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revert my edit

who are you Wario-Man..?! why I can not edit a page and put the correct info? do you have any problem with fact? Aryan or Arian are Iranian people..this is a fact, and we are not proud of any race or gen. if you are racist and can not see that please let the others to hear the truth. do not play with history.

Clearly you are not familiar with Wikipedia rules and policies. Read my warning message on your talk page. Plus avoid personal attacks, nationalistic rants, and forum-like comments. --Wario-Man (talk) 14:14, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

NG

Hi WM. I just reverted these edits by user:Cekli829.

a) he removed mention of "Persia" from the infobox
b) he added two irredentist pics ([1]-[2]) to a small subsection.
c) he didn't provide any reason/edit summary for these changes.

Curious for your opinion. - LouisAragon (talk) 02:03, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAragon:

a) Was it a part of Persia in that era? Since Persian/Iranian territory was variable during ancient and medieval eras, it's better to mention dynasty or kingdom who ruled that region during the life of Nizami. For example, see Al-Biruni.

b) We had similar issues on Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a stamp. See its talk page for more info. If the used images promote irredentist claims, you can remove them.

c) When you encounter such edits and if the involved editors restore their edits, then open a section on talk page and ask them about their edits.
--Wario-Man (talk) 06:08, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

With these two edits,[3]-[4] you just (unintentionally) drew many "concerned editors" to this place.[5]-[6]-[7]-[8] - LouisAragon (talk) 14:05, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

It has nothing to do with my edits. The language template was changed on this revision.[9] No reason to use a regional dialect/variant for a historical name. --Wario-Man (talk) 16:11, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

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I am hadilak

I added the correct item on the Iranian Ethnic List And you should not clean it. I myself am lak, and I know that the crowds in Iran are about 2.5 million. Please return me with what I edited Thanks Hadilak (talk) 23:36, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

@Hadilak: Unsourced changes will be reverted for sure. Read WP policies and guides. --Wario-Man (talk) 05:44, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Modu Chanyu - Mete

Modu Chanyu's name is Mete in Turkish. This is a well known fact. He is also a prominent figure in Turkish history. Why does his page only have Chinese and Mongolian names? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masteryoda17 (talk • contribs) 20:48, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

The same reason why we don't add his name in German, it's irrelevant. Xiongnu and its rulers have nothing to do with Turkish language. It does not matter what you call him in Turkish or how you view him in Turkey. Chinese and Mongolian are relevant because they are used in historical sources. --Wario-Man (talk) 04:36, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

What do you mean it is irrelevant? Many academic sources claim that Xiongnu people were majorly Turkic. Modu Chanyu is seen as an ethnically Turkish ancestor. How do you know Xiongnu were related to Mongolian, but not Turkic people. In fact, Xiongnu were related to Turkic people more than Mongolians. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masteryoda17 (talk • contribs) 06:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Origin of Xiongnu is uncertain. Plus Turkic is not equal to Turkish language. You can't add Turkish language to articles just per that "Turkic" thing or your POV and personal analysis/opinion. As a new user, clearly you're not familiar with WP policies and guidelines. You better start reading them. My warning message has links to some of them. Also read WP:POV and WP:DISRUPT. Adding irrelevant languages to articles = POV, disruptive editing. Don't you agree with me? Go to Talk:Modu Chanyu, start a new section, provide your rationale and sources and discuss it with other editors. I may write my comment there. End of discussion. --Wario-Man (talk) 10:11, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Please read my replies on my talk page.

Hi considering that you have warned me for being a ‘disruotuve’ editor. I would really appreciate it if you could read what I had written on my talk page and reply to me. I’m sorry to have to leave a message on your talk page.--Failosopher (talk) 07:50, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

@Failosopher: I don't read it because I have clarified everything for you and it seems you didn't get the point yet. Again: the problem is you have misunderstood that "Iranian" in the lead. Read it: Iranian peoples. You think it is only related to Iran and it's a nationality but it's an ethnolingustic term just like Germanic. It's sourced and based on citations while your addition "Afghan/Afghani" is just your very own personal opinion and some kind of nationalistic POV-pushing. What you did is irredentism + anachronism. You can't add your POV and personal analysis/interpretation to the articles. That's all. End of discussion. --Wario-Man (talk) 10:47, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

@Wario-Man: Please check the revisions. I completely agree that adding Afghani-Afghan is inappropriate. Let me assure you I did not make that revision. I simply added Parsis and Iranis (which are a community of Indian/Pakistani Zoroastrians to whom Nowruz is still important). The bit about Afghani peoples, was added in an edit by this IP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/184.151.222.124, in this edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nowruz&diff=831437507&oldid=831437273. This was done whilst I was in between revisions on the page so I can totally understand your confusion. Can we come to a compromise- I will make include Iranis and Parsis in the text once I have found appropriate sources for their inclusion. --Failosopher (talk) 21:00, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

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Afghanistan

As to your edit summary yesterday on 'Afghanistan', while removing "Hindi" (in section Etymology), I'm wondering:

• what is "pov";
• why is "Hindi" 'pov';
• why did you remove 'Hindi' there?

--Corriebertus (talk) 16:09, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

@Corriebertus:

• WP:POV
• Read -stan, it has nothing to do with Hindi. It's a Persian suffix. An user added his personal opinion to the section etymology.[10] Wrong, irrelevant, unsourced, and pov addition. Consider this example: Someone edits Germany and adds a random language like Japanese to "Etymology". Don't you remove/revert their edit?
• Per 1 & 2

And I'm just wondering why my edit was odd for you. Is it because of my edit summary? Was it confusing or what? --Wario-Man (talk) 17:55, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Amigo/amiga,
'Odd', or rather questionable, because: (a) 'pov' is not an existing word in normal English outside Wikipedia (and should therefore nor be used here unless inevitable); (b) some Wikipedians seem to have built up a tradition to use 'pov' as (vague) reference to policy page WP:NPOV, but in the case at hand here I couldn't see any connection to the content or message or instruction on that policy page. We shouldn't too much copy the usage of tokens (like 'pov') from other Wikipedians if those tokens are not plain and normal English, are vague or unknown to readers, and/or are used incorrectly.
I'm further commenting on the (wrong) usage of 'pov' on another Talk page, not to be rude to you or to denounce you, but because the incorrect use of 'pov' to my opinion comes back often in Wikipedia, and perhaps it is good to discuss that matter with the wider Wikipedia community. See: Wikipedia talk:Neutral point of view#Incorrect usage of the term 'pov' or 'POV'. --Corriebertus (talk) 15:30, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Template:People of Khorasan

Hi, you seem to be contributing to Iran-related pages, and I am wondering if you can share your views in this voting. The Template:People of Khorasan has been tagged by someone for deletion. I have challenged the decision here. The discussion is open for voting. Can you please give your views in this page? Thanks --Cabolitæ (talk) 16:02, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Did you see my additions to the Kangju talk page?

You seem to be a much more experienced Wikipedian than I am, so I was hoping you could look at, and respond to what I found in reference to the whole Tamga issue.

Best, Darokrithia (talk) 19:35, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

OK --Wario-Man (talk) 07:35, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

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"Parthian Empire"

Parthian Empire may be more prevalent in English sources, but that doesn't make it more accurate. Parthia was but a single region and never denoted the whole empire. Just like articles mentioning the Persian Empire should be corrected to the Iranian Empire to avoid confusion with the region Persia/Persis/Parsa (which it has gradually been in modern scholarship). The article about the Neo-Persian Empire is called the Sasanian Empire, so why not the Arsacid Empire? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andribuss (talk • contribs) 14:24, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

See WP:OR and take your concerns to Talk:Parthian Empire. --Wario-Man (talk) 19:15, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Al-Biruni

Hi Wario-Man, could you please comment on User talk:Monsore about Al-Biruni ? i spent hours explaining user:Monsore why we should write Iranian and not Persian in the article about the scholar, but he refuses to listen and keeps going on edit-warring. He says that Afghans have nothing to do with Iranians and denies any Iranian conquest of Afghanistan. Thanks. Best regards.---Wikaviani (talk) 19:45, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Biruni has nothing to do with Afghan and a modern country like Afghanistan. Since when a medieval scholar from Khwarezm has become Afghan?! If that user does it again, just report him to WP:ANI. --Wario-Man (talk) 20:03, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Maid battleground comments treating Iranian historians of liars and many other disrespectful comments, could you please check his talk page and tell me if i should report him to ANI ? His last comment is : "i'll change the Iranian ethnicities in other articles and write "disputed" instead !" Thanks.---Wikaviani (talk) 20:15, 31 May 2018 (UTC)u

Then he's a WP:NOTHERE case. He does not want contribute to WP. Report him ANI and provide diffs and summary of his behavior. There is no reason to debate with a nationalistic troll. Admins should deal with him. --Wario-Man (talk) 20:20, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I will report him right now. Best regards.---Wikaviani (talk) 20:24, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Tajiks

Hello dear Wario-Man,

I saw your message. I really did not want to insert something with less neutrality to Tajiks. I believe in Wikipedia philosophy and your neutral approach to issues. In the first version of "Tajiks", it had been written that "Tajiks are iranian people" that is not true. I did change it to " Tajiks are from Iranian origin". Iranian and Tajiks are two different nations.

Anyway, thank you for your considerations.

P. MoineddiniP. Moineddini (talk) 07:04, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

@P. Moineddini: Have you clicked on that Iranian link to see what it is? It's not about Iran, it's about Iranian peoples which is an ethno-linguistic group. That's the reason why I reverted your edit because it was unnecessary. --Wario-Man (talk) 10:19, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

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Hi

In the article written that the Huns, Tuoba, and Xiongnu are unknown but may be of Turkic ancestry. scholars have suggested that the Avars could have spoken Turkic language. Good luck Amirxa (talk) 11:17, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

No. Seems you didn't read Pannonian Avars carefully. It's about their language not origin. Speaking language X is not equal to being ethnic X. Article clearly says "were a group of Eurasian nomads of unknown origin", the rest is about their possible spoken languages. It's not similar to Huns, Tuoba, and Xiongnu cases, e.g. If you look at Xiongnu, there are sources about Proto-Turkic background of their ruling class while origin of Pannonian Avars is uncertain. --Wario-Man (talk) 09:02, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Look at this: The Avar Khaganate was a khanate established in Central Europe, specifically in the Pannonian Basin region, in 567 by the Avars, a nomadic people of uncertain origins and ethno-linguistic affiliation.[8][9] Several theories propose a partially Mongolic, Turkic or Tungusic origin. It's about origin not language. Amirxa (talk) 11:17, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Just NO because: 1. We're talking about Pannonian Avars not their khaganate. 2. The changes was made by several IPs [11] by ignoring the main article about Pannonian Avars. The IPs cherry-picked info from main article and inserted them into the other article. I will restore NPOV revision again. --Wario-Man (talk) 05:24, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Read it again: avar Khaganate established in Central Europe, specifically in the Pannonian Basin region, in 567 by the Avars, a nomadic people of uncertain origins and ethno-linguistic affiliation.[8][9] Several theories propose a partially Mongolic, Turkic or Tungusic origin. 2.why you remove Content with source. You remove Content with source in merkit and Keraites.There is source to show they are Tukic. Why you remove it. First merkit khan name is tudur bilge and keraites khan name is Tughrul (These names probably have a Turkic root).you must writte all. Not what you like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amirxa (talk • contribs) 16:26, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Why you don't get it?! Clearly you don't understand what I wrote in the above comments and you're not familiar with WP guidelines and policies. I have clarified everything for you. Did you read my last message on your talk page?![12] Don't you see those stuff added by blocked sockmaster User:Joohnny braavoo1 and problematic IPs like 90.146.213.80. Trying to restoring sockpuppet's edits and starting POV-pushing = disruptive edits. Read WP:POV, WP:OR, and WP:WEIGHT. And don't write on my talk page again. Take your concerns to Talk:Turkic peoples. End of discussion. --Wario-Man (talk) 16:52, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Rasulids

please check out rasulids page The Rasulids not only did they claim to be descendant from Jabalah, but habitually referred to themselves as Ghassanids.[9][10] https://books.google.com.sa/books?id=vSAtAQAAIAAJ&q=Rasulids+Ghassanids&dq=Rasulids+Ghassanids&hl=ar&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbvKzntJvbAhWRyKQKHQIzAnE4ChDoAQgmMAQ/ https://books.google.com.sa/books?id=6KptAAAAMAAJ&q=Rasulids+Ghassanids&dq=Rasulids+Ghassanids&hl=ar&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibprWusZvbAhUOZ1AKHZ_oCAYQ6AEIGTAB/ are these approvals as references?:/ Polar starr (talk) 17:34, 7 July 2018 (UTC) https://books.google.se/books?id=6KptAAAAMAAJ&q=Al-%27Asjad,+Sh.+%27Abd+al-Mun%27im,+pp.50-52&dq=Al-%27Asjad,+Sh.+%27Abd+al-Mun%27im,+pp.50-52&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB1Y2Cwo3cAhWDPZoKHQnVCNoQ6AEIJzAAPolar starr (talk) 17:34, 7 July 2018 (UTC) The Islamic World: From Classical to Modern Times (Essays in Honor of Bernard Lewis), 1991, pp.332 I can not even find this bookPolar starr (talk) 17:34, 7 July 2018 (UTC) I also can not find Irfan Shahid who write about debunks the Turkmen Oghuz theoryPolar starr (talk) 18:17, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

@Polar starr:, restore the referenced information you have removed and take your concerns to the talk page.

• The Islamic World: From Classical to Modern Times (Essays in Honor of Bernard Lewis)
• Irfan Shahîd

Would appear you did not look very hard. --Kansas Bear (talk) 18:58, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

but many references point to Turkish origin! how are we going to solve this then?Polar starr (talk) 19:03, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

I do not think josef meri is worse than Irfan Shahîd if we are going to start namingPolar starr (talk) 19:08, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

I have restored the referenced information, removed Turkic from the lead, since it is contested, and removed sources that did not explicitly state Turk/Turkic/Turkman. Any concerns, then take them to the talk page. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:13, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

The references still indicate that they are turkic,that's the most important thing? but anyway thank you for your timePolar starr (talk) 19:23, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

And the other references state what??? Ghassanid ancestry. I would strongly suggest not simply searching for information that agrees with what you think/believe, but all the information concerning what ever subject you are editing. Else, you will be seen as a POV pusher. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:25, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Just so you know

See my comment here. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:47, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

And compare their broken English to that of Sazz10 and Joohnny braavoo1.

• "If I've done the wrong change, then you can fix it if you want thanks" --Sazz10.
• "Hi you could help me on the page list of turkic dynasty someone is not willing to cooperate user beshogur Have also tried but no solution, Feels so unnecessary to discuss with this person because he does not approve of anythin and this person change ip adress istead of logg in" --Joohnny braavoo1
• "This is the first time I'm in Wikipedia,If you think I've been blocked before, I would chang on every page that this person did not like" --Polar starr

Thoughts? --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:11, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

I thought Johnny Bravo ended many years ago. That's odd...[13] - LouisAragon (talk) 22:28, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

@Kansas Bear and LouisAragon: He's just another obvious WP:DUCK of Joohnny braavoo1 (talk · contribs). And no, he's active and that's the reason why List of Turkic dynasties and countries is extended-protected until 2018-08. I see LouisAragon has submitted a SPI case. I write my comment there. Thanks for notification. --Wario-Man (talk) 06:00, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

It was meant to be sarcastic. Haha - LouisAragon (talk) 14:57, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

You might be interested.[14] - LouisAragon (talk) 17:35, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAragon:, another one?[15] Your thoughts, Wario-Man?--Kansas Bear (talk) 14:46, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

I think it's him. How a new editor appeared on both Rasulid dynasty and Al-Ashraf Umar II just after the blocking the sockpuppet? I'll report him. --Wario-Man (talk) 08:11, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Kazakhstan

I support my edits with references, and now it is believed that Al-Magar civilization was the first civilization to tame horses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by هارون الرشيد العربي (talk • contribs) 12:32, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

@هارون الرشيد العربي: See Domestication of the horse. Take your concerns to Talk:Domestication of the horse. --Wario-Man (talk) 12:39, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

It is not about coroners, It is something about East and West. — Preceding unsigned comment added by هارون الرشيد العربي (talk • contribs) 13:01, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

What?! Don't you see my above comment? Your edit was irrelevant to article Kazakhstan and it has nothing to do with that article. If you think that sentence "Archaeologists believe that humans first domesticated the horse (i.e. ponies) in the region's vast steppes." is wrong, you should prove it on Talk:Domestication of the horse. Your claim belong there and that article already supports steppe origin for domestication of the horse. End of discussion. --Wario-Man (talk) 13:28, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

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Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. ()

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Your perspective

Would you be so kind as to read over User:Kansas Bear/Persian wars of Constantius II? I would appreciate your perspective. If you need an idea of what was changed, read Persian wars of Constantius II. Thank you. --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:34, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

@Kansas Bear: You want to rewrite the whole article? --Wario-Man (talk) 12:02, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

I have rewrote the entire article. Have you read the current version, which uses Gibbon almost exclusively as a source?--Kansas Bear (talk) 15:14, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi

This is our sources for Rouran Khaganate(source [4]): Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania https://books.google.com/books?id=pCiNqFj3MQsC&pg=PA687#v=onepage&q&f=false

This is photo from page 678 (writte about Rouran Khaganate) :

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Origin_of_Rouran_Khaganate.jpg Some sources state that they were proto-Mongols who spoke an early form of the Mongol language, while others ascribe Turkic origin them. Louisol (talk) 17:13, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

@Louisol: Hi. The author is a social anthropologist so I doubt it passes as a reliable source for history. Let me ask other editors about it by opening a section on WP:RSN. --Wario-Man (talk) 07:00, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Look at page of Jalairs. It's written on this page: "Jalair is one of the Darliqin Mongol tribes according to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani's Jami' al-tawarikh." But that's wrong.Darliqin Mongol(مغول درلکین) tribes according to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani's Jami' al-tawarikh are this tribe (From page 147 to 182) : http://uupload.ir/files/6kjb_darlikin_mongols_147_-_182.png

And writte about Jalair tribe (from page 65-73):در ذکر اقوامی از اتراک که ایشان را این زمان مغول می گویند

Persian text translation: "In mentioning the of Turkic peoples , who called them Mogul at this time."

(Jami' al-tawarikh page 65) http://uupload.ir/files/trl_jalair_65_-_73.png

Sorry I did not have access to the English source. I used the Persian source. But I highlighted the important parts and I gave you the page numbers.

And even René Grousset (in "The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia" page 194) and Yury Zuev (in "Early Turks: Essays on history and ideology", page 104-105) said that the jalairs have Turkic origin. Good luck.Louisol (talk) 17:13, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Well, #1 is a primary source and WP:OR. #2 (René Grousset) does not say they had Turkic origin but says: "The Jelair tribe... may have been a Turkic tribe..." Plus, is Jelair = Jalair? #3 is in Russian and it does not seem a WP:RS. See [16]. Find better sources. I ask another editor's opinion about your sources. So wait. --Wario-Man (talk) 07:34, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Is Louisol the same as Limbozz? Appears to be the same argument. --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:46, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

About #3:yes you right

About #2:The first part of your text is right "The Jelair tribe... may" jalairs may have Turkic origin.

But the second part of your text is wrong if you see Grousset written "Jelair" It's because of language. Look at this:just because of" َ " and " ِ "

(جِلایر= Jelair) (جَلایر=jalairs)

Or

(عَرب=Arab) (عِرب=Erab)

Even Uzbeks call jalairs as" Jaloyir" https://uz.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaloyirlar

About #1:It's not WP:OR. These two photos are taken from the main book of Jami' al-tawarikh in persian language. and not belong to me. If you have access to the English version of Jami' al-tawarikh's book. Give me the link to show you the Content. Sorry that my description was long. Good luck

Louisol (talk) 17:23, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

• "..similar relationships to the Ilkhanids: both families were descended from Mongol tribes (the Jalayirids and the Sulduz.." -- Kingship and Ideology in the Islamic and Mongol Worlds, Anne F. Broadbridge, Page 156.
• "The Jalayirids probably first appear in the mid-thirteenth century as one of the Mongol tribes making up Hulegu's army." -- The Persians, Gene R. Garthwaite, Page 154.
• "Arghun Aqa, a Mongol Administrator A Mongol from the Oirat tribe, Arghun Aqa was born c. 1210 and at an early age entered the service of the Jalayirid (Jalayir Mongol tribe) emir Qadan. -- Genghis Khan and Mongol Rule, George Lane, Page 101.
• "Jalayirids Mongol dynasty in Iraq (Mesopotamia), western Iran, and Azerbaijan 1336-1432, -- Islam: art and architecture, Markus Hattstein, ‎Peter Delius, Page 615.
• "THE JALAYIRIDS The name Jalayir is derived from that of a large and important Mongol tribe." -- The Cambridge History of Iran: The Timurid and Safavid periods, William Bayne Fisher, page 5. --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:37, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Kansas Bear, it would be great if you add them to Jalairs and Jalairid Sultanate. @Louisol: As you see, their Mongol background is supported by various sources. Compare those mentioned references with yours. That's all. --Wario-Man (talk) 11:54, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

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	For all the times you helped me, here on Wikipedia. You told me about Twinkle, you helped me to better understand what a reliable source is, you corrected many of my numerous (alas) erroneous edits, etc ... the list is long and i don't want to bother you further with it. So, to make it short : THANK YOU my friend. Take care. ---Wikaviani (talk) (contribs) 21:07, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Wow... Many thanks for this. Cheers! --Wario-Man (talk) 14:23, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Template:Historical Arab states and dynasties

As with most articles of this nature(ie. List-articles, X-ethnicity Templates), they are frequented/infested by POV pushers who are not here to build an encyclopedia or here to spread the TRUTH!! Granted there are list-articles that are not of a POV nature, List of battles involving the Ghaznavid Empire or the soon(hopefully) to be List of battles involving the Seljuk Empire. Best just to let the insecure POV pushers have their little template(s)/list-article(s) until they hang themselves(ie. don't get drawn into edit wars with them). --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:51, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Related: you might be interested in this - LouisAragon (talk) 17:21, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

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Kushan Empire

Per this edit, please see my comment on the talk page. --Kansas Bear (talk) 06:28, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

OK --Wario-Man (talk) 08:33, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Somewhat related to the same "topic area"; I just reverted this edit.[17] The corresponding talk page section opened by an IP looked odd to me as well.[18] - LouisAragon (talk) 10:36, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: See my reply there. --Wario-Man (talk) 09:05, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Munshi

Hello. Why you did undo my edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shahanshah5 (talk • contribs) 11:03, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

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Sockpuppetry

Could पाटलिपुत्र be another Tirgil34 sock? They make similar edits at Xionites,[19][20][21] Kujula Kadphises[22][23] and Mihirakula,[24][25] add obscure Tamga images from a book by the Kazakh Turkologist Yury Zuev,[26][27] and engage in similar selective honesty when caught socking.[28][29][30][31] Erminwin makes similar edits[32][33][34][35] on etymology like Tirgil34[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] and restores old content by Tirgil34 at Wusun.[44][45] Since you have frequently encountered both users it would be interesting to hear your thoughts. Regards. Krakkos (talk) 14:37, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Krakkos. No relation at all, don't even know who this is. Not even the same country per User:Bbb23, who already closed your frivolous request [46]. पाटलिपुत्र (talk) 15:10, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

These are the same type of denials as earlier.[47][48][49] Unfortunately, it appears that the case was closed without the behavioral evidence being reviewed. A quick look at the above diffs will reveal the obvious truth. Krakkos (talk) 15:28, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

पाटलिपुत्र is deceptively trying to use this notification as justification for a block. Krakkos (talk) 15:40, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

T. Swietochowski

In response to this edit.
I did a brief search. I noticed that Tadeusz Swietochowski is literally the only historian (cited in Western academia) who pushes the standard pseudo-historic (pro-Azerbaijani Turkic) irredentist stuff in relation to the history of the region (Iran/Caucasus).

He labels the domains of the Shirvanshahs as a "native Azerbaijani state", refers to the Khanates of the Caucasus as "Azerbaijani Khanates", and refers to Azarbaijan/i.e. Iranian Azerbaijan as "Southern Azerbaijan". Even though all renowned scholars and books about the history of Iran/Caucasus label these entities differently, as we know. Swietochowski employs bizarre wording throughout his entire euvre. For example, he also calls the period after Nader Shah's death a period of "Azerbaijani independence", but he states that the period before that, Azerbaijan was under "Persian" suzerainty.
He somewhat reminds me of "authors" who label Alexander the Great as Macedonian Slav or the Afrighids as Uzbeks. Its even more interesting that at the same time, Swietochowski refers to the "Azerbaijani" Khanates as territories under Iranian suzerainty and as "small replicas of the Persian monarchy". According to his Wiki artile (linked above), Swietochowski was personally affliated to the Azerbaijani Republic, but thats no surprise of course. Perhaps this should eventually be brought to WP:RSN? In any case, the works of this author are problematic as they conflict with the vast majority RS sources, and prevent the development of numerous articles. @Kansas Bear: @HistoryofIran: @Wikaviani:? - LouisAragon (talk) 16:51, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for this info. Does he fit in a pseudo-scholar or paid historian category? Because we have someone like Anatole Klyosov. He is a pseudo-scientist and links to his works removed from almost all English Wikipedia article. If Swietochowski's works and views are rejected by mainstream scholars and other academic works, are they notable or just some kind of WP:FRINGE? --Wario-Man (talk) 17:08, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Agreed (with both of you). The Tadeusz Swietochowski source sounds unbalanced (for the least) since it goes against all other reliable sources. It should not be included like that in the article, per WP:BALANCE, WP:NPOV, WP:IMPARTIAL and WP:WEIGHT.---Wikaviani ^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:15, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

• "Does he fit in a pseudo-scholar or paid historian category?"

Some parts of his works contain legit material. But a big chunk of his euvre contains massive pseudo-historic WP:FRINGE (as you can see above). The legit parts of his works are barely ever cited in legit Western scholarly works on the region (i.e. works by historians, Iranologists, etc.). At least, I wasn't able to find anything. Given that only Azerbaijani news sites speak very fondly of Swietochowski (according google.search), and he appears to have been decorated on numerous occassions by Azerbaijani universities/institutes, it should raise more questionmarks. It would be great if we could solve this at WP:RS. However, based on my own experience, as barely anyone there has proper knowledge about the region in question, they will probably just look at the publisher ("muh Cambridge University Press") and will proceed to label it as a "perfectly fine piece of work" published by a "renowned publisher". Pinging @Krakkos: as well as he has extensive experience with these kind of post-Soviet "works" written in English. - LouisAragon (talk) 01:27, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Unfortunately, there are scholars like him in those topics. This one is another example. Government or organization X supports them, so their works is biased. Several months ago, me and Wikaviani encountered a similar issue on Al-Biruni (see talk page). It was sad how universities and scholar zones of those countries are full of ethnocentrists and biased persons. --Wario-Man (talk) 08:17, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

It truly is. Its the unfortunate result of far-reeching IRL "interests". (PS: Yeah, I'm well aware of Schaffer, indeed a similar case. Another author who should be banned from the Armenia/Iran/Caucasus/etc. topic area). - LouisAragon (talk) 01:58, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Warnings etc

I'm not leaving you a warning. I think that's just rude. The Tikrit content was the stable content in the article that started the talk page discussion. You removed it, which was dishonest. It's the very topic of the discussion we're having on the talk page. Restoring it's not warring, it's just ensuring that we have the original page back as the discussion started. By all means, escalate. Go to ANI, go to RfC - but do, please, stop bullying. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 16:23, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I hate to say you that, but reverting again and again the Qanat article, especially against several editors just like you did, actually is edit warring and edit warring is not "breaking the 3RR". So, please stop it and stick to what you said at Qanat's talk page : " I'll not edit further for now.". Thanks.---Wikaviani ^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:52, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Coincidence?

Jamaas9 stated that he lives in the US.[50] IP 97.68.248.164 also geolocates to the US and has the same editorial pattern.[51] Jamaas9 was indeffed per WP:NOTHERE on 1 September 2018,[52] and HistoryoftheAryans became active no less than 24 days later, and started editing the exact same articles that Jamaas9 was obsessed about with the very same POV.[53] There's some striking resemblance in editorial conduct between Jamaas9, HistoryoftheAryans and the IP in question;

Trying to lump Tajiks with Iran at all cost;

• IP 97.68.248.164: [54] "There should also be an inclusion that there is a vast overlap between Tajik and Persian studies/history. Tajiks would traditionally be included within Persian studies (as their ancestors like Rudaki Ibn Sina, and Rumi) are an integral part of the development of Persian culture/ identity."
• IP 97.68.248.164: [55] "added afghanistan because western portion of present-day afghanistan was included within the safavid territory, influence on tajik culture (...)"
• Jamaas9: [56] "Added Afghanistan as it is cultural drink of many native ethnic groups including their historical ethnic Persians (modern Tajiks/Parsibans)"
• HistoryoftheAryans: [57] "The issue is that the word "Tajik" really means just "Iranian" (...)"

Bothered about the underrepresentation of Tajiks in Uzbekistan;

• IP 97.68.248.164: [58] "Why is Uzbekistan consistently removed. This is the work of propagandists or intelligence officals or someone who is wholly biased. Please do not remove what constitutes possibly many Persian speakers"
• Jamaas9: [59] "Hello, is there any valid reason that Uzbekistan is not mentioned in regards to Tajiks/Eastern Persians outside of present-day Iran? There is anywhere from 1.5-12M (more than Tajikistan) Tajiks in Uzbekistan, so it needs to be added. Furthermore, it has been noted by reliable western scholars that Tajik's are culturally repressed in Uzbekistan,"

Using "Central Asia/Caucasus" analogies in order to make it more attractive for people to warrant his pro-Tajik POV;

• HistoryoftheAryans: [60] "Would the Afghan Jewish population be considered a related group like the Bukharan Jews, a completely separate group (scholarly work does not support this), or just part of the Persian Jewish population? Regardless, shouldn't there be an inclusion given historical relationship like the other Caucasus/Central Asian Jews? "
• Jamaas9: [61] "(...) also think that it might be useful and helpful for readers to get a sense of which famous Persians were from outside of present-day Iran (al-Khwārizmī, Avicenna, Rumi) -- what does everyone think about adding some famous historical Eastern/Central Asian Persians and Caucasian Persian to the lede?"

Promoting Afghan Hindus/Sikhs;

• HistoryoftheAryans: [62] "readded Hindu and Sikh religious population with cited. Please do not remove this again, there are Afghan Hindu/Sikh Temples in the NYC area for decades."
• Jamaas9: [63] "At minimum there is still a few Pashtun tribes that still practice Hinduism (...)"

"Tajiks/Persians" analogies;

• HistoryoftheAryans: [64] "clarified tajik/persian relationship for laymen readers (...)"
• Jamaas9: [65] "(...) Tajik/Persian were synonyms (...)"

Speaking about "Tajik oppression";

• Jamaas9: [66] "Legal issues re: Tajiks oppression on the web"
• Jamaas9: [67] "Tajiks have experienced unspeakable atrocities and your insensitivity is quite eye opening Douglas Weller"
• IP 97.68.248.164: [68] "Also, the Taliban (which mainly comprised of ethnic Pashtuns) did execute ethnic cleansing to mainly Hazaras and some Tajiks during their rule in the 90s."

"Historical Persian figures";

• Jamaas9: [69] "(...) there is no way to say that all these famous historical Persians originated from the population that lives in present-day Iran"
• HistoryoftheAryans: [70] "(...) asking about historical Persian figures."

Using the word "formatting" in edit summaries;

• HistoryoftheAryans: [71] "formatting"
• Jamaas9: [72] "Formatting and switched (...)"

Stating that he has done "research";

• Jamaas9: [73] "From my research (...)"
• IP 97.68.248.164: [74] "From my research (...)"
• HistoryoftheAryans: [75] "(...) researching newer sources for to add an updated break down (...)"

Thoughts? @Kansas Bear: @Wikaviani: Sorry for the long post - LouisAragon (talk) 17:56, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Well,

• Jamaas9: on Dari language changes 50% to "eighty percent"
• HistoryoftheAryans: on Dari language changes 50% to 80%. HistoryoftheAryans, 3rd edit!

HistoryoftheAryans next edit and following edits are to Tajiks.

Clearly not a coincidence. --Kansas Bear (talk) 18:35, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

I took a look at the diffs you provided above, indeed, the contributions of Jamaas9, HistoryoftheAryans and the IP (geolocated in Florida, USA) are very similar, hard to believe that this is only a coincidence. I think this case is SPI worthy. Cheers.---Wikaviani ^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:32, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: Very similar behavior and edit pattern. Enough evidences for SPI, especially since HistoryofTheAryans have appeared after the block of Jamaas9. Another one [76], [77] which I think related to this case. --Wario-Man (talk) 09:01, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Just made a SPI. I have left out this account for now as I think it requires more WP:ROPE. @Kansas Bear: May I copy-paste your comment to the SPI? - LouisAragon (talk) 14:43, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Certainly. --Kansas Bear (talk) 14:47, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Wario, I made a search; I'm pretty sure that "new" account (Alaya667883) is unrelated to Jamaas/HistoryoftheAryans. On the other hand, I think Alaya667883 is either a brand new sockmaster, or an indeffed sockmaster who's just evading his block. Whoever Alaya667883 is, he is definitely disruptive and has abused IP socks. Compare this IP[78] (who became active on the very same day) with Alaya667883. Their editorial pattern is basically completely similar: pro-Afghan, trying to "Central Asianize" Afghanistan, trying to lump Afghanistan/Tajiks into the same basket as Iran, denying any relationship between Afghanistan and South Asia/India, etc. IMO, especially this last habit, is something that sets Alaya667883/IP 82.44.101.136 apart from Jamaas/HistoryotheAryans; Jamaas/HistoryoftheAryans for example didn't mind admitting the ties between India and Afghanistan, as we have seen before.[79]-[80]

A summary of the evidence/diffs I found:

IP and account became active on the same day:

• IP 82.44.101.136 became active on 12 December 2018.[81]
• Alaya667883 became active on 12 December 2018.[82]

Both pursuing the same narrative I described above:

• Alaya667883: "Included Afghanistan since it is a Persian country therefore should be included in the Central Asia part, also Afghanistan is located in the central not in the SOUTH. Afghanistan does not have a culture like south Asians and do not speak the same lanfuage as the and it is not located in south therefore not classified as south asian"[83]
• Alaya667883: "Afghanistan is solely based in Central Asia not south because it’s culture and tradition is Persian"[84]
• IP 82.44.101.136: Removed info about "curry" from the Afghan cuisine article.[85]
• IP 82.44.101.136: Removed info about Pashtun culture being practised in Pakistan.[86]

Parroting the exact same edit on the Central Asia page:

• Alaya667883: [87]-[88]
• IP 82.44.101.136: [89]

- LouisAragon (talk) 03:24, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: Thanks for finding these stuff. If they continue their mission, then we should consider ANI. They think South Asia/Asian is a bad thing while they consider Central Asia and Iran as special zones that they should be there. You can see similar behavior on West Asian countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. Some users and IPs try to remove any mention of West Asia on those article and representing them as 100% European. One of the most ridiculous thing I have seen is some users from Afghanistan, Pakistan and some African countries tried to label their countries as Middle Eastern. Do some people think these geographical names and historical regions are something special? --Wario-Man (talk) 11:50, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome. To answer your question and findings (based on my own research);

IRL frustrations and complexes in combination with a sheer lack of knowledge/intellect. Nothing more, nothing less. These type of people try to "write off" their IRL frustrations/issues on the internet. Politics certainly are to blame for it; in this modern-day society where the internet and things like petty populism are starting to reign supreme, this stuff is slowly but surely becoming a disease. Heck, I've seen so many adults on places like YouTube comments, and not even just 13 y/o kids, who, for example, say that Ukraine is "completely distinct" from Russia. They say how Russia was created by Ukrainians, and how Russians should thank Ukrainians for about everything.

Tbh, this phenomenon is something that primarily exists in non-first world countries. From Iberia to Thailand, to Latin America, to Africa, and beyond. Heck (similar to the Russia/Ukraine analogy), I've even seen many adults on the internet who say that Armenia and Georgia have nothing to do with Iran. Not on any level. They literally say that these West Asian nations are more related to Italy, Poland, Greece or Serbia than they are to Turkey or Iran. Oh, and thats just the tip of the iceberg, as you probably know. There's so much more. In general, as a rule of thumb, what these kind of people believe, is that anything "to the west" is "good and superior", whereas anything to the east/south is "bad and inferior" on every level. I believe this also answers your question regarding "why" they want to be associated with countries to the west. They see these countries as "better", "superior", "a higher place on the race ladder" (whatever that might mean). There are literally a trillion examples you can view on the internet that de facto confirm these findings. Pan-Turkism/Soviet revisionism gets the #1 beauty prize though; it beats every other frustration-based editing I mentioned.

The problem already starts in elementary school/high school. If you'd have a look at what they teach kids in so many schools... Jesus. Its getting somewhat better nowadays, but there's still a long way to go. Anyways, to finalize my response: the internet is an easy outlet; no one can see your face, you can say whatever the phuck you want, and it takes a long road before people put a halt to you. Way easier than in real life. The so-called "internet paradox" (as I will call it) is a peculiar one though; while the internet did grant an easy outlet to the ones who want to spread this nonsense, it also made easily accessible an unprecedented amount of proper academic information/knowledege to everyone in this world. With one click, you can read top-notch sources. A massive difference compared to, lets say, 10 years ago. Society evolves, slowly but surely ;-) Sorry for the long-ass post, but I wanted to give a proper response. - LouisAragon (talk) 00:30, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Your opinion is similar to mine. Reading some comments on YouTube could give the readers bad feelings, e.g you watch a video about a historical event and then you decide to read comments section. What you get is usually BS, nationalistic rants, and made-up stuff. Unfortunately, since YouTube gives money to popular videos and channels, many channels do not control the comments section because the more pointless debates, the more visitors and money. As you said, the good side of internet is having access to the ocean of knowledge. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. --Wario-Man (talk) 08:01, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

You might be interested.[90] - LouisAragon (talk) 19:12, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: Not odd, see this. And it seems you're familiar with his edits. Nothing about that user has changed since my report and he repeats same things. Look at non-sport articles edited by him; plus their talk pages. He has done several problematic edits since my 2017 report, so I don't know why he's still on English WP. --Wario-Man (talk) 19:57, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

I see. In that case, let's wait for admins to deal with the SPI. If (still) needed, we can take this to ANI afterwards. - LouisAragon (talk) 20:10, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

I opened that SPI case on Akocsg's name, but it got moved to Vgleer on Bbb23's request.[91] I think some admins made a mistake back in 2014.[92] Having said that, I'm not sure what to do with this comment?.....[93] There's obviously no relationship between Vgleer and Akocsg/Baki.id. "Baki.id" is indeed stale, but it does show that there are still relevant WP:CIR issues in relation to Akocsg. The fact that "Baki.id" hasn't edited for some time does not change that, especially given said user's curriculum vitae. Maybe we should've just brought this to ANI after all accompanied by some recent diffs (such as this one, where he removed mention of the Armenian Genocide[94], or this one where he keeps the unsourced mention of "Mongolian language" but removes the unsourced mention of "Persian language".[95]). Thoughts? - LouisAragon (talk) 14:10, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

I know but just forget your SPI because it won't change anything. Better to drop it. There are enough evidences for reporting him to ANI. My old report exists in archive. So you can find his problematic edits since my report and provide my archived report + new diffs as a report. This case should be reported to ANI because it's a long-term pattern of similar problematic edits and the intention of that editor is obvious. --Wario-Man (talk) 15:30, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018

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Xianbei

source number 6 in Xianbei page in "Genetics and Anthropology" is about "Ancient DNA Reveals That the Genetic Structure of the Northern Han Chinese Was Shaped Prior to 3,000 Years Ago" and puts Han Chinese into two groups: northern and southern Han Chinese, and it finds that the genetic characteristics of present-day northern Han Chinese was already formed as early as three-thousand years ago in the Central Plain area" this is source :(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418768/) The source is not about Xianbei It's about Han Chinese can be divided into two distinct groups. even mongol have small Haplogroup Q And N(Haplogroup Q Less than 3% and Haplogroup N Less than 8%) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.239.131.11 (talk) 06:42, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

1) Why you don't register an account? Your IP-range is same as always: An anonymous Iranian IP-user who's interested in East Eurasian topics with a pro-Turkic bias. Looking at edit history by your IP-range proves it. 2) Take your stuff to Talk:Xianbei and explain why that study is irrelevant to Xianbei. Wait for replies there. 3) Also, avoid IP-hopping for edit warring as you did it in the past. 4) For your future edits, always consider talk page of article and not my talk page. When I revert your edits, my edit summaries are crystal clear. e.g. you can't insert "unsourced" text or your personal commentary/analysis into the articles, as you did it here.[96] 5) Sign your posts on talk pages! --Wario-Man (talk) 07:15, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

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