Google Earth Community: Iraq Kurdistan and other places- update 9/4/07

Then what certain areas do you suggest I should edit? I'm trying my best to fix these problems people have with this, yet I still a long have a long way to going in terms of editing to get everyone ok with this. I want to make this without hurting people's feelings. I don't care what happens; I just don't want this region to be an empty place without much information for those who happen to stumble across the area. If you or Sirous want to edit some information, be my guest- I want to have this as a thing to be unoffensive to anyone, nor do I want people to view this as trash- I want this to be as good as it can be without people's feelings getting hurt.

And I realize your comments. Kurds were not the first to live in Kirkuk or the predominant population- There are Arabs, Christians, and Turkomans; this was something I didn't catch in my later revisions as I didn't have much interest in the area. I didn't find your comment as offensive, but it's the kind I like to hear from users. I can see a problem now, but I'm trying my best to keep this fair without leaving out Kurds as a populace. I can see where you say that Kurds aren't completely unique- I never implied that. They as they do share a heritage with Iranians, and have some culturual influence from the Arabs, Turks, and Iranians. But as for different languages, they don't do that. Kurds have different forms of Kurdish, mainly different in slang and pronunciations of Kurdish, which may sound different. The larger ones are Badini/ Kurmanji and Sorani. These diialects are similar as in the case of the different forms of Spanish in Latin America and Spain- They have developed different words and phrases as a result of neighboring cultures. Kurds from any region or dialect have no trouble talking to each other in Kurdish from my experience. And you are correct about Kurds not making a signified nation- They had swore alliances with the nations of the past, like Early Iranians, Arabs, the Safavid, Ottomans, the European Powers, and the later nations of the Middle-East. But I don't think this should keep them from calling themselves "Kurds"

I made this with the intention to bring light to this region, and I wish to make it better. I can see where you are saying that some are too culturally heavy, and I plan to edit and fix these ones I have gotten some spare time to go and research as well. I've begun to edit much of the information out, and I've tried to include others living in the cities. Once again, you or Sirous can help me or edit it- I still have a long way to go with this. If you wish to do so, make sure to download the most recent one, as I had uploaded yet another one with fixes.

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Edited by MercZ (01/10/06 05:42 PM)

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