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Former good article nomineeGeorgia (country) was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Current status: Former good article nominee

Semi-protected edit request on 4 July 2024

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Please remove the errant </ref>tag here:

* {{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=The Transcaucasian Soviet Federation |journal=Russian Review|volume=3|issue=24|pages=496–499|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=The Russian Information Bureau |date=15 December 1925|ref={{sfnref|Russian Review|1925}} |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkHjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA499|access-date=2022-04-20}}</ref>

. 76.14.122.5 (talk) 22:58, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Hyphenation Expert (talk) 23:18, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect. Oldest winery found in Areni site in Armenia

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"Georgia has been inhabited since prehistory, hosting the world's earliest known sites of winemaking..." this is not true. Areni-1 archeological site in Armenia is the oldest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areni-1_winery Oaivazian (talk) 18:25, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah - the wine competition between Armenians and Georgians. My latest is that the traces of wine making found n the Gadachrili Gora site (Imiri village near Shulaveri, Marneuli) are from roughly 6000BC, preceding the Areni-1 site with 2 millennia. See The Guardian and a research article on the findings in the site. Labrang (talk) 21:09, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In claiming that this Wikipedia article is wrong, you implicitly acknowledge your understanding that Wikipedia articles can be wrong. So why would you then cite another Wikipedia article as though it's the sacred truth, instead of realizing that it may be wrong? At most, it would be reasonable to note the inconsistency between the two and ask if anyone can resolve it.
But, here, there isn't any inconsistency! Georgian winemaking has been dated to as far back as 6000 BC. As your intention was to show that Armenian winemaking is older, why would you draw our attention to this Areni wine that's dated to 4100–4000 BC, around 2,000 years later than the earliest known Georgian winemaking? Largoplazo (talk) 21:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Identity?

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"Georgia (country)" seems to be the many origins of the images displayed in the "Rumi tarot", the country has Persian roots alongside its neighbors such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran.

this nation was once Achaemenid Empire, and can be proven to be the belligerent in the Battle of Chaldiran.

What truly is the identity of this interesting nation? 103.245.194.28 (talk) 21:58, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Violent demonstrations in Tiflis since 11/28/2024

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Missing topic in article 2001:9E8:34E3:BF00:2CB8:A6B1:3B74:2317 (talk) 16:32, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:NOTNEWS, an article isn't a journal of the week's news. Some editor would have to feel that these demonstrations are key to a general article about the country, and that probably can't be established until a while afterwards so that it can be seen whether, in retrospect, those demonstrations played a prominent role in shaping the face of the country. Largoplazo (talk) 16:58, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Election 2024 missing in article

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Election 2024 missing in article in topic "Georgian Dream government (2012–present)" 2001:9E8:34E3:BF00:2CB8:A6B1:3B74:2317 (talk) 16:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 December 2024

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Georgia reached its Golden Age during the High Middle Ages under the reigns of King David IV and Queen Tamar.

Change Queen to King 212.58.120.37 (talk) 11:01, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: Why would we call the queen a king? Largoplazo (talk) 13:26, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Because in Georgian language we have called her and will always call her King. You can check any Georgian source.
thanks in advance 91.151.136.145 (talk) 18:16, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I doubt that she's called "king" in Georgian. Presumably you mean she's referred to by the word that usually translates to the English word "king". However, this is English Wikipedia and in English a woman who is the monarch of a country is a queen. Largoplazo (talk) 20:54, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tamar Mepe (თამარ მეფე) is the Georgian name, which is King Tamar. So the IP user is correct. However, calling her Queen Tamar is also correct and the generally used name in English. Labrang (talk) 23:24, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tamar Mefe means King Tamar, stop talking about what you don't know. Zlad! (talk) 00:45, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As I said, this is English Wikipedia. The article is in English, not Georgian. I am a native speaker of English, I know it very well, and I can tell you that in English the title of a woman who is the monarch of a country is "queen". Largoplazo (talk) 02:03, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see a reason to change anyways, as the article on Tamar is clear in its opening sentence(s) on the fact that she is (also) called King Tamar via the non-genderized word. So there's really no need to change it here. Labrang (talk) 08:25, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't doubt that in any language "Queen" and "King" have their own strict definitions. But the fact that a woman held so much power during that period is so unique that the monarch was given the title of King and was never referred to as a Queen (which at that time implied lesser power). It is incorrect from the outset to refer to her as a Queen (even in the article about Tamar herself) 91.151.136.145 (talk) 09:53, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That may be the case in Georgian, but the English language has a long history of using Queen to refer to people with power, and calling Tamar a King would directly mislead the vast majority of readers regarding her gender. CMD (talk) 12:11, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tamar is predominantly a female name in various countries :) (Israel, Netherlands, United States). The reader can read further, it's a shame that a fact is written wrong 91.151.136.145 (talk) 15:01, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is correct in English. CMD (talk) 15:11, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"King" is exclusively a masculine title in English-speaking countries, and we shouldn't leave the reader guessing whether the femininity of "Tamar" overrides the obvious masculinity of "king".
It's a fact that in English terminology she was a queen regardless of what Georgians call her in Georgian. It's like insisting that we have to say, despite his being 1.85 cm (6'1") tall, that Nate "Tiny" Archibald was tiny because he was called "Tiny". That he was called "Tiny" is a true fact. That he was tiny is not a true fact. Largoplazo (talk) 17:04, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]