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Horses

Wild horses have been reintroduced to their original home in Kazakhstan for the first time in centuries.^[1] Benjamin (talk) 21:30, 15 June 2024 (UTC) Benjamin (talk) 21:30, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added this[1]. Beshogur (talk) 22:28, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ BBC Global News Podcast 13 June 2024

Thanks. But I'm curious why you found the BBC unreliable without even saying anything? Benjamin (talk) 17:27, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's because the reference was not correct with no context. Beshogur (talk) 15:02, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean, how is it wrong? Benjamin (talk) 23:32, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The page says " Kazakh people, derives from Russian: казах." It is not true. Kazakh work derives from Turkic origin, is thought to mean “free man” 12.47.48.228 (talk) 20:13, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty sure that in that instance, "Kazakh comes from Russian" was actually meant to say that the spelling of the ethnic group's name came from Russian, as in "if the name was taken from Kazakh, it'd have been "Qazaq" or "Kazak", and not "kazaKH"". That "Kh" at the end is the thing that comes from Russian, not the name "Қазақ" itself. Nursultan Malik^(talk) 00:11, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.

Is it unreasonable to suppose that English speakers picked up their knowledge of Kazakhs through Russians with whom they were more likely to have had direct contact than from Kazakhs themselves? Largoplazo (talk) 01:46, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I want to make a Infobox about alternative countries2601:601:D481:8140:15A0:698A:11E:305E (talk) 23:18, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Largoplazo (talk) 00:53, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Europe

@Are2The2: Please make your case on the talk page first. The body states that part of Kazakhstan is in Europe and this is supported by current sourcing. We cannot write that it is only sometimes considered to be partly in Europe in the lead when the rest of the article does not say this. To claim that most sources do not consider Kazakhstan to be partly in Europe requires a good amount of evidence.

I have reverted you already and you were earlier reverted by User:Beshogur. Please refrain from restoring your changes. Mellk (talk) 14:40, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In the political system section, there is a line: "sixteen principal administrative divisions (fourteen regions plus the cities of Astana, Almaty, and Şymkent)." That is an obvious mistake. It must be either seventeen or twenty in total, not sixteen, especially considering that in the administrative divisions section, there are 17 regions and 3 towns. 2.133.185.121 (talk) 15:20, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. – Daℤyzzos (✉️ • 📤) 21:28, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need a reliable source to prove that 14 + 3 isn't 16 and that the sentence is therefore incorrect. Largoplazo (talk) 21:49, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two things: one, I think I owe myself a

Self-trout for not looking at the article's sources—or even the article—before replying, but, two, the existing source mentioning regions claims there are indeed only 16 regions (14 regions (oblasts) and 2 'cities of republican significance').^[1] Yes, you do not need a RS to do basic math (and yes I should've looked at the article), but the 16 figure is the correct one.— Preceding unsigned comment added by DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord (talk • contribs) 22:29, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are 17 regions and 3 cities of national importance. That is 20 in total. Your reference is too old and doesn't include 3 new regions added in 2022 as well as the status of Shymkent as a city of national importance granted in 2018. 2.72.147.212 (talk) 19:50, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay.

In progress: An editor is implementing the requested edit. – Daℤyzzos (✉️ • 📤) 22:03, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done by Daℤyzzos (✉️ • 📤), 22:23, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Kazakhstan, Unitary County" (PDF). OECD. October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[1] BBC Global News Podcast 13 June 2024

[2] "Kazakhstan, Unitary County" (PDF). OECD. October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

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