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The following is a copy of my addition to the discussion page of Iranian Studies.
There has been some confusion on the Wikipedia as to the distinction between Persian Studies and Iranian Studies, which I will try to clarify:
This doesn't mean that there isn't overlap, especially in the early period of Islam. For example, Ferdowsi could be used as a source in a discussion of pre-Islamic Iranian history, and at the same time he is a keystone of the Persian literary tradition. However, you would all agree that the focus is different; one field is focused on recovering the past, the other is focused on the present. One field is broad and regional, the other is very specific and national.
I hope that subsequent editors will keep this distinction in mind. Persian Studies and Iranian Studies are two separate fields of study, and looking at the many academic institutions' pages which are linked at the bottom of the article shows that this distinction is commonly held. I will edit accordingly.
Jasper Zanjani (talk) 01:05, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia Manual of Style specifies that proper names are capitalized, but otherwise we use lowercase. Area studies are generally not considered proper names; see, e.g., Cultural studies. Persian studies should be the main article, and Persian Studies should redirect to the main article (with lowercase-s). --Lquilter (talk) 17:11, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
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