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The article mentions their role in the Rashid Ali revolt in 1941, but this is not expanded upon in the text of the article; this needs to be corrected.
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20:30, 1 June 2008 (UTC)reply
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"Iraq Levies" is about 2,170 results in Google Books and in Google Search it is about 3,790 results. In case anyone was interested.
Dabbler (
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21:04, 16 February 2015 (UTC)reply
Iraq Levies was the official name of the organization no matter what the ethnic composition. The article should reflect the actual name of the organization.--
Degen Earthfast (
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14:08, 17 February 2015 (UTC)reply
If Assyrian Levies was vastly more used than the correct name Iraq Levies, then under
WP:COMMONNAME, it could be used for the article title even though there is a more officially correct name. As it is, it seems that the official name is used as least as much if not more than the alternative Assyrian Levies. For example,
British Raj, an unofficial name is used in Wikipedia whereas the more official British Indian Empire is not.
Dabbler (
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18:14, 17 February 2015 (UTC)reply
Thank you for answering my question regarding common names. I agree on this case, I realized my mistake with the suffix the day after this requested move.
Shmayo (
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18:42, 17 February 2015 (UTC)reply
Oppose. Odd, considering I've almost always seen them referred to in British military history as the Iraq Levies. Note that the London Gazette, the official British government gazette, refers to them as the Iraq Levies every time they're mentioned and never as the Assyrian Levies. --
Necrothesp (
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16:54, 18 February 2015 (UTC)reply
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