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Happy editing! Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 17:42, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
November 2020[edit]
Hello, I'm Symmachus Auxiliarus. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Uyghurs, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. As I noted in my edit summary, the Uyghurs are not considered ethnically Turkic per our reliable sources. They’re historically connected to populations traditionally found in and around the Tarim Basin before the migrations of Turkic peoples to the area, who contributed genetically, linguistically, and culturally to the Uyghurs. In other words, they’ve been “turkified”, but are predominantly Eurasian, with closer genetic and ethnic links to historically European and West Asian populations, than people from the steppes. When you add a claim such as you did, you need to add a source that (and one that isn’t representative of a fringe view). Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 17:54, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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Symmachus Auxiliarus What's the source? I've seen many genetic samples of Uighurs. They are the closest to the other Turkic peoples, especially the Uzbeks.--85.104.66.21 (talk) 18:03, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
- You can find the sources in the article itself. I’m on mobile, so I’m not gonna copy and paste at the moment. As I said, they’re a mixed group, so there are obviously people in the community who have Turkic ancestry, from any number of groups that settled there. There are also some who have no such background. I do know for a fact that they’re largely considered to have descended from the peoples found in the Tarim Basin as far back as they’re historically attested, before any such Turkic migrations. But you would be correct if you were to state that they were (now) culturally Turkic. Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 18:57, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
- Also, if you have such sources, and they’re reliable studies, add them. Note that some studies are subject to additional scrutiny if they’re not widely accepted or peer-reviewed, especially if they come from a country where nationalist ideology influences the publication of certain information about ethnicity and historical populations. Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 19:03, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
- You can find the sources in the article itself. I’m on mobile, so I’m not gonna copy and paste at the moment. As I said, they’re a mixed group, so there are obviously people in the community who have Turkic ancestry, from any number of groups that settled there. There are also some who have no such background. I do know for a fact that they’re largely considered to have descended from the peoples found in the Tarim Basin as far back as they’re historically attested, before any such Turkic migrations. But you would be correct if you were to state that they were (now) culturally Turkic. Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 18:57, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
- See the section I opened on the talk page. My edit summary was cut off. Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 20:49, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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