Talk:Dimitri Kitsikis

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The following concerns my use of polytonic Greek and traditional spelling in the article “Dimitri Kitsikis”, «Δημήτρης Κιτσίκης» in the Greek Wikipedia. The biographical subject, at my request, sent to me his photograph (to which he owns the copyright) and his biographical information, of whose public presentation he also approved.

The reaction by some “Wikipedians” surprised me. They maintain that one does not have the right to write in polytonic Greek, nor can one use traditional spelling, but rather we are to follow the bureaucratic writing practices of a single greek state. Wikipedia however, is not an organ of the state. Rather, Wikipedia allows the use of any writing format from one’s respective land. In Greece, polytonic Greek is widely used (especially in academic circles) along with monotonic Greek. Furthermore, there is no technical problem in using polytonic Greek on any computer. Dimitri Kitsikis exclusively uses polytonic in all his publications, as in his journal “the Intermediate Region.” Regarding this issue, the biographical subject has fought to protect the freedom of expression, the use of polytonic Greek and the use of traditional spelling, as it is described in a paragraph of the article.

What’s more, we all know that a large amount of publications in Greece use polytonic greek and traditional spelling, and that their use in not restricted to only ecclesiastical documents. Poems, stories, scientific papers, even journalistic papers such as the conservative newspaper “Estia,” as well as the magazine “Nemesis” by Liana Kanelli, a leftist member of Parliament, all use polytonic Greek.

In the interim, the “Wikipedians” have already begun to distort the article I wrote. But Wikipedia forbids vandalism, while there is no rule that requires the exclusive use of monotonic Greek in articles. I await your response. Thank you. --3hierx 22:09, 8 February 2007 (UTC)