User talk:Eastern Emperor

August 2010
You currently appear to be engaged in three different edit wars&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Plato, Justinian I and List of Byzantine emperors. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If the edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Dr.K. λogosπraxis 22:21, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Unfortunately the convention "Byzantine" has been established in the English (and even more unfortunately) the Greek languages to describe the Eastern Roman Empire or Romania. Hence WP must follow current academic convention and will chiefly use that name. In the mean time all that can be done is to use the proper name in areas where it is not contested, that is you can't win edit wars on that point, and also wait for further developments among the academic community. Recently two excelent books were published by Cambridge University Press that use the proper nomenclature (Roman instead of Byzantine). I am referring to Hellenism in Byzantium by Anthony Kaldelis and Being Byzantine by Gill Page. Nonetheless it will take many years for prejudices to change. Best regards and try to avoid edit warring in order to have a long and productive career in WP.--Anothroskon (talk) 09:26, 22 August 2010 (UTC)