Article milestones Date Process Result March 21, 2006 Articles for deletion Kept

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IranianBritish made a series of unexplained edits. Rather than get into an edit war, this is request that they justify those changes here:

1. deleted the word "Persian" despite its continued widespread usage.
2. changed "New Year's day" to "New Year's Day". The rubric on New Year's Day reads This article is about the first day of the Gregorian calendar year. For the first day in other calendars, see New Year. For other uses, see New Year's Day (disambiguation).
3. changed [[March equinox|Northern Hemisphere spring equinox]] to Northern Hemisphere [[March equinox|spring equinox]], which is more of a WP:EGG. (IMO, but not a show-stopper).
4. changed The roots of Nowruz lie in Zoroastrianism, to arious foundation myths exist for Nowruz in Persian mythology, which is probably defensible but would need a supporting citation (the original assertion was not cited either).
5. Deleted the reference to "little Nowruz" from the See Also. The fact that it is a festival of a non-Islamic religion is irrelevant: it is the name that is significant. Of course it may be that the name is a fiction as it is not cited but that is a different story.

These changes need to be explained. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 12:52, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I’m happy to discuss each of these points and explain the reasoning behind the edits. IranianBritish (talk) 13:03, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

and...? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 18:10, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. These were routine good-faith edits. My edit summaries already referenced the relevant policy considerations (e.g., MOS and WP:EGG).

If you believe any specific change is problematic, please indicate which policy it violates and why, so we can address it constructively rather than reverting to prior wording without discussion.

Also, for clarity, it’s generally better to title sections based on the content issue rather than the editor’s name.

Headings such as:

/* Terminology and linking changes */

help keep the discussion focused on article content rather than contributors. IranianBritish (talk) 17:49, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]