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[edit] Requested move
Arbil used to have what is now at Arbil Governorate. I moved it there, and made Arbil a redirect to the city after which the governorate was named, which is at Arbil, Iraq. As the city takes precedence over the governorate, and no disambiguation with similar Arbils is needed, the city should be at Arbil. Gareth Hughes 13:48, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
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- support if there is no other Arbil thing in the world Tobias Conradi (Talk) 23:48, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
- Support — well, there's Arbil Ltd, a company that "[specialises] in the sale, hire,service & test of lifting, winching,
jacking & cargo control equipment", but I'm not sure that that matters. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:27, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
This article has been renamed after the result of a move request. violet/riga (t) 09:34, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Duplicate text removed
The passage about relative quiet and attacks by islamists was included in the paragraph above, which is still in place. Just some cleaning up.
--Vindheim 21:54, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, sorry I had scanned the text and hadn't seen that. I couldn't work out why you had deleted it. Sorry. — Gareth Hughes 23:50, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
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- Actually I think it was I who duplicated in the first place, so it was me to blame. --Vindheim 16:25, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Oldest City in the World
I've restricted the sentence relating to this as it is hardly established fact, has no source and is disputed. I've done the same with Damascus, for the same reason. --Si42 14:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Encarta claims that it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. --334 14:47, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Picture
The text for the picture of the "qala" or Castle is wrong.
1. It's not a castle, it's a wall. built on a hill to defend the city. 2. It is NOT ottoman the wall out-dates the ottomans by centuries or even milleniums. The wall even protected the city from Gengis Khan's armies.
THIS SHOULD BE CHANGED!!
- OK: I have changed the picture text. --Vindheim 08:49, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Also, it's said in the article that Zoroastrianism is a Kurdish religion, a terribly wrong postulate.
[edit] Iran Consulate?
"January 11, 2007 - Iranian consulate in Arbil was seized by US army."
Whether the building is a real consulate, and whether the five men arrested are consular employees, is in question, and should not be presented as fact. TPOBrien 23:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
