The result was speedy keep. Spartaz Humbug! 08:07, 24 July 2011 (UTC) reply
Tajiks are ethnic Persians and speak Persian only with a different accent and there is already a page called Persian people. It's not only offensive to the ethnic integrity of the Persian people, to divide them based on nationality, but such a move can be viewed as being unnecessary and politically motivated. Keeping this page would be like creating seperate pages for ethnic Germans who became stuck in Polish, Hungarian, and Swiss national territories after the first world war. I'm sure the locals in those regions also refer to them by a different name? Remember, Tajik = Persian, Tajik meaning Persian in the Turkic languages, and throughout history the neighbouring Turkic-populations would refer to us by that word. And you must understand that borders with countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan were made in the last 100 years. Also, in terms of language 'Tajik' cannot even be categorized as a dialect, because in truth, it's actually an accent. The difference is so small, and is much like the differences between American and Canadian accents. Except here, we're not talking about nationalities, were talking about an ethnic group which was separated through political procedures in the last 100 years. Overall, this page is an attack on the ethnic integrity of Persians and lacks any intellectual value whatsoever. Xythianos ( talk) 21:11, 23 July 2011 (UTC) reply