User talk:Gmourinho

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Hello Gmourinho, and greetings to wikipedia. I hope this doesn't offend you, because it's not meant to, but I must admit I read your e-mails with some amusement; now I'll explain you why. 1) I'm not Albanian but, as you can see from my user page, an Italian; and I would never have immagined even in my wildest nightmares to be considered a supporter of Greater Albania, especially after I've had accusations of being an "Albanophobe"; believe me, if there's something I detest it's nationalism of any kind or color; and I very 2) as for the Republic of Macedonia, the mame issue has generated in wikipedia a long and thorny issue, of which few have ended knowing more than me; but at the moment the main article of the country has been named Republic of Macedonia, the constitutional name of the country used also in most bilateral relations. For respect to Greek sensibilities, we generally use "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" for exclusively Greek topics 3)regards the existence of Bulgarians in Greek Macedonia, don't ask me; I have no idea; but there are 100,000/200,000 Slavophones, that Bulgarians claim being of Bulgarian ethnicity, and while I may be personally skeptical, I can't rule out the possibility. Regards Turks in the Dodecanese, this is a well known fact; present in Rhodes and Kos, they were not involved in the 1923 exchange as the islands were in Italian hands. Look in Hugh Poulton, for confirmation. And no, I don't hate Greece or the Greeks, instead I love the country and its inhabitants and have been even accused of being a "tendentious grecophiliac" or a Greek pretending to be an Italian. Much of my wikipedian effort has been devoted to Ancient Greece, and I've been many times in Greece. But what you must understand is that WP:V is a vital policy, so that this doesn't become just a soapbox. Ciao,--Aldux 15:04, 17 September 2006 (UTC)