User talk:Cplakidas/Archive 8

Bavarian Princes
Thanks for your message. I will supply the exact citation from the source in time. I do not own the book, which is no longer in print. The copy that I used for my notes is from the Library of Congress in DC. I have a business trip scheduled to Washington in 6 weeks. When there, I copy the relevant page and supply the information to you. Or, if you speak well enough German, you can try to locate this book yourself. Otherwise, be patient, please.

Also, note that the descendants of Prince-regent Luitpold are not interested in the Greek throne. However, they inherited the title "King of Greece." That is the reason why relevant members the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg could be only styled as the Kings of the Hellenes. Essentially, this title belongs to the Wittelsbachs and they never relinquished their right to it. As I have written earlier, this title is similar to the ancient title "King of Jerusalem," which is claimed by the House of Lusignan and House of Valois-Anjou. Those who use it are for example King Carlos of Spain and Otto von Habsburg. However, neither is interested in assuming the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, probably because (as well as the Kingdom of Greece) it no longer exists!! Mariaflores1955 (talk) 14:07, 1 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Actually, that is slightly incorrect. The descendants of Leopold of Bavaria are the only ones who can legally use the title "King of Greece" (until they renounce it). It does not matter if they choose to use it, what matters is that they have a right to use it.  in 1959 Paul, King of the Hellenes received as a gift the coronation regalia of Otto of Greece from the Wittelsbachs. He also requested that they relinquish the title "King of Greece", which has not happen. Partly, because the main Wittelsbach branch does not have the right to this title. Consequently, Paul's descendants remain "Kings of Hellenes." Interestingly, the titles "Prince of Greece" and "Crown Prince of Greece" do NOT belong to the Wittelsbachs and are only used by members of House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. As for the title "King of Jerusalem"... Carlos of Spain is only one of few who adopted the title, for example Franz Joseph I of Austria, Charles VIII of France, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and today Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Charles-Antoine Lamoral, prince de Ligne de La Trémoïlle and the before mentioned Otto von Habsburg are all using this title (while many of their direct ancestors choose not to use it). With the title "King of Greece" it is simpler. The Wittelsbachs have a claim to the title and will remain theirs until they renounce it. Mariaflores1955 (talk) 18:16, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar
Seconded. Byzantine navy is one of the finest articles on wikipedia, it is on par with the work of User:Pericles of Athens. Superb work Cplakidas I'm highly impressed!! If only this sort of standard existed in thousands of articles. Dr. Blofeld 14:55, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Honestly, if I hadn't have known I'd have probably thought it was written by him. Articles which are extremely well researched like this represent like 0.001% of all wikipedia articles. The best material is derived from multiple book sources, far too many editors rely on purely web content. This is what wikipedia should be about, not only giving people the most comprehensive resource of on any topic on the internet but containing a summary/merger of info in books on any subject, the process of getting book information onto the internet. Your work is commendable on here and we desperately need more quality editors like you. Dr. Blofeld 15:27, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I recently did some work on Vietnamese provinces and YellowMonkey sent me a lot of book info by email and it was shocking just how much we were missing on important ethnic groups/mountains/rivers/valley civilizations etc, really important to that area of the country. I only wish we had the sort of quality of your navy article all across wikipedia. The best articles show that a lot of time and effort has gone into researching and writing it generally written primarily using book sources. Of course with articles on current video games/cartoons/films etc sources are going to be web based but most articles on traditional encyclopedia subjects on here are severely lacking in research. Probably the most embarrassing article on a core subject in terms of research and comprehension I can think of is Loire River. No doubts there are probably unreferenced stubs on topics of equal importance... Dr. Blofeld 15:40, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah that's true in the same way a single historical battle would be easier to focus on and write about rather than the history of Greece or something which has a massive amount to cover and is tricky to write. Dr. Blofeld 15:59, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Chronicle of Monemvasia
Hello Constantine and thank you again for helping me with the Chronicle of Monemvasia article. FYI, I have made a number of improvements to the entry and would like for you to review them if you have time to spare. Have a splendid day. - Hessian Janitor, 1 June 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hessian Janitor (talk • contribs) 01:37, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Rename please
Could you rename the article Former cabinets of Greece to something more suitable please? Despite its title, it only has content about the cabinets of Kostas Karamanlis. I have replaced the previous, rather general, introduction of the article to a more specific one. Thanks in advance. --Lapost (talk) 16:10, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Battle of Prinitza
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DYK for Siege of Berat (1280–1281)
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Bizani
Hallo Constantine. Since you are interested in the First Balkan War, you may have a look at the Battle of Bizani, which I've expanded lately.Alexikoua (talk) 18:39, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Excelent job, in fact you have upgraded the article in nearly ga status ;).Alexikoua (talk) 14:17, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Since it has been considerably improved I've proposed a dyk hook. Feel free to make any alternative suggestions.Alexikoua (talk) 20:25, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Too bad a specific editor found this article a great opportunity to express his extreme pov.Alexikoua (talk) 09:32, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

The following days I'll do my best to improve this article further, perhaps we have a newborn ga nominee.Alexikoua (talk) 07:50, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much Contantine. This material is really invaluable.Alexikoua (talk) 18:57, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for Fotakis. Gbooks is a real problem especially if the book you need is in limited view.Alexikoua (talk) 22:13, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Bizani is now ga graded, thanks to your assistance.Alexikoua (talk) 23:03, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
I appreciate your dubbing in the correct Greek flag for Aristeidis Moraitinis. I was pleasantly surprised that I managed to conjure up any flag at all in my original attempt, as I had never done that before. A correction was beyond my skills. Thanks for the correction.

Georgejdorner (talk) 15:27, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Onassis
Hello Cplakidas. Thank you for your Aydın edits, on which I added slighly. There is another question I want to ask you. Could you -or anybody you may think of- check the following assertion made in the article Aristotle Onassis. "During this period Aristotle lost three uncles and one aunt with her husband Chrysostomos Konialidis and their daughter, who were burned to death when the Turks set fire to a church in Thyatira where 500 Christians were seeking shelter from the Great Fire of Smyrna." To my knowledge if there was one center in western Anatolia where the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) caused minimal disruption, it was Akhisar (Thyatira). the phrase gives me the impression of being a little too far-fatched, unless a play of words on Thyatira-Theatre was intended. Regards. Cretanforever (talk) 13:00, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Morea
I will add what I can about the subject, but it's sometimes difficult to use these sources: the version of the chronicle that I have is the translation in modern French from the Greek version (it's the only one easily available), but the author is a linguist, not an historian, so there are not so much historical facts in it, and the Chronicle itself is not always reliable. The version in old french is on googlebooks, but without translation. The major works on the field in French are from A. Bon and J.Longnon, they are out of reach from the common people, but are frequently quoted by other autors like M. Breuillot who has written the book on the castles of Messenia.--Phso2 (talk) 21:49, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Placidia Palace
Thanks for your help. I was just about to ask someone more familiar with Byzantine stuff to consult on the article. Savidan 22:51, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much with your edits at
Vangjel Meksi. Feel free to improve the article. I really liked your contributions there. --SulmuesLet's talk 13:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, it was an interesting read :) Constantine  ✍  17:58, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Siege of Berat reviewed
Hi. I've done the GA review for Siege of Berat (1280–1281) and placed it on hold.  Magic ♪piano 01:28, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

NAY
It was time to be created. Thanks for the hand. Take a look whenever you have time!Alexikoua (talk) 18:44, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Constantine, I can add lots of interesting stuff about the topic but unfortunately its all offline.Alexikoua (talk) 20:48, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your contribution
The article on Aristeidis Moraitinis has turned out very nicely. Thank you for your contribution to World War I aviation history. It is the little additions such as yours that have made the Wikipedia listing of World War I aces the most complete and accurate list in existence (IMHO).

Georgejdorner (talk) 17:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

New Template
Hi, I noticed you use FA user topicon and wanted to let you know that DYK user topicon has recently been created, so that you can showcase your DYK credits in your topicon space as well. It works exactly the same way as FA user topicon Happy editing! ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 12:35, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Theodore (brother of Heraclius)
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DYK for Battle of Settepozzi
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DYK for Theodore (brother of Heraclius)
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DYK for Tocco family
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Nice surprise!
Ciao! It was years I was mumbling to add details to the Byzantine Empire history (basing on stuff I was taking from Georg Ostrogorsky's book... i did something in 2005 or so, then I stopped), without finding will and time to do, and right now I noticed your excellent expansion for the period Byzantium under the Isaurians!! It's rare to find somebody adding true deep content here: say, not ultra-detailed stuff about NFL stars or music nobodies. Are you going to add similar articles for EACH period? Compliments so much! And, of course, let me know if I can humbly help in any way. Ciao and keep good work. --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 09:18, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * PS. A note. I see that in your (also excellent) map of Byzantine provinces in 1025 you added Gaeta, Naples and the nearby shore as still part of the Byzantine empire. Maybe you've a better source than me, in which you found that there was at least a nominal allegiance, but Gaeta was at the time under Norman control, or anyway it was an independent duchy, like Naples. Let me know! --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 09:22, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Michael Lachanodrakon
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Your mistake S. Papadopoulos
I created this article to show his football history and it did. He is a semi important figure concerning football ownership in Greece and that is why the article was rightly created and is linked to in other articles. I added nothing of his 'businesses.' I have not been watching the article however and I have just read it. This has been added:

'''Stavros Papadopoulos is a Greek international businessman born in Kalamata that has been living and working from the very beginning of his long career all over the world. ALthough he started his career as a jewellery manufacturer, he expanded his activities in cutting and trading precious stones and jewelleries. Today he is considered to be one of the greatest merchants of precious stones in south East Asia, with a universal range on other markets as well. He is the owner of Emerald Mines Limited,which is located in Hong-Kong and a member of Diamond Dealers Club of New York and Diamond Club of Hong-Kong. Being always motivated by his passion for work, his love for women and jewellery, he entered th Greek market by creating a chain of stores named 'FINE GEMS'. His name is considered to be a guarantee,not only for the quality of his products, but also for their reasonable prices.'''

By this IP: 193.92.70.207. I have no idea why he added this unreferrenced complete rubbish. It is a disgrace. But call me crazy, would it not be easier to delete this disgraceful paragraph by the rogue IP editor, and restore the article with an additional reference concerning his football history than delete the whole article? Whatever you decide, I will not complain, but I think deleteing the article is like cutting off your head because you have a painful headache, surely an aspirin is better. Everything I have just said can be confirmed by a 2 second look at the history of the article. Also please feel free to look atthe other articles I have created to see I have no agendas. Reaper7 (talk) 15:33, 13 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, just tried to clean it up a little to look a bit more how I originally imagined it. I managed to find a couple of interesting refs. Reaper7 (talk) 16:36, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

References to Cretan diet
Dear Mr Plakidas,

We only enrich the articles. Its no promotional links. The links refer to the wiki article Cretan Diet. We would like to establish a connection between Crete, Towns in Crete, and generally all about Crete with Cretan Diet. When someone wants to read about Crete he should learn about Cretan diet as well. Why can't we add "See also" in other articles which refer to Crete to learn about Cretan diet. Η κρητική Διατροφή άλλωστε είναι συνυφασμένη με την ιστορία της Κρήτης, τα χωριά της και την καθημερινή ζωή των κατοίκων της.

Thank you in advance. We are looking forward for your answer —Preceding unsigned comment added by Symfono gram (talk • contribs) 13:03, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Albania under Italy
Please read carefully p107 of Lemkin. The author draws the conclusion that it was nothing but a protectorate, not a personal union: (Quoting Lemkin)

one must rather conclude that a protectorate was established over Albania by Italy in the course of a prolonged belligerant occupation, and that in fact the Italo Albanian relationship cannot be properly described as either pacific occupation or union''. Hence I partially reverted your interpretation here. --  S undefined ulmues (talk) 18:43, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Hope no problems there. For the rest, that article is in dire need to see some further improvements and links to the partisan war of the Albanians, whose articles are in true pitiful condition, and the Greco-Italian war. --  S undefined ulmues (talk) 19:22, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

GAR for Licario
You may not be aware of this, but I've started the GAR review here: Talk:Licario/GA1--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:23, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

John Palaiologos (Despot) GAN
You said: Hello! I just saw in the GAN page that you have listed yourself as a reviewer of John Palaiologos (Despot), and have marked it as on hold pending changes. Could you please create the relevant GA page so that I could see what sort of changes/corrections you suggest? Thank you, Constantine  ✍  20:18, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * this was a mistake. I reviewed the article that was listed below this one and when I removed it from the list, I must have overlooked the information that I was the reviewer and it was on hold.  I have removed that statement. I am very sorry that this happened.  I am not now, nor was I ever reviewing John Palaiologos (Despot).--Ishtar456 (talk) 01:39, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Shahin
Hi. Regarding to this edit: Nikephoros, patriarch and historian, states that Saitos (identified as Shahin by modern historians) was flayed alive in that occasion. Obviously this is inconsistent with Theophanes' chronicles so I added the sentence that you deleted adding that this was the opinion of Nikephoros and this is inconsistent with the other primary sources.--79.30.173.69 (talk) 19:21, 20 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Very well, since you have explained the provenance of this info, it is all right, which is why it has been left in place. Constantine  ✍  19:28, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Leo Choirosphaktes
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 12:06, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Macedonian Struggle
I was thinking of starting some biography articles about it so if you could provide me with a list of people of Greek national consciousness that took part in the struggle it will be much easier for me to start those articles.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 13:47, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Map of Roman Empire
Hello,

I noticed what appears to be an error in your posted image: The Roman Empire ca 400 AD.png. The region north of the Danube river is, in fact, what used to be known as Dacia. The Roman empire spanned the majority of that region, fully including the Carpathian mountains and the majority of what is known today as Romania. I'm not sure what sources were used in generating the map as depicted in the file mentioned above, but I would encourage you to check your sources again and post a map which accurately depicts the region as it existed at the height of the Roman Empire. DS (talk) 12:05, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for John Doukas (megas doux)
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Pumpie
Learn How to Read and Write, Son is another beautiful example. Although most of the editors at e.g. Requests for comment/User conduct/Archive are much more incivil, I think his very low quality of editing should be enough reason for a RfC. And he's been warned for a zillion times, without any response (except some edit summaries, e.g. ) or improvement. If you're willing to prepare the RfC, I'll support it. Markussep Talk 16:49, 1 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't have experience with RfC either, but what you've started looks OK to me. I'm not sure Pumpie uses automatic translaters, some of his edits contain the weirdest typos, like "filed" instead of "filmed" and "unviling" instead of "unveiling". I'll add some "evidence" to your draft. Markussep Talk 21:11, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

I think I'll add my 2 cents here. I found that an RfC was already done on Pumpie in 2004, but nothing came of it. There are still 25 "Gare de" articles in Category:Rough translations, it is taking a lot of my editing time to go through them and fix them, and his shorter ones that Markussep did not put into the category also need to be checked; I have found inaccuracies like voies interpreted as "levels" in all of those I have seen. I've also looked at a few of his renderings from Greek and it's apparent that they are equally bad - but I don't have the linguistic knowledge to help with those. And he has done the same with German - I've fixed at least one such that was sitting there puzzling people, Schloss Lenzburg, and one that was a terrible BLP stub, Ernst Hinterberger. As others have said, his output creates a tremendous amount of work. I wish the first RfC had led to some change. The thing is. . . he stopped some time ago with the "I'm a genius. Others will fix it" responses on his talkpage. And his talkpage also contains people praising him and suggestions he run for Admin. He was automatically given reviewer rights, although they were removed when he made an incoherent response. He's a good example of the people who have autoreviewer rights by virtue of simple number of articles created, where in fact it would be good for his new pages not to be marked reviewed without being eyeballed by a human. But he did not appear to have received detailed feedback on his translations and what is wrong with them, so I left a pretty detailed and pointed comment on his talkpage a while back - the one you responded to there - and. . . since then his French station articles have been much better, only horrid where he renders a prose passage rather than something formulaic. He demonstrably copies and pastes; he frequently has the wrong station name or location when he first creates the page. So, while I am on board with doing a new RfC and will participate - I had wondered about doing one myself until he improved - I am also thinking this guy can learn and we might save a lot of the grief if several of us give him detailed feedback on his translations in specific languages. Yngvadottir (talk) 00:55, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Frankly, I don't see the improvement in his articles. His 25 July article Gare de Namps-Quevauvillers contained the cryptic line "it offered its used conditions month by month and satisfied by reports of mixed passenger/freight passing on the line since the 1990s." "month by month" is his translation of "de moins en moins", which is "less and less" ("mois" is "month"). The interwiki had a typo (Quevaivillers). I don't even think his English is good enough to be of value to Wikipedia. Markussep Talk 07:28, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree with most of what you wrote, Yngvadottir. I also feel that if somehow he could be made to understand, things might be much improved. However there is no indication that he takes notice of or even understands criticism, whether of the constructive variety or of the "dude, you really need to stop doing this" kind. His standard reply, when he bothers with it, is that he does nothing wrong, and that his skills have/will be much improved soon. From 2004 to now however, there is not much evidence of this. Ι do not like sending other editors up against the wall, but his articles remain gibberish. What is even worse IMO is that although his English skills are sufficient to read our messages and write coherent replies, and hence it must be clear to him that his articles are unreadable, he makes no effort to make even an elementary copyedit of the articles he "translates". Constantine  ✍  10:28, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, there is a definite issue of competence as well as failure to engage with other editors in a collaborative manner. I owe you two a statement on that draft page, and on examining the diffs in preparation to do that, I see that some of the improvement I had noticed was actually other editors making corrections to his material faster. And as I said, he remains completely unable to handle novel prose - as soon as it goes beyond what he's copied and pasted on previous articles, it comes out completely incomprehensible. I am now on my work "weekend" and will try to post a statement within the next 5 hours. Yngvadottir (talk) 15:08, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * In regards to outcome, yes, that's part of it. I was hoping that by explaining the basis of people's reactions to him more specifically, I could get him to think himself about why he does what he does and we could go from there towards helping him collaborate. And as I understand it a RfC in itself cannot actually make anything happen, unless it crystallizes such a horrified reaction that someone then does move to censure the person. But the original RfC on him produced nothing at all, and a second one would therefore seem to be necessary as a next step . . . I dunno. I really don't like tattling on someone. I am still rather hoping he will read our statements and get embarrassed and shape up. But it is becoming kind of obvious that he can't, for whatever reason. I think what might be wisest is to lay out for discussion that there appears to be an intractable competence issue wrapped up with an inability/unwillingness to respond appropriately in talk; that this is causing a lot of work (in fact judging by the first RfC the castle article translated from German was the impetus for the creation of the Rough Translation category (!) and yet that article, on a major monument, sat in a horrendous state till I happened upon it years later (!!), so those of us who are equipped to fix translations have demonstrably not been able to handle the work he creates for us - especially since he's not the only one); that he not only declines to fix up his articles beyond the very basics of changing the town name when he left the wrong one in when copying/pasting, but he demonstrably can't; and that he's the last person whose articles should be auto-patrolled at NewPages simply on grounds of volume. That would be the one remedy I would suggest: pull his auto-patrol so that his new articles would have all the NewPage patrollers templating them when he produces a batch, rather than just you and Markussep. If that has never been implemented as a remedy before, here's the perfect test case. Quantity =/= quality, and although I suspect he would be grossly affronted, it's better than banning the guy.Yngvadottir (talk) 17:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I see your point that pulling his auto-patrol is an imposed remedy - and RfCs cannot impose remedies. I am not sure I agree that it would be a sanction, but he would regard it as a punishment, so, same diff . . . however, I think it would reduce the amount of work by folding it into the regular NewPage patrol tasks, and by widening awareness of the number of bad articles he's cranking out, such that if he didn't shape up, he would start getting sanctioned in other ways. However, as I understand it the purpose of an RfC is to discuss how to solve the problem, so I may just raise that idea again there. In the meantime I've been bold and reformulated the objective you had in your draft, as well as changing the statement of the problem at the outset and later - because I agree with Markussep, he doesn't actually appear to be using an automatic translator, or if he is, he's overriding it to produce some of the bad English. Further - what I've seen so far suggests he cannot write good enough English. I don't think he actually fully understands the comments he gets, and he tends to respond in bad English, often so bad it is also hard to understand. I documented this in my own comment; I am not at all sure this is kosher but I want to lay out both the extent of the problem (which it is evident from the talkpage that he and others do not fully comprehend) and what he needs to do. After all, ideal would be if he worked on his English and started producing acceptable articles, even if his choice of things to write on remained odd. --Feel free of course to ruthlessly edit what I wrote, I was being a bit bold. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:12, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I completely support Yngvadottir's analysis and the desired outcome as stated in the draft version. Markussep Talk 19:46, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Looks like we're about ready. Let me know when you need me to certify it, in case Markussep is afk then. Or if you think we need to subsection it further, I'll try to do so with my long screed. I worked on some of his recent short station articles and found numerous copy and paste errors - including consistently wrong department - and more odd spelling errors. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:07, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Ioannis Papafis
Γειά Χαρά! Can you check this out like you did with Emmanuel Benakis, see if anything is missed. Also, I considered the orphanage for a second page but chose to have it in the bio better. Besides, are there any comprehensive pages on the architecture of Thessaloniki or Greece in general? You see architecture of Greece redirects to ancient Greece. Take care! Shadow mor ph ^"^ 11:48, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Dromon?
I'm currently working on a long-term project to bring galley up to standard (if you're interested in helping out, check out my workspace). I thought I'd ask you for advice on a related thang due to your work on Byzantine navy. While going through galley cat over at Commons, I came across a rather odd dromon image (see right pic), which made me a tad suspicious. That's not a Byzantine-ere galley, is it? It looks pretty darn early modern to me.

Peter Isotalo 15:32, 4 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Reply pasted from user talk:Peter Isotalo:
 * Hello, nice to meet you! You are quite right, that is not a Byzantine dromon. Commons has a couple of such pictures (including this), but they are really late medieval/Renaissance galleys. About the only reliable image of a dromon is the one by Pryor we use in the related article... Congrats on the undertaking of this task, it really was about time for the article to be brought up to standards. I'll be rather busy in RL over the next weeks, perhaps even months, but I'll try to help when and if I can. Feel free to ask any questions however :) Best regards and keep it up! Constantine  ✍  17:17, 4 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, I figured as much. Since the picture isn't of the highest quality either, I actually nominated it for deletion. If you know of any others, do let me know about them and I'll take it upon myself to correct them.
 * The galley project will probably take quite a lot of time, and I haven't even acquainted myself with some of the older refs (Rodgers and Anderson, for example). (I worked on Mary Rose for well over six months, and that was just the one ship.) If you feel like tinkering with the topic, though, don't hesitate to edit the sandbox yourself. I'll treat it as close to genuine article space as it allows if anyone wishes to help out. I'll turn your attention to any questions that might arise along the way. I look forward to cooperating with you.
 * Peter Isotalo 09:15, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Just thought I'd drop you a note that I've begun dumping content from my user page into galley. A lot of it is pretty rough, but I thought it was better to get the ball rolling than sitting on the material too long. If you check out "Design and construction", you'll notice I've reused as a lot material from Byzantine navy.

Peter Isotalo 22:47, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Constantine Opos (megas doux)
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Are you trying to be funny?
Have you got any common sense, even the slightest bit? Becuase if you had, then you would know that there is no such thing as Turkic people with blond hair and blue eyes. If there is - then they are mixed, with a European or Iranian person, such as Greeks or Bulgarians.This is a fact and you know it, so why do you continue to ruin wikipedia by removing constructive edits; like I said not everybody in the world is Turkic. So, if you find a Turkish person in Turkey with blue eyes or blond hair - then guess what - they are mixed or descended from Greeks, because if you know any history, then you would know that the land of Turkey was part of the Byzantine Empire. As you probably already know, they were Greeks. So how dare you call my edit a speculation. If you were smart then surely you would understand my logic. Your logic on the other hand is severely flawed - to call the Cumans Turkic. As it stands my theory is more logical - lets see why: Iranic people have blond hair and blue eyes, Turkic people dont - they have brown eyes with black or brown hair. Some present day Iranians also have blond hair and blue eyes, although it was much more common in the past. Iranians, before the Arab invasion, were purely white; but as Arab people invaded, they started to mix a bit. Thats why in the movie Prince of Persia they chose a white actor, and Jerry Bruckheimer did comment on the matter by saying that in the past Iranians were basically white with blond hair and blue eyes, even now there are many like that, go look up Iranian models and women on the net and you will see. So the Cumans simply could not have been Turkic, do you understand that fact or not, what are you scared of? As another editor pointed out (he actually understood my logic and did not remove it, see I am not the only one) - the Turkic language could have been a linua franca. Just becuase they spoke Turkic doesnt mean they were ethnically Turkic. There is no DNA evidence to prove they were Turkic, but there also isn't any DNA proof for them being ethnically Iranic (although I mean loo at the facts, blond hair blue eyes, wake up already!), so basically both theories should stay on the article, people must have the right to read them both, removing one and leaving the other is just wrong - then you are ruining and destroying the encyclopedia. Having just one theory, while removing another is prejudice and blatantly deconstructive. I can't believe people would call them Turkic when they had blond hair and blue eyes, these thing just dont go together. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.132.178.5 (talk) 20:53, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Alessandro is back :-)
Hallo Constantinos,

I am back, and well again (more or less :-))! How are you doing? I saw that you did a great job in the meantime! Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 09:13, 10 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks :-)! By the way, I was in Istanbul one month ago, and I thought about you while visiting the beautiful exhibition about the City currently held in Sabanci Museum. Did you visit it? Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 09:25, 10 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately I could not take any picture (they are forbidden in Museum), but I bought the catalog (also beautiful, although I found several errors in the accompanying articles :-) . About Yenikapi, I see it each time that I travel on the Banlieu. It is really a gigantic enterprise (which is ruining a couple of investors, but this is another story)! At the exhibition they are exposing for the first time several pieces found there . Kalimera :-), Alex2006 (talk) 09:44, 10 August 2010 (UTC)


 * No, but I can go to Yenikapı and talk with the archeologists in September, when I will travel to Istanbul the next time. (Insch'Allah :-)) I think that they organize also guided tours there. Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 10:47, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

WP:PROF

 * 1) The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources.
 * 2) The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.


 * Cplakidas if I thought that the person didn't pass WP:NN I wouldn't start the article, but I did because I knew that he passed WP:PROF, which you should have checked before tagging it.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 11:49, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Corfu and Zakynthos
I noticed you removed Judeo-Italian languages from Wikiproject Greece, though the article specifically mentions among the relevant areas the islands Corfu and Zakynthos. The text even includes "In English, Judæo-Italian was first used by Lazaro Belleli in 1904 for his article Judæo-Greek and Judæo-Italian in the Jewish Encyclopedia (vol. 7, 310-313), describing the languages of the Jews of Corfu." How is Corfu irrelevant to the Project? Dimadick (talk) 10:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi there, please see this below
--  S ulmues (talk) 19:29, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LIII (July 2010)
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List of Byzantine inventions
Hi. Dou you happen to have some suggestions for an expansion of the article? See also talk page. Regards Gun Powder Ma (talk) 11:24, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Dance of Zalongo
Have a look at the article about dance of Zalongo. Read the talk page. Your help and advise is needed.Seleukosa (talk) 00:03, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Nikephoros Palaiologos
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 18:03, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Byzantine Descent
"every other editor disagrees" Really? All other Wikipedia editors disagree with stating facts? When did you solicit their opinion? In a matter of minutes you were able to contact ALL Wikipedia editors and ask them if the Byzantine descent of the Greek kings is more relevant than their descent from Queen Victoria? And they all said NO??? I find that VERY hard to believe!!! Don't tell me what my intention is. Nobody is making any case for legitimacy. I'm just stating a fact which you want to suppress for political reasons. Hiding the truth might be acceptable in Greece but it's not in the rest of the world. You state that the Byzantine descent of the Greek Royal family is shared by other royal families and that it's been diluted over the centuries, this just shows how ignorant you are about genetics, history, and royal genealogy. The MT DNA of Constantine I (1868-1923) was 100% Greek by virtue of his maternal lineage going back to the Empress Euphrosyne Kamatera. Facts:

1) MT DNA does not get diluted. 2) Other royal families DO NOT share Constantine's Greek MT DNA because they are not descended from his mother Queen Olga who was the carrier and transmitter of the Empress Euphrosyne's UNDILUTED MT DNA. 3)If I was interested in making some sort of legitimacy claim I would base it on this and not something that is shared, as you point out, with other royal families i.e. the descent from the dynasties of Komnenos, Laskaris, and Palaiologos.

There is no justification for deleting facts. If you think George's Byzantine descent is irrelevant than why mention his descent from Queen Victoria? This is surely much more irrelevant! His descent from Christian IX is also completely irrelevant but you seem to have no problem mentioning these two, why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Venera 7 (talk • contribs) 04:13, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

There is nothing spurious about my MT DNA argument. It is supported 100% by science and by the genealogical record of European royalty. As for Caroline of Ansbach, her mother was Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, this has never been disputed by anyone, what makes you think this is questionable or controversial? I agree with you that the European tradition values the male line of descent for hereditary purposes but that's not the point I was making, my point is that Constantine I was the only 20th century monarch with Greek MT DNA. This is something that no other royal house can claim. I put this forward to show that the Byzantine descent of the Greek house is unique and is NOT shared by other European royalty as you claimed. Other European houses are also descended from Byzantine Emperors but all of their MT DNA is Germanic, Constantine was different, and this is a fact. I've heard of the phrase "Europe's grandmother" but of what relevance is that to George II and his rule of Greece? The answer is absolutely none. It was included only to highlight his non-Greek ancestry while making no mention of his Greek ancestry. The same is true of Christian IX, no relevance. You claim that the Greek royal family "branched off from the Danish family", but this is false. All your arguments seem to be either political or based on false information. The first Glucksburg ever to be a King was George I. The Glucksburgs ruled Greece BEFORE they ruled Denmark so how could the Greek family "branch off from the Danish family"? At the time of his election George I was the nephew of the Duke of Glucksburg (in Germany, not Denmark) and there was no Christian IX at the time. You also claim that nobody disputes their Byzantine descent, but how could they if no mention of it is made at all. I would argue that very few if any Greeks actually know that their former royal family had Byzantine descent. The bottom line is that Queen Victoria and Christian IX have no place in an article about George II of Greece. If you want to include them fine but this must be balanced with his descent from Byzantine houses. Otherwise you are are telling only half the story and it appears that it is politically motivated. A compromise that I would agree to is that if no mention is made of Byzantine ancestors then no mention should be made of foreign ancestors as well. Either both are mentioned or none are mentioned. Telling only one side of the story is misleading and political. Venera 7 (talk) 18:42, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

You seem to be missing my point on a number of issues. Let's start off by stating categorically that I am not some kind of Greek royalist agitating for the return of the monarchy in Greece. What I am is someone who believes in telling all sides of a story and let the chips fall where they may. It is very condescending to think that people cannot digest facts without mis-interpreting them, and that somehow you are able to understand context where other people cannot. If you believe that George's Byzantine descent is irrelevant than what's the harm of mentioning it? Why do you feel that you can handle this information but others cannot? Is the suppression of facts ever legitimate? On the MT DNA issue, you are misunderstanding my point, I never claimed that Euphrosyne Doukaina had some archetypal Greek MT DNA, my point is that Constantine's MT DNA was no different than that of his subjects in that they both stem from a genetic pool within the borders of the late (13th Century) Byzantine Empire, borders that were not much different from the current Greek State. Other European royal houses do not share this MT DNA, it is unique to the Greek house alone. But as I said I do not bring this up as any sort of claim of legitimacy. It's not my business who rules Greece. What I object to is the suppression of information for political reasons. This is not what Wikipedia is all about. It's about information and facts not political agendas. Also, you have not addressed my compromise, i.e. that either BOTH Greek and non-Greek ancestry is mentioned or NO ancestry is mentioned. If you feel strongly that the Byzantine descent of the Greek royals is irrelevant then this must be balanced with those like myself who feel that their foreign (Victoria, Christian, et al) descent is also irrelevant. I have no problem with the genealogical chart in the article however. To be clear, yes the Greek princes are styled "Princes of Greece and Denmark" but we are not talking about them, only the Greek monarchs who never had any association with Denmark in their title. Venera 7 (talk) 23:39, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Fortunately Wikipedia is not yours to do with it as you please. Although you might think your views are more important than other people's views, they certainly are not. This issue will have to go to arbitration. I don't know if you intentionally misinterpret what I write or you're just not that bright. I tend to think it's the latter. I've said over and over again that I have no intention of including the MT DNA issue in the article and that I brought it up only to disprove your false claim that the Byzantine descent of the Greek royal family is no different than that of other royal families. The maternal lineage of Constantine I is a matter of historical record, it is 100% verified and documented and there is nothing you can do about it. So please, only make statements once you are in possession of facts otherwise you make yourself look foolish. Your claim that "the Greek royal family always considered itself part of the Danish royal family" is absolutely absurd, King Juan Carlos of Spain includes in his title "King of Jerusalem, King of the Two Sicilies, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Milan, etc...does this mean that he considers himself Italian or Austrian or a part of the Italian, Austrian, etc..royal families? of course not!!! Queen Elizabeth includes in her title "Queen of France" does this mean she considers herself French or a part of the French royal family? of course not!!! These are just dynastic honorifics. The use of "Denmark" in the Greek title is no different. Once again you are short on facts but long on political agenda. The bottom line is foreign descent is of no importance to the Kings of Spain, England, or Greece. You insist that it be used solely for political reasons. Wikipedia does not exist to promote the political views of a single uninformed Greek. It exists to disseminate information to the whole world and not to suppress it. Venera 7 (talk) 17:47, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Funny how I don't see any mention of foreign descent on the Juan Carlos page, only his parents and Spanish grandfather...hmmm I wonder why that is...I don't see any attempt to paint him as Austrian because his title includes "Archduke of Austria"...hmmm I wonder why that is...I guess it's because there is nobody like yourself with a political agenda who wants to depict him as foreign and loyal to foreign countries and interests. It seems only his parents and Spanish descent is mentioned because it is the only descent that is relevant. The fact that he's part Polish, French, English, Russian, Greek, German, etc..is not important, I couldn't agree more!!! The bottom line is that I am not trying to hide George's foreign descent because I have no problem with the genealogical chart in the article. I just don't think it's important or a defining issue. It is you who is trying to either suppress facts or tell only half truths in highlighting the Greek family's foreign descent, something that is done on no other royal page that I am aware of. The only explanation is that you are a Greek with a political agenda against the royal family. You keep mentioning that the Greek family is "a branch" of the Danish family even in light of the fact that the Glucksburgs ruled Greece BEFORE they ruled Denmark. Glucksburg was a minor Duchy in Germany at the time of George I's election and George was the nephew of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm. There was no monarch named Christian IX at the time. Prince Charles (future King Charles) of the UK is also a Glucksburg, why are you not trying to portray him as Danish and foreign to Britain? When Denmark's current Queen dies the country will be ruled by the House of Laborde de Monpezat not the House of Glucksburg. Will you still argue that the Greek family is part of the Danish family? This just illustrates how foolish your arguments are. I am submitting this issue for mediation. Venera 7 (talk) 19:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for your improvements to the Alexander Helladius article. Could you also look into Greek College as I feel it could also benefit from your attention. Thanks again.--Anothroskon (talk) 12:49, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Konstantinos paliatsaras
I am sorry i didn't now that the tags can remove automatically. can you please tell me what i can do more for that article. i have find a lot of sources and i can find more —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dgetsi (talk • contribs) 13:36, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Reply
I left thou a message (I thought that writing in Greek here would be a bit inappropriate). Regards, --Jake V (talk) 18:20, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for improving Principality of Gjirokastër. Those two pages from Fine are offline for me, otherwise I would give you a hand. --  S ulmues (talk) 19:12, 23 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Zjarri provided the source of BW Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Albania/Archive_3, but can't access it from here. Neither can I open what you gave me. Gotta get some firewall restrictions out. I'll do it sooner or later. Promise. --  S ulmues (talk) 20:22, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Admin application
Constandine, could you please think a little about applying for sysop? I'm not aware of any Balkan countries' admins as of now. If I have to think of the best person who could become an admin, that would be you. You have provided excellent content and had extremely good relations with the editors. You also have wide experience and very deep knowledge of the Balkans' area. I would gladly endorse your application and I think many others would.

If you want to focus mainly on content, that's fine too, but I think that at this point you should focus on mentoring other editors: your experience accumulated can be multiplied if we find some 3 or 4 new Constandines. I can see you do very well what FPS has done. And I would gladly see you do a very fine job. I would invite you to think about it at least. --  S ulmues (talk) 14:48, 25 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Seconded.--Anothroskon (talk) 15:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Greek naming
I greatly respect your work here at wikipedia, but we need to come up with a compromise pertaining to the Greek naming. The introduction of an emperor article is supposed to sum up their importance. The Greek naming, Latin naming, and any other arbitrary names they may have had, should not be the at the very beginning of the introduction. I hope we can compromise. Perhaps the infobox? Greek naming is welcome in the infobox. I understand that all Byzantine emperors have the Greek naming in their introduction. However, this is only because it has not been addressed. To a casual individual who comes upon the page for Justinian, he/she would be greatly confused by the multitude of Greek in the very first sentence of the introduction. Once again, I appreciate all your hard work. However, the Greek should be either moved to the infobox or to a reference or note.--Tataryn77 (talk) 15:49, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

For the sake of uniformity I now agree with Latin and Greek naming. However, only neccessary naming should be present. Sorry for the trouble.--Tataryn77 (talk) 17:06, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Is the naming convention now to put Latin/Greek names before birth and death dates in parentheses? Please let me know. If so, you are free to re-insert/insert Latin and Greek names into all the articles. Sorry for the hinderance. I'm just a stickler for uniformity.--Tataryn77 (talk) 17:19, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

My son Hadrian Augustus Tataryn is being born today! My fiancee is being induced as I type. Good luck to all!--Tataryn77 (talk) 18:08, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Theodosius II
what's the text of this consula diptych of Theodosius you are referring to in ? --TakenakaN (talk) 15:57, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Help with translations
Hello! As I've said, I am writing an article about GFM Ferdinand Schörner. I have found an article from Der Spiegel, but some parts are really hard to understand. I need you to help me with a couple of paragraphs (not translating the whole thing, a summary will do). When you have the time... (you asked for it! :)) --Jake V (talk) 10:51, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Artabanes (general)
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Artabanes (general) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 04:39, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Congrats Cplakidas and thanks again for all your hard work when it comes to improving the coverage of Byzantine studies.--  Ευπάτωρ   Talk!! 20:15, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

John Doukas (megas doux)
I've started a review of this article at Talk:John Doukas (megas doux)/GA1.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:38, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Consensus
Please see WP:Consensus can change:
 * "Consensus is not immutable. Past decisions are open to challenge and are not binding, and one must realize that such changes are often reasonable. Thus, "according to consensus" and "violates consensus" are not valid rationales for accepting or rejecting proposals or actions. While past "extensive discussions" can guide editors on what influenced a past consensus, editors need to re-examine each proposal on its own merits, and determine afresh whether consensus either has or has not changed."

In this case, I saw the past "consensus" for the idiosyncratic spellings of the ODB, which have never become standard with professional Byzantinists: an evenly split discussion at a talk page of one of the later Constantines, "decided" by an incompetent mediator.

I'll stick with the usage of Warren Treadgold and Averil Cameron, thank you. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:58, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Unless the Latinization is the most common, as it usually is. The utterly barbarous hybrid usages of the ODB (Constantine Doukas, no less) are the least common of those attested at all. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 23:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No, I'd stay with "Constantine Porphyrogenitus"; English does accept loanwords, and the English for porphyrogennetos is "porphyrogenitus".


 * As for Cameron, I would like citations. I heard her less than half a year ago; nobody at the conference used ODB, which convinced me it was time to ignore it. (Some used Konstantinos, but I don't think that appropriate to an English encyclopedia.) Septentrionalis PMAnderson 23:28, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Were I editing the German Wikipedia, I would use de:Konstantinos (and de:Aischylos, but why not Aischulos?) without qualms - but not here, despite Robert Browning's example. It's partly a different approach to authenticity, whereas English falls between German and French (this Wikipedia shouldn't use Énée either); partly, I think, that initial K is natural in German. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:02, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Half-Latinizations? What half-Latinizations do I prefer?

(There is a correct answer: I prefer  Imbros, not Imbrus,  on which usage and WP:GREEK concur; but none of the names you have protested are feminines in -ος.)

Feel free to discuss any of these on talk pages - but there is no consensus here; there never was. I don't intend to move anything I don't happen to look up, and if everyone did likewise, we would converge to usage. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:28, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

John Doukas (megas doux)
I've started a review of this article at Talk:John Doukas (megas doux)/GA1.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:13, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Why?. The code el is for Modern Greek (1453-). --Vahagn Petrosyan (talk) 00:28, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

RE: Hotel Lanassa
Can you userfy it or should I ask someone else? --jmenkus [ T ] 09:59, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not connected to the hotel. Anyway, thanks. --jmenkus [ T ] 19:04, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Also, I sort of maybe a little bit stole your menu bar. Hope that's ok with you. --jmenkus [ T ] 10:44, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Milhist A-class and Peer Reviews Jul-Dec 2009

 * According to our list, you did offer feedback for a few articles, and that is what we are recognizing here. Its a token of our appreciation that you would volunteer to review - even the smallest of comments or suggestions helps since on average a group of less than 10 of the milhist members handle over 90% of the reviewing. Its our hope that in recognizing contributions to the review department from editors like you that we may be able to encourage more people to participate. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:39, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Battle of Kalavrye
The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

==Αλεξάντερ Βασίλεβιτς Σουβόροφ==

In your greek user page, you said that you prefere to send a message to you here, so I do. Can you help with the article? The answer in my greek user talk, please. Nataly8 (talk) 09:11, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar
I wanted to thank you for the barnstar (took me awhile) and the very nice words you put in there, really flattering. I will abstain a little from Balkan topics: it's not picking my interest any more as it used a year ago and focus on Accountancy articles, which is going to be my next project. Will see you around and thanks again! --  S ulmues (talk) 16:45, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Nikephoritzes
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 06:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Dhuvjan Monastery
--  S ulmues (talk) 17:21, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Mediterranean location map
Hi. You'll be pleased to know I've created Template:Location map Mediterranean. I envisage this map being used on naval battles/Ancient Roman/Greek/Byzantine/Ottoman/ battle marker locations and shipwrecks in the Mediterraean. Please introduce it to articles.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  18:50, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

I knew everybody would be so grateful that they'd be lost for words..<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  21:13, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

If off an island we have a better scale map for then use that. I was thinking either for battles literally in the middle of the med or that the map could be used to make deriratives, e.g a dotted line showing battle movements etc. See File:Mediterranean Sea location map.svg. The map could be used to draw add annotations on in seperate files. That is where it is more useful in my view.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  21:33, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I didn't know that, Well one of the Atlantic and Pacific to show sunken U-boats etc would be very useful...<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  21:37, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I stubbed Abiward.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  22:14, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

paranoia?
hello,do you speak greek? i tried to transfer some in commons I dont understand why one article plus,is problem Also,take at look at the list of italian Presidents,you ll see a lot of non-free pics... Greco22 (talk) 08:29, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Kosmidion - Cosmedin
Hallo Constantine, I need your expertise. :-) In Rome exists the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, also known as in schola Graeca, due to the strong Byzantine presence in this region in the Middle Ages. According to Wikipedia, the name comes from "kosmidion", ornate. Reading Janin, I learned that in the City (where now lies Eyup) there was a Monastery bearing this name, but according to him the name originates from Saint Cosmas. Here someone is wrong... :-). What is your opinion? Kalispera, Alex2006 (talk) 11:55, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks, but what a pity! At least once I would be glad to find a mistake in Wikipedia... :-) . Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 12:17, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Hallo Constantine, I added the info about Kosmidion in Eyüp. Can you please add the Greek name (mine would be in any case wrong... :-))? Thanks, Alex2006 (talk) 12:47, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually I meant to add the Name in Greek to the article about Eyüp. :-) Unfortunately Janin is not very loquacious about this suburb... :-) . Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 15:13, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I only looked on Constantinople Byzantine, now I will look on the Geographie . There is still some hope... :-) Anyway, I was in Eyüp in July, great place! I bought there a bottle with Zemzem water for 2 liras, but I don't know what to do with it... :-) . Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 15:42, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Move proposal
Thanks for your argumentation in [Talk:Occupation_of_Albania_(1912–1913)#Move_proposal 'Occupation of Albania'] move proposal. On the other hand it's really sad that irredentism is alive among specific Balkan editors that don't lose every opportunity to speak about lost lands and pov occupations.Alexikoua (talk) 09:22, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Can you please participate in the discussion, since, a specific editor ignored the entire timeconsuming proccess in a complete weird fashion. Not only this but he is threatening everyone that don't agrees with him.Alexikoua (talk) 20:49, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Gubazes II of Lazica
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DYK for Stephen Lekapenos
The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Constantine Lekapenos
The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Goldstein
He might have been involved in St Nedelya Church assault. "Tschekist" .Beserks (talk) 11:45, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

The Milhist election has started!
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Ping!
You've got mail :)-- White Shadows Your guess is as good as mine 23:51, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Again....-- White Shadows Your guess is as good as mine 23:30, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Gubazes II of Lazica
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 18:04, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Excellent article!
Hello! Your article Gubazes II of Lazica is very impressive -- I just wanted to stop by and commend you for that. Keep up the great work! A ntv (talk) 19:09, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Marcos Manoles for deletion
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DYK nomination of Joseph Bringas
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Digenis
This is really a jewel. Since I finish a couple of 18th century schools I will go straight for him.Alexikoua (talk) 16:00, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Email
Hi. Email's out to you. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 21:05, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Request for mediation of George II of Greece
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Philhellene
Philhellenism - read the article - has a much greater meaning than you would argue.--Damac (talk) 14:29, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Skanderbeg
Can you please teach me how to make a reference clickable so that when I click on it it goes directly to the source? Can you do just one in Skanderbeg? I tried with reference 55, but can't get it to work. Thank you! --  S ulmues (talk) 18:03, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It was because of both "citation" vs "cite book" and also because of the multiple authors, it seems like the harv function works only with one author. The link doesn't hurt the function btw. I played around with it here. Another thing: I have the dates of access to google books because they are automatically populated by the green button adjacent to the url in the cite web window. I think you know what I'm talking about. If you don't, you may be interested in using it, it populates the whole table automatically as soon as you enter the url, without the need of filling it manually.--  S ulmues (talk) 12:42, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Hallo
If you are familliar with image licenses, can you please give a hand on this, it's from the 1929 edition of Jane's magazine and I'm not sure if pd-old is suitable in this case. Thanks in advance.Alexikoua (talk) 21:56, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your support to improve this article (I wasn't the only contributor).Alexikoua (talk) 12:15, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Battle of Satala (530)
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 00:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Eternal Peace (532)
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BudijaDougweller (talk) 17:26, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
concerns me. Have you seen House of Keglevic?

Under a section about other families with the coat of arms, we have reams of "Such coat of arms are also over the door of the castle of the abbot of the Abbey de Bonlieu (bonum locum) near Peyrat-la-Nonière, but the seal of this abbey was different. (Per bonum spatium ad locum, ubi eminerentur due rupes. - Through the good gap to the place, where two rocks would protrude.) So it are ten places. The orthodromic distance (see Pappus of Alexandria[30]) from the lawn of the ancient ruins in the centre of Bonlieu to theEmirgan Park, which is next to the Archangel Michael Church in İstinye in Istanbul, which was built by the Emperor Constantine the Great, goes exactly over the Bosnian pyramids. The Earth radius was in the Middle Ages about 6500 km[31][32], that are the orthodromic distance from Bonlieu near Peyrat-la-Nonière to the Emirgan Park in İstinye, from there to Milet (in Milet is a nice amphitheatre, where the triangle for the Trigonometric functionscould be exactly measured), from there to Serò near Granja del Pairs near Artesa de Segre, from there back to Bonlieu, from there to the hill next to the village Trubar near Drvar, which is exactly on the half way between Bonlieu and the Emirgan Park.[33] " etc. We have stuff about trade routes.

We have "Archaeological, dendrochronological, paleographical and carbon methods of dating of ancient sources and artifacts are both non-exact and contradictory, therefore there is no single piece of firm written evidence or artifact that could be reliably and independently dated earlier than the 11th century. All events and characters conventionally dated earlier than 11th century are fictional, and represent phantom reflections of actual Middle Ages events and characters, brought about by intentional or accidental mis-datings of historical documents."

He uses loads of sources, but where are they coming from? Another Wikipedia?

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/List of battleships of the Ottoman Empire
I've replied to everything.-- White Shadows Your guess is as good as mine 23:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Solomon Goldstein
The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Ioannina
You are correct, it is very poorly sourced indeed. Pity. Athenean (talk) 20:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)c

Afd
Thanks for nominating the Descendants of Mauros from Miletus for deletion. Richly deserves it! :) Student7 (talk) 13:27, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Sviatoslav's invasion
Excellent work. I scanned this picture you may find it usefull, it's a more detailed version of this .Alexikoua (talk) 13:59, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Not a nice move...
Hi Cplakidas! I am aware that you are an established user, but some of your |latest edits confront with wiki rules. You have made a cut-and-paste redirect to a new article, over an existing one (both of them stubs). And in addition you didn't copy nothing from original article. Please fix your mistakes. Regards, Kebeta (talk) 21:42, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * My complaint is that the history of the article was not moved in your move-rederict job. The other consequences of your rederict-move are also a problem. For example, you have made a rederict from Mahmud Pasha to Mahmud Pasha Angelović, and than to Veli Mahmud Pasha. In the same time you have put a 'Mahmud Pasha Angelović' in the List of Ottoman Grand Viziers article? Kebeta (talk) 22:58, 26 September 2010 (UTC)


 * BTW, was he a Croat or a Serb is to be discussed on the talk page if it is controversial, not decided by you, I think? Kebeta (talk) 23:03, 26 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I am not here to debate whether he was Croat or Serb. I am talking about your move-rederict job, and you are talking about controversial material in the article it self....Well, forget it....I will try to find an administrator who will fix your cut-and-paste redirect/move. Regards, Kebeta (talk) 23:16, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Bringas
-- Cirt (talk) 00:04, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

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Toponym Commissions
I may write an article about the toponym change commissions of the Balkans, but there's not much about the Bulgarian one so which title sounds better to you Toponyms Commissions in X country or Toponyms Commissions in the Balkans? Btw there's a Byzantine empire related mess on List of Serbs, which needs to be dealt with by an ERE focused user.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 19:22, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Maniakes
For Crazy George Maniakes I have sources that he went from Italy to Thessaly through Albania, particularly through Durres. I don't know his history very well, however the History of Albania in four volumes has a couple of paragraphs on him. The only reason why I entered WPSQ is that I can track the article and possibly enrich it. --  S ulmues (talk) 20:49, 30 September 2010 (UTC)