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Hello Praxeria. I'm sorry for often being the one reverting you. I have nothing against you, it's just that I'm one of the few who usually patrol these areas. The recent one being this one [1], since it was added without any sources. I know, the information there is already unsourced, but it's never a good idea to keep that pattern alive in an article. I suspect you might have mixed it up with what happened after the Ilkhanate fell? I.e. the many states (some Iranian, some other ethnicities) which arose after the Ilkhanate collapsed. If you have any questions, please ask away. Bests. HistoryofIran ( talk) 14:22, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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HistoryofIran, thanks for leaving me a notice on my talk page. I believe you may be mistaken, as the article I had edited was about a conflict that took place between the remnants of the Khwarazmian Empire, along with Seljuq rebels, against the Ayyubid and Seljuq empires. I was under the impression that after the central Khwarazmian power in modern-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan had collapsed in the Mongols, several states would emerge on the plateau for a short time until Mongol subjugation. However, I am sorry for not sourcing my information, and will try to do better in the future.
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- All good. If you need any source(s) feel free to ask, I have plenty. -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 22:42, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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- How was my edit unconstructive? Historical evidence indicates that Abu Lulu'a was executed in Medina, but there is no definite consensus. I think you're reading too much into what I do.
Praxeria (
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- Given the uncertainty of the historical accounts (which were written 200 years after the facts) on this subject in general, saying that Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz " likely" died in Medina is fair and something that historians might also do. I'm not sure whether it is needed where you added it, but I don't think it's deserving of a warning.
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- 1. Will do, I will make a habit of making edit summaries and will try to explain my edits on the talk page if it is merited
- 2. ? On "People of the Book", I only made some grammatical corrections and specifying that the the Sabians were likely the same as the Mandaeans, which was also specified on the page for the Mandaeans themselves. That being said, I'll try to add a direct source next time just to be safe.
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Praxeria (
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- An honest mistake, clearly.
Mandaeans#Sabians does explain it, but it's easy to miss something like that. Thanks for your magnanimity!
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- An honest mistake, clearly.
Mandaeans#Sabians does explain it, but it's easy to miss something like that. Thanks for your magnanimity!
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The "-ite" suffix was never claimed to be from Arabic -- see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ite . If you want to be accurate to Arabic, then a singular adherent is a Shi'i... AnonMoos ( talk) 03:47, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
- I know, but I was just trying to be accurate in general circumstances, as well as follow the linguistic norms of the English-speaking world.
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- However, thank you for the notice.
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- Shi'ite, Shiite, Shi'i, Shi'a and Shia are all legitimate and more or less equivalent spellings (see, e.g., https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shiite). Please don't go around changing spellings to your personally preferred version without gaining consensus for it first: this is considered disruptive (see MOS:STYLEVAR). ☿ Apaugasma ( talk ☉) 07:51, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
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Hi. Can you offer your thoughts regarding the question I asked here? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 00:49, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
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