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[edit] Articles on Iraqi villages

Great job on the articles you've created! A couple of things, Wikipedia style is that the first time you name the subject in an article, you put in in bold by putting three apostrophes before and after the term. You might also consider adding the articles to a category, such as Category:Cities and towns in Iraq to list them with other Iraqi communities. You don't have to do that if you don't feel like it, on Wikipedia, someone else will normally take care of it for you (like I've done on most of the articles you started).

Also, I made a note on the discussion page for Sarsink, if you could help me out. I can't tell if you meant to title the article Sarsing or if it's just an alternate spelling. See you around! NickelShoe 14:10, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyrights

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Ankawa, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. For more information about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, take a look at our Five Pillars. Happy editing! NickelShoe 15:14, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The guy that posted articles on Iraqi villages

Hi their and thank you for your comments and for the tips. I will try to correct my mistakes in the future. And as for the pictures, they were taken from a charity group that has allowed me to post them. Is it ok posting these pics?

Um, I don't know the rules on copyrights for images. You should check out Wikipedia:Copyrights.
I looked up Sarsink and it looks like Sarsing is an accepted alternate spelling. So I may put up a redirect. Also, remember to sign your posts on talk pages by entering ~~~~ at the end of your post. Don't worry too much about formatting issues and whatnot, as long as you're contributing good original content. NickelShoe 19:43, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Hi Chaldean,

No, I'm American. I live in California. :) I guess the Chaldeo-Assyrians weren't on the list of templates to chose from. Anyways, I got all of my independence tags from User:Nightstallion/userboxes. The way to add them to your user page is, for example, try going to my user page. Once you're there click on "edit this page" and you'll see this:

{{Boxboxtop|Independence}}
{{User independent Tibet}}
{{User independent West Papua}}
{{User independent Chechnya}}
{{User independent Basque Country}}
{{User independent Catalonia}}
{{User independent Kurdistan}}
{{Boxboxbottom}}

Copy it, and paste it onto your user page. Then you can remove or add whatever you want. I hope that helped! --Khoikhoi 07:57, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, since I noticed that you're Chaldean, you might consider joining Syriacs/miniproject (scroll down).
Another thing, a lot of the images that you've been uploading... did you take any of them? It's fine if they were all from other websites but you have to have their permission. That's all. --Khoikhoi 08:02, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Ok, well make sure that you add the tag {{GFDL-self|Chaldean}} to all the images that you took. State that you have permission for the ones that you didn't take. If an image doesn't have a source, it migtht be deleted - it's a harsh rule, but we have to keep Wikipedia legally possible. --Khoikhoi 08:13, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Allright, for the images that you didn't take, since you have permission for all of them, you should add the {{GFDL}} tag to them. ({{GFDL-self|Chaldean}} for the ones you took)
As for your template (I called it "tag" by mistake, that's for images), you should ask User:Nightstallion. --Khoikhoi 08:22, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. I have a question: did you create Image:Assyrianmapind.JPG by yourself? --Khoikhoi 08:25, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
You can answer that last question later. I need to go to sleep. Adios. --Khoikhoi 08:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright

Hi. Please read Wikipedia:Copyright. You're not allowed to copy from other websites unless they release the text under the GFDL. I noticed a lot of the Karamles page was copied from [1] and [2]. Do you have their permission? --Khoikhoi 08:08, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

If you have permission for the text for all of these websites, please state that you do at the bottom of all these pages, such as what was done on the Tats page. (look at the bottom) --Khoikhoi 08:22, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nice Article on Assyrian Independance

I took the Kurdistan box from you. hehe

[edit] Good job!

Hey, nice work on the new Assyrian independence template. You can see that I changed your user page to add Template:User independent Assyria. --Khoikhoi 05:28, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I just typed in "Template:User independent Assyria" to the search bar on the left. Right below where is says No page with that title exists, I clicked on create an article with this title. --Khoikhoi 05:32, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] syriacs

the problem with syriacs from iraq is that they are very kurdified. the syriacs from syria-turkey-lebanon are probably the only pure nationalist lefts. especially those from turabdin in southeast turkey. These dont bend for kurds turks nor arabs, A syraic who is with the kurds is against his own people. You can talk about politics till tomorrow but the fact are the same. The kurds have killed our people and is still doing so, eventhoug today their way of killing is slightly been modified. that is they use propoganda. And thos who cant see that I feel pity for them.

Our nation, that is bethnahrin is undesputed unquestionable non negotiable with kurds,arabs,nor turks. There is no middleway. Bethnahrin , that is whole bethnahrin is our homeland, our beloved nation. Never shall we agree to share the identity of our land with those who work day and night to claim our nation as theirs. Our nation is one, our people is one, Syriacs from bethnahrin. I will to my last breath work agains those who make an alliance with the enemy of my people.

If you want to start the grass root movement within your people. then why not start today, why do you not engage with others now to start the movement and create the idelogy of the syriac nation. I can answer you why you cant, it is because you dont have a clear vision of your own nation, nor of your people. Your eyes gaze towards Iraq, but that area is a lost cause. our nation is first to be build with in the people , that is in the peoples hearts. Then we can start to claim the so called assyria or aramea or babylon or what ever. If you truly want a nation then you must have a complete ideology a vision of the future.

Hi

I hope the best with the plans of a future nation, but I will never accept a kurdish state. Because I know that kurds never can live in peace. I think that it is better if you dont give support to the kurds, if iraq will be devided due to the war between sunnis and shias then you should conetrate your self on that, there is no lahmo from the kurds, only bitter water. Michael 10:16, 14 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Pshena

It makes me very glad that you did that. I really hope for an Assyria in the future, although its a very hard. --Yuhanen Beth Tshallo 17:21, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

I have also written a new article on the Iraq page. I hoped that you could help me to improve it.--Yohanun 18:55, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Hey man. I think the creator of this website, Jimbo Wales decided that it wasn't a good idea to categorize users by their political beliefs. --Khoikhoi 19:32, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] To the person who did the articles on the Assyrian people and facets of Assyrian life

I would like to say congratulations on the work you did on those articles. Normally, I don't read a lot of articles regarding minority ethnic groups, but your articles were the first ones I've seen, and I'd like to say that you do a great job. Where are you from? You can reply on my talk page. -Daniel Blanchette 21:32, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't remember which articles exactly, but whatever they were they were excellent. Unfortunately, I didn't hear about the bombings of the four churches (even the BBC didn't mention it on last night's news, which airs in my area at 11pm on WSBE, the local PBS station in my area), which is sad because it is stories like that that really need to be heard among the stories regarding Bob Woodruff, the roadside bombs aimed at US troops, and anything to do with Iraq. Even though I'm only a student at a Catholic high school in my area, I have friends from all walks of life - I even have Jewish friends, Hindu friends, and Muslim friends. I'm the type of person that believes in diversity, and somehow the map needs to reflect diversity. Whatever articles you contributed were, you're starting to shake up my world a bit and change my opinion. That's a good thing in my book. -Daniel Blanchette 21:45, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Wow, that article you posted on my talk page certainly was a shocking read. Is there even anything we can do to help solve the problem? Now I'm starting to get concerned. -Daniel Blanchette 01:57, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] To my Assyrian brothers and sisters

===>A small gift that may interest you It's a userbox and regional category. Please feel free to change the wording to include Chaldeans, Syriacs, etc. You may want to add yourself. And before you ask, no, I am not ethnically Assyrian, and I use "brothers and sisters" in a more spiritual sense. If you are wondering why I do not have the Independent Assyrian template on my user page, it is simply because an Assyrian homeland isn't a viable option, and I don't want more of you killed in Iraq, frankly. Plus, if Kurdistan is ever established, an independent Assyrian is essentially impossible. God bless Assyria. -Justin (koavf), talk 03:17, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Shlama

Sorry about the confusion, Chaldean, but I can't read Arabic. Maybe you misread my infobox, but it reads ar-0, meaning I can't understand it. --3345345335534 04:29, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CARTOONS

Showing the figures of Mohammed is disturbing muslims. And it is a insult to Islam. In Islam making and also looking the figures of Mohammed is forbidden.That is raping the holy things of Islam.And it is not about "freedom".PLEASE get back your sıgnature.Thanks.--Erdemsenol 00:47, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shlamelokh

I've noticed you also dont support Pylambert and Khoikhois claims. I hope me and you with others can cooperate for improving the Assyrian articles as they should be. First of all we need to see how Pylambert and Khoikhois want to deal with their problem, and after that I would like to write more information about the Assyrians in different countrys in the Middle East with you among others. Pushom Pshena. --Yohanun 09:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Poll

Ok, I voted. Thanks a lot for helping me out at the Turkish people talk page. Maybe you could get some others to vote. Thanks. --Khoikhoi 22:29, 5 February 2006 (UTC)



[edit] Request

Hey Chaldean,

I was wondering if you could do me a favor. Do you know how to revert articles? If you don't, I'll show you how, but I need some help with this user who keeps reverting on the following articles:

What you do, is click on the "history" tab, then click on the version with my name on it, it will look something like this:

(cur) (last)  04:21, 6 February 2006 Khoikhoi (rvv)

Click on the "04:21, 6 February 2006" part. Once you're there, click on "edit this page", then click "save page".

I would really appreciate your help. Thanks. --Khoikhoi 05:08, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

No, I want you to revert Altau's edits. You do that by clicking on my edit and saving the page. :) --Khoikhoi 05:16, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks a lot!! Let me know if they're anything I can ever do for you. --Khoikhoi 05:19, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Yeah. What you're seeing is a template. It looks like this: {{World War I}}. What you need to do is type Template:World War I in the search box on the left. (or just click on the link) I think you'll be able to find it from there. --Khoikhoi 05:23, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
:D --Khoikhoi 05:25, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User page

Check out my user page.

Join the nWo. haha

template:user 666

Sargonious

[edit] Great work.

The Assyrian Independence page keeps getting better and better. I can't help you translate Arabic however. My Arabic is very limited. That's why I put level 1. Good luck and keep up the great work!

[edit] Semitic

Actually khoni, Arabs, Jews, and Maltese are of Semitic origin. In that sense they are related to us. The Greeks and Armenians however are Indo-European by linguistics. Genetically they are closely related however. The Maltese actually claim descent from the Phonecians whom were conquered by Assyrians.


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[edit] Salam

Well, to the best of my knowledge chess isn't forbidden by Islam :), I wish that I won't go to hell for that :), are you a chess player?. Daryou 12:14, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Maybe backgammon is forbidden (oh yes) but not chess. Anyway I do many things forbidden by Islam, I wish that God will excuse me :D. Daryou 21:21, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] moved pages

I modified the Assyrian people article so as to include Syriacs and Chaldeans, and these two pages are now just redirect pages towards Assyrian people, as well as Assyro-Chaldeans and (new) redirect pages Syriacs people, Chaldean people and Chaldo-Assyrian people. I guess the "Syriacs" activist will try to revert all the modifications, but this time the Assyrian people article includes enough elements to let lay people understand the nature of the problem. The Syriacs box is now proposed for deletion here. --Pylambert 11:41, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assyrian page

Let's try to make this page a lot better. I don't mean changing it completely but fixing up the grammar, rephrasing things for easier reading, and better referencing. I would love for it to become a featured page. I have a whole book of Assyrian art. It's called Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum. I can try to scan some stuff and upload it to wiki.King Legit

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[edit] Assyrian talk page

Did you like the long comment I made on ignorance? I think it solves a lot of conflict.King Legit

[edit] Userbox templates

The administrators deleted them, at the request of Wikipedia's founder, Jimbo Wales. He said, "Userboxes of a political or, more broadly, polemical, nature are bad for the project." Oh well.

Can you please say something to Pylambert on his talk page? Apparently he left Wikipedia. :( I'm trying to talk him back into staying. --Khoikhoi 06:34, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Beats me. Maybe it's something that happened in "real life" ;) that took up his time. Oh, by the way, it's "please don't leave", not "please don't live". --Khoikhoi 06:58, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Hehe, I thought you were showing your true colors for a second there. Just kidding. --Khoikhoi 07:03, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
His talk page was on my watchlist and it showed up with the comment "leaving Wikipedia". --Khoikhoi 07:06, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't think the admin was Turkish, but the ones that you're looking at that are alive an running (which ones, by the way?) were probably substituted into the person's user page, that is, the code was put into the user page, while the template was deleted. I'm not sure how to get them back, you might try posting something on the administrators' noticeboard. Awhile back, before you became a user, people used to be able to see the history of deleted pages, not the deleted pages themselves, but this feature was (it was only there for about a month) because people complained for various reasons.

Oh, by the way, on your user page, the correct English is "Assyrian that takes pride. --Khoikhoi 04:48, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Just found the template code at User:Nightstallion/userboxes. I'll re-add it to the users who used to have it. I also noticed that there's a Template:User Assyrian. --Khoikhoi 05:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Hehe, thanks man. ;) Looks like we didn't get Pylambert to come back though. :( --Khoikhoi 05:37, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, me too. Anything else you need help with? --Khoikhoi 05:41, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Sure! After all, I did make the images for the Japanese, Kurdish, Pashtun, Scottish, Tajik, Berber, and Azerbaijani people pages! Just let me know who you want the pictures to be of. Remember, the order sort of has to be from left to right in chronological order. Perhaps ancient people on the left and contemporary people on the right. --Khoikhoi 06:09, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Ok, how does this sound: Ashurbanipal, Ephrem the Syrian, Hormuzd Rassam, Ammo Baba? --Khoikhoi 06:36, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks man. :D Say, what time is it in Iraq right now? It's 11:19 PM over here. --Khoikhoi 07:20, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Ah, really? Where do you live in the US? Just curious. --Khoikhoi 07:23, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Hehe, so do you know Sargonious? I live in Cali. --Khoikhoi 07:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

His user page says he was born in Baghdad and lives in Detroit. Man, the weather isn't so nice in Northern California though, which is where I live. Actually, it's colder, but still nice. --Khoikhoi 07:56, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assyrian Article

Dude it's not my fault it came out that way. I'm trying to appease people like Benne who love to sabatoge any mention of Assyrian.King Legit

[edit] New image at Assyrian people

What do you think? :) --Khoikhoi 07:10, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Hi Chaldean, would you be able to add your email to your account? You can do that by going to your preferences. I need to send you something... --Khoikhoi 05:31, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

It still doesn't work. Try again. --Khoikhoi 05:38, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
I was trying to do it through Wikipedia. Hmmm. Are you sure you put your email in the right box? --Khoikhoi 05:45, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Still not working, so I'll try some other time. ;) --Khoikhoi 05:57, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Hehe, well I guess I can just send it to you by regular email then. --Khoikhoi 06:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Ah, I see. I actually already sent you one. Check your inbox. --Khoikhoi 06:24, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR

Keep in mind that Wikipedia has a three-revert rule, which states that no user can revert more than 3 times in 24 hours. Btw, I'll see what I can do to resolve this dispute. --Khoikhoi 06:28, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

I made a compromise. --Khoikhoi 06:33, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
No problem. I'm glad the revert war is over. --Khoikhoi 00:30, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] User contributions

To watch the extreme Chaldean dude, see 64.88.21.21 (talk • contribs). There you can click on his contributions. Also here's Benne (talk • contribs). --Khoikhoi 04:13, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

If you look at the talk page, you'll notice that it's not one person. The IP is registered to a school district, so it's tons of students. ;) --Khoikhoi 04:21, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Interesting. Let's hope our little friend doesn't edit again. --Khoikhoi 04:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
I think Chrisch59 (talk • contribs) is the same guy. Btw, please avoid making edit summaries like these. Personal attacks can really get you in trouble. Try to not do it again, no matter how frustrated you feel. --Khoikhoi 02:37, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Ok, I'll promise you I'll keep an eye on him. If you are ever not busy with school and work, please try to stop by for awhile. :) By the way, what village are you from? Is it Bakhdida? The Nineveh plains sounds like a very interesting place.
I have a question, since we're not using the term Syriacs on Wikipedia anymore (as a separate article at least), why did did you use it on the Iwardo article? Is it because its inhabitants are a mix of Assyrians and Maronites? If not then we should probably use Assyrian instead. --Khoikhoi 03:16, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. --Khoikhoi 03:19, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Hmmmm. Looks like the latter one doesn't have an article. --Khoikhoi 03:22, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Does it have anything to do with Khoi? The place you mentioned on the Assyrian genocide page. --Khoikhoi 03:24, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I was refering to the fact that Benne used to go around and change every reference of "Assyrians" to "Syriacs". I meant that it should be the other way around in terms of ethnicity. --Khoikhoi 03:26, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, that's what he did in places like the Chicago article. Also Demographics of Iraq. --Khoikhoi 03:30, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Hehehehe. I just spent quite a bit of my time yesterday reverting Benne's changes from a long time ago, including the Demographics of Iraq article. Would you be able to see the pages that link to Syriacs and make sure that it's used appropriately in all of them? You know a lot more than I do on that subject. --Khoikhoi 03:39, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Watch your language

You're way out of line. Just because I don't accept some of your edits, because of their POV nature, doesn't mean you should be calling me names like you did in the following edit summary: [[3]]. It's considered a personal attack. I cite: "Abusive edit summaries are particularly ill-regarded." --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 09:21, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Benne ile bar d kalwe.

Hon khshaw ile Qurdaya lo Ba'thi. L'ele Suryoyo lo Aturaya lo Kaldaya. He just happens to know of them in his native Bardgahbia or wherever he's from. User:King Legit

[edit] Re: I need help

I warned the user. If he/she reverts again just let me know, and be careful not to violate the three-revert rule. Now that I warned the user we can simply report them for breaking the 3RR. --Khoikhoi 02:44, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Interesting! I noticed that it only mentions his Arabic name in the article, do you by any chance know his native language? Was it Neo-Aramaic? Perhaps you could add that to the article. :) --Khoikhoi 02:58, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I know all about paternal names. Ashkenazi Jews used to have paternal surnames (see Surname#Ashkenazi Jewish surnames) but eventually we had to adopt certain things from the other Europeans and get names like "Goldstein", "Feinberg" and "Schwartz". :p Jesus Christ probably called himself "Joshua, son of Joseph". (in Aramaic of course)
I think the first time I learned about Arabic names was by reading the Osama bin Laden article. His full name has his grandfather's name in it.
Iranian can either refer to someone from Iran, or someone who is one of the Iranian peoples. This is an ethno-linguistic group, sort of the same type of classification as that of the Germanic peoples, Turkic peoples, and Slavic peoples. Iranian is not an ethnic group, but a group of ethnic groups. They include Persians, Balochis, Tajiks, Kurds, Pashtuns, and a whole bunch of other ethnic groups. For a complete list see the Iranian peoples article. Well, most ethnic groups in Afghanistan are Iranian peoples, so it makes sense I guess. The ones that aren't Iranian are the Uzbeks, Turkmens, and Nuristani. --Khoikhoi 03:35, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Most of them are related ethnically, and most are probably descendants of the Ancient Iranian peoples. However, they're not quite geographically related as the Hazaras are very different from the Ossetians. --Khoikhoi 03:45, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Good question. Actually, I think most Arabs in Iran consider themselves to not be directly related to other Iranian peoples. Just because they live in Iran, they're still Arabs. As for the Iranian Azeris, there's pretty much a split between them - some of them say that they're not a Turkic people (often those who are pro-Iran, but not always), others say that they are (often pro-separatists, but not always). Most Azeris in Azerbaijan for example say that they're a Turkic people. Iranian Azeris who oppose this often call them Pan-Turks. It's a pretty controversial situation. --Khoikhoi 03:56, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Indeed, nationalism really has to be one of the worst ideologies in the world, in my opinion. --Khoikhoi 04:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Hello, otally rong infotmation, provide source for your claims! Iranian peoples are a linguistic group who are decendant from different backgrounds. Their languagess due to grammatica similarities is classified as Iranian. Also Aryan is/was not a ethnicity or race, Aryan is/was a linguistic classification. Diyako Talk + 11:26, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Wrong. Diyako, we provided a source to you that clearly states that they are an ethno-linguistic group, but you simply ignored it. You're also wrong about who the Ancient Aryans were - they were the ancestors of the modern Persians, so how could it be just a linguistic term? Btw this has nothing to do with the Nazis. --Khoikhoi 17:49, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Chaldean. I noticed your comments at Khoikhoi's talk, and while I have no stake in the matter, she may identify herself as "Persian" - see this link [4]. Same article reveals that she also hosted a fundraiser for the victims of the Bam earthquake in Iran. That's the only reason I originally added the "Iranian people" category in the first place. She speaks Persian and her father was born in Iran, so she can be considered "Iranian" in the same way Agassi can be considered "Iranian." But like Arabs, neither would be "Iranian" in the ethnic sense. SouthernComfort 05:30, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

That's an interesting link - it says she is half-Assyrian (what's the other half?) and has been to Iran once, when she was 12 years old. That implies she has Iranian citizenship since according to Iranian law, if one or both of your parents are of Iranian nationality, you are also automatically an Iranian citizen, even if you were born somewhere else (such as myself). Like I said, I'm not going to push anything since she seems to primarily identify as Assyrian, but I wanted to illustrate that very often these things are not so cut and dry. Take Agassi, for example. SouthernComfort 05:40, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure what you mean. "Iranian" has several clear definitions. SouthernComfort 05:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

It depends on the context and the object in question. For example, there is "Iranian" as in nationality. Iranian Arabs, Azeris, Assyrians, and Armenians, for instance, are Iranian in this sense. However, there is also "Iranian" as an umbrella term for a number of ethnic groups - Persians, Lurs, Bakhtiari, Kurds, Baluch, etc. These would be the two most common usages. "Afghan" is a nationality - but Pashtuns and Tajiks (two of the largest Afghani groups) are Iranian ethnic groups like Persians and Kurds. As an ethnolinguistic term it transcends borders. SouthernComfort 06:02, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I reported the IP. If they revert again, don't revert back or you'll violate the 3RR. --Khoikhoi 16:48, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Assyrians

This is a warning that you have skated very close to WP:3RR on List of Assyrians. Please don't revert so much in future William M. Connolley 18:10, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Armenian Genocide

I've seen for many days and especially today that anons are vandalising the article.have u considered in requesting semi-protection?--Hectorian 17:55, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I wish i knew how...but i do not know either.hope that someone will ask for it soon,though. --Hectorian 17:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stuff

Hey Chaldean, I think I fixed the images. Btw, to request protection for a page go to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Make sure you make the request while the anon is reverting and be very careful not to revert more than 3 times in 24 hours.

About the anon on the articles about Assyrian people, it looks like he's not giving up anytime soon, so I suggest you ask User:SouthernComfort for help. It looks like he has some suggestions for compromise - I'm pretty busy right now. --Khoikhoi 01:34, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

If that doesn't work, ask an admin, such as El C or Alex Bakharev for help. Remember not the break the 3RR and make personal attacks, "like Iranian extremist". --Khoikhoi 02:30, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
No problem! Looks like he/she is reverting again, I warned them about the 3RR. If they do it again place :{{subst:3RR2}} ~~~~ right below my comment at their talk page. If they continue, report them at WP:AN/3RR. You could also tell Alex. --Khoikhoi 05:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
Looks like you ran out of reverts on both articles. If they revert again do what I said above. --Khoikhoi 08:34, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
Hahaha, welcome to my life. ;) --Khoikhoi 09:14, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ramona Amiri and Andre Agassi

I have returned the articles to the consensus form and semi-protected them. Please remind me to unprotect them in a few days, when the anonym will settle down abakharev 01:23, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

  • I am a kind of reluctant to fully protect the articles on this stage. Lets see if he would want to edit war. abakharev 04:15, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting that vandalism for me. Let's see if he/she continues. --Khoikhoi 03:53, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Hehehe, well thanks again. :) I gotta go for a bit, if the person keeps on vandalizing the page, just add ::{{subst:test3}} to their talk page right below my warnings. --Khoikhoi 04:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

I think the Assyrian census statistics page should be moved back to Assyrian diaspora, as the title that it's at right now doesn't sound very encyclopedic. --Khoikhoi 05:01, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I've moved the page back. I'll be fixing the references for it soon. --Khoikhoi 05:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
as i can see, u learnt some greek words as well! anyway, i hope the army treated u well when they found out 'bout u, and hope u are fine now, no matter where u live:) --Hectorian 09:37, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arab Christians

I made it look a bit nicer, but I suggest you use Template:Ethnic group, like the one at the Assyrians page. --Khoikhoi 02:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

No problemo. --Khoikhoi 03:01, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Hey Chaldean, what should we do about this? Some anon keeps removing the image. --Khoikhoi 03:16, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

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In response to this, you still have to give it a copyright tag, liked the GFDL one. —Khoikhoi 18:36, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Add {{GFDL}} to it. :) —Khoikhoi 19:10, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sistani

Hi Chaldean. I noticed you'd reverted my edit on List of Arabs saying that Ali al-Sistani was an Arab who was born in Iran. I had heard otherwise and wondered if you had any sources to back up your assertion. His family name, Sistani, indicates that he comes from a province - Sistan in eastern Iran and his biography on wikipedia does not mention him being an Arab. AndrewRT 22:32, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

I remember reading a newspaper article when he discussed the constitution of Iraq with Bremer, during the time of the Coalition Provisional Authority. Apparently Bremer asked him if they could sit down and work out together the details of the constitution of Iraq. He replied "you are an American, I am an Iranian. Why don't we leave the Iraqi constitution to the Iraqis?". I'm not sure if this answers your question? AndrewRT 00:39, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I can understand that it is possible for someone to be both an Iranian and and Arab - indeed I understand most of the population of Khuzestan are. This is like someone being both Afro-Caribbean and British. However, I didn't know that Sistani was, and have never seen any evidence. Of course what you heard could have been propaganda from Saddam Hussein - who after all prefered the Quietism of Sistani to the activism of al-Sadr. I'm leave it for now, but I'll come back if I find any evidence of Sistani's Persian (or Arab) roots AndrewRT 17:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arbil article

Chaldean, please stop reverting my edit to the Arbil article on the grounds that "It doesn't matter if its disputed, what it matters is what the poeple believe". Logic like that would open the door for anybody to claim anything and get away with it. I could say that I'm Santa Claus, and "It doesn't matter if its disputed, what it matters is what I believe".

The way I worded it, "A small population of Assyrian Christians (about 15,000) live mostly in suburbs such as Ankawa", does not support the Assyrian claim, but also does not deny it (i.e. neutral). Your edit, "There is still a small population of Assyrian Christians (about 15,000) who live mostly in suburbs, such as Ankawa", not only has a point of view, but also hurts Wikipedia's stance on neutrality. --334 14:30, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks again

Thanks a lot for helping me with the vandalism last night. Are you aware that the user listed you as a possible sock puppet of mine? [5] LOL! And what's even more hilarious is that I listed him on the same page, and it turned out that he was a sock puppet of a banned user. :p Now he's blocked indefinitely, thanks again. —Khoikhoi 03:36, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't know for all of Wikipedia, but you should try Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethnic groups and Template talk:Infobox Ethnic group. —Khoikhoi 05:36, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Assyrian villages

Hi Chaldean, I have been doing lots of edits and creating articles on Greek/Roman/etc. places now in the territory of Turkey. I would really appreciate it if you could identify the modern Turkish name for the villages listed, that way other editors (me included) can correlate the naming from the Byzantine times, because most of the villages were inhabited then, and can add more information about the Byzantines, Arab conquest, etc. Good job in putting this together by the way. Carlossuarez46 21:50, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi again, I added the ones I knew of, but there are a few that I don't know the Turkish equivalents. Notice I added the Greek/Latin equivalent to some, I will add more as time permits, but I would appreciate if you could finish off the list. I also moved a few towns to different provinces: Turkey keeps breaking up provinces probably to avoid having too many Kurdish ones. Thanks again, Carlossuarez46 16:18, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletions

They were redirects to deleted pages. — Deckiller 04:17, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Also, Ashur Solo wasn't deleted by me; I think it was for a different reason. — Deckiller 04:19, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I restored them so that if another admin still sees them fit to remain, he or she can take care of it. The deletion markers are still on them, however. — Deckiller 04:21, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assyrians

Hi, I suggest you start a rewrite at Assyrian people/temp. Make sure the article has lots of references. Then some day we can paste it to the actual article. —Khoikhoi 03:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Heh, make sure you use in-line refs like the ones you see at featured articles. I gotta go now. —Khoikhoi 03:19, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
P.S. - you might want to check out the discussion at Talk:Andre_Agassi#Agassi.27s_ethnicity. —Khoikhoi 03:57, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shlama

I don't want to be involved in edit warring. Please let's just to discuss and solve our concerns in talk pages not by edit warring. I love Iraq as much as if not more than Kurdistan. Also, please I am in no way a Kurdish extremists as you called me. Jalalarbil 13:17, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Iraqi is nationality the other word being Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian etc.. is ethnicity. I think It is better to write it with a space. Iraqi-Kurdish may have this impresion to some people if one of his parnet is from Iraqistan and the other from Kurdland etc. while Iraqi Kurdish or Iraqi Assyrian in my vewpoint means Kurds or Assyrian from Iraq. Please if I'm wrong explain the reason. Jalalarbil 16:35, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Munir Baschir

Hi Chaldean. I've removed your French translation request of Munir Bashir, as it's only a very meagre stub. The one you want I think is the German translation, Munir Baschir. Bye, --Aldux 11:04, 11 May 2006 (UTC) I've moved the request to the german trans request page - I'll do it but have a bunch of other trans on the go, so it will be a while unless someone else does it.Bridesmill 21:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nahraya or Beth-Nahraya means Mesopotamian in Soureth.

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[edit] Assyrians

Although I did not particulary liked your style of argument on Andre Agassis' talk page, you are definately correct about the Assyrian's article --- K a s h Talk | email 14:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I voted. Anything else? Keep in mind that Garzo is just making a proposal to move the page, he's not just moving it by himself. It's clear anyways that it's not going to fly. Should I email Pylambert? —Khoikhoi 01:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Well, not quite. He told me for the time being he's busy with real life. (he's a policeman) He also runs some websites that he feels that he's ignored for too long. If you want to see the full email I can forward it to you. —Khoikhoi 04:42, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Ok, sure no problem. But first you have to add your email to your preferences. —Khoikhoi 04:53, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
You've got mail! —Khoikhoi 04:59, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem. Let me know if you want to see the other emails. —Khoikhoi 19:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arab Christians

Christians make up 10 % of Syria's population. 10 % of 18,000,000 is 1.8 million. 90 % of Syria is Arab, the other 10 % is Kurdish. Any questions? Yuber(talk) 21:28, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

The most liberal estimates of Assyrian populations are about 300k, not 800k. Please list your source because I actually have a source made by Arab Christians that states that there are 1.8 million Arab Christians in Syria. I would recommend you leave the editing of Syrian demographics to those who actually study Syria, are Syrian, and have been to Syria. Yuber(talk) 22:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Once again, do you have an actual source like the one I posted? Deriving statistics using your own methods won't cut it for an article, especially since there are so many flaws with your methods. Yuber(talk) 22:48, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
We are not allowed to use Wikipedia articles as sources for other Wikipedia articles, and indirectly deriving statistics from Wikipedia articles is even worse. Please find a real source that says "The number of Arab Christians in Syria is 1 million" as you claim. I have already provided you with a source [6]. Yuber(talk) 22:51, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
The point I am making is that the definition of Arab is so loose that religious affiliation does not affect it. Those who are part of the Greek churches do not consider themselves Greek, now do they? One of the first prime ministers of Syria was a Christian, Farris el Khoury, and there was no dispute. But really, the main idea I am trying to get across is that I have an actual source that says there are 1.8 million Arab Christians in Syria. Here is another [7]. Both sources are written by Arab Christians. I am sorry that your aunt had to leave for Syria because of the situation of Iraq, but once again, Assyrians number about 300k in Syria and they do not really affect the total number of Arab Christians. Arab Christians have inhabited Syria long before Muslims, and YES they considered themselves Arabs. Please check the Ghassanid article. Yuber(talk) 23:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Also, you have erased all of my other edits regarding Syria. Any comments on those? Yuber(talk) 23:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
I will leave in your population numbers if you leave in my other edits until this issue can be resolved. Yuber(talk) 23:28, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
The ones about the latest census in Syria, Byzantine rule, etc.Yuber(talk) 23:30, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Yuber, if you look on the Assyrians page, it says 500,000 thousand in Syria and it is referenced from a Syrian Newspaper.King Legit

[edit] Good job

I enjoy the work that your creating. Your making all the Assyrian articles more intersting. --A2raya07 16:42, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

I realy like your idea about created an article called History of the Assyrians. I should start from the creation of Assyrian up until today. It should mention things like, when they (we) embraced christianity and when our churches split. --A2raya07 01:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Montenegro

While I'm hardly a raging Greater-Serbian, your past-tensing of Serbia and Montenegro seems unduly provocative. Yes, independence won, no doubt about that, but SCG will remain a legal entity up until its formal dissolution, probably sometime at the end of the summer, per Djukanovic's comments during the campaign. Making it sound like the split has already happened is needlessly POV, and won't hasten the actual real-life process one iota. The Tom 23:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Turkey

Hey man, I saw your update to your user page. You've lived in Turkey before? What part may I ask? Just curious. —Khoikhoi 03:37, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

:))). Concerning this edit [8]

(refearing to the original name i mean). --Hectorian 03:47, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Come on! i am Greek, of course i agree! i will keep an eye on it, but i am sure that many will try to change it... --Hectorian 03:53, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
U are so right man! u are openning a discussion, a very interesting one! according to NPOV, this cannot be changed, but... we'll see anyways (i have it in my watchlist). --Hectorian 04:00, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Well, I prefer to use current names. ;) It makes sense, if a city becomes part of my country, I would use the English name, because it's easier to pronounce. If I was Turkish, I'm not going to be refering to my city by it's Greek name. No, I'm not Iranian. I'm just a White Jewish guy. Ciao. —Khoikhoi 04:22, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Interfearing... fine by me!:) the name we are talking about, is also coming from greek (the point is that at least all should admit that, and stop deleting etymology-as they have done many times in this city's article) --Hectorian 04:27, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

They haven't deleted the etymology, or at least I haven't seen anyone do it. It seems to me that "former names" are being turned into "names of which the current name derives from". It reflects a certain POV, but I guess I don't really mind. It's a lot better than erasing it all together. —Khoikhoi 04:31, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm just a White You know I always thought the U.S. gov should give Americans one free DNA ethnic tests in there lives :D Chaldean 04:35, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Heh. (25% English, 25% Dutch, 50% Jewish) :p —Khoikhoi 04:36, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
See!! It would make people educate themselves/be interested on that culture/ethnicity and break this stereotype of Americnas being uneducated about the rest of the world (which is a clear myth to anyone who has ever came to the U.S.) Chaldean 04:38, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
...or the stereotype that we're ignorant Bush-lovers. —Khoikhoi 04:42, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Hehe:) I believe that most of the Americans know their origins (2-3 cent. ago), so no need for such a test. i know what u meant above, but it is like disputing that the name America derives from Amerigo Vespucci...! all theories should be included, but we have to note which is the widely accepted. 'bout the Americans being Bush-lovers, it's the contemporary stereotype that does not reflect reality. --Hectorian 04:46, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent edit waring with Benne

Please knock it off. As I just said to Benne, we can only resolve this by disucssing things. Why don't you join me over at User:Khoikhoi/Dispute resolution? —Khoikhoi 19:10, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ephrem the Syrian

Who's the one spreading propaganda here? --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 01:45, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

That should be Soorp Yeprem Asori, not Mor Afrem Ashuri ... --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 02:06, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Civility

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[edit] Zinda

Wow, that's an interesting magazine you got over there! Me like Yasmine Hanani... As for Cicek, yes interesting as well. Complicated state of affairs. P.S. What's your native language? —Khoikhoi 05:23, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Cool, so you speak Chaldean Neo-Aramaic? —Khoikhoi 19:40, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Tell that to Sargonious, the person who thinks he's "fixing" the page. —Khoikhoi 03:55, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You want Kurdish independence. Good for you.

Maybe one day it will happen and then Assyria too. Arab leaders neglegt minorities. I wish for religion go way too.شيطان

[edit] Başkale

Hi Chaldean... I was a bit confused by your edits to the Başkale article. Can you please respond to my message on Talk:Başkale. Thanks — Donama 00:47, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kurds

Let's not get into another edit war. Your edit had previously been reverted by Khoikhoi. Obviously I'm not the only one who thinks like that ... --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 03:27, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

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Hello! I have noticed your explanation at Image:Alqusairchurch.jpg. As you say "I got the pic from a friend in Ankawa", would you please explain who exactly took the picture?--Jusjih 12:37, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer. British missionaries? Was it taken while your friend's friend's grandfather on duty back in around 1950? I thought of a possible problem with the image when I saw the external website claiming copyright, so it will be much better if you post what you just explained to me at Image:Alqusairchurch.jpg so others can better understand the source of the image. Providing more details will help us solve this dispute.--Jusjih 14:40, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Would you please specify a proper license for the pic? You picked GFDL-no-disclaimers at the first time.--Jusjih 13:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
I have found the answer to which license our discussed picture applies at [9], i.e., 50 years from being published. Since you have said that technically it was British missionaries that took the pic, was that governmental duty? If yes, please preview Template:PD-BritishGov and add what you have explained to me at the imahe page as well.--Jusjih 14:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Edits on Kurdish people

It's supposed to link to Assyria. The Assyrian people article is about the modern Assyrians, not the ancient ones. BTW, I see you've gotten into an edit war over on Karbala. Try to work things out on talk. —Khoikhoi 03:20, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Dude, calm down. You seem to be under a lot of stress lately. I've fixed the links. The order is going through time, it's chronological. By "Turks" I think it refers to Turkic peoples. And I don't understand what the last thing you said was. —Khoikhoi 03:28, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
No one's against you man! As long as you stay calm in discussions, people will be nice to you. —Khoikhoi 03:34, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, a lot of people in my family had short tempers. I guess that's how the Dutch are. ;) —Khoikhoi 03:44, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Concerning this edit of yours: [10]. That wasn't my edit you reverted, it was [[User:Khoikhoi|Khoikhoi]'s ... --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 07:35, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

So then what is your reason for editing Assyrians to Assyria and not bothered with the other ones? Chaldean 12:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] مرهبا

اندك تشريب؟

[edit] Aramnahrin.org is Bullshit propoganda...

I've read the whole thing.סרגון יוחנא

[edit] Assyrian flag

May I ask what point are you trying to make? Are you trying to insult as Assyrians in some way? I really don't get your point in choosing the Assyrian flag to make a point. Chaldean 02:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I chose it simply because I like the flag. Tis one of my favourite designs. I Don't mean to make any insults to the Assyrians by using it. The point is that it is my user page and it is as odd and out of place as I want it to be. --ThrashedParanoid★ 00:14, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moldovans

Hi, to answer your question here, read the Moldovans (the last paragraph) and 2004 Moldovan Census articles. —Khoikhoi 03:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Pretty much. Some consider themselves Romanian and say they speak Romanian, and others call themselves Moldovan and their language Moldovan (which is identical to standard Romanian btw). You see, the Soviets created the Moldovan ethnicity in efforts to isolate them from Romania. But now it seems that this is being reversed. Anyways, I think Moldova-related articles are pretty NPOV, except when Bonaparte gets involved... —Khoikhoi 03:37, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
I think that now is a trend that Moldova will eventually unify again with Romania. Romania will be an EU member state starting from 1st January 2007 (less then 6 months now), and Moldova is going west (Romania, European Union) not east (Russia). --165.229.47.125 06:26, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey Chaldean, I saw your comment at Talk:Armenian Genocide, it's supposed to be spelled "Welsh". —Khoikhoi 04:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks

...for helping me out on the page about the Tamil Tigers. :D —Khoikhoi 16:55, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem, hopefully there will be no more problems. —Khoikhoi 00:33, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Rampage"

Concerning the following edits of mine: [11] and [12]: no, I am not on an rampage "again". I just fixed the way the links were shown. As you can see, they were linked to Syriac language. I just assumed that Classical Syriac was meant rather than Assyrian Neo-Aramaic. Perhaps you could for once assume good faith ... By the way, Assyrian language is a disambiguation page, so if the text on the flag was written in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, it should be linked to that page. ----Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 10:59, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

See for yourself: it was previously linked to Syriac language ([13]). I just thought to fix it, don't make such a fuss about it. (It would be nice, by the way, to include the writings on the flag. I don't see any letters on the flag. It might very well have been classical Syriac.)
Your accusation is just nonsense. I have never had the intention to change everything that has "Assyrian" in it, I just believe it's wrong to call all Syriacs "Assyrians". That's all. --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 13:30, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi, I'm an Armenian and a fellow Christian. I have a question concerning the Assyrian Church of the East. Is it of the Eastern Orthodoxy, the Oriental Orthodoxy, or is it in a class by itself? -- Clevelander 18:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Armenians in Iraq

I got the number 60,000 from the Armenians page on Wikipedia, so I'm not exactly sure if it's true or not. -- Clevelander 22:44, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assyrian independence for the Wikipedia Article Improvement Drive

Hey Chaldean. Thanks for the article, it was a great read!

I just want you to know that I've nominated the Assyrian independence article for the Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive. There's just so much potential for it and I believe that if we can get it cleaned-up enough, we can nominate it for featured status. -- Clevelander 00:52, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assyrians page

Who added that garbage and why did you revert it back after I erased it?

[edit] Constantinople

Thanks for your contributions in Istanbul. the alternative names of the related articles will drive me crazy...:( If the greek name will be kept been removed, i will remove the turkish names from all the articles related to Greece. after that, maybe some admin will notice what had been happening with POV-pushers in here... Regards --Hectorian 13:05, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Things are getting tougher. i will not remove the turkish names from greek places, even though the significance of them for the turks cannot be compared with that that places in turkey have for the greeks. but i will not accept removal of the greek names and keeping of the turkish ones... it is just far from been considered accurate historically and honest. thanks for helping again:) --Hectorian 14:03, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assyrian people page

What are you disputing?סרגון יוחנא

[edit] folk dance

Cool! :D —Khoikhoi 20:34, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assyrians page

I don't care for the name "Aramaean." The only reason I left it on the page is because Benne keeps reverting it. King Legit

[edit] Shlama looh

I would be happy to help you start a article of the "History of the Assyrians." It is nice to meet other Assyrians on in this encyclopedia. The only thing that would hold me back is that I have limited time. However I would still be able to give a helping hand to you.

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[edit] reference templates

Hello, why did you remove the {{cite news}} reference templates from the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis article ? sikander 20:10, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

These ones. sikander 21:04, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey no problem. If it was inadvertent, then its ok. Just be careful next time. Happy editing! sikander 21:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chaldo-Assyrian

The official name for the census is Chaldo-Assyrian. Chaldeans spoke Aramaic, Assyrians spoke Akkadian. It was the deportation of Chaldeans and Aramaeans by the Assyrians into the major cities that made the language the dominant language... Aslo the Achamenid dynasty of Persia made it official in the Western part of the empire... Ultimately it was the Chaldeans and the Medes that destroyed Nineveh and ended the empire, they did the same thing and deported many people. Some Assyrian kings had Aramaean wives. Aram is also another name for Assyria. Ar'a Ram ya'nee ara romanta which is a description of the landscape of Assyria in Aramaic. Assyria was just a Babylonian Colony (Nimrod founded our great cities according to the Bible) so we could say we're Babylonian if we wanted. Why does it bother you that we can call ourselves other things than Assyrian? Assyria was the greatest empire but all these other people are a part of our history too.סרגון יוחנא

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