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Iranian

-Could you please tell me your knowledge on Iranian peoples and languages, Tombseye?

Good Job

You are making good edits to the Pakistan article. You might need to cite some info later, but keep up the good work.--Anonymous editor June 30, 2005 04:13 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm trying to link my information to other information found on wikipedia as well so that should help hopefully. I welcome any and all suggestions and criticisms of course. Thanks.--Tombseye June 30, 2005 13:50 (UTC)

The map you added at Image:Pashtun-ethnic.jpg looks professionally done. Did you do it yourself (in which case, great work, but say so) or take it from somewhere else (in which case it almost certainly will raise issues over copyright). If it is legit, please add an appropriate image copyright tag; if not, could you save everyone some effort by sticking it on WP:CFD yourself? Thanks. -- Jmabel | Talk July 3, 2005 04:04 (UTC)


Hello Jmabel. The map is from a website I just found when I googled Pashtuns: http://www.peopleteams.com/pashtun/

Kind of careless of me not to verify the copyright infringement issue. I wrote to them and hopefully they'll let me know if the map can be used or not.


Tombseye 4 July 2005 01:54 (UTC)

Vandals

Hi! You can report vandals at Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress. For quick intervention see Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Ghilzai has been merged with and redirected to Ghilzai/Khilji. utcursch | talk July 5, 2005 08:11 (UTC)

Image:Pashtun-ethnic.jpg

Image deletion warning The image Image:Pashtun-ethnic.jpg has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. If you have any information on the source or licensing of this image, please go to its page to provide the necessary information.

Rhobite July 9, 2005 17:55 (UTC)

Image:DelhiSultanMap1.jpg

Image deletion warning The image Image:DelhiSultanMap1.jpg has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. If you have any information on the source or licensing of this image, please go to its page to provide the necessary information.

Rhobite July 9, 2005 17:55 (UTC)

Sindhi

I've created a disambiguation page at Sindh, which has links to Sindhi people (merged content from earlier Sindhi article), Sindhi language and Sindh. utcursch | talk 04:06, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Image:40889654 pakistan quake7 map416.gif

Where did you get this image from? It appears to be a BBC map, which would make it a copyvio. Evil Monkey∴Hello 04:52, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I was hoping someone would come up with a better map as opposed to the one that previously existed. Looks like it worked and the copyrighted map is gone. Tombseye 08:49, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

2005 Kashmir earthquake

Indian subcontinent earthquakes list Thank you for your contribution at 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
Please keep it up!!! - P R A D E E P Somani (talk)
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Films

Hello! I hope you don't mind, but I've done some DABbing on your user page. If you're a film fan, have you seen Wikipedia:WikiProject Films? You might find the project interesting. The JPS 19:42, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Problem with another nutjob with the Tajiks page

If you feel that the article should be protected, please see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. utcursch | talk 13:02, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments on Bin Qasim article...

Hi, firstly I would like to say there was no massacre of Hindus or non-Muslims, this is false interpretation of Hindus. If you look at historical documents, you can clearly see that the conquered people were treated very well infact more so then under the prior rule. You being an Atheist, what does that matter does that give you anymore rights on Wikipedia? my friend take the carbon copy of your intelligence off and look at facts before you make ignorant comments.

--Street Scholar 11:32, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This street scholar has issues...--Dangerous-Boy 13:29, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image sources

Hi Tombseye! I have noticed that many images you uploaded on the History of Pakistan article do not have its source or license status mentioned. Please do so. Thanks. deeptrivia 21:03, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

An image that you uploaded, Image:Punjabi children.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the neccesary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

Images

I agree! I especially loved the image of Punjabi children you had in the article. Unfortunately, we have to be very careful with copyright issues. deeptrivia (talk) 21:41, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan photos in public domain

Here's a link to some great pakistan photos in public domain. I'm sure you'll find some useful stuff. Thanks. deeptrivia (talk) 15:35, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Most of these images are under a Creative Commons license. If you see below the image on the right, where it shows "Additional Information" . It says "Some rights reserved", and there is a (cc) logo on the left of it. The (cc) (Creative Commons) mark implies, among other things, that you are free to use this image in Wikipedia. Have fun uploading pretty pictures :) deeptrivia (talk) 22:06, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

A Barnstar! I deeptrivia award this Resilient Barnstar to Tombseye for his exceptional contributions, especially to articles related to Pakistan. 03:22, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pathan vs. Pashtun is a futile contribution and a ploy to promote Niazis on WikiPedia

It is quite obvious from Asim Khan Niazi's futile contribution, Pathan vs. Pashtun, to this page that he is trying to promote his tribe as one of the main tribe among Pathans. The only source which he is quoting IS "The Pathans" by Olaf Caroe and on the top of that he is claiming that Qais had three sons and to make the matter worst, he is putting his tribe on the top.

Pathans / Pashtuns / Pakhtuns are ethnicity NOT a liguistic race. It has nothing to do with the language. Only ignorants claim that Pashto is the only language spoken by the Pathans / Pashtuns / Pakhtuns.

It is disserice to the Pathans' history by drawing these lines on the premises of spellings as well as any language. Pathans are Pashtuns / Pakhtuns and vice verca.

And last but not the least, WikePedia should NOT be used as an advertisement ploy for tribes. WikePedia should stick to its NPOV guidlines. If one is really interested in Pathans' History then there are more important books out there which were published way before "The Pathans" by Olaf Caroe.

  • "A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India" published by The General Staff Army Headquarter, Calcutta, India - (Originally Published 1910) ::


McKhan

Turkish people

Thanks, good job! I might ask, however, are you the same person as 70.122.73.105 (talk · contribs)? --Khoikhoi 22:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again. By the way, what articles specifically have people reverted my edits? Just wondering. --Khoikhoi 19:04, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Afghanistan

Hi, I disagree that the Etymology section goes beneath the History section. Putting the Etymology first is standard format on every article I have ever seen that has an etymology section. Could you please move it back up?

Also, you quoted one (Western) author who opines that the early history of the name is "speculative". But at the article Ashvaka, if you read all the way through it, it lists at least 5 or 6 historians, Western and local, who agree that the Ashvakas became the Afghans and gave them their name... Producing just one dissenter up front, as if he has more authority than the rest, seems just a tad skewed to me... ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 19:44, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Iranian peoples

Great job again! :-) I'll have it on my watchlist to make sure people don't add incorrect info. By the way, an article that needs serious work is the Azerbaijanis page. I know large dispute is over weather they are a Turkic or Iranian people, because they speak a Turkic language. Maybe you can help out. Thanks. --Khoikhoi 22:18, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, where are the references on the Iranian peoples page? Remember, external links are different than references. --Khoikhoi 22:38, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Great job again. I noticed that the article has a {{disputed}} template on the top of the page. What do we have to do to the article so it can get removed? Should it be re-written completely? --Khoikhoi 03:46, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Turkey number vandal

Hey Tombseye. Can you please do me a favor and revert back to my version on the Turkey page? If I do it one more time then I'll get blocked. --Khoikhoi 19:23, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Turkish people

Happy holidays! :) If we get the page protected, I'm afraid that some admin will notice that I violated the three revert rule and get me blocked, so I'm not so sure if it's a good idea. As for the Pre-Islamic history of Afghanistan page, you should just revert his edits because he has not cited his sources and then try talking to him, if you haven't already.

I can't think of any articles that need help right now, but I'll let you know when I do. Actually, right now I've created a Category:Pashtun tribes and have been trying to fix all the articles that I've added to that category, a lot of them need some serious work, especially the pages created by User:McKhan. Maybe you can help out. Thanks. --Khoikhoi 20:52, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Here's an article

I'm not sure if you're interested, but the History of Azerbaijan needs a complete rewrite. It's really a mess. --Khoikhoi 00:15, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]


Dear Tombseye - thanks for your edits of the Azerbaijan page. I am working on it as well, specifically on Medieval and Modern period, however do not mind your edits, since they look excellent. I am new here, and will benefit from more help on general editing and references

abdullnt - 27 Dec 2005

Hello Abdullnt. Khoikhoi told me about History of Azerbaijan's problems so I thought I'd lend a hand to fix it up. Okay, I think if we divide it up that'll work well as I'm going to continue to work on the pre-Medieval sections until I think they're satisfactory. If you have any images and maps that would be helpful as they would make the article more appealing. Just do your best and try to consult multiple sources, be as neutral and objectie as possible and the article should come out well. I'm aware of the various rivalries and counter-histories that various groups in the region have, so I'm trying to ignore that as much as possible so that the article reflects a more academic perspective. Tombseye 21:32, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Number of Pashtuns

Ethnologue is an extremely uncertain source ... they have been criticized many many times! As for the number of refugees in Pakistan: the total number is something between 2-4 million, maybe 70% are ethnic Pashtuns ... so, the number is something around 3 million. The total number of Pashtuns in Afghanistan is unknown ... something between 10 and 13 million seems to be a good guess. The population of Pakistan is 162,419,946 (July 2005 est.), Pashtuns are ~15% (while the number of Pashto-speakers is ~8%!) [1]. So, 15% of 162.4m is less than 25m. 25m (Pakistan) + 2-3m (refugees from Afghanistan) + 10-13m (Afghahnistan) + 1m (rest) = 38-42million ... in any case, 50million is TOTALLY exeggerated!

Just a comparison: ethnic Persians in Iran are only 35-40 million. Even if you add ethnic Tajiks to that number, they are still less than 60 million. Considering the cultural and linguistic importance of Persian language and culture throughout history in the region, "50m+ Pashtuns" looks really unconvincing to me. Tajik 07:46, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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