Talk:Jalal Talabani

message: I'm not trying to say that there is any connection, but Jon Stewart pointed this out when he was first elected. Should it be put in the article?
::No, any connection is spurious. Both come from the arabic root "taalib", or "student". The Taliban in Afghanistan are a relatively new entity, whereas I'm sure the Talabani name has been in his family for centuries. Many institutions and people in Arabic-speaking nations have taalib-derived names, as it suggests scholarship (both Quranic and secular). Antidespotic 14:31, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Refresh your cache - Wikipedia:Bypass your cache. Evil Monkey∴Hello 03:37, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
The picture still looks strange. It's squished horiztonally. 128.125.248.75 05:59, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Name Comparison on [[Daily Show]]: [[Taliban]] and Talibani

message: It doesn't make sense where it reads "After the collapse of the Kurdish revolt in 1975, he left the KDP in 1966". 1966 is not after 1975! This is presumably a typo or the result of bad editing where the sense has become garbled. Can someone who knows the correct year please fix it? -- Cabalamat 13:56, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article doesn't make sense 

message: Someone added a copy of this webpage:  to the article.  This is a copyright violation and could get Wikipedia in trouble. I've deleted it. Gronky 11:29, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Be careful about copyright! 

message: Arabic, Persian and Kurdish (using Arabic script) are read from RIGHT to LEFT! There are 4 different Kurdish languages (they also write in arabic, cyrillic, syriac & latin alphabets) please do not change foreign words if you don't know the letters! You wrote eenabalat l'laaj!! ﺟﻪﻻﻝ ﺗﺎﻟﻪﺑﺎﻧﻰ IS correct 
ﺟ=J 
ﻪ=aw
ﻻ=LA (2 letters "lam"&"alef" mix this way to avoid confusion w/Al"of" LA means "no" in Arabic
ﻝ=L lam
ﺗ=T
ﺎ=A alef
ﻟ=L lam
ﻪ=aw
ﺑ=B 
ﺎ=A
ﻧ=N 
ﻰ=ee 
67.42.127.21 (talk) 12:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Replace it with Arabic script since it is the same script, if that doesn't work, try the Farsi modified Arabic script. --Inahet 19:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kurdish Text 

message: Was it official policy of the Iraqi transitional government to start the order of presidents over again, back at one? If so, can this be mentioned (and cited) in the article? If not, Iraq has had presidents ever since the monarchy was overthrown in 1958.... Talabani would be about the ninth, I'd guess. Thanks! Fsotrain09 02:58, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 1st President?

message: I changed the 'angry' picture to one that looks less emotional.  Of course, the new picture has the problem of not being an actual portrait, and some random guy in the back, but I think it should stay until a decent portrait is found.  The Behnam 01:01, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: First Picture

message: When did Talabani becomes the 1st State President of Iraq? I believe April 22, 2006 (sworn in before the National Assembly), should be the given date. April 7, 2005 to April 22, 2006 was a tenure as 'Provisional' or 'Transitional' President. I've made date change to the Succession box, and the Infobox (removing the 'transitionl bit' its too confusing looking). GoodDay 20:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Article, needs a second section in the Infobox, to deal with Talabani's tenure as 'interim' President: April 7, 2005 to April 22, 2006. GoodDay 20:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reverted all my previous edits. Talabani did in fact, become State President, on April 7th, 2005. GoodDay 21:38, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: April 7 or April 22

message: I'm not an expert, but sentence "As you all know, Talabanis are in war against USA and western civilization." doesn't sound
very encyclopaedic. Also the "illiterate" thing in Education is probably a very funny joke .... (Vonkad 21:50, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This should be removed 

message: I added this even if this only concerns his wife, since it demonstrates the immense danger and violence there: On May 4, 2008, Jalal Talabani's wife, Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed, Iraq's first lady escaped unhurt from a bomb attack in Baghdad that hit her motorcade, injuring 4 body guards, while she proceeded to the National Theater, Karrada district. ap.google.com, Motorcade carrying Iraq's first lady bombed; wife unharmed --Florentino floro (talk) 08:20, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Failed assassination on wife

message: Is there a reason why the name is shown as Talbani instead of Talabani? The link to the page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_Talbani as well. TheDarkLordSeth (talk) 00:13, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The name shows up as Jalal Talabani for me. The page you're referring to is a redirect to this page for people that misspell his name ~ Zirguezi 08:33, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Then I fixed the name that was used as Jalal Talbani in the Oepration Hammer article. Thanks. TheDarkLordSeth (talk) 10:54, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talbani 

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message: I removed the reference to Talabani creating a "secret society" while in school. Interesting claim, but since he's a living person I don't think we can post this without a source. Ubruni (talk) 16:58, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Secret Society 

message: BBC reports that he has suffered a stroke. This could turn out the be good source for a health section for this article but I'd like to suggest we wait until these current events play out to see what has happened. There is no point is adding sources now as most of them are contradicting each other(Reuters->Only stroke BBC->Stroke and coma CNN-> "not in good condition"). ~ Zirguezi 22:12, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heath problems 

message: The page lists Talabani as having died on 26 October 2013. I can not find an obituary for him online and http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/211120132 indicates that he is alive as of 21 November 2013. Is it appropriate to remove the date of death or is there a citation available for his death? 99.102.230.125 (talk) 12:23, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed any mention of his death. Until his office announces anything he is not dead ~ Zirguezi 19:31, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death? 

message: The box in the top right-hand corner says that he died aged 83-84 (presumably because while the exact date of his death is given, the exact date of his birth is not). However, it was mentioned on Last Word tonight (October 15 2017) that he was 83 when he died and this is consistent with what is written in the main body of the article, so the box in the top-right-corner can now be altered. Vorbee (talk) 19:48, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there is no indication that his exact birth date was known, the reported age figure is most likely only based on the spurious Wikipedia-originated date which all the media were repeating. Mewulwe (talk) 19:54, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Box in top-right corner

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