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Ossetia

Hi Taamu. Ossetia has never been a geographic or political continuity and it is unclear from your assertion who and when divided it. Even if we assume that Ossetia - as an ethnographic region - is divided in terms of the dominant ethnic group, you cannot refer to one of its perceived part - either South Ossetia or its northern counterpart - "a divided region". These are not "divided regions" themselves, but just (supposed) parts of what you call the divided region. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Regarding your question on Talk:Georgia (country), here's the data from Georgia's census of 2002. The total number of ethnic Ossetians appear to be 38,028. This figure does not obviously include those parts of South Ossetia which are not under Georgia's control. Hope this helps, --Kober^Talk 13:57, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Ossetia as a whole never existed and therefore it could not have been divided, there are tons of regions which are divided geographically in any given country. If you present reliable sources which indicate that Ossetia is a divided region, then its fine. However, im sure you wouldn't find any reference supporting that assumption. Iberieli (talk) 14:31, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah Taamu. I’m afraid you misunderstood me. Ossetia as an ethno-linguistic region may be classified as divided (even though I don’t agree with that), but SO and NO are parts of this hypothetical divided region. They are not "divided regions" per se. That’s why I think that Category:Divided regions is redundant in the articles about SO and NO, but can stay in the Ossetia article.--Kober^Talk 12:20, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

A major flaw in your example is that SO and NO have never been "married".--Kober^Talk 12:42, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

And North and South Korea were united before the civil war, when Ossetia never has been united or divided by anyone. In fact, the term South Ossetia and North was created by Bolsheviks. Iberieli (talk) 15:03, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Tamuu are you Irony? From where? Xussar Irishton? we really need Ossetian users. Basque country is not divided, there is French Basque community and the main body of the Basque country (Euskera or Euskal Xarria) which is northern Spain (Bilbao, Pamplona, until Catalonia), therefore there is no such thing as western Basque country (France) and Eastern Basque country (Spain). There are many Chinese in Vancouver Canada, should we call China divided country due to large Chinese community over the ocean in eastern Canada? :) BTW i consider Ossetians as close brethren and have many Ossetian friends. This conflict is our common tragedy and unnatural (I grew up with ossetians and never seen any divisions between us). Please don't think that im stubborn or don't want to co-operate, I just want to express my opinion. Best. Iberieli (talk) 17:39, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey Tamuu why did you revert my edit on the article in the result section from Russian/Separatist to Russian/Abkhazian victory, and what's with the Brilliant! comment you put? The South Ossetians were also fighting like this it only looks like the Abkhaz were fighting beside the Russians, but the Ossetians were the only ones fighting in Tskhinvali with the Georgians those first 24 hours of the war.89.216.235.26 (talk) 09:52, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Just keep on doing the good work as you do now. FeelSunny (talk) 22:01, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hi, I noticed that you speak Ossetian. I am curious what your thoughts are on the title of the Ludwig Chibirov article. Perhaps Lyudvig Chibirov would be better, but I'm not sure which spelling is the most common or more correct. What do you think? Khoikhoi 23:44, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. Khoikhoi 07:58, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey, me again. Do you think you could add the Ossetian name to Roki Tunnel? Thx again. Khoikhoi 18:47, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Great! But how did you find out that it was the Ossetian name? Khoikhoi 22:51, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Since apparently "Ручъы æфцæг" is the more common name in Ossetic (see [1]: "Серги гуыргæ Чеселты ракодта, Дыууæдонастæу 1916 азы зæхкусæг бинонты ’хсæн. Цыппар азы йыл куы сæххæст, уæд райдыдта гуырдзыйы уæды геноцид æмæ Ручъы æфцæгыл йæ ныййарджытимæ ахызт Цæгат Ирыстонмæ"), I think I'll change it to that -- since Roksky pass and Roki tunnel are the same thing. Khoikhoi 06:15, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Good point, I've reverted myself. Khoikhoi 07:38, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

URL

It was a URL address, not a wiki link Ijanderson (talk) 12:47, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

So you should copy and paste the site URL in to your URL box Ijanderson (talk) 15:52, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Tskhinvali

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Good luck! --Kober^Talk 09:37, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:SO/medieval history

Sorry for being hasty and thanks for your explanation. I'll try to find a better wording.--Kober^Talk 06:17, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Ossetic language

Hi. I would like you to stop that as well; edit wars are rarely single-person events. :) The article was quite peaceful, btw, until your "interventions" there.

About the translation: I would recommend that you refer to a good Greek dictionary if you don't know the language (which I'm assuming is the case), and look up the words γαμὴ and μουνί - but even wiktionary can help you with that (I've provided the links, just click on the words).

As to the Ossetian text, I am did the one who wrote that part of the article in the first place; I am merely maintaining it the way that editor wrote, which I assume is the way he originally found it spelled in his sources. The text represents an old way of writing, not the current spelling of Ossetic some may be used to nowadays. In any case, it would be much more productive if you sought him to answer these questions before challenging all his work. Regards, Rsazevedo ^msg 06:52, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

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South Ossetia war

I was not talking about the article which covers the number of captured militants, I was talking about the article which confirms the number of dead Russian soldiers, I gave as a source the International Herald Tribune. By reverting me you were also removing that source and that very important edit, watch it man when reverting! Stop removing my reference for the number of dead russian soldiers and if you got a problem for the only source there is on the planet for the number of captured militants then I will add in the infoboxs that the number is claimed by Georgia. OK?BobaFett85 (talk) 17:35, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

The movie broadcasted by Alania TV (the only russian language television in Georgia) shows the words of this police officer. What additional verification do you need!? User:Kouber (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:25, 13 March 2009 (UTC).

Well, in that article dozens of citations are used from RIA Novosti, Interfax, etc. which are pro-Russian. I don't see a reason why they should be considered reliable and Georgian medias - not!? Both Russia and Georgia are sides in that conflict, and both have their points of view, and that is indeed what I included - a citation from a Georgian police officer, and his words are fully verifiable by the source I added. Kouber (talk) 14:03, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Edit warring on 2008 South Ossetia war‎

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P.S. And please don't mark your reverts as "minor" (m) changes. --Kober^Talk 15:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Pozhaluista. Don't hesitate to let me know if you want to be reported right now. --Kober^Talk 15:52, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Did you know that if you undo your last revert when you have broken WP:3RR, you will not get blocked? Offliner (talk) 17:14, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Another user blackmailing on 3RR... Don't be afraid, it's a good rest for a day)) Should do something more serious to be blocked for more than 24 hrs. Still don't 3rr - it's not polite to those others want to revert:))FeelSunny (talk) 21:57, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to the team. Team Threatened by Wiki Rules! BTW, are you Ossetian? HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 00:59, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Now that you have entered my talkpage, I have wiki-kidnapped you! You must continue the conversation there ;) HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 07:56, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Location maps

I see, you are very active in creating and interwikifying location maps. May be, my interwikibot can help you? It's a very stupid work to interwikify "by hand" what is better and faster done "by machine". --Obersachse (talk) 13:43, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Map

Check several other Common maps then. They are not "Georgian maps" as you claim. They are based on a German academic source. You might also wish to refer to these two [2][3] from The Cambridge Medieval History vol. IV (Cambridge, 1966) instead of habitual edit warring.--Kober^Talk 10:50, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Editing survey

Hi Taamu. My name is Mike Lyons and I am a doctoral student at Indiana University in the United States. I am conducting research on the writing and editing of high traffic current events articles on Wikipedia. I have noticed in the talk page archives at 2008 South Ossetia war that you have contributed to the editing or maintenance of the article. I was hoping you would agree to fill out a brief survey about your experience. This study aims to help expand our thinking about collaborative knowledge production. Believe me I share your likely disdain for surveys but your participation would be immensely helpful in making the study a success. A link to the survey is included below. An explanation of my project is included with the survey.

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User:Samogitia

Please take a look: 2008 genocide of Georgians in South Ossetia. Offliner (talk) 12:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

voting

Dae bon xorz Taamu! Kaed dae bon u waed ma myn baxxwys kaen naewaeg pozicion kartaimae. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ossetia/Voting--Soslanx (talk) 13:02, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

mosaic

dae bon xorz! please take a look [4]. --Bouron (talk) 15:19, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Latinized forms for Ossetian words on Ossetic language

Thanks for latinizing the words on Ossetic language. I was going to look for someone who might know how to do this, but your timely intervention has made that unnecessary. Interlingua 17:51, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome! P.S. Thank you for the table from Ossetian Wikipedia. Taamu (talk) 10:39, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Dzau district

Здраствуйте. А соответствует ka:ჯავის მუნიციპალიტეტი границам югоосетинского района? Если нет, то это [5] стоит отменить, чтобы не создавать интервики-конфликтов. Advisor^{speak en-2} 13:44, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Здравствуйте. Нет, не соответствует, хотя по-большому счету это одно и то же. Может стоит подождать пока не будет создана категория отдельно для Джавского муниципалитета Грузии? И только потом убрать категорию для Дзауского района из списка интервики? Как думаете? Taamu (talk) 06:40, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Я думаю нужно поубирать все интервики, в точности не соответствующие друг-другу, поскольку из-за этого возникают интервики конфликты, когда бот начинает раскидывать с одного списка, другой бот с другого списка → в итоге верные и неверные интервики перемешиваются и всё это раскапывать по всем языкам приходится вручную, удаляя неверные, добавляя верные (причём в интуитивном порядке из-за незнания языков). А недостающие категории лучше самим и создавать. Advisor^{speak en-2} 20:48, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

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Ossetia Project

Hi! Are you a member of Ossetia Project? Why is the capital of North Ossetia called Buro? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladikavkaz --Henry Cool (talk) 11:04, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Leningor district

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