User talk:Yannismarou/Archive 7

MHPUB Podcasting
Greetings Wandalstouring -- just let me know what you need me to do, I would be delighted to assist. old windy bear 00:28, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * At present the article needs balancing, as to me there seems to be more on the Greek side

than the persian side. The article balancing can take place alongside development of a possible script for a podcast.. ShakespeareFan00 22:37, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Prefecture_of_Fokida
Hi, I started a page about a place in Greece called the Prefecture of Fokida. Would you mind editing the page or cleaning it up? Here's the link the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefecture_of_Fokida Thanks! Neptunekh 01:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Greece
This page is such an undertaking! Wow! I haven't tried anything so big yet. Nice job. Here is my peer review. You can move it wherever you feel is most appropriate. I did quite a bit of copyediting as I was reading; revert as you see fit.
 * This is a long and detailed page. I would consider deleting some of the details and summarizing some sections so that readers make it all the way to the end of the page. Sections to consider condensing:
 * Condense "Prelude"
 * Integrate "Hitler's decision to invade" and "British aid" into a reduced "Prelude"
 * second paragraph of "British aid" - it didn't happen, so it seems less necessary - you might cut this entirely
 * Topography material - cut drastically
 * Condense "Evacuation"


 * I realize that this is a very touchy subject with these articles, but the page did seem slightly POV to me. For example, the Axis powers rarely receive the same amount of detailed attention in terms of names of commanders, etc. as the Allied powers. Also, when I came to the statement The Greek campaign, ended in a complete German victory won in record time at the end of the article, I was stunned. This is not the impression that the article gives at all. While it may be true that the Greeks faught valiantly, this fact is emphasized repeatedly throughout the article to the point that I thought the Germans barely won (which is, apparently, not true - they easily won). Also, do we not have to consider the idea that the Germans fought valiantly as well? There are very few comments regarding their heroism here. I understand how difficult it must be to write a page about the Nazis, but I just want to point out that while reading this page, I noticed a bias towards valorizing the Greeks. In some cases such language is appropriate and some cases not; we must try and figure out where it is appropriate in this article.
 * Have historians speculated on why the Germans praised Greek resistance? Goebbels was a master rhetorician; I doubt that he was actually praising Greek resistance. Could he have been suggesting by implication, for example, that the French, British or Russians were weak? Statements in wartime are rarely transparent and I have a feeling that some historian has analyzed these. The same is true of the Allied statements valorizing the Greeks.
 * After reading the article, I do not feel that the lead adequately summarized the article; I was left with the feeling in the lead that the battle was almost a draw and the Germans were dragged into it but the article actually suggests that the Germans won handily (in the "Aftermath" section) and took advantage of this opportunity to expand their influence.
 * "Prelude": Why did the Italians do so poorly early on, even though they had more men and more ammunition? This is not really explained.
 * The first quote box and Hitler's "joke" quote has no box and no space around it; its text overlaps with the article's text. Awadewit 03:22, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject:Biography
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WP:GREECE outreach
I've seen some projects have invitations for their projects. Do you think it's worth pursuing? -- Kimon talk 00:43, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Western painting
Sorry to bother you, I'm puzzled and I am hoping that you can help. I've been editing on Western painting and history of painting for quite some time now and - User:Minderbinder reverts the images seemingly at his whim, 5 or 6 times already. I've had considerable help from several editors in finding and using images with proper fair-use tags. It feels as though this editor is harassing these articles. If you might look at this situation I'd be appreciative. There is a long discussion on this here: talk:Western painting the articles talk page. I'm Sorry to trouble you, I noticed today that User:Minderbinder reported Western painting and History painting here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cyde/Cleaned_up_lists I'm not familiar with all this, I'm not sure what will happen, do you know this process? I am a great admirer of your work on the El Greco article. Thanks, Modernist 21:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Older Parthenon
Hi, I've nominated an article you worked on, Older Parthenon, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the "hook" for the article at Template talk:Did you know where you can improve it if you see fit. Regards,  howcheng  {chat} 21:20, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey Yannis! I've been really busy lately, so I haven't been around much, but I happened to see this on my watchlist tonight.  Anyway, I saw in the article you wrote (which looks largely great) that you seem to be implying that the older Parthenon was constructed on the site that was later occupied by the Parthenon, while, to my understanding, there's a great degree of scholarly dispute over whether the Parthenon site was originally occupied by the older Parthenon or by the so-called "Bluebeard temple" (the other building, in either case, would have been on the site that later housed the Erechtheum).  I'm not sure how recent my information on this is, though.  Are you working from recent archaeological data that's definitively determined this, but I thought I'd offer it for consideration.  I'll be checking back in in the next few days if you respond, but, either way, hope this is helpful and hope all's well with you. --RobthTalk 03:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, since you weren't any more read up on the subject than I, I looked into it this morning and it appears that the article is correct; I've got a survey text published in 2002 with me that treats the issue of building locations on the Acropolis as settled. Cheers, --RobthTalk 14:29, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Peer review for Aga Khan II
Hello Yannis! I am sorry to see that you are on a wikibreak (although you certainly deserve it with all the hard work you do around here!) I hope that you are keeping well. I recall the tremendously valuable feedback and support that you provided in January when I was working towards FA status for the Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan article, and I have recently been assisting Erdling with rewriting the article on Aga Khan II. He's put it up for peer review and I was wondering if you would have a moment to read the article and comment on it (as soon as you return from your break, of course). Your input would be much appreciated! Best regards Cimm[talk] 15:31, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello Yannismarou! Thanks for the encouragement and all the suggestions you gave for the Aga Khan II article. I'm quite new to Wikipedia, and this being my first article, its great to have experienced Wikipedians like you and Cimm who have FAs under your belts to show me the ropes! Kind regards, - Erdling 20:22, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Uoa-logo.jpg
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To Thema me ta skopia
Geia sas... Tha ithela na rvtisw an yparxei kamia symfwnia sto wiki gia ta themata pou exoun na kanoun me ti sygkekrimeni onomasia... oloena kai ayksanoyn ta themata me th mh anagnvrismeni onomasia (sti EU kai NATO) "Macedonia". Kai to kako einai me to poy kanoyme diorthosei amesws mas blokaroyn (CHis0). Mporeite na mas enhmerwsete sxetika...

Eyxaristw...

Y. Sorry gia ta greeklish elpizw na ta katalabaineis. Y2.giati edw xreisimopoiei mh anagnvrismeni onamasia kanonika F.Y.R.O.M. den eprepe na leei.


 * Το άρθρο που αναφέρεις δεν αφορά στο FYROM, αλλά στην termiology του όρου "Μακεδονία". Συνεπώς, δεν αφορά στο κράτος. Άλλωστε, το άρθρο είναι γραμμένο από Έλληνα και έχει και αστεράκι, άρα είναι από τα καλύτερα της εγκυκλοπαίδειας. Μην επιμείνεις για αλλαγές εκεί (μόνο αν επέρχεται χειροτέρευση του τωρινού status quo). Τώρα, ως προς το άρθρο της χώρας ("FYROM") η ονομασία του άρθρου και η lead (δηλαδή οι πρώτες 2 παράγραφοι) είναι αποτέλεσμα συμβιβασμού μετά από εκτεταμένο poll. Μπορείς να το βρεις στα αρχεία της σελίδας διαλόγου του άρθρου. Οπότε, μέχρι να βρεθεί οριστική λύση για το όνομα μεταξύ Ελλάδος-FYROM, οι δύο αυτές παράγραφοι "δεν αγγίζονται". Και πάλι επεμβαίνουμε μόνο αν επέρχονται αλλαγές εις βάρος μας.--Yannismarou 09:42, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

metaxy
yep. God bless! LoveMonkey 14:59, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Yanni...
Are we talking about the known Berlusconi Marbles? NikoSilver 21:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Now, that I think about it I betted on the wrong horse! Wit a better deal, Silvio could buy us any marbled we wanted!--Yannismarou 07:25, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

BC/BCE
Many Wikipedia articles use BCE/CE; it's explicitly mentioned as acceptable in the MoS &mdash; please stop changing it for no good (at least, no good stated) reason. --Mel Etitis ( Talk ) 08:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, first, when I came across the article is used both "BC" and "CE"; it needed to be made consistent, so I brought it into line with normal practice in academic and semi-cademic works. Secondly, aside from all the general reasons for prefering NCE/CE", this article is on a topic that has absoilutely no connection with Christianity; what reason is there, therefore, to insist on an explicitly Christian dating system for it? --Mel Etitis  ( Talk ) 22:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much for reviewing Stanley Marcus
I've been trying for months to get some help with that. I'll look through all the items you mentioned. Two quick notes:
 * (1) "made his the first department store" - This isn't an error, though I can see why it looks like one. It's a way to say "made his store the first department store ..." to do a certain thing. If I remove either "his" or "the" it changes the meaning, and I don't want the redundancy of "store ... store." Ideas?
 * (2) I've tried all the ways I know to find a non-copyrighted picture, including looking through U.S. government-agency sites (he was connected to Kennedy and Johnson and served in different government-related projects). Suggestions where else to look, or an article on where else to look?

Thanks again! - Lawikitejana 16:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC) (Andrea)
 * How fun to find a follow-up on my Talk page ... and for what it's worth, it never occurred to me that you were not a native speaker of English, even though I teach English as a Second Language; plenty of native speakers would think the "his the" was a mistake. :) I'll look at the other links you provided. Lawikitejana 02:37, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Byzantine Empire
Hello, Yannismarou! There have been some interesting suggestions at Talk:Byzantine Empire. Would you be willing to help with the creation of some new articles on Byzantine History, which deal with specific topics/periods in more detail? The idea has been suggested as a compromise between those who want a short, concise Byzantine Empire article, and those such as myself who want more detail. What are your thoughts?

Best wishes, Bigdaddy1204 22:18, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Are you really back ?? I don't want to enter a Remove if you're still working.  Welcome back !!  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 19:48, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Byzantine science
Hi, Yannis! I 'ld like to know what the referred article is going to be about. Are any byzantine philosophy or literature information necessary or it's about technology etc? Thanks in advance for your answer. 155.207.255.200 18:46, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Byzantine-Seljuk wars
Yannis I know you are very busy but you have substantial knowledge in the area that I need a little help with - can you please take a look at the article Byzantine-Seljuk wars and just give me a little feedback as to how to improve. At the moment I seem to be the only one making any edits. Much Obliged, Tourskin 02:46, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Give me 2-3 days!--Yannismarou 17:20, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Diafora pragmata peri:WP:Greece
Yanni-Can you add some of the to-dos on the next issue of the newsletter. I also wonder if it would help get more participation in the review of articles if I wrote a small blurb on what the importance of reviewing articles for GA and FA is. Also, should the new image of the Acropolis from the Banner be on the Newsletter, too?

Thanks for all you do for the Project! Geia Argos&#39;Dad 21:13, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your response. I was thinking of putting a short description of the GA and FA projects on the next newsletter, but if that is too long for that format, I can think of another way to educate people.  On the photo: Katalava.  You are right, it would look funny. Cheers, Argos&#39;Dad 02:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks alot for the information, I didn't expect such a great effort. You are honourable!Tourskin 01:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

RfC
Just wanted to let you know that I opened an RfC on myself in response to the concerns raised during my RfA over my actions in the Gary Weiss dispute. The RfC is located here and I welcome any comments or questions you may have. CLA 04:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Byzantine-Seljuk wars
Once again I am in your debt and kindly ask for your attention to this article. By the way it may sound a little hard headed of me but I think its ready to be at least a Good Article or may be even an A article. That is if you believe so - so how do I submit it? And take your time I know you are busy. Thanks again!Tourskin 03:59, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I also made this medal - I don't have the authority around here to give medals but I thought this was funny:

Τονυ
Καλησπέρα. Επειδή δεν ξέρω αγγλικά μπορείς να με βοηθήσεις εδώ τι πινακίδα να βάλω ;; Απο οτι κατάλαβα κάτι τέτοιο ζητάνε.-- t o n y e s o p i talk 19:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Σε ευχαριστώ που απάντησες. Εαν μπορούσες να στείλης το κειμενάκι, δεν ξέρω αγγλικά. -- t o n y e s o p i talk 21:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

A little help?
Yannismarou, you once offered to give me a hand if you could. We are preparing Gregory of Nazianzus for the final push before nominating it for FA, and I wondered if you could look it over. I know that you have participated in many FA's and have a good eye for what is needed. Thanks in advance. Pastordavid 22:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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Borrowed your template to use
I have borrowed your template to use (adopted elements) for my user talk page, and have given you credit. I hope that is all right. Beautiful work on those Greek classical articles.

wikibiohistory 12:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Τόνυ
Καλημέρα. Σχετικά με τις πηγές που με ρώτησες απο την Ελληνική βίκι τα εχω πάρη, του Φωστήρα δεν υπάρχη στο Ιντερνετ μου το έδωσαν σε CD ROM απο τον σύνδεσμο φιλάθλων που έχουν. -- t o n y e s o p i talk 15:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Karmichael Hunt
Could you peer review Karmichael Hunt. That would be much appreciated.

Article:Karmichael Hunt Peer Review:Peer review/Karmichael Hunt

Thanks

SpecialWindler 00:14, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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Byzantine empire
Hello -- many thanks for the note & for taking my remarks in the spirit in which they were intended. I've replied on talk & will briefly reiterate here that I will indeed try to take a more active role in contributing content over the coming weeks. Best, --Javits2000 17:10, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Gorgon and Perseus
Hi Yannis. In the above two articles I would like to ask your help evaluating the image of the Gorgon because user DreamGuy thinks it is such a bad picture it does not deserve to be in the Perseus and Gorgon articles. He is currently edit warring with me and despite another user (Wetman) supporting the picture and the picture being used in three other Wikipedias (France, Italy, Israel) he keeps deleting it from the two articles. The image is : Image:The_Gorgon_at_Corfu_Museum.jpg. You could comment on its quality and relevance to the articles on the talk pages of the article as shown below so that we can show DreamGuy that not all people share his opinion. We can also post this on the Greece project talk page for more comments. Please refer to Talk:Gorgon and Talk:Perseus for background info. I also informed user Iamunknown and asked for his comments. This has been a real waste of time for me because this person is the most unreasonable I've encountered yet and I would appreciate your help. Thanks. Dr.K. 15:57, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Euxaristw
Thank you for the welcome! User: Ellhnida

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Request for Copyedit on Jackie Chan
Right now, in the FAC, an editor has asked for a copy edit on Jackie Chan, since you had experience in biographies, I'd like to invite you to do a copyedit on the article. Cheers.--Kylohk 07:27, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Besides my lack of time during this period, being a non-native English speaker, I do not think I am the best person to copy-edit an article here!--Yannismarou 14:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Anarchism in Greece.
Καλησπέρα, θα σε παρακαλούσα να δεις το άρθρο όπως έχει εξελιχθεί καθώς και [|αυτό]] και αν θέλεις να προτείνεις κάποια πράγματα  για την βελτίωση του. (Μάλλον έπρεπε να πάρω σοβαρότερα την οδηγία: Prefer non-controversial article. Αλλά τι να κάνουμε τώρα ^^ ). Ευχαριστώ, Kanibalos 14:37, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Gregory of Nazianzus
This article seems to be slipping on and off my radar - just a matter of getting everyone's schedule together. Yes, I would love if you would go over the article with a fine-tooth comb, with an eye to what needs done to reach FA status. Thanks so much. If you could just leave comments on the article's talk page, that would be great. Pastordavid 17:11, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm back from vacation and able to help out. Let me know how I may be of assistance. I think the article is ready for nomination once it gets one final look-over. Majoreditor 02:30, 1 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yannismarou, I went ahead and nominated Gregory of Nazianzus‎ for FA status. Majoreditor 04:27, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Byzantine Empire
I don't want this to sound like false humility but your are a more experienced editor, I understand this much. But are you sure that we don't need a little section about why the Empire fell? Its all over the article true and the section I added needs a little more citation but that section isn't very long and its got three already. Besides, its common knowledge amongst academics that Byzantium was a defensive state compared to Rome which aimed to spread their civilisation to "barbarians". My opinion is that we need to wrap it up, which this article doesn't do. Its not a chronological list of events, its an article so it should naturally contain a conclusion section of some sort.

As for adding more stuff to the article, well its a 1000 years of history. Some sections such as under the Isaurian are not emphasized enough. I hope you will agree that some where in the future, we can expand this but with citations and all. Tourskin 02:17, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Contribution
Hello. I am currently trying to contribute to a battle in respect to giving a reason why a Viking force had to withdraw from a native attack, which I think was instrumental to the article itself and since the person in question received her place in history for that act. Its my understanding that Wikipedia is meant for contributions, but the people at that region see fit to leave the situation vague. They have told me that I cannot simply copy and past from references and, in short order, I re-wrote the small addition in my own words. I don't see what the problem here is, however, they simply revert my edits and give me vague conclusion to why they have done so. The site is intended to be used for non-commercial reproduction so we have no problems in copyright infringement. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. InternetHero 22:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Orion (mythology)
Could you have another look? I've done what I could to address your comments, including a footnote on Scorpion/Scorpio/Scorpius. There has been another comment at the FAC, but a user who seems to have some odd thoughts on semicolons. (And is it really necessary to convert all the hyphens to n-dashes?) Septentrionalis PMAnderson 02:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Fall of Constantinople
Hey, I need ur wisdom here a little. Could you please resolve an argument between me and another User. We cannot decide if the Fall of Constantinople was a decisive victory for the Ottomans or not. Thanks. By the way, in no way do I expect you to support my argument; I only wish it to be resolved cos its tearing me up a little, - in other words I need you as a neutral third party - Thanks again! Tourskin 05:10, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

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Hydra?
Hi, Yannis. I was doing some research to expand Ion Luca Caragiale (in my sandbox), and I bumped into a problem that I'm not sure I solved. The man indicated several times that his ancestors (whom most believe were Greek, and whom he himself indicated were Greek) were born on one of the Ionian Islands. When doing this, he did not actually say what the name of the island was, but used the adjective "Idriot[e]" for it. I could not find an accurate confirmation of what the name stood for, but various reasonable guesses led me to believe that the island's name should be "Hydra". The only Hydra with an article is the one way to the south of Greece, and it is certain that he was not talking about that one. Also, to the problem of transliterating from Greek using various systems is added the Romanian way of transliterating - in Romanian, the subtracting the suffix from the adjective would usually give "Idria", as in Idrija, which has led at least one journalist to absurdly assume that he was talking about the latter.

Based on this, what I did was to use Hydra, Ionian Islands as the link, and look for confirmation. In case you have the time, could you please see if there is an island by that name in the region, or if I should link to something else? Thank you. Dahn 12:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)