When I referred to those "boring, redundant threads" on the U.S. Talk page, I hope you didn't take that in anyway as a commentary on your contributions to them. I was merely reflecting on the fact that they exist at all. I admire your patience and energy in continuing to respond to the jockeys of these dead horses—mine have run out. Best, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 21:55, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Golbez, is there any reason that your old user talk page archives, such as at User talk:Golbez/Archive Shichi, are deleted? I don't mind it if you wanted to re-organise those archives, but the problem is that they contain significant page history, which should almost never be deleted. Would you mind if I history merged your main talk page with these archives? If they contain significant personal information, I won't touch them; I discovered them through a list of pages with a high number of deleted revisions. Also, why are your archives numbered in Arabic numerals such as this one not linked from your user talk page? Graham87 14:20, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AFAICT you moved the text but not the history. Graham87 14:41, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really have time to do a lot of extensive proof reading, so when I see an error I sometimes will slap up a template and hope someone has the time to do that for me. Sorry if it sounded like I was making a big production out of nothing. I also tend to get very preaching upon finding bias in an article. --IronMaidenRocks (talk) 05:51, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Democratic Republic of Armenia Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan

Since you're a third, objective person, I'd like you to come check this out. I want to include a map of the first republic of Armenia (from 1918-1920). From 1918 to 1919, Armenia and Azerbaijan were at war. Borders were not set. Therefore, it's difficult to have a map that's accurate. I made a comprehensive map that shows all the territory that Armenia had stable control over (Yerevan, Kars, Sevan and Gyumri). The rest of the territory that Armenia claimed is separated into two parts. Regions that were mostly under Armenian control, and regions mostly under Azerbaijani control. These are territories that both Armenia and Azerbaijan claimed, and warred over, and the borders often changed. This includes Zangezur, Nakhichevan, Karabakh. My map is sourced by a non-Armenian source, and it even uses contemporary maps of the time to prove it. This site perfectly explains the situation of the time (non-Armenian source): http://conflicts.rem33.com/images/Armenia/disp.htm

A user named Neftchi continuously removes my map using the usual "Nakhchivan, Zangezur and Karabakh have always been Azerbaijani" rhetoric. But I have material to prove him wrong, therefore, I started a discussion on the article to argue about it. I presented all of my arguments, and he hasn't written a word to discuss with me. Instead, he just started an edit war with me, and when he realized I'm not giving up without an argument, he decided to put a map of Azerbaijan that includes ALL territories Azerbaijan claimed at the Paris Peace conference. That map is extremely inaccurate, as it completely ignores the territories Armenian militia controlled. Borders weren't recognized at the time, only the governments were, because Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan were all at war. Only proposals were made, and they were still being discussed when the Soviet Union conquered the Caucasus, and set the borders themselves. So I removed his map using the argument that it is biased, and that it ignores the Armenian side.

Please compare: I could have done like him and posted a map that includes all territories Armenia claimed, but that would have been biased. Instead, I posted a map that shows what each side controlled. At least my map doesn't assume that everything Armenia claimed actually belonged to Armenia. My map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:D_R_Armenia.png His map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic_1918_20.png

Tell me which one is more objective? And he says my map is not sourced. He clearly hasn't read the "Source" of my map. Plus he doesn't even take the time to discuss, he just imposes his views without a single word of argument. Something must be done here. I don't mind making an objective map of Azerbaijan as well. But it would be good if it wasn't ignorant people with a political agenda, but those with an interest in historical facts to make the final decisions on what maps should be used.