Talk:History of Baku

message: I have reviewed your article, and I will be ready to pass it once the following issues are tended to:
*Fair use rationales on the images :Image:71_014tiny.jpg and :Image:40634281_azerbaijan_238.jpg.  Or otherwise they need to be removed.
*A source for :Image:HZTBak.jpg (or replace it with a sourced image).
*The introduction needs to mention Soviet Union taking control. (I don't mean repeating what is already written below, but this is a major point and the lead should briefly mention this).
--Konstable 02:55, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've now fulfiled the criteria, including the Khruschev-related one. Thanks. --Brand спойт 15:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

text: I thought about this, they will be filled soon. --Brand спойт 15:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: GA nomination

message: I'm a little surprised that this article has been listed as a good article. While much of it is very good, the English is so poor I found it close to unreadable in parts, and certainly found the meaning of some sentences obscured. It needs a very thorough copyedit. Particular problems are:
* Tenses are frequently wrong (present, past and pluperfect are used in a confusing and inconsistent way)
* Punctuation is frequently wrong (commas in the wrong place or missing, poor sentence structure)
* Missing or incorrect articles ("a" and "the")
Aside from that copyedit, the following points still need to be addressed:
* Linking of individual years and dates is generally a bad thing. Link, for instance, 1 December, 2005 but not "In 2005, on the 1 December".
* The "topography" section is interesting but I think you mean "toponymy". Without some explanation (i.e. are these Russian or Soviet historical figures being replaced in the toponymy by Azerbaijani heroes? What is the significance of these individual names - who are they?) it is useless to the general reader, and belongs more in the "Baku" article than under "History of Baku".
* The references are not well-cited at present. Have a look at WP:CITE. Translations of titles ought to be included, as should information about author and publisher (even for websites), and the languages the sites are written in. It seems odd to have a very nice list of comprehensive-looking books at the bottom of the article, but not to be relying on any of them as a source. 
For the moment I'm rescinding the good article status of this article. All of my objections are basically technically problems (e.g. get a good copy-editor involved, fix the formatting) rather than content quality objections, though it would be nice to see more English language references used to aid verifiability. Once the problems are patched up, it ought pass through the WP:GAN system pretty quickly. TheGrappler 22:04, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delisting from GA 

message: I find it interesting how there was no reference regarding where the name baku came from. i have cleared that up and created the section. i have included all points of view, however, it is widely agreed that the name is Persian.Iranian Patriot 21:22, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the Name 

message: Debates are still going on in connection with the etymology of the word Baku, as well as the exact age of the city. For instance, the English archeologist Sir William Flinders Petrie suggests that the words Bakhay denoting the mountain of Bakhou of the rising Sun written in the Egyptian Book of the Dead in the 2nd millenium BC refer to Baku. Some scholars relate Baku with the names Gaytara, Albana, Baruka mentioned in the ancient sources. In the sources dating back to the V-VIII centuries AD it is referred to as Bagavan, Ateshi Baguvan. In the Arabian sources the words Baku, Bakukh, Bakuya, Bakuye are first encountered beginning from the IX century. Later in the European sources the name of the city is encountered as Baga, Baki, Bakkhi”, and in the Russian sources as “Baka”. Beginning from the XVIII century Baku is mentioned in the Persian sources as Bardkube. This word consists of two Persian words: bard meaning wind and kube - to blow, that is (the city) where the wind blows. Apparently the city was called so by some authors because of the strong winds blowing in Baku. At present in the Azerbaijani language the name of the city is used as Baki.[1]
You just copy pasted all of this from the source, this is not what Wiki is about. Secondly, European sources do not matter, as they have no affect on the origin of the name of Baku (because certainly Europeans did not coin the name). Secondly, the present name of the city in Azerbaijani is insignificant, as it is stated in the introductory paragraph of Baku. 
There is no one single opinion related to the etymology of the word Baku, and different assumptions are used in different sources. Prof. Sara Ashurbayli, the leading specialist in this sphere thinks that the word dates back to Zoroastrianism and is derived from the word baga which means the Sun, the God in a number of ancient languages.[2] The Turkish Islamic Encyclopedia presents the origin of the word Baku as being derived from the words Bey-Kyoy which mean the main city in Turkish.[3] According to the version of the scientist-specialist in the Caucasian studies K.P.Patkanov, the name Baku originates from the Lak word bak meaning a hill as Baku is situated on the hills. Ali Huseinzada, the historian also confirms that the word Baki is encountered in the popular Turkish dictionary of the XI century compiled by Mahmud Kashgari in the meaning of a hill.[4]
The Turkish theory is pure historical revisionism, as the city was first mentioned in 885! 
I am going to shorten this, taking out the irrelevant and historical revisionist infor, as I have talked about above.Khosrow II 17:04, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither of the sources were reliable nor authoritative, so the information is liable to change. I already told you why I took out the Turkish theory (its historical revisionism). Other than that, as far as I remember, I moved things around to put things related to each other closer.Khosrow II 06:44, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What you're doing is historical revisionism. The information provided is well-sourced. If you do not agree, prove yours here. E104421 16:49, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Name Baku

message: The dates in that section where I put the tag don't make sense, a castle was built to defend the city during it's occupation or what? (Bjorn Tipling 06:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates don't follow 

message: I don't actually know anything about Baku. I do know unsourced claims when I see them. This article needs a lot more work. (Bjorn Tipling 06:55, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm only copy editing 

message: The first impression I got when I read this article was that this was the first city to manufacture candle wax.  Here is a link that may shed some light on the paraffin factory Development of oil and gas industry.
There are other firsts discussed at this site, many of which are described as occurring at Baku.
Xpanzion 05:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oil industry and 1st paraffin factory 

message: This article needs a lot of work. It needs to cite its sourced and its poorly written. Who wants to help fix it with me?Azerbaijani 16:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: This article needs a lot of work

message: I am currently re-writing this article, but section by section, because I have almost very little time. I have already updated some sections, and i am preparing others also, so this article still is a draft.please be patient. Ateshi - Baghavan 22:37, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's looking good. :) (Bjorn Tipling 23:00, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  re-write process 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:73 059 64737.jpg

message: It is absurd that this article does not mention the violent events of January 1990, both the anti-Armenian atrocities that drove out the Armenian population of the city (Jan. 13-15) and the brutal Soviet tank attack in the center of the city on Jan. 20 that killed perhaps 200 and wounded hundreds more. These are some of the most dramatic and significant events in the city's history, and omitting them looks like suppression.  I'm not about to try adding them myself, because the subject is extremely sensitive and I have no desire to get into nasty edit wars, but someone should take the bull by the horns.  It's like having a history of Paris with no mention of 1789. Languagehat (talk) 13:49, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There is nothing at all about the 1905 events either. Meowy 18:59, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  1990 events 

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 14:59, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Baku]] 

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message: Where is the Battle of Baku? The players, history of forces, massacres, etc, and the aftermath... this article, unless l am missing it or messed up, seems to exist in a vacuum- and is slanted. 
  And l am looking for what Shrub’s maternal great grandpa George Walker who oversaw the development of the oil field post WW1.  I didn’t expect to find more on him, l am working on oil economy Iran / Iraq and this is a side job Patfromlogan (talk) 01:31, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is white washed