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Keep, whilst the article clearly needs a clean-up, this appears to be a legit article topic. See for example "Soon Zaza nationalism began to flourish in Turkey and Iran, with some Zazas calling for the creation of a separate Zaza state called either Zazaistan or Dersim. In 1991, Zaza nationalism was further boosted when the Turkish government..."[1], "This Zaza 'nationalism' still largely a matter of exile politics..."[2], "The birth of modern Zaza nationalism in the diaspora began as a marginal phenomenon, but gradually it began to influence the debate among the Zazas inside Turkey and Iran. A minority supported calls for a separate Zazaistan, distinct from..."[3], "Most tribes there do not speak Kurdish proper but a related language called Zaza or KirmanAki; the author is a spokesman for a nascent Zaza nationalism)"[4], " To Zaza nationalists, finally, it threatens to mistakenly treat Zaza speakers as Kurds, rather than as a distinct people or nation."[5], "started claiming that the revolt had been of a Zaza nationalist character, while others called it a 'Zaza-Alevi rebellion'"[6], "Zaza Kurds (their homeland in eastern Turkey is now called "Zazastan"), however, felt their "otherness" and accused the Kurdish majority of ... Zaza nationalism is supported mainly by Alevi Zazas, while Sunni Zazas keep their reservations."[7], "Zaza nationalists , who in the 1980s claimed that the Zaza speakers were a distinct..."[8] --
Soman (
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20:28, 8 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Merge I'm puzzled by the mention of Iran in those references since there are no Zazas there. Nonetheless, the well-sourced information should be merged to
Zazas. --
Semsûrî (
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11:31, 10 May 2020 (UTC)reply
This page has a Turkish version and it should be in an English version.
should not be deleted and
more information is added over time. — Preceding
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188.57.129.17 (
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16:49, 12 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Soman, sorry but the sources you provided actually confirm why the article should be deleted. Nationalism is defined by dictionaries and having Zaza precede it, doesn't make the combination notable for a stand alone encyclopedic article. The sources you cited fail to establish notability; rather it is simple terminology in passing mention.
AtsmeTalk📧23:19, 16 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Sorry, that's not how to read there references. The references indicate that there is such a movement and it has sufficient degree of notability to warrant a separate article, in part demonstrated through the fact that many scholars study it. The fact that the notion that Zazas constitute a separate national or ethnic group is contested by Kurdish nationalists doesn't disqualify the notability of the subject. We also have "Aynı şekilde günümüzde Zazalar (Dimli) Kürt kökenli olduklarına dair iddialara karşı çıkıyorlar. Özellikle 20. yüzyılın son on yılında ayrı bir Zaza milliyetçiliği daha göze çarpar hale geldi ve olası bir Zazaistan ulus-devletinin haritaları Kürdistan..."[1], "and it coined the new name of Zazaistan for the ancient homeland of this nation.52 This journal appears to have had only a very small circle of readers initially, but precisely because it met with very angry Kurdish reactions, its thesis that the Zazas are a doubly oppressed people gained credibility, and gradually growing numbers of Zazas were won over to its views."[2], "semble pas concerner uniquement les Kurdes , car certaines organisations alevies , revendiquant la création d ' un État d ' Alevistan en Anatolie ainsi que des groupes prônant le nationalisme zaza et la création d ' un Zazaistan , en relèvent"[3], "Das neu erdachte Heimatland Zazaistan wird ebenfalls kaum eine starke Anziehungskraft ausüben, abgesehen von einigen romantischen Intellektuellen im Exil, aber das kulturelle Wiederaufleben der Zaza und ein gewisser Ärger über die..."[4], "Bei ihnen verschmolz eine seit jeher stark ausgeprägte regionale Sonderidentität nun zu einer über die Sprache definierten ethnischen Identität mit der Forderung nach Autonomie für ihr Verbreitungsgebiet „Zazastan" bzw. „Alevistan"".[5] --
Soman (
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23:55, 16 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. Obviously appropriate expansion of the relevant portion of the Zazas article. It had nothing whatsoever to do with SYNTH, as it is clearly based on sources. FRINGE is altogether irrelevant to political movements of this sort, unless it is intended as a claim that only a few people are doing it and therefore it isn't important. first,t he sources seem to show otherwise, and second, if it gets sufficientc overage, then even a small political movement is important. DGG (
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23:29, 18 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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