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Kostas Novakis

 * The article Kostas Novakis has been completely changed by 157.228.x.x into one which I can only argue as POV pushing (Revision history of Kostas Novakis). The current article has removed most Macedonian sources which shows he states his language is Macedonian, he is ethnic Macedonian and so on. I luckily have saved Macedonia related articles which I knew would be changed constantly, but I am banned from editing Macedonia related issues. You can easily compare the older version below to the current article to view it is in fact POV pushed. Since I cannot edit Macedonia related issues, please use this template to create an article which is fair and neutral. Please tell other Macedonians on Wikipedia to keep a watch on the article. Mactruth (talk) 23:11, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Kostas Novakis (Κώστας Νοβάκης also in Костас Новакис) is a researcher of folk music in Greece. He has produced traditional music of the Macedonia region and he has also produced songs in the Macedonian language.

Biography

Kostas Novakis was born in Koufalia, Thessaloniki prefecture, Greek Macedonia in 1957. Kostas works as a dentist in the same village and is a member of the Centre for Macedonian Culture. He is prominent for releasing several music albums with traditional songs and music of the region of Macedonia. He has also produced various albums with songs typical of the Greek province of Macedonia but with the lyrics recorded in the "dialect of the Aegean part of Macedonia." . In Greece, the first CD with 13 Macedonian folk songs, called "A Letter from Thessalonica", was published in 2002, recorded by Kostas and Harula Novakis.

Also in 2002, Kostas was a special guest at the "Meeting of refugees from Aegean Macedonia" held in the town of Trnovo, Republic of Macedonia. The event is a gathering mainly attended by ethnic Macedonians originating from the Greek province of Macedonia.

Kostas and his friends engaged an orchestra of 11 instrumentalists, five of whom come from the Republic of Macedonia :
 * 1) Ilija Petrusev – tambour
 * 2) Ljupco Petkov – clarinet
 * 3) Petar Temenugov – harmonics
 * 4) Lazar Stankov – guitar
 * 5) Lazo – efonio

Quotes

"I had this really strong wish to give permanence to the songs that my grand mother, and the other grand-mothers from the village used to sing. The observation of the tradition and the Macedonian folklore are in my blood since childhood. I have recordings of about 1.000 songs with an original singing of the elderly inhabitants, and I sang these on the dialect of the Aegean part of Macedonia. This is the first time that a CD, with this kind of music, is published in Greece. We give it to friends in Greece, we sent it to Australia and Canada, and it is played on the local radio stations."

Discography
 * White field down to the White sea (Avlos Editions)

Macedonian: Бело поле до Белото море

Greek: Λευκός κάμπος πλάι σε θάλασσα λευκή


 * Rising of the green forest (Avlos Editions)

Macedonian: Развила гора зелена

Greek: Πράσινο δάσος


 * Offer from Thessaloniki (Avlos Editions)

Macedonian: Понуда од Солун

Greek: Πρόσφορα από τη Θεσσαλονίκη

Audio samples
 * Mitko vojvoda (Mitko The Chieftain)
 * Sulejmanovo (Sulejman's)
 * Razvila gora zelena (Rising of the green forest)

Footnotes

References
 * Biography in the White field down to the White sea CD booklet (Avlos Editions)
 * Culture of Republic of Macedonia - In Greece the First CD with Macedonian Songs Came Out
 * Makedonsko sonce magazine- Kosta Novakis official guest at the Traditional Annual Meeting of refugees from Aegean Macedonia in Trnovo, Republic of Macedonia along with representatives of the Rainbow (political party).

See also
 * Music of Macedonia
 * Music of the Republic of Macedonia
 * Music of Greek Macedonia

Macedonia naming issue
Greeks are deleting a discussion post in which I source irresponsible Greek behavior towards Macedonians based on the name issue. They are so afraid of people knowing the information they won't even allow it in the discussion page. Please use these sources and add appropriately to the Macedonia name issue and TELL OTHER MACEDONIANS TO HELP Mactruth (talk) 23:46, 12 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Greek Paper shows Bush as Hitler and a Macedonian swastika (the same time the Greek swastika occurred - right before NATO)
 * Macedonians attacked in Greece
 * Another cowardly attack on Macedonians in Greece
 * Greek authorities continue to abuse ethnic Macedonians
 * Greece abuses Macedonians at the border, again
 * Greek MP asks for death penalty for Macedonians in Greece
 * Greek-Macedonian name dispute leads to ban on lamb meat
 * Macedonia Plane Barred from Greek Airspace
 * Macedonia to ask Greece for explanation on MAT
 * Greece bans financial transfers from, and to Macedonia
 * Greece outrages Macedonia with ban on presidential flight
 * UMD Taken Aback by Metropolitan Anthimos’ Threatening Statement (Top Greek bishop calls for war with Macedonia)
 * Another Greek metropolitan bishop states territorial claims for Macedonia
 * Greek media fumes over comments from MOC
 * Greece's comments of H.H. Stefan's statement in Rome intended for domestic political scene
 * Heated debate at the EU, Macedonian delegation not present
 * Protest letter sent to Nato over an incident

Placebo
Hi! I was just wondering: Are you a fan of the band?; since you translated the page to mk wiki. So: are you, are you, are you? :)) -- L a v e o l  T 01:29, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'm a big fan of Placebo. :D Brainmachine (talk) 16:35, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats then :) I'm a fan, too. Been to concerts? -- L a v e o l  T 17:46, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Once Placebo came to Skopje I didn't went to the concert. I regret that ever since... :( Brainmachine (talk) 17:49, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, that's a miss. They were to Sofia twice - nailed them both :) Loved it, great concerts and always different.-- L a v e o l  T 17:51, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Mind if I ask, but why do my colleagues, well..., don't like you so much (like, tryin' to kill u lol etc.)? --Brainmachine (talk) 17:58, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't know how to answer this - call it a conflict of interests or something. They have a POV and I have a POV and you might say they just collide. The ones that trully show hatred just have some extreme views - like half of Bulgaria speaks Macedonian, Half of Bulgaria is Macedonian and that stuff. My personal opinion is that they just get too mad with me from time to time. They're stubborn and I'm stubborn, too - seems to draw 'em mad. They eventually do calm down in a few days, though. I know my answer's not good, but I can't think of a better one. -- L a v e o l  T 18:02, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh my frend, not half but just 10% or more... :-D--Raso mk (talk) 18:05, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Can I use this license for a picture?
CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported? This is the picture If so, how to mark it/upload it? Please respond on my user talk page, thank you. Brainmachine (talk) 22:08, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Wikipedia does not accept images with the Non-Commercial or Non-Derivative licenses. --Rat at WikiFur (talk) 22:19, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Question
Are you a communist? I, for one, am not. I may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but I am not a porn star. :D  Balkan Fever  09:24, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not a communist, I just believe in a utopia, a better planet, a planet of doughnuts. Ay carumba! Brainmachine (talk) 14:33, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ¡Mmmmm, los donutes es muy buenos!  Balkan Fever  14:35, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Prashanje
Zdravo Zoran, kako si? I would like to ask you to visit the history page of National Liberation War of Macedonia and see what is going on. I spend so much time making this article, and this user Köbra comes and vandalizes the whole text of the article and excludes valuable photos. Please compare my and Kobra's version and tell which is more informative. I would like your opinion on the subject. Regards. --Revizionist (talk) 00:13, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

!!!
Brainmachine, what is this unaccountable behaviour in Mk.W, MacedonianBoy break the rules, but he is friend and he is not guilty?! :) --Li4kata (talk) 20:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * If I were to take sides over friends or something, I'd had to block a lot of users. I'm trying hard to stay neutral and I think I'm doing a damn good job making that true. You should know that I'm quite a tolerant admin, and I block only when the polices are broken, to protect the wiki. Come on, take a breathe for 3 days, let it be. Behave in a civil matter in the future and everything will be ok. Brainmachine (talk) 21:22, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Ooo, it's a brutal. MacedonianBoy and Raso offend me and finally i'm guilty. Is this your famous neutral position?! --Li4kata (talk) 06:48, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry to jump in, Brainmachine, I know you don't like that, but Li4kata, try to understand how many people you're offending with your idiotic userbox on BG wiki.  Balkan Fever  06:52, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

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Welcome to the translation efforts
Are you interested in getting involved with translation directly? Or integrating already translated content? Doc James (talk · contribs · email)(please leave replies on my talk page) 20:44, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes so basically I am handing TWB high quality Wikipedia articles in English with all the mark up in place. They than translate the articles into the language in question and hand back a translated article with all the Media Wiki mark up still in place. The language integrator than adds this to the appropriate language wiki.
 * Typically a bit of work needs to be done to make sure all the markup works as different languages use slightly different markup. The lead integrator would also keep this table up to date for their language. And would also let the team know if there are article that are already good in the target language and thus do not need translating.
 * You could of course also directly translate articles aswell and TWB is looking for more volunteers. Will email you so that I can than put you in touch with the rest of the group. Thanks again for volunteering. Doc James (talk · contribs · email)(please leave replies on my talk page) 06:49, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

New medical organization
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