Talk:Syriac Assembly Movement

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New section to Introduction

The introduction says: The Syriac Assembly Movement…is an Assyrian political party from Iraq. The party's membership comprised mostly Assyrian Christians, particularly those who belonged….

The article already establishes that this is a Syriac political party who uses the Aramean flag and the Syriac-Aramean label, yet the introduction calls them Assyrian Christians and a Assyrian political party. Thus, the introduction contradicts the article, let alone misrepresents the party’s self-identification. Historynerd361 (talk) 20:22, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

GA review

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Nominator: PresentlySuraye3 (talk · contribs) 14:39, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Vacant0 (talk · contribs) 13:59, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Will review this tomorrow. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 13:59, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

• The logo is alright, it has a good rationale. I'd prefer it to be a png though.
• Everything in the infobox seems to be sourced and mentioned in the body.
• Former name Syriac Independent Gathering Movement seems to be unsourced.
• "since after the 2003 U.S. invasion" I think that you could cut after from this part of the sentence.
• "Notably, the party's participation in the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election was met with scrutiny from Assyrians cross-denominationally. " why?
• Could you explain what "tri-name designation" is? I and others might not be familiar with this.
• "The party was formed in Bakhdida as an affiliate of the Dawronoye" suggest linking Dawronoye.
• Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council is wikilinked twice in the same section.
• Fall of Mosul – fall should not be capitalised here.
• Foreign-language titles in references should be translated into English and inserted in the |trans-title= parameters.
• Introduce Nuri Kino's occupation.
• I'm not concerned about the reliablity of references but I must point out that Medium is considered unreliable on Wikipedia as it is user-generated. In this case, we have to judge the author. Who is Max Joseph and how can he be considered a reliable source?

Spotcheck pending tomorrow. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 15:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

@Vacant0 I've addressed your points for grammar changes, translated titles, and other things but I have yet to source the name change and detail the 2018 criticisms.

Max Joseph is a journalist and a co-author for a report that is featured across the Wiki articles for sectarian Assyrian political parties, titled "Iraq's Stolen Election: How Assyrian Representation Became Assyrian Repression," which was published by the Assyrian Policy Institute. He has thus written about this subject in an official capacity and has information published on his personal pages that likely hasn't been published elsewhere, especially when the information he wrote about that is cited here pertains the central figure of the 2023 Quran burnings in Sweden and his involvement with the SAM 5 years before. As far as the "tri-name designation" goes, I believe the link to the article should suffice if a reader is interested in learning more, so I don't find that a detailed explanation here is necessary. PresentlySuraye3 (talk) 20:10, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Okay, thx. I'll perform a spotcheck now and wait for you to address other issues. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 11:43, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Vacant0 Addressed the remaining points, but note that the name change is cited outside the lead here: That same year, Anwar Matti Hadaya became the party's president by unanimous decision of their first conference, and the "Independent" in the name was removed. PresentlySuraye3 (talk) 14:25, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Ok thx. Promoting. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 14:32, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

This table lists 6 random passages from throughout the article (10.9% of 55 total passages). These passages contain 7 inline citations (10.9% of 64 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 11:43, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Vacant0 Citation 41 is supported by the following on page 78; Sectarian rhetoric was used by both members and supporters of the parties that comprised the Chaldean Coalition and the Syriac Assembly Movement. PresentlySuraye3 (talk) 13:22, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. Looks good to me. Please ping me when you address the remaining issues. Cheers, Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 14:25, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive	Status	Notes
After the fall of Mosul to ISIS, the party issued a condemnation of the violence and made a public appeal to the Federal government of Iraq and the Government of the Kurdistan Region for a restoration in security.
9		noursat.tv
In June, the party was one of seven Assyrian political parties
14		Knuppe 2022, p. 59, footnote 81.
Isho Majid Hadaya was assassinated as he was leaving the party's headquarters in Bakhdida.
20	a	aina.org
21	a	huyada.com
which participated in the Nineveh, Erbil, Kirkuk, Duhok, and Baghdad governorates.
31		Al-Jaberi 2025, p. 269.
Two months later, the party was signed onto a political alliance titled the "Christian Alliance," announced by Ano Abdoka.
35		kurdistan24.net
During this time, members and supporters of the party were alleged to have espoused anti-Assyrian sectarian rhetoric.
41		Hanna et al. 2018, p. 78.			Cannot find this

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 18:23, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that the Syriac Assembly Movement, a sectarian Iraqi Assyrian political party, had anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika as a key figure during the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election?

• Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/how-one-man-s-bid-to-burn-the-qur-an-lit-international-relations-ablaze/article_ba101a17-b001-5224-bff0-3820c4828a62.html

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/fahima mirzaie

Improved to Good Article status by PresentlySuraye3 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

PresentlySuraye3 (talk) 15:40, 14 May 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - As it stands, this hook is not that interesting. It doesn't really mention who Momika is or why it's notable that he was a key figure. Perhaps this is better, although please make sure I'm correct in saying this:
  • ... that despite living in Sweden at the time, prominent anti-Islam protester Salwan Momika was a key figure for the Syriac Assembly Movement during the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election?

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Jordano⁵³ 19:18, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

• @Jordano53: I think in this case the only change needed is to specify who Momika was. I made a small edit to the proposed hook to coincide. PresentlySuraye3 (talk) 23:01, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Should work then. Jordano⁵³ 18:39, 26 May 2026 (UTC)