Talk:Tbilisi/Archive 1

Interwiki to ossetian article

Why does the interwiki link to Kalak not work? os:калак shows up attached to the Tbilisi Metro link. The link is there, and the article is there http://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/Калак, but there appears to be a prollem getting from one to the other. Tomer ^TALK 01:55, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

Seems the OS wiki was still new, and it just took time for the links to resolve. Tomer ^TALK 02:31, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

Sport

Sport: surely the fererence to Ruby League in a mistake and it should be Rugby Union, which the article on Rubgy League in Georgia states is the second most popular game.

(Amusement) park / funicular

I would like to add a link to Mtatsminda Park in some way. One idea would be under the Transportation section, by adding something like:

Funicular

Tbilisi funicular reopened 2012 after a multi-year closure. It is a ropeway railway first built 1905, connecting Chonkadze street and Mtatsminda Park, and covering almost 300 m in altitude difference. The top of the hill is the highest point of the city, offering many different views of Tbilisi, and is home to the Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower as well as some amusement rides, including a roller-coaster and a ferris wheel.

The half-way station of the funicular is just a short way away from Mtatsminda Pantheon, providing easy access to the necropolis.

What do you think? Feel free to revise the text; if it's not to much trouble (and I receive a go-ahead), I'd like to add the paragraph to the article myself. --NicApicella (talk) 19:24, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

After a week without feedback, I just went ahead and added the section. Feel free to edit it! --NicApicella (talk) 17:13, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Poor quality photo removal

several of the photos are very small and low quality. why have low quality/resolution photos when there are a million good ones?

Low quality/blurry photo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tbilisi_1464.jpg Low resolution blurry photo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tbilisi,_Georgia_%E2%80%94_View_of_Tbilisi.jpg Back side of ruins that does not even show the best/more important front part https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Narikala,_Tbilisi_(cropped).jpg Lone soviet statue of very limited artistic or historic value, why so important that it has to take space from other things that actually matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Kartlis_Deda_monument_IMG_8855_1920.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeontinaVarlamonva (talk • contribs)

anybody here? My photo collection is disliked but nobody has better ideas? please lets not keep blurry/low quality photos of this beautiful city — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeontinaVarlamonva (talk • contribs) 23:22, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Tiflis

Tiflis is arabic, not persian form of Georgian Tpilisi (older version of Tbilisi) - see Tiflis Emirate (VIII-XII cc.). Azeris, Turks, Persians and other muslim and non-muslim nations simply adopted arabic name of the city. At first the toponym Tiflis is mentioned in arabic sources, while in persian and turkish sources this toponym is used only after centuries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.221.214.11 (talk) 22:35, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Please provide a reliable source for the changes per WP:CITE and WP:RS. Mako001 (C)  (T)  🇺🇦 22:48, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

I checked the page in Mikaberidze's book, this is what it states:

• "TBILISI. Capital of Georgia; the city is known as Tiflis in Persian/Arabic and pre-1936 Russian sources."

Seems someone's not adhering to WP:VER. - LouisAragon (talk) 23:38, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Have not you seen this passage in that book? - It was captured by the Arabs in 736 and became the cap�ital of an emirate that survived for almost four centuries. Despite re�peated attempts by the Bagrationi kings of the united Georgia in the 11th century, the city remained in Arab hands until 1122 when King David IV Aghmashenebeli recaptured it and proclaimed it the capi�tal of the Kingdom of Georgia. Toponym Tiflis emerged only during the existence of Emirate of Tiflis (Tbilisi), not before or after and at first is mentioned in arabic language sources. Turks and Persians and others just borrowed arabic form of the Tpilisi- neither turks nor persians lived or had political power in Caucasus during that period. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.221.214.11 (talk) 00:16, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

• "Have not you seen this passage in that book?"

I did. Not a single part of that excerpt by Mikaberidze backs up the supposed Arabic pronunciation claim. The long-standing Oxford University Press source on the other hand:

• "Everett-Heath, John (2020). "Tbilisi (T'bilisi), Georgia (Tiflis)". The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (6 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0191905636. "The former name is the Persian pronunciation which is also used by Russians and Armenians. The present Georgian spelling was adopted in 1936.""

... which you try to remove by violating WP:WAR, does back up a Persian pronunciation claim. Next revert will be an even longer block I can assure you that. - LouisAragon (talk) 14:24, 8 April 2022 (UTC)