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Requested move 10 December 2020

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. No evidence provided to support the move. (non-admin closure) Vpab15 (talk) 18:20, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kurdish separatism in Iran → Kurdish–Iranian conflict – the name is more used in sources and is more proper, and flows well with kurdish conflicts with other neighboring countries Ridax2020 (talk) 09:35, 10 December 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. BegbertBiggs (talk) 22:25, 18 December 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. —Nnadigoodluck███ 03:05, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:42, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Þjarkur: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:42, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Discussed already twice: see above at #Requested move 17:15, 11 August 2013 (UTC) and #Requested move 11 April 2016 13:59, 11 April 2016 (UTC) :: Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:42, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose — No evidence has been shared to support the nom's contention about which name is more commonly used. Nothing to suggest why this RM should go differently from the prior ones. I'm open minded to reviewing actual evidence (meaning academic WP:RS) of how a different title might better meet WP:AT criteria, but based on this nom, oppose. Levivich ^harass/_hound 21:35, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support See also Turkish kurdish conflict.Shadow4dark (talk) 17:27, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. But only because the suggestion is better than the current name, which implies all of these groups want independence from Iran (which is inaccurate), as some are only calling for more autonomy or cultural rights etc. Thus, “separatism” can be used pejoratively if the group is not openly calling for such. Redthoreau -- (talk) 19:38, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with that criticism of the current title, but I still don't support the proposed title for a different reason (aside from lack of evidence of common name, etc.): it implies the conflict is between Kurds and Iranians, which I suggest is not an accurate way of portraying the dispute. More accurately, the conflict is between Iranian Kurds and multiple Iranian governments. Maybe a better title is just "Iranian Kurdish conflicts"? Levivich ^harass/_hound 18:20, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for now. The entire article refers to "separatism" and "separatists". Even the lede characterizes it as a separatist conflict. Not sure what subtle difference you wish the draw, but it looks like the current article title better reflects the article content. Until the content is changed, I am afraid it is simply more straightforward and clear. Walrasiad (talk) 05:51, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Conflicting information, POV-pushing

The lede of this article currently states that Kurdish separatism in Iran supposedly commenced in 1918, i.e. with Simko's mutiny. However, the body of the article debunks this narrative on every level, per to the given WP:RS. It seems that the narrative about Simko's mutiny, which included "elements of Kurdish nationalism" (i.e. per Kreyenbroek & Sperl), has been misconstrued into being a clear-cut case of "Kurdish separatism", and has additionally been misused in order to draw a continuous line of events all the way into 2020/2021. Interestingly, any mention about Simko's main objective, namely robbery/pillaging, is not mentioned in the lede. For the record (copied from the body of this article):

Scholars view the revolt as an attempt by a powerful tribal chief to establish his personal authority vis-à-vis the central government throughout Iranian Kurdistan.^[1] While elements of Kurdish nationalism were present in this movement, historians agree these were hardly articulate enough to justify a claim that recognition of Kurdish identity was a major issue in Simko's movement, and he had to rely heavily on conventional tribal motives.^[1] It lacked any kind of administrative organization and Simko was primarily interested in plunder.^[2] Government forces and non-Kurds were not the only ones to suffer in the attacks, as the Kurdish population was also robbed and assaulted.^[1] Simko's men don't appear to have felt any sense of unity or solidarity with fellow Kurds.^[1] Historian Ervand Abrahamian describes Simko as "notorious" for massacring thousands of Assyrians and "harassing" democrats,^[3] and Mehrdad Izady holds him responsible for killing Alevite Kurds.^[4]

Additionally, in the words of Kurdologist and Iranologist Garnik Asatrian:^[5]

In the recent period of Kurdish history, a crucial point is defining the nature of the rebellions from the end of the 19th and up to the 20th century―from Sheikh Ubaydullah’s revolt to Simko’s (Simitko) mutiny. The overall labelling of these events as manifestations of the Kurdish national-liberation struggle against Turkish or Iranian suppressors is an essential element of the Kurdish identity-makers’ ideology. (...) With the Kurdish conglomeration, as I said above, far from being a homogeneous entity―either ethnically, culturally, or linguistically (see above, fn. 5; also fn. 14 below)―the basic component of the national doctrine of the Kurdish identity-makers has always remained the idea of the unified image of one nation, endowed respectively with one language and one culture. The chimerical idea of this imagined unity has become further the fundament of Kurdish identity-making, resulting in the creation of fantastic ethnic and cultural prehistory, perversion of historical facts, falsification of linguistic data, etc. (for recent Western views on Kurdish identity, see Atabaki/Dorleijn 1990).

- LouisAragon (talk) 21:52, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kreyenbroek, Philip G.; Sperl, Stefan (1992). The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview. London; New York: Routledge. pp. 138–141. ISBN 978-0-415-07265-6. OCLC 24247652.
^ Cite error: The named reference entessar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-691-05342-4. OCLC 7975938.
^ Izady, Mehrdad (1992). The Kurds: A Concise Handbook. Washington: Crane Russak. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8448-1729-3. OCLC 25409394.
^ Asatrian, Garnik (2009). "Prolegomena to the Study of the Kurds". Iran and the Caucasus. 13 (1): 65–66. doi:10.1163/160984909X12476379007846.

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only showing PJAK sources on casualties Friedturtle (talk) 11:25, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I wan't to add Iran's claims on th3 casualties since it feels quite biased to only see what the kurds claim. Friedturtle (talk) 11:29, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I meant the not th3 lol sorry Friedturtle (talk) 11:30, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 15:39, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I would like to request because as you can see he spelt unknown wrong and there was 23,000 Persian casualties so I would like to request to edit it back to 23,000 casualties. Thank You. Jalal slemani121 (talk) 22:24, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Already done The recent edit that removed the casualty figure for Iran has already been reverted. Day Creature (talk) 17:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[kreyenbroek138141-1] Kreyenbroek, Philip G.; Sperl, Stefan (1992). The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview. London; New York: Routledge. pp. 138–141. ISBN 978-0-415-07265-6. OCLC 24247652.

[entessar-2] Cite error: The named reference entessar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-691-05342-4. OCLC 7975938.

[4] Izady, Mehrdad (1992). The Kurds: A Concise Handbook. Washington: Crane Russak. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8448-1729-3. OCLC 25409394.

[5] Asatrian, Garnik (2009). "Prolegomena to the Study of the Kurds". Iran and the Caucasus. 13 (1): 65–66. doi:10.1163/160984909X12476379007846.

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