor  Shah  (talk) 22:21, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Zurich Protocols
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Zurich Protocols that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 17:29, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Introductions and communication
Hiya. Is there any associated chat group or discord server for this project? Hovsepig (talk) 20:11, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Please help me
Greetings,

Hi, I am User:Bookku, my expectations to get expanded Black sea related articles failed miserably. I am expecting and requesting at least some help in expanding the article Draft:List of erstwhile slave trading townships with regions surrounding Black sea and Ottoman time slave trading townships. In next steps I wish to have a proper map showing erstwhile slave trading townships across.

Thanks and warm regards

&#32;Bookku, &#39;Encyclopedias &#61; expanding information &#38; knowledge&#39; (talk) 10:14, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Units on road signs in Armenia
Please could someone familiar with Armenian road signs please look at Road signs in Armenia and, where appropriate, add a translation of the unit symbols used on the signs (e.g. the sign showing "300 մ" is just labelled "Distance" with no indication of what units "մ" represents). Thanks, Thryduulf (talk) 11:26, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:The History of the Country of Albania
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:The History of the Country of Albania that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him &#124; talk) 15:33, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Tiridates I of Armenia
I have nominated Tiridates I of Armenia for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 17:46, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

"Wikipedia:ARM" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Wikipedia:ARM and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 11 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Barkeep49 (talk) 20:10, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Talk:Anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan has an RFC
Talk:Anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Vladimir.copic (talk) 04:02, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Armenia
It's a shame that an ancient country like Armenia still has no Wikiquote page. You're invited to help make a nice one... --Spafky (talk) 20:44, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

FAR notice - First Nagorno-Karabakh War
I have nominated First Nagorno-Karabakh War for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Cinderella157 (talk) 08:16, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

RfC Notification
Hi all. You might be interested in the RfC, which is ongoing on the page related to this project. Thanks. Abrvagl (talk) 19:01, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

RfC of interest
There is an RfC on WikiProject Azerbaijan that may be of interest to this WikiProject. — Golden  call me maybe? 13:26, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Massacres of Azerbaijanis in Armenia (1917–1921)

 * The article Massacres of Azerbaijanis in Armenia (1917–1921) survived an AFD in which there was an inappropriate title change. There are a multitude of issues, that would normally preclude an advancement to B-class, but the title thus timeline is very questionable among other issues. For these reason I am going to reassess the article to C-class. If anyone has interest I have listed some concerns on the talk page. -- Otr500 (talk) 12:04, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Wikimania 2023 : Singapore, 16-19 August
Wikimedians! You are highly encouraged to apply for travel scholarship for Wikimedia Movement's largest gathering, Wikimania 2023. Wikimania 2023 will happen in Singapore and online from 16-19 August, 2023. There is a pre-conference on the 15th and a post-conference on the 20th. It is back on Asia since Hong Kong in 2013. Application deadline is on 5 February 2023 at 23:59 AoE. Regular registration will happen around May 2023. --Exec8 (talk) Exec8 (talk) 07:39, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Reference templates
Hello everyone, I've created some reference templates for commonly-used sources in Armenian articles, just paste them in the bibliography section and use SFN footnotes to cite them in-text: The purpose of these are to make consistent such citations across Wikipedia to improve the quality of articles, so feel free to add/make more. – Olympian loquere 23:34, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Template:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1910
 * Template:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1911
 * Template:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1912
 * Template:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1913
 * Template:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1915
 * Template:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1916
 * Template:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917
 * Template:Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 1
 * Template:Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 2
 * Template:Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 3
 * Template:Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 4
 * Template:Cite The Population of Soviet Armenia
 * Template:Cite Republic of Armenia Settlements Dictionary
 * Template:Cite Populated Areas of the Russian Empire
 * Template:Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline
 * Template:Cite Rediscovering Armenia
 * Template:Cite Demographic Changes in the Southwest Caucasus
 * Template:Cite Historic Maps of Armenia
 * Template:Cite Armenia on the Road to Independence
 * Template:Cite The First Republic of Armenia

Request to get a community tech bot that lists the 1000 most viewed/edited pages in WikiProject:Armenia
See:Link

It would be nice to see which pages are the most popular. Many other communities have this. Humanatbest (talk) 13:45, 19 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I will try and do it soon.
 * Nocturnal781 (talk) 14:07, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

"Reframing the Armenian-Azerbaijani Past"
From Vicken Cheterian and a few other academics, an interesting discussion of the current state of Armenian-Azerbaijani history scholarship. "Reframing the Armenian-Azerbaijani Past: What Can Scholars Do?" (April 2023). Perhaps of general interest to editors in this space. Suriname0 (talk) 12:44, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments are used by Wikipedia editors to rate the quality of articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project decides to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass WPBannerMeta a new custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:11, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Help with the article
I am searching for a editor to help me to improve my article, enabling me to submit it for revision. Thanks in advance. Noobsaiboth (talk) 15:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Romania
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Romania that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —usernamekiran (talk) 14:28, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Blockade of the Republic of Artsakh (2022–present)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Blockade of the Republic of Artsakh (2022–present) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. UtherSRG (talk) 16:01, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Armenia:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 12:38, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Drmbon, Nagorno-Karabakh
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Drmbon, Nagorno-Karabakh that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. UtherSRG (talk) 13:36, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at WikiProject Artsakh
You are invited to join the discussion at WikiProject Artsakh, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Sawyer-mcdonell (talk) 01:35, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Request for input on categories
Input is needed to close a discussion on deleting and merging a number of categories at Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 19. Thanks. —Michael Z. 05:41, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Request for input on categories
Input is needed to close a discussion on merging Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) and Greater Armenia at Talk:Greater_Armenia. Thanks. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 14:12, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Stepanakert
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Stepanakert that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 13:06, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

A question regarding "High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs (Armenia)" article
Dear community,

I'd like to create a page on Wikipedia about the "Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs (Armenia)" and tell more about its' mission and current programs. As far as I know, this page does not exist in English. However, there is a page that describes a similar position - High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs (Armenia) and it has an Armenian translation which is called Հայաստանի սփյուռքի նախարարություն (eng. Ministry of Diaspora of Armenia - which is a government agency but not a position). Also the current English article has the template at the bottom of the page which is called Government of Armenia and the article is mentioned as a ministry there (but in fact this article is not about the ministry, but about the position). My question is - should I create a new page for the government agency or should I change the name and the content for the current one? I don't know what to do to move forward, so I decided to ask here.

Thanks in advance! Yunido (talk) 12:11, 4 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Good question- I've been wondering about this too. We need to confirm whether or not the ministry itself even exists, or if it was entirely replaced by the position (the official who works on Diaspora affairs). If a separate department or ministry exists, then I support the creation of the article. However, if the department/ministry was abolished and/or replaced then there is no point and the current article should be maintained as is. It all depends what we can confirm based on WP:RS. If you look at the edit history on High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs (Armenia), in July 2022, Revolution Saga moved the article claiming that the Ministry of Diaspora no longer exists and was replaced by the High Commissioner. Perhaps Revolution Saga can provide more insight to this? Thanks in advance! Archives908 (talk) 15:38, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @Yunido and @Archives908, the Ministry of Disapora was in fact abolished back in early 2019 and replaced with the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs. I forgot to add more information with relevant citations when I moved the page. The Armenian Wikipedia page Yunido mentioned simply hasn't been updated since the changes. I don't think it would make sense to create a separate article for the office (as in the government body) and the office (as in the position) of commissioner itself. It should be one or the other, and there is no need for an article about the defunct ministry now, since the High Commissioner's office was explicitly created as a replacement for it. This is the relevant law where the abolition of the ministry and its replacement by the High Commissioner's Office is described, and you can read more about it at these links:, . Best, Revolution Saga (talk) 07:41, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Revolution Saga thanks for the detailed answer! But aren't the concepts of the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs and High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs a little bit different? It's the same difference like Ministry of Defence of Armenia (as a goverment body) and Minister of Defence (Armenia) (as a position). According to the official website of the Office there are two different concepts: [1 ], [2 ]. In order not to confuse these two concepts (if a reader is not immersed in the topic, then they may get confused in these), I would create another page specifically for the Office. Or I would rename the current article of High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs (Armenia) to Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs (Armenia). The current programs and its activities should be mentioned there (since they are carried out not only by the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, but also by a team of employees and departments of the Office). What do you think? Yunido (talk) 08:12, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, that makes sense. I forgot that there are generally separate pages for ministries and similar government bodies and their head offices, although in my opinion this can sometimes be superfluous. I think that the wisest move would be to rename the current article High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs (Armenia) to "Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs (Armenia)" as you said and have all of the information about the office, its activities and its head there. But making a separate article for the office and the commissioner might also be acceptable. Revolution Saga (talk) 09:42, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * ok, I will do that way, thanks for helping me figure it out. Yunido (talk) 10:44, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Qajar Iran
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Qajar Iran that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 19:16, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Safavid Iran
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Safavid Iran that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 19:19, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Settlement near Sovkhoz No. 2 of Garsharabtrest
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Settlement near Sovkhoz No. 2 of Garsharabtrest that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 00:03, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Berkadzor
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Berkadzor that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 11:50, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Photo of Garni Temple up for Featured Picture consideration
Hello! I've nominated Yerevantsi's photo of Garni Temple for Featured Picture consideration (here) and I'm trying to get enough votes for a quorum. If anybody at this WikiProject would like to weigh in, please do. Moonreach (talk) 18:35, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Malkaz


The article Malkaz has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "No sources describe this entity. There is no information about any historic region starting with Մալ/'Mal-' in Armenian Wikipedia either"

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Le Loy (talk) 03:15, 16 February 2024 (UTC)