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Reza Shah article

Hi I just wanted to point out that the additions you are making to the Reza Shah article are fringe opinions created by enemies of the Pahlavi dynasty, not established facts. Mehrshad123 21:11, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism on Reza Shah

Regarding your little "warning" on my talk page, in the Reza Shah discussions page, the consensus from the editors is that you are the vandal. I was simply restoring the page after you repeatedly vandalized it with political POV. Reza Shah had some very harsh policies and this has already been mentioned in the article. Personal attacks on a historic figure with POV are not welcomed here.

Regarding "blocking" me - please be my guest! :)

Mehrshad123 00:23, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Reza Shah

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Khoikhoi 01:38, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

W A R N I N G

Faranbazu,Regarding your comment:* Hi Mehrshad, I hope you and Shervin continue to contribute in wikipedia. However it is important that both of you try to rely on facts. I know that in the Middle East people are found of conspiracy theories. But in an incyclopedia one needs facts. In fact, if you guys want to be monarchist, its your choice. However, trying to make guys like Reza khan, Hitler, or Stalin look good is absurd and futile. Cheers Faranbazu 04:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Faranbazu, thanks for the stupid and inflamatory comment. And if I was a "Middle East Person", I might know what you are talking about. By the way are you not from Turkey?

On another note, you have commited yet another violation of wikipedia policy in removing the Sockpuppet tag from your user page. [1]

Your comments

Faranbazu, it might be good if you would write comments which are directed at me on my talk page rather than on those of other editors. Regarding your comment above, I never defended Hitler or Stalin. This is going too far, since I have not seen you apologizing yet for your comment calling me and others "fascists", either. I'm getting the idea that I'll have to report your behavior.Shervink 09:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)shervink

Your comment on my talk page

Dear Faranbazu, I neither was hurt by nor became angry at your remarks. What I was trying to tell you was that you were violating wikipedia policies by using an unnecessarily harsh tone and by not showing respect for other people's opinions. I am surprised that you still assume, without me ever saying something of the sort, that I am a monarchist or somehow have a special feeling toward Reza Shah. I don't know what you mean by "abandoning your king". Your choice of words simply shows that you are presuming some sort of feeling on my behalf which doesn't exist. I would show just as much effort to defend articles on Ahmad Shah, Shapour Bakhtiar, or Ayatollah Khomeini, for that matter, if I felt that there is a strong POV pushing on one side, for example unjustly attacking these people. As for why I call him the "great", in fact I rarely do, as you can easily verify from my posts. Usually I just say Reza Shah. It is, however, a fact that he is also known as "the great", and that this title was given to him by parliament (at a time when he was not even Shah anymore). So it is obvious that this should be included in the article, and I don't see why you should have a problem with that. May I ask, in return, what justifies your use of the term "military junta" when referring to cabinets of his time? He did not become Shah or prime minister by coup (The only coup he participated in led to Seyed Zia's becoming prime minister). Most of the people in power during his time, including ministers, were not from the military either, so this term is totally unjustified. As for sources, there are many sources discrediting you opinions. This is not to say that I don't acknowledge your opinion as being worthy of being incorporated into the article. I do insist, however, that your black and white view which consists only of attacking this man is inappropriate as a basis for an unbiased article. Shervink 11:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)shervink

Again, I rarely ever use the title "great" for Reza Shah, so I don't care whether or not you mind it, since I don't do it, and even if I did that would have been my right!!! The title was given to him by parliament in 1949, at a time when by all accounts Iranian elections were free and democratic and Mohammad Reza Shah had little influence on the parliament. so I don't think you can justify the term "puppet". Will you please stop this provocative language and adopt an appropriate distance when discussing historical matters? Shervink 11:46, 21 March 2007 (UTC)shervink

Hi Faranbazu. Could you be so kind to enable receiving email messages from other users in your preferences ;) Hcet 13:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC)