User talk:Roozbeh/Archive04

meaning of name "Khomein"

Roozbeh, what does name of town "Khomein" mean? Two something? Dual something? -anonymous

It's just a city name. My Persian Encyclopedia doesn't mention anything either. roozbeh 08:34, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)

Roozbeh, what might your Persian Dictionary say about the name? -anonymous

One says a city with such and such properties. Others don't say anything. roozbeh 13:07, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)

Re: Margin of error

I updated the visual at MarginoferrorViz.png . I noticed that you are an administrator. Can you update the main page to show the new graphic? All the best, Fadethree 01:53, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Done. By the way, that certain section is copied from Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 19, 2004. You won't need admin powers to fix that. roozbeh 02:08, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)

Hi there!

That was a pleasure to have your message. I used to live in Tehran for 7 years but now I'm back to my hometown, Tabriz, since last September. By the way, I occasionaly come to Tehran to visit friends and family. We sure can meet next time I vist Tehran. You'll surely be informed in advance. Meantime, that would be great if we arrange a cooperation on Iranian matters. You can contact me through

reverse(uk/dor/co/dot/yahoo/at/mohsen_pooya); :P Pouya 21:50, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

tt:Töfäñ

Hi! I upload this article to Tatar wiki. This word means Middle Age Oriental artillery. This word was loan to Tatar from Farsi, but we don't know it's original form is Farsi. It could be (in latin characters) tufang or tofang or else.

Could You to participate in [meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation of the week| tranlstion fo the week] ?

Regarts, --Untifler 15:31, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Just left a note on the talk page on the Tatar Wikipedia. roozbeh 21:49, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! Is any English or Persian article about this? --Untifler 23:21, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I have no clue. There is an article about "gun" in the English Wikipedia of course, which is what "togang" means in modern Persian.

Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
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To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

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I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. – Ram-Man ^{(comment) (talk)}[[]] 15:42, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

Back in action

Hi, Roozbeh, I am back in action after being tied up for several months. Refdoc 22:17, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"tied up"? What do you mean?

But anyway, welcome back. I haven't been active for the last month or something either, but I really believe the Turkic related articles are in a bad shape again. There is new information, which I tried to dig out from various books and stuff, but I've not started to write them down yet. There is also the issue of Persian Gulf, which will need a good section on the controversy and the naming issues, specially considering the recent National Geographic news. Or there is the case of Gulf News changing Thomas Friedman's article in New York Times, to say "Arabian Gulf" [1], [2].

-roozbeh 14:31, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)

Could not follow the links - not sure whether my ISP has an issue or what, but I waited endlessly with no result. Anyway I had a look at various "Turkic" articles and at the Gulf one - indeed a mess... See what I have done and tell me what you think - if it survives long enough. Refdoc 21:23, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I retried the links and they still work for me. Would you please retry? BTW, I don't know which Turkic related articles you edited, but your Persian Gulf contribution was edited out immediately, it seems. I'm so sad. roozbeh 16:38, Dec 18, 2004 (UTC)

Still no luck with the links, but I am currently on a 14k dialup.... Will take a few days until I am back on a reasonably speedy connection. "Turkic" - well the whole conglomerate we were busy with last summer: Azarbeijan, Turkic States, Turkic languages, South Azarbaijan, etc etc etc . Yes and teh Persian Gulf article is sad. I thought I had a durable agreement with Kaveh, when someone anonymous started to revert again. I do not like "Arabian Gulf" but it must be in there in the first line. There is no way around it. Refdoc 17:18, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

MJ Larijani

Thanks for the notes about Larijani's background as a cleric. Amazing! --Pouya 00:23, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

ps Wikipedia

Could you correct the Farsi welcome note on Pashto Wikipedia if necessary? Thanks! - Mustafaa 17:18, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Your Help is required, Roozbeh

Please help in keeping "Mani" from indiscriminately amending Articles. He obviously lacks knowledge and maturity to be left acting on his own. Out of ignorance and unreflected "PERSIANISM" he makes assertions totally out of touch with reality. Please look at the SAFAVIDS article and the "corrections" he introduces and reintroduces. It is a clear fact that the Safaviyeh Sufis and early Safavid rulers drew on the support of AZERIS and ANATOLIAN Turks to establish military forces. Initially Azeri (a Turkic idiom) was the official Language at the Safavid court, as numerous contemporary documents prove. WIKIPEDIA cannot afford erratic "editors" like Mani, who simply wastes serious peoples time and contributes to misinformation. --Pantherarosa 09:33, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I am sorry I don't have much time for following and correcting people's bad behaviour anymore. I agree that Mani1 has unfortunately (and very possibly unknowingly) abused Wikipedia and its contributors, and that his case is worth taking to a higher Wikiauthority. But I unfortunately don't have the time to attend to that, because I'm very busy in Real Life these days. I would very much appreciate it if you could check Dispute resolution and Arbitration policy and follow up his case there. Please leave me a link to the case then, so I can participate in it, if necessary. roozbeh 13:51, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)

Farsi Symbol

When you reach Image:Iran coa.png through Farsi Symbol, the emblem is not shown. Is it a bug with wikipedia? --Pouya 16:57, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I guess so. Or maybe its a feature. roozbeh 16:59, Dec 26, 2004 (UTC)

Deletion in History of Iran, 27th December

Hi Roozbeh! Sorry for the unintended deletion there. I didn't even notice it. I think that the server had a hiccup that day or something. Thank you for being that attentive! :) — Daniel FR 22:17, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Daniel FR (at home))

Revert war on "Discrimination against non-Muslims in Iran" and "Ahmad Shamlou"

There are revert wars going on in articles Discrimination against non-Muslims in Iran and Ahmad Shamlou. Would you please take a look. --Pouya 10:08, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I really missed it all. roozbeh 20:18, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Haddad-adel.jpg

Thank you for uploading Image:Haddad-adel.jpg. Please leave a note on that page about where you got the image because of copyright law. If you have any questions, just leave a message on my talk page. --Ellmist 14:25, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Copyrights?!

Hello Roozbeh.

Instead of taking out full articles and pictures altogether because of "copyright" issues (such as the page on Shiraz), please try to address your concern of copyright infringement by modifying the page using legal techniques such as paraphrasing.

Also, I'd like to note that as a former editor of IRIB, any material used from sources in Iran (e.g. website of Shiraz University), are not subject to copyright protection, even despite any self made claims. Especially if known facts are stated.

Iran OFFICIALLY does not recognize or abide by International Copyright laws or standards. Therefore, by the charter of the WTO, viceversa responsibilities do not hold as well. I dont need to argue that.

http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/agrm7_e.htm

And besides, wikipedia is a body of facts, not opinions or intellectual propperty. And known facts obviously do not come under copyright protection. It's like somebody claiming copyrights for the statement "the world is not flat".

Please consider paraphrasing yourself, instead of copying whole articles. Why should I do that?!

Because you are entirely erasing everything I put in, whether copied or not.

Please note that while the text may not be protected by "International Copyright laws", they are protected by the national Iranian laws concerning copyright.

Ah, but Wikipedia is not an Iranian company or website, hence no Iranian laws apply to it.

Please note that Wikipedia being a body of facts is not an excuse for copyright infringements from your side.

Copying stuff from public domain is not copyright infringement. The University of Shiraz holds no proprietary interest in stating the fact that "Khaju e Kermani is buried in Shiraz" or that "The initial nucleus of Shiraz University was formed in 1946" (which you deleted).

If you insist on putting any material in Wikipedia without refering to the source and asking for permission where it is not explicitly given, please consider not editing Wikipedia at all. roozbeh 20:18, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

Look, instead of acting like a condescending prick, be a little bit considerate of what people say. I put a lot of time and zahmat in the shit I put up here, only because I love Iran and desperately wish to see its image improved. Copying stuff off of Iranian websites is not a big issue for me (1) because I am in effect advertising for Iran using those material, and (2) as I said, as far as Wikimedia Foundation (an American company) is concerned, nobody here (in the US) is legally bound to uphold and protect any copyrights from material used from Iranian domains. Especially if theyre public information.

I will leave editing (manipulating) Wikipedia to you so you can further expand your "My contributions" list. It might win you the fame and respect you so desperately seek.

New List

Hi, I have set up a new list name's List of Iranian Americans.Please take a look.--Sina 21:36, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)