Talk:Abdullah Mohammad Khan

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Contents 1 disputed picture 2 "Correcting" every instance of Farsi to Persian? 3 I think default sort is a mistake for Arabic names 4 restore

[edit] disputed picture

Replaced transcluded image with inline image - {{npov}} tag as per dispute on Template talk:Combatant Status Review Tribunal trailer image and caption. Geo Swan 07:16, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Correcting" every instance of Farsi to Persian?

I am sure that those who go looking for every instance of "Farsi language", and change them to "Persian language" are sincere. But I think making this change -- everywhere -- and without any discussion -- is a mistake.

I think it was a mistake here. And I am changing it back. If Persian is really the same as Farsi then having Farsi redirect to Persian is a perfectly acceptable way to address this. The fact remains that the source documents for this article use "Farsi". Geo Swan (talk) 01:38, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I changed it, and User:Tahmasp changed it back.

I am going to assume that this was an honest mistake. That they are a new user, who doesn't know about article's talk pages. I am going to leave them a note on their person talk page. Geo Swan (talk) 04:31, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I undid it for now. User:Tahmasp 6:19 AM Wednesday 12 December 2007 (GMT)

Actually User:Tahmasp did not undo their edit. Instead they continued making similar unexplained edits. I reported this on WP:AN/I. Geo Swan (talk) 09:41, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I think default sort is a mistake for Arabic names

I think default sort is a mistake for individuals with Arabic names.

People with Arabic names don't inherit a surname, like people with an European do. Traditionally the closest thing they have to a "last name" is their father's first name.

And it is absolutely clear to me that it is a mistake to use default sort for the Guantanamo captives -- because the US Department of Defense can't consistently figure out what their names are.

Therefore I just reverted an edit where a well-meaning contributor imposed default sort on this individual.

Please don't impose default sort on these guys without discussing it first.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 05:56, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] restore

I recently reverted two big excisions, that I thought were poorly advised, and which did not comply with the guidelines on headings. I am going to make some changes to the article, so I thought it made sense to make the reversion now. Geo Swan (talk) 00:38, 15 March 2008 (UTC)