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Your edit to the Pastirma article reads: "...of Armenian origin", with a footnote to Zubaida, Sami & Tapper, Richard. A Taste of Thyme. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 1994, p. 35 & 39. The actual text in that reference is: "Armenians enjoy a reputation throughout the region as distinguished cooks.... They are particularly renowned for their pastry cooking and for fine basturma. They share in the cooking traditions of their original homelands in Anatolia." (p. 35) and "As I have indicated, Armenians are widely admired as cooks, especially for their pastries and sausages, notably pasturma [sic spelling inconsistent in source]." (p. 39). Neither of those passages claims that pasturma is "of Armenian origin". As for my edits, I never claimed that pastirma was Turkish (that was already in the article, and I just removed it). See my most recent edit, which incorporates some of your material. -- Macrakis ( talk) 21:57, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
PS Please don't accuse people of 'vandalism' when there is just a content dispute; see WP:AGF. -- Macrakis ( talk) 22:02, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Yes you are engaged in vandalism for your ridiculous edits and misinterpretation of well sourced material, not to mention the lack of your own sources. I will undo every one of your fairy tale edits. Your claims belong on propaganda sites, not wikipedia. Thinkfood ( talk) 22:18, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Huh? Right now, the article says this about history:
This is sourced to Andrew Dalby's book Siren Feasts. If you have a WP:Reliable source giving more details on history, please add it. The Zubaida reference simply says that Armenians are famous for basturma, not that they invented it. And please try to be a bit more respectful and civil. Thanks, -- Macrakis ( talk) 22:28, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Please do not remove referenced material. The content was not inserted by anyone "desperate" but after consulting one of the most respected English dictionaries. Looking at your contribution history, you seem to have something against mention of the Turks. Please be aware that Wikipedians do not appreciate attempts to fight ethnic battles through the project. Also please be aware that, due to a totally different ethnic dispute, the hummus article is under editing restrictions which prevent people from undoing other editors' contributions more than once in evcery 24-hour period.-- Peter cohen ( talk) 06:18, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
I need to remind you that both Dolma and Pastırma are Turkish words; the fact that the Armenians (a loyal people within Anatolian Turkish states for nearly a millennia) were of the countryside and pronounce(d) these words accordingly as "Tolma" and "Bastırma", respectively, -and very interestingly just like the Azeries- another rural people (of the imperial times). Reading the above comments I understand you have a registered lack of sympathy (so to say) for us, the Turks. What a pity for you... All the best. -- E4024 ( talk) 22:44, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Thinkfood. Your edits are being discussed at User talk:EdJohnston#Nationalistic editor. Some of the food articles where you've been editing recently fall under the WP:ARBAA2 arbitration decision. Please use caution not to express a strong nationalist point of view on the talk pages of those articles. You seem to be hinting in this comment about some kind of a Turkish conspiracy to slant food articles. ("..this article has been hijacked by biased Turkophiles"). Some of our articles may contain biases, but this is a fixable problem. This kind of thing can be worked out through discussion and by better sourcing. Please don't jump to conclusions. Thank you, EdJohnston ( talk) 00:10, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
You clearly have had a strong interest in this article, and have gone to some length to explain your position on its Talk Page. So I am suggesting, as a courtesy, that you may wish to edit it further. Regards -- Greenmaven ( talk) 18:39, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. The following links will help you begin editing on Wikipedia:
The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! nsaum75 !Dígame¡ 00:47, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
You say:
Your edit to the Pastirma article reads: "...of Armenian origin", with a footnote to Zubaida, Sami & Tapper, Richard. A Taste of Thyme. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 1994, p. 35 & 39. The actual text in that reference is: "Armenians enjoy a reputation throughout the region as distinguished cooks.... They are particularly renowned for their pastry cooking and for fine basturma. They share in the cooking traditions of their original homelands in Anatolia." (p. 35) and "As I have indicated, Armenians are widely admired as cooks, especially for their pastries and sausages, notably pasturma [sic spelling inconsistent in source]." (p. 39). Neither of those passages claims that pasturma is "of Armenian origin". As for my edits, I never claimed that pastirma was Turkish (that was already in the article, and I just removed it). See my most recent edit, which incorporates some of your material. -- Macrakis ( talk) 21:57, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
PS Please don't accuse people of 'vandalism' when there is just a content dispute; see WP:AGF. -- Macrakis ( talk) 22:02, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Yes you are engaged in vandalism for your ridiculous edits and misinterpretation of well sourced material, not to mention the lack of your own sources. I will undo every one of your fairy tale edits. Your claims belong on propaganda sites, not wikipedia. Thinkfood ( talk) 22:18, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Huh? Right now, the article says this about history:
This is sourced to Andrew Dalby's book Siren Feasts. If you have a WP:Reliable source giving more details on history, please add it. The Zubaida reference simply says that Armenians are famous for basturma, not that they invented it. And please try to be a bit more respectful and civil. Thanks, -- Macrakis ( talk) 22:28, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Please do not remove referenced material. The content was not inserted by anyone "desperate" but after consulting one of the most respected English dictionaries. Looking at your contribution history, you seem to have something against mention of the Turks. Please be aware that Wikipedians do not appreciate attempts to fight ethnic battles through the project. Also please be aware that, due to a totally different ethnic dispute, the hummus article is under editing restrictions which prevent people from undoing other editors' contributions more than once in evcery 24-hour period.-- Peter cohen ( talk) 06:18, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
I need to remind you that both Dolma and Pastırma are Turkish words; the fact that the Armenians (a loyal people within Anatolian Turkish states for nearly a millennia) were of the countryside and pronounce(d) these words accordingly as "Tolma" and "Bastırma", respectively, -and very interestingly just like the Azeries- another rural people (of the imperial times). Reading the above comments I understand you have a registered lack of sympathy (so to say) for us, the Turks. What a pity for you... All the best. -- E4024 ( talk) 22:44, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Thinkfood. Your edits are being discussed at User talk:EdJohnston#Nationalistic editor. Some of the food articles where you've been editing recently fall under the WP:ARBAA2 arbitration decision. Please use caution not to express a strong nationalist point of view on the talk pages of those articles. You seem to be hinting in this comment about some kind of a Turkish conspiracy to slant food articles. ("..this article has been hijacked by biased Turkophiles"). Some of our articles may contain biases, but this is a fixable problem. This kind of thing can be worked out through discussion and by better sourcing. Please don't jump to conclusions. Thank you, EdJohnston ( talk) 00:10, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
You clearly have had a strong interest in this article, and have gone to some length to explain your position on its Talk Page. So I am suggesting, as a courtesy, that you may wish to edit it further. Regards -- Greenmaven ( talk) 18:39, 4 December 2012 (UTC)