User talk:SouthernComfort
Mahdi Army
Hi once again! No, relax, you're not being drafted. I was just wondering if you could you take a look at the "Arabic" spelling I added to Mahdi Army? I was just guessing from the way it is transliterated in English. Even though these are Arabic-speaking Shiites, the name of the army sounds vaguely Persian to my (admittedly, poorly self-trained) ears. Isn't the -i at the end the possesive -- what do you call it, ezhashee? In Arabic, I would think it would be Jaish al-Mahdi. Of course, I know that the Iraqi dialect of Arabic has been influenced by Persian, or maybe this name was imported by someone who had studied in Iran. Let me know what you think. --Jpbrenna 18:48, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Gilan's Constitutionalis movement
Hi SC,
What is your opinion of Gilan's Constitutionalis movement having its own page? I thought I'd ask you about this before I make any additions to the Gilan page.--Zereshk 07:52, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I just finished Constitutionalist movement of Gilan. I kept your stuff, and added mine. But it reads kinda, un-cohesive, should I say. I think you are better qualified to pull the article together since your contribution is greater. Fell free to edit as you see fit.--Zereshk 10:44, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Turks
They routinely go around messing up Iranian pages. I keep on running in to them quite frequently. But they cant really do anything. I revert their changes whenever I come across one.
As for the Demographics section on the main page of Iran, there has been alot of fighting and debate about it b4. What everyone agreed on (I recall) was that we put down the distribution reported by the CIA factbook, since it is the only referenceable source on the web. But Roozbeh said that we mention the source immediately so ppl know that the actual distribution might be higher or lower. I think as long as you can back-up yourself with any reference, go 4 it. The imptnt thing is to be able to provide refs to any change or additions u make, so that Pan Turkists or Arabs wont come around claiming the numbers are fabricated. I'll be transferring and adding stuff to the Gilan Const page for now.--Zereshk 08:40, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)