User talk:Wandtess

February 2025

Please do not add or change content, as you did at List of modern great powers, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. CycloneYoris ^talk! 20:01, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did include a source. I just added it. Wandtess (talk) 21:03, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Nader Shah. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. HistoryofIran (talk) 23:20, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced or poorly sourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Ottoman Empire. CodeTalker (talk) 22:54, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What source do you require? Wandtess (talk) 00:37, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are many sources? What level of sources are required? Wandtess (talk) 00:39, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is the change you made. You can see that you did not provide any references to support the changes. See WP:RS for information on what sources are acceptable. See WP:REFBEGIN for information on how to add a reference when you make an edit. CodeTalker (talk) 01:31, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia, as you did to 2025 Guatemala City bus crash. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing. If you would like to experiment again, please use your sandbox.

Your edits [1], [2] and [3] should not have been made because they make no visual difference. They might have also been attempts to inflate your edit count. 173.206.110.217 (talk) 04:26, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I will no longer do that. Wandtess (talk) 04:27, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

what is a sandbox? Wandtess (talk) 04:28, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:About the sandbox 173.206.110.217 (talk) 05:23, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Eastern Arabia. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing. If you would like to experiment again, please use your sandbox. M.Bitton (talk) 01:13, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by inserting unpublished information or your personal analysis into an article, as you did at Eastern Arabia. M.Bitton (talk) 01:17, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you explain to me what was wrong? Wandtess (talk) 01:39, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure I placed any personal analysis or unpublished information? Wandtess (talk) 01:39, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're adding the word "Persian" everywhere, without even reading the text. To cite a couple of examples:

You added the word "Persian" to the Gulf states. Is Saudi Arabia known as a "Persian Gulf state"?
You added "Persian-style" without explanation or a source to back it up.
Is Zalabiyeh Persian (for the Persian language to be in the lead)?
You replaced Shatt Al Arab with "Arvand Rud". Why would you do such a thing?

M.Bitton (talk) 02:00, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It should be Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Wandtess (talk) 02:11, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would assume yes it is a Persian Gulf state when someone priorly writes Gulf State. Wandtess (talk) 02:13, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello M.Bitton, I just realized the change you made, but I did not add personal analysis or unpublished information.

My understanding is that the southern coast of the Persian Gulf covering Iraq, Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, and Oman is majority Shia. Oman is Ibadi, but Basra in Iraq is Shia, Kuwait is around 38-40% Shia according to the Wikipedia page on Kuwait Shi'ism. Here is a copy paste from the Kuwaiti Shi'ism Wikipedia page: "In 2002, the US Department of State reported that Shia Kuwaitis formed 30-40% of Kuwait's citizen population, noting there were 525,000 Sunni citizens and 855,000 Kuwaiti citizens in total (61% Sunnis, 39% Shias). In 2004, there were 300,000-350,000 Shia Kuwaiti citizens and 913,000 Kuwaiti citizens in total. The Strategic Studies Institute reported that they constitute 40% of the population in 2008."

Bahrain is majority Shia, and Qatar is split between Wahhabis and Shias, the UAE's Emirati citizens are split between Malaki Sunnism and 10% of the population or more being adherents to Shi'ism. Eastern Saudi Arabia along the Persian Gulf is also majority Shia, and is the most populated Shia province of Saudi Arabia.

For this reason I believe that in that edit Shia should come first because it is the largest sect by population on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf. The various other sects are much smaller in population, and different as you can see their is Ibadism, Wahhabism, and Malakism.

Basra by itself is 2.74 million, with a majority Shia population, then there is Kuwait with a 40% Shia population as of 2008, and Bahrain with a majority Shia population, Eastern Saudi Arabia with a majority Shia population, Qatar with a 10% Shia population, and the UAE with a 10% Shia population. In shear numbers Shia's are the majority population on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf.

Kuwaits total citizenry is 933,000 with 350,000 Shias.

Basra: 2.74 million population majority Shia

Bahrain Shia majority

Qatar: total citizens 366,000 of which 10% are Shia

UAE: total citizens 1,034,568 of which 10% are Shia.

Eastern Saudi Arabia: Majority Shia. Wandtess (talk) 02:09, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you read what I wrote and please don't cherry pick what to address and what to ignore. M.Bitton (talk) 02:13, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The link is the source. The entire link is talking about how those wind catchers come from Iran. Wandtess (talk) 02:14, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What page?

Also, I repeat: don't cherry pick what to address and what to ignore. If you keep doing that, then I will assume that you are deliberately ignoring my requests. M.Bitton (talk) 02:20, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well the large paragraph I wrote is in regards to the first change, that I believed you brought up, is due to me changing the order of religions on I believe the Eastern Arabia page. I changed from Sunni, Ibadi, Shia, to (Shia, Sunni, Ibadi) ranking them by majority population sizes along the southern shores of the Persian Gulf.

Secondly the link I am referring to is the Wind Tower in Bahrain. The wind towers originated from Persia and were likely built during Persian administration of the region. Hint: old districts of Manama and Muharraq. Most likely built during Persian administration, and the concept and style of the Wind Tower originated in Persia.

What exactly are you requests? Wandtess (talk) 02:29, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Zulbieyah is Persian, and it is spread through territories of prior Persian administration, including Afghanistan, Turkey, the Caucasus, and I believe India as well. Wandtess (talk) 02:31, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to explain to you, but since you keep ignoring basic requests, such as citing a page number, I see no point in wasting my time. I'm done here. M.Bitton (talk) 02:34, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So you are recommending to add sources to the changes. For which changes would a source would be required? A source is required every time for Persian Gulf? Or a page number from a source is required for Wind Towers originating from Persia next to the linked wikipedia article going directly to Wind Towers originating from Persia? Wandtess (talk) 02:46, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When you are reverted, please stop and either move on or discuss on the talk page.

For which changes would a source would be required? Any changes that affect the meaning. Controversial naming/wording changes, if challenged by others, also need sources to be presented on the talk page. The template {{rp}} or other things at Help:References and page numbers may be useful.

You wrote "according to the Wikipedia page" above. WP:Wikipedia is not a reliable source, i.e. do not cite one article to argue for a change to another article. If you still want to add controversial content to Eastern Arabia, it would be easier to look for another reliable source that directly supports your exact viewpoint, paraphrase it, then add it in a new paragraph. 173.206.110.217 (talk) 04:43, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I noticed you didn't get a welcome message yet and will assume that you are genuinely confused. 173.206.110.217 (talk) 05:27, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I will defintely check out the Teahouse, and the Task Center! Wandtess (talk) 01:28, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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