Talk:Albanians/Archive 5

The number of Albanians
Let's use the calculator: In 2011 census in Albania,where 15% of the population didn't declare their nationality,there are 2,312,356 Albanians. 2,312,356(Albania)+ 1,690,000(Kosovo)= 4,002,356

4,002,356(Albania+Kosovo)+1,300,000(Turkey),we are including here the partially assimilated Albanian population,like in other pages ,for example the number of serbs in USA.According to 2010 census around 190,000 serbs were counted.But in the serbian page these numbers go even too 1.8 million,including the partially assimilated ones,of course.the same thing is here. So 4,002,356(Albanai+Kosovo)+500-1,300,000(Turkey)=5,302,356

Now 5,302,356 + 509,083(Macedonia 2002) = 5,811,439

5,811,439 + 600,000 (Greece) =6,411,439

6,411,439 + 30,439 (Montenegro) = 6,441,878 6,441,878 + 17,513 (Croatia) = 6,459,391 6,459,391+ 10,000 (Romania) = 6,469,391

6,469,391 + 61,467 (Serbia,2002 census,the 2011 was boycotted,so it's untrue and unreilable) = 6,530,858 So 6,530,858 + 1,282,000(Italy,here are included the immigrants from Albania + around 800,000 local Albanian population called Arbershë.If Albanian population from Kosovo,Macedonia etc.. these numbers may be even more high.)=7,812,858

Sory i had to go out,let'continue with other countries

7,812,858+300,000(Germany)=8,112858+200,000(Switzerland)=8,312,858+60,000(Netherlands)=8,372,858+60,000(Sweden)=8,432,858 + 30,000(United Kingdom)=8,462,858+28,212(Austria)=8,491070+20,000(France)=8,511,070+193,813=8,704,883+8,000(Norway)=8,712,883+7,804(Finland)=8,720,687+30,000(Belgium)=8,750,687 +22,395(Canada)=8,773,082+11,315(Australia)=8,784,440+5,000(Ukraine)=8,789,440

Now here are included countries where a large number of albanian people lives.Albanians are about 9 million on it's max. estimations,but the lowest number must be 8 million,according to the table in this page.Albanians in Greece are not only Arvanites,here if we include them with the recent albanian immigrants,there would be 1 ml. albanians in greece.I agree with you that many of them have been assimilated.I will give you an example,if you go to the serb page in Wikipedia,you will see that there are 1.8 million serbs in U.S.A. when the 2010 census counted less than 190,000.They are assimilated too,like the albanians in turkey,but still are counted.Arbershe in Italy according to the source are 800,000. If we say there are 2,312,000 Albanains in Albania,according to the 2011 census,ok,but then there are only 25,000 greeks in Albania too and not 200,000 which is in the greek page.This is a double standard in wikipedia,not good. (talk) 22:52, 7 August 2013 (UTC)


 * On Wikipedia, we use reliable sources, not calculators. Keep in mind that only a smal part from the people of Albanian descent in Turkey have Albanian identity. Arbareshe in Italy according to reliable sources are 80,000 people not 800,000. Nobody from Arvanites in Greece keep Albanian self-identification today, and so on about your calculations. If you have reliable sources about your claims, please provide them. If no, stop pushing POV here. Thank you. Jingiby (talk) 11:42, 7 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree with Jingiby. Athenean (talk) 18:08, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Celtic, this is an encyclopedia, not a place for nationalistic competition. Stik to reliable sources and talk-page consensus. Thank you. Jingiby (talk) 17:09, 16 September 2013 (UTC)


 * We should use real population data to determine the total population of Albanian people. So far I haven't found any data that confirm the total population of Albanians is indeed 6.0-7.5 million, besides an unreliable "Ethnologue" site of which the data and statistics for many countries, including Albania, Macedonia and Greece, are disputed. The "Ethnologue" site's claim is way exaggerated. The BBC's data for 6 million Albanians are more reasonable and closer to Wikipedia's actual records for how many live per country. But I failed to find any sources that validate the data from the Ethnologue site. The Wikipedia is not a place where we race for population sizes. The 5.5-6.0 million Albanians is the safest claim for now and the main page needs to be updated.--SilentResident (talk) 18:32, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Notable people
Ali Sami Yen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.79.85.48 (talk) 18:31, 29 October 2013 (UTC)


 * An unregisterd user from Ip151.52.2.231 is making significant changes to notable Albanian personalities with out explanation. He/She has also disturbed content related to language. If He/She has any valid explanation than please show it here first.Editlets (talk) 07:10, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Can someone explain why Fatmir Sejdiu, the forgotten temporary president, appears there? What is his contribute? And who is Aferdita Dreshaj? Since when she represents Albanian people better than Eliza Dushku? Just because hse is pretty, does not mean she has to be there. How is it possible there is no place for Joe Dioguardi? Or James Belushi? Or Antonio Gramsci? But there is place for Sejdiu and Dreshaj! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mondiad (talk • contribs) 02:24, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * You are totally right, I will try to make some usefull changes to the gallery.thanks.Editlets (talk) 06:21, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * and John Belushi??--Snaporaxx (talk) 09:52, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Enver Hoxha image
Pershendetje, jam nje perdorues i shpesht i faqes tuaj, me gjithe respektin per faqen tuaj, kisha vetem nje keshille per katgorin "Albanians" ikona e diktatorit Enver Hoxha te hiqet nga kjo ketegori, mendoj se ne si Shqiptar duhet ta kemi per ulje te indetifikohemi nga ky njeri i cili solli vetem vuajtje edhe ekzekutime popullit tone, faleminderit per mirekuptimin, E.M nga Tirana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.78.79.241 (talk) 18:14, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Google translate of above comment says:


 * Hello, I am a frequent user of your page, with all due respect for your site, I had only one advice for category "Malaysians" icon dictator Enver Hoxha ketegori removed from it, I think we should have Albanian as lowering indetifikohemi from the man who brought only suffering to our people and executions, Thanks for your understanding, EM from Tirana.
 * --Antidiskriminator (talk) 18:46, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Enver Hoxha in my opinion deserves to be in the infobox, only if we agree to have another important personality of the 20th century Ahmet Zogu: If a communist dictator has to be there, so needs to be the monarch, otherwise we kind of have a imbalanced image. Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 17:56, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Why is this article so prone to including non-Albanians in the infobox?
From the opening sentences of the articles on some of the people included in the infobox: “Mehmet Âkif Ersoy…was a Turkish poet”, “Tom Perrotta… is an American novelist”, “Francesco Crispi…was an Italian politician”, “Rita Ora… is a British singer-songwriter”, “Ernesto Sabato… was an Argentine writer”. And then some regularly try to include the likes of Pope Clement XI, Marin Barleti, Kara DioGuardi, William G. Gregory etc. Ridiculous. It looks like anyone with the remotest connection is "Albanian". DeCausa (talk) 21:40, 6 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Of course they were Albanians. Francesco Albani and Pope Clement XI are of Arbëreshë descent, belonging to the Albanian Albani family. They were Albanians who originally moved to Urbino from the region of Malësi e Madhe in Albania (source: Herbermann, Charles George; Knights of Columbus, Catholic Truth Committee (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia. The New York Public Library: Robert Appleton Company. p. 255. Retrieved 05/12/2010). Giorgio Basta, Francesco Crispi and Kara DioGuardi are also of Arbëreshë descent. Marin Barleti (Born in Shkodër, Northern Albania ca 1450) was a Catholic priest and considered as the first Albanian historian, and wrote a biography of Skanderbeg. Abdurrahman Arnavut (meaning "Albanian" in Turkish). Chech out their wiki-articles. Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, born in Roshnik Albania. William G. Gregory is of Albanian origin from the city of Korçë (Book: Historia e Shqiptaret, released in 2010, p.212). Pjeter Bogdani - Albanian Catholic, born in Kukës in 1622. Rita Ora is born to Albanian parents in Pristina, Kosovo, moving to England with her family in 1992. Mehmet Akif Ersoy - son to İpekli Tahir Efendi, an Albanian from İpek, modern day Peja in Kosovo. Tom Perrota - his mother is an Albanian-Italian (Arbëreshë) immigrant.  So, Francesco Crispi...was an Iitalian politician, because he lived in Italy, but his ethnicity was Albanian. Rita Ora... is a British singer because she lives in Britain, but she is born in Kosovo by Albanian Catholic parents. I am a Bosniak, and if I move to America and write a book I will be and American writter, but my ethnicity will remain Bosniak. Do you understand that logic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norrskensstämmor (talk • contribs) 22:15, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * So, George Washington was English? You need to provide evidence that they self-declare as Albanian. Just because a person's aunt's husband's third cousin once spent a week in Albania, doesn't make them Albanian. Clement XI was previously discussed here and consensus was not to include, for instance. And don't edit war: read WP:BRD. You have been recverted by two editors. The consensus version must remain until you achieve consensus for a change. That's the way it works on Wikipedia. DeCausa (talk) 09:13, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I understand your point and almost totally agree. The issue is that the article is seen on an ethnic point of view rather than national. When they say Albanians, they usually refer to the ethnic background, cause the Albanian people are spread and less than half resides in what is known as Albania. I don't see any reason to include Kara DioGuardi, but her father is the president of AACL, he is declared Albanian. Tom Perotta is wrongly listed. Francesco Crispi comes from Piana degli Albanesi, maybe he can be removed but Antonio Gramsci, even being Sardinian and internationalist, has declared his origin as Albanian. This way we can go with most of the people there. This is correct as much as citing Bonaparti as Corsican, El Greco as Greek, or Zuckenberg as Jewish. And there is another factor, the "mercenary" characteristic of Albanians, beside Scanderbeg and Rilindas, all the famous Albanians thrived inside non-Albanian cultures, Mother Teresa in India, Crispi in Italian Nationalism, Arvanites or Souliotes during Greek revolution, etc, etc. I already stated long ago the infobox needs to be cleared up, I agree to remove most of the stuff, especially non-significant people like Ibrahim Rugova or Aferdita Dreshaj, but I cannot say we have to remove Rita Ora just because she lives in Britain and has British citizenship. What if she immigrates to US later? Mondiad (talk) 14:26, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I can only agree with the former two editors. Most of the recent inclusions are characterized by tentative, subjective, links to Albanian ethnicity and ought to be cleaned up asap. 90.230.54.125 (talk) 16:09, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe we can start each one with a list of who should be included in the infobox and later scan the various lists to find an intersection between them on which everyone agrees. The list can be smaller, it is not decided that there should be 20 persons or more. The most important thing is to build a list that everyone agrees. Should we create another topic for that? What do you guys think?Mondiad (talk) 22:28, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * There's two issues: (1) can the individual be considered "Albanian"; (2) if they pass (1), does their prominence warrant being included over other potential candidates. (2) of course is very subjective. But (1) should be supported by a WP:RS that says the person "says he/she is Albanian" whatever anyone else says. There's a particular point with Arbëreshë people and Arvanites. My personal point of view is that if someone self-declares as Arbëreshë or Arvanite, they are not automatically "Albanian" unless they also say they are "Albanian", which of course some may do. I think prima facie, Arbëreshë or Arvanite should be considered ethnicities in their own right, not Abanian. But that is a matter of WP consensus to decide. DeCausa (talk) 22:49, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a very delicate issue, especially for the Balkans people. It is not easy to put the boundaries between the ethnicity - nationality - national consistence, etc. I would definitely not say that Arberesh are a different ethnicity, it cannot be since they speak Albanian and have Albanian origin. The same with Arvanites. When it comes to national conscience, that is another thing. The name Albanian as well in new, the Arberesh or Arvanite (Arbereshe) still bear the name of what the Albanians used to call themselves back then. Just because poeple within Albania are called differently does not mean that the ethnicity has changed. Markos Botsaris was a Souliote, he drafted one of the first known Albanian-Greek dictionaries. It is proved that he spoke Albanian. But there was no clear Albanian national conscience back then, the Muslim used to be called Turks and the Orthodox Greeks, or just by the local name i.e Souliotes. Now, was he Albanian, or can we list him? I would say yes, some Greek wikipedians would disagree. There are Arberesh or Arvanites that even affiliated with "Albanians" in the modern point of view, during 20-21st centuries. Some Albanian-Americans as well. I would say that some of these can be included in the list since there are references, even better there are wiki articles that are already done. These people fill both criteria: ethnicity and national affiliation.
 * The most important thing is to agree on how we are going to proceed, I would like everyone else to jump into the discussion before jumping and reconfiguring the infobox. Mondiad (talk) 01:51, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I had in mind more of the modern era, where people are likely to self-declare (different rules should apply for earlier periods - based on what WP:RS say they are). But "Albanian-American" is a good example. There need to be a WP:RS that they consider themselves to be "Albanian-American", not simply that they were born in the US and their father happens to be Albanian, for example. I take the point about historical Arbëreshë that speak Albanian etc. But I was thinking more of Italians "of Arbëreshë descent" who don't. DeCausa (talk) 10:30, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I had another look at the top of the article, it says "...ethnic group...", so the article is on ethnic point of view rather than national conscience, which is pretty young between Albanians, and they are scattered all over. A good candidate might be James Belushi, or even better Eliza Dushku or Joe DioGuardi. DioGuardi would cover Albanian Americans and Arbereshe as well. It would be very easy to provide recent references on their national affiliation. I substituted Tom Perotta by the way, and opened a section here on the talk page. For sure someone will have something to say.Mondiad (talk) 03:37, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Okey then. This is my list of Albanians who I want to see in the infobox: Skanderbeg, Mother Theresa, Ibrahim Rugova, Adem Jashari. Why those people should be in the infobox, I don't even have to explain, I know you get it. Next, Joseph DioGuardi (self-explained as Albanian), Antonio Gramsci (self-explained as Albanian), then Marin Barleti, Giulio Variboba, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Fan Noli, Gjergj Fishta, Naim Frashëri, Ismail Qemali, Ali Pasha, Pjetër Bogdani, Pashko Vasa, Rita Ora, Aleksandër Moisiu, Eliza Dushku and Enver Hoxha. Also, maybe Francesco Crispi, Andrea Shundi or/and James Belushi. So dudes, what do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norrskensstämmor (talk • contribs) 11:35, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I think this is a nice list you suggested here. Especially Mother Tereza, Ali Pasha and the other notable personalities. --SilentResident (talk) 12:41, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Substituted Tom Perotta with Bekim Fehmiu
I think Bekim Fehmiu presents better the Albanians internationally, and is full Albanian. (With all the respect for Tom and his work!)Mondiad (talk) 03:40, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Good. I replaced Mehmet Âkif Ersoy with Marin Barleti instead. Ersoy was probably self-declared as a Turk. Marin Barleti was an Albanian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norrskensstämmor (talk • contribs) 11:10, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

And Isa Boletini instead of Afërdita Dreshaj. Afërdita is cute and sexy but non-significant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norrskensstämmor (talk • contribs) 11:14, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't have any issue with Boletini, but personally would prefer another woman in the list, maybe we can bring Eliza Dushku instead of Rugova so we re-balance.Mondiad (talk) 13:26, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I think the Qiriazi sisters would fit the bill egregiously. Even Nexhmije Hoxha (or Shote Galica) have had more impact in history as Albanian women than Dushku. Not a Rugova fan myself, just a note on women who were notable in history. We can also think about Musine Kokalari, the first woman writer in Albanian, or Dora d'Istria. --Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 16:09, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * This article defines Albanians either as ethnic Albanians or citizens of Albania. Marin Barleti was neither. He was citizen of Venetian Republic and many scholars believe he was Italian who settled to Venetian held Scutari . Presenting him in the infobox as undisputedly Albanian is probably a violation of wp:npov.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:37, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * How does Hosaflook know what Barleti was by the way. Wouldn't it be mentioned somewhere if he was Venetian? Not that I care much about Barleti, but the nihilist movement towards Albanians is to interesting.Mondiad (talk) 22:22, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Antidiskriminator: Don't be sensitive now, just take him away then if you want to. Simple as that. Mondiad: Why instead of Rugova? He is undeniably one of the most prominent Kosovar Albanians! Replace Ernesto Sabato with Dusku instead. That is what I think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norrskensstämmor (talk • contribs) 15:14, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Rugova the most prominent Kosovar Albanian? is that for serious? On the Serbian point of view maybe. Rugova was a controversial politician, president of a non-sense self declared republic existing nowhere, with very strong connections with Yugoslavian political circles. He can be in the infobox of Kosovo Albanians, still "maybe!", but not for Albanians in general. Albanians have Ibrahim Kodra and George Ghika, Vasile Lupu, Joe DioGuardi, Antonio Gramsci, Rexhep Qosja, Ana Oxa or even Xherdan Shaqiri, so there are choices. I remember Fatmir Sejdiu used to be on the Infobox as well. Another "president" from Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Just someone is a political fan of LDK and votes for them, doesn't mean they are worth to be put on infobox.Mondiad (talk) 22:22, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
 * In the western world Rugova was in the 1990s the most prominent Kosovar Albanian, there is no doubt about it. Afterwards there have been three people in the political Kosovo Albanian world: Hashim Thaci, Ramush Haradinaj, and Albin Kurti. In my opinion all three of them are more worthy of being in that list of images, than say, Rita Ora or Francesco Crispi. In addition, before the three of them should be Adem Jashari, but, again, we ought to determine the criteria for inclusion, but I know already it will not be easy to find an agreement. My list of criteria would be the following:
 * How much is known in the world, as an Albanian, a person?
 * How much did that person do for Albania?
 * How notable was that person?
 * After we agree on these criteria we can start a list. I am open to modifications of the criteria. Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 15:41, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Another concern that I have: Ottoman personalities with Albanian ethnicity seem to have been compoletely forgotten in this list. Not necessarily we need to have Western oriented Albanian personalities, in my opinion we should include personalities who have been notable as Albanians in 5 centuries of Ottoman presence in Albania. We have a list of 40+ grand viziers of Albanian ethnicity: 2-3 of them are to be included. Also Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, a great Muslim scholar of the Zahiri school of thought might be included. On the other hand there is not a single Arvanite in the list of images. Same for the Albanians in Macedonia (we could start by writing the article of Josif Bageri). By the way I see that the article of Luigj Bumci one of the most important foreign ministers of Albania still doesn't exist. Monsignor Bumci and Lef Nosi may happily be in the list of images too. --Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 16:05, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Do you have a better source describing Carpaccio as an Albanian? That link doesn't seem to be a very reliable source. His article said he was Istrian until you changed it today. I also don't see a source that Ghega was Albanian here or on his article.

As for the infobox, I don't think there should be a certain quota for each region (like having one from Greece, two from Italy, etc.). It should just be based on who's the most notable out of all ethnic Albanians. And Mother Teresa is one from Macedonia in the infobox. I also disagree about Rita Ora, she's well-known in several countries. Also, we should address whether people like Marin Barleti should be included in the infobox when there is no consensus as to their ethnicities. -- Local hero talk 17:38, 6 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Mother Teresa was born in the Ottoman Empire, and is an ethnic Albanian, she deserves to be in the infobox. The link to Carpaccio is a copy of the article appeared in the Arte e Cultura journal, which is sourced. Ghega being an Albanian: referenced. On Rita Ora: I agree with you not because she is known in several countries, but because there are lots of other personalities that would precede her for notability. But again, it's a tough call. Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 17:43, 6 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Yup, she absolutely does, I was just pointing out that she's from Macedonia so there is, in fact, an Albanian Macedonian in the collage. Apparently the Carpaccio thing is being discussed at that talk now. Thanks for sourcing Ghega. Two other big reasons to include Ora are that she's female, whereas most of the others are male, and that she's relevant today, so we can better spread out the personalities with respect to when they were active. -- Local hero talk 18:06, 6 January 2014 (UTC)


 * It is a pity that Albania wasn't made in the 19th century when there still were good quality painters. They would have drawn images of Albanian personalities before Skanderbeg, but we have nothing of Albanian personalities before him in images or sculptures. So we can't use images of people who lived in the 13th 14th, and 15th centuries. With this said, here's the list that I would add: I wouldn't take out anyone already in the list, but I would add the following 15:
 * Moisi Arianit Golemi, second most important figure of the League of Lezhe after Skanderbeg
 * Pjetër Bogdani, early writer, clergy and insurgent (I would put Gjon Buzuku, as the first documented writer, but Buzuku doesn't have an image.
 * Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire, famous for rebuilding the power of the empire by rooting out corruption and reorganizing the Ottoman army
 * Jeronim de Rada, basically the starter of the Albanian renaissance
 * Naum Veqilharxhi, another extremely important figure to the Albanian renaissance, especially from an ideological standpoint
 * Sami Frasheri, probably the most prominent figure of the Albanian renaissance, althought he stayed in the shadows.
 * Mehmed Ferid Pasha, another grand vizier, but more important than the Köprülü before mentioned, because it was in the era, when the grand viziers were truly prime ministers.
 * Kostandin Kristoforidhi, translated into Albanian the New Testament for the first time in the gheg Albanian and with his Elbasan dialect put the basis of standard Albanian
 * Ahmet Zogu, monarch of the 20th century (for 11 years)
 * Mehmet Shehu, prime minister for 25 years, the longest time in the history of Albania
 * Musine Kokalari, first female writer of Albania
 * Lef Nosi, Albania's Benjamin Franklin (first minister of the Postal service and scholar)
 * Ismail Kadare, Albania's most important writer, winner of several international prizes, and in odor of Nobel prize several times.
 * Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, a 20th century Muslim scholar of the Zahiri school
 * Vaçe Zela, 11 times winner of the Festivali i Këngës, something that will NEVER be matched, basically the most important Albanian singer of all times.
 * What are other editors' thoughts? --Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 00:19, 7 January 2014 (UTC)


 * There are currently 20 individuals in the collage. There will be 35 if these are added. That is excessive. It should be narrowed down to the 16 or 20 most notable ones. -- Local hero talk 02:12, 7 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Americans are 9 and serbs are 30. Following this series Albanians being a little less should need 35, :-). Ok, jokes aside, I agree with you, but I would like to hear other Albanian users as well. Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 03:23, 7 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Ok, issued my own Top 20, feel free to disagree. Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 23:26, 8 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I think it's acceptable. I only suggested keeping Ora to have some diversity in there, but it's fine in my opinion. -- Local hero talk 02:40, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Gallery
On another point, I find the modern photo of three young women in contemporary fashion (i.e., they differ from no other contemporary country) somewhat offensive. What is the rationale for having it in the gallery? Is this meant to be an article on Albania or some sort of boast page? The only thing missing is, "Our women are more beautiful than your women." It's uninformative and gratuitous. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 02:33, 9 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I am 100% sure that ladies around the world would find way less offensive this other woman], but it's not 100% sure she's Albanian or Italian. That's just to make you happy Iryna, 'cause usually the people, buildings, parks, and other stuff in wikipedia are not the ugly ones, only the best are chosen. Germans have in their picture infobox Heidi Klum and Claudia Schiffer although there are lots of ugly German philosophers and musicians that should precede the two ladies... Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 14:12, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * A non-argument. You may note that Heidi Klum and Claudia Schiffer have blue links for a reason: due to being known. These women are unnamed and are not notable for being anything other than attractive Albanian women. Eye-candy is not encyclopaedic. If, however, you were to balance it out with a photo of some unknown Albanian beefcake (serious beefcake, so no pics of yourself), I might learn to live with it. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:39, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hahaha, well, you're a good sport. Probably one day Nickola Shreli will end up in the Albanians infobox. I hope it for him (and you, ;-))Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 02:36, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Accepted (on the proviso that it's one like this or this). 8] --Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:29, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Population numbers
I am afraid that the actual total population of Albanians is not really 6.0 to 7.5 million, but 5.5 to 6.0 million, which is much closer to the data we have in Wikipedia and on most other sites. We can't just use the site "Ethnologue" as no data have validated its statistics, yet. --SilentResident (talk) 18:36, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I too am looking for valid and reliable data but I can't find any that support the claim of the albanian total population being more than 6-7 million, worldwide. --2.85.78.63 (talk) 16:11, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Population numbers are incorrect as they are taking into account only the ethnic Albanians of Albania, and not all Albanian citizens. The first sentence of the article specifically says "Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) are defined as an ethnic group native to Albania and neighboring countries or as citizens of the Republic of Albania regardless of ethnicity". The numbers are taking into account only ethnic Albanians. --Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 00:08, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, the scope of this article has always been about ethnic Albanians. Not everyone in Albania is an ethnic Albanian, so it is incorrect to state 2.75 mil in the infobox. I think the first sentence is just pointing out that the term 'Albanians' can also refer to anyone in Albania regardless of ethnicity. Ukrainians, for example, doesn't have the whole population of Ukraine listed in the infobox. -- Local hero talk 02:27, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The very first sentence of the article (which is inclusive of all Albanian citizens, regardless of ethnicity + the ethnic Albanians outside Albania) contraddicts your understanding of the scope of the article. You are right about Ukranians and Poles, but that is not the case for Italians or French people. I'd rather have Albanians article look like the two latter.Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 03:51, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think Italians has the whole population of Italy in its infobox. In the source for that the total population of Italy is given as 59 mil, I believe. In the Italy, it also gives a figure of 59 mil for the total population. The French people, according to the article, are an ethno-linguistic group, only defined by their citizenship. I don't believe France allows its census to make ethnic and racial distinctions among its citizens. Albania does not have this situation. -- Local hero talk 04:57, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The (juridical) situation of Albania vis-a-vis France (or Italy) is irrelevant to the consistency of similar articles in wikipedia. An Albanian is an Albanian citizen, or an Albanian ethnic (one can of course be both): the word has simply two meanings, and it's a good thing that the article is inclusive of both meanings. I have nothing against specifying the number of ethnic Albanians within Albania, even within the lead, but this article simply can't exclude part of the Albanian citizens that have other ethnicities. For instance, we have lots of Greeks, Aromanians, Serbs, Armenian, and Jews in Albania that have given a lot to the country, and they always had Albanian citizenship (most often they never speak/spoke other language than Albanian, shouldn't this article include them)? It would be a racist artile with lots of issues. To give an example: Rita Levi Montalcini was a Jew Italian, she is in the picture infobox of the Italians, and rightly so. In Albania Sterjo Spasse is one of the most acclaimed writers in Albanian language, but he didn't have a single drop of Albanian blood, he was Slavic Macedonian ethnically, and Albanian citizen. Same speech can be made for Panajot Pano, an ethnic Greek and Albanian citizen: he too could be in that infobox with no problems whatsoever as the greatest Albanian footballer of all times. I could also mention Robert Shvarc, a Jew who gave a lot to Albania, or Hajk Zaharian, an Armenian ethnic composer, all of them were Albanian by citizenship. Eli Fara, the greatest folk singer of Albania, is an Aromanian. I am sure that you understand how much all these ethnicities have given to different Balkan countries. The Greeks, duly so, put lots of Arvanites as Greeks in their infoboxes, and I have nothing against that. --Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 18:10, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * This article is clearly about the ethnic group and not all of the people of Albania. Demographics of Albania discusses all of the people that live in the country. That's why the hatnote was there. The word does have two meanings, and this article only refers to the ethnic group, just like every other ethnic group article. So, because the Macedonians (ethnic group) article does not include Mother Teresa, it is a racist article? I'm certain that if her picture was added there, it would be removed immediately. People like Pano can be found on their respective minority group articles, in this case Greeks in Albania. If this article covered all of those groups, then there would be no point for articles like that one. The Arvanites, according to many sources, self-identify as Greeks these days. That's a whole different topic; I'm very familiar with Greece's deplorable treatment of minorities but I won't get into that. -- Local hero talk 01:25, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The very first statement of the article contraddicts your claim. Demographics of Albania is linked below in the article about more information, so that hatnote didn't need to be there. If Macedonians (ethnic group) relates only to the ethnic group, is an issue that should be addressed in that article. There may be an article called (Macedonian citizens) that could be inclusive of all citizens of the country of Macedonia, and if Mother Teresa had that citizenship, it would be fine to have her there. Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 20:12, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The first statement, as I've understood it for a few years now, simply states that this term can also refer to everyone in Albania. It does not claim that this article is about everyone in Albania. The hatnote stated that Demographics in Albania was the best place for that. I don't know of any other ethnic group article that lists the entire population of its home country as the population for the ethnic group in that country. Like I said, if this article was meant to cover all groups in Albania, then there would be no point for Greeks in Albania, Macedonians in Albania, etc. -- Local hero talk 16:52, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The article Albania says that the country's total population is around 2,821,977 people (source: Albanian Institute of Statistics - INSTAT), but the article Albanians shows it much lower, only at 2,312,356 (and again from the same source: INSTAT). I think the two sources are conflicting. Any ideas? --SilentResident (talk) 18:32, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Not everyone in Albania declared themselves ethnic Albanians in the last census. See Demographics of Albania. -- Local hero talk 18:50, 8 February 2014 (UTC)


 * It is simple: 2,821,977 is the number of the residents in the 2011 census, 2,312,356 is the number of the people whho declared their ethnicity as Albanian/Shqiptare - only 82,58% of total residents. Ali-al-Bakuvi (talk) 18:52, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Gallery issues
The gallery should reasonably include only motives of informative, cultural or historic value. Three insignificant contemporary women and cherry-picked Albanian school children have no place and only serve some racial agenda to prove the "whiteness" of Albanians. 90.230.57.190 (talk) 00:06, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * What's your proposal. What pics would you include and exclude? --Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 00:41, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Pictures of cultural, historic or informative value. I don't see how random school children or young women would fit that criteria. Picture the Germans article featuring some random German kids and photos of ordinary German women intercepted in the street. This is an encyclopedic article and not some area for mingle photos. Albanians wearing national costumes or participating in some form of national ceremony and etc. is a completely different story. 90.230.57.190 (talk) 01:13, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Also, it is quite apparent that the school children photo has some "racial agenda" to it. All of the seven kids are fair-haired! Being part Albanian I can tell you that blondness is far less common than that. It sends a weird message. Not all Germans are blond and blue eyed either. 90.230.57.190 (talk) 01:47, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The boy has dark features, whereas the girls are fair. I have been in Northern Albania many times, and these children have typical Albanian faces. As I explained earlier, the uniforms are mandatory only for girls in primary schools in Albania and the white decorations are not the same, they have different prices, so they may be different. The story that the picture is from somewhere else is baloney: the children can't be but Albanian, unless someone has a source that those uniforms are in some other country. I brought a source that has a pic of a student with a uniform similar to that of the other girls. And if national costumes are ok, why wouldn't typical school uniforms be the same thing? Now that I think of it, I believe that in Russia, there may be similar uniforms. Anyway I don't understand why there is so much commotion that the Albanians are blond. Northern Albanians in the Alps, actually, usually are! If you want to bring a picture of southern Albanians, be free to do it (but be careful that there are some blonde children there as well, please feel free to exclude them). I don't understand so much commotion for the gallery, when there is a long article to edit. If you have anything to change, especially improve, in the article, please feel free to do it. --Perkohesisht ai i vjetri (talk) 02:21, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * There is no commotion here as far as I am concerned, but you cannot seriously argue that blondness is a common feature in Albania or the Balkans. Only a minor fraction of the Albanian population is blond or fair. Sporting seven blond kids huddled together (yes the boy is fair too) is really exceptional. I can only assume that some concerned party is hell bent on proving that Albanians too can be blond. Such sentiments are however highly non-encyclopedic. If we are necessarily to demonstrate what Albanian kids typically look like let us at least use a photo that reflects the actual diversity out there. The current photo brings to mind how racial stereotypes of "Aryans" were promoted in Nazi Germany. Also, national costumes and etc. are ethnic features whereas school uniforms aren't. To my understanding this article is supposed to cover the Albanian ethnic group and not people which are Albanians only by citizenship. That is the conventional approach to ethnographic articles on Wikipedia, or else the Germans article could have tons of pictures of German Turkish "gastarbeiter" immigrants and what not. 90.230.57.190 (talk) 03:13, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * As you know, Perkohesisht ai i vjetri, I've already had a mouthful to say on the subject of the gallery, fairly much in the same vein as 90.230.57.190, to be found in the collapsed in the Sources and Gallery sections above. Both the photo of the children and the three unknown ladies in contemporary clothing are uninformative. I was prepared to tolerate the use of both photos, but avoiding warring is by no means a reflection of my stance on the use of gratuitous images. Invoking WP:Gallery. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:00, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I doubt "Perkohesisht ai i vjetri" can present a valid objection, therefore I am removing those two pictures. 90.230.57.190 (talk) 22:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree that picture of children should be removed because it is wrong to misuse children to push certain agenda.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:01, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It's wrong to misuse children to push "certain agenda", but you can't assume certain agenda exist without assuming bad faith, which is against Wikipedia's principles. I came to post about something else, but seriously, this conversation is ridiculous. Children were placed there because they're children most likely, and having been to Albania, blond children, while definitely not a majority by any means, are certainly not rare or particularly remarkable at all, and they're quite common in certain regions. People should all just calm down here, and don't use Nazi analogies, they don't help anyone. --Yalens (talk) 21:43, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Number of albanians in Albania a wp:synth
The numbers of Albanians in Albania showing only as 2,3 million is a clear wp:synth. The census showed a population of 2.931 milion people as per new 2014 update based on improved statistical methods (base year of 2011 ). Of whom 15 % preferred not to declare their nationality, due to a campaign from an albanian nationalistic party called Aleanca kuq e zi. Yet as shown by the census 98.9 % of them declared as a mother tongue : Albanian. I am correcting it according to that. There are 500.000 Albanians of Albania that are not being counted. Gjirokastra15 (talk) 12:57, 23 November 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid you are confusing tongue with ethnicity. Let me remind you that these were two different questions in the specific census.Alexikoua (talk) 22:43, 2 January 2015 (UTC)


 * As I see the present number is completely wp:or, since it counts 390,938 people who did not declare any ethnicity as ethnic Albanians. Off course I agree that the 2011 census is problematic since the results have been severely affected by boycott, but to use the specific reference in this case is wrong.Alexikoua (talk) 23:18, 2 January 2015 (UTC)


 * The fact that they denied to declare they ethnicity for the reasons stated above does not take away their right to be Albanians ... ! If you start using terms such as wp:or it is good to first be sure that you understand their meaning ... there is no original work involved in going to the census results and seeing that 98,9 % of the population declared as their mother tongue  ( not just tongue ) the Albanian language . Unless you provide an alternative to what those 390,938 souls that have as a mother tongue : Albanian, are ... then it is safe to assume that they are Albanians . This is consistent with  many international authority sources as well that put the Albanian majority at a minimum of 96 % . Gjirokastra15 (talk) 00:47, 3 January 2015 (UTC)


 * As I see the only one that's in extreme wp:or is you. Mother tongue isn't the same as ethnic group and that's why the ones that conducted the specific census included each in diferrent questions. Off course this extreme claim is totally incosistent with anything related to the subject.Alexikoua (talk) 01:11, 3 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Alexikoua 1 more time, you have misunderstood the wp:or . Even if it was an original work which is not , it is acceptable if there are sources backing it up . I repeat if they are not Albanians then what are they ? And if they are without ethnicity wouldn't that make Albania a multi ethnic state ? In addition , you ignored my last argument  which is that there is a myriad of reputable international authority sources that show the percentage of the Albanian majority to be at least 96 % . So even if we remove the mother tongue out of the equation you still have to solve that ...  Gjirokastra15 (talk) 01:24, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Not a Muslim community
A large percentage of Albanian are not Muslim. This is even more apparent if we consider the time Albania was an officially atheist state. However at present a good percentage of Albanians identify with no religion, and another percentage are Christians. To be Albanian is not in any way a default of being Muslim.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:16, 11 January 2015 (UTC)


 * It would mean that as an Albanian i am muslim, yet i am not . Albania and Albanians as a whole are multi religious , where all 3 religions do exist . It is not only the fact that some do not identify with any religion , but others do declare themselves as orthodox or catholic . In fact , the percentage of non Muslims is greater than that of Muslims ( at least for Albania and the albanians of albania living abroad ) . So to sum up , i totally agree with you . Gjirokastra15 (talk) 10:17, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Questionable source
Why on earth is a source titled "The Coming Balkan Caliphate" being used on this page? That just smacks of Islamophobic paranoia, and it really doesn't belong here. --Yalens (talk) 21:43, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I took the initiative and removed it . I agree with you . In addition the source is not notable and does not show any numbers regarding the total population of Albanians Gjirokastra15 (talk) 21:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * It came back at once...--Phso2 (talk) 07:42, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Autocephalous church instead of religion in infobox
I assume that an explanation is needed for this edit [] and I'm inviting Gjirokastra to explaind in which other infobox that concerns an ethnic group, the name of the autocephalous church is mentioned while the religion/denomination which belongs is avoided (per his edit summary explanation).Alexikoua (talk) 20:57, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the edit by Alexikoua being a product of wp:synth
First let me make clear what a wp:synth is : ' If one reliable source says A, and another reliable source says B, do not join A and B together to imply a conclusion C that is not mentioned by either of the sources. '

Second let me emphasize something in order to show the extend of the abuse : [http://www.idea6fp.uw.edu.pl/pliki/POES_Greece_PB_3.pdf Greek co-ethnics who are Albanian citizens (Voreioepirotes) hold Special Identity Cards for Omogeneis (co-ethnics) (EDTO) issued by the Greek police. EDTO HOLDERS ARE NOT INCLUDED in the Ministry of Interior DATA ON ALIENS.].

In addition : A large portion of ethnic Greek migrants from Albania were by 2006 eligible to apply for citizenship on the basis of the new nationality code adopted in 2004

Thus the 'Omogeneis' are not counted as Aliens. Also, the 480.000 number does not include the ethnic Albanians who have acquired Greek citizenship , and many children born to Albanian parents hold Greek citizenship as well -alongside their Albanian citizenship- etc. And last but not least , it nullifies your 2005 source ( that you brought for a 2011 census ), because i brought a more recent source that states that by 2006 the EDTO holders were eligible to a Greek citizenship Gjirokastra15 (talk) 01:13, 27 February 2015 (UTC)


 * First of all the reference claims that 480k in Greece are holders of Albanian citizenship, not of Albanian ethnicity. Thus the claim that Albanian citizenship makes them ethnic Albanians is completely wrong, especially if we take into account that Albania traditionally hosted recognized minorities, among them Greeks, the most numerous non-Albanian community in the country. Moroever, the very same primary source (which cames from an official organization of the Greek state) states that 200k of these immigrants are ethnic Greeks. Thus, I wonder what can be really a wp:synth here. On the other hand claiming that X citizenship make someone ethnic X is really weird and weak as an argument and in general wp:or.Alexikoua (talk) 20:46, 27 February 2015 (UTC)


 * By applying the same logic an omogeneia status does not make them Greek either, because e Greek citizenship does not make you Greek . However , even so , it has been explained that the ethnic Greeks coming from Albania are having a GREEK citizenship , thus they are not counted as Albanians , yet you continue with you wp:npov by making an edit which is a pure definition of wp:synth . The source is from the official 2011 Greek census results . In all honesty i have never encountered a more disruptive and wp:npov edit.
 * Said more simply you bring a source from 2005 for the 2011 census results, and you wp:synth it with the census results . Yet i brought to you a more recent source where it says that the Greek omogeneis from Albania have acquired GREEK citizenship( starting from 2006 ) . I also brought to you a source where it is proven that the holders of Omogeneia status coming from Albania are not counted as ALIENS(immigrants) but as Greeks.Gjirokastra15 (talk) 22:16, 27 February 2015 (UTC)


 * The reference you provided: Migration and Migration Policy in Greece. Critical Review and Policy Recommendations on Table 3 found on page 5 gives the population number of those with an Albanian origin as 459,39011 (note the superscript) and explains: 1This is the total number of Albanian citizens residing in Greece, including 185,000 co-ethnics holding special identity cards (EDTO).. These numbers are roughly equivalent to the numbers currently in the article, including the 200,000 omogeneis, (185,000 in the above reference), who are subtracted from the 480,000 total population which is similar to the 459,390 total population referred above. I see no synth whatsoever. In fact, 459,390-185,000 = 274,390, a number very close to 480,000-200,000 = 280,000, which is currently in the article. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις  04:55, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Excactly, and I wonder what's the synth with presenting data from the very same primary source.Alexikoua (talk) 07:28, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * 1 more time, let me make it very very simple , because it seems that we go in circles here . I do not know if it is me not capable of explaining it correctly OR you two not being able to understand it , or even worst pretending not to understand : 1) Dr.K that number is for the 2001 estimated population however Counting for 438,000 individuals in the 2001 Greek Census, by 2010, the Albanians living in Greece were estimated to have reached 700,000 individuals (Maroukis 2008:6-8). 2) With basic math 700.000 - 200.000 = 500.000 holding the Albanian citizenship and being Albanians. as the 2011 official Greek census is showing 3) Will you be kind enough to revert yourselves or should i forward this matter to A.N.I , and/or involve other editors as well ? Just because you operate in groups backing up each other reverts , it does not mean that you can write and alter anything you want as per your own image and liking especially when it is totally inaccurate and against the sources . I am waiting for a reply , otherwise i will be forced to forward this matter to the A.N.I  per wp:synth which presents a falsified number Gjirokastra15 (talk) 16:49, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * The reference you provided clearly states the number of [(Graph no.7) Resident population with Albanian citizenship and they count 480.824. It appears you eliminated ethnic Greeks that are holders of Albanian citizenship, which count 200,000 according to the same organization (for sure more recent data will be higher but that's the best we have). Manipulating data is really disruptive not to mention wp:npa violations even in the title of this section. [[User:Alexikoua|Alexikoua]] (talk) 07:28, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Exactly, it has been proven that the holders of 'omogeneia' status (ethnic greeks that are holders of albanian citizenship ) , hold a greek citizenship as well , they are also not counted as Aliens ( immigrants ) , thus leaving the 480.000 number which is left is of ethnic Albanians with Albanian citizenship , because the rest are counted as Greeks . It is pretty simple actually 700.000-200.000 = 500.000 . However do you want us to forward this to an admin , or a noticeboard and show WHO IS MANIPULATING THE DATA ? Gjirokastra15 (talk) 17:20, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * By the way wp:synth can be applied if you mix unofficial data with official ones, something that applies in the claim 700k claim, which is outdated and lacks research.Alexikoua (talk) 17:14, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Stop polluting the talk page with non senses, you have brought an unofficial data , from a book and you have wp:synthed it with the official 2011 Greek census results artificially reducing the number from 480.000 to 280.000 . It is not me who is wp:synthing ... Gjirokastra15 (talk) 17:24, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, that kind of reply from Gjiro surprises me, especially after I told him on his talkpage that I respect him. His threats, personal attacks and insults are simply ridiculous and AGF-defying, especially after my good-faith and detailed explanation using his own reference. Now he comes up with a new figure of 700,000 out of nowhere which is nowhere to be seen in the reference he provided. If this type of tendentious editing continues on Gjiro's part he may well have to be officially warned about WP:NPA. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 17:27, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * No where to be seen in the reference ? Here i can help you : 1.Introduction, 1 st paragraph , 11th row . Please stop with the victimization , it shows a lack of arguments . Are you two willing this matter to be forwarded for formal meditation ? Or shall you continue with empty threats , victimization , wp:synthing , and even pretending not to see what the sources are showing ? Because let me be very clear , no one is scared . I abide to the rules of wikipedia to the maximum . P.S I have previously told to you in your talk page that i respect you as well , however i fail to see why do you support an edit such as this ? Gjirokastra15 (talk) 17:34, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * For the final time, stop the personal attacks and the sarcasm. I was referring to the Migration and Migration Policy in Greece. Critical Review and Policy Recommendations not the paper by Ifigeneia Kokkali which I hadn't seen, covered as it was in your accusations and personal attacks. I remind you yet again: Counterattacking the editors you personally attack when they try to tell you to stop your attacks against them is trolling. Telling the editors you attack that they show "victimization" goes beyond trolling and you should stop it right here and now. Consider this your final warning. As far as the Kokkali paper she shows a projection by Thanos Maroukis of 700,000. So what? Where did Maroukis get that figure? And even if he calculated it correctly, why are the remaining 500,000 of Albanian ethnicity and not Greek or both? Kokkali doesn't make any ethnicity claims about these people neither does she provide any figures based on a specific ethnicity. You seem to want to make them all ethnic Albanians without any reliable sources to back you up. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 18:46, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I think you overvalue your position in here . Thus it is very simple, if you have anything specific , do move forward with your threat . In fact i do beg you to do so , otherwise i have all the right to accuse you of WP:DWH , please also be aware of wp:boomerang . In short , there is a number of 280.000 people in there , which is NOT sourced and a product of a pure wp:synth . There is a very reliable source which shows 480.000 Albanians , and that is the official census 2011 result . Which source do you have to back up your 280.000 people ? None , nada , zero , noll , nothing ! As i have explained and backed up with multiple/myriad/a plethora of sources ALL THE PEOPLE COMING FROM ALBANIA and declaring ethnic Greeks are entitled to a Greek citizneship , thus they are counted as Greeks . Which makes the rest ( 480.000 people ) Albanians out of the 700.000 that were estimated to be in 2010 . As per sources . Your denial to accept a formal meditation is troubling to say the least .... Gjirokastra15 (talk) 18:57, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * It appears that recycling weak arguments leads to nothing, especially when claiming that a very reliable source which shows 480.000 Albanians, and that is the official census 2011 result ., which is wrong as an argument, the reference clearly states that this is about "citizenship", thus pretending that this is about ethnicity is at least disruptive especially after all these explanations in addition to Triandafyllou's paper mentioned above by Gjiro..Alexikoua (talk) 21:37, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * It feels like i am talking to a wall here, the 480.000 Albanians in the 2011 census result , are ethnic Albanians because the ethnic Greeks from Albania have a Greek citizenship as proven by the sources above . Now please do provide a source backing up your 280.000 number . It can be that simple . The only disruptive editing is yours for wp:synthing as per definition of the wp:synth, and anyone can confirm this by clicking on the link that you have provided and artificially altered the number . Anyways , at this point , another editors opinion (which is uninvolved ) is much needed . Or even better a formal meditation , which is the only way seeing that we have reached an impasse here . I mean if you are that certain of your edit , why don't you agree on a formal meditation ? This is a standard procedure especially for an edit of such controversial nature ... Gjirokastra15 (talk) 22:12, 28 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Sure feel free to initiate the procedure if you feel that you have enough arguments to convince a third part. However, I have to point the following:


 * The 400k+ number includes the number of the ethnic Greeks, as clearly states above. In addition in p. 15 ([] 459,390: This is the total number of Albanian citizens residing in Greece, including 185,000 co-ethnics holding special identity cards (EDTO), something you intentionally ignore). Thus there is one source that states both numbers as well as that the number of the homogeneis is included in that of immigrants.
 * The 2011 census gives data about citizenship, not ethnicity as clearly states in the source you provided.Alexikoua (talk) 16:53, 1 March 2015 (UTC)


 * You were right, i was wrong . I have the minimal integrity required to acknowledge any mistake of mine when proven by a source , so please accept my apologies . Yet up until this point , you had not provided a source showing that in that 459.000  number the 185.000 where EDTO holder . This one proves it , and i will admit that i am surprised by that , because i find it paradoxical that the EDTO holders are counted as having Albanian citizenship when they are entitled to a Greek citizenship/having a Greek citizenship as well . That had been my main objection - and to an extend a valid objection- since the beginning , yet it is how it is , and you are right . Gjirokastra15 (talk) 18:36, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Number of albanians around the world(including Albania and Kosovo)
If you collect the number of Albanians in the world according to the numbers shown for each country comes with great amount than 7.5 million ..I think that this is a serious problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zakoni (talk • contribs) 16:12, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * It adds up to around 6.6 million, though it goes up to about 8.2 million when you add up the higher end figures. So why exactly have you added 9 million? -- Local hero talk 16:35, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * After I brought the Arbereshe from 800K to 80K-100K, the lowest figure adds up to 6.8M and the highest at 8M. Could you please check? I removed the BBC and the ethnologue references for the totals as those references pertain to the speakers of the language and are thus misleading. The total should merely bring the lowest and the highest figures of the sourced information below in infobox. I put in a note in saying that the total reflect the totals of the sourced information below. --Saktesia (talk) 14:53, 3 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Yeah the number of Albanian-speakers ≠ the number of ethnic Albanians, so I agree with that. I'm fine with having the sum of the figures and what you put seems correct. -- Local hero talk 17:40, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

500,000 Albanian origin in studies of people living in Turkey.5 million a big lie,, Albania is separated from the Ottoman in 1912. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.140.219.20 (talk) 12:53, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Number of Albanians in Turkey
Can someone provide us with a reliable source that there are really 5.000.000 Albanians residing in Turkey? The official data by the state authorities,(Turkish Security Council) as well as other sources, such as CIA, put the estimate of total Albanians in Turkey in 1.300.000, nowhere near the extraordinary number of 5.000.000. Any reliable or official sources please?--SilentResident (talk) 19:32, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * The American agencies (CIA FACTBOOK ) use (or better said cite ) the Turkish authorities ,which are part of turkification policy.However those figures are included at the article as part of Wikipedia's neutrality ,also there is the reference about 5 mln.It is from a well-known author and scholar.Also please don't use Wikipedia as a source.Rolandi+ (talk) 20:00, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * This is your personal view and this does not validate your claims. Nevertheless, you still have to provide us with reliable sources that back your claim for 5.000.000 Albanians living in Turkey. Such big population figure differences need to be sourced. Please can you provide us with more sources? Thank you.--SilentResident (talk) 21:43, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * The references are there SINCE A LONG TIME .They are reliable and based on a well known scholar.
 * Also don't try to falsificate the sources.Milliyet says that 500 thousand have consciousness of  their Albanian origin while there are 1.3 mln albanians in turkey.This is POV .It means you aren't neutral.Rolandi+ (talk) 09:07, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Also you can't delete informations that have been there since a long time without concensus.So revert your edits about the albanians in turkey,or I will report you after that ANI.Rolandi+ (talk) 09:31, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * All right, so just because the unreliable and disputed source didn't came to my attention sooner (I can't check every page that frequently if it is what you expected, as there are lots of pages pending check), does not mean that the information won the right to stay here without any questioning and verification. As for the sources that were already in the page, were there long before these disputed edits. So lets put the facts strait. Unless you provide us with reliable sources backing your claims, I can't understand how the official information from state authorities, foreign agencies, and newspapers are considered as POV? Unless I am missing something here. As I explained to you in Future Perfect's Talk Page, changing the population estimates from 1.300.000 to 5.000.000 is serious and can't be ignored like that, and needs to be well-sourced. --SilentResident (talk) 10:46, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Firstly,those figures weren't added by me.Secondly,they have been there since a long time and they are referenced,so you can't delete them without concensus.Go and read the Wikipedia's rules.I may be blocked for this topic,but this doesn't mean that I can't report you for your vandalism.So go and delete your edits about albanians in turkey (I agree with the fact that you deleted some unreferenced informations ) and then come to discuss that matter.Rolandi+ (talk) 11:03, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Firstly, I didn't said that you specifically added anything. What I said is that you have done POV changes/reverts in the page Albanians, where, after I restored the number of 1.300.000 Albanians living in Turkey until a better source is found, you rushed and changed/reverted this number back to 5.000.000 and insisted on your claim by citing the book author I just removed due to lack of reliability! And you did that again without citing any new sources. Can you please provide any sources that verify or confirm the book author's claim for 5.000.000 Albanians living in Turkey? Please? Any sources? How many times I will ask you the same question? Provide sources, so we can know that the official estimates given by the Turkish authorities, and the agencies, are indeed as fake and as POV as you claimed. If your impression is that you can make changes on pages based on just mere claims, then, you are completely wrong. --SilentResident (talk) 11:45, 15 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Go ahead SilentResident,go ahead!I can't talk with you because you don't know the Wikipedia's rules.You can't delete well established infos without concensus.Just go ahead,maybe I will be banned from that topic,but this doesn't prevent me from reporting your vandalism.
 * Note that I don't have to provide you sources,as they are alredy at the article.Go and read Wikipedia's rules.However,as I said I can't talk with you because you don't know the Wikipedia's rules.Rolandi+ (talk) 15:44, 15 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Regarding Albanian numbers, Turkey akin to Greece does not count data relating to ethnicity. Nor does Turkey count data regarding cultural identity or mother tongue and so on. Getting a actual number on the Albanian population in Turkey is very problematic, as such. However people do openly espouse a Albanian identity and many in Turkey are aware of their large numbers. Within academia not much research has been devoted to the Albanian population in Turkey. Nonetheless, here are two detailed newspaper articles from the respected Daily Zaman newspaper which may be of interest to editors who are interested in numbers. (Albanians in Turkey celebrate their cultural heritage and Albanian awakening: The worm has turned! . The first article states that:


 * "Figures on the number of Turkish residents with an Albanian family history in Turkey vary. A 2008 report from the National Security Council (MGK) of Turkey says that approximately 1,300,000 people of Albanian ancestry live in Turkey, and more than 500,000 recognize their ancestry, language and culture. Other data estimates that 3-4 million Albanians live in Turkey,"


 * There are large numbers of Albanians in Turkey, it is only calculating their numbers that has been an issue and will be so into the foreseeable future due to the way the Kemalists (not due to the AKP) have structured the Turkish state to be statistically "blind" to such matters and to an extent has remained so until now).


 * I am also concerned about this sentence: "A part of these people have assimilated to the culture of Turkey, and consider themselves more Turkish than Albanian." It has no reference and is POV pushing. Some Albanians have adopted Rilindja style myths that cast the Turks (and by extension the Ottomans and their socio-cultural, religious and political legacy) as a "bad people" bent on assimilating them or killing them. If that had been the overall reality, today there would not be hardly any numbers of people having any affinity to Albanian culture, language (a case in point to that regard are the Arvanites). I call for the deletion of this sentence as it is without a source, POV pushing and hence Turcophobic. Relations between Turks and Muslim Albanians (forming the majority and core population grouping of the Albanians) have always been good and are excellent today, as has been shown recently by Recep's visits in Albania and Kosovo. The section needs to be expanded with additions about the mainly positive life experience that Albanians live in Turkey such as mass participation in Turkish national life (as the second article demonstrates by having many parliamentarians of Albanian descent in Parliament (they are third biggest group after the Turks and Kurds).Resnjari (talk) 08:04, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Resnjari, thank you for your contributions. In addition to your information, there are -finally- new sources by Rolandi+, as requested. However he did again the mistake to confuse my talk page for this article's talkpage, so, let me copy-paste Rolandi's findings here, if he doesn't mind:
 * 1. https://books.google.al/books?id=-7dq8mi0DWkC&pg=PA38&dq=5+million+albanians+in+turkey&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAGoVChMIhafcnqLfxgIVzGkUCh0FIgPJ#v=onepage&q=5%20million%20albanians%20in%20turkey&f=false
 * 2. https://books.google.al/books?id=vM5hZEsdz94C&pg=PA98&dq=5+million+albanians+in+turkey&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAWoVChMI3M_xuaXfxgIVgVkUCh1fTQRg#v=onepage&q=5%20million%20albanians%20in%20turkey&f=false
 * 3.http://www.kohajone.com/index.php/english/genci-mucaj-albania-enjoys-magnificent-relations-with-turkey
 * One of the sources, however, can not be cited, as it notes that the vast majority of the population has been assimilated into the Turkish society. So if any sources are eligible, these are the other two, unless the factor of assimilation has to be noted as well. --SilentResident (talk) 12:06, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Given these sources, in the info box, the appropriate estimate number could be 500.000 to 5.000.000 (or 500.000- 5.000.000) but with a note for the lack of official data and the assimilation practices by the Turkish authorities? --SilentResident (talk) 12:11, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Also note that Milliyet says that there are 1.3 mln Albanians in Turkey.The half million figure refers to the number of Albanians who 500,000 recognize their ancestry, language and culture.So the number of Albanians is 1.3 mln and not half a million.Rolandi+ (talk) 12:47, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Done, the infobox in the page Albanians has now been updated with all the needed sources for the population estimes, so that could be perfect. --SilentResident (talk) 13:58, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Ok, i fixed it all up. Since the assimilation stuff is covered in the peer reviewed material it goes in. All estimates of the Albanian population go in, as it is only through estimates that one will know regarding this population due to the reasons outlined. Delisio is journalist, but also a important Balkans analyst and runs the website where many prominent political movers and shakers also contribute alongside other analysts. Saunders is an academic and Today's Zaman is a reputable news paper in Turkey. All of you guys could have saved yourself a lot of bother had you discussed is issue in context instead of rigid polemics. Anyway its fixed. Resnjari (talk) 22:16, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Aye that is what I believe too. Discussing a matter is better than resorting to polemics and edit wars. Unfortunately, despite that I brought the matter to the article's Talk Page, Rolandi+ has ignored it and resorted to edit revert war, which I dont think it is the way to go. His first response to the talk page came only after the edit revert war was over. Checking the Talk Page's history, proves my sayings: I brought the matter to the Talk Page around 22:32 of 14 July 2015‎ but, this user has, instead of going to the talkpage, chose an edit revert war to the end. His initial response in the Talkpage came only after the edit war, at 23:00, 14 July 2015. I really wish next time Rolandi+ understands the concerns of people regarding information that has not been well-sourced. That is all. A concesus can always be reached, like how we did now thanks to your and Rolandi+'s help. And, of course, next time, in my next possible encounter with Rolandi+, I will be more patient and make sure to give him more time and I will avoid reverting his reverts. Thank you Resnjari and Rolandi+ for your help, I appreciate that. Now the population figures are indisputable, well-sourced, and very solid. This makes me very happy. --SilentResident (talk) 07:16, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * With Rolandi, just ask is it peer reviewed. And to Rolandi, please make use of google books, google scholar, or just google in general to make sure about sources before going ahead with things. You will make life much easier. And to all, stick to Wikipedia policy. The editor is not the article, but the content.Resnjari (talk) 08:03, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I am using only the talk page now and I am making only constructive contribution now.I am very happy now that we found the right solution and I hope  and I believe we will work together in the future.However,sadly this case may send me to a topic block.Rolandi+ (talk) 16:19, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Dear Rolandi+, I am very happy the result was positive. I think you will be just fine for as long as you keep up the constructive behavior you have shown lately and stay away from edit-revert wars. Thats why we have the Talk page for. Yes, I too am looking towards working together in the future, of course with both you Rolandi+, Resnjari, and the community. --SilentResident (talk) 18:38, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

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Flag of Ottoman Albania
Hello. Flag of Ottoman Albania that is used in this article isn't necessary, and I wan't to discuss, rather than just remove. This flag is set by the Ottomans and can not be placed in an article of Albanians because it is not an Albanian flag, but the flag of Albanian territory (of course, it can be placen in Ottoman Albania). And the worst is that this flag is image of page, and I am against it.--Liridon (talk) 21:26, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

You make a good point. The current flag in the article is an Ottoman administrative flag. It belongs in the Ottoman Albania article. Instead the flag could be replaced with one of the early modern Albanian flags with the Skanderbeg standard raised by which was done Albanians and not Ottomans as the first expression of the modern Albanian national movement.Resnjari (talk) 03:32, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * If the flag is not properly sourced as being the contemporary flag, it should be removed. If there are no sourced versions of the contemporary flag of Albania available at WikiCommons, do not substitute it for a different WP:OR flag. Just omit the flag, full stop. This may not be a happy compromise as it would affect other articles, but 'compromise' flags are misleading for the reader, and simply aren't acceptable for use in Wikipedia articles. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:22, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


 * The article is about Albanians, a people, not Ottoman Albania, a historical geographical region. The Ottoman flag's removal from the article is more than warranted. Instead i placed the earliest of the Skanderbeg flags used by Albanians(which is cited in the Flag of Albania article) during the national awakening period and is sourced within the appropriate section. As for the contemporary flag that is sourced considering its the national flag of Albania and the issue raised here was not about the contemporary flag.Resnjari (talk) 04:35, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, I've just gone through the history and see which instance you're talking about. That's fine, then. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 01:01, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

gramsci and crispi
Both Gramsci and Crispi belong to the Arbereshe diaspora, which strongly ties itself to the Albanian identity. I already done this edit before and was removed, that's pure and plain simultaneous insolence/vandalism. Unstored Data (talk) 12:59, 27 November 2015 (UTC)