User talk:Sohrab Irani

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Parsi

Whether they see themselfs as Indian is irrelevant to the issue. On another subject if you truly see yourself as an Indian why do you have a persian name, a persian religion. Even though Parsis have lived in India for a long time, it may be easy for some to cast aside thousands of years of persian history and legacy and consider themselfs indian. But not for all; one of them is Freddie Mercury himself. --Spahbod ☼ 21:28, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First of all i advice you not to make personal attacks. Second claiming sohrab is a Zoroastrian name is to put it in your own words ridiculous. Furthermore i didn't say because you have persian name you are persian, i suggest you read my post again, this time more carefully. However i do not wish to continue this discussion with you, please do not post any further comments on my talk page. --Spahbod ☼ 05:01, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cilivity

Make more personal attacks and you will find yourself blocked from editing in Wikipedia. Calling me cluless and other personal attacks, accusing me of vandalism! This is an encyclopedia, there is no room for claims of anything without source, if you have doubts about Parsis origin i suggest reading some books about them. Every claim have to backed with a reliable source, you can read about what is and what is not reliable here:[1]. I will now report you for being incivil, in the future try to behave civil instead of sending personal attacks. --Spahbod ☼ 05:46, 25 July 2006 (UTC) I forgot to mention, i never said Parsis are Persian, they are Parsis, and nothing more. Furthermore since Mr. bremmmen took it easy on you in spite of your attacks, i think you really need to know this that the words that you have used in your personal attacks: cluless, ridiculous, and f*****, does truly apply to yourself. --Spahbod ☼ 07:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, on that civility note, don't do this again. I know you redacted, but play nice, ok? - brenneman ^{L} 05:57, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, Having looked a little bit more at your contributions, consider this a stern civility warning. It's very easy for tempers to fray, and all-too easy to dash off a hot reply, but it is a pretty useless thing to do. The best way to make your case is with sources. - brenneman ^{L} 07:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Freddie

Your logic behind why he called himself Persian and not Parsee Indian is based on speculations. I’m not saying you’re wrong, however it is based on something that you’re speculating about Freddie and what he was thinking. The minute Freddie got a Persian funeral should be enough evidence of how important their Persian background was to them. Saying Freddie called himself Persian instead of an Indian Parsee due to racism or some foreign pressure is nothing but speculations.

I also don’t think, saying he was Persian takes away from his Parsee’s, Indian or British background. Klymen 16:54, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is from the site you gave me. "Whether Faroukh, who insisted to his close friends that he was christened Faroukh and told the media he was of Persian descent, was embarrassed of his ethnic identity, we will never know." To him and many others his ethnic identity IS Persian. For you to assume it WAS cause he was embarrassed is speculation. Even the writer of this article who's pushing a pov is not concluding he was embarrassed of his Indian nationality. Klymen 17:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a Persian Claim. It is a fact. I have given you citations from many creditable biographies of him. He was Persian, along with Indian and British. I alos noticed how you merged the two paragraphs. However I think doing so would take away from his Indian legacy. I don’t see why we have to mention his Persian background in the Indian paragraph when we can have two and keep everyone happy. Also in the Persian/Iranian Paragraph there are citations to back his Persian background. I could go and scan pages from books that would support the same thing. Please stop taking them out. Klymen 17:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sohrab

But you're interpreting the sources and that's against Wiki rules, it's called original research. Lets just leave both viewpoints and let the reader decide. The paragraph already explains that he's Indian and Parsi and the Persian tile is simply because of his Parsi background.

By the way, what do you think of the early life section? It was originally "Indian Parsis, who practised the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism" but I re-phrased it to "Indian Parsis; Zoroastrians of Persian descent" because being a Parsi is not just about religion, it's also an ethnic identity. Any thoughts? --Mardavich 15:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

link to Persian

When you want to link to the article about something Persian, please do not link to Persian, as that is a disambiguation page (which nothing should be linked to). Instead link to the one of the options found on that page such as Persian people, Persian language, or Iran, by writing out [[Persian language|Persian]] or [[Iran|Persian]]. Regards, -- Jeff3000 21:35, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I reinstated some text that had been deleted from Freddie Mercury

Can you take another look at it (especially the difference between your version and the one I restored) and see if there's anything that should be changed? -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 07:49, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Claims of Evidence from Other Religions as the One True Religion

I've heard that there are many proofs and evidences for Zoroastrianism as the one true religion. For example, Zoroaster performed many miracles when he was on earth.

But it is not that simple. Zoroastrianism is not the only religion that claims to have proofs or evidences for it to be true and the one true religion. There are other religions which also claim to have proofs or evidences to be true and the one true religion. There are other religions which also claim to have miracles as proofs or evidences for them. For example, Christianity also claims to have proofs or evidences to be true and the one true religion. For example, Christians claim that there are proofs that the Bible is inerrant and infallible and inspired by God and that Jesus Christ is God and the son of God. See the following articles: Proof Of Christ And The Bible, Fulfilled Prophecy As Proof Of The Bible, Science as Proof Of The Bible, Proofs Of The Existence Of God, Reasons For the Bible, Heaven, Deity, Resurrection, Creation, Baptism, and Judaism: 10 Proofs That Jesus Christ is the Messiah.

So if you claim that there are alot of proofs or evidences for Zoroastrianism to be the one true religion, what are you going to say about the claims of other religions, for example Christianity, to be true and the one true religion? What are you going to say?

Answer me either in my user talk page or E-mail me at bowei@tpg.com.au.

Bowei Huang (talk) 02:02, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Invite to WikiConference India 2011

Hi Sohrab Irani,

The First WikiConference India is being organized in Mumbai and will take place on 18-20 November 2011.
You can see our Official website, the Facebook event and our Scholarship form.

But the activities start now with the 100 day long WikiOutreach.

As you are part of WikiProject India community we invite you to be there for conference and share your experience. Thank you for your contributions.

We look forward to see you at Mumbai on 18-20 November 2011

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Message for parsi editor

Hi.I am Dev Kumar and I am from Gurgaon. I am wanting the parsi editor to please fulfil my request and move page of Neomi Rao to neomi jengair Rao. I am not confirmed automaticalaly so I cannot perform this action. I thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dev Kumar 1976 (talk • contribs) 17:04, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]