User talk:Ermenrich

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For huge labours improving coverage of medieval German heroic narratives. Alarichall (talk) 18:05, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Germany

Grüss Gott! Warm greetings to you from the Coordinator of WikiProject Germany, and the project as a whole. I see you're well versed in your field of interest expertise, and that is most welcome! Please, if you need anything, do not hesitate to drop a line at either my talk page or the WikiProject's. –Vami_IV✠ 17:54, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

While I'm here, I want to offer you a tool that I use myself and is verrrrry handy for my own work - it highlights Harvard Reference (simply "harv") errors, and was given to me by a member of WikiProject Military History. Go to your common.js page and edit it. Then, copy "importScript('User:Ucucha/HarvErrors.js');" and paste it into the first available line, and save your edit. –Vami_IV✠ 18:39, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much Vami! And thank you for the kind welcome!--Ermenrich (talk) 20:46, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for doing such incredible work on Germanic traditions. I used to write quite a lot on this legends in their Scandinavian versions, and I am impressed with the high quality and scope of your work!--Berig (talk) 18:30, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Berig! I'm afraid I'll have to reduce my contributions in the near future, but I hope to keep contributing in a smaller scale in the future. And I'm always grateful for any help!--Ermenrich (talk) 13:09, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject Germany Barnstar

	German Barnstar of National Merit
	I thought it was about time to award you this for your excellent contributions to ye olde sagas, German or not. Vami_IV✠ 13:46, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Verfasserlexikon

Please have a look at Talk:Verfasserlexikon. A pair of (in my view, misguided) grammar zealots have been trying to force their change of wording on the article. An unbiased pair of eyes would help. If you agree with them, I'll shut up! Thanks. --Pfold (talk) 06:31, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Move dicussion on North Germanic peoples

There is an ongoing move discussion inspired by the idea that North Germanic peoples and inhabitants of Scandinavia are equivalent. Some members of WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies have already expressed their opinion, but including more members like yourself would certainly be of benefit to the discussion. Krakkos (talk) 21:09, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Sorry

I'm sorry I made the wrong operation on article Russia. Thanks for your undid. A Chinese Wikipedian (talk) 08:12, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. I wasn't sure what you were trying to do so I just reversed the edit.--Ermenrich (talk) 13:38, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Barnstar for your work on the "Huns" article

		The Editor's Barnstar
		This barnstar is rewarded to you for your particularly fine contribution to the Huns article! You took what was a somewhat poorly organized article, and made it much more organized! You also helped start work in improving the citations on the page. It is now much more readable thanks to you! So here's a barnstar!--Beneficii (talk) 15:27, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!--Ermenrich (talk) 15:28, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

You did fantastic with all the Huns pages. Seriously, it's a vast improvement over my attempt to make the page accurate/coherent. MMFA (talk) 17:02, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you MMFA!--Ermenrich (talk) 21:27, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

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Pannonian Avars

Hi, please check these two recent IP edits...[1], [2] what do you think?(KIENGIR (talk) 21:13, 26 November 2018 (UTC))

Thanks for drawing this to my attention. I don't think we know what language the Chionites spoke, though both Iranian and Turkic are possibilities. The situation is clearer with the Hephthalites. I'll revert the edits - the source for Turkic is from 1933 anyway.--Ermenrich (talk) 22:32, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi, check again here three recent IP edits...is it a "Turkic push"? Thanks.(KIENGIR (talk) 19:34, 11 December 2018 (UTC))

I've removed the Salzburg thing - it's an unpublished lecture. He's right about the Xionites though, as far as my reading says.--Ermenrich (talk) 20:15, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, no this is no "turkic push". I now included a genetic research that show that avars were a heterogenous group and there is no support for a turkic only origin. I did not know that the salzburg source was not published officially. In the german wikipedia this source is used. It is also used at the article of the avar khaganate. Greetings. 212.95.8.153 (talk) 21:53, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. I realize that the rules about which sources are reliable and which aren't can be a bit confusing at first. Genetics studies aren't allowed to be cited on Wikipedia except in the form of review articles because there were problems with all sorts of genetics sections popping up proving all sorts of crackpot theories. There's a problem with people (in this case Pan-Turkists) pushing their point of view on articles, so you'll please forgive us if we're a bit too vigilant.--Ermenrich (talk) 22:58, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Yes, since hot topics were arisen, we are checking everything with more attention I think. Ermenrich, please check also this [3] edit, since also this was an issue in the near past. Sorry, I don't know which articles you already checked or not, tell me if I would draw your attention uselessly. Thank You(KIENGIR (talk) 13:48, 12 December 2018 (UTC))

I hadn't checked that edit, but the IP is exactly right. Tengrism is the term thrown around by Pan-Turkists to try and make it look like all these tribes worshipped a "Turkic" god. There usually isn't any proof. Someone claiming the Huns worshipped Tengri is actually how I ended up editing the Huns page.--Ermenrich (talk) 14:07, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar A new editor on the right path
		You joined our community only a couple of months ago, but you have improved quite a couple of articles. Thank you for your contributions. Borsoka (talk) 16:06, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! I appreciate the recognition!--Ermenrich (talk) 18:23, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Great article creation in 'origin of the Huns'! Keep it up! P. S. — I am going to add the {{essay}} tag to the article because it feels a bit too essay-like to me. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 19:26, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

@SshibumXZ: Thank you! What makes it like an essay and how would you suggest I fix it?--Ermenrich (talk) 19:34, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Ermenrich, you know what? I made the assertion about the article being essay-like after reading selective portions of it. After rereading the article a bit more, I think it's not essay-like and will now proceed to remove the {{essay-like}} tag. Sorry for being initially wrong, though.

I'd still like for you to disambiguate some links (the one having the {{disambiguation needed}} tag), though! I may have done it myself, but, I don't consider myself an expert on Hun-related topics, so, it'd not the best course of action to take, in my opinion. Good luck and happy editing! Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 22:02, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Will do and thank you!--Ermenrich (talk) 22:14, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Holidays!

May a serene and snowy Christmas and New Years' await you. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 01:40, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Vami IV! And to you as well!--Ermenrich (talk) 02:41, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Some odd stuff

Hi. Could you take a look at these two articles?

• Tengri: Tengri#See_also: This part: Dingir, a Sumerian word (meaning deity) that may have a similar etymology[23]
• Dingir: Lead (more neutral than above): A possible loan relation of Sumerian dingir with Turkic Tengri "sky, sky god" has been suggested by historian Mircea Eliade, but not picked up by linguists.[4]

Seems some users used outdated etymology sources and tried to connect these two gods. --Wario-Man (talk) 13:24, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing to my attention. I've gone ahead and removed them both. At the very least they are fringe views and not particularly notable. Probably they're part of some sort of Pan-Turkist theory about how the Sumerians were Turks/Hungarians, etc.--Ermenrich (talk) 20:23, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Add the mentioned articles to your watchlist because it seems some users those stuff in the past. As I said before, a considerable number of Eurasian-related articles suffer from similar odd, dubious, and questionable content and disruptive leftovers. Again, I recommend reading this LTA case Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Tirgil34 and take a look at targeted articles. Thanks and good luck! --Wario-Man (talk) 20:42, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Not interested in rewriting articles like Xionites and Hephthalite Empire? You have done good edits on Hunnic-related articles. So the other historical Eurasian/Steppe peoples might be interesting for you. Rewriting or neutralizing those articles would be very helpful for other editors. --Wario-Man (talk) 10:43, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

I'm considering working on those articles, but I'm less sure about what reliable sources there are. Most information about them is probably in various histories of late antique Iran, I'm guessing. I know that the articles could use some revision and that there is constant edit-warring being driven by IPs on many of them. I'm just not sure where to start.--Ermenrich (talk) 14:00, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

I may actually try to improve Pannonian Avars first, since I know a lot more about Europe and can judge things better.--Ermenrich (talk) 15:57, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Good, Massagetae may be interesting for you too. There are other editors who edit such articles. Plus not all of them are in a bad status. For example, we have good articles like Sogdia. By rewriting and neutralizing, I didn't mean complete rewriting or creating a whole new revision for each of them. Expanding, neutralizing and removing problematic content is what I mean. --Wario-Man (talk) 14:23, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Creation of the article "2019 in Germany" in English Wikipedia

Hello, Ermenrich. Happy New Year to you! 2019 is coming soon. Can you creat the article "2019 in Germany" in English Wikipedia? Thanks a lot!
123.150.182.180
14:15, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm afraid I'm not sure what an article like that would look like, especially since 2019 hasn't started yet.--Ermenrich (talk) 15:03, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Karluks

Hi,

similar as before...please check the three IP edits...I am not very sure they are ok or not...Thx.(KIENGIR (talk) 22:18, 22 January 2019 (UTC))

He removed sourced info and made random changes, so I went ahead and reverted him.--Ermenrich (talk) 15:18, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Looking for help

Hi,

We are looking for some small help. I created a new article en:Kithaab, es:Kithaab-a play about women rights issues- which has been copy edited and is being translated in various languages. It is under translation on your wikipedia at de:Benutzerin:IvaBerlin/Kithaab Looking for your possible help in completing translation of the article en:Kithaab to your language. If you are unable to spare time yourself then may be you like to refer the same to some other translator.

Thanking you , with warm regards

Bookku (talk) 16:45, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

re: edit on Russia

Crimea is a part of Ukraine that was ulawfully annexed and being controlled and by Russia. According to international law, it is not a part of Russian Federation.

And UN Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 March 2014 states that:

Noting that the referendum held in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol on 16 March 2014 was not authorized by Ukraine,

1. Affirms its commitment to the sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders;

5. Underscores that the referendum held in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol on 16 March 2014, having no validity, cannot form the basis for any alteration of the status of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or of the city of Sevastopol;

The Russian annexation of Crimea is already illegal under international law. Sorry SeifED23 (talk) 12:50, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Bantustan

I'm not sure, but I've reverted it to your edit, as I did at Bantustan. SeifED23 (talk) 13:30, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Tirgil34's edits on German WP

This guy:

• EN WP
• DE WP
• Wikimedia Commons

is the newest sock of Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Tirgil34. Could you check how much disruption he has done to German WP? He edited Pamir Mountains by another account[4] but the edits are identical to SibirHusky's edits on German version of that article. --Wario-Man (talk) 06:41, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

@Wario-Man: It's difficult for me to tell honestly. In the few cases where I've checked his edits they have seemed to be supported, but I don't know if he's cherrypicking sources (probably).--Ermenrich (talk) 14:38, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

See this: Talk:Pamir_Mountains#Name/Etymology_should_be_rewritten, and can you write the related section? Because I have no idea about the main sources of those etymologies; e.g. who are Kreutzmann, Mursajew, and Satulowski? --Wario-Man (talk) 06:40, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

I'll try to give it a go.--Ermenrich (talk) 14:44, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

March 2019

Hello, I'm SeifED23. I noticed that you recently removed content from Chechnya without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. SeifED23 (talk) 18:44, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Also, please see WP:RV and do not revert edits, as you keep doing at Asilah. This is considered to be disruptive editing. SeifED23 (talk) 18:59, 31 March 2019 (UTC)