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Please do not edit archived pages. If you want to react to a statement made in an archived discussion, please make a new header on THIS page. Baristarim 20:51, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply] Archives: Archive 1 - Archived on October 5, 2006 Archive 2 - Archived on November 21, 2006 Archive 3 - Archived on November 21, 2006 Archive 4 - Archived on December 17, 2006 Archive 5 - Archived on January 16, 2007 Archive 6 - Archived on January 16, 2007 Archive 7 - Archived on January 16, 2007 Archive 8 - Archived on ...

According to the circumflex article:

Turkish. Until recently, the modern (Latin-based) Turkish alphabet introduced in the time of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk used the circumflex accent to indicate when a vowel was to be pronounced in a way more native (usually by stretching it out somewhat) to Persian and Arabic. Words featuring such an accent, such as kâtib "scribe", ilâhî "divine", or Kâmile (a woman's name) are generally loanwords distinguishable from true Turkish words, and were represented easily in the Arabic script used in the Ottoman Turkish language.

And from Turkish alphabet:

Optional circumflex accents can be used with "â", "î" and "û" to disambiguate words with different meanings but otherwise the same spelling (for example, while "kar" means "snow", "kâr" means "profit"), or to indicate palatalization of a preceding consonant, or long vowels in loanwords, particularly from Arabic. These are seen as variants of "a", "i", and "u" and are becoming quite rare in modern usage.

That being said, do you think it was correct to move İstiklal Avenue to İstiklâl Avenue, and Hakkari to Hakkâri? You'll notice that the articles from the Turkish Wikipedia don't use this type of accent mark, unless it's for historical figures such as Hasan Âli Yücel. What do you think? (knowing that you're busy with the Turkey article, you don't have to reply right away) Cheers, Khoikhoi 00:56, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, would you be able to help me out with a question at Talk:Kuştul Monastery? Thanks, Khoikhoi 05:49, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was a great job; I believe you reach to the end of your efforts. Is there anything left besides the stability? I recognize that no one adds to the content. It may be help full 4u to argue that content have reached to its maturity. Emphasize that vandalism is part of the reality. Judges had to make a distinction (maturity-vandalism) on this article. --OttomanReference 06:48, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted you to see the articles under the wikiTurkey; I think this can not be achieved without your efforts... I really appriciate what you have been doing. Thanks!--OttomanReference 08:43, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am trying to improve the article Hamparsum Limonciyan. I made a request for feedback Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback. Any pointers you might have as to what the article needs would be appreciated. --Free smyrnan 08:51, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the encouragement! One section I would like to add to complete the package would be Politics. Except for my meetings with the mayor and once with the state appointed governor, I know little about local politics. Do you know of any sites that have election data or maps for the region? Preferably in English? Otherwise my only concern with the article is citation, since many observations are not verifiable. --Patrickneil 17:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your offer about Portal:Turkey. It would be great if you could help me with the "Anniversaries" section. Its link will be like Portal:Turkey/Anniversaries/January for this month. Also "Did you know" and "News" sections need to be updated. I presume you already know the test page Portal:Turkey/Test as you worked on it two days ago.So, size de mutlu yıllar ve kolay gelsin. By the way, congratulations about the Turkey article, another FA for our project Template:Smi --Bugtrio | Talk 16:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have explained myself in the rv. The project is relatively new, and no pages where created (templates, etc) until the name change. Chaldean 20:01, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Listen, how about you stop rving? Because it will most likely get approved, thus I have to go back and rv all of your edits again. Please stop, your not making it easy. I will go to the board your talking about, but stop rving, because this will stop me from contuning the work. I need to be adding to these pages, and with the name change, it will rv the whole thing. Chaldean 20:10, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Baristarim, please stop. I am going to the board right now, but your going to make this so difficult if you change everything. Chaldean 20:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Baristarim, I didnt even get a approval for Wikiproject Assyrian people. I didn't even know you had to? So can you halt everything for couple hours? Let me see what I can do. Chaldean 20:15, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have left a message in the wikiproject council page and you better promise to your word of I can fix them either way, no worries - because it took me lots and lots of time to connect everything. Yes, their are many assyrian related pages that are horrible, including Assyrian genocide, where nobody even seems to care about its status. The page is horrible, and to be honest with you, if I had it my way I would delete the whole page, because it just a bunch of words put together, with no organization, etc. Chaldean 20:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See now you have my hopes down that this will get shot down. I feel so dumb putting so much time, without thinking abou getting an approval first. You should've notifed me the first time you saw the project. Chaldean 20:37, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I explained the reason for my move here [[1]] - Ancient Assyrian pages are literraly non-existant. Chaldean 20:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.harunyahya.com/miracles_of_the_quran_01.php slm.

Istanbul is in improvement stage, there is already a lot of improvements. Such as labeled map is developed, standardized climate table, standard "City" sections such as cityscape, demographics, utilities. And most important article is improved from two citations to twenty. Help us to improve the article. Thanks.--OttomanReference 14:52, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Baris. I know that u are trying not to increase tensions, and that this is why u remove comments like this, but i think that other wikipedians involved in these articles should see such comments, so as to know what they have to deal with... I suppose we are not evading any WP policy if we live it there... Hectorian 16:05, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is why i am advising you not to remove such comments; because u could be accused of "hiding comments for unknown reasons"... I would propose to let alone the users who make such comments... After all, they should be the ones to defend themselves or to deal with the polemic nature of comments that their own have caused. That article has indeed become a battleground, but IMO, every user involved there should be responsible for his comments, if not, he/she should not press "Save page":p. But that is just my opinion:) Hectorian 16:32, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not use such surveys, they are not part of the wikiprocess. AfDs on that subject were closed just this morning, and deletions are not decided upon such surveys in the talk pages of articles. I reverted your deletion surveys, please do not do it again since they are not helpful to Wikipedia and can be disruptive. Baristarim 17:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...not helpful to Wikipedia and can be disruptive in what aspect exactly? Do you mean it is disruptive to falsification of the terms Turco-Persian and Turko-Persian Tradition? What you guys are afraid of - Truth?

PS. Sorry to burst your bubble, in your User page you claim that Tarim basin was occupied by Turks! However, Tarim Basin was not occupied by Turks, but Indo-European peoples. Read The Tarim Mummies, by J. P. Mallory and Victor H. Moir, ISBN 0-500-05101-1. This is what I’m talking about desperately in need of a historical legitimacy! Surena 17:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What I meant was the fact that you have to follow Wikipedia procedure for deleting articles - you cannot simply call for a poll in an article's talk page. Please see WP:AfD for more information on the correct procedure to follow; two AfDs were speedily kept this morning, trying to open new surveys in the talk pages is not appropriate.

And try not to make this personal please and try refrain from using expressions like "you guys" or "sorry to burst your bubble". Focus on content, not people. Thank you. Baristarim 19:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, the bar thingy that I borrowed from Wiki Turkey is just a temparery. I just wanted something nice for right now to attract users, but I do want a unique one for the Assyrian project. Are you good with this stuff? :) I was going to try to do something, but I really dont know much about how you do these things. Chaldean 02:54, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, how do I make the font size smaller for this [[2]]? Thanks. Chaldean 03:15, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]