Talk:Turkestan

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ع	This article is about a person, place, or concept whose name is originally rendered in the Arabic script; however the article does not have that version of its name in the article's lead paragraph. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough with the original language is invited to assist in adding the Arabic script. For more information, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Arabic).
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Is somebody trying to start a "paper trail" of some kind? This attempt to create a Turkestan on Wikipedia is highly suspect. One might as well try to change the name of Barcelona to "Occupied Catalonia" or France to "Occupied Basque Land" or some such thing. It's impossible to write this article in its present form without losing NPOV. Perhaps a franker discussion of the political goals of some Uyghurs? That could illuminate the term, and how the reader might encounter it in an article. Profhum (talk) 00:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)