Talk:Khanate of Nakhichevan

message: No any sources or quotations! This article is seems to be a full POV since July... Andranikpasha 21:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted deletion of info by anon, it appears to be banned User:Azad chai. Grandmaster (talk) 04:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Since when we need that for the names? Show me a naming convention that requires all the above to include a name in the native language. Grandmaster (talk) 05:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This name as it is in Azerbaijani. I support Grandmaster. Why we need a source. Do we need a source for the name of Germany, or for example, Tirol in different languages--Dacy69 (talk) 19:44, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I supported (actually I think I might have initiated) the name change of the entry for "Nakhichevan" to that of "Nakhchivan". I did this because Nakhchivan is the closest rendition that can be found to the place's current official name rendered using the Azeri alphabet (Naxçıvan). However, this argument does not apply to this entry, which is dealing with an historical entity which no longer exists. Some strong supporting evidence is required for it to be changed to "Nakhchivan Khanate". I have a feeling that the form "Nakhichevan khanate" will be far more common in scholarly literature and, since there is no native population to satisfy, the most common name found in legitimate sources should be the form chosen for the title of this entry. Meowy 01:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As for the suggestion that the Azeri name (or, to be more correct, the name Azerbaijan now calls the Khanate) should be used - I see no reason for this. This is not the Azeri wikipedia, it is the English wikipedia. It would be like having the Japanese name for the Pacific ocean in the English wikipedia entry for Pacific ocean. Meowy 01:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Do we remove modern Russian script from the articles about Russian gubernias (governorates)? I see no logic in your clams. Grandmaster (talk) 06:12, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

text: See Kazan Governorate. It has the name in both old and modern Russian script and modern Tatar script too. I see no problem with doing the same here. Grandmaster (talk) 06:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What a fallacious logic, the Russian alphabet existed since the 10th century. That's when the modern Russian alphabet appeared, the only differences is that 4 letters and words which are not used anymore were eliminated. And I don't think any of the eliminate words have been used there. As for your second point. For Kazan, the Tatar script should not be there, Perso-Arabic should be used instead. You should  have known this by now. VartanM (talk) 20:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

text: VartanM, I'm sure you are aware that the modern Russian alphabet was introduced in 1918. By your logic, it should not be used in any historical articles, yet it is not so. So please stop inventing rules. Grandmaster (talk) 04:51, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not true. The Russian alphabet exists since the 10th century, so it can indeed be used for that far in history. In 1918 4 letters were eliminated because they were rarely used or had the same pronunciation as other letters. But in this case it doesn't apply, as none of those letters were used in that word.  Besides Russian, only the Arabo-Persian script could fit here. VartanM (talk) 18:43, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Atabek writing nonsense again, Yerevan is derived from Erebuni, it was written in Armenian since the fifth century. Besides the main entry refers to the city of Yerevan, this on the other hand refers to the Iranian Khanate of Nakhichevan, the Azeri name is irrelevant and amounts to POV pushing. Grandmaster, using numerical superiority by having Atabek proxy for you is only disruptive, because Atabek again brought irrelevant statements to justify the revert. VartanM (talk) 18:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Vartan, you can see that wiki articles use both old and modern Russian scripts, so what's the problem here? Who says that we can use only Arabo-Persian script here? Do we have any special rules on that or it is just your personal preference? Sorry, we cannot be guided by your preferences, we can only stick to the rules, and they do not prohibit the use of modern alphabets. Grandmaster (talk) 06:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: It's been over 20 days since it was first removed and Grandmaster and Atabek had more then enough time to provide sources and prove us all wrong. They're failure to provide one source proves that the IP was right all along and Grandmaster is the true disruptive one. 
I'm removing the Azeri term simply for the fact that it has nothing to do with the modern Nakhichevan and the the current Azeri language. There is no connection at all, so it is not relevant. The only relevant term I see is the Perso-Arabic script as it was written at the time. VartanM (talk) 06:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: We do not need any source for Azerbaijani spelling. This was a state with Azerbaijani population and Azerbaijani rulers of Kengerli clan, later known as generals Nakhichevansky in the Russian and Soviet armies. Please show me a rule that requires a source for the native spelling. So far you haven't done that. I reverted banned user Azad chai, which does not count as an rv, and I roll back your deletion of info as well. If anyone wishes to remove the Azeri name again, please show me a rule that does not allow using Azerbaijani name. Grandmaster (talk) 06:53, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for the Azeri term were not provided