Talk:Tal Afar

message: For some reason, PBP has twice cut this sentence from the article:  "On Jan. 8, 2006, the New York Times described Tal Afar as 'a dusty, isolated city of a quarter-million people surrounded by desert and barren hills.'"  I feel this both adds interesting information and gives a source, which official policy urges us to do.  If some other user agrees, perhaps s/he could reintroduce the sentence.  Mark K. Jensen 09:39, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I took it out because it seems un-encyclopedic to describe a city based on a description from one newspaper. I don't think there's any other city on Wikipedia that is described with an American newspaper citation. I removed it and put in the 200,000 figure, taken from a Google search. PBP 00:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Citing the ''New York Times''

message: More than 98 % of the population in Tal Afar are the Turkmen people.
i removed the population of 450.000 
this figure is based upon a group called turcoman front, a nationalistic group famous for citing inflated numbers 
according to the us military there are  220.000 citiziens in the town in january of 2008 , according to other figures provided by the us military , three may be even 150.000 people in the city , whilke up to 100.000 could have left the city 
second the link does mention only 250.000 and not 450.000 
a us military link 
http://74.125.39.104/search?q=cache:1mL6wbNnTcgJ:www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/of-interest-9.pdf+tal+afar+population+2008&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=de
Though there is no available official census count, it is estimated that 220,000 inhabitants live within the 9 square miles of densely-packedbuildings that make up the town proper  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.184.115.233 (talk) 16:29, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tal Afar is a Turkish city. 

message: My experience is that Tal Afar is mostly Sunni, with a significant Shia enclave concentrated primarily in neighborhoods southwest of the castle.--Artificialintel 18:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious demographics 

message: The article is about a city, the featured picture is of a tank. I understand that there aren't that many pictures of Iraqi cities availible for Wikipedia, but I do find it disturbingly imperialistic to put up that as the only picture of Tal Afar. It gives the impression that Iraq only is a military playground for the Americans. I suggest we remove it. --Merat 12:52, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iraq is more than a military playground 

message: I added a picture of the castle for the featured image.  I took that picture and many others of the city while I was there in 2006.  Among the others I have are a "welcome to Talafar" sign, and a picture of the Iraqi flag flying with a minarette in the background.  Let me if you'd prefer to see one of those and I'll put it up. Kparker84 20:36, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures... 

message: I can't find any references I would consider reputable that support my edit regarding US troops putting on CBRN gear after a chemical find, but it seems like there must be articles out there.  In any case, I know it to be true because I was personally there, so if anyone can find a decent link, I'd appreciate the addition. Artificialintel (talk) 20:54, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chemical weapons claim in ORR 

message: Tal Afar has become a province after the iraqi government decided to form new provinces. Could someone update?
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1077674  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Konreed (talk • contribs) 16:07, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tal Afar has become a separate provin 

message: Can this statement be verified by a reliable source?
Black Goat Nomad (talk) 23:14, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Historically, the area in the vicinity of the city was populated by Kurds and considered part of Kurdistan" 

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