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Online Ambassadors
I saw the quality of your contributions at DYK and clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 00:59, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Illyrian Maps
Hi. When I get the time, I hope to make more and new ones. I think putting 'boundary lines would be difficult. Firstly, it would make the maps more cluttered. Secondy, we have little precise info as to where exactly the tribal boundaries were, if they in fac existed at all - these people were shepherds and moved about. Some pastures would have been used by different groups. Hxseek (talk) 00:05, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Hellenic Nomarchy
Your GA nomination of Geographia Neoteriki
The article Geographia Neoteriki you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Geographia Neoteriki for eventual comments about the article. Well done! Pyrotec (talk) 17:28, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Italian Spring Offensive
Heh
I don't think you actually meant to do this [1] ;-) Fut.Perf. ☼ 17:48, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Northern Epirote Declaration of Independence
Sulmy
Most likely his latest sock [2]. Athenean (talk) 05:34, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Hellenic Nomarchy
The article Hellenic Nomarchy you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Hellenic Nomarchy for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 11:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Blind revert
I noticed you used the expression “blind revert” in one comment. I tried to find it in the wp rules, but without success. Will you please be so kind to provide me some link with explanation of that expression?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 23:15, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 13:10, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Barnstar
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
For 46 DYK, 7 DYK images, 1 A class, 7 GA class... And for much, much more. All best, and keep up the great work! WhiteWriter speaks 11:28, 13 March 2011 (UTC) |
- Well deserved! Also, we should spread WikiLove! All best, keep on running! :)--WhiteWriter speaks 12:12, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Newsletter help
Hello Alexi! I've finally decided to revive the WPGR newsletter, and have begun a first draft at my sandbox. I intend to have it out by March 25. As you were the only one to have expressed interest a few months back, do you have any suggestions as to what we could include in addition to the topics covered? Or any other suggestion really, on content, style and looks. Constantine ✍ 17:34, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
- I certainly intend to include updates on articles that are or have recently undergone peer/GA/A/FA reviews, if the newsletter attracts enough interest. Or any news on collaborations on articles, discussions, problems etc.
- On the history task force, there are a number of problems. For one, it would be essentially a recreation of the old WP:History of Greece, which is the ancestor of WP:GREECE - and furthermore, WP:GREECE is by the definition of its scope as much about the wider Greek history as about modern Greece. Then, there is the question of purpose: how and why does the topic necessitate a different task force? If the purpose is to differentiate historical articles from others, the "topic=history" parameter in the WPGR banner already does that. Three, there is the question of participation: there should be at least five to ten committed users to justify a branching off, and currently even at WP:GREECE it's only a handful editors who are active. You have just to look at the Politics and politicians and Athens task forces to see how early zeal can peter off. Sadly, we are too few to have dreams about task forces. Even the mighty and well-maintained WPMILHIST has curtailed its own task forces to what are essentially membership and article lists and little else. I've been thinking for years about setting up a Byzantine task force or WikiProject, but if it is going to be me and four to five other users (with me probably being the only one interested in any sort of administrative work), it's not sustainable. IMO, if a specific topic is dear to you, you are best off by starting or upgrading and maintaining a portal. You could for instance begin an Epirus or Greek History portal, which would IMO be a far greater help than a rather redundant administrative department. Constantine ✍ 21:18, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
- PS, congrats on the Hellenic Nomarchy GA! No. 100 for WP:GREECE! Constantine ✍ 21:41, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the medal! To be precise though, if we count the FAs and A-classes, we've passed 100 a long time ago. "100" is just for the category counter, but it is a psychological boundary nonetheless ;) Here's to reaching 150 by next year, plus a few more FAs and A-class articles (it'd be nice to get 2% of our articles to GA and above, most projects are below 1%)... BTW, did you consider the stuff I mentioned above on portals? And please, if you have time to spare, try to check a few of Pumpie's articles, no matter how short or unimportant. Most of them are short Starts, and are easy to translate from the Greek original. Even one a week would be a great help! Best regards, Constantine ✍ 01:27, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Grave Circle A, Mycenae
Map workshop
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
- Of course it is not a big deal, sorry for bothering you. I was not sure if you are watching that page. Thanks for your contribution to the article that was promoted to the GA level. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 19:02, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Lion Gate
Very nice article, but I think a more compelling hook is needed. Could you take a look at my suggestion at T:TDYK#Lion Gate? Prioryman (talk) 19:08, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject Greece newsletter
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DYK for Lion Gate
- Congratulations for such nice article (Lion Gate) and big number of views.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 18:57, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Confusing
I find this really confusing, the albanian dance is named Dance of Osman Taka and Tsamiko Valle Came. This mus be solved, i have no intention for changing greek dance but just want to be sure no albanian dance is claimed greek --Vinie007 20:27, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
I know this dance, unfortunately the steps are completely diferrent [[4]] and of course the tempo.Alexikoua (talk) 20:18, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
- In fact it has some similarities with another Greek dance, called Berati.[[5]]Alexikoua (talk) 20:35, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Stop removing edits.
I Wrote in the article about the Illyrians that "they are also believed to be the ancestors of the modern albanians". I can't see what's wrong about that? They are believed to be so! No arguing about that. Deleting those comments and especially watching and editing articles about illyria is just ridiculous and shows me that you have poor image of your country! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atdheu110 (talk • contribs) 15:32, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Grave Circle A, Mycenae
The article Grave Circle A, Mycenae you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Grave Circle A, Mycenae for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:22, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Conscription in Greece
Hello. Can I ask you, why do you think that the Presidential guard are more relevant than a gkiozis with his rifle backwards? Project2501a (talk) 15:12, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
It's a typical Wikipedia:Pictures#Image_choice_and_placement issue: the "rifle backwards" pic isn't a representative lead pic for the article since it deals with a specific aspect of the article (i.e. the funny routine of a scpecific soldier), while the Evzones conscripts widely known and fits perfectly in the lead of this article. If you have any precise objections on this feel free to explain them on the article's talk page. You can have a look on similar articles like Conscription_in_Australia..Alexikoua (talk) 19:29, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Excuse me, did you just sensor my comment?? WTF? There is no censorship on wikipedia! please respect that!Project2501a (talk) 21:22, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Greek genocide
You might keep an eye on this[6], where a certain editor has attempted to take Morgenthau's statement out of context. The editor did not mention that deportations occurred before the War started, which I added. That is the intentional manipulation of a source. --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:55, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Opinion needed
I created the article Subaşi. There are two definitions of the term presented. On sr.wikipedia is supported second definition. Do you have any idea what definition is right? Sorry if I bothered you with something that is not within your scope of interest.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 20:14, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
- I posted the question on the Wikiproject Ottoman Empire and received quite satisfactory explanation. Thanks anyway. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 21:21, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Throne Room, Knossos
WikiProject Greece
I'm curious. I've made a number of edits to Greek-related articles over the last year eg Greece, Greeks, Byzantine Empire, History of the Byzantine Empire but have never received an invite to join WikiProject Greece. I've been having a few exchanges with a new user today, User:Aperitis25, and noticed you invited him to join. I'm curious to know why that was. Is it based on his user name and the nature of his edits? DeCausa (talk) 23:03, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Editing of Greater Albania
ON WHAT BASES DO YOU TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO SPEAK FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S THOUGHTS, MOTIVATIONS AND ACTIONS!
The pursuing of "Greater" by nation states in Balkans has to bee explained in context and has to be recognised being pursued by all nation states, it has to be introduced as perceived by the people pursuing it and not by "other" perceptions...or all known perceptions that are out there on a specific topic. What we have here is a discrimination of perceptions.
Wikipedia is littered with perception of "history makers". I.e the powerful. Why should these perceptions have legitimacy and not other perception...there seems to be a legitimacy deficit. POV policy of Wikipedia is a POV in itself. It favours one POV over another.
now why "Greater" was pursued by nation states.
the "Greater" is pursued by states that trace their existence on bases of ethnicity.
1)Greece: When Greece seceded and was recognised by big players and Ottomans as a state it was a tiny of what is today. The tiny state desired, planed and when the circumstances allowed, pursued Greater Greece (Megali Idea) on the bases that that the territories it desired where inhabited by people of the same ethnicity as it own population...ie Greeks.
2)Serbia....the same as Greece....
3) Bulgaria....the same as the above...
4) Romania ....the same as the above
5)Albania the same as the above
6)Hungary, Germany & co the same
The editing took place along the lines of the article on Greece. Why different, biased language for a phenomena which is shared by all of the above? Explain why the biased? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MJDANikhila (talk • contribs) 10:26, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Occupation of Smyrna
Seems like this. And anyway, a source which is offline does not need online clarification, just like Marjorie Housepian Dobkin or Aristotle Onassis' biography. --Seksen (talk) 19:37, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
- I will try to find the book, are I will try to find in the snippet view where that source was used. I remember seeing an online version of it somewhere, maybe its Turkish translation, but I do not remember where. What about tagging the section with {{quote farm}}? That will do, I guess. --Seksen (talk) 20:16, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Battle of Greece
Why did you remove WPSQ, which you consider irrelevant but you don't consider irrelevant projects like WikiProject Australia and New Zealand about that subject. Btw the lead of that article is The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, German:Unternehmen Marita)[11] was a World War II battle that occurred on the Greek mainland and in southern Albania.--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 15:40, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
wp:australia and new zealand are relevant because (some thousand) troops of these countries participated in the battles. There was no Albanian participation of any kind in the conflicts, or any conflict on Albanian soil, contrary to the Greco-Italian War. Also this part: The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, German:Unternehmen Marita)[11] was a World War II battle that occurred on the Greek mainland and in southern Albania was problematic indeed and thanks to Constantine it was corrected.
If you have any info that proves some kind of Albanian involvement, or at least something happened on Albanian soil during these events, it would be very interesting to make the appropriate additions in the article.Alexikoua (talk) 19:58, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
can you help with an etymology?
Hello, noticed you are involved in several greek-related articles. I am working on the Tymfi article and since etymology is required from wikiproject mountains I am struggling to find one. Unfortunately I don't have access to relevant material here and an extensive online search only related it to the ancient tribe, but offered no etymology. Could you possibly help me with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kkostagiannis (talk • contribs) 02:49, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. I will add the etymology as soon as I finish with the Geography section. Are you sure it derives from the Tympheans or could it be vice versa? That was my main concern. I was already checking the Vikos-Aoos page for the geological features. I c/p the relevant section since it is very well written and I can hardly add anything new (if this is not allowed in wikipedia please let me know)Kkostagiannis (talk) 07:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Interaction ban?
I mentioned your username in in this comment.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 16:28, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
There is an iban but it's about Zthues and it concerns his interaction with Athenean. In past there were some misunderstandings on the iban restrictions by Zthues that lead in short-term block but I see no recent violation.
About Barleti's origin the source doesn't refute his possible Italian origin, I suggest you bring this to wp:rfc, since at least 2 source mention his Italian links.Alexikoua (talk) 20:28, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Illyrians
Which are the sources of your newest map? You haven't listed them on the description and I couldn't find anything about any Hellenized Illyrian Taulanti [7][8].--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 12:32, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
It's actually an old map, but the .png version is recently created. I've provided some sources, one of the talks about the bilingual tribes of Taulantii and Billyones. I plan to make some minor changes on the map like renaming the "Hellenized Illyrians" to "Illyrian tribes that underwent a decree of hellenization" and presenting them as a sub-category of the Illyrians. Any additional ideas?Alexikoua (talk) 18:42, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
I think that getting into Hellenization and Illyrianization complicates the matter, for this process worked in both directions, and one could argue (as Toynbee has) that the Epirotes were Hellenized Illyrians. Just leave it at what the sources said - Taulantii, Enchelae, etc were "Illyrian", Molossi, Chanoes, etc were "Epirotic". Also, Alexi, I think we should use my map for Illyrians articles, given it has a bit more detail for that region (and put there first), and your map for Epirotes article. I think this is a fair compromise. Slovenski Volk (talk) 03:31, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
@SV: I have the feeling that you are into or territory, since Toynbee never claimed that. In general the Epirote tribes are known as NW Greek and the Taulantii, Enchelae as S. Illyrian. Although the term 'Illyrian' isn't about a discinct culture but about various heterogeneous tribes that lived in western Balkans.Alexikoua (talk) 19:51, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
No - he clearly states that in an entire chapter devoted to 'The Original Language on the Epirotes". Its besides the point, all I;m stating is that the linguistic situation was highly complex, with bilignual areas - as Strabo wrote - from Corcyra to the Lakelands region. Obviously Greek was widespread and operated as the prestigious language, and virtually all southern Illyrian tribes, just like the Paeones and southern Thracians, were Hellenized to some extent. To try and quantify this is purposeless. Whether a tribe was "originally Greek or not" is difficult to tell, and depends on whether you agree with Georgiev and Hammond who'd argue that Epirus and SW Macedonia were the "proto-greek homeland", or their critics who say that their arguements, based on toponymics interpretation are flawed, and the only clear evidence we have is that greek developed in central and southern Greece and later spread outward (eg Wyatt, Renfrew, Gillett). Slovenski Volk (talk) 01:20, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
- And can you respond to me about your vs my map on Illyrians page. My map captures more of the south Illyria - Dardania - NW Paeonia area. Yet, A Maceodnian keeps reverting my map unjustifiably. Can we agree that we use your map for Epirote articles and mine for Illyrians ? Slovenski Volk (talk) 01:36, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Ionian University of Smyrna
Evrenos
Hi Alexikoua. You claimed rm irrelevant link. But he was a member of the family of Evrenos (Evrenoszadeler or Evrenosoğulları)[1] In this situation, maybe the re-direction of Evrenosogullari would be not appropriate. Thank you. Takabeg (talk) 17:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Sources
Sure, you're welcome.Alexikoua (talk) 12:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Kosmas Balanos
Hello! Your submission of Kosmas Balanos at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! OCNative (talk) 06:09, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Image
Hi there! Just noticed that an image that you recently submitted has conflicting info. The file name says March and the text says September. Nipsonanomhmata (Talk) 21:12, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Kosmas Balanos
- Unfortunately, the statement in the hook was based on a mis-reading of the source. I have corrected that part of the article. Please return to it as its notability is in doubt, see Talk:Kosmas Balanos. - Fayenatic (talk) 16:33, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks, I accept the evidence for notability and have removed the tag.
- Can I ask about transliteration into Roman letters of the ending of Αντιπελάργησις ? "-ises" (as given once in the cited source) seems clearly wrong, but should it be "-esis", or is "-isis" generally accepted? - Fayenatic (talk) 08:35, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
50 DYK Medal
The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | ||
Nice work! Your articles related to Greece are a great asset to Wikipedia. Congratulations on getting 50 of them featured on DYK. Thank you! OCNative (talk) 06:59, 4 July 2011 (UTC) |
Pogoniani
alexikoua
I see that u have double standards in some cases,or am i wrong? In case of Pogoniani you added that in the albanian part of the region there r greek speaking villages, a fact that it is true.But some months ago you deleted that the village of Plikati within greek territory is ,or at least was, an albanian speaking village. By the way, the international commission also noticed albanian speaking villages ceded to Greece...
RegardsLysus.KT (talk) 20:58, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Please avoid this kind of unbased accusations. I removed only unsourced parts in both cases, while in the case of the Greek-speaking villages there is the appropriate source to support this claim. If you believe that this parts should be restored please search for the appropriate rel. source.Alexikoua (talk) 21:32, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Typically you are right.Sources must be provided.But i didnt see you to search if Plikati was or was not albanian speaking,just in case.Maybe it is more convenient to delete a true fact (even if it is not sourced ) than to search for a source.
In the case of Patriarch Athenagoras, i see that u follow the "πηγή να'ναι κι ο,τι να'ναι" policy.You accepted a source that says that he is Albanian even if it is known that his village was traditionaly a greek-speaking village.
As you see the existance of a source doesnt ensure always the truth.Lysus.KT (talk) 18:14, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
In the case of Plikati the article was a poor translation of the unsourced Greek version. Unfortunately I've checked on googlesearch but no results on this. In Athenagoras have you any arguments to support the opposite? In general the argument that he was from a traditional Greek village doesn't prove he was Greek, but there might be additional material to dispute his supposed Albanian origin.Alexikoua (talk) 20:39, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Help needed
Here is a link to the information about the book of Grigor St Pŭrlichev. The book cover contain Greek inscription of the Skanderbeg's name and also the information that book is translated from Greek original (poem?). Have you heard about such Greek original of Skanderbeg poem which is translated by Grigor on Macedonian language?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 14:41, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Very interesting topic. Prlichev wrote this poem when he was in Athens indeed, but it received negative critics. It was never printed that time and it was finally published in Skopje (a tranlation without the Greek original) at 1961, by Stalev. At 1967 it was published in Albanian and Greek. If you want to see a picture of the manuscript, its in [[9]] p. 14.Alexikoua (talk) 20:27, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for your reply and for the link provided. This work looks like one of the oldest (1860?) literary works dedicated solely to Skanderbeg written in the Balkans. I wish I knew Greek language. Do you think criticism you mentioned reduce the notability of this work?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:07, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
- I can give a summary of this text. Yes, the poem was critized due to the poetic style Prlichev used, and the unpublished manuscript was accidentally found in early 1950-60s somewhere in Athens.Alexikoua (talk) 13:21, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
- No need for the summary. I will give up this work due to the low quality of its poetic style.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 13:42, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
- I can give a summary of this text. Yes, the poem was critized due to the poetic style Prlichev used, and the unpublished manuscript was accidentally found in early 1950-60s somewhere in Athens.Alexikoua (talk) 13:21, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
Milio's memoirs
Have you ever read this [10]? It's an interesting work shedding light to various issues surrounding his life. It should probably be used as a source on both his article and that of Zaho. I could sent you some ocred pages from the work.--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 00:28, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Sure go on. I've heard that his memoirs shed light to various events of the modern history of Greece, he was an influential personality after all.Alexikoua (talk) 06:33, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Canvassing?
What are you talking about? Aigest (talk) 09:22, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
- Please read Wikipedia:Canvassing. In general when you send repeately msgs only to users that may support your view, but ignore the rest of the community its disruptive. For example you send msgs to User:Andrew Lancaster (to participate again and again in the discussion), who might have a view similar to yours, but ignore User:Itsmejudith, who contradicts your views.Alexikoua (talk) 10:47, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
- FYI, User:Andrew Lancaster is a published author, and since he is a regular participant in RSN board, I invited him to express his opinion in the topic, based on his knowledge and experience with academic works. I don't see how can this be classified as canvassing unless you doubt on A.Lancaster intellectual honesty. It was me also who suggested to user:Athenean to go to RSN board. I don't think that you can "accuse" Athenean of "supporting" my view, on the contrary, but I directed him there even though I knew his view. As for the rest I can remind you that he had already expressed before an opinion similar to mine, 1, and had also asked for sources 2, and questioned the lack of them by those who supported the contrary. I made the same text in the topic page (but you didn't bother to answer) and so I don't see your point of canvassing. Maybe you should read again what canvassing means and btw answer to the questions that me and other users have made there, unless your intention is to ignore the rest of community. Aigest (talk) 11:50, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Battle of Sakarya.
Please, I ask you to pay a visit to the Battle of Sakarya's article. There is a user (Takabeg) who keeps on editing and I think that it attempts the structure and neutralñity of the article I had originally written.(Watch the discussion page). I have nothing against other contributions and/or imporvements but I think that consensus and good understanding should be reached with good faith.- Periptero (talk) 16:07, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi
Please see [11] and revert your change accordingly if you understand . Thanks. Slovenski Volk (talk) 09:35, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
13th Light Bomber Squadron
Nice work! I made some minor tweaks and moved the article, since "13th Squadron" was never its name (335 Squadron is the official current name for instance). As for a DYK hook, how about: "...that the 13th Light Bomber Squadron was the first Greek military unit to be formed in exile after the German conquest of Greece in World War II?" Constantine ✍ 09:47, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:13th Greek Squadron Embleem.JPG
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 05:08, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Souliotes
Θα ήθελα να μπεις στη Souliotes' Talk Page. Κύριος στο κεφάλαιο Arbereshe, Arvanites & Souliotes, ( topic no.2) όπου κάποιος αλβανός χρήστης σου κατηγόρησε όπως ένας πιθανός λογοκριτής του Finlay.Periptero (talk) 02:43, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Macedonian Struggle and Kostja's interference
I have been trying to improve the Macedonian Struggle article providing many references, yet I am constantly censored by Kostja and Bulgarian POV-Pushers. If you want, keep an eye on this article, and tell other Greek users of this onslaught. AngBent (talk) 15:41, 3 August 2011 (UTC)AngBent
Topal Osman
Hi, Alexikoua. Could you improve the article Topal Osman, I'll be happy if you would provide sourced info. to the section about the Pontian Genocide of article. Thank you. Takabeg (talk) 11:46, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Please
The source says in p.148 Ergiri proved a major center of Albanian national activity, where some bands reportedly carried pictures of Skenderbey i.e please revert yourself.--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 00:31, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
- I suggest you should be more carefull when adding the page of the appropriate source [[12]], it mentions pages from 23 to 64 not 148.Alexikoua (talk) 00:41, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Sanjak of Delvina
Hi,
I am afraid that I created an article which has very complex topic that I am not very well acquainted about. It is the Sanjak of Delvina. If you have some time and have some basic knowledge about this issue, I would appreciate your help. If you have other higher priorities now, never mind. I will try to make at least a decent stub from this article.
--Antidiskriminator (talk) 20:39, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:36, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
DYK for 13th Light Bomber Squadron
Minorities?
Watch this out User talk:Aigest#Illyrian royalty. Propably minorities (sockpuppet of user Yangula): User Omnipaedista . Haters of Greece, Greek music, Greek history . Lovers of Turkish music,Gypsy and middle east -94.66.147.75 (talk) 16:01, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Thank you
Quality Management Inspection Medal | |
I, [Inspector] No. 108, am honored to award you this medal for your positive and diligent contributions to the quality management inspection process. I appreciate your assistance in improving the "Stable Version" of the Lion Gate and Grave Circle A, Mycenae articles. Always know that you have this humble inspector's gratitude and respect. Thank you. No. 108 (talk) 12:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC) |
Would like your opinion
On discussion with Fut Perf on Kostas Novakis talk page. I feel that I am being ignored and that I am right and that Fut Perf and Lunch for Two are wrong. Nipsonanomhmata (Talk) 00:48, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
- The POV campaign continues at the bottom of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:%CE%98%CE%95%CE%9F%CE%94%CE%A9%CE%A1%CE%9F%CE%A3 . Apparently the Slavs in northern Greece are all of the same ethnicity as those in the "Republic of Macedonia". Ethnic fantasyland. And ofcourse Fut Perf will back him up even though Fut Perf is wrong. I am not getting involved. Nipsonanomhmata (Talk) 19:31, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Translation help needed
Hi,
I need your help with translation. Here is a link to the work which obviously mention Myth of Albanian Indifference to Religion. I need your help with interpreting this source. Will you please let me know who is the author of this source and does he himself explains this myth or only emphasize other's people opinion about it? If the author does exlain this myth, will you please be so kind to provide me quote with translation.
Best regards, --Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:53, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you very much.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 20:40, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you. It is important that author referred to this view as myth and that it is author's view, not explanation of something someone else wrote. I really appreciate your effort.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 21:00, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you
for your edits in the articles about vilayet and sanjak of Ioannina. I now realise that my edits were not only incomplete but also gave undue weight to some informations and probably are against NPOV because of that. Please be assured that it was unintentional.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 21:10, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
North Cyprus
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Apoyevmatini
Hi. I saw that you added information about the damage sustained to the Apoyevmatini office during the pogroms, thanks. Only that, when looking at your source, I failed to find the amount of damage, ie, TL 500,000. That amount is a very high in fact, the exchange rate at that time was 1 USD = 2.8 TL . So it would be USD 1,400,000 of 1955. Would you not say it is a very high value for a newspaper with 10,000 circulation? Could you please check this information? Filanca (talk) 19:13, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
According to the rate 1 usd=2.8 tl, we have 178,571.428 usd = 500,000.00 tl. An estimation of 178,571usd sounds reasonable since the newspaper had its own printing establishments.
By the way I found interesting info about the recent initiative to keep apoyevmatini alive.Alexikoua (talk) 19:43, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
You are right in your calculation. However, I still can not see it in the source. And think that it is 178.000 USD of 1955, not of today. It makes more than a million bucks of today (you may use the calculator at here). Anyway, it is more important that the amount is not found in the reference. (btw, please do not misunderstand me, I am not against documenting the damage sustained to Apoyevmatini during the pogrom, you have done well.) Thanks, Filanca (talk) 16:38, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Institutions
Where does the Greek source you used say anything about 12 Greek-language educational institutions in the city of Korçë?--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 02:17, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
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Help with translation needed
Hello,
Will you please be so kind to translate below text to English? Thanks in advance.
Το επίθετο Αργίτης πιθανό να έχει τοπικό προσδιορισμό με αναφορά στο Άργος και να κατοχυρώθηκε από κάποιο πρόγονο, όπως έγινε σε άλλες παρόμοιες περιπτώσεις ζωγράφων, οι οποίοι βρέθηκαν σε άλλους τόπους απ’ αυτούς που υπονοούσε το επίθετο. Για παράδειγμα ο ζωγράφος Παραμυθιώτης Παναγιώτης, που ήταν στην Κέρκυρα[14]
--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:32, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Here is a translation of the text:
The surname "Argitis" has a possible geographical meaning and refers to Argos, due to an ancestral link, like in other similar occasions of painters, where the person was found in a diferrent place other than from his place of origin. An example is the painter Paramythiotis Panagiotis, born in Corfu.Alexikoua (talk) 20:19, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you very much.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 20:30, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
- Yes I am very interested in the linked source. Thank you very much.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 21:30, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Baklahorani
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- Hi Alexikoua! Please check the latest comment at "Template:Did you know nominations/Baklahorani". Maybe you can do something. CeeGee (talk) 14:10, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Niphon
It's a nice Byzantine topic(religious factions battling etc.) but they wouldn't use the term Greek Orthodox at that time as that would imply paganism so eastern Orthodox or Byzantine Orthodox would be more precise. Btw I would consider another page title because the present one isn't used by the sources [15].--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 17:12, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
- Unfortunately the references claim that he is Greek (in contradiction to Serbian Orthodox), so I suppose you need to find some more concrete evidence about this claim.Alexikoua (talk) 17:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
- I never said that he wasn't a Byzantine Greek; just that he couldn't have been a Greek Orthodox in the religious sense of the word as Greek meant "pagan". Btw I've expanded it just enough to get it in DYK(if you want to nominate it).--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 17:37, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
- Unfortunately the references claim that he is Greek (in contradiction to Serbian Orthodox), so I suppose you need to find some more concrete evidence about this claim.Alexikoua (talk) 17:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Encyclopedia Britannica has been accepted by Wikipedia as a reliable source so please return my editing, you did in Here
The uprisings of 1910-1912, the Ottoman defeat in the Balkan Wars, and the subsequent Montenegrin, Serbian, and Greek invasion of Albania,[1] led to the proclamation of independence by Ismail Qemali in Vlora, on 28 November 1912. (Edvin (talk) 10:55, 7 January 2012 (UTC))
The term 'invasion' is wrongly used here, since there wasn't a war between Albania and the Balkan League. Brtinnica says about armies that advanced in territory that was latter incorporated to Albania. Instead of 'invasion' better to use 'military developments' of campaings of the Balkan League. Moreover, the Italian support to Albania should also be noted.Alexikoua (talk) 11:12, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Question
Hello, I have seen that you have a particular interest to edit, revert or change pages about Albanians, Albanians language, Arbereshe, Arvanitas, Kosova, and anything having to do with Albanian history, culture, language etc. I wanted to know the source of your interest leaving apart the subjectivity of the edits. Are you an Arvanites? Or do you have some distant Albanian origin? Or have you studied Albanian before? Just out of curiosity. (Edvin (talk) 22:00, 17 January 2012 (UTC))
My interest is focused on various topics. Off course I can help you in articles related to Balkan history, but my knowledge on the specific categories you mention above is limited.
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- This photo archive is also quite valuable. I don't know what the story is on its copyright, though. Constantine ✍ 11:47, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
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Јањина
Hi,
Will you please be so kind to keep your eye on my editing of Ottoman Ioannina related articles, like Ioannina Eyalet and Pashalik of Yanina. Thanks.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 11:08, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, here is discussion about it.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 21:45, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
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London conference
Hi Alexikoua,
It is nice to hear from you again. Albanian POV was present before my edit you pointed at. There were three main reasons of this edit of mine:
- to distinct the Principality of Albania created in July 1913 from Albania which was proclaimed on 28. November 1912
- to clarify that it was not 40 but 30% of Albanian population left out of the newly established principality
- to distinct Kosovo Vilayet from Kosovo
I, of course, don't object to your removal of the excess of Albanian POV.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 18:00, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
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Black and Red Alliance
Thanks for finding that reference. That's actually what I should have tried to do; WP people's opinions aren't relevant, just what reliable sources say. I expect the other editors to push back based on what the leader said, but the independent sources always trump self-descriptions in cases like this. Thanks! Qwyrxian (talk) 21:48, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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October 1915
In May 1914, the Great Powers signed the Protocol of Corfu, which recognized the area as Greek, after which it was occupied by the Greek army from October 1914 until October 1915 ... and collapsed under the Italian invasion of 1915 i.e. please stick to the sources. --— ZjarriRrethues — talk 11:14, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
A mountain of specialist WWI bibliography disagrees on that, for example: [[17]][[18]][[19]][[20]], placing the Italian advance one year laterAlexikoua (talk) 13:33, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
- That's still 1916 though, which makes the caption accurate.--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 15:34, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
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Tenedos Change of my content
You reversed my content that the Kanaris attack off of Tenedos damaged a ship, but not the flagship and reasserted that it was the flagship which was destroyed. Multiple historical sources show that the Flagship was left unharmed, while Kanaris destroyed one of the other ships (intentionally). From Robert Vaughn's detailed history (available here, pg. 456): "On the 10th of November, the war was illustrated by another brilliant exploit of Kanaris. The Ottoman fleet was riding anchor between Tenedos and the Troad. Two line-of-battle ships were anchored windward of the rest of the fleet. Kanaris steered a fire-ship right on the windward quarter. The sails of the fire-ship were nailed to the mast and steeped in turpentine. The Greek hero performed his task with his usual coolness and perfect contempt of danger. He scarcely had time to jump into little boat and row off, ere the flames burned up higher than the maintop of the seventy-four. The crew leaped into the sea and most were drowned, as they were far from the shore. The huge vessel blazed up, and the magazine exploded, killing, it is said, eight hundred men. The companion of Kanaris, who, in a sister fire-ship, undertook the destruction of the flag-ship, failed in his enterprise, and the fire-ship burned harmlessly." This provides far better and more substantive details than the Werke source you link (which is a brief mention). Also, the information in Vaughn's history is supported in other works, see here and here (and others).
I will again change the context to properly reflect the historical accuracy that a brave attack destroyed an Ottoman ship, but not the flagship. The Tenedos Talk page has a section about this attack, if you have other sources you would like to convince editors to reestablish the 'flagship' contention, please post them there. Thank you. AbstractIllusions (talk) 01:31, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
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