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Skanderbeg revert
Hi there and welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you will enjoy your time here. I would like to explain further my revert: First in lede we enter only info that has been substantially expanded in the body of the article. Second, other languages are important if there are relevant primary sources in those languages: because as far as secondary sources are related, every one may have an interest in Skanderbeg: a book on him may exist in Iceland, that's not a reason to enter the name in Islandic language. Please feel free to bring primary Serbian sources, i.e. from 16th to 18th century and we may update the article. The name is in Albanian and Latin for now, because those are the primary sources we have. Thanks again! --  S ulmues (talk) 15:47, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * The Albanian name is there because he was an Albanian. The Turkish sources do exist although I don't know Turkish, but someone will bring them sooner or later. Btw, at that time Turkish was written in Arabic, so what we currently have in the lede is not Turkish in Arabic script, which is what it should be. Listen, we are trying to write a good article, I don't understand how come as a new user you are here worrying about Albania all the time. Don't you have any other topics to write about? --  S ulmues (talk) 17:54, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

September 2010
Please do not delete or edit legitimate talk page comments, as you did at Skanderbeg. Such edits are disruptive and appear to be vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.  S ulmues (talk) 21:32, 24 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I am giving you this warning because transporting my words from one page to another is disruptive. If I don't feel like writing on the talk page of Skanderbeg, you can't be the one transposing my words from your talkpage there. Thanks for your understanding. --  S ulmues (talk) 21:33, 24 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Albanian alphabet is incomplete, but gives a flair. The first written sentence retrieved in Albanian is considered the Formula e pagëzimit in Latin script (in 1462). The first complete book in Albanian retrieved is the Meshari of Gjon Buzuku (1555 and in Latin script again). --  S ulmues (talk) 14:44, 6 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Yep, the church depended from the Patriarchate until 1922.--  S ulmues (talk) 14:55, 6 October 2010 (UTC)


 * There are 5 refs on that, 4 of which are in English. --  S ulmues (talk) 15:12, 6 October 2010 (UTC)


 * How did you hear about them? --  S ulmues (talk) 16:25, 6 October 2010 (UTC)


 * If I were you I would use google, that's usually a good starting point. --  S ulmues (talk) 16:38, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

League of Lezhe
I would like to thank you for your edits in the League of Lezhe. I understand your concerns and believe me, I hope the article was better referenced. In general those concerns come when the article has a B status. Since much of the writings in wikipedia preceding 2007 is original research or copypasting/translating from high school books, it is difficult to discern the good apples from the bad ones. Once that an article has a B status, then it's ready for a GA application (we have only 10K GA articles out of 3.4M - 1/34). It's at that point that I would have the concerns that you have. For now, all we have to do, is to increase the referencing, otherwise, changes that we make, will never be long lived to help promote an article to higher statuses, where it reaches higher levels of protection. --  S ulmues (talk) 15:02, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

October 2010
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add defamatory content, as you did at Talk:Albanian National Awakening, you may be blocked from editing.  S ulmues (talk) 15:16, 13 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I am referring to this edit which is problematic. --  S ulmues (talk) 20:20, 13 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll try to AGF you and sorry if this warning created more confusion then anything else. In general I see a measured approach that you have, but that edit above is not called for. Everyone here, well, most of us, are trying to bring the best sources so that our countries are fairly represented. That's why there is no need to make edits such as the above. Again sorry if I created confusion. --  S ulmues (talk) 20:52, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

It seems that certain editors found the 13 October 2010 a lucky day for warning others for imminent blocking. I received a similar threat.--Euzen (talk) 13:38, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Altered speedy deletion rationale: User:Antidiskriminator/Professionalization and institutionalization of history
Hello Antidiskriminator. I am just letting you know that I deleted User:Antidiskriminator/Professionalization and institutionalization of history, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided, which doesn't fit the page in question. Thank you. Ged UK  10:09, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I forgot the script would leave this message! You can request speedy deletion of anything in your userspace using crtierion CSD:U1. Regards, Ged  UK  10:11, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Oh, hello to you!
Hi, there, mate! ... Sorry for my non-perfect English... by the way, I had studied German, and that's why I don't know to speak or write English better than this... What's a matter, why they blocked you on Wikipedia in Serbian language? Have you any plan in your mind?--Nvlado (talk) 16:41, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter. We'll learn that English perfectly if we write in it continuously. I want to write a few articles about important people from Subotica and its area. If you interested, you would be pretty helpful.--Nvlado (talk) 19:43, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I asked you because it shouldn't be too easy to write articles about this people, not because I am not very good in English, but because some people would trying to vandalizing our contributions. Those guys are extra-nationalists and home-traitors, and they doesn't have anything to do in they miserable lives except to interfere us in our work. Tomorrow I'll check in library of Matica srpska what they have about one young lady from Subotica. It should be something, I'm sure. Also, I have a nice picture about her. I can send it to you if you want to take a look at it.--Nvlado (talk) 17:35, 4 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I sent you a picture, you can see it.--Nvlado (talk) 18:42, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposal
I have proposed that you be expelled from WPSQ for the continuous disruption that you are bringing in articles covered by that Wikiproject Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Albania. Bye.--Sulmuesi (talk) 02:20, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Bernd Fischer (mathematician)
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Arbitration Enforcement
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Nomination of Bernd Jürgen Fischer for deletion
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Nomination of Georg Stadtmüller for deletion
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Nomination of Stefan Berger for deletion
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No copyvio problems there
Well, no problem, it's still in the history of the draft, because you didn't delete the page (only an admin can do that): you just blanked the page. That page is in your user space, not in main space, so there is no harm done for copy violations. --Sulmuesi (talk) 21:43, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Can't access it now, have some firewalls, but I'll check it later. What is it about? --Sulmuesi (talk) 19:05, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll check Frasheri if he mentions that document: I think he does, but there are so many pages for his early life that I have a headache as soon as I read the book, and the documents when he is a statesman, both direct (written to him or by him), and indirect (documents about him) are way more numerous. The whole work of Frasheri is something like 600 very dense pages. In general the early life should be improved in the article, because the main biographers give non-according version on a couple of things, such as his timing of presence in Albania, or to be fighting for the Turks. The best way to tackle that is through notes and enter there each scholar. The best way you could help is to buy a Serbian biographer, if there is any. Petkovich seems to be the most serious: it would be nice to add something prior to achieving GA status. I am also working on a couple of Italian and Turkish sources so that we have the full picture, and then we're going to be very close to a FA status, where I think we'll be ready for in 2011. For that though, I forecast, we'll need around 200 references and we're at 125 now. Thanks again! --Sulmuesi (talk) 19:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I read the document of February 25 1420. The names of Gjon Kastrioti's sons are not mentioned. He stipulates the contract under himself and sons, without specifying their names. According to Frasheri (p.83) most of the historians agree that this type of document doesn't give any info on whether the sons of Gjon were with him or not (and this position is mainly based because they are not specified by name). --Sulmuesi (talk) 03:17, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * That map looks very good to me. --Sulmuesi (talk) 15:58, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the overall critique to the article. In the beginning you were attacking points that were very much settled, but in the last days, your contribution has completely changed and you are being extremely productive with your review, which is actually helping me improve the article. I really want to thank you for this change, because you are becoming an asset in the improvement of this article. That list will be helpful, can you please also merge in there suggestions of Cplakidas and TodorBozhinov that are in my talk page? We'll have then a full list of issues to resolve. --Sulmuesi (talk) 16:22, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Skanderbeg will definitely be remembered for his fighting skills, although he built a couple of churches. One of the castles he built was the Rodoni_Castle. For the rest he was too busy rebuilding the castles destroyed every year by Ottoman cannons. As far as Albanian Muslims to be compared to Isakovic, an equivalent would be Iljaz Hoxha. --Sulmuesi (talk) 20:26, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Skanderbeg's map
Good notice about Kastoria. Actually you are right.Alexikoua (talk) 15:09, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Zehra Deović


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DYK nomination of Kenneth Setton
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Albanian revolt of 1912
Antid. I was preparing that article and it won't be a stub like the one you created so would you mind WP:CSDing it by adding ?-- — ZjarriRrethues —  talk 16:41, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Re:GA after DYK
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DYK for Kenneth Setton
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Map, re
No problem, I will translate it and I'll let you know. Best, --MacedonianBoy (talk) 23:19, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Here is the English version.--MacedonianBoy (talk) 23:36, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Marburg's Bloody Sunday
Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Albanian Revolt of 1912
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Republic of Central Albania
"During the negotiations between Albanian rebels and negotiators from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, those four vilayets (Kosovo vilayet, Shkodër Vilayet, Monastir Vilayet and Ioanina vilayet) were agreed to be Albanian vilayet. "

This sentence is difficult to understand (if at all). Did the inhabitants agree, or did other people decide for them? Explain to me what you mean, so I can re-word it. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 19:18, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

"During the negotiations between Albanian rebels and negotiators from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, the parties had agreed to merge the four vilayets of Kosovo, Shkodër, Monastir and Ioanina." -- I think you were looking for the word "merge" (=unite, fuse) Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 20:10, 14 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Choose one. и да, (Google translate каже:) занимљива тема. Никада нисам чуо за те земље. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 20:20, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Republic of Central Albania
HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   06:37, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Germenji
Antid. I was going to write that article, so please move that draft piece you started on your sandbox or csd it. Btw please read WP:COMPETENCE.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 21:17, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Would you agree to remove the Albanian Revolt of 1912 from the DYK queue until it is rewritten without your bogus sourcing and extreme factual inaccuracy?-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 21:35, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mihajlo Rostohar
HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   00:07, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Albanian Revolt of 1912
Thank you for this contribution to our second decade of wikipedia Victuallers (talk) 06:03, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations for creating a number of interesting articles. However, [Jacques, Edwin E], is considered a partisan source we should avoid using such material in wikipedia (not 'rs').Alexikoua (talk) 09:32, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

A number of involved administrators expressed their concerns about the extremistic nature of this work (one of them here [] the book is considered as part of partisan literature). Things are too obvious since the authors links Albanians with the Trojan War, creating major historical incosistencies.Alexikoua (talk) 10:25, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Themistokli Gërmenji DYK nomination
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Translation from French
Hey Antid. I noticed that you needed some French translations. Have you tried using GoogleTranslate? It's not 100% accurate but it's good enough to give you an overall feel of what is said. Here is what I could find: |en|Essad%20Toptani%2C%20qui%20se%20cherche%20depuis%20longtemps%20un%20destin%20national%2C%20est%20le%20chef%20th%C3%A9orique%20d'un%20gouvernement%20albanais%20que%20reconnaissent%20en%20partie%20les%20Fran%C3%A7ais%2C%20puisqu'ils%20lui%20adjoignent%20un%20repr%C3%A9sentant%2C%20Joseph%20de%20Fontenay%20puis%20L%C3%A9on%20Krajewski.%20Ses%20troupes%20(quelques%20800%20hommes%20au%20d%C3%A9part)%20repr%C3%A9sentent%20un%20appoint%20pour%20les%20Alli%C3%A9s%2C%20mais%20Sarrail%20semble%20vouloir%20%C3%A9carter%20cet%20homme%2C%20dont%20les%20amiti%C3%A9s%20semblent%20peu%20s%C3%BBres%20et%20dont%20les%20Albanais%20eux-m%C3%AAmes%20se%20m%C3%A9fient.%20En%20%C3%A9cartant%20les%20Grecs%2C%20qui%20ne%20sont%20pas%2C%20%C3%A0%20cette%20date%2C%20bellig%C3%A9rants%2C%20Sarrail%20emp%C3%AAche%20les%20royalistes%20d'utiliser%20ce%20qui%20constitue%20le%20dernier%20point%20de%20contact%20avec%20les%20Centraux%20et%20retire%20aux%20veniz%C3%A9listes%20un%20terrain%20de%20propagande.%20Autrement%20dit%2C%20%C3%A0%20part%20ces%20instructions%2C%20Descoins%20semble%20avoir%20les%20mains%20libres%20et%20pense%20alors%20%C3%A9tablir%20une%20%C2%AB%20administration%20indig%C3%A8ne%20sous%20le%20contr%C3%B4le%20fran%C3%A7ais%20%C2%BB. If this doesn't work, maybe you should go to the available French-to-English translators:. Hope that helps :) --Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 00:50, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Articles
No problem, Antidiskriminator. Interesting article. But speaking of articles, remember that in English writing, we use either an "indefinite article" (a, an), or the "definite article" (the) before almost all nouns, excluding people's names. Keep writing! The Interior (Talk) 01:20, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Albanian Vilayet
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 * Well, to begin with... in the intro the vilayet is described as if it existed as an official administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire ("The Albanian Vilayet was a vilayet"). Did it really exist, de jure and de facto, with its own capital, vâli (governor) and administration? Or was it one of those formal promises of the sultan which was never put into practice?
 * Seems like it was the latter to me, and this has to be made clear in the article. From what I understand, it was a proposed vilayet, an idea long persecuted by the Albanian people and agreed in principle with the sultan, but never realized in practice.  — Toдor Boжinov — 15:44, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë
Orlady (talk) 06:03, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

International Control Commission
Just noticed that you created such an interesting article. I found this [] academic material which you might found usefull. Cheers!Alexikoua (talk) 23:13, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Not excactly, for example in pp. 67-68, the commission is the one of the article: for example it says about some estimations of Lamb, one of its members. The commission is also mentioned in p. 97.Alexikoua (talk) 00:57, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Right, it examanines all the relevant correspondence of the era.Alexikoua (talk) 01:06, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Here is the Vilayet of Ioannina, by the same Italian publisher.Alexikoua (talk) 13:15, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes the Bulgarian schools were under the Bulgarian Exarchate.Alexikoua (talk) 13:25, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Super-vilayet
I added the word "super" because that is what the Albanian Vilayet was: an exceptional vilayet composed of four other vilayets. Cf. the Greek super-prefectures. If you think that it is somehow confusing, do remove it, but IMO its meaning (in an administrative context) is pretty clear to English-speakers. Constantine  ✍  13:33, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar
Wow, I'm not sure I have done enough to deserve this other than reviewing a multitude of Balkan-related articles on DYK, of which many have been focussed on Albania, but I'm very glad that you appreciate this! I have to say I'm very thankful for your work on articles about the Balkans as well, and I'm most impressed by the variety of topics and nations that your contributions cover. Best,  — Toдor Boжinov — 13:29, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That was a very fascinating and inspiring talk, thanks for sharing it! I fully support the view that we should leave behind stereotypes and ethnic and religious issues, live together and co-operate.  — Toдor Boжinov — 14:41, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Likewise thanks a lot for the award, although my contributions to Albania-related articles are secondary, at best. Glad to see that you are creating or re-checking a great many articles though. Keep up the good work! Constantine  ✍  09:59, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
And a kind thank you to you too, my friend. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:02, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * thx for using file i uploaded --Vinie007 20:31, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Albanian Vilayet
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   06:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for International Commission of Control
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Cooperation board
Hey Antid. I saw your comment on my page about the Serbian-Albanian cooperation board, but I thought Vinie said it instead of you, so I responded to him and not you! But I still think it's a great idea and I would be willing to take part. Anyways, thanks for the idea and sorry for the late response!--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 17:01, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Themistokli Gërmenji
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   00:02, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Naming conventions
Hi. I want to inform you that there is current voting about name of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Momcsilló_Tapavicza#Requested_move Perhaps you can say your opinion there if you wish. PANONIAN 10:15, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
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DYK nomination of Assembly of Vlorë
Hello! Your submission of Assembly of Vlorë at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Donald Albury 03:01, 1 February 2011 (UTC) -- Donald Albury 03:01, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Albanian and Serbian wikipedians cooperation board
While I do not edit in the area covered by the above board, I am aware that there has been at times controversy in articles that are, and they they have been bogged down by outside issues. The initiative to create a forum to sort through those issues which have an affect on those articles seems like a good idea, so that they can be expanded and improved. Having read the mission statement and suggested guidelines I find that the main objective is diluted in the text : to create a nuetral and unbiased articles that are divorced from a particular POV that offer a fair representation of the various interpretations of the facts. While there are more postive aspects of Albanian-Serbian relations, I'm not sure that promotion of those aspects should be a goal, but certainly should be included to give a broader understanding of those relations. To that end I would have project page state its goals more clearly within the context of encyclopedia building which would be improved by better diplomatic relations between those editors working in the area. I would suggest that making the mission statement of the board clearer Djflem (talk) 10:01, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Skanderbeg's Italian expedition
Hi there and thank you for your review on Skanderbeg! Please see how I addressed your concerns, but also see my comment as a second opinion giver. --Brunswick Dude (talk) 00:25, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * There are good reasons why you don't have the integrity necessary to review that article: if you read it is preferable that the reviewer is not too close to the topic Reviewing_good_articles. Not only you are too close to the topic, you have been warned for it. I would say that you are on thin ice to be reported, and you have made good contributions to the Balkans topics to suffer a Balkans' ban. If I were you, I would just either withdraw from that review, or I would try for once to accept a consensus reached. --Brunswick Dude (talk) 01:18, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Albania (Balkans)
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DYK for Assembly of Vlorë
Materialscientist (talk) 02:48, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Help
Yes afcourse i want to help you, but plz find first something indicating the date of picture, than i will se if it could be uploaded. But date is crucial. --Vinie007 21:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Very nice, i think this is enough, do you have link of site? --Vinie007 21:23, 11 February 2011 (UTC)




 * Thanks for site, i will upload some more about shkodër etc --Vinie007 21:36, 11 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Teamwork is always best option :P --Vinie007 22:56, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for International Gendarmerie
Materialscientist (talk) 18:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Regards, Kebeta (talk) 14:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Re: Ottoman Empire Barnstar
Thank you very much Antidiskriminator, I didn't see it coming :) Your work is also much appriciated on articles about the Balkans as well, especially in such a short time (1 year) that you are here on en wiki. Kebeta (talk) 14:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Tell Ramad
Thanks for your review for my DYK nom, Tell Ramad. I have responded to your notes there. Thanks again. Yazan (talk) 15:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks again, I have replied there as well. I think you might be wrong about the policy. Article's length is measured at the time of review not creation. Yazan (talk) 16:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Antidiskriminator, please read this discussion here. Cheers. Yazan (talk) 19:16, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Antidiskriminator, that definition of last is true. It is a confusing word, because it could mean both ways depending on how you use it. But in the context it was used, it meant the last day = the oldest day = the day furthest from today. I hope this helps. Discussion is ongoing anyway on how to make the rule less confusing and clearer. In the mean time, do accept this cup of tea from me, and thanks for you time again! cheers. Yazan (talk) 19:44, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

 For a less confusing wikipedia. Gëzuar/Живели (Cheers, in Albanian and Serbian, I hope!) Yazan (talk) 19:44, 22 February 2011 (UTC) has asked you to join him for a nice cup of tea and sit down.

Black Society for Salvation
Hey Anti. I have done a copyedit on your article in preparation for reviewing it for DYK. There were some sentences I reworked that you should look over to make sure I haven't changed the meaning. Also, the last sentence in the First Balkan War is confusing: "Ismail Qemali realized that the fate of Albania will be decided in Vienna." Mr. Qemali has not been mentioned in the article, and readers probably won't know who he is (sorry if he's well-known in the Balkans, but his name is not familiar to me). That sentence should be expanded to explain who he is. Otherwise, good improvement in your writing, though still some grammar issues to improve on. Cheers, The Interior  (Talk) 00:17, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks to your articles, I am now a bit better-versed in Balkan history. Was Qemali a member of the Black Society for Salvation?  Or was it too secret to know.  The Interior  (Talk) 09:26, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Black Society for Salvation
Hello! Your submission of Black Society for Salvation at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:43, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Black Society for Salvation
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Kararname
Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 February newsletter
So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to (first, with 487 points) and  (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:36, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Nikolla bey Ivanaj
Thank you Victuallers (talk) 02:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Revert_ninja. According to the BRD circle, when someone reverts you, it's better to discuss the topic until consensus is reached. A BRD disruption is also a 'blind' or unexlpained revert performed in zero time, while the talkpage isn't used or there is a major inconsistency with what is the user claims there.Alexikoua (talk) 12:34, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Thx for thx
If you fancy helping then I'm looking for someone to add a bit to http://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_Museum_and_Art_Gallery ... its part of this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/DER I'm going to approve it - but I must say the text was very similar. I couldnt approve without the changes I made. Victuallers (talk) 22:27, 12 March 2011 (UTC) Victuallers (talk) 22:27, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oops - that was a silly mistake - thanks! Victuallers (talk) 22:57, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks - thats brilliant. Do look out for the multi lingual challenge that is to be announced on April 9th Victuallers (talk) 11:59, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It won't be announce until April 9th as we still putting together the prizes. I guess you can't make the event but do add your name here and get it on your watch list. Victuallers (talk) 14:28, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Bosniaks: Images of notable Bosniaks for the Template:Bosniaks infobox
Please, join the discussion.

Regards, --Wusten fuchs 12:04, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Treaty of Niš (1923)
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Adminship
Hello! Thanks for the vote of confidence, but as I've replied to similar queries in the past, I am not interested in adminship, for several reasons. Best regards, Constantine  ✍  17:44, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë
The article Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:22, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I will perform requested changed and clarifications within next few days.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 16:31, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Congrats on your GA, Anti! The Interior  (Talk) 01:05, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Bosnian Genocide / Genocide in Bosnia
Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. You make two crucial points - the need to specify the 1992-1995 genocide and the ethnic cleansing/genocide distinction. I'm not going to make any comment at the discussion for the moment as I don't want to distract the other two main participants in the discussion from giving their attention to your comments rather than our ongoing disagreements. A brief comment on the source cited fro the basic definition. Richard Thackrah, author of the Routledge Companion to Military Conflict Since 1975, is a historian specialising in the fields of conflict and terrorism. As far as I've been able to establish he makes no claim to specialist knowledge of Bosnia or genocide. Opbeith (talk) 13:14, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Map
I've saw your suggestions. I'll fix them the following days, they are no big deal anyway. Also, congrats for your GA.Alexikoua (talk) 18:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

GA
Good job on getting your first GA.--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 22:20, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I have one question: where did you get the Albanian translation for the name? It seems like it should be Republika Autonome Shqiptare e Korçës.--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 22:30, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * All right. If Sepastaj and Zjarri said so, then I trust them since they know the topic better than I do.--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 23:40, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Same thing as last time.--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 16:38, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Treaty of Serbian-Albanian Alliance
Thanks for the article Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of International Gendarmerie
The article International Gendarmerie you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:International Gendarmerie for things which need to be addressed. SMasters (talk) 04:51, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Albanian Sanjak
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   16:03, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

The Albanian Muslim's flag
Fallschirmjäger <b style="color:#3CB371">&#9993;</b> 21:24, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of International Gendarmerie
The article International Gendarmerie you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:International Gendarmerie for eventual comments about the article. Well done! SMasters (talk) 12:43, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter
We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is with 231 points, who leads Pool H.  (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:51, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Translation
The bolded part and the section say that because his work has similarities with Barleti's biography, some scholars dispute its originality of authorship, because they view it as summary of Barleti's work. It is also says that because the author's name wasn't added in the first edition, some considered him(Frëngu) not to be the author.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 06:10, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Myth of Skanderbeg
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Listen, i want to help you but if you write articles like, the myth of Skanderbeg i can't take you seriously. It is similar to denying that Arkan and Lazar of Serbia where serbians. Please reconsider this statement. I really want to help you but with denying a peace of our identy it is not worth the research --Vinie007 15:26, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * And i feel really sad that you take an albanian communist (Fatos Lubonja) as a reaction on this ""Myth". Put Elsa Ballauri in article and you get even more  credible.
 * Some sites metion it as a deal with serbs, other with greeks. I simply don't know --Vinie007 13:02, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok i'm fine with that--Vinie007 13:02, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Myth of Skanderbeg

 * Same with Myth of Skanderbeg. It's really interesting to deal with such interesting topics. Keep the good work!Alexikoua (talk) 19:12, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * If you need additional material about a specific topic feel free to send a msg.Alexikoua (talk) 19:15, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Re:Lists and timelines
They are indeed eligible, and they are specifically mentioned in the DYK selection criteria (note criterion 2, point 2). If they appear on the main page, you may claim points for them as usual. J Milburn (talk) 11:44, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to take part in a pilot study
I am a Wikipedian, who is studying the phenomenon on Wikipedia. I need your help to conduct my research on about understanding "Motivation of Wikipedia contributors." I would like to invite you to a short survey. Please give me your valuable time, which estimates only '''5 minutes’’’. cooldenny (talk) 17:14, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Userfy
Please, userfy sources for Voisava's origin. That would be sad to lose. -- WhiteWriter speaks 16:37, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Great. Very strange things are going on with that... -- WhiteWriter speaks 17:00, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, Vojsava Tripalda article. -- WhiteWriter speaks 17:43, 18 April 2011 (UTC)