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One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello, Please note that Abu Nuwas, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article was scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 May 2020 (UTC) on behalf of the TAFI team

Qased and Ghassed

Are Qased and Ghassed the same thing? Or is Qased article topic a version of the topic found in the article Ghassed ? -- 65.94.170.207 (talk) 18:44, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Atropos235 may be able to help. Certes (talk) 21:29, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Al-Razi

Hello. Several pages which link to the surname Al-Razi clearly intend a specific person listed there, but it's not clear to me which one. Please can anyone help to fix the links? Thanks, Certes (talk) 14:43, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

I'm having similar problems with Ghazali. Some links are about the surname but most suggest a person. I am 90% certain that they're for Al-Ghazali but can't find any reliable sources to confirm. With contemporaries such as Ahmad Ghazali around, I would rather not guess. Please can someone help fix these links too? Certes (talk) 21:25, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

One more request while I'm here: {{Iran hospitals 1920}} has been on the Templates with disambiguation links list for a while now. Please can anyone identify the correct Naserabad and fix the link? Certes (talk) 11:32, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aurat (word)

The terms "Aurat", "Arvad", "Avret", and "Awrath" may refer to: Women of Asian religious or cultural descent and identity.

Self nomination for AFD since article copy pasted to Draft:Aurat for incubation because IMHO current article title Aurat (word) is misleading and confusing leading to western systemic bias and stifling the article growth. Please find Detail reason at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aurat (word)

I invite project members to review current and potential sourcing and weigh in on the AfD discussion. Thanks! Bookku (talk) 03:25, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

RFC on the PMOI page

Hello everyone. There's an RFC on the PMOI's page on a quote by its leader regarding killing of the kurds. --Mhhossein ^talk 08:27, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Vashti

An editor is trying to insert a long-debunked theory that Esther was a real person, a Jewish queen of Xerxes, rather than a fictional Biblical heroine whose historical novel the Book of Esther takes places at the court of Ahasuerus, a fictitious king. The purported veracity of the myth relies on the existence of the mythical Queen Vashti. This is despite all reliable sources saying that Achaemenid emperors did not have non-Persian, non-noble queens, and could not have had a fairytale marriage to a Jewish Cinderella. Editors with knowledge of the history of Iran would be much appreciated to help clear up this mess, which also pervades the Esther, Ahasuerus, and Book of Esther articles. GPinkerton (talk) 19:33, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Anyone read Farsi/Persian?

Does anyone here know Farsi/Persian? An IP editor is very quickly editing the birthdates of Iranian BLPs - please see Special:Contributions/115.132.140.3. I'm not sure if the editor is correcting the dates or adding in unsourced info (since I can't read the sources in many of the articles). Could someone check?

Thanks! - Whisperjanes (talk) 04:49, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Seems they have been blocked for a week because of a complaint at WP:ANI. - Whisperjanes (talk) 06:22, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

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Hello, please check the Draft:Noon_khe page

Noon Khe page is related to the series and also has a Persian Wikipedia. Thank you ±←→° — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohammadhosseinrr4 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Women in Red Asian women contest

From 1 October to 31 December, Women in Red is running a virtual contest on Asian women. In November, this will coincide with Wikipedia Asian Month. We look forward to strong participation from all those interested in improving coverage of Iranian and Persian women.--Ipigott (talk) 18:58, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Category:Iranian empires has been nominated for merging to Category:Empires and kingdoms of Iran

Category:Iranian empires has been nominated for merging to Category:Empires and kingdoms of Iran. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy (talk) 15:10, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Cadusii and Gelae

Hi all Iranians! I want ask u about two anicient tribes Cadusii and Gelae. I saw very means sorces about both tribes and i can not understand what is true. I think Cadusii was scythian tribe and were two kings of Cadsuii Watafarna and Datafarn. The name of kings of Cadusii like name of kings of Hyrcania. I know hyrcanian were sycthian clans of parthian. Cadusii name of Gelae tribes from assyrian language and Cadusii mean hallow. But russia and azerbijan destroyed our history and very many authors saying Cadusii are not iranian tribe and they was cauasian tribe like hurrian. I think it is not true. I think the Talysh language is a descendant of the Gelae language. Gelae was tribe of scythian and had sarmatian or kimmerian connection.Before Caucasian Albania was only one kingdom in nowdays Azerbijan and name of this kingdom is Ishkuza(Ashkuza). Ashkuza was celt-scythian tribe. I want just help from my iranian brothers. I know history of iran and i defend iran always over all !!!Роман Арабов (talk) 20:59, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Arash Abbasi

Help in assessing if this person meets WP:Notability would be helpful. It is a transliteration of fa:آرش عباسی. I don't speak the language. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Dariush Grand Hotel

The article Dariush Grand Hotel has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication of notability

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. De728631 (talk) 09:13, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Yaldā Night

Hi, WikiProject Iran participants. Can someone help improve the referencing in the Yaldā Night article, please? This may go on the On This Day section on MainPage soon, but may not reach there if the needed citations don't get added soon enough. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 15:36, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Abbas Nalbandian

Did Abbas Nalbandian commit suicide in 1987 or in 1989? The Wikipedia article mentions both. When googling, I also find both years. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:30, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Iran Chamber Society

There is a discussion at WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard regarding the reliability of Iran Chamber Society, which is currently used as source on a number of Wikipedia articles related to Iran and its people. (For example, I count six references to Iran Chamber on the main article Iran.) Any insights regarding the reliability (or lack thereof) of this source, its editorial policies, and its reputation for fact-checking and accuracy are welcome. The link to the discussion can be found here. Thank you.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 22:26, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, unfortunately it's one of many bad sources that have flown under the radar over the years. I've been looking through it further from time to time over the last month, and it's exactly as was concluded on Talk pages and the RS noticeboard discussion. There isn't evidence of it being a reliable source, or really anything more than someone's private website. The pages on the website are either unattributed (presumably written by the site owner(s)) including the site's oft-cited and controversial Iran-Iraq War page, or attributed with name only and are copy-pastes from existing works or random posts on other random websites, as had been demonstrated in the RS noticeboard discussion. Saucysalsa30 (talk) 03:32, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Khansar College of Mathematics and Computer Science

This was newly moved from a draft.

Some assurances that this school is (or is not) notable would be helpful, as would expansion if it is notable.

If this page has an equivalent in the Farsi Wikipedia, they should probably be linked. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:16, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Discussion about Silig on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silig and possible claims of irredentism

There's a discussion about a ring found in what is now Azerbaijan which has an inscription dating to the era of Khosrow II. It's a candidate for deletion because I suspect we haven't been able to find reliable sources for it. However, anecdotally, some of my iranian friends have asserted that this ring, along with other historical evidence of Iranian presence, has been used to push an irredentist claim to the territory. I couldn't confirm this in english language sources, and since I can't read persian, I was wondering if anybody here could lend a hand in either confirming or refuting this assertion.

Warmest regards, BrxBrx(talk)^{(please reply with {{SUBST:re|BrxBrx}})} 18:29, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Have I discovered a hoax?

I'm looking at the article on Arekh. My attempts to find any kind of sources have been fruitless. Web searches on the name turn up only Wikipedia mirrors. I've tried to locate the sources given for the article, but my web searches turn up nothing for any of the books listed in the article. For that matter, I'm unable to find any indication that even the authors of these sources exist.

Could this page be a hoax? Oiyarbepsy (talk) 06:05, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

@Oiyarbepsy: I couldn't find any WP:RS sources either. I would say its a hoax. - LouisAragon (talk) 22:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

AFD regarding bulk-created places in Iran

Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mazraeh-ye Dariush Baharvand Ahmadi and related discussion at User_talk:Carlossuarez46#Places_in_Iran. Reywas92^Talk 07:20, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Hog Farm has opened an AN discussion on this matter: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Large_batch_deletion_probably_needed. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:15, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

AfD with possible canvassing

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hazhar Saleh § Notes I dream of horses (Contribs) Please notify me if replying off my talk page. Thank you. 05:56, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Highest railway in Iran?

If you know the answer, make sure to add it to relevant wiki pages, especially to List of highest railways by country. Thanks! Zach (Talk) 21:34, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

A link to a DAB page

Does anyone know which of the several dozen places called Golestan is being referred to in 2019 Iranian protest movement? Thanks in advance, Narky Blert (talk) 07:08, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

New Page Patrol

New Page Patrol needs experienced volunteers

• New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles, including Iran related articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
• Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple reviews a day can make a huge difference.
• If you would like to join the project and help out, please see the granting conditions and review our instructions page. You can apply for the user-right HERE. --John B123 (talk) 15:03, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Anyone able to provide insight on this AfD?

I don't understand Persian or Arabic and I'm concerned this article about this musician could be deleted. I understand canvassing rules, but, asking for help from folks who might read languages related to the subject isn't canvassing. Here is the AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hassan Shamaizadeh. Thanks! Missvain (talk) 15:10, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

A non-admin closed the Hassan Shamaizadeh AfD as "Keep" which I don't really agree with because many people suggested that it be draftified instead, but we're stuck with the decision. So the gentleman's article has survived but it badly needs citations and verification from older Persian and Arabic sources, many of which will probably be in books. WikiProject Iran members, please help out if you're able. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:52, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Babak Khorramdin (director)

Would some member of this WikiProject mind taking a look at Babak Khorramdin (director) and assessing it? It was created directly in the mainspace a few weeks back as a translation of a Persian Wikipedia article about the same person. The creator, however, was subsequently globally blocked for WP:SOCK and WP:LTA reasons and all of the other pages they created and files they uploaded were deleted per WP:G5. This article is the only one that remains because other editors started contributing to it after it was created. If the subject is not notable per WP:BIO, then WP:PROD and WP:AFD are always an option. A Wikimedia Commons administrator named 4nn112, on the other hand, seems to feel that the thing to do would be to WP:MOVE the article to Murder of Babak Khorramdin, but that would require quite a bit of re-writing. I don't understand Persian (Farsi?); so, even if I were to find sources the best I could do would be to use Google to translate them, which isn't the idea way to go about doing this. Perhaps a Persian native speaker could check the article, check the sources and see if there's something about it worth keeping, either as an article about Khorrmadin or an article about his murder. Just for reference, the same editor also created an article about Khorrmadin's father, but it was deleted per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akbar Khorramdin. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:56, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Pol Sangi#Requested move 2 August 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Pol Sangi#Requested move 2 August 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject.  — Shibbolethink ^{(♔ ♕)} 22:41, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Notice of Featured Article Review

I have nominated Roman–Persian Wars for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:38, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Alcibiades FAR

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Hossein Ardabili

Some comment on the use of years in the article on Hossein Ardabili would be appreciated. Please comment at Talk:Hossein Ardabili. Thank you. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 07:19, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

FAR notice

I have nominated Execution by elephant for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 05:10, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Persian dates in citation templates

Hi there! I'm working on correcting articles in Category:CS1 errors: dates, and don't know how to fix articles with Persian dates such as Payam Salehi and Safir (rocket). Is there someone who could teach my how to convert the |date= parameter to the proper date format? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 04:21, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

FAR for Corinthian War

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Requested move at Talk:Hormizd VI#Requested move 4 December 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hormizd VI#Requested move 4 December 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibbolethink ^{(♔ ♕)} 16:19, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Yıva#Requested move 11 December 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Yıva#Requested move 11 December 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibbolethink ^{(♔ ♕)} 16:41, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Subsidies in Iran needs update to remain good

Subsidies in Iran has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Chidgk1 (talk) 16:57, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Please help me

Greetings,

Hi, I am User:Bookku, my expectations to get expanded Black sea related articles failed miserably. I am expecting and requesting at least some help in expanding the article Draft:List of erstwhile slave trading townships with regions surrounding Black sea and Ottoman time slave trading townships. In next steps I wish to have a proper map showing erstwhile slave trading townships across .

Thanks and warm regards

Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 10:16, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

2016–2021 Iranian protests

This article is a mess. It's scoop is unclear, it has no background information or any coverage protests from before 2020 or after April 2021. Any suggestions? Charles Essie (talk) 21:51, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:2016–2021 Iranian protests#Requested move 18 February 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2016–2021 Iranian protests#Requested move 18 February 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 04:39, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Tiridates I of Armenia

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Requested merge at Talk:Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 March 6#Iranian Azerbaijanis by occupation

There is a requested merge discussion at Talk:Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 March 6#Iranian Azerbaijanis by occupation that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. --Abrvagl (talk) 20:02, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Category:Iranian clerics

The word "cleric" only seems to be used in respect of Iranians. Does it mean something different from "clergy"? Rathfelder (talk) 12:22, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Majid Mozaffari

To editor Amir ghpro: You can ask this WikiProject for help. I'm not interested in your draft. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:42, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:2022 Erbil rocket attacks#Requested move 16 March 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2022 Erbil rocket attacks#Requested move 16 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 07:02, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Petroleum industry in Iran

Petroleum industry in Iran has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Chidgk1 (talk) 19:04, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

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Requesting source assessment

Had Pezhman Noor hurled at me via -en-help; I can't assess it because the sources seem to be resistant to automated translation. Do the sources on the page actually demonstrate Noor's notability? —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 23:42, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Notice: State of this page

For some reason, the use of {{To do}} on this page was causing a huge formatting issue for the entire page, as well as causing non-existant templates and weird content to start appearing. For now, I've disabled the {{To do}} template. If an active member would like to look into the usage of that on this page, that would be nice. Aidan9382 _(talk) 04:14, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Kalateh-ye Qannadan (32°45′ N 59°21′ E), Birjand#Requested move 3 June 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kalateh-ye Qannadan (32°45′ N 59°21′ E), Birjand#Requested move 3 June 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 14:26, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Passportguy

I have discovered a collection of pages mass-created by Passportguy (talk · contribs) in 2009 based on an unreliable database [1]. Most of these were overwritten by Carlossuarez46 (talk · contribs) in 2013, but the ones that are still standing as-is are questionable, to say the least. Here's the ones I processed:
AfDs:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Khoda Kandi
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aghbolagh-e Khaled
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yusefabad, Ardabil

PRODs:

• Khoda Kandi-ye Bala
• Aghyar
• Yeki Qusheh (likely misidentification of Qowsheh-ye Sofla)
• Yasta Bolagh
• Yar Ali Qanbar
  –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 23:36, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Baháʼí Faith Featured article review

User:Nutez has nominated Baháʼí Faith for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:28, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

129 Iranian "village" articles nominated for deletion

This is already flagged on the Iran delsort, but see here if you're interested: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abadi Zavarzmand Shomareh Mowtowr 55 FOARP (talk) 12:02, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

References

Hi, can you please inform me whether the references on Draft:Hamoun's Night are reliable so that I can review it, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 02:29, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

216 Iranian "village" articles nominated for deletion

This has already been highlighted on the Iran and Geography Delsorts, but interested parties who may have missed those notices can see the discussion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Agro-Industry Complex. FOARP (talk) 18:47, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Iran geostubs with no people

During the cleanup, I discovered Chah Mutur Ali Ebn Abi Talib, a stub created by Carlossuarez46 that was reported with zero people in the 2006 census, and then PRODded 80 other articles that were evidently missed in Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive332#Large_batch_deletion_probably_needed, including several that contain no nontrivial content.

Another 12 articles containing the key phrase "its existence was noted, but its population was not reported" will need to be inspected manually. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herisht (apparently a temple) came out of one of these articles. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:23, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

In other news, I have also PRODded all the Chah-e articles A–M which are not already at AfD or PROD, as well as a few other Chah places. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:25, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

1953 Iranian coup d'état

The page is tagged by numerous in-line 'page needed' tags making it ineligible for the WP:OTD. Maybe an enthusiast user can resolve the issue. Mhhossein ^talk 11:11, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bonkuy

24 Carlossuarez46 articles beginning with Bonkuy-e or Bankuy-e. We think these are names of banks, but we need a Persian speaker to confirm this. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 13:38, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Aramaic alphabet listed at Requested moves

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Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests listed at Requested moves

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2017–2021 Iranian protests

This article is need of expansion per its talk page. Charles Essie (talk) 18:51, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Death and state funeral of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani#Requested move 25 September 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Death and state funeral of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani#Requested move 25 September 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. UtherSRG (talk) 10:51, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Ukraine-Russia war

It is being discussed whether Iran should be added as belligerent to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine at Talk:2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine#Iranian IRGC in Ukraine. Segaton (talk) 02:48, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Renovation of Iran's administrative division articles

It's my aim as an editor to help improve the quality of the representation of the administrative structure of Iran: counties, districts, cities, and rural districts. There seems to be a need to represent the structure at the time of the 2006 census (which is well within my abilities) and then delineate at some point through text and citations how drastically this structure has changed (not so easy). I have been adding coordinates to as many of the districts and rural districts as possible to give context and will continue to do so.

The article explaining shahrestans, bakhshes, shahrs, and dehestans is unnecessarily confusing and I will work on that. The Iranshahr County article that I recently edited contains a table that demonstrates how simple it really is.

The proliferation of counties, splitting of districts and elevation of villages to city status can be understood. The Persian side of Wikipedia has a tremendous amount of relatively up-to-date data, but I can't figure out how to cite these changes on the English side. That's down the road, but I will spend perhaps a year getting the first part done.

I have the complete set of spreadsheets from the 2006 census, but I can't seem to locate those similar documents for 2016 at a secure website. Help would be appreciated. In the meantime I have plenty to do to help make Iran's geography more comprehensible. Comments, questions, and criticism are welcome! Brightkingdom (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Flag used in this community and in our Wikitexts

Given the unfolding events in Iran, I would like to propose that this community uses a neutral flag of Iran, and would like to create a consensus between us. --Arad (talk) 19:18, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Splitting discussion for Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

An article that been involved with (Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran ) has content that is proposed to be removed and moved to another article (Criticism of the Islamic Republic of Iran). If you are interested, please visit the discussion. Thank you. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 06:58, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Armita Abbasi#Requested move 1 January 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Armita Abbasi#Requested move 1 January 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 13:25, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Wikimania 2023 : Singapore, 16-19 August

Wikimedians! You are highly encouraged to apply for travel scholarship for Wikimedia Movement's largest gathering, Wikimania 2023. Wikimania 2023 will happen in Singapore and online from 16-19 August, 2023. There is a pre-conference on the 15th and a post-conference on the 20th. It is back on Asia since Hong Kong in 2013. Application deadline is on 5 February 2023 at 23:59 AoE. Regular registration will happen around May 2023. --Exec8 (talk) Exec8 (talk) 07:40, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Persecution of Zoroastrians

Persecution of Zoroastrians has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Iskandar323 (talk) 11:22, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Assistance required to end deadlock in merger proposal discussion

I've been editing the articles relating to the Scythians over the course of several months, and since most editors tend to favour splitting pages after they reach a certain size, I split two further pages, Iškuza and Scythia, covering the phases of Scythian history respectively in West Asia and in Europe, out of the main page covering the Scythians.

However, trying to split it has resulted into three articles, with both Iškuza and Scythia requiring large amounts of material regarding the role of the prior and subsequent histories of the Scythians in the creation and destruction of those states copied from each other and from the Scythians page to exist since they are both about immediately preceding/succeeding states created by the same continuous population group. And because Iškuza and Scythia both cover immediately preceding/succeeding but also partially overlapping parts of the history of the Scythians, multiple sections and sub-sections of each page covering the culture, population, external relations, etc of these states also had to be copied from the Scythians page (e.g. the "Background" sub-section and "Society" section in Scythia, and the "Origins," "Impact," and "Legacy" sections of Iškuza). Moreover, the Scythia page as it exists now also functions as a WP:Semi-duplicate, given that most of the information relating to this polity also is also the same basic information that is required on the Scythians page.

Given this resulting situation, I have started a merger proposal to resolve this issue, per WP:MERGEREASON: Overlap, Context, not because I support a merger for the sake of merging itself, which I do not favour, but because Iškuza and Scythia require too much context and the information on these pages is too intertwined with each other.

The problem is that, despite months having passed, the discussion for the merger proposal is still at a deadlock, with three users opposed to the merger, and three users (including myself) in favour of it. In this difficult situation, I have been advised to bring this issue to the various WikiProjects which are relevant to Scythians as a way to possibly resolve the deadlock, and all good faith assistance to reach a consensus would be much welcome. Antiquistik (talk) 18:11, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Economy of Iran

Economy of Iran has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Femke (alt) (talk) 21:58, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:2021–2023 Iranian protests#Requested move 15 February 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2021–2023 Iranian protests#Requested move 15 February 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ❯❯❯ Raydann^(Talk) 06:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Gas poison

Pls see here. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 01:33, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:RSN on Iranian government-linked news sources

I've started a discussion here on whether certain Iranian news sources are reliable or not. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:15, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Reza Ghandipour

Can someone have a look at this newly created page (previously declined through AfC and likely an autobiography)? References are in non-English so wondering if this is one that meets guidelines.--CNMall41 (talk) 04:41, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

New Article - Iranian democracy movement

Following upon a recent summit meeting of diaspora opposition leaders, but not limited to that group or event alone, We have made a new article: Iranian democracy movement that is intended as a WP:Broad concept article covering the political movements and many protests calling for regime change, and a new constitutional framework for Iran, in accord with the demands and aspirations of the Iranian people.

Please contribute. Thanks, Jaredscribe (talk) 22:37, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

RfC on recently deleted Article - Iranian democracy movement. Farsi editors needed.

The AfD discussion was closed by @User:Vanamonde93 with consensus to delete, discussion here: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Iranian_Democracy_Movement

It has been noted that the consensus does not preclude a future article on this topic, when more reliable sources are found to support it, and that it is not unlikely that scholarly literature on the 2017-2022 Iranian protests and Mahsa Amini protests are likely to emerge in the future. If there are not here already, but merely unknown to us mere Anglophones. We are seeking Farsi interpreters who can inform us how this mass-movement is named in the Farsi language media, and we need WP:RS confirming this so as not to violate the prohibition on WP:SYNTHetic claims. We also need to know how the subject matter is dealt with in the Farsi Wikipedia, and what the new name of the article, if any, should be. Thanks for you help. Jaredscribe (talk) 17:15, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Article is now at User:Jaredscribe/Iranian_democracy_movements all good-faith contributors are welcome to edit and add to it. If there is a consensus in this project, I will move it out of my userspace into a subpage of this project, where it can be incubated until ready for publication. Jaredscribe (talk) 20:32, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments

Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class= parameter to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 15:53, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

These article needs A LOT of work

Articles like Operation Revenge, Operation Commander-in-Chief, or Operation Karbala-2 are supported only by Iranian news press websites. These should be re-written and resourced since they are currently sourced entirely from press releases from one party to the conflict. Fad Ariff (talk) 12:13, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Siege of Herat (1837–1838)#Requested move 5 May 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Siege of Herat (1837–1838)#Requested move 5 May 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:44, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

RM Re: October surprise conspiracy theory

There is currently a discussion as to how to retitle the page October surprise conspiracy theory, which is part of this WikiProject. A prior RFC closed with a consensus to change the name of the page, but those supporting the change were roughly split between two options: 1980 October surprise theory and 1980 October surprise allegations. In a follow-up discussion, the vast majority of editors said that they would prefer either name, but a few expressed an opinion for just one or the other. As such, we are seeking wider community input. Thanks for reading!--Jerome Frank Disciple 22:14, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Nouraei

Is the surname Arabic? Xx236 (talk) 10:00, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute#Requested move 7 July 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute#Requested move 7 July 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ❯❯❯ Raydann^(Talk) 14:20, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Identification

According to this Iranica article, there is a 14th-century translation dedicated to a vizier Moǰīr (al-dawla wa-) al-dīn Abu’l-Maʿālī Moḥammad b. al-Moʿtazz b. Ṭāher. Who is this? Srnec (talk) 01:08, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Created a draft outline page for the Iran hostage crisis

The page is currently over at Draft:Outline of Iran hostage crisis, for anyone else interested in contributing to this. Parham wiki (talk) 11:25, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon

Hello WikiProject Iran:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

Grnrchst (talk) 13:11, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Reverting microvandalism

AVI rangeblocked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/5.127.0.0/16 a while ago and I tried reverting some of their newer template removals however I don't use any editor tools for vandalism so if WP:Iran could help expedite the process that would be very appreciated. Thank you! Orchastrattor (talk) 17:37, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:2019–2021 Iraqi protests#Requested move 21 September 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2019–2021 Iraqi protests#Requested move 21 September 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ❯❯❯ Raydann^(Talk) 00:42, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Heraclius invasion in Georgia

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Heraclius invasion in Georgia that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Annwfwn (talk) 14:42, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:First Perso-Turkic War#Requested move 9 October 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:First Perso-Turkic War#Requested move 9 October 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ❯❯❯ Raydann^(Talk) 14:36, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

RfC related to this WikiProject

There is an ongoing RfC to determine whether Iran qualifies as a belligerent in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. You can participate in the discussion here: Talk:2023 Israel–Hamas war#RfC - Infobox Belligerents (Adding). The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 20:09, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Byzantine Empire Featured article review

I have nominated Byzantine Empire for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:05, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Lurs#Requested move 31 October 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Lurs#Requested move 31 October 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ❯❯❯ Raydann^(Talk) 17:54, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Kurds "Iranian ethnic group" RFC

Editors are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Kurds#RFC: Iranian ethnic group. Levivich (talk) 00:04, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Order of Assassins merger discussion

Input welcome in merger discussion about the Order of Assassins. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:52, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Amirreza Borzooei

If possible, can I get some assistance at WP:AfC with Draft:Amirreza Borzooei? I am not able to review all the references and hoping someone more versed in the language can look and determine if the references show notability. Please ping me here or there if anyone does take a look. CNMall41 (talk) 06:35, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Disambiguation of links to Romani people in Iran

Could you help to [[WP:Disambiguation|disambiguate] links to Romani people in Iran? There are several articles (shown at Disambig fix list for Romani people in Iran) with links and I am unsure if they should go to Persian Romani, Zargari tribe or something else. Any help appreciated.— Rod ^talk — Rod ^talk 15:44, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Muhammad Khatami#Requested move 6 January 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Muhammad Khatami#Requested move 6 January 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 01:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Qajar Iran#Requested move 7 January 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Qajar Iran#Requested move 7 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 19:15, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Safavid Iran#Requested move 7 January 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Safavid Iran#Requested move 7 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 19:18, 7 January 2024 (UTC)