Talk:Kazakhstan

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А нельзя фотки покрасивее найти что ли? В сети огромное количество более привлекательных фото и Алматы и Астаны, взять тот же Вокс. И еще лучше бы было вместо КазНУ поставить Назарбаевский университет.. Ведь впечатление первое складывается в основном по фотографиям.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.144.249.90 (talk) 13:26, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Nursultan_Nazarbayev webpage also vandalised - needs freezing

the page on the president of Kazakhstan has also been vandalised and needs to be frozen.

Someone thinks its cute to put a picture of Cohen where the president should be.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.181.67.188 (talk • contribs) 16:26, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Location maps available for infoboxes of European countries

kazakhstan is AWESOME

On the WikiProject Countries talk page, the section Location Maps for European countries had shown new maps created by David Liuzzo, that are available for the countries of the European continent, and for countries of the European Union exist in two versions. From November 16, 2006 till January 31, 2007, a poll had tried to find a consensus for usage of 'old' or of which and where 'new' version maps. Please note that since January 1, 2007 all new maps became updated by David Liuzzo (including a world locator, enlarged cut-out for small countries) and as of February 4, 2007 the restricted licence that had jeopardized their availability on Wikimedia Commons, became more free. At its closing, 25 people had spoken in favor of either of the two presented usages of new versions but neither version had reached a consensus (12 and 13), and 18 had preferred old maps.
As this outcome cannot justify reverting of new maps that had become used for some countries, seconds before February 5, 2007 a survey started that will be closed soon at February 20, 2007 23:59:59. It should establish two things:

• whether the new style maps may be applied as soon as some might become available for countries outside the European continent (or such to depend on future discussions),
• which new version (with of without indicating the entire European Union by a separate shade) should be applied for which countries.

Please read the discussion (also in other sections α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, θ) and in particular the arguments offered by the forementioned poll, while realizing some comments to have been made prior to updating the maps, and all prior to modifying the licences, before carefully reading the presentation of the currently open survey. You are invited to only then finally make up your mind and vote for only one option.
There mustnot be 'oppose' votes; if none of the options would be appreciated, you could vote for the option you might with some effort find least difficult to live with - rather like elections only allowing to vote for one of several candidates. Obviously, you are most welcome to leave a brief argumentation with your vote. Kind regards. — SomeHuman 00:52 19 February 2007 (UTC)

"Imbricating"

The Turkic people began imbricating on the Iranians starting at least in the 5th century AD.

"Imbricating?" I believe a more appropriate and more widely understood verb would be encroaching. Sca (talk) 20:43, 19 September 2085 (UTC)

Someone needs to reset the anthem

Someone seems to have set it to the Borat song again, the real song's soundfile is on the lyrics page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.209.117.36 (talk) 23:52, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Done, thanks. El0i (talk) 00:13, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Neutrality

Kazakhstan has widely been described as a dictatorship, yet this article does not mention it. I also miss international criticism of human rights and press freedom issues. Andreas JN466 16:42, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

I would support coverage of those points -- it seems entirely appropriate and indeed necessary per NPOV. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 09:13, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

There's already coverage in the "Elections" system of Kazakhstan being denied membership at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly because of its democracy and human rights "record". There's also the Economist's characterization of the government as an "authoritarian regime" on the Democracy Index, and the fact that Nazarbayev got 95.54% votes with 89.9% turnout, and opposition parties' allegations of irregularities. Quoting the shrill voices of opposition activists who call the president "a dictator" would not add to the article's neutrality but would detract from it. Let the facts speak for themselves, which they already are doing. Shrigley (talk) 21:56, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Too many images

I see 38, not counting the infobox. About half that number would be better I think. --John (talk) 14:10, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps create a gallery to the end of the article then? GMRE (talk) 20:30, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Article needs improvement

It's a well known fact that:

• Kazakhstan is the worlds number one exporter of Potassium, jet there's not a single link to the potassium article on the page.
• The Kazakh industry is known for being among the best, even rumered of being the best, tho this fact may be out of date.
• Toffee was invented in Kazakhstan.

Someone should add these facts. GMRE (talk) 20:30, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

In the Politics section the article says: "Although there are two houses, Kazakhstan is officially a unicameral federal republic". Is there a source for this? Unicameral means one house by definition, so what does this mean? Cosainsé (talk) 02:00, 17 February 2013 (UTC)