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Talysh people

Between 500 thousand and 1 million Talysh people live in Azerbaijan. So, according to wikipedia, why are they shown as less than Armenians and Russians? don't be silly. 37.26.50.24 (talk) 13:38, 9 August 2023 (UTC) <--- blocked sock of User:Aydın memmedov2000

Hello, You need sources to confirm your statements, self-perceptions are helpless. - Best regards. Weşanvan (talk) 14:54, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
my friend, look at the article of the people of talysh, and also the armenians and russians living in azerbaijan. The source is already written on wikipedia. 37.26.50.24 (talk) 15:40, 9 August 2023 (UTC) <--- blocked sock of User:Aydın memmedov2000
Ter-Abrahamian, Hrant (2005). "On the Formation of the National Identity of the Talishis in Azerbaijan Republic". Iran and the Caucasus. 9 (1). Brill: 121–144. doi:10.1163/1573384054068132. 37.26.50.24 (talk) 15:43, 9 August 2023 (UTC) <--- blocked sock of User:Aydın memmedov2000
Stilo, Donald (2015). "The Polygenetic Origins of the Northern Talyshi Language". In Asatrian, Garnik (ed.). Studies on Iran and The Caucasus. Brill. pp. 411–453. ISBN 978-90-04-30206-8. 37.26.50.24 (talk) 15:43, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
let's see resources. 37.26.50.24 (talk) 15:44, 9 August 2023 (UTC) <--- blocked sock of User:Aydın memmedov2000
None of these sources meet your requirements. On Misplaced Pages you must have sources for your number that correspond exactly to this. - Best regards. Weşanvan (talk) 17:33, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

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Please add category:

Category:Dialogue partners of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation MaliMail (talk) 12:33, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done M.Bitton (talk) 22:23, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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Please add this template to where the other templates for membership in international organizations are.

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--- MaliMail (talk) 16:56, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * it has begun... 22:09, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Not calling it a dictatorship is ridiculous

The previous discussion about listing it as a dictatorship lists a point about Russia not being listed as a dictatorship. Well now that has changed, and Misplaced Pages has agreed Russia is under an authoritarian dictatorship. I guess the war changed their minds. So why not Azerbaijan, who itself is committing an aggressive conflict which amounts to ethnic genocide against Armenians? You can find sources clearly agreeing it is a dictatorship. Here are a few: https://www.aei.org/op-eds/azerbaijans-aliyev-is-a-strategic-liability-not-an-asset/, https://hyperallergic.com/615519/artwashing-a-dictatorship/, https://evnreport.com/politics/the-dictator-has-no-clothes-aliyevs-regime-and-its-declining-oil-revenues/. Freedom House basically defines it as a dictatorship without strictly saying the dirty word: https://freedomhouse.org/country/azerbaijan. We must put the truth on here. Evil Narwhal (talk) 18:40, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

The article's lead already mentions "authoritarian leadership under the leadership of both Heydar Aliyev and his son Ilham Aliyev". While a strong case for the authoritarian nature of current Azerbaijani government can be made, going into further details would violate WP:NPOV and WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. Brandmeister 22:02, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
@Golden: The concern in the discussion you cited appears to be that news articles were used which didn't call it a dictatorship. Thus I cited an academic source, a journal article in Global Politics and Strategy, which directly calls it a hereditary dictatorship akin to the Kim dynasty. 25stargeneral (talk) 16:14, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
Lack of sources isn't a concern. Infoboxes reflect the official form of government, not what outside observers (no matter whether rightly or wrongly) think it is, as stated by a participant in that discussion. For further clarification on the usage of the parameter, please refer to the the template's documentation. — Golden 16:43, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
I disagree with that editor and the template documentation makes no such claim. Misplaced Pages articles follow reliable, secondary sources in all cases. This infobox, as with all others, summarizes the body content that is sourced to reliable, independent, secondary sources. Sources are the only concern on Misplaced Pages. Semi-presidential republic is the official line, but it is false as considered by academics due to election fraud, suppression of the opposition, and hereditary succession. I have referred to the template documentation; all it says for that parameter is |government_type = <!--Wikilinked if link exists-->, so it does not support your assertion. You are required by Misplaced Pages policy to make your argument based on reliable, secondary sources. Large-scale discussions on pages like Talk:Russia and Talk:North Korea have supported my interpretation of the purpose of the infobox. 25stargeneral (talk) 17:26, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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Demography box is wrong. here is the one copied from the specific page that (I think) I is correct.

Demographics of Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijanis (91.6%)  Lezgins (2.02%)  Russians (1.35%)  Armenians (1.35%)  Talyshs (1.26%)  Avars (0.56%)  Turks (0.43%)  Tatars (0.29%)  Tats (0.28%)  Ukrainians (0.24%)  Tsakhurs (0.14%)  Udis (0.04%)  Georgians (0.11%)  Jews (0.1%)  Kurds (0.07%)  Others (0.16%)

Ab1 tell me... 10:50, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

 Not done source? Beshogur (talk) 11:37, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

The current is obviously wrong. Did you look at it? Please do it.
I took this one from "Demographics of Azerbaijan". I am not changing the data, just fixing the pie.
If you prefer have a pie showing a quarter of inhabitants as Ukrainians: be my guest :-D Ab1 tell me... 13:40, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 Already done Elli (talk | contribs) 16:29, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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The flag of Azerbaijan needs to be updated. It currently displays 2013 shade of the flag, but it needs to feature the updated version: https://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Flag_of_Azerbaijan(2019-Present).png

In 2013, the Pantone colour scheme was approved, but in 2019 it was revoked, so the flag returned to pre-2013 shade. I've updated it on the page for the flag itself. While the reference is in Azerbaijani, it is from the Ministry of Justice website. If you scroll down, you can see Article 9.2 stricken with the addendum, revoking the Pantone colour-code scheme. Hamidlinski (talk) 10:56, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done Beshogur (talk) 11:36, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
@Hamidlinski: Can you increase the flag quality, maybe making a svg version? Beshogur (talk) 11:38, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
There is already a .svg version in the database, you could use:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Flag_of_Azerbaijan_(2004%E2%80%932013).svg
Hamidlinski (talk) 12:09, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
Can you change the description? Beshogur (talk) 12:12, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
Sorry, it's not my upload, my upload was only the .png version. I don't seem to have permission to update Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg or edit the description of the current flag svg file I shared. I also see Yue reverted the edit stating update svg file, but I don't have the skill to do so. Could you help, please?
Hamidlinski (talk) 04:30, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
I don't have a clue either. Beshogur (talk) 11:41, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
@Yue: Beshogur (talk) 11:41, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
@Hamidilinski: this still uses the "old colors"? Beshogur (talk) 15:04, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
@Beshogur yes, this section of the website hasn't been updated in a while. I contacted the press service, and they told me that it is a very low priority for them right now. The 2019 reference to the repeal of the Pantone colour scheme is the most up-to-date version.
@Yue, since you mentioned it, could you please update the Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg file? We don't know how. Hamidlinski (talk) 15:47, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
@Hamidlinski: I self-reverted for now until the main file is updated. Should take less than a day. Yue🌙 19:26, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
In this source it shows the old colors. The colours of the emblem doesn't match either. Should we return to this one? Beshogur (talk) 22:05, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
@Toghrul R: thoughts? Beshogur (talk) 22:10, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
Hello. @Hamidlinski the current flag colors are regulated by the law adopted in 2018 and it's still valid. Where does 2019 law come from? If you read the law carefully, you'll see that 2013 amendment (not 2019 law) revoked the 2004 law. So, we have four flags (in terms of law lifespan): 1991-2004, 2004-2013, 2013-2018 and 2018-present. The flag colors were correct. @Beshogur no, the CoA in the article is also correct and was adapted to the law. Even president.az is using it and the section was updated two months ago :) Please check out the CoA on Commons and the file history — Toghrul R (t) 03:34, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
@Toghrul R You are partially correct about the flag timeline. However, the 2019 is not the law, it is a retcon of the 2013 decision 9.2 which decided to use the Pantone colour scheme. You can see it in my reference above^, I'm more than happy to provide the legal codes for the decisions. Since 2013 amendment established Pantone scheme, it's reversal in 2019 is the revert to the pre-2013 scheme. This was further confirmed by my communique to the President's Press service: the president's website will be updated at some point to reflect the proper scheme (they unfortunately didn't give me a deadline, because they don't have to).
Also, technically president.az is a less credible source than the e-qanun, listing legal decisions: The latter is a legislative website. The official foreign affairs website is a more credible source, and it displays the proper scheme as Beshogur noted.
To be honest, my personal theory is that when drafting 2013 pantone ruling, they mistakenly referred to the 1991-2004 flag, and reversed it, instead of having it reflect the 2004-2013 flag. 2004-2013 flag is virtually the same as the current version, and is meant to be the restoration of the 1918 flag.
@Beshogur yes, we should revert the coat of arms scheme as well to match it, that is an excellent catch! Could you do it please?
Hamidlinski (talk) 04:22, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
@Hamidlinski 2004 version of 9.2 was revoked in 2013 and was removed in 2019 because it was simply irrelevant with the law of hoisting and usage of the flag and it was a leftover which had to be revoked because of the 2018 law. When you read the 2019 amendment, you can see it was made to make way for the 2018 version. It is still valid and nothing has been revoked. I don't know how you have had communication with them, as they deemed 2018 version to be correct and update the website, even the videos. Presidential flag is remaining however, they'll fix it — Toghrul R (t) 04:45, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
@Toghrul R 9.2 has nothing to do with the hoisting, it specifically states the Pantone colour code. The amendment literally strikes it off, and since 8 October 2019, Pantone colours are no longer used. Just to be clear, the amendment doesn't revoke the 2018 Flag Law itself, just the use of Pantone code. You can't use 2018 law to negate 2019 amendment, that's not the order :)
I see we are at an impasse, because you interpret it differently. But the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs website supports my point, because they are literally using the pre-pantone flag shade, which the 2019 revert results in. I contacted the press service using my personal contacts, once they update the paraphernalia on president.az you should be able to see it for yourself ;) As an FYI, the official foreign ministry website is a better source.
Hamidlinski (talk) 05:43, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

References

  1. https://e-qanun.az/framework/6198#_edn6
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