Talk:Shindand District

Title is Shindand

This article was improvidently moved by User:Anoshirawan at 06:00, 26 August 2007. The former name of this district was Sabzwar. The current name is officially Shindand. See, for example, the document on the official Afghan government webpage. "Herat Provincial Profile". --Bejnar (talk) 21:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I note that the above pdf file may not always be available, so try Google's HTML link. --Bejnar (talk) 21:50, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

RFC whether Sabzwar or Shindand is the appropriate designation

Request for comments on which name is better usage:'

• Statement in favor of Shindand District:

Shindand is the name used by the government of Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Nancy Hatch Dupree says in Chapter 15 of her 1971 book An Historical Guide To Afghanistan "the Green Place, which, now called Shindand (Pashto equivalent of Sabzwar)" so the name change is not recent. Shindand is the name currently used on US maps and by the US Geological Survey. --Bejnar (talk) 03:24, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

• Statement in favor of Sabzwar District:

This district has been known as Sabzwar for thousands of years. everyone from this district use sabzwar not shindand. The Goverment today uses both Sabzwar and Shindand.--Anoshirawan 03:27, 26 November 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anoshirawan (talk • contribs)

• Statements by parties not previously involved:

I can find no evidence for the use of Sabzwar anywhere outside of Wikipedia and its mirrors. By contrast, Shindand is used by (at least) the BBC, UNHCR, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, NATO, Reuters, New York Times, and the Afghan government. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 13:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Exactly. All reliable sources use "Shindand", and that's how it should be on wikipedia as well. Raoulduke47 (talk) 18:38, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

There doesn't seem any point leaving this any longer - it's pretty clear that all the evidence points to Shindand. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 10:16, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Usage by Afghan gov

• The Google search "Sabzwar site:gov.af" recovers 0 hits.
• The Google search "Shindand site:gov.af" recovers 17 hits.
• There appears to be no web usage of "Sabzwar" by the Afghan government. Does Anoshirawan have a citation of the use of the name "Sabzwar" by the Afghan government? --Bejnar (talk) 03:35, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Ethnic makeup of district

Editors have made unsubstantiated edits regarding the ethnic makeup of the district.

• Edits:
  • edit by 61.5.146.126 on 30 April 2007 added "Pashtuns make up the majority of this district."
  • edit by Anoshirawan on August 2007 changed this to "50% of the population is Tajik while the other 50% is Pashtun."
  • request for citation for ethnic makeup was made at by Bejnar on 25 November 2007.
  • no citation was provided, and the sentence was removed by Bejnar on 8 December 2007.

--Bejnar (talk) 21:06, 8 December 2007 (UTC)