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Announcement
Wanted to announce that Albanian Wikipedians' notice board and Userboxes/Location/Albania is created today, please help improve the notice board, and please add templates to the list! --Vinie007 21:18, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Help needed
I worked today a bit on Albanian traditional clothing, and i think some of you guys needs to help me. It's a bit difficult and due a lack of sources i didn't work on. Please someone help me with it because this is one of the main cultural heritage from what we got of the Illyrians. --Vinie007 17:10, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

The Simpsons vs wp Albania
I was reviewing the The Simpsons Wikiproject and horrified I realized that they beat WP Albania 237-7 in Good Articles. I have no further comments to make. --  S ulmues (talk) 07:39, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Hah, yes, the most common criticism of Wikipedia, summarized here. That's geek culture for you. Constantine  ✍  09:49, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * what a shame, hahah that picture --Vinie007 10:26, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * And they only have 822 articles. That's amazing. Cheers. —  Kedadi  talk  10:38, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Hahaha, some people are made to write articles about the Simsons, that's their live, let's find those people for Albania now xD --Vinie007 11:09, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, let's be fair. They have a far greater number of active, English-language participants, sources that are far more numerous, not to mention easily accessible, and a subject that is not very controversial. GA is not that high an achievement, either way. It merely marks a complete, satisfactory article. Compare that to WP Albania or Greece or other countries, where a handful of editors have to handle thousands of articles... In relative terms, WP Albania can be proud of what it has achieved in the past year. Constantine  ✍  11:12, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I agree with that --Vinie007 12:02, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Constantine for your very kind words.  S ulmues (talk) 01:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah its embarrassing alright. It should be the other way round. Dr.  Blofeld  11:11, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Project 2
There are 201 objects in Albania declared as "Monument Kulture". For that each one of them is notable. Only a handful have an article. Feel free to write. --  S ulmues (talk) 22:24, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

I suggest we make a collapsed nav template with all 201 national monuments in. Template:Monument Kulture.  Dr.  Blofeld  11:08, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I saw your list, really nice work, maybe we can group them, mosk and other group churches etc, i started work on template but than Blofeld suggest me maybe i do useless work because i don't now your idea xD --Vinie007 13:43, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I wasn't sure if Sulmues was in the middle of formatting them that's all, I didn't want an edit conflict. The best thing in my view would be to sub organize them by town and then the towns which only have one or two but them an "other" category. Dr.  Blofeld  14:14, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with the Doctor re the formatting. Also, please use English names, guys. Constantine  ✍  14:37, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * yeah that's our biggest task, after that we can regroup them, i think we must regroup them on city, than delete city in name and year because of inrelvantness (groupname is city) --Vinie007 16:09, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I think we must make a list of every monument by city, and than regroup them in templates, i think template is far to big! --Vinie007 16:55, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Can you please make it collapsable like we have the cities' templates? --  S ulmues (talk) 21:09, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

OK I've started them, very stubby though, I haven't created stubs like that in the best part of a year. However there is ton which haven't been dabbed and by accident I think I removed about 3 or 4. I can't do anything further now until these pages are moved into the english titles like was done here and dabbed to start the others. There is no point in dabbing in Albanian like I've done for a few if the pages are under the english names. Its a bit of a mess at the moment but with some project coordination here we can sort them out and also added categories like Mosques in Albania etc.  Dr.  Blofeld  21:04, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Really good work Dr. Blofeld, but i think sulmues and zjarri neads to have a look on it, becuase they are our most experienced user for Albanian related stuff, names aren't still correct because names are now in Albanian. --Vinie007 18:53, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Dr. Blofeld kept the name in Albanian, so that we could launch them: I suggested that. Of course some of the names will have to be changed into English, depending on the sources. It'll be one article at a time, but now we can catch the attention of many Albanian users who might get hooked to Wikipedia through the Albanian names in the English wikipedia. --  S ulmues (talk) 00:30, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't understan why gov didn't put Rozafa Castle on the list? --Vinie007 18:50, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Albanian mayor peaks
I think these Albanian peaks should be expanded, maybe someone intrested --Vinie007 19:39, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Albanian Deputies of the Macedonian Parliament
There is a full list of them with biographies on the official website of the Macedonian parliament.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 13:39, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Dit' e re
Delete?Starzynka (talk) 20:21, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Northern Albania articles
Are a disgrace to intelligence. I reverted today an IP editing on a Northern Albania, and I'll do it every time I find something that is not referenced. These IPs, if they don't get some reverts, they will write all of their families and change other people's last names. --  S ulmues (talk) 12:58, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Skanderbeg to GA
It seems like almighty Dr. Blofeld will be reviewing Skanderbeg to bring him to GA User_talk:Sulmues. I promised him that I'll be working on it, but given time constraints, I will ask other members of this WikiProject give their help with it. --  S ulmues (talk) 16:48, 21 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Check this out: Talk:Skanderbeg/GA1. Cheers. —  Kedadi  talk  18:27, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Mmm. The problem is that it does have a lot of issues which need fixing and needs an Albanian speaker to ensure that they are addressed according to the reviewer. I'd pick an easier topic personally... This is definately a core article though that should be brught to good status I agree. Dr.  Blofeld  18:53, 21 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I notified FPS on this "reviewer" User_talk:Future_Perfect_at_Sunrise, whose typical edit is this. I would like someone neutral for a review, not a Greek whose very first edits (provided that he's not a sock), go right to the very problematic articles. --  S ulmues (talk) 19:50, 21 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Euzen not only completely ignored my comments but deleted them . This is becoming disruptive: if he doesn't revert himself, I'll have to bring him to AN. In addition, I retired the nomination, it's too early anyways, there is lots of writing, copy editing and referencing to be done. I also asked for a speedy deletion as a result --  S ulmues (talk) 15:34, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Is a Greek forbidden to edit in Albania articles? It is tough to understand the basic principles of this encyclopedia. That is what I understand from the comments here.CrazyMartini (talk) 21:20, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Pageview stats
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Albania to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at WikiProject Albania/Popular pages.

The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the toolserver tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr.Z-man 00:45, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Population of municipalities of Albania
This source has the population by municipalities. I did the first one. Could some good souls volunteer to do the rest? It's around 370 of them. --Sulmuesi (talk) 04:17, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll try to complete as many as possible of those 369 minor edits.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 21:59, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Cultural Monument of Albania
I've asked User:Dudemanfellabra to add code to Template:Infobox Historic Site to support the Cultural Monument of Albania designation. We thought a red banner with black text, reflecting the colors of the Albanian flag, would do the trick. Any objections? Once the code is created I'll run through the list and add infoboxes using AWB. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:48, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * A red banner with black text will be great.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 21:55, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It's been added - tomorrow I'll add the infobox to the articles with AWB. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:32, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Rudimentary infoboxes have been added, but they need populating - I just did them quickly. But they're ready for expansion. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:24, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * With some help of the members of this wikiproject, List of Religious Cultural Monuments of Albania can be easily a FA list. See Featured list criteria. --Sulmuesi (talk) 20:49, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject cleanup listing
I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick (talk) 20:13, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Bunkers in Albania or Albanian Bunkers
Can someone help me finding sources about the albanian bunkur history, because it is a very important part of what forms communism can get. BTW the bunkur is designed by an Albanian engenire, that was put inside to test it. --Vinie007 19:54, 11 November 2010 (UTC) ]

Albanian names in English wikipedia
Hello Aigest! I have been mulling about the names of the medieval Albanian biographical articles for some time. Shouldn't the first names at least be in English, i.e. "George Arianit Komneni", etc.? I understand that because Albanian uses the Latin alphabet, it is easier to maintain the native form, but this is standard practice both in WP (at least for non-modern people, where close transliteration is followed) and in literature (consider Fine's Balkan books, heavily used in these articles) with all sorts of languages, like French, German or even Greek. It certainly makes it easier to remember and/or recognize a name. What do you think? Constantine  ✍  14:17, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I fully agree with you about the use of English version of the name in English wikipedia. However I remain dubious about certain difficult names where English versions differ from each other (usually Muslim names) and another issue I've noticed is the missing references in English (there are many practically unknown figures in English literature which are important for Albanian history). I would like to have some kind of proposals from you on those. What do you think? Regards Aigest (talk) 12:50, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Names that cannot be rendered to an English equivalent or some other widely used & recognized form should of course remain as they are, just as "Andronikos" or "Alexios" for instance in Greek. I don't really remember any of the names you mean off the top of my head, but if you could give me a few examples, we could see how to solve this. For the missing references, provided that the name is easily rendered ("George", "John", etc) I don't see a problem. If it is more obscure, then we go back to the previous rule. Constantine  ✍  13:02, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * An eg would be Idriz Seferi which is also rendered in English as Idris Seferi or Abdyl Frasheri which is also rendered as Abdul Frasheri and so on. That happens because the Albanian version of the Muslim name, differs from the original and more common Muslim name. Some authors prefer rendering Albanian version and some others prefer rendering (common) Muslim version. Aigest (talk) 14:22, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, I think that here too, the more common form ought to be used, unless the Albanian form deviates considerably so that it becomes unrecognizable. In other words, Idriz is clearly a local form of Idris, so that the change is a relatively minor one. What do you think? Constantine  ✍  15:17, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know. In Abdyl vs Abdul case there is a notable difference in spelling. Let's say that if both version of such names are in English sources in pretty much same numbers, we could keep the "English-Albanian" version so to avoid useless edit wars. (eg Abdyl was one of the key figures of Albanian Renaissance and is a very well known figure in Albania, it should draw attention of Albanian editors and readers). I would prefer also to have others (Albanian editors) opinion on that. May be we can put it to WikiProject Albania as a topic. U're always welcomed there Constantine Aigest (talk) 08:22, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I Support Aigest opinion --Vinie007 08:45, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I do not usually declare myself as Albanian, but I hope Aigest will not mind if I write comment on this page? I also Support Aigest opinion.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 14:59, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

(unindent) Erm, guys, this is not exactly a vote. This is a continuation of the discussion me and Aigest had on our talk pages. What we would like to see is a) whether there is agreement to render the first names to their English or other common equivalents and b) how to deal with the Muslim names, which are often in peculiar forms in Albanian. So please consider both issues and don't simply cast votes. What we need is opinions, especially on b). Constantine  ✍  15:46, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Here's my two cents. Most Christian names should be in English, eg. Gjon-John, Gjergj-George, Marku-Marc etc. Some, however, should remain in Albanian form, eg. Zef and Lekë. The English versions, Joseph and Alexander, are much different from the Albanian ones and they are usually given in their Albanian versions in English sources. Muslim names should be given in the most commonly used form in English except when it differs radically from the Turkish where most Albanian Muslim names come from. For example Mehmet should not be Mohammed.--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 21:59, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Good, that's mostly what I was thinking too. If there are no objections over the next few days, let's begin moving. Constantine  ✍  11:20, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree with Aigest that we should avoid any point that can make conflict or useless edit wars. Translations, rendering... sometimes have unclear exceptions... It is not so important how is article named as long as there are all relevant names in the lede.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 16:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

== Request for comment for expulsion of user:Antidiscriminator from member of wikiProject Albania ==

As a member of this wikiproject I have been very unpleasantly surprized from the continuous trolling and disruption of user:Antidiskriminator. Since when he joined wikipedia and especially after he joined this wikiproject I have not seen one single constructive contribution to the articles covered by WPSQ. Not only that, but he is being disruptive in talk:Skanderbeg by continuously ignoring sources and the advice given him to not use wikipedia as a forum. Gaius, ZjarriRrethues, Aigest and I have several times advised him to not troll, but it has been useless. Please review the talk page of Skanderbeg and you'll get the picture. I invite the opinion of other members of this I propose that he is expelled from the wikiproject's membership upon a vote taken by the members of this wikiproject. I will give this voting 1 week from my posting to gather enough voters. The voters will be only members of WikiProject Albania. Antidiscriminator is of course welcome to say his own opinion, but his vote won't count of course. If he will be expelled by this wikiproject and he still continues to troll, I will have to go higher and report him to AN for disruption.

Pro expulsion of user:Antidiskriminator from the list of participants of WikiProject Albania: Against expulsion of user:Antidiskriminator from the list of participants of WikiProject Albania:
 * 1) Sulmues. Per my reasoning above.--Sulmuesi (talk) 02:03, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Comments
Please find below links that shows that I had several constructive contributions that Sulmues agreed with:
 * 1) Sulmues agreed with me that there is significant scholar which work should be included in list of sources for the article of Skaderbeg here and I included it in the list, not one work, but three
 * 2) Sulmues agreed here that I was right that there was mistake in the map of League of Lezhe and that map should be improved.
 * 3) Sulmues agreed with me here that there are some articles in See also section that should be removed, and he removed them.
 * 4) Sulmues agreed with me about Skanderbegs religion and that is wrong to write that he only was Roman Catholic :  "..we don't know if he was Orthodox or Catholic. All we know is that he was a Christian, became a Muslim.." here, and I made necessary correction

Half of above mentioned constructive contributions were made on Skanderbeg article. There are also many other constructive contributions that I made in articles that are connected with this project. Main reason for Sulmues to propose my expulsion from this group is because he is nervous that someone found big number of mistakes and POV pushing in his edits (and that is what is dangerous for this project, not my edits) and that made him nervous and he wants to continue his harassing of myself because he finds my edits embarrassing for him because I commented (only commented) numerous mistakes he made, (like with presenting whole territory of Principality of Zeta belonging to Venice Empire here) and preventing his POV pushing in the articles he write. Please take close and careful look on my edits and contributions in articles connected with this project, or any other. If you have any single doubt that I had any evil motif for my edits, please bring it here, before you conclude anything and vote for my expulsion. Also, I really believe that Sulmues and me can cooperate very well (we already showed that we can) and I am willing to make compromises in order have better quality of the articles belonging to this project.

Based on above written, I propose Sulmues to put on hold his request here and to try to communicate with me (not with harassing accusations for trolling and disruptions) in order to make better articles. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:50, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I actually am not going to communicate with you. It is pointless and I have warned you in the past. You have demonstrated to be unable to listen. I don't think that someone who disrupts articles tagged WPSQ like you do is worthy of being his member, and henceforth I am requesting other members for their opinion and vote. I am not nervous about mistakes you might find. I am disturbed by the amount of time that I and other members of my wikiproject need to spend just to clarify your poor knowledge of Albanian topics. As far as your contribution you might give is concerned, I have a pretty sure I already know the answer. --Sulmuesi (talk) 16:36, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

I don't think that any policy exists that authorizes a project to monitor its own membership, including "expelling" someone. If a user violates Wikipedia policies, then the correct approach is to bring him/her to ANI and relevant boards, where he/she will be sanctioned by the administrators, who alone have the authority to restrict any user's activity. Other than that, there is no way of barring a user from being involved in any area or with any project he/she wants to, per the basic nature of WP. Antidiskriminator may be irritating to some, but this goes for most Balkan editors at one time or the other. If you believe your case for trolling and disruption is strong enough, Sulmues, report him. This "expulsion" request however is most unorthodox and should be closed ASAP. Constantine  ✍  11:17, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I choose to not report people who claim to be working for the same wikiproject as I do. I am aware that there are no wikipolicies regarding treatment of a member within a certain wikiproject as far as his contributions in the areas covered by the wikiprojects are concerned. However I consider that working on a project is team work and before reporting someone who works in my same project to AN, I would like the thoughts of the members of my wikiproject. This is a request for comment and also for a vote of the members of wikiproject Albania exclusively. --Sulmuesi (talk) 16:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Sulmues, Wikiprojects are neither closed teams nor clubs. They are informal work groups of editors with similar interests. Membership in one is neither a qualification for editing nor a privilege to be granted or withdrawn. Just as they are not allowed to censor who joins them, projects are not allowed to say who stays and who leaves. "However I consider that working on a project is team work and before reporting someone who works in my same project to AN, I would like the thoughts of the members of my wikiproject" is, nonsense. Of course it is team work, but even if you succeed in "expelling" Antidiskriminator by consensus among all WPAlbania members, this would mean nothing. As I said, the only proper, public and WP-sanctioned forums for disputes with any editor are WP:ANI, WP:RFCC, etc. Constantine  ✍  10:25, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I understand Sulmues concerns since even I find Antidiskriminator behavior very disruptive. The language used in these talk page topics(1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 7) are very provocative and far from collaborative vs members of Albania wikiproject. However Constantine is right in his arguments. Let's say that this is an admonishing to Antidiskriminator to change his attitude, while the next step if he continues disrupting, is a topic ban report. Aigest (talk) 14:21, 12 November 2010 (UTC)


 * This sounds more like a threat against a specific user that belongs to another ethnic group by using unorthodox strategies. If his behavior 'is' problematic this isn't the right place to 'expell' him (unless if someone needs desperately to seek support by coethnic editors, which is at least disruptive).Alexikoua (talk) 14:45, 12 November 2010 (UTC)


 * @Alex, would you avoid personal attacks based on nationality of wiki users. Constantine civil and logical comments should serve as an excellent example to you. Aigest (talk) 14:58, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Ottoman Empire Biographies
There aren't any articles for most of the notable Albanians of the Ottoman Empire. Ozdalga's work offers basic information, whcih should be used .-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 20:03, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I can't access that source. Its probably accessible in some countries but not the UK as google may have had copyright concenrs. If you can access it go ahead and start them!♦ Dr. Blofeld

Help with disputes on Skanderbeg article needed
According to this advice I am asking members of this project for help solving disputes on Skanderbeg article. Here is the list of non-resolved disputes. Under that list there is new section with name Proposals how to deal with non-resolved issues. Comments are welcomed.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 14:06, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

American spy plane in Albania
For one that wants to make an intresting article --Vinie007 11:54, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikiproject Kosovo
Hello, can anyone help me with the wikiproject kosovo? we should make it a subproject of this one. 00:57, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Enver Hoxha for GA
Even though he was a brutal dictator, his article should be promoted to GA status since much of the work for it has already been done. His role in Albanian history is very important and it should be our goal to get it to GA status. I'm not a fan of communism nor of Enver Hoxha, but I think it should still be one of our goals to help it achieve GA status. If it were only possible for it to achieve start-class status, I would not really care but it seems to have achieved much of GA the criteria. It would be best if somebody who knows enough about Hoxha nominate it and make the proper revisions. If no one is willing to do so, I will take it up, even though my knowledge is limited.--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 20:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Hm, I really don't find any pleasure in continuing to work for him: I'm too old to be involved, I'm kind of a primary source, but if you guys start helping a little in Skanderbeg, who is almost ready for GA, I'll return the favor with Dulla. --Sulmuesi (talk) 01:40, 22 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Something else: There are 9 personalities that IMO this WikiProject ought to have in GA and they are
 * Teuta of Illyria (GA for now)
 * Skanderbeg (current GA nominee)
 * Ali Pasha (C status, but a collaboration with the Greek editors would produce wonders)
 * Ismail Qemali (pitiful state, kind of Start class, will need a lot of work)
 * Fan Noli (see Ismail Qemali)
 * Ahmet Zogu (deficient C status: still a lot of work to be done)
 * Enver Hoxha (very close to GA nomination, but it won't be easy)
 * Ibrahim Rugova(see Ismail Qemali)
 * Adem Jashari (see Ismail Qemali)
 * Isa Boletini (see Ismail Qemali) --Sulmuesi (talk) 15:37, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Essad Pasha Toptani - --Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:13, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Azem Hajdari --Vinie007 12:33, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Added Isa Boletini --Vinie007 17:05, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Rare documents & photos
Today I managed to make a deal with an author, who has a large archive of Albanian-related material. He is willing to give access to part of his archive. What kinds of documents, photos etc. do you need? I've been able to preview part of his collection and I think that it is mainly related with the Albanian National Awakening. I'll compile a list of documents needed and sent it to him via e-mail.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 22:26, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

First of all can you tell us which author it is and what material it is. If it is text or photographs you will have to arrange that we are authorised formally to use the material with an OTRS ticket.♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:33, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Great news. Simplest is to have him upload everything to archive.org, it support a flash uploader and ftp, he can declare it under a free license and we can review it. Commons is really hard for n00bs to use. James Michael DuPont (talk) 22:43, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The photos belong to the author's family archive and I'll deal with the technical issues too. The author will only give access to part of his archive.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 22:49, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * That's great. Given the scarcity of sources regarding that period, we can certainly use everything he is willing to give us. Try to get as much as you can;). Bests Aigest (talk) 08:00, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, any material he has would be useful I'd imagine,,♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:47, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

I think there's a real dearth of information, in English and Albanian on the communist period, that is outside of propoganda. Does he have any samizdat or illegal publications of dissidents? I live in Librazhd where there's a bust commemorating the sacrifices of Vilson Blloshmi and Genc Leka, and yet I don't know what they said about the government. What about the governments economic programs? The construction of infrastructure? Cultural life? Gender and racial relations? The articles on Albania during communism deal almost exclusively with its foreign relations. Spyenson (talk) 11:52, 11 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I really need one of Azem Hajdari --Vinie007 13:43, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Best photo of Kosovo and Albania contest
BestPictureOfKosovoForWikipediaContest This contest has been extended to include albania, you are all invited to help out. mike James Michael DuPont (talk) 22:43, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I've photos from Albania done by myself, I'll select and upload some of them.Aigest (talk) 08:03, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Please Remove "Albanian Migration Map" or File:13001350ALBANIANMIGRATIONS.png by user:Megistias and please investigate user:Megistias professionality and true intentions
It seems that user:Megistias OVERSTATES information based on one or too few sources. In other words he makes it seem like information regarding Albanian subjects is UNIVERSAL when in fact it comes from very few sources. He also falsifies the origins of the information by pretending it came from multiple sources rather then one. Albanology and other related Albanian historical subjects are very difficult and complicated. You can't just come to conclusions based on some book that was written by a western scholars who clearly had an unconscious pro-Greek bias formed by their studies of ancient Greece. The map showing "the Albanian migrations" is based on one map made by one British scholar. These "migrations" occur during the "DARK AGES," therefore the authenticity itself cannot be assured...that's why the dark ages are called the dark ages. There is a huge debate going on about the origins of Albanians, once again the map's accuracy is in question. I ask that it be removed immediately because it is misleading and it does not deserve to be in the front page. It is clear by looking at user:Megistias contributions that he does not care about the Albanians or Albanian culture, he only submits works that show that south Albania and or Epirus was Greek. He clearly does not enjoy Albanian culture, but rather wants to hijack it. I do not have the time and effort to deal with this insecure rascal, but i politely ask that someone who is more acquainted with Wikipedia comes to the aide of the Albanians and stops this misleading information. This is not a matter of nationalism, in other words, me being an Albanian nationalist, but it is a matter of "CULTURAL HERITAGE" and hijacking a nation's cultural heritage is a serious matter. On a side note this is a map produced by user:Megistias: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Noahsworld_map.png It is made under the false pretense "THE WORLD KNOWN TO THE HEBREWS according to the mosaic account." In reality this map is just another excuse for him to write GREECE on present day ALBANIAN territory with little or no facts that do not have any strong validity. What kind of scholar produces different maps on different subjects that show the same result i.e. Strong Greek presence in Southern Albania, and goes at such great lengths as to insert this information in unrelated subjects. I do apologize for calling user:Megistias an insecure rascal, but people must know this is a serious matter, and user:Megistias is pushing a personal agenda, rather then a scholastic agenda, he is getting away with it because he is constantly falsifying the sources and overstating their validity. I hope I'm making my point clear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.119.109.116 (talk) 06:34, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello, . This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.     Thank you.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:13, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia-SHQ
Like all other wikipedias, now sq.wikipedia has it's own irc channel, which you can join at. If you want to share your sources, make suggestion regarding this project or sq.wikipedia please join the channel. I'm also looking for potential channel admins.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 18:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it is really needed that admins join us. New people will be welcome --Vinie007 09:40, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Done, I will be there while online Aigest (talk) 10:13, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a file transfer service, so if you have or need any sources we can use the channel. If I'm online but not active just ping me.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 11:58, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Gramoz Palushi
Can we make an article about The Death of Gramoz Palushi (UsaToday article, Greek Site, Source Forumis Shiqptar, Reaction of PLL)? --Vinie007 13:32, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes of course. It appears that it's a notable case. Aigest (talk) 14:13, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Butrint
The official UNESCO page and Butrint museum site has a list of sources that can be found online, some of which can be found uploaded on -- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 17:13, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Good work Zjarri, maybe you can use and THIS one --Vinie007 19:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * This site is also very usefull for other National parks and also the rediscover section has many information! --Vinie007 19:51, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

History of Albania and sub-pages
Hello, today I was browsing the pages about the history of Albania, but it seems to me that the section is disorganic. I would like to apport some modifications, moving content from page to page: I'd like to know your opinion on the matter, and if someone is willing to help me or has some objections. --Dans (talk) 21:12, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) beginning with short period introduction in Albania
 * 2) moving some content to History of Albania and merging it with History of the Albanian state
 * 3) organizing sub-pages of History of Albania through the Template:History of Albania

Double entry?
I think there is a double entry in the resources section. Work of ''Jacques, Edwin E. (1995). The Albanians. Mc Farland. ISBN 9780899509327.'' is on the top of the section in History subtitle and again in Modern period subsection. Since those two works have the same ISBN I believe that this is double entry and if I am right one should be removed.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:37, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë for GA?
There was significant expansion of the Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë which I believe could be ready for GA nomination with little help of the members of this team. Comments are welcome.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:51, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * It's not even a C class.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 07:12, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Help with albanian roads
Can someone help me make a template about roads in albania (including the ones that are now under construction) --Vinie007 13:10, 4 December 2010 (UTC) I have been working on openstreetmap albania and have lots of data for it. James Michael DuPont (talk) 00:57, 7 December 2010 (UTC) You can find info on the main axes by visiting Motorways-ExitLists.com website and on forum.urbania.al Shikuesi3 (talk) 20:39, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Puke District expansion
I'd like to suggest the expansion of the Puke District article as I have found some photos/video of a touristic journey in the area that would drastically help fill the page with tourist and historical info. I've seen that lots of pages of Albania's districts have been totally revamped. Good job! Also, the following pics/video may be turn into a useful article on Tourism in Puke at wikitravel or revamp the Puke city article on Wikipedia itself. The photos and descriptions can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=31870&id=151813691521059 There is also a video on the journey here (see "My Albania, Puke" sections): http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Travel/151813691521059#!/pages/Radio-Travel/151813691521059?v=app_2392950137 If anyone is interested to expand other similar articles, please use the available info on the above links. Thanks.Shikuesi3 (talk) 20:54, 22 January 2011 (UTC)