Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Georgia (country)

User Chipmunkdavis' dispute about UNWTO classification of Georgia
Please leave your comment on the dispute about the issue, competent users in tourism are needed. Discussion is here ► Talk:Tourism in Georgia (country)-- g. balaxaZe   ★  18:15, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

RfC for UNWTO classification
Whether World Tourism Organization's classification of Georgia must be included or removed from the article? ► Talk:Tourism in Georgia (country)-- g. balaxaZe   ★  11:40, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Draft assessment request
Good day, I came across a draft, Draft:Tiflisi (TV Show), about a Georgian television show. However, I don't speak the language. Would someone here be willing to give a quick opinion as to its notability? Thanks, /wiae /tlk  10:57, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Soliciting comments on Russo-Georgian War
I have started a RfC on a certain contentious statement in this article, please help resolve the dispute. I should say that the article is under discretionary sanctions - edit carefully! Banedon (talk) 00:52, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Centenary of Georgian Independence
Hi all, I notice that the centenary of Georgian Independence will be happening on 26 May this year. Are there any plans to mark this event on Wikimedia platforms? Leutha (talk) 15:32, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello . Thank you for bringing up an excellent point. I'm going to start a series of articles on that period of time, namely a new article on the history of Georgia from 1917 to 1921 and Georgian declaration of independence in 1918. has done a lot of quality work to expand and improve the article on Irakli Tsereteli, which I hope can be further improved to at least a GA status. Articles such as the Democratic Republic of Georgia and Noe Zhordania are potential candidates for improvement. Your ideas are very much welcome! --KoberTalk 16:01, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I have indeed been working on the Tsereteli article, and long term think I can even get it to FA. I have long term plans to work on some era-specific articles, though it will take a while due to my current living situation (I don't have easy access to a lot of my sources). But I am familiar with the era on an academic level (it was the focus of my master's degree), and think I can get some of the articles to a better status for sure (or at least hope to). Kaiser matias (talk) 23:39, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for that. A couple of weeks ago I started Conference of the Three Internationals which Tsereteli attended, and at which concerns over Georgia proved to be a big issue (Ramsay MacDonald also attended). Georgia was a significant part of the debate there. I also came across working on the Siberian Zimmerwaldists.

Also I am based in London and have suggested we organise an event here at the London meetup (we have a long-standing Wikimedian here with Georgian connections). I am not sure how big a deal this centenary is for Georgians, but it falls on a Saturday, which could be handy. It would be nice to link up with Wikimedia Georgia. (I understand there is a four hour time difference.) Is there an appetite for an international collaboration on this occasion? Leutha (talk) 20:53, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It's an interesting idea, and I'll do what I can for the DRG article, which as noted may be limited. And the Siberian Zimmerwaldists article was just a byproduct of working on Tsereteli, who obviously was a major factor on that (I wrote a paper on him, which is how I gathered the material for the article). Though I don't think I can be much help with a collaboration, as I'm in Korea, which is 5 hours ahead of Tblilisi and 9 ahead of London, but I certainly will do what I can. Kaiser matias (talk) 23:39, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I put the Tsereteli article up at GAC now. Whenever that finishes I'll probably send it over to FAC as well. Kaiser matias (talk) 02:12, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

I will also note that I recently thought about working on Red Army invasion of Georgia for its centenary in 2021, though obviously the May 26 anniversary is a lot closer, and something we should definitely try to aim for. With some effort I think it's possible, we just have to realize the FAC process can take about 2 months, so we'd need it submitted by mid-March at the latest. Kaiser matias (talk) 23:39, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians to be moved to Anti-Eastern Orthodox sentiment. This page is of interest to several relating WikiProjects and interested users may want to participate in the discussion here. Sorabino (talk) 21:50, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Georgian spelling of "White Noise Movement"?
I'm looking to write an article about this political movement in Georgia which seeks to change the nation's drug laws. Can anyone provide me with the correct spelling in Georgian?

Link: http://georgiatoday.ge/news/9708/Paata-Sabelashvili-on-Drugs-%26-the-LGBT-Community

Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 10:07, 8 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Huh, I wouldn't expect GoogleTranslate would get it right the first time, but it's giving me "თეთრი ხმაურის მოძრაობა" and that googles up a hit for what appears to be the group's Facebook page. Is that actually the right spelling? Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 10:09, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia FAC
If anyone wants to take a look at the FAC nomination it would really help, as it is about to be archived. Thanks. Kaiser matias (talk) 05:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Focus on Georgia 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 Georgian women.

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) 20:26, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
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Historical Dictionary of Georgia
Many of the articles in Historical Dictionary of Georgia https://books.google.com/books?id=JNNQCgAAQBAJ cover topics that are probably notable by Wikipedia standards. The book is copyrighted, so we aren't allowed to copy and paste from it. Soem pages are omitted from the Google Books version, so you may want to try to find ISBN 978-1-4422-4145-9 the print edition or ISBN 978-1-4422-4146-6  the e-book. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 20:39, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

AFD of interest
Please consider commenting at Articles for deletion/Ashough Jivani's House-Museum. --Doncram (talk) 19:54, 21 August 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  15:36, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

AfD of Interest
Please consider commenting at Articles for deletion/10 Years Later (TV series) (2nd nomination). matt91486 (talk) 20:17, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Avel Enukidze
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Avel Enukidze. has requested that the article be renamed to "Avel Yenukidze". This discussion regards possible inconsistencies in the way Wikipedia transliterates names beginning with the Cyrillic letter 'e'. - Radiphus (talk) 07:31, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Zurab Pololikashvili ( New article on Wikipedia)
Hi everyone please contribute this page Zurab Pololikashvili and make it bigger. do not let anyone delete this page for not strong reason, this page deserved to be in Wikipedia. thank you Muradtaha (talk) 05:31, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
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Nomination of Portal:Abkhazia for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Abkhazia 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:Abkhazia 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 10:42, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Russian names in Georgia-related topics of things existing during the Soviet Union
Please see Talk:Tbilisi_International_Airport WhisperToMe (talk) 09:41, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Freedom of religion in Georgia (country) — GPB screen shot question
In the "Other controversies" section of Freedom of religion in Georgia (country), there is a description of the January 2009 debate over a Georgia Public Broadcaster TV series which asked viewers to select the ten top Georgians in history. This series gave rise to controversy because officials of the Georgian Orthodox Church objected to a poll which included saints in addition to secular figures.

There was originally a screen shot from an advertisement for this series (File:Best Georgians GPB ad December 2008 redo.png), illustrating one of the saints included in the poll (Abo of Tiflis). Recently, the inclusion of this screen shot was challenged by editors who felt there was not sufficient justification to include this non-free image in the article (see discussion at ).

If anyone has an opinion (one way or the other) on the appropriateness of this screen shot and whether it is or is not sufficiently important to justify its use under Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, please feel free to weigh in at the above discussion page, and/or in the talk page for the image. I'm personally biased towards including the image (since I was the one who included it in the first place), but I want others of whatever opinion to be aware of the issue so they can comment (for or against) if they wish. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 02:37, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Discussion invitation
Hi. I invite users here to a discussion on map coloring for the UN. Wadaad (talk) 08:57, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Standards of translated articles
Hi, please ensure that articles are better translated than this one, which I've just edited. You may need someone with copy-editing skills in English. Tony (talk)  11:47, 1 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) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Jemal Gokieli
Can anyone find sources for Jemal Gokieli (ჯემალ გოკიელი), please? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:07, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Help with writing and sourcing needed at: ka:მომხმარებელი:Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney/სავარჯიშო
Thanks for any assistance! Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 13:13, 28 April 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 women from Georgia.--Ipigott (talk) 16:24, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Stubs on Georgian historic buildings
has been creating many articles on historic Georgian buildings. Most of them have only one reference, to a database on historical monuments of Abkhazia, and several of them have been draftified or PROD'd. I imagine many of these buildings are actually notable, but it's difficult for non-Georgian speakers to find references for them. has expanded a few of these articles and perhaps other participants in this WikiProject would be interested in helping out. Spicy (talk) 17:30, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I just noticed another user doing the same thing - . I wonder if this is part of an edit-a-thon or school project? Spicy (talk) 17:40, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

File:Knight in the Panther's Skin Theatrical Poster.jpg listed for discussion
Please see for the discussion. In particular, some Georgian knowledge would be helpful to figure out the vintage of this image. Wikiacc (¶) 06:41, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Category:Monarchs of Georgia listed for renaming
Please see Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_January_9. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:17, 9 January 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)

Requested move at Talk:2021 Tbilisi Pride protests
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2021 Tbilisi Pride protests that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. VR talk 21:50, 12 December 2021 (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. In next steps I wish to have a proper map showing erstwhile slave trading townships across black sea.

Thanks and warm regards

&#32;Bookku, &#39;Encyclopedias &#61; expanding information &#38; knowledge&#39; (talk) 10:03, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Georgian help needed
I would like to write a Wikipedia article about chashushuli, a tasty Georgian dish I have eaten recently. However, I am having trouble finding any material or references about it. Neither the English or the Finnish Wikipedia has an article about it, and all Google turns up about it are recipes. I have looked at the Georgian Wikipedia's article about Georgian cuisine, but the problem is that not only do I not understand Georgian, I can't even read the alphabet. If there is even some article at the Georgian Wikipedia where the dish is mentioned I could machine-translate it to English and use that as basis for writing my own English article. Could someone point me in the right direction? J I P &#124; Talk 09:31, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Greetings User:JIP. There is an article in Russian Wikipedia and hopefully this will help. Best regards, An emperor /// Ave 09:52, 1 February 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.

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This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Adarnase IV of Iberia
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Adarnase IV of Iberia that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:02, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate 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 has decided 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) 14:12, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. SkyWarrior 19:18, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for David III of Tao
David III of Tao has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:55, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Abkhazia
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Abkhazia that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 19:12, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Georgia (country):

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) 13:03, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Irakli Garibashvili § Should the lead image be changed?
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Irakli Garibashvili § Should the lead image be changed?. Edward-Woodrow •  talk  00:28, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Heraclius invasion in Georgia
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Heraclius invasion in Georgia that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Annwfwn (talk) 14:42, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Varlam Cherkezov
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Varlam Cherkezov to be moved to Varlam Cherkezishvili. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. --Grnrchst (talk) 16:13, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Heraclius_invasion_in_Georgia
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Heraclius_invasion_in_Georgia that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Annwfwn (talk) 11:44, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Input requested at Zviad Gamsakhurdia
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Zviad_Gamsakhurdia. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 09:32, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Ossetian rebellion in Georgia (1920)
Talk:Ossetian rebellion in Georgia (1920) has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Talk:Ossetian rebellion in Georgia (1920).Annwfwn (talk) 23:31, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Turkish-Georgian war
Turkish-Georgian war has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Talk:Turkish-Georgian war.Annwfwn (talk) 22:52, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

2024 Georgian presidential election
Does anyone know if the incumbent and current Georgian president, Salome Zourabichvili is running for president again in 2024? From my research into the Georgian constitution, presidents can run for two five-year terms. So, she could run for a second term. Uakendes7622 (talk) 22:39, 31 December 2023 (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) 19:20, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Please leave an input in Talk:Principality of Abkhazia
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Principality of Abkhazia. Bailer99 (talk) 22:19, 25 February 2024 (UTC) Please leave an input on Talk:Principality of Abkhazia, Sukhumi-based IP user (now with an account) tries to delete information about Georgian language and Church in Abkhazia with questionable and unreliable sources, and instead tries to insert Turkish and Arabian language. Bailer99 (talk) 22:14, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:David III of Tao
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:David III of Tao that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 11:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Pharnavaz I of Iberia
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Pharnavaz I of Iberia that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 00:42, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject.  ❯❯❯  Raydann  (Talk)   21:21, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:2023 Georgian protests
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2023 Georgian protests that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 05:31, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Developing Countries WikiContest
Starting this July, we will see a new contest on the scene - the Developing Countries WikiContest (WP:DCWC)! Think of it as a WikiCup but only for articles and media on developing countries.

Competitors may submit GAs, GTs, FAs, FTs, FLs, FPs, and DYK and ITN entries from/on developing countries to gain points and climb the leaderboard. Points are also awarded to those who review GAs, FAs and FLs.

Georgia is listed as a developing country for the purposes of this contest and articles related to it are eligible to be submitted for points, so I encourage everyone here to sign up and compete with editors from around the world to create high-quality content!

Append your name to the DCWC signup page today!

Best wishes, Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI ( talk to me!/my edits ) 07:31, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:David III of Tao
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:David III of Tao that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 07:57, 28 June 2024 (UTC)