Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Iran/Archive 5

Harun ar-Rashid listed at Requested moves
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Hephthalite Empire listed at Requested moves
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Iran crisis of 1946 listed at Requested moves
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Kurmanji Kurdish listed at Requested moves
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Dari language (Zoroastrian) listed at Requested moves
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Southern Kurdish dialects listed at Requested moves
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Western Persian listed at Requested moves
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Rakhshani listed at Requested moves
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A serious annoyance
When I looked up “Afghanistan” on Google Maps, I found, in southern Afghanistan, a place labeled “Rudbar”. But all the articles listed under Rudbar (disambiguation) – including those listed under Rudbar Rural District (disambiguation) – are in Iran. There must be a mistake; either Wikipedia lacks an article on a place called Rudbar that’s in Afghanistan; or Google Maps got a place name wrong. Please fix this.--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 22:54, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Large numbers of Iranian articles could benefit from geocoding
The category Category:Iran articles missing geocoordinate data now contains over 13,000 articles that appear to be eligible for geotagging, but have not been geotagged. I'd greatly appreciate any help that members of this project could give to adding these coordinates. For help in how the geotagging system works, please see Wikiproject Geographical coordinates. Thanks, -- The Anome (talk) 14:45, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

RfC on Iran nuclear deal
See RfC here: talk:Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Your input is appreciated! Iran nuclear weapons 2 (talk) 15:34, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

RFC
An RFC related to the Quds Day is opened here. Mhhossein (talk) 10:20, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Merge Aryasb into Abradatas
It has been proposed to merge the article at Aryasb into the article at Abradatas, king of Susa. Discussion at Talk:Abradatas. --Bejnar (talk) 17:40, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Iran
I've locked the Iran article due to an ongoing edit war. The dispute seems to be over the inclusion or otherwise of an image. Uninvolved editors are welcome to make their opinions known at talk:Iran. Mjroots (talk) 20:12, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Fariba Kosari
Can anyone help expand the article for Fariba Kosari? I declined the A7 speedy since the film credits on IMDb gave off the impression that she should have some sort of coverage enough to pass notability guidelines, albeit in another language. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  14:07, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

RFC: Is the One Million Plan relevant to the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries?
See the RFC at:

Talk:Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_and_Muslim_countries.

Oncenawhile (talk) 15:19, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Jamaluddin Mostaghimi, Abul qasim Bakhtiar, Iraj Tanzifi
Please correect. Please add interwiki links, if the persons are notable. If they aren't, the pages should be removed.Xx236 (talk) 07:41, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Comment on draft
Your comments on Draft:Seyed Mahdi Mousavi are welcomed. Please use, or use directly in the draft. Sam Sailor Talk! 08:04, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Iran
Can we get a few more eyes on the edits at Iran...we have a new editor removing dead links without replacing them or trying to find archive versions. I have mentioned the problems on the talk page but no longer have time to go into more details. -- Moxy (talk) 18:08, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Confusion?
Please see Talk:Yuzdan vs Yazdan In ictu oculi (talk) 09:00, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
This draft is eligible for deletion after 6 months of no editing. Could you please have a look? Best, FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  15:37, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Iranian Olympian
Please see this at BLPN. If anyone can help with the translation from Persian, I'd be grateful. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 14:25, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution
There must be a list of all the people executed during the 2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution. English media doesn't seem to have it. I guess Arabic media may have the names, but I don't speak the language. Can anyone help? Oh, and I know Persian is the language, but I am posting here anyway because many project members here likely speak Arabic too and Iranian media may have the names of the victims. Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:32, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * There is a list here, together with their nationality. It is written in Persian (Perso-Arabic script), but Arabic script spelling for names is usually identical. I can not contribute myslef as I'm on mobile, http://translate.google.com can be helpful. --Z 18:30, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Ayatollah Haj Mirza Khalil Kamareyi
Hello. Is anyone able to take a look at Ayatollah Haj Mirza Khalil Kamareyi to try to verify the content of the article? A bunch of sources have been cited, all at the end of one paragraph, and while their titles are in English, I suspect the sources are not and that these titles are the translations of the article's author. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:15, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

RM notification
Mhhossein (talk) 03:37, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Auto-assessment of article classes
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Discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:42, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Greater Khorasan
An anonymous IP user changed information in the article entitled "Greater Khorasan". Can someone please check for accuracy. Here is the diff. Thanks in advance. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 06:31, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

A Categories for deletion discussion WikiProject members may be interested in.
It concerns Category:Mathematicians from Nishapur being merged into Category:People from Nishapur. The discussion can be found here....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 21:08, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Deletion discussion for
Dawynn (talk) 09:36, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

India's alleged support to Baloch rebels
There is an ongoing discussion about alleged Indian support to Baloch rebels and the verifability and notability of such claim at Talk:Insurgency in Balochistan/Archive 2.GreyShark (dibra) 16:15, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:A Short History Of Persian literature
Template:A Short History Of Persian literature has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Uanfala (talk) 10:37, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to Women in Red's special November activities
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US embassy open again?
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Embassy-of-the-United-States-Tehran/304808222867610?hc_ref=NEWSFEED really? --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 14:12, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Work with an editor?
Hi! I didn't know if anyone had reached out to someone who is fluent in any of the languages spoken in Iran or not. Long story short, I came across the editor while looking at ANI. I'm not entirely sure where he's from or what his native language is, but it seems obvious that English is a second language. His username and focus on Iran-related topics give off the impression that he's from Iran and/or speaks one of the languages used there.

He doesn't seem to really understand where people are coming from with their edits and explanations, so I thought that it would be a good idea to get someone to try to work as a mediator. I don't know that the English language Wikipedia is really the best place for him given the interactions and issues posed by the language barrier, but I do know that having someone work with him in his native language would raise the chances that he could edit in a beneficial manner or at the very least, direct him to the appropriate language Wikipedia. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:13, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Hello. My workd and mentality I've been useful and will be. I try to build a better article. Thanks for your message Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  lady. Jkouhyar (talk) 10:16, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Lots of articles needing assessment
I noticed a few weeks ago that there are a lot of articles that need to be assessed for this project. I have done a few but I wanted to post a note in case others are interested in helping out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mr. Nosferatu (talk) 16:31, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Iran WikiProject banner alignment
The banner and text alignment above the Introduction is bugging me :/ Really it's not a huge deal but I've been trying to properly align them with no avail. Any suggestions? Yilangren (talk) 18:11, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you are trying to do. Whats wrong with the banner? It looks fine to me. Mr. Nosferatu (talk) 16:28, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The banner itself is fine (well, it could be a higher resolution, but still), it's the alignment with the text that I have a problem with. This is what the main page looks like for me; note how the text is right next to the banner and isn't aligned properly. Even when I zoom out or zoom in, I still have the same issue (and really, I shouldn't have to anyway since I'm not zoomed in/out at some extreme magnification, it should be displayed properly regardless). Yilangren (talk) 17:18, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * There you go, how is that. Mr. Nosferatu (talk) 03:44, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Beautiful, thanks! Yilangren (talk) 03:45, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Please let me know if you need anything else. At least till I get blocked or banned like everyone else who touches WikiProjects.;-) Mr. Nosferatu (talk) 03:50, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Notice to participants at this page about adminship
Many participants here create a lot of content, may have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are just some of the skills considered at Requests for adminship.

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Add iran portal to Category:Populated places in Iran by province articles
Hi, i want to add iran portal to Category:Populated places in Iran by province articles with JarBot and i ask for approval.جار الله (talk) 19:19, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Category:Recipients of the Order of Pahlevi has been nominated for discussion
Category:Recipients of the Order of Pahlevi, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides 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. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:38, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Tabaria, Tapuristan, Tabarestan
Currently Tabaria and Tapuristan are redirects to Mazandaran Province. Tapuria and Tabarestan are redirects to a separate article at Tabaristan. Could some knowledgeable editor make sure these redirects are pointing to the most appropriate pages? Thanks, Cnilep (talk) 04:22, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * For the time being I've pointed them all to Tabaristan and added a hatnote there to Mazandaran Province. Please correct this as necessary. Cnilep (talk) 02:11, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Sorting Out Wrongly Labelled Files
Just to inform the other members, I've put in a move request to sort of the mislabelled Imperial Standards (the and the  are the wrong way round)

A request to rename the has been filed as well (this is of the Crown Prince, not the Shah)

Also, I've removed the Imperial Standard from the List of flags with Arabic-language text (it contains Persian text, not Arabic.) AJORDAN (talk) 21:17, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Design Revamp
I've been doing a design revamp for the WikiProject, the Main Page now more organised and eye-catching. More pages have been added for expansion. AJORDAN (talk) 00:35, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Pictures?
Can anyone have a go at identifying this picture? Note that there appears to be a title and caption, in... well, Google Translate thinks the metadata on Commons is in Farsi, so I'm assuming the title and caption are in Farsi also. (As well, note that the metadata on Commons is pretty much useless.) Thanks.



DS (talk) 13:14, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Civil Commission of Iran's Parliament
Pleasehelp. It's one of the worst pages in this Wikipedia.Xx236 (talk) 13:15, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Correct name for Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters
Should this be just at Khatam-al Anbiya like the name given at ? There is no source for Construction Headquarter(s), the text is incosistent with regards to using Headquarters or Headquarter. Then there is also a citation requested at infobox for Trading name: Khatam Ghorb. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:39, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

FA review of Abbas Kiarostami
I Have nominated Abbas Kiarostami 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. --Gertanis (talk) 19:38, 5 August 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_Iran

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 16:17, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Station naming
Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Stations and join there if you have an opinion about how stations in Iran, especially Tehran Metro stations, should be titled. Dicklyon (talk) 18:51, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Good Article Reassessment of Cinematic style of Abbas Kiarostami
Cinematic style of Abbas Kiarostami, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual 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.
 * Note that the reassessment was opened five months ago, but the notice was never posted here. I hope that anyone interested can begin work in the next seven days. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:00, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Jash, Iran and Jash, Zahedan: the same village?
Based on Wikipedia, Jash, Zahedan, is a village Tamin Rural District, in the Mirjaveh of Zahedan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, with a population of 367, while Jash, Iran, is a village Tamin Rural District, in the Central District of Mirjaveh County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province with the exact same population. Are these the same place? Could the village be on the border of both counties? If so, they should be merged into one article. Thanks!--Animalparty! (talk) 22:07, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Please check
Hello Iranians please check this edits because I am not an expert. They look like some unexplained removal of sources. Ubba abba (talk) 16:12, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Please check 2
Hello. Could you please check these two edits: &  ? I am not an expert but they appear to be original research. This editor has also been engaged in original research in at least one 'European history' article. --Omnipaedista (talk) 23:39, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Moving cities
There seems to be a number of sockpuppets who move Iranian cities to other names. I see there is Mahabad and Mahabad, West Azerbaijan. The second uses Piranshahr throughout. Which of the two is the correct name? CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 13:42, 10 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.

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The discussion about this can be found here.

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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.

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Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:42, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

List of state visits to Iran nominated for deletion
List of state visits to Iran was nominated for deletion at Articles for deletion/List of diplomatic visits to the United States. Would editors be able to find sources about the subject? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 07:17, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

"Keikhosro Khoroush" needs editing
Hi. The article Keikhosro Khoroush needs editing and assessing. Thanks! Thinker78 (talk) 21:21, 25 July 2018 (UTC)