User talk:Aldux/Archive 3

To allege

You know, wiktionary:allege is not really a weasel word. It merely means: a mere assertion made without any proof. I think it fits the bill :-) Telex 20:49, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Macedonians

The text that I reverted implies among other untruths that the macedonians were created after WW2. Do you agree with that POV??? --Realek 22:42, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Correct the defective parts then, don't make blind reverts like a newbie. Telex 22:43, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

For the relatively short time I've been here I learned that no kind of "moderate" action will "soften" nationalistic hot-heads. Forgive me for not asuming good faith anymore when speaking to you Telex, but I can't endlessly tolerate the insults about my people from you and similar types. Like I said - your words and theories will not bring any good (even to what you think is your cause) , but will continue to spread balkan nationalistic poison. And the price is being paid and will continue to be paid by everybody in the region. But I've pretty much given up defending even obvious things, because some thing can't be explained to somebody who refuses to think. Just stop preaching me about nationalism and how to behave here. You don't have the credibility to do that. --Realek 23:01, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

"Nationalistic hot-heads"? If that were directed to someone, I'd report you for personal attacks right now. I have not insulted your people, nor anyone else. I have stated the facts, whether you like them or not. Why don't you go and have a rest - you should stay cool when editing Wikipedia. Angry comments help no one. Telex 23:04, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

You can say a million nice things about yourself and even more bad things about me, but nobody besides greek nationalists here will take you seriously. Your irational theories speak best for them selves mr "cosmopolitan". And you preaching me about things that you violate so frequently is so funny. --Realek 13:06, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Aldux I still havent got any comment from you - are you OK with the version that among other things implies that:

1. Tito's actions had a number of important consequences for the Macedonians. The most important was, obviously, the promotion of a distinctive Macedonian identity as a part of the multiethnic society of Yugoslavia. The process of ethnogenesis gained momentum, and a distinct national Macedonian identity was formed.
2. Greek Macedonians are actually an ethnic group
3. Tito separated Yugoslav Macedonia from Serbia
4. There was no resentment towards the Bulgarian repression during the beginning of the Bulgarian occupation of the region, by removing that sentance.

The text was far from perfect anyway, but this version is even closer to Macedonian negators positions. --Realek 13:06, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to break-in but I need to make a remark. Nobody ever claimed that "Greek Macedonians" is a distinct ethnic group. However, I'm not aware of any wikipedia policy which strictly enforces the usage of an ethnic group's name in similar scenarios. Therefore I don't see any valid, non-biased arguments against the use of this term. As far as I'm concerned the name is in wide use by Balkan historians and has a separate entry in the Australian encyclopedia of ethnic origins (as Greek Macedonians arrived in Australia before Macedonia was unified with Greece). Today's Greek population is the amalgam of an ethnically similar, yet culturally diverse people which stressed from the Ionian sea to western Asia Minor. There was a huge cultural difference between the Greeks of the Venetian-held Ionian island and those of Pontus, and a disambiguation must be made where required. Having said that, I see no rational reason to ignore such important cultural elements due to a single editor's ignorance and chauvinist bias. Miskin 20:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Abdullah

Thanks for your help. Would you mind keeping an eye on that page? Thanks again. —Khoikhoi 20:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Your new userpage...

...is GREAT! I just made this minor correction and hope you approve! :-)  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 23:22, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Just saw you're online and thought to say ciao! Could you please e-mail me, so that I get your address and respond? Sorry, you can't e-mail me if you haven't registerd an address yourself. It's safe, no spam, no problem whatsoever, and you'll be able to mail others and receive mails from others WITHOUT them seeing your address!  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 16:05, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Vlachs

No, Mikkalai sprotected it. I just added {{sprotected}}, check the revision history. Telex 18:59, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

... for what? Telex 19:36, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Two new

check out Rally of Democratic Forces (rebel group) and Dalola raid. KI 02:40, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I find your lack of faith... disturbing.

Indulge. :)

Dear Aldux/Archive 3,

Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your comments and constructive criticism, for every bit helps me become a better Wikipedian. I've started working on the things you brought up, and I hope that next time, things run better; who knows, maybe one day we'll be basking on the shore of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M o P-_ 22:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Dear Aldux, Please do not propagate that Scanderbeg (Giorgos Kastriotis) was an ethnic Albanian because he was not

The evidence is quite clear that Albania as a nation did not exist prior to the 20th century. Giorgios Kastriotis was of Epirotian origin. That is already an established fact. The Epirotians are (as any high school child would know)a very ancient Greek tribe. How on earth did Albania suddenly start claiming the Epirotians is surprising me (Being half Epirotian myself I can trace my anscestors to late Byzantium-something very few people can do). In the 2oth century the western powers gave them North Epirus disregarding the fact that 90% of the population in that region were Greek (Ironically they claim the same in Kosovo today?!). They gave them the Byzantine Eagle as their new national symbol (basically stealing it from the legendary Kastriotis who used that regional Byzantine symbol as his emblem). Kastriotis was a devout Greek Orthodox Christian who fought the Ottomans very bravely. He corresponded with the Paleologi in order to combat the Ottoman onslaught till the very end. I challenge you (or anyone) to show me evidence where Scanderbeg considered himself to be Albanian and more so where the word Albanian exists during his time?! And let us not forget the last fact- that Giorgios Kastriotis' (scanderbeg) native language was Greek (there was no established Albanian language at the time.

He's was half-Serbian but he's widely regarded as Albanian, you have to accept it (to anon). Miskin 19:47, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Or half-Bulgarian; I gave a look at the sources, and there is controversy on this.--Aldux 19:51, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Well at least we can all agree that he was not a pure Albanian. But I urge for anyone to take a look at the fact that he was a prince in Epirus. And Epirus was a classical Greek Kingdom. I will say it should be looked into more (but his bio on Wikipedia should be presented as a a hero of Albania as well as Greece- to be fair).I can tell you Miskin one thing, Constantine Paleologos Dragas (The last Byzantine Emperor was surely Half Serbian and Half Greek).And guess who corresponded with the Byzantine Emperor?!

Also one other famous man Basil the Second also known as the Bulgar-slayer who was of the Macedonian dynasty fought a very famous Bulgar at the time- Samuel who by the way had a very questionable last name -Kometopoulos!? Go figure. What do I mean by all this? Its the fact that many Emperors were already of mixed descent-that is the point.That is why Scanderbeg cannot be portrayed as just Albanian!

Thracians Article

You stated that I am in danger of violating 3RR for the Thracians article. Well Aldux, you do emphasize the importance of placing sources whenever something new appears in an article. Case in point, you stated that you would allow the section "Illyrians as Dorians" to appear on the Illyrians article if I provided non-Greek sources. Fair enough. I would love to go an do some research to help further validate (or even dismiss) the content that I placed in the overall section.

Now here is the ironic part. You expect people to provide sources in order for them to validate their statements. A sound policy. For example, in the Illyrians article I completely understood where you were coming from and already decided to conduct some research (instead of engaging in a useless revert war). However, in the Thracians article the section I placed is supported by a source. To, in a sense, "warn" me for violating 3RR because the section I placed in the Thracians article is supported by a valid source is kind of rash. Of course, I don't expect you to agree with me (don't feel bad, a lot of people tend to disagree with me even when I tell them the truth).

Let's be realistic Aldux. Do you really think that banning me will accomplish anything? I am just asking out of curiousity. You know what, don't answer that question. I pretty much have a feeling that your answer will entail the following: "If it stops you from reverting articles, then yes!" Anyway, my job as a sociologist is to conduct research even if the results I get make members of mainstream academia want to commit acts of self-defenistration. Sure, I am what you call an "imperfect sociologist". Yet, I tend to like being unconventional from time to time since it makes life a little bit more interesting. However, you have to ask yourself every time I alter an article, "Why is Deucalionite doing this?" More often than not, I will give you an honest answer if you just ask instead of assume that I am changing articles just to upset you or anyone else for that matter.

Just so you know, I fixed the references in the Thracians article and there is still a reference that supports the section "Thracians and Myceneans". If you want to ban me and receive a barnstar just because I think people deserve the right to know about the Fourth International Congress of Thracology, then have fun. However, please do not follow a certain path that leads you to a place where words and actions don't coincide. Take care and remember that wooden nickels are not legal tender in 48 states. Over and out. - Deucalionite May 5, 2006 6:34 P.M.

The Argead dynasty

Independently of the origins of ancient Macedonians, I think you would agree that everyone in both antiquity and modern times would accept that the Macedonian ruling class descended of the Argives and Heraclids, and most definitely participated in the Olympic Games. It is blatant from ancient citations (e.g. Callisthenes, Demosthenes) that Philip II and Alexander III did claim Greek origin at least for themselves (and in several occasions for all Macedonians). Not long ago you said that Pontus was not a fully Hellenic Kingdom because the royal family claimed Persian origin. Aren't you using double standards in the case of Macedon? Why are many Roman Emperors labeled by an ethnic origin and Macedonians aren't? It's almost as if it's been done on purpose. Macedon was 100% Hellenised by the 4th century BC, and it's very probable and well supported that it's been Hellenic since the beginning. Yet the articles deal with it as if it was a barbarian Kingdom similar to Illyria. Do you honestly find the Macedon-related articles completely unbiased? Miskin 11:29, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

I think I wasn't very clear. I don't wish to change the status of the Macedonian language nor try to refer to Macedon as another Greek Kingdom. It was different in several cultural aspects and it has to be differentiated, at least during the Classic period (in Hellenistic time there was a clear assimilation). My objections are on the articles of the Macedonian Kings who felt themselves to be Greek (relates to our older discussion on the criteria of an ethnic group). Alexander III's and Philip II's article nowhere mentions how that at least the Argead dynasty was of Greek origin. In my opinion this is not mentioned due to the general chaos which evolves the word "macedonia", and not because it was simply forgotten. I don't think this is NPOV. The Macedonian royalty has always participated in the Olympics, meaning that they viewed themselves and were viewed by others as Greek. If they were really the descendants of Indo-european Greek-speakers is something irrelevant, let alone impossible to prove. I'm telling you this because I'm plannig to make some edits that will be based on ancient quotations, and I don't want it to be viewed as POV-pushing. I'll cite sources accordingly. Miskin 13:58, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Have a look at these passages for instance [1][2][3][4], what does it look that Philip considers himself? There are countless of such quotes by Alexander as well, and I think it needs to be mentioned in their respective articles at least how the Argead dynasty viewed itself. Miskin 14:12, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure whether I want to make any edits really. I just wanted to know your opinion on this. The Argead dynasty did view itself as Greek and the Greeks let them participate in the Olympics since the at least 6th century. In what degree they were genetically the ancestors of Greek-speakers is obviously of no importance. Miskin 14:26, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

A poll?

Um... you recently said that there had been a poll to determine the location of the article Macedonians (ethnic group). Where is it, because I think you are mistaken. There has been no definitive poll over the naming of this article and it was only moved from Macedonian Slavs to Macedonians (ethnic group) by a unilateral move and a damaged redirect (so that it couldn't be moved back). Ciao :-) Telex 17:09, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Good, because I was wondering. BTW what is "Kαιρε" supposed to mean. There is Κύριε (Mr - vocative case) and Χαίρε (singular)/Χαίρετε (plural) (Greetings) and also Καιρέ (weather - vocative case) ;-) Telex 17:52, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Kastoria

I would like to know why you have the south slavic name of Kastoria on the Kastoria article. Who cares what its called in another language, its a Greek city. If your going to add south slavic why not add what its called in the rest of the world. Adding Greek and slavic gives the impression that they are somehow related. And that good sir is a fallacy.

Pope Stephen IX (or X)

Hi,

I read what you wrote on Talk:Władysław II Jagiełło about the attempt to rename the page into Wladyslaw II/V of Poland, Jogaila of Lithuania, and I agree totally with you. I think as rule there can't be more than one variant of a name in the title of an article. If more than one variant is possible, the title must chose only one and the others must be explained in the text itself and redirects must be used from alternative titles. If such alternative titles were admitted in the article's title itself, then we'd have to rename, for examples, Stepanakert into Stepanakert/Xankəndi, Tighina into Tighina/Bender/Bendery or 2003 invasion of Iraq into 2003 invasion/liberation of Iraq...

I am myself implicated in a very long and endless debate which is, I think, similar to this one. It's about the need to rename the article Pope Stephen X into Pope Stephen IX, and so on until Pope Stephen III into Pope Stephen II. The historical reasons of this naming problem are detailed in Pope-elect Stephen. Those historical facts are not the matter of the debate. Everybody agrees on those facts. The problem is some users want to rename Pope Stephen X into Pope Stephen IX (or X), which is an absurdity because of the same reasons as above.

I've launched this debate on 19 February and it is endless because it seems to interest very few people and it's impossible to reach a majority. I'm now prospecting for other people who would share my opinion on the matter. If you think you have something to say about this, I would be very glad if you did on Talk:Pope_Stephen_X. I thank you in advance.

Švitrigaila 00:29, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I thank you very much for having answerd my call. :o) Švitrigaila 17:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Explaine to me

I do not understand why you are against this article, it seems that you have no ide or no real fact about this article you are changing..

OtrO DiAOtrO DiA 19:51, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Can you please take a look at the Bitola article? Telex has disrupted the hardly achieved compromise around that article and even inserted unsourced info that has really nothing with the name of the city. Now they are also destroying what I hardly achieved on the Macedonians (ethnic group)MatriX 20:39, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

How is it unsourced?I've cited the source, name of the author, book and even page. What sources were there before? Nothing. What exactly is unsourced? Your info is unsourced and is full of fact templates for a reason. Telex 20:42, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

BTW, arbitrary edits over other people weeks of hard work just generate revert wars, you should know that by now. Telex 20:42, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Re Reverts

Hi, Aldux, I apologize if I've been a little too bad tempered lately. I'm sure you understand that it's to do with being reverted; I hate it when people do that, especially when it's by people like you who actually know something (if eg Vlatkoto reverted me, I wouldn't care less :p). I'll probably regret saying this in the future, but please continue reverting me if I make excruciatingly POV edits. Regards, --Telex 23:33, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

You are right, Accepted is more appropriate than Adopted. I also agree with 'former' rather than 'Former' because that is how it was mentioned in UN resolution 817 [[5]]. Politis 14:52, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Macedonians

Sorry it took me so long to respond. Im avoiding Wikipedia lately because it's really frustrating for me to see what's on the "macedonian" pages. For a Macedonian it is a higly offensive enviroment. I wasn't angry with you Aldux, I was just dissapointed because without neutral people balancing the Greek majority over Macedonians those pages will slide to nasty greek propaganda. As for Telex, considering his knowledge in wikipedia, style and behaviour - I doubt he's a newbie. I know it's not a nice thing to say, but at least I'm honest and I dont hide my thoughts behind nice words like so many hipocrites here do, but their actions make them transparent anyway. But on to the sticky points:

1. I dont know what was your intention but a sentance like: The process of ethnogenesis gained momentum, and a distinct national Macedonian identity was formed clearly suggests that a distinct identity was absent prior to 1945. I'm confused... Do you support that view?????
2. I know what you feel about Macedonian Greeks as an ethnic group, that's why I was even more surprised. In your answer to me you say that it's not implying that they are actualy an ethnic group, but the sentance clearly states them as an ethnic group. And you say that compromises are necesary, but how can you make a compromise with a clearly false statemant? And how many compromises should be made under pressure from all kinds of nationalists. To be honest the version that I red before writing this was acceptable to me but again makes me wonder how many Greek explanations, notes, footnotes and so on should theese pages have? Are these pages here for Greek nationalist to express every thought they have and to put pro-greek nationalist POVs in every corner of the articles???
3. You are wrong about this one. Macedonia wasn't part of "Serbia" in the kingdom of Yugoslavia. Serbia simply didn't exist as an separate entity in the kingdom - Yugoslavia consisted of "banovini". So it wasn't separated from Serbia, but was granted a republic status. And the belif that Tito did whatewer he wanted with Macedonia and the Macedonians is really hard to belive. Altough some of the points mentioned about his "pro-Macedonian" motives are valid, a crucial one is left out: the Macedonian comunist party and liberation army were much more loosely conected to the Yugoslav ones than others in Yugoslavia. There were significant pro-independance forces in Macedonia and this couldn't have been ignored by Tito and KPJ, so concessions to the Macedonians were necesary to keep Macedonia in the new federation peacefuly.
4. I realy dont understand why I should provide sources for such well known things, especially since it will be reverted anyway (with or without dismissing the sources). All this while some are slipping all kinds of stuff into articles and keeping them there by majorisation in rewert wars.

Finaly, you advise me: the best way to awnser to those editors who say that the Macedonians were invented in 1945 is in collecting good, strong sources. I don't think that we should get into sourcing that kind of stuff. I think that those editors are clearly not-well intentioned and I won't accept playing their game by trying to proove such things as my grandfathers national feelings. And even if I do it, it wont make any impression on them. They'll stick to their theories. Altough I'm not a wikipedia member for a long time, I have learned that some people here will negate even pure mathematics.

--Realek 02:14, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Note to editors who will jump on this message by preaching me, or by acting diplomatic and nice to me: I'm ignoring you

--Realek 02:14, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

We too.  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 08:52, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

This just makes me laugh - the article currently says:

The majority of Macedonians today inhabit parts of the geographical region of Macedonia along with other ethnic groups, mainly Greeks (known as Greek Macedonians or simply Macedonians in this region), Albanians and Bulgarians.

It does not imply that they are a seperate ethnic group. On a second tone, it's not the evil Graeco-Bulgarian requiring the sources, it's Wikipedia policy, so if you want to work without citing sources, I suggest you start a wiki of your own (call it Realekpedia). BTW, yes, even in Macedonian nationalism, there was some confusion over over the alleged ethnicity of the Macedonians at that time. According to Macedonian nationalists, the Miladinov Brothers, who wrote what they called Bulgarian folk songs, in what they described as the Bulgarian languages, really meant Macedonian, just there was some ethnic confusion at that time. As for your claim that we should believe your assertions about the self identification of your gradparents, I'll respond with your own words: Why should anybody belive you??? Just because you say so??? Shouldn't people take into account your obvious bias??? Telex 09:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I maintain my previous position. NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 09:42, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Ciao Al, puoi spiegarmi perche hai fatto questo (solo di curiosita, perche non capisco la differenza). NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 14:34, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Io penso che gli esempi siano utili. Telex 14:38, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Ah si? Perche? (sinceramente NON SO!)  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 14:44, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Didn't you (Niko) ask me a question about the distant definite article at Talk:FYROM? That's why. Telex 14:52, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

They were removed following a stupid error on my part, that I've now corrected. I probably gave a look to a wrong version. It may be all crap, but I don't have enough knowledge of the issue to decide this.--Aldux 14:51, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Translation done

Samothrace_temple_complex done - will have another look in a few days for style. (I need a break - archeology is NOT my field ) please see the Talk page, there are some minor problems both in terms of translation & accuracy/inconsistency in the fr article - perhaps you are wiser in this area. This has also lead to some other articles in the works - anastylosis & Neorion for two...should have those in a week or so. Bridesmill 19:30, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the copyedit & additional wl's - didn't realize BCE worked as well as BC (I prefer it myself). But plural of sheep is 'sheep', btw (yest, englishj is a wackey language ) . I got anastylosis & Neorion done - used the de: and fr: for the former. Cheers. Bridesmill 16:17, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Nationalist test (di Francis)

Ciao, puoi vedere questo e dare tuo opinione su Lombardian nationalist (e anche per gli altri)?  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 16:33, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Munir Bashir

Thank you so much for correcting me. And yes, I guess I was aiming for the German version. Thanks again! Chaldean 14:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Slavery

I saw your request as well but I thought it hadn't received any attention yet. I have stopped translating the article. Miskin 12:58, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

It is done. ;-) Bridesmill 02:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Fyrom (ancora e ancora e ancora...)

About this, I'm sure nobody's happy. They just want to undervalue the significance of Albanian officiality (de facto since constitution/Ohrid states more than 20%=official; and de jure since 25% is a serious crowd!) Who cares anyway, let them make it a carnival of an article. I'm sick of argueing...  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 00:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Amusing

I laughed when I read this from CNN. Notice the names of the two groups' leaders: "Chadian Information Minister Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor accuses the Government of Sudan of facilitating a new alliance between Mahamat Nour's UFDC and the defected troops of Mahamat Nouri against the Déby administration. Neither group has confirmed or denied the merger." KI 01:45, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Thank you for the warm welcome, Aldux. I am not quite sure how to get in touch with you, but I hope this is the correct way. If you have visited my User Page(?), you will have seen my brief biography. I am a Zambian and am interested in the history of the whole of the southern African region.

Fortunately, I use the computers of Manchester City Council Libraries, in England. As a member of the libraries, I have access to a whole lot of online resources, such as the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. I have been using these to get the gist of the material, then I edit them to avoid plagiarism. Some of the stuff is what I already know from my education in Zambia and my personal reading around the subject of Zambian history. Even if I don't have the books at hand, I have read them and I know that the people who used them as references in Oxford Dictionary or Encyclopedia Britannica have the correct details.

I hope to make good contributions to the Wikipedia, although I am worried that there is so much to read!

Thanks, again.

Mungomba

Illyrians as Dorians Section

Why did you remove the section "Illyrians as Dorians" in the Illyrians article again? Did you actually read the section or did you just assume that it would be the same thing as last time? Did you check the footnotes? The least you could have done was inform me as to why you removed the section this time. I guess you failed in that department. Your job pretty much is to revert article content and ask questions later, right?

I don't know. Perhaps you perceive me as an amateur propagandist and nothing else. Nice assumption, but wrong person. Well, since you cannot give me decent reasons why you reverted the section this time, allow me to help list them for you:

1) Carleton S. Coon is evil and should not be placed in the section.

2) Etienne Balibar and Alexander Fol are not worthy scholars.

3) Roman sources from the 2nd century BC that discussed Queen Teuta's "half-Hellenic" country never existed.

4) Polybius is a fictional character from a science-fiction movie.

5) Greek mythology is not a metaphorical record of oral stories about actual people, but a mere collection of lies.

6) The concept of "barbarian" is simple only meaning "non-Greek" and never meaning "unsophisticated Greek".

7) Sociological analyses of the ancient Greek political climate have no relevance whatsoever.

Of course, the first answer I expect from you when you read this is as follows: "I removed the section because it is 'original research' and there is no one who supports that the Illyrians spoke Greek." Or something along those lines. Yet, you fail to take into consideration the possibility of a connection between Illyrian tribes and Doric tribes. I do not expect you or anyone else to accept the section's content as gospel (though I would be flattered if you did). Besides, if such a connection between Illyrians and Dorians did exist in the past, then why not explain it? I placed sources that validate whatever aspects of "original research" you might find in the section. I guess there is nothing that satisfies your demands.

Here is what you can do. Why don't you actually read the section and make constructive suggestions? No wait. Here is an even better idea. Why don't you actually help me conduct research to validate (or denounce) what was written in the article section? The only way your going to see an expanded Illyrians article is to actually help people who are trying to do such a thing. Being an editor does not only entail hacking, slashing, and decimating content. There are also procedures for refining content and constructively enhancing information that may actually prove to be valuable for readers. Of course, you probably know this already. Or not. I really don't care up to this point.

I am going to put the section back and I expect from you to "warn" me about my violating 3RR (without of course explaining why you removed the section for the second time). Read this message completely before responding in my discussion page. Over and out. Deucalionite 21:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Just FYI, I've reported Deucalionite for 3RR. A pity he insists so much on this, because he seems to be a decent fellow and open to friendly discussion, but in this case his judgment seems terribly off the mark. Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

I think it's not the same

Please check User_talk:Matia.gr#Need_for_translator_.28fr_to_en.29 - the place described is in lower Macedonia not mid-north Albania (Axios etc). However Mat may (or may not) be traced back to Emathia (if John came from Emathia to Mat for example and gave that name etc). talk to +MATIA

Greece translations

It's a pleasure; hadn't done any reading on Greece since high school, & that was a few years ago. Very pleasant break from mundane life ot be poking around the ancient writers again. Personally, I prefer BCE, but really not fussed either way. Consistency is important - I will go & change them myself right now as its a dumb format mistake to make. Bridesmill 16:14, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Pomaks

Hello. I've noticed you're working on a major rewrite of Pomaks. It seems like the article corresponds to the article Muslim Bulgarians (Pomaks is just a local/informal/derogatory name) and I believe we should merge them, but would like to know what you think first. I'm interested in this quite vague and sometimes controversial topic and would like to help create a good, neutral and unbiased article. Also, we should settle on some transliteration — whether the official one or scientific transliteration. The second is more accurate while the first one is... official :) → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → 21:16, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

That's all right, I only meant making them one article and didn't intend to imply Muslim Bulgarians is a better name — as you said, it isn't. The article(s) and the topic really need major work and good referencing, so what you've assigned to yourself is an important task. Count on me for any help I could offer. → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → 21:40, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Category Deletion

Please visit [6] and weigh in!  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 17:59, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Prostitutes

Prostitution in Ancient Greece is complete & ready for critique/copyedit etc. It was fun to do.Bridesmill 15:31, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

re. Alimentation - you have these up your sleeve ready to go, don't you? .Bridesmill 16:36, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

You sot LOL - you have me addicted to these, you realize that? I'll do it, but will leave it open on the list for now in case someone else is feeling 'ripped off' becasue I keep jumping on these, I'm doing Artemis Orthia right now, stumbled on thet through the prostitution article, not an FA on the french wiki but still interesting.Bridesmill 17:16, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Artemis Orthia is up now, in case you didn't have anything better to do ...LOL.Bridesmill 00:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Basta colla tua grecofilia

Basta colla tua grecofilia tendenzionista! Ai capito bene?Apostolos Margaritis 18:05, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi Aldux! Margaritis has already made up his mind [7]. --Hectorian 21:49, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

See Hectorian, me and Dahn much as we share the same ethnic background do NOT necessarily support each other. I think that's rather elegant, fair and in the spirit of wikipedia. Sadly you Greeks are grouping yourselves on ethnic lines so to speak. As I once said, you're still stunted, need to grow up. I would very much suggest you try to grow a bit more sophisticated and becomeless obsessed by your own ethnic background Apostolos Margaritis 10:32, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Minor correction: See Hectorian, me and Dahn much as we want to believe we share the same ethnic background do NOT necessarily support each other.... I am not obsessed with my ethnic background... someone else seems to be... --Hectorian 01:02, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

What common ethnicity do you have with Dahn? As far as I know Aromanians = Greeks. --Telex 10:35, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh yes and pigs fly. Hey I'm in an excellent mood today so you won't drag me into the Vlach quagmire again. Apostolos Margaritis 10:40, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I thought you only suffered from gynaikophilia... NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 23:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Say it in Italian, NikoSilver (as Margaritis also did): bambolaphilia...:)--Hectorian 23:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

No, he said it in a self-invented Romano-Italian portmanteu... NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 23:55, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, i just tried to edit something clever, don't shoot me! (and to show i know some Italian-...vanitas vanitatis....u know:)...) --Hectorian 00:00, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Ela re patriotes. It's really depressing to see a) Greeks decorating each other (Latinus lavishing NikoSilver and Hectorian with medals, Telex awarding medals to Matia.gr: you name them) yes we know Cyprus and Greece failing to achieve Enosis always award each other 20 points at Eurovision b) Greeks never ever daring to argue with one another: again, probably from a misunderstood sense of a monolithic patriotism. You're in fact quite similar to a pack of wolfs. Coward when on your own always brave when walk in packs. Not to worry, now I am here so I can guarantee you there's lot of fun to be had. Apostolos Margaritis 10:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Woof. --Telex 10:29, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Is there a new moon where you are right now triggering those wolf chants of yours Telex?Apostolos Margaritis 10:37, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Who did you vote for at the Eurovision, Greece? --Telex 10:43, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Saturday evening I've been munching sushi and beef katsu until late at Nobu. By the time I arrived home it was too late to see the aging diva Anna Vissi (is that her name?). But I caught a glimpse of Nana Mouskouri though. Someone stop her, please, please was begging on the BBC the presenter Terry Wogan. Of course I didn't bother to vote for the Eurotrash contest Apostolos Margaritis 10:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

'Greeks awarding medals and never arguing with each other'... I thought u believed that the Aromanians are not Greeks...:/. how strange, i am Greek and i am Aromanian! as for the comments on Eurovision, Vissi and the 'quarantees' u gave, one phrase can be said: mare lucru... --Hectorian 14:18, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Hectorian, that's a nice "Latin" nick-name you've got yourself. It's crystal clear to me that, should you really be a Vlach, you belong to the sad faction of the Grecomani Vlachs. A sort of reversed Janissary, exposed from early childhood to Greek only culture, language, school, propaganda, so much in fact that he came to believe he's a Greek, am I correct? But it's your choice, your life. In fact it's too late you became something else by now, so well done, here's another assimilated Vlach, what's the big deal? We are in 2006, I hope time will come when the Greeks will allow you to have your first Vlach language newspaper or your first Vlach language FM radio station. Even the Baluba tribes in Congo have probably got their own media by now. You're not asking too much inn'it? What? You don't want this? You don't want to offend the Greeks by asking for rights for Vlach language? Listen, the Greeks are well-known for their generosity and tolerance. So here is yet another reason for wanting to remain a Greek wanabee. Better on the side of the bosses than being the underdog, inn'it? I think it's worth the sacrifice Apostolos Margaritis 11:33, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Tired, but i will respond to these 'comments': my nick name is not Latin (apart from the -ian, of course). my real name is more greek than u can imagine... apropos, your nick is vlach, isn't it?:p. i am an aromanian (in fact half-aromanian), proud to say it, and i belong to the vast majority of aromanians who have always considered themselves Greeks (cause this is simply what we are). a Janissary? Huh? no need to comment on that (it was deliberately said to bring tension in the discussion). i was indeed exposed to greek culture since i was born...u know, greeks are usually exposed to greek culture, italians to italian and so on... and my ancestors, as further back to the history of my family i can go, they were also exposed to greek culture. vlach language newspaper? hmmm in which alphabet, with which grammar and syntax? u seem to forget that aromanian evolved as an idiom from vulgar latin and never had a written form. not to mentioned that it has always been used along with greek from its speakers. perhaps u are dreaming of someone who will invent all things necessary to create a new ethnic identity? u know, more things are needed for a nation to be born... not to forget that their is no historian from those early times talking about a migration of the romanians to the south (speaking about greek propaganda? why don't u look at the romanian one?)of course, there will always be Alkiviades s, trying to create something that never existed for their own purposes (i know that u have been editting articles related to him... always remember that he was a facist pawn, with no supporters (perhaps the name he should have would be Ephialtes). and for me, all those (a couple of people, i mean) who desperately try to split the aromanians from the rest of the Greeks, are just wannabe princes or dictators. --Hectorian 00:54, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey Greier: Vezi ce "malachii" zice mai sus Hectorian? Omul asta are mari probleme de identitate. tsi fatsi gione? tora ti adrashi grec? Arshine mari! Apostolos Margaritis 12:57, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow! A Greek, a Vlach and an Arvanite are conspiring with a grecophile Italian against an impartial Aromanian, who is not supported even by his fellow editors! My, my, those guys over at the Epsilon Team have managed to compile all contradicting ideologies, nationalities and self-identifications into one immaculately homogenic revengeful wolf-pack! We should redirect Absolute brain washing machine directly to Greek propaganda... (that, or you just can't see you're simply wrong)  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 15:03, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Haha, this one's really great Niko. I must admit that when I read Apostolos message I felt myself invaded by a wave of good humour; immagining myself member of a cosmopolitan cospiration designed to promote Greek nationalism was simply a too magistral idea. I think time has come we disband the Epsilon Team, guys; Apostolos has at the end discovered The Truth.... Tendentious Graecophiliac 16:10, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I thought the term was "philhellene". --Telex 16:14, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I too, but certainly Apostolos knows better ;-) Tendentious Graecophiliac 16:17, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Apostole, eu sunt cu tine! esti fratele meu, di sânge shi di limba. greier 15:12, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Everything has started with Greeks like Miskin etc. and Italians (if he really is one) who became Greek bootliskers the likes of Aldux deleting and vandalizing my editing. Don't get me wrong. I was just insinuating in a very elegant and gentle manner that according to some scholars Saint Cyril might have had Slavic roots but that was enough to cause an immense outrage among the Greeks folowed by a violent and co-ordinated strike. They in effect are undermining from inside the wiki project trying to divert it off its neutral non-partizane path and convert it or re-direct it if you wish into a Greek ethnocentric national project. Ceea ce-mi displace e faptul ca se ascund, se deghizeaza. Ia-l de exemplu pe acest Aldux. El pretinde ca e italian pe cand, in realitate e grec. Ei vor sa creeze confuzie sa dea impresia ca punctul lor de vedere e sustinut si de non-greci. In acest context, oare nu e logic ca si noi sa ne organizam efectiv si sa ne ajutam reciproc? Apostolos Margaritis 11:10, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

"El pretinde ca e italian pe cand, in realitate e grec." ?!?!?!?!?! Sarei Greco adesso?! Ma possibile che tu non ti renda conto fino a che punto stai diventando paranoico? Anche se devo ammettere che i tuoi insulti sono particolarmente divertenti; mi ricordano quelli di Asteraki, che mi chiama odiatore dei Greci. Quanto al tuo disegno di creare una combriccola stile mafioso, non contare di ottenere grande successo; l'unico che si unirebbe ad uno piano tanto sciaugurato é Greier. Comunque, che tu mi creda o meno non me ne può fregar di meno.--Aldux 11:53, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

God, i really want to learn Italian!(cause it sounds good!):) --Hectorian 00:58, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Auzi! Acum am creat o adevarata la piovra vlacha... :) greier 12:14, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Eu ti-am zis, cand vrei ajutor, trebuie doar sa-mi zici. 11:21, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Greier, you can say it in English. Eastern Romance languages aren't that hard to decipher: Apostole, I am with you! you are my brother, of blood and language. --Telex 15:15, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Or in Italian: Apostole, io sono con te! sei mio fratello, di sangue e di lingua. (talking about wolf-packs!)  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 15:19, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Or in Arvanitika: Apostol, u jam me ti. Je vëllai im, i gjakut edhe i gljuhës. --Telex 15:25, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

So, wouldn`t be a shame for this beautiful language to be lost forever, replaced by tzeflekiki, pouliki, moukiki, poulos, karagolous, mousos and all that ousos greier 15:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

There's nothing wrong with the Greek language. All languages have good and bad points - I admit though, it is a shame for any language to die out. --Telex 15:33, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Ummm, Greier, these are not Greek words (except maybe "poulos"). Actually the transliteration would be quite pleasant for the ears: Apostóli, eghó íme mazí su, íse adhelfós mu, sto éma ke sti ghlóssa...  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 16:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

LOL... ;-) --Telex 16:13, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey Al, since you're adding sub-pages, why not make one for /Tendentious Graecophiliacs too?  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 17:30, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

What do you propose to use it for? Tendentious Graecophiliac 18:55, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

How about including all those edits of yours that most nationalist Greeks would consider offensive?  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 10:27, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Better not, I'm afraid they're so many that if I disclose the magnitude and amount of them, not only Greek nationalists will start calling me "Greek-hater" (as an editor once did) ;-)--Aldux 20:17, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand your stance on this Aldux, what on earth does it matter what some random calls you? You once told me that you always support the view of the current consensus and do not try to investigate by yourself wheter it's true or accurate. You see that there's not one single source to support the opposing view, so why are we even discussing this any further? Miskin 21:25, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Ciao Aldux! Viva la latinita'! Siamo tuti, noi arumeni che voi fratelli italiani insieme gli figli della nostra unica madre Roma Apostolos Margaritis 12:49, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

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Kitha edho pedhia

What a shame that u editted this picture, with the comment that u assosiated it with... I am sure, i was not wrong about your beliefs, Margaritis... Thus your comments above do not deserve to be replied... --Hectorian 13:03, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

There're still Vlachs out there in the Pindus (up in villages like Turia) who remained faithful to Latinity which they view as an essential ingredient to their identity. Can you blame them? No, it's their right to feel simpathy for their close Italian kin Apostolos Margaritis 13:32, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I do not endorse them but you should be aware that there're voices (see link) who are asking for Rhodos and Dodecanesse to be returned to Italy. Apostolos Margaritis 13:38, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow this page is like a forum. Anyway I just wanted to state that calling other people "X-phile" or "X-licker" is one of Apostolos' favourite psychological attacks. He recently said the same things to user:Dahn, and I think he used the exact same wording. Miskin 01:10, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

To Margaritis: i come from those villages (i visit my ancestral village every summer and i have visited those villages many many times in my life!). those 'faithfuls' exist only in your imagination... Unfortunately for u, u came across someone who has many links with the 'vlachohoria' of Pindus, thus your lies and extreme POV has been revealed... --Hectorian 02:00, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

What a joke. Doesn't is pass your mind I might hail from the same area? It's just ego dhen ime enas grekomanos. Sorry

Aldux, sorry for occupying your page for such bull***t. Tu cognoscis, ego sum tuum frater:).(simplice latinitate, right?)..(in the way Italians and Greeks use it: una fatsa, una ratsa). Ciao! --Hectorian 02:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Haha, this saying is famous, both among Italians and Greeks :-) As for the "Roman fraternity", I'm afraid it's not particularly felt; to much time passed with our latin neighbours ;-)--

Aldux 19:33, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't think Italians really look towards their Eastern European neighbour Greece today with too much awe in particular or looking for any kind of inspiration. It's the Greeks who buy italiki kouzines, design, cars, food, gellata, clothes, fashion, you name them and NOT the other way round. In fact I've never seen any Greek product being sold or offered for purchase or advertized in Italy. Since you claim you're from Florence Aldux, I remember being in a cafe in Firenze and a group of noisy Greek tourists entering in haste and sitting near our table. The Italian waiter (dressed in starched white shirt and bow tie and extremely courteously and the Greeks putting the order quite rudely and then (almoust tapping the waiter) on his shoulder (a la greque) told him not to worry because Italians and Greeks are allegedly 'una faccia una razza'. The waiter pulled up a wry face and cleared his throat not bothering to hide his disgust towards his customers. Poor Greeks believed that the Italian would feel flatered but he was clearly looking down at his Eastern (and rather bumpkin) so-called relations. Apostolos Margaritis 16:00, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Response to unsighned contribution, above. Italian olive oil can be up to 50 per cent Greek, but due to import export regulations it is not declared as such. As for 'una faca una raca', the joy of Italy is its variety, hence Italians will say that this Greek moto applies to the Italians south of Rome. Politis 16:04, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Haha, that's a true story! My uncle produces olive oil in Peloponnese and sells most of it to Italian companies who pay him much better than the Greek ones. Italian and Cretan mafias control most of the oil production in the area. It's normal as Peloponnesian oil is the best in the world. Miskin 21:41, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Unfortanately for Greece, this is far from true; Peloponnesian oil is really quite bad, and I know because I've tasted it quite often. And I know what I'm speaking about; I'm an olivicultore myself, and I'm afraid that their simply isn't competition for Greece. But it's true that Greek oil (and Tunisian, Spaniard, Portoguese) are mixed with sothern Italian oil, which anyway, telling the truth, is also quite mediocre.--Aldux 21:53, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

That's like saying that French wine is bad. Where's the good oil then in your opinion? Don't tell me that you find Tuscan oil better than Greek and Sicilian. Miskin 22:35, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Honestly, I never even thought the question was disputed; in Italy at least, this is given for granted, and Tuscan oil is sold at a much higher price than Sicilian oil. An important element is the oil acidity, which is 0.4% as a rule in Tuscany, but can go down to 0.1% in the best places. Also, there's the difference between collecting them from the trees or waiting them to fall; the last solution generally gives a worst oil. On the good side, southern Italian oil have a much higher productivity for tree, if lesser quality.--Aldux 10:51, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I know quite afew Tuscans who would swear that Tuscan oil is the best in the world, but I've met few people who would share this thought. Although not an expert myself, I've worked in a high-class Italian restaurant owned by Sicilians and run by Neopolitans and they imported Greek oil because they claimed it was of better quality. Only 5% of the exported Greek oil is sold under Greek brands, and chances are that you it's not top quality. What I'm saying is that I don't think you've tasted the real thing. You probably know that there's a quality standard for every product, and in the case of the olive oil, quality essentially depends on the olive. Similarly the quality of wine depends on the quality of the grape. If there are better quality of grapes growing in France and better quality of olives growing in Sicily, there's not much you can do in order to compete their potential success in wine or olive oil production. Miskin 23:35, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I found a Golden George Karelias [8] box in Piombino. Miskin 13:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

And for some mysterious reason I reckon that the above sequence of events was something that you just made up. Miskin 13:03, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

No, it's a real event I experienced in Florence. We stayed at a hotel in the square near Santa Maria Novella called something like De Vigne if I remember well. Aldux can confirm Apostolos Margaritis 16:00, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah of course, I'm well aware of those "I was sitting in a bar in Acapulco"-type of stories and I know how true they are. Miskin 21:54, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Ehmm... I'm afraid you pretend to much from my memory; there is a restaurant on the left coming from the station, but I hardly know the name of a single hotel in Florence. Even if I do have quite a good knowledge of the square you mention, since it's so close to to the station. It also has a wiki meanining: it was there that I made my only physical encounter with a wikipedian :-) Anyways, I don't live anymore in Florence, but have moved some miles upriver.--Aldux 16:38, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Aldux I thought you were a gynaikophiliac! How on earth don't you know any hotel names? I still remember the rooms in Hotel Continental, with a view at Ponte Vecchio!:NikoSilver: 16:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I was too poor to take a room :-( On the good side, we could always bring them to the apartment that me and my friends had taken during the university years ;-) --Aldux 17:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Dorks exist everywhere. I would give you dozens of counter-examples from Italian (or British, or French, or German...) tourists, but I think that it is wrong to generalise this behavior to the whole of the Italian population. Same with the Greeks, but you fail ofcourse to understand that. As for the Greek products, well, you have selective retention or categorization there too: Try frappe, feta, tourism, hotels, fabrics (I know quite a few internationally famous Greek brands -since I happen to be in the business) and shipping just out of the top of my head. Ofcourse, Greeks don't have that extra fashionable background of the "Made in Italy" tag, but then again, so do the Germans or the Brits. Nobody accuses them of being inferior in inspiration because of that though, the same way as nobody accuses the Italians of being unworthy ship-owners. So, in your words: Apostole, Vásta ton Ant-hellinismó sou...  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 11:57, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Τέκνον μοῦ Ἀπόστολε βάστα τῆν μαλακίαν σοῦ. Miskin 13:09, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Food

Diet of Ancient Greece up for your viewing satisfaction . Am going to have a look at Ancient Agriculture to see if it is worh doing. Bridesmill 01:31, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Albanians in FYROM

"Culture-wise Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia are closely related with Kosovo and Albania." you requested a fact for this statement. Can you tell me what is to be doubted here? Albanians wherever they are are culturally connected, traditions, national flag, inter-marriages, religions, music, almost everything. They just do not share the same country. What fact do you need? ilir_pz 02:00, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Macedonism

As you are an administrator of wikipedia please tell me what do you think about macedonism as a term, thanx. Vlatko 12:27, 29 may 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanx anyway. I see you are much interested in history research. But tell me, don't you think that macedonism should be regarded as the terms germanism, helenism, portugalism, actualy the influence of their cultures. I think that macedonism has to be defined in the article as. And than to write about using macedonism. Vlatko 13:21, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

New Medicine COTW

--Francisco Valverde 19:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Please stop reverting the article about Bulgarians

Please stop reverting the article about Bulgarians. Please read the discussion page

GR_MANOS 15:33, 31 May 2006

But why Aldux?

But why? :-( --Telex 21:16, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

OK. Don't forget though, that all censi right up the the 1941 German census record a substantial Greek community (in Axis occupied Yugoslavia), and Ethnologue does list Greek as one of the minor languages spoken over there. Anyway, it was worth a shot ;-) --Telex 22:05, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Well Telex, throught WWII the teritory of Agean Macedonia was under Bulgarian ocupation, so that must represent the number of greeks in masedonia as whole.--Vlatko 00:29, 01 June 2006 (UTC)

It was in the teritorry of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. --Telex 22:33, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Also, I find it most suspicious that R. Macedonia is willing to accept Bosniak, Aromanian, Turkish minorities, is being highly criticised over its treatment of its Albanians and Serbs (Albania and Serbia border them), and Bulgarians and Greeks officially don't exist, but they are willing to speculate on hundreds of thousands of Macedonians in Bulgaria and Greece. I hope no one denies that there are self-identifying Bulgarians over there... recognition of minorities is obviously selective (just like in Greece). --Telex 22:46, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Huh?

What were you doing at Image:LanguagesGreece.PNG? --Telex 17:03, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Italian in Greece

Thanks Aldux!(for your nice words in Nikola's talk-page):). Italian infuence is still seen in the Dodecanese (they were italian 49 years ago), but mostly in the Ionian islands (u know... had been venetian for a long time, many italian tourists go there every summer, italy is very close, they never were under turkish oppression...). about what u asked, Telex gave u indeed a good answer: the Uniates are not 'respected' in Greece (perhaps we prefer to see things clear, and not dressed up:p). most of the catholics in greece live in Paros, Tinos-half of the population- (the last island to fall under turkish rule in 1714, if i am not wrong), in Patra (i don't know why...) and of course in the Ionian islands (for the reasons i said). In the Ionian islands the dialect spoken has many Italian loanwords and sounds really like italian in accent (that's why i called it graeco-italian pidgin). and yes, i know the special sacred position Zakynthus has in italian poetry and literature... Foscolo was from there, afterall! also (perhaps u didn't know that) the greek national poet, Solomos, was half of Italian(venetian) origins. Ciao! --Hectorian 01:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I must admit I didn't know about Solomos. As for the "many Italian tourists", I was one of them myself, even if I remained only a little there; I've always preferred the Greek mainland :-) Ciao.--Aldux 16:14, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Ciao! My dad is from Paxos. My grandma used to have an Italian accent. I wish I could reproduce it in writing quoting her say: "Ma ton Ái Spyrídhona" or "O-po-po symforá sou, syntelía sou mávri..." When I was young, she used to cook her specialty "pastitsádha" (spaghetti with meat and tomato sauce [slurp!]), and she used to unlock the little "portéli" in her garden to let us in. Even her name sounded Italian, or at least it had an Italian ending: "Mavretta". If you ever go to Paxos, do visit the traditional cafe of Kyr'Theófrastos in Lakka main square, and drink "tsitsibirra", a local special spicy ginger-ale that can't be exported coz the bottles blow up in the transport! There are thousands of Italian tourists in feragosto. So many, that when you bump on someone in the street, you choose subconciously to say "scusi", rather than "syghnómi". Hell, I even see Berlusconi regularly...  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 21:21, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

We call them "spaghetti al ragù". As for the Italian "invasion" I also was quite impressed; I've never been in Paxos, but in Corfu it was really incredible how many they (we) were.--Aldux 22:08, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I know how you call them. We call them simply "Makarónia me kokkinistó" (Spaghetti with red-ed [meat]). In Paxos, however, they are named after it:pasticcio. The "porta" feminine diminutive would be "portítsa" or "portoúla", not neuter "portéli" and my grandma would be called "Mavra" not "Mavretta"... I wish I could remember more of her strange words, coz I really did love her a lot. At one point I was given a lexicon of Paxos words. I remember only one (not Italian) that I liked: "anapapsólia". It refers to some strange rings hanging from the ceiling above the wedding bed, to help the groom immobilise his virgin wife. The etymology is from "anápafsi" (rest) and "psolí" (ah-hem, quello che questi dello Sud hanno piu grande). BTW nice work on the Pomaks. I suggest you compound all references to a single destination, instead of repeating them, so as to make them fewer!  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 22:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Hahaha, these Paxos guys seem to appreciate the things that really count ;-)))) Thanks for the suggestion regarding Pomaks; I believe you're right, and should try to reduce the number by compounding at least some of the notes.--Aldux 10:54, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Nikola, stop promoting tourism in the Ionian Islands! Aldux has already stated his taste: he has always prefered 'mainland Greece':p. perhaps Thessaly:). (this was a sense of greek regionalism...). Ciao! --Hectorian 22:47, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, he'll probably prefer to go milk a goat or something rather than sunbathing in showy white sand and swimming in crystal tyrqouise waters... (talking about regionalism!)  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 23:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

We don't have only goats in Thessaly!!! but of course u are an Eftanesiot (always your noses point to te sky..., thinking u are 'nobles'...pfff, talking about regionalism!lol). --Hectorian 23:33, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

And while you're at it, send us over some cheese... NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 23:36, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I am from Thessaly, but not from Larisa... so, go and get some from there by yourself... --Hectorian 23:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Moooooo, ntei-ntei, hop-hop, tsikiti-tsak, brrrrt, sálagai-ta-práita! Nice dialect you have over there!  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 09:56, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Haha, actually I've been to the Meteora, and I've also been to the Pelion; a really beautiful place if sort of ungreek; or at least the kindof place you would expect to find in Greece.--Aldux 10:54, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Niko, check your email for my reply...:p --Hectorian 16:19, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Just read your edit in Wikipedia:Macedonian Wikipedians' notice board, Aldux. U are doing a really good job in the Pomaks, and all your edits seem to be well sourced and wellwritten. personally, i do not mind seen notes in articles (no matter how many they can be); on the contrary, they give me the chance to look about something i haven't understoond or for something i may want further details. something looked strange to me in the infobox, though: Related ethnic groups:other Bulgarians, Torbesh, Gorani. hmmm, the Gorani are related to Pomaks ethnically, but the Republicans are not? i can understand if this is an attempt not to make the article a 'revert-target'... lastly, the population figure about Greece is old... maybe more up to date estimations are available (i may check it out). --Hectorian 23:26, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. Regarding "related ethnic groups", actually I wasn't even thinking of the Macs.; after all, I'm not that afraid of our Macedonian friends...;-) I simply made the choice on the ground that the key elements of the Pomaks are language (Bulgarian) and religion; so for this I inserted the Torbesh and Gorani, who are both Slavophones and Muslims; the key aspects of Pomak identity; after all, if they were simply Christian they would simply be common Bulgarians; while if they weren't Slavophones they would simply be Turks. Probably I should add Bosnians to the list to make this point clearer. As for the number of Pomaks in Greece, I'll probably put a range of number in its place; there isn't a linguistic census that can be used with certainity, and I don't think it's up to me to chose the right number, so I'll simply give the highest and lowest number proposed by scholars, and discuss the question better in the section on the Pomaks in Greece, that'll be the next section I'll do.--Aldux 11:15, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Sudan bribing

Interesting tape released by the HRW you might be interested in- [9]. If you find the time, could you start a page on it? I would, but unfortunately I've been blocked so I'm using User:Tchadienne today. KI

Hi :-) The problem is I'm a bit occupied with the Balkans now, even if I intend to restart intensely on Chad among some weeks. And a much bigger problem, I hardly know anything on Uganda and Southern Sudan. The best one to ask to is User:Ezeu, who's our best expert on the LRA and Uganda. As for using another name, please don't do it. You see, it's considered block evasion, and it may bring an admin. to lengthen your block. So just take a break. Ciao --Aldux 22:29, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:3RR

If you revert again you may be blocked from Wikipedia. Please see WP:3RR, why not discuss in talk first? --K a s h ^{Talk | email} 12:13, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry that edit was reached on a consenus it took me weeks to make; now the same editors are outright rejecting it. It is total hypocracy. The drag their feet especially user:Grandmaster who is being very counter-productive. 72.57.230.179

User:KI

Well, I guess I better explain myself. First, he was already created two sockpuppets as can be view here. The main reason was refusing to cooperate in any shape way for form and threatening further action. Also, if he is User:Freestylefrappe as he claims, then he knows policy very well and could just mean more trouble. That being said, if User:KI wishes to contact me, I'm open to that but he needs to show reasonability first... Anyways, that's my view on it. Sasquatch t|c 02:14, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Ancient Romans

You still have not responded to a question on my talk.   /FunkyFly.talk_   18:07, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

POLL

No, no, no, not what you think! This time is for something that all of us need:

Improvement of the <ref> function.

Please weigh in at Wikipedia talk:Footnotes#Poll!  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 21:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Big A

Hi, re this, I disagree. Care to discuss? Please tell me why you removed it.  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 12:57, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Probably because there is already a section dealing with the origin of the name: Alexander (disambiguation)#Origin. --Telex 12:58, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Sure there is, but I find the etymology quite descriptive of the particular guy's character. It's just one little summarising phrase, which deserves being there. I am going to place a footnote that refers to the #Origin section. Other than that, I don't see any reason to remove it (apart from extreme sensitivity regarding the Greekness of the name, which I find unjustified).  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 13:07, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

The problem is that if we do it for this Alexander, we won't be able to say no to all those who want to put the meaning in the hundreds (thousands) of Alexander in wikipedia, ancient and modern, and also the Philips and Johns.--Aldux 21:19, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Wouldn't object to that either, if it were descriptive of their personalities. WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia!  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 23:25, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

The picture

Alternatives are offered in the talk page and here.   /FunkyFly.talk_   21:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Elections in Cuba

Please address the issue of your revert without explanation on the Elections in Cuba talk page--Zleitzen 11:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

You have reverted three times on the Elections in Cuba page without explanation in the edit summary, and with no talk page interaction. This practice is not acceptable and frowned upon according to Wikipedia guidelines and policies. Please address this issue as soon as possible to avoid action via the Wikipedia dispute process.--Zleitzen 18:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello Aldux, I am trying to understand the reason for your reverts on the Elections in Cuba page. Your only explaination (*sigh*) and (rv) are not very helpful. BruceHallman 20:42, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I hadn't been very impressed by your first edit today, especially your specific addition to Zleitzen, and when I saw you editing again, I thought you had restored it; that was rash on my part, I recognize it, and a violation of one of my most important laws, to always observe new edits with maximum attention. Too much wikiwork, I need a rest. As for not awnsering on the talk, I agreed with Ultramarine's points, so didn't see any need to add my point, as it was the same of his. Returning to your last edit, I have to insist that argues is more NPOV than identifies.--Aldux 21:01, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

communes

I think you should write the things referring to the commune itself in the titular entry (infobox - which, remember, has the title Comune di ..., geography, area, population, footer, etc.). If a city within the commune has more importance, you can write a separate article for it (i.e., with the relative History and Main sights) and insert links between the twos (i.e. See also). Let me know. user:Attilios

Helots

Not too subtle LOL. I'm on it, Agriculture should be done this eve. Noticed Jastrow working on Women in Ancient Greece - I'm putting dibs on it Bridesmill 01:15, 11 June 2006 (UTC) Agriculture of Ancient Greece up for copyedit.Bridesmill 04:32, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Arghh! My perfidious schemes have been uncovered!

Oh well, they WERE quite trasparent... I've looked at Jastrow's work in progress; the one on women is really good, and only the last section is missing.--Aldux 17:27, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

è aspetta. Of course, this leads to Conspiracy of Cinadon & syssitia - the former nice and short, the latter I will do from Smith, which has about 6 pages on this subject. Deme also has a few things I will add to the en:. ‎Amphipolis (FA), ‎Civilisation mycénienne (FA), ‎Naumachie, ‎Pella (FA) also on my list - any preferences? (I am very tempted to start on Jastrow's women article though) Bridesmill 19:52, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

FAs to translate

Wow, thanks for the list - might have a go at fr:violences urbaines if there's nothing here already on the topic. Stevage 15:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)