Talk:Ghazal Omid

message: User talk:Ghazal Omid From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hello, This is Ghazal Omid, I am just here to let you know you have an Extra A in my name in Farsi. I had corrected it perviously but its back again to what it was before. I am letting you know when you have an extra AA for a name such as mine the meaning completely changes. My name in Farsi means poetry but with adding an extra A, it now means dear or antelope to show you the difference I have wrong version Vs. Correct one posted. Hope this gets corrected sooner than later. Thanks, [ غزال = Wrong, گوزو = Correct ] Ghazal Omid 05:38, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
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message: Shiah Islam expert??? I think not, there's no sort of evidence for this and even in her book Living in Hell she makes so many major mistakes (even in the names of major Shi'ite leaders) that she certainly cannot be thought of as an expert.
I'm removing those words and leaving the rest untouched. Umar99 (talk) 23:21, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is an encyclopedia, so it is not an appropriate place for an author's Q&A.  Also, Wikipedia only can take information from reliable sources, which means publications or other media with an editorial process.  We can't take info from your email, or a blog, or any other self-published source.  We have this saying here "Verifiability, not truth".  We are not passing judgement on the truth of your email, but we need a reference source that anyone could look up and verify it for themselves.  Do you know if she has ever given a published interview on the same points? If so, we could use that source to put some of the information back in.  I am actively looking for better sources to beef up this article, so please let me know if your find some!  And please, feel free to ask me any questions; about this policy or any others.  Thanks for your contributions! Tarastar42 (talk) 06:09, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Tarastar. I would add that Jesus needs to be more careful inserting material: as I pointed out in my edit summary, you reinstated vandal edits (born in Boston, France?). The formatting also was not up to par. Further, emails are usually unacceptable also for copyright reasons, as far as I know. Drmies (talk) 12:52, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
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message: A few of the references used in this article require payment to view. They can be confirmed for free by going to NewsLibrary.com and entering "Ghazal Omid" in to their search form and searching. -      Hydroxonium (talk) 12:37, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
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message: Would like to make changes to this page, if the editors willing to help! 
Please e mail me at  for any comments. I am not familiar with this edting system and I understand that I am can't make any changes on my own behalf. But this article is far from complete about my life and activities. Also would be happy to answer questions readers seem to acuse me often! 
Please explain what you think needs to be changed.  Please note that anything you want added will need to be verified by a reliable source--that is, we can't just ask you and trust the answers, but instead need to verify them.  Qwyrxian (talk) 05:34, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit request from subject

message: As a self-proclaimed human right activist it is difficult to understand why Ghazal Omid attended a dinner by invitation only with President Ahmadinejad in Sept 2010 New York. During the dinner, on public television she stated: "people of Iran do not realize how lucky they are to live under Ahmadinejad's rule". Full interview posted on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeB2HdHG1A8 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hshayan (talk • contribs) 
: Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. -Atmoz (talk) 20:28, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: What needs to be mentioned that she seems to be very cushy with the Iranian regime despite portraying herself as such an opponent. In short, she's a fake.Nokhodi (talk) 18:56, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I know this is old, but all editors should be reminded that WP:BLP applies on talk pages as well as articles, so please do not make insulting statements about living people. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:36, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
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message: Need to bring the article about me up to date-- Ghazal Omid 
:As mentioned above, you need to tell us specifically what you think should be updated. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:36, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit request from subject

message: User:Ghazal Omid copied the following from User Talk:Ghazal Omid, as I asked her to continue the discussion here (not anticipating she would copy the whole thing), but this is fine. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:30, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Would this be a correct caption: "Ghazal Omid at a 2008 Lecture at the Brotherhood of Bethlehem in Boston, Massachusetts."?  Qwyrxian (talk) 03:32, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion thread brought over from user's talk page

message: ::Not that I know squat about the Wiki rules about such things, the the use in the info box of the current portfolio shot of the subject provided by the subject does not feel right. Does wiki really let subjects essentially write their own article?--Fizbin (talk) 19:03, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No, but the subjects can provide input.  We generally suggest that they do not edit the article directly, and, in fact, Omid has never done so.  In fact, as the editor working most closely with her, she has been extremely cooperative and understanding, despite the numerous very complicated rules and systems we have.  As for this particular photo, I don't see how it's any different from our use of officially released government photos for US politicians (see, for example, the photos in the infoboxes of Barack Obama and John Boehner).  Since it is a current, accurate picture of her, it seems fine to me.  Of course, choosing a picture is always a matter of editorial consensus, but absent a specific reason, I don't have a problem using this photo.  For an example of a good reason, if she were an athlete, I think it would be proper to prefer a picture of her actually engaged in a sporting event.  But as a writer/activist, I can't really think of any specific style of picture that would better "represent" her than the current one.  Qwyrxian (talk) 02:06, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The Obama and Boehner photos are US government issued - Omid's was issued by Omid. Don't know the details of any wiki rules about this, but it doesn't pass the smell test. Not personally invested one way or the other, so am moving on.--Fizbin (talk) 17:15, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Questions about infobox picture

message: The page really already has the look of a vanity page:  borderline keep on an AFD, hyperlink to her website nice and high prominent in infobox (instead of down in external links), positive coverage only (not both sides).  Plus she's pretty obscure...so she was a guest on Glen Beck and wrote one not well-selling memoir.  Now she wants her nature photos on here?  No way are nature photos BY her coverage OF her.  Wiki is not an outlet for her to write about herself (something she seems set on based on this page, her website, and her book.)
And btw, I have NEVER hear of her before now.  Scout's honor.  But I have seen that some of the outside coverage is not so positive.  For instance the most prominent reviewI found at Amazon (by a a critic, not a reader) was this paragraph:
"Somewhere inside this ungainly behemoth of a memoir lies an absorbing account of a middle-class girl's life in Iran. Yet only the most patient reader will follow the travails of Omid (a pseudonym meaning "lost soul") from conception into middle age. After five introductions that each repeat approximately the same point (women are ill treated in Iran), Omid launches into extensive backgrounds on both sets of grandparents; her shrewd, bigamous businessman father (whom she hates); her mother (on whom she blows hot and cold); and her brothers (her feelings range from dislike to hatred). Omid appears to be a contentious person as well as a grievance collector, and her clashes with family, friends, teachers and, later, when she emigrates to Canada, employers, seem more personal than political. The protracted detailing of grudges becomes so numbing that when genuine iniquity occurs—she claims to have been raped and briefly kidnapped—a reader's reaction is somewhat muted. In the 150-page Canadian section toward the end, Omid quarrels incessantly with her brothers (who also emigrate), becomes anorexic, has plastic surgery and is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Iran would seem to be the least of her worries. (June) 
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved."
Seems like we if are covering both sides, we ought to have a sentence or two of this thing quoted...
TCO (reviews needed)  07:38, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ditto on axing the nature photos. She isn't known for her photography nor does she describe herself as a professional one. This photo should replace 2. 2 should be moved to the right (100x100 at the most). @TCO, when providing a third opinion - respond only to the prompt. Other suggestions like expanding the article or providing your own personal opinion of the bio should be stated in a unique section. WikifanBe nice  10:05, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

text: Wikifan: any particular reason why you prefer the younger picture to the older one?  I'm not particularly partial, but I'm just wondering if there's a specific reason. Qwyrxian (talk) 10:23, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Clarity. The current picture is aesthetically inferior to the one I listed above. It shows a more physically-accurate portrait of Omid in her childhood days. WikifanBe nice  11:35, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the picture and the size, but I had to keep in on the left; putting it on the right doesn't work because of the size of the infobox. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:14, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's fine. If an editor wants to expand the body then that would free up some space for the other photos. WikifanBe nice  06:43, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: File:Ghazal Omid 5 years old.jpg can stay, as a childhood photo, within the article. Epicgenius (talk) 03:59, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Third party opinion: "no" for the more photos 

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message: None of the websites referenced in the body or as an external link exist anymore. They should either be removed or they should be referenced in past tense. 47.19.194.123 (talk) 15:58, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
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