Talk:Hydra (island)

Incorrect Map
The lower map is does not show Hydra, the map shows Athens. I don't know how to change the png. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.152.224.255 (talk) 03:15, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

"Minor" Edit
Just posting the reasoning behind editing the link to the English-language website. They have an official link to it on the Greek website, and I deemed it appropriate to provide a link for the readers whom cannot speak Greek who are also interested in researching this article further. If anyone disputes the validity of the changes, please state so here. Thank you! Also, I have implimented this change already. WYNP (talk) 01:59, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

I changed the URL back to the basic Greek page and took out the phrase "English version" before I noticed the above comment, or I would have discussed it here first. Anyway, now that it's done, I'll leave it that way pending discussion. In the version I just changed, the URL as given (http://www.hydra.com.gr/) in fact doesn't point to the English page but to the Greek one. So we would have users clicking on a link that says "English version" and being presented with the Greek version. From there, they have to click on the usual British flag icon to get to the English page. So I left the URL as is (i.e. pointing to the Greek version) and just took "English version" out of the link text. The alternative would have been to leave "English version" in the link text and change the URL to point directly to the English page on the site. But I've found in the case of web sites that have a basic non-English home page with a link to an English version, it's better to link to the basic non-English page, since the English page URL is more likely to change and so make the link no longer lead anywhere. Linking to the non-English page is more stable, and it's easy enough for a user to click on the flag. Strawberryjampot (talk) 16:02, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems reasonable. Acad Ronin (talk) 17:51, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Sourcing history
The whole history section beginning with "However, the Ottoman Empire ..." to the end is unsourced. If this article is to be considered of good quality, all this material should have sources noted. Strawberryjampot (talk) 19:53, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Prefecture
"The province of Hydra (Greek: Επαρχία Ύδρας) was one of the provinces of the Piraeus Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality.[2] It was abolished in 2006." So, like, what prefecture is hydra in now? Littlewindow (talk) 23:15, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

No prefecture. All Greek prefectures were abolished in 2010 as part of an administrative reform. Hydra belongs to the Islands regional units. Dimadick (talk) 13:40, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Era: BC vs. BCE
The Wikipedia Manual of style en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers says: - Era style Shortcuts:

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Since the article uses BCE in all four places where era is indicated, BCE is the established style for this article, and should not be changed without discussion and consensus on this Talk page. Littlewindow (talk) 15:39, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

friend from Hydra
Does anyone know Andreas Georgacopalus, He had a service with the horses and mules hauling thing around Hydra. I knew him in Dallas Texas, I am a veterinarian. Gvilla56@hotmail.com Thelbert Childers DVM

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Lede
Hello. Could you please explain why you believe the paragraph should stay. I believe I have been clear enough on why it shouldn't. Regards, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 19:56, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Because it gives basic factual information about the island and the main town. I'm not clear what aspects of it you think "read like a tourist leaflet".  To me, it doesn't.  What is inaccurate about it?  Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:57, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * you'll have to point me towards the part where the information is mentioned in the main body of the article where it has sources. Regards, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 23:24, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * That's a completely different point, and there are different ways in which that could be addressed. You could look for sources and add text to the main article, amending the lede to match.  Or if necessary you could add a  tag to the text that concerns you, and wait for other editors to come up with the necessary sources.  Either way forward would be better, I think, than deleting useful if imperfect text on (at best) somewhat debatable grounds, and so removing information that could be useful to readers.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 06:43, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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Arvanite name
I wonder why this alternative name can be placed per WP:NCGN. WP:NCGN. To sum up: "Nevertheless, other names, especially those used significantly often (say, 10% of the time or more) in the available English literature on a place, past or present, should be mentioned in the article, as encyclopedic information. Two or three alternative names can be mentioned in the first line of the article; it is general Wikipedia practice to bold them so they stand out. If there are more names than this, or the lead section is cluttered, a separate paragraph on the names of the place is often a good idea." As such there are no arguments for this addition, especially at the 1st line of the article & there is no policy to add historical names there.Alexikoua (talk) 06:12, 2 October 2022 (UTC)