User talk:StANDby007
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[edit] Vandalism
Please stop adding profanity and racial slurs to Wikipedia articles. This is considered vandalism. If you would like to test, you can use the sandbox. Jonathunder 20:50, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Ottoman Empire map
Hello, regarding your edits on the Ottoman Empire, you have to realize that the Ottomans did not control certain areas that your map claims such as Circassia, Astrakhan, or most of the Sudan and Ethiopia. Nor did the Ottomans even try to conquer the Berbers of the interior in North Africa. If you look here at this site from the University of California San Diego you'll find that the Ottoman Empire was indeed quite large, but not as large as your map claims:
http://humanities.ucsd.edu/courses/kuchtahum3/reference/ottoman.jpg
Also, the Ottoman flag is shown here:
http://i-cias.com/e.o/ill/flag_s_ottomans.gif http://www.indiana.edu/~iaunrc/images/turk_flag.gif
Hopefully, this will stop the revert wars. If you disagree with this information please explain on the Discussion page of the Ottoman Empire. Thanks. Tombseye 22:04, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
