User talk:Sephia karta

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Re: Lake Ritsa

The article is ok now. IMHO it is an article about a lake, so having to define an area "de facto", "de jure", "brekaway" etc. is an overkill, see the article on the area if You (the reader) are interested. The 1st sentence just looks doltish with those definitions. That's just MHO, feydey 19:35, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

The topic came up in the talk for the Abkhazia article: since Abkhazia's status is disputed, how do we refer to it in other articles? It won't do to outline both positions every time Abkhazia is mentioned, that would be far too cumbersome. I consider "Georgia's breakaway republic Abkhazia" to be a fair summary, but I am also happy with how things are worded now in the Lake Ritsa article, because this wording manages to imply the ambiguity of Abkhazia's status.Sephia karta 23:51, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Stubs

Sephia, did your new Abkhazia stub pass the right proposals for stub creation and all that? Or did you just create it from scratch on your own initiative? If the latter, you might run into a deletion review in the near future. It happened with me, on the Transnistria stub. However, we passed with flying colors. Please let me know. - Mauco 03:12, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

I only discovered about that procedure once I had already started. I decided to go through with it and I 'turned myself in' afterwards, explained the situation, I'll have to see how things go.sephia karta 01:16, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

the Abkhazia tag deletion

Closing time guideline

You stated "According to the guideline, after 10 days, a rfd may be closed if consensus has been reached." Not to sound rude, but where in the world did you get that information? According to WP:SFD, "After a voting period of seven days, action will be taken if there is consensus on the fate of the stub type." This is the appropriate guideline to cite. Also, I even let the discussion run 1 an extra day before deleting.

Consensus

Here were the votes:

• Delete (7)
  • Grutness
  • Alai
  • Valentinian
  • Ldingley
  • Khoikhoi
  • Kober
  • Clevelander

• Keep (2)
  • Sephia karta
  • Patricknoddy

Yes, many of the delete votes do not give a specific reason, but that is not required. If you want to go that way, Patricknoddy also did not give any specific reason either. If you count only the people who gave reasons, here are the votes:

• Delete (4)
  • Grutness
  • Alai
  • Ldingley
  • Valentinan

• Keep (1)
  • Sephia karta

That still shows consensus to delete.

Motivation to delete

You are incorrect in one of your assessments: "They overlap with other stub categories, or duplicate them outright" I would claim that it overlaps with {{Georgia-stub}}. Category:Georgia (country) stubs is not over-large, so there is no real need to split it out into even more sub-types.

Edit-wars & high-risk

While there have not been any edit wars recently, the template is still high-risk. Often when it comes to the images. Any change in a template repeatedly causes unnecessary strain on the servers.

NPOV

I'm not sure how the deletion really violates NPOV. As I saw it (and demonstrated in my first section), consensus was reached, so I deleted it. I did not take a side in this issue and was merely acting as the closing admin for this discussion. If you have issues regarding NPOV, perhaps you should take that up with the editors who participated in the discussion.

My suggestion

I think what would have been most beneficial here would have been a separate {{Abkhazia-stub}} that feeds into Category:Georgia (country) stubs (this is known as upmerging). Alai did suggest that, but no one else seemed to take him up on that idea.

I hope I was able to answer all your questions. If you still have any concerns, please let me know. ~ Amalas rawr ^{=^_^=} 15:37, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for taking you time to answer my questions, some things are clearer to me now, whereas others aren't yet.

Closing time guideline

Where I said 10 days, I meant 7 days, I was quoting from memory there, sorry. (I can no longer find the page where I had the quote from.) I did not in fact suspect you of having closed the rfd early, my point was that while the minimum time had passed, you could have chosen to keep the rfd open until the debate had come to an end. In review, I don't know whether you can, actually, I haven't been able to find a page that clearly outlines the procedure.)

Consensus

Still what you are doing there though is counting votes. While there was a 'consensus' in votes, there was no consensus in the debate. It is not always possible to achieve this but one should at least try, and this one did not do. There was a lack of consensus because my arguments were not challenged. I find it puzzling how an rfd that does not care to respond to the arguments against deletion is allowed to succeed.

Motivation to delete

Ah, I see what you mean. However, to rule that it exclusively overlaps with the Georgian stub category is to take a side in the dispute over Abkhazia. Reading back I see that Grutness alluded to this in passing. It could have been much more clearly stated and it would be helpful if the motivation behind a deletion is mentioned explicitly both in the initial rfd and with the closure of the debate.

Edit-wars & high-risk

It may potentially cause strain to the server, but this fact can not overrule the NPOV policy. And even if it could, it would have to be an outlined principle maintained consistently, not a claim to be made ad hoc when convenient. You did not adress the fact that it is in fact quite normal for disputed areas to have their own stub category, despite the risk of edit wars.

NPOV

I did not mean to imply (though I guess I did) that your act of deletion was a breach of NPOV. Rather, I meant that as a part of your evaluating the arguments back and forth, you should have found that the breach of NPOV caused by a deletion was the strongest argument being made.

Your suggestion

I don't see how this is fundamentally different though from the Abkhazia stub category being a sub-category of the Georgia stub category, which was the arrangment.

As you will have noticed, I am still strongly opposed to the deletion. I would like to ask your advice on what it is that is currently standing between the Abkhazia stub category and Wikipedia. Is it merely the too small size of the stub category Georgia? sephia karta 15:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

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Good job!

Thanks for a long-needed work with Akhazia's administrative division. I'll try to improve those articles. Btw, where did you get the information about the boundaries of Tkvarcheli district? Regards. Alæxis_¿question? 08:41, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I had given up hope on finding a map where the boundaries of Tkvarcheli are visible, but I found one at www.apsny.ru:

http://www.apsny.ru/republic/republic.php?page=content/adm_mestnoye/adm_mestnoye.htm

It looks like it was carved out of both Ochamchira and Gali but I'm not sure whether that's actually the case. Do you? sephia karta 15:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually I saw this map but I didn't notice district boundaries there ))

I think you're right about the formation of the Tkvarcheli district - Okum village is located in the old Gali district (see here, for example) while here it's written that Okum (together with Chkhortol and Bedia) are in the Tkvarcheli district. Alæxis_¿question? 15:54, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Is the city of Sukhum actually a seperate administrive entity from the district? I noticed that they are listed speerately in the census data, but that in itself doesn't need to mean much. There is no mention of it in Abkhazia's constitution, and if it is so, then what would the district's capital be? sephia karta 12:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Here is another map with the borders of Tkuarchal district. Alæxis_¿question? 18:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Abkhaz people

Why do ascribe Abkhaz ethnicity to every person related to Abkhazia? "Abkhaz" is an ethnonym and should not be applied to Georgians or other non-Abkhaz people associated with Abkhazia. Thanks, --Kober^Talk 13:38, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

As far as I understand it, the category is not just for ethnic Abkhaz, but also for people just from Abkhazia. Indeed, before I sorted these people, there were already non-ethnic Abkhaz in the Abkhaz politicians category, such as Armenians and Georgians. sephia karta 13:41, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Then we should create Category:Politicians of Abkhazia or something like this. --Kober^Talk 13:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

That would work, I guess, but do you really perceive Abkhaz as referring only to ethnic Abkhaz? Would Abkhazian work better for you? sephia karta 13:45, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I mean, I do believe that in general on Wikipedia it suffices for someone to be born in a place X to be called Xan, such as Eliza Mustafa Zadeh being in the Georgian people category also despite being ethnically Azeri. sephia karta 13:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm... strange. I removed Eliza Mustafa Zadeh from that category just a few days ago. Anyway, I think it is not so easy distinguish between "Abkhaz" and "Abkhazian" because these terms are frequently used interchangeably. This sort of categorization is potentially confusing for those who are not well familiar with the situation around Abkhazia. And what's wrong with Category:Politicians of Abkhazia?--Kober^Talk 13:52, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I guess it's fine, I was just concerned that it might break the usual naming scheme. I'm undecided though on whether it should be People 'of' or people 'from' Abkhazia. sephia karta 13:56, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Having thought about it some more, I strongly prefer People from Abkhazia over both Abkhaz(ian) People and People of Abkhazia, and having an inclusive sense of including both past and present residents. sephia karta 14:00, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be the best solution to the problem, but a special category for ethnic Abkhaz people could also be retained. Thanks, --Kober^Talk 14:05, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I think that there won't be any need for that until/unless we have articles on Abkhaz from the diaspora. Thank you as well. sephia karta 14:09, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

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Aspiration marks

I was going off of the Abkhaz phonology page, which says nothing about aspiration. Actually... I'm having trouble finding sources that say anything about aspiration in Abkhaz. If you'd like to revert me, go ahead. I started "fixing" the page when I realized that it was so completely unsourced that I didn't know if I was making it better or worse. Ƶ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi]} 20:19, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Reply

You might want to ask for help on Commons, as I only deleted the redundant image on Wikipedia. It seems to be more of a problem on the Commons side. I apologize for my inability to help. —Kurykh 18:35, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Conflict template

I changed it because:

• The previous was estethically less good
• We have two vertical templates and a third would be too much (for example, in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict)
• the current version doesn't usurp too much area
• conflicts navboxes are done that way: see template:Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, template:Iraq War, template:2006 Lebanon War, template:War on Terrorism

Cheers, --TheFEARgod (Ч) 12:32, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

well, I would like to see the G-Abkhaz, G-Ossetian conflicts + G-Russian relations merged into one Template:Chechen wars-looking template. That would be a good compromise as your wish will be pleased (the articles will be in vertical) and mine (bottom of the article) --TheFEARgod (Ч) 12:53, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

see the template now. add things that miss please, I just don't have the time --TheFEARgod (Ч) 13:19, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

CfD

It wasn't listed I never intended to delete the category, merely rename it. This is a persistent problem with these categories, and I would personally prefer if they were "Persons from X" to avoid the exact issue that you raise. Unfortunately, the standard is to name them "X-ian people." I will list the CfD sometime (I have been lackadaisical about it, sorry), and when I do, you can suggest "Abhkazia people" instead, but really the whole "ethnic group versus citizenship/territorial origin" problem is always going to be a problem with any adjectival form like this. On an unrelated note, please let me humbly suggest that you include a link to your talk page in your signature. -Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:33, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

If this category must be renamed for some reason then it should be renamed to "Abkhazian people" rather than "Abkhaz people" because the latter almost always refers to ethnic Abkhaz while the former could mean both ethnic Abkhaz and those who dwell in Abkhazia. Alæxis_¿question? 10:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Gagra district map

Hi! Can you see this map? I'd like to know whether it's my personal problem or it has somehow disappeared. Regards, Alæxis_¿question? 10:35, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

That's great, thank you. Alæxis_¿question? 12:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Answer

Hi! I don't think that one variant is better than the other. You used only 'from-until' several times in the article so I decided to change some of them to make it read better (you must've noticed that I had not removed all instances of 'from-until'.

Akhali-Kindgi (or Kindga, how it's now called) is a village on the seashore in Ochamchira district. Alæxis_¿question? 19:02, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Yakub Lakoba

Hi, Sephia karta. Sorry for beeing late. Иакуб Лакоба is the correct form. Segnor Bugatti (talk) 19:52, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Abkhaz people

Hey, is there any chance you could help me clean-up the Abkhaz people article? In particular, see the "Origins" and "History" section. The former has a sentence that says "The earliest extant records of Abkhazian date to the 17th century.[citation needed]" Perhaps we could borrow some information from History of Abkhazia or other articles. Khoikhoi 00:19, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Thx. Khoikhoi 19:08, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply on Segnor Bugatti's talk page; we'll see what he has to see on this as well. BTW, do you happen to know the most common name for the Voronya Cave? "Krubera Cave" gets more Google hits, and this was the name used in a National Geographic article about it. Khoikhoi 22:00, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Me again. I noticed that you wrote that the rector of the Abkhazian State University was Aleko Gvaramia, but you also wrote that "Its first rector was Zurab Anchabadze." Which one is it? Khoikhoi 21:47, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Question

Hi! Is there a good library somewhere near you and if yes, could you check some book if need be? Best regards, Alæxis_¿question? 05:49, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

reply

Hi! I've also noticed that Sosnaliyev was the 2nd minister of defence according to English Wikipedia and the first one according to the Russian version. I believe that I was right and have already raised this question in RuWiki.

There were ministers (and even a Council of Ministers) in the Abkhazian ASSR. However I think that we should number the ministers of independent Abkhazia separately (for example the ASSR couldn't have a minister of defence or foreign affairs). Ministry of defence was created on 11.10.1992 [1]. I don't remember when all the other ones were created. 17:52, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

In Soviet times there was no Prime minister - the government (Council of Ministers) was headed by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers.[2]

Could you clarify where exactly do you encounter difficulties? As far as I understand they created the ministry of defence first (in the first months of the war) and then all the other ministries were created much later. Unfortunately I don't know who were the members of the council of ministers of Abkhazia in the mid-1992 (a few are mentioned here - chairman of the council of ministers G. A. Anchabadze (1990), minister of justice Sh. D. Lakoba (1989,1990), first deputy chairman Vladimir Mikanba (1990), internal affairs (?) minister M. A. Chulkov, minister of education T. I. Kogonia (1989), minister of trade L. D. Bganba (1989), minister of housing and communal services Khokerba A. Sh. (1989), minister of culture N. N. Ashuba (1989)). Except for Mikanba I haven't heard of anyone of those and I couldn't find them in the list of post-war Abkhazian elite as well. Alæxis_¿question? 19:13, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I understand the problem. Probably we should take the beginning of the war as starting point, I suspect that most of the ministers were appointed much later, in 1993. This approach would cause problems only if there were any ministers in pre-war Abkhazia who retained their status. I cannot guarantee that this was not the case but I find it highly unlikely. Alæxis_¿question? 20:00, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Abkhazia: sovereignty/independence dispute

This 1999 Act of State Independence is cited awkwardly in the current infobox in Abkhazia (note [1] among several in one of the headers). It may be helpful to move it as a note directly to the item that refers to the declaration of independence. You probably have a similar source for the "declaration of sovereignty" in 1990. I suggest that you also cite it explicitly as a note on the line that mentions the declaration of sovereignty in the infobox to avoid further arguments. --Zlerman (talk) 14:16, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Free Zone

[3] OK, I believe your word. But do you have a sourse, just for my curiosity, because this contradicts what I heard from Marrocans? Understand me right, please, I believe you and would consider this so in whatever related edits I would make on WP (if any), just want to be sure you know this from some certain sourse, not that it is someone's impression. Your word "I read it from this or that book, ar heard it on BBC" would be enough for me. Dc76\^talk 15:12, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. The sourse is good enough. As far as I can see it clearly distiguishes the 3 types (on page 4 in lower-left conner):

• Area controlled by Morocco: approximately 400,000, of which 250-300,000 Moroccan settlers and 100-150.000 Sahrawis. In addition there are some 160.000 Moroccan soldiers and police.
• Area controlled by Polisario: approximately 30,000 nomads.
• Refugees: Approximately 160,000 are refugees in camps in Algeria, 26,000 in Mauritania.

So I conclude: nomads, but within that area. And apparenly they have capital-city/town in a permanent locality also there, not in Algeria. Thank you very much. Now I understand better what is going on there. Your change in the article List of sovereign states was correct. Dc76\^talk 20:28, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Simonyan

Happy new year!

He moved to Sukhumi in the 30s and started playing football there. He played for the Dinamo Sukhumi's main team before going to Mocow in 1946. [4] Alæxis_¿question? 10:38, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Abkhazia on the List of countries by highest point

I am not implacably opposed to the addition of Abkhazia to the List of countries by highest point, but I am opposed to its un-footnoted inclusion as though it were fully recognised. I think that it would be better if you took your case back to the Lists of countries discussion; see WP:BRD. Something similar to what we have at the List of sovereign states, with disputed countries in italics, would seem OK to me. Viewfinder (talk) 16:07, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

I contest your assertion that its inclusion suggests it's fully recognised. I am happy to slant partially recognised states to distinguish them from (almost) completely recognised states, but this is silly as long as the list also features dependencies, without distinguishing them from normal states. Secondly, whatever goes for Abkhazia, also goes for Kosovo, the Sahrawi Republic and the Republic of China, so I don't see why you are singling out Abkhazia.sephia karta | di mi 17:36, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Your points do need addressing; I am trying to do this. Viewfinder (talk) 18:11, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Mukhamed Kilba

I think you're right. It seems that there was an eventually unsuccessful attempt by Khajimba's group to appoint a (more?) loyal minister of defence in the midst of the electoral crisis. Alæxis_¿question? 21:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Abkhazia ethnic map

No, I didn't create it myself , in this page that I take it fom here. --Hovik95 (talk) 12:59, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Elections and Referenda!

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2010

Hi! Happy New Year! I wish you not to lose interest in Wikipedia and contribute high-quality content to it how you have been doing all these years. I also wish you many successes in real life :) Alæxis_¿question? 07:35, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Abkhaz

Hi. Can you please provide the exact citation from Chirikba? AFAIK, the Abkhaz in Turkey and the Arab countries share "Circassian" identity with other NW Caucasian muhajirs. They don't classify themselves as "Abkhaz", "Adyghe", "Shapsugh", etc. I don't think that the figures in the infobox are valid. --Kober^Talk 20:37, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

list of sovereign states

Could also have something to do with official languages of said states? (as a number have English as well subtitled) Outback the koala (talk) 07:35, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Headline text

can you answer what is the disruptiveness in this editing? 95.137.128.229 (talk) 22:40, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

first of all I should to say, that my English is too poor but I hope you can understand me.

“ The status of Abkhazia is disputed. ”

yes, but disputed among the Russia, Nikaragua and s.c. "S. Ossetya"!

“ That it is an Autonomous Republic within Georgia is a Point of View (POV) which is not accepted by everyone. ”

there are 203 countries in the world and only one of them - Russia recodnizes the sovereignity of "Abkhazia" by officialy. NIkaraguan and Velezuelan PARLIAMENT had not accepted this till todays. and what about other countries??? may be you also think that 1(or 3) is more than 200?

“ If we include it in this article, we should also include the Point of View that Abkhazia is an independent republic. ”

you are against including the country-name GEORGIA there in this article. but the text of this article says that Abkhazia is de jure independent country, because of your PRIVATE obstinacy amd PRIVATE POV! is this CORRECT? does the "wikipedia policy of NPOV requires" THIS of YOU?!

you say:

“ Instead though, since the matter of Abkhazia's status is not essential for this article, ”

if Ablhazia`s status isn`t essential there, why are you deleting my editing in this text? or why don`t you write there that Abthazia is the Aotonomous region of Georgia? but I think you are very tendentious!

btw, the renaming of this settlement is illegal, because of this is not agreeied with the Georgian government and the officialy name of this town is still GANTIADI. 95.137.128.229 (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

You should to block me from editing! :(95.137.128.229 (talk) 21:49, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Tripura

Hi,I have seen that you have made some recent changes in the article Tripura and Cachar and claimed to have reverted Vandalism. I have already reverted your edits on Cachar but the case of Tripura is a bit more complicated. There were some genuine misrepresentations of facts that you have reverted, but at the same time you have also inserted some incorrect information in to the article. I would like to request you to acquaint yourself more with the history of the regions, before reverting anything or inserting new information. Thanks! Shovon (talk) 19:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi, sorry for being late in responding. The Dimasas/Kacharis were present in certain pockets of Barak Valley (which comprises of 3 present day districts - Cachar district, Karimganj district & Hailakandi district) and never were in majority. Thus the story about "forcing the Kacharis out of the Cachar district by the migrant Bengali population" was a piece of vandalism. The Dimasas were, and still are, the majority in the North Cachar Hills district and their presence in the plains have almost remained the same. In fact, the Bengalis were forced to migrate from the NC Hills due to continuous attacks on their life and property and due to the extortion by several Dimasa extremist groups like Dima Halom Daoga etc. The same cannot be said about the fate of the Twipras in Tripura. After the Indian independence and partition, they became marginalized minorities in Tripura. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 09:16, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Abkhazian cities

I see that you've reverted my edits to insert a neutral statement on the disputed status of Abkhazia in various articles on Abkhazian cities. I feel that mentioning the sovereign nation a settlement is in is important to each settlement's article, and there seems to be a consensus for this (see the various articles on locations within Kosovo). I've raised the issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities, to try and solicit the communities opinion, so feel free to comment on the issue there. TDL (talk) 20:01, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

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I wanted to ask if you would consent to having these three pages deleted, to spare the trouble of discussing them at WP:MFD. Please let me know. Thanks. --RL0919 (talk) 06:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt reply on my talk page. I have deleted these three pages. If you have any other old drafts that you want to have deleted, just tag them with {{Db-u1}}. --RL0919 (talk) 14:09, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Patronyms of Abkhaz politicians

Hi! “First name + patronym + surname” is a Russian model, the use of which is discouraged now.

Traditionally, a two-name system was used, consisting, as a rule, of the surname (á-žʷla) plus the postposed first name (á-xʲ(ә)ʒ), e.g. Gʲačʲ Rašʲәt, A-saʒba Smel, Xәš Darafey, Dbar Fәka. Certain surnames can also have patronyms (see below)... A new three-name system was introduced by the Russians in the middle of the 19th century, structured on the Russian model: “first name + patronymic (= father’s name) + surname”, e.g. Gʲargʲ Aleksej-jә.pa Ʒiʒarija “Georgij Aleksej-his-son Dzidzarija”. The Russian patronymic suffixes -ovič (masc., e.g. Ivan-ovič, ‘son of Ivan’) and -ovna (fem., e.g. Ivan-ovna‘daughter of Ivan’) have as their equivalents in Abkhaz -jә.pa ‘his son’ (e.g. Ivan-jәpa, ‘Ivan’s son’) or -jә.pha ‘his daughter’ (e.g. Ivan-jәpha, ‘Ivan’s daughter’). This system is used now, in accordance with the Russian practice, in official situations: all three names are used when referring to a person, and two names, i.e. first name plus patronymic, when addressing a person. Apswaaa (talk) 13:42, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

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Abkhazian parliamentary election, 2012

Is there a source for the candidates table? Also the results dont indicate anthing to ay thee are result.(Lihaas (talk) 09:39, 14 March 2012 (UTC)).

The updated result has no sourcing as do the colour coding...can you add that, otherwise itd be OR and removed.Lihaas (talk) 13:36, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

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The Bank of Abkhazia has recently added more coins to circulation called Historical sites of Abkhazia and one for the World Domino championships. I don't know if your interested in adding them to the Abkhazian apsar page. Spongie555 (talk) 08:08, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I uploaded and added the World Domino Championship coins but I dont have enough time to upload the Historical Sites series today. Spongie555 (talk) 17:34, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

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I just wanted to thank you for your phenomenal work on Wikipedia's coverage of Akbhaz politics. I tend to stalk your contributions because it's an area I'm really interested in and your edits have improved Wikipedia's coverage a hundredfold. The Drover's Wife (talk) 14:50, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the compliment, it feels good to hear that one's work is appreciated, and that I'm not alone in finding Abkhaz politics fascinating! :-) sephia karta | dimmi 17:27, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Abkhaz-Abaza

Hi Sephia karta,

I've left a comment in the talk page of Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You may be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Thank you very much. --Universal Life (talk) 16:54, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

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Any chance you can come up with a few more details about Shamba's rise to head United Abkhazia? I've always been intrigued by the guy, and this seems like a curious development to this watcher of Abkhaz politics from very far away. Anyway, I'd love to know more about it; more broadly, there seems to be a few gaps in his various political shifts over the last few years that it would be great to see explained a little more if you've got time. The Drover's Wife (talk) 16:22, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation! It would be amazing if that could go into the article in some way - it would make its chronology much clearer. The Drover's Wife (talk) 13:59, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

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Hello, Sephia karta I know that you are interested in Abkhazian politics and editing articles about that. So I would like to share a new research about political situation between Abkhazia and Russia. I hope that you will make future contributions in articles like Abkhazia not only once sourcing this document ► [5]. Best regards--g. balaxaZe★ 12:43, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

The Surkov leaks are certainly very interesting. Unfortunately, they're rather hard to navigate. I've looked at one email cited in that piece (О ВСТРЕЧЕ С ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЕМ ПАРТИИ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОГО РАЗВИТИЯ АБХАЗИИ Б.БУТБОЙ from 2013-10-22) and there isn't really anything there that relates to specific events, it's mostly Butba's opinions about how Abkhazia's economy should be developed. It reads a lot like the US diplomatic cables. There may be more concrete stuff in other emails, will have a more thorough look when I get the time. sephia karta | dimmi 22:02, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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