Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albania/Archive 6

Copyvio at Albanian Declaration of Independence
Hello to all! In its present form, the Albanian Declaration of Independence article seems to rely on directly copied and pasted passages from non-free sources. Someone with knowledge on the subject ought to perform a thorough copyedit and if possible introduce more sources. Constantine  ✍  17:06, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

100 DYKs
We're only eight shy of 100 DYKs. Let's make it 100. I'm working on Skanderbeg's Italian expedition but it's taken me a while (and will take me much longer) so I might not be able to write much, nor will I be able to make it DYK, but I will be willing to copy-edit and help with referencing.--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 18:25, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Now it's too long for DYK so try directly for GA.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 11:15, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yea, you're right. Should The Beauty of Durrës be submitted for DYK? Or has it already been submitted?--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 16:47, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * We're at 97: 95+2 nominated. 3 shy of 100. --Sepastaj (talk) 20:30, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Awesome! Dajti Castle should be submitted too.--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 20:42, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Submitted. That brings it to 98. I noticed that out of 95 DYKs, WP Albania had 82 in 2010, a magical year, :-)! --Sepastaj (talk) 22:38, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed. All we need is one more nomination!--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 18:25, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The ideal nomination would be Krujë if we expand it (5x). Copyediting from the four sieges and Arbëria will make it easy.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 18:58, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Congrats guys! WPSQ has made 100 DYKs!--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 03:16, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Sad and inspiring article
How can I qualify otherwise this article by scholar Kallamata. I'm not playing forum, but this article gave me some thoughts and wanted to share it in this wikiproject. --Brunswick Dude (talk) 00:47, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Principality of Albania
The Principality of Albania deserves much better article. There are citation needed templates almost two years old on this page. I propose that someone who is interested in this topic take care of non-resolved issues.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:48, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

I need help - D. Emanuel
Here on Robert Elsie's website can be found the list of people who signed the Albanian declaration of independence. There is someone with name "D. Emanuel" who signed himself on the declaration. His name is not listed in the section that explained who was present on November 28, 1912 in Vlore. His name is not listed in the article about declaration nor in the source for the list of the deputies of Assembly of Vlore in that article nor within category Signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence. Does anybody know who is D. Emanuel?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 13:03, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Albanian and Serbian wikipedians cooperation board
Welcome.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 12:37, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Rodoni Castle
It would be nice if somebody can take and upload picture of Rodoni Castle.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:50, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Atifete Jahjaga
Atifete Jahjaga the new president of Kosovo is the first female president in the Balkans, so I think that we should try to DYK this article.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 22:55, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Nataša Mićić.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 17:09, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of election poster image
I wish to inform you that has been nominated for deletion. There are possibly other nominations that I do not know about. Silver seren C 20:29, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Mother's Day or Parent's Day?
Please someone from Albania check Talk:Mother's_Day. Has Parent's Day replaced Mother's Day in Albania? Are both celebrated? --Enric Naval (talk) 12:51, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Only Mother's day is celebrated.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 09:51, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Different categories for people from Albania and People who are ethnic Albanians
There are two main categories which deal with nationality and ethnicity of the people.

One is and another is.

I noticed that Nationality: In some areas of the world, one's nationality is determined by their ethnicity, rather than citizenship. but still, as far as I noticed, all countries have categories for people which are their citizens and all (significant in number, except Albanian) ethnicities have categories for people who belong to that ethnicity.

What do members of this project mean about following the example of other ethnicities and citizenships and creating separate categories for people who are ethnic Albanians and people who are citizens of Albania? .

Comments are welcome.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:01, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Help with Arian Demolli
Hello,

I'm with Wikiproject Unreferenced BLP Rescue. I was working through the backlog of unreferenced biographies of living people and came across Arian Demolli, an Albania TV presenter which I have not been able to source. I was wondering if a member of Wikiproject Albania could lend a hand. Is there a non-English reliable source available to verify the materials in the article? Is the TV presenter notable? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 20:59, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * An article on TV ERA, the only channel exclusively broadcasted in Albanian language in Macedonia, is much needed in Wikipedia. Personally I am not convinced that Arian Demolli himself passes WP:ENT, although this may be only the result of the status of underdevelopment of the media on Albanian personalities in Macedonia, or of my inability to find internet sources, and my ignorance on Macedonia in general. Note that he wouldn't have any notability for his soccer skills per WP:NSOCCER--Doktor Plumbi (talk) 11:37, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! The article is currently under a PROD. -- Whpq (talk) 11:19, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Req move
Some info may be useful at this requested move. Thanks! -- WhiteWriter speaks 11:16, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

New stub templates
Hi all - just a heads-up that, because of the very large number of Albania geography stubs, there are now twelve new stub templates relating to Albanian geography, one for each of the counties of Albania. At present, they do not have separate categories, though those will probably be created, dependant on the number of stubs which use the new templates. The new templates are simply named for the 12 counties, as follows: I hope they will be as useful for your project as they will almost certainly be for us stub-sorters! Please contact us at WT:WSS if you have any questions or suggestions about the new stubs. Cheers! Grutness...wha?  07:56, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Berat-geo-stub
 * Dibër-geo-stub
 * Durrës-geo-stub
 * Elbasan-geo-stub
 * Fier-geo-stub
 * Gjirokastër-geo-stub
 * Korçë-geo-stub
 * Kukës-geo-stub
 * Lezhë-geo-stub
 * Shkodër-geo-stub
 * Tirana-geo-stub
 * Vlorë-geo-stub
 * Note: Please do not create separate categories yet for these templates - they will be created soon enough if certain stub-sorting criteria are met (mainly relating to numbers of stubs currently using the templates). Grutness...wha?  03:11, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Templates and Articles
There's a template about the Chams and one about the Arbereshe, so how about one about the Arvanites?--Kushtrim123 (talk) 19:07, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * It's not a bad idea, but it'll be a very large template so it'd be better to start it on your userspace and finish it there until its full.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 19:41, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Title for Gjon Markagjoni Page
Can someone please correct the title of this page to read "Marka Gjoni" not Gjon Markagjoni. Thank you. Acnaib59 (talk) 19:23, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Albanian Declaration of Independence
I propose to join our efforts and to create a team which will bring this article to GA level before 100 years of anniversary of this important event.

Willing participants:
 * 1) --Antidiskriminator (talk) 12:23, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

--Antidiskriminator (talk) 12:23, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * This is the best endeavor, but I don't have the book. It's a 2008 publication by Kristo Frasheri.Rakamomba (talk) 22:34, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Vlora War
I'll start working on Vlora War (GA level), so if anyone wants to help I could scan some pages from my sources and sent them to him. Btw the article isn't wikilinked in any Italian army article or even Vlorë ones.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 13:41, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ago Agaj: collectoin of primary sources
 * Muin Cami: more recommended..
 * Zeqiraj the most concise.Rakamomba (talk) 22:19, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Great source for the Albanian literature
The whole Elsie's book is online. . Enjoy. Rakamomba (talk) 22:07, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I can't open it.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:11, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Try this.Rakamomba (talk) 22:11, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes it works! This text is very useful because it can be copied and used for quotes. Thank you very much.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:20, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

All Albanian settlements in the English Wikipedia
This website includes all the villages of Albania (around 3,000). A project that will take some time, but will have readers reap great rewards in documentation of settlements in Albania.Futbollisti (talk) 18:09, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Albania will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Albania's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 22:05, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Albanian wikipedia
is listed at AfD because there are no sources for it. I tried to find some sources but I couldn't. Will some Albanian speaking member of this project be so kind to try to find some source on Albanian language and support this article which is important for this project?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:31, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

translation question
Hi, can someone help with an Albanian translation question at the Reference Desk? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language#poster / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language#poster.2Fsq Thanks 184.147.123.69 (talk) 16:05, 1 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Euriditi has got us started. More eyes of course welcome. There is an additional question now about whether the plural would work (or work better). 184.147.123.69 (talk) 19:45, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Move Talk:Pal Engjëlli
Was he Italian? In ictu oculi (talk) 10:24, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Met Bozi
Could somebody please check the links, whether they confirm what is in the article? The article looks like an attack page, and most links are dead. Thanks in advance.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:52, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Abdyl Frasheri.JPG
image:Abdyl Frasheri.JPG has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.181.190 (talk) 08:16, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

100th Anniversary of the Independence of Albania
100th Anniversary of the Independence of Albania traffic statistics:


 * 25 November 2012 - 1,012
 * 26 November 2012 - 1,312
 * 27 November 2012 - 2,691
 * 28 November 2012 - 9,557

Is it possible that this was the record traffic at some article within the direct scope of this wikiproject? --Antidiskriminator (talk) 00:38, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Gjovani Gjonaj
Gjovani Gjonaj is proposed for speedy deletion. Google Search shows about 17,000 hits for him which can be indication of notabilty. Are members of this project who speak Albanian able to support this article with some sources?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:23, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Election confusion
Is anyone able to assist in clarifying the date of an election in 1923 or 1924. An existing article claims they were held in September 1923. This source claims they were held on 27 December 1923. The Library of Congress Country Studies claims early 1924. The Times reports election results in mid-January.

There is also confusion about the election results. The Times contradicts itself by saying the Democratic Party won 35 seats, Zog supporters won 26, independents won 26 and the Popular Party won 18 (giving a total of 105) but says there were only 95 seats. This source says Zog supporters won 40 seats.

Any assistance on clarifying when the election took place and the seat distribution would be most appreciated. Cheers, Number   5  7  18:48, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Different between two villages
Hi,

Two villages with the same name of Floq.

I have added the following en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floq,_Klos however can anyone state how I can change the following http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floq to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floq,_Gjerbës?

Thanks,

Jack
 * I moved the page and converted Floq into a dab. There are currently many links to dab, this should be fixed.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:26, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Kosovo place names
This probably should be notified here too. On Talk:Vučitrn I raised and 2 supported the idea of a RfC on the subject. Manual of Style/Kosovo-related articles aka WP:MOSKOS. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:16, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Election poster Albania 1954.jpg
File:Election poster Albania 1954.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 06:05, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Skandeberginkruja.jpg
image:Skandeberginkruja.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 02:50, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Call for research participants
Dear Wikipedians, we are a Croatian team of researchers who are looking at the editing dynamics on different language Wikipedias and are focusing specifically on the topic of Kosovo. We are looking for editors who have participated in editing, or discussing, articles about this topic, and who would be willing to be interviewed for the purpose of this research project. This is a project approved by the Wikimedia Foundations´ Research Committee and you can find more information on this meta-wiki page. Research results will be published under an open access license and your participation would be much appreciated. If you would like to participate you can reach us at our talk page or directly at interwikiresearch@gmail.com and we will set up an interview in a way that best suits your needs.


 * Pbilic (talk) 16:31, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Albanian coins
A large number of Albanian coins are up for deletion, see Possibly unfree files/2013 June 28 -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 00:03, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Father Shtjefen Gjecovi, old photo.jpg
image:Father Shtjefen Gjecovi, old photo.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:50, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Logo of albanian civil protection service.jpg
image:Logo of albanian civil protection service.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.244.158 (talk) 06:01, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

List of Romanian words of possible Dacian origin
The List of Romanian words of possible Dacian origin article has been proposed for deletion. It contains a lot of references to Albanian and your opinions are welcomed.--Codrin.B (talk) 14:45, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, that list is important for the history of the Albanian people as well. It is often applied to demonstrate that the Albanians migrated to Albania from Dacian territory or they are in fact half-Romanized Carpians who moved from their homelands in present-day Romania and Ukraine to the Balkans in the 3rd and 4th centuries. Borsoka (talk) 15:56, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

English exonyms for place names
English_exonyms. Kosovo section is missing. Can someone check this please. See also article Talk. Many thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:35, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Popular pages tool update
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Wiki Loves Pride 2014
You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in Europe may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:49, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Albania At Wikimania 2014
Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

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Living people on EN wiki who are dead on other wikis
The following individuals who are in the scope of this project are showing to be alive on the English wiki, but deceased on another language wiki:


 * Ibrahim Muçaj: pl:Zmarli w 2010

Please help to find reliable sources to confirm if these individuals are alive or dead, or correct any mis-categorization on the relevant foreign-language article(s). Please see WP:LIVINGDEAD for more info and raise any issues on the talkpage. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 17:55, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Languages in censuses and Race and ethnicity in censuses
Pleas add information about this country to this articles.--Kaiyr (talk) 09:30, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Controversial recent changes of Albanian settlement into Bulgarian/Macedonian names in the English Wikipedia
User:Local hero today moved a lot of settlements in Albania, into their Bulgarian (or Macedonian, not sure) name.

As a result, after 10 years of having these settlement in the English wikipedia with their own official names, now we have the following:


 * Golloborda has become Golo_Brdo_(Albania)
 * Zaroshkë has become Zrnovsko
 * Lajthizë has become Leska
 * Kallamas has become Tuminec
 * Goricë e Vogël has become Dolna Gorica
 * Gollomboç has become Globočani
 * Diellas has become Šulin

I invite the members of WikiProject Albania to correct these moves, and also to remove the templates of WikiProject Macedonia from settlements of Albania. Entering wikiProjects of adjacent countries in the articles of a certain country is not a recommended practice in wikipedia. Praksitheja (talk) 04:28, 29 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Let's direct this to Talk:Pustec Municipality. -- Local hero talk 12:30, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Azis Tahir Ajdonati
Can anyone assist as to whether this person actually exists/existed? All the sources are offline and the internet yields no relevant results that are not influenced by the Wikipedia page. Notability should probably be challenged again if this person is found to be real. SFB 20:05, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * He's mentioned in in this book, and in a few Albanian-language sources. He's real. --Ismail (talk) 11:03, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The name Azis Tahir Ajdonati is on the list of signatories of declaration of independence --Antidiskriminator (talk) 11:41, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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I've suggested turning this redirect into an article on the rivalry between Serbia and Albania, see Talk:Serbia v Albania -- 67.70.35.44 (talk) 04:34, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Aberesch - Chromosonal / Genetic Studies Has anyone heard of the chromosomal research that is ongoing in Southern Italy on the Arberesch people? I've heard rumors of this, and even read that current day Arberesch are more closely related to modern day Serbs than Albanians. This makes sense, since most of the country fled in exile during the Ottoman invasion after Skanderbeg's death in the late 1400's. Any truth to this? Thank you, Calibrayze (talk) 21:30, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Student develops bank article - please say hello
Hello. A student named has developed the Bank of Albania article as part of a class project. I think the article looks good, but more comments would be welcome. Could anyone here say hello to this new Wikipedian and give any comment on this article? Thanks for any attention that you can give.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  19:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

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Assistance is needed on a Topic
Albania is mistakenly listed as an Axis force instead of an Ally. As a knowledgeable person can you intervene? -- I created a talk topic under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Allies_of_World_War_II#Editors_Needed_On_Clarifying_the_Albanian_Case -- The facts are clearly there, but I cannot edit it and there need to be more people involved to convince a Editor which does not know the basics of WW2 in the Balkans. --

Editors Needed On Clarifying the Albanian Case[edit] Dear Editors, -- Please let me kindly invite you to investigate and clarify the status of Albania as an Allied force. Since there is an editor below who unilaterally refuse even considering the provided facts and historical sources, then I invite a quorum of other editors (preferable with knowledge on WW2 history and Balkans) to investigate the case. Best Regards LupinoJacky (talk) 14:44, 4 February 2015 (UTC) Albania was an Ally state, the book "Enciclopedia of World War II, Volume 1, Section "Treaties Ending the War", Page 824, ISBN-10: 0816060223, ISBN-13: 978-0816060221" acknowledges that Albania signed the peace treaties in the end of WW2 as an Allied country. Citing page 824: "The first peace treaty concluded between the Allies and a former Axis nation was with Italy. It was signed in Paris on February, 10, 1947, by representatives from Albania, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Ethipia, France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Iraq, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zeeland, Pakistan, Poland, Slovak Republic, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United States, Yugoslavia, and Italy." (weblink https://books.google.de/books?id=LbWFgjW6KX8C&pg=PA824&lpg=PA824&dq=WW2+allied+and+associated+powers+albania&source=bl&ots=ehfHi5vpFh&sig=IZ3bXd3OKFo71jBU3Abay6tt6ao&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h1bSVLe5OoT0UKCdgPAH&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=WW2%20allied%20and%20associated%20powers%20albania&f=false) Unless there is any source showing the contrary, please add Albania to this page, clarifying 1) the fighting contribution of the Albanian National Liberation Front and 2) the fighting contribution of the government in exile by King Zog in terms of 2.1. resisting the Italian invasion, 2.2. resisting throughout WW2 through the Legality Movement forces. LupinoJacky (talk) 17:39, 4 February 2015 (UTC) LupinoJacky (talk) 21:45, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Issues in Cham Albanians
Recently i rewrote part of the article in relation to the Cham Albanians, by adding many important (western) sources that have not been accessible to many. They are by Western scholars who have done fieldwork in Thesprotia, accessed the Greek government archive, non impartial nineteenth century observers of the situation. In the article i included sources that one were not Albanian (as Albanian sources are accused of being biased and in-factual by Greek editors). I included in the article, academics that were importantly of Greek heritage. I also included in the footnotes the relevant pieces of information of were that information came from to prevent a deletion and have a serious discussion. Yet when i came to the article, all i saw was complete deletion !!! I was accused of POV !!! I ask, is this how wikipedia works, that when a credible source/s is given, it gets deleted without even proper discussion ? I ask fellow wikpedians is this the type quality we are after ? I am currently in postgraduate studies, and stifling of discussion is unacceptable. Its about scholarly debate. I still don't understand how i was pushing POV. For example, in the section about Chams today in Greece, i came across sources that have encountered Orthodox Albanian speaking populations. There also still exists a Albanian Muslim Cham community. Yet that got deleted. Voltaire once said "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it". I thus ask Alexikoua to justify each one of her deletions ? Otherwise she is pushing POV ! I request you assistance for Cham Albanians page.

Resnjari (talk) 03:14, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

New administrative divisions
Hello, I see User:Kj1595 has started implementing a new administrative subdivision of Albania in several articles, for instance here, here and here. As far as I can see on this official website and this law text (pages 89-114 of 117), a new administrative division has been approved, but it will be implemented in 2015, after local elections (when?). It also looks like the old municipalities will remain as some sort of subunits. Could someone who can read Albanian (I have to use Google Translate for that, which is probably not very accurate) confirm this? And apparently, the districts have already been abolished in 2000? If so, I guess we have some work to do. I'll be happy to help. Markussep Talk 14:02, 15 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I was following some of the cities of Albania, and then noticed that Kj1595 has gone into a destructionist spree, noticed by you, Markussep. Not sure who will fix all me mess that he has done in wikipedia, but in the meantime he should be blocked. No matter when the reform will be implemented, the articles should not be destroyed. --Rregulluesi (talk) 14:33, 16 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I have posted a message on his/her talk page. I don't know whether he has been warned before that this is not the right way to edit, so I assumed good faith, let's see how he reacts. I suppose he is right that the districts have been abolished in 2000, this source confirms that. But the current municipalities should be restored for now, also in the county articles. BTW the source I quoted calls the "counties" "regions", apparently the term "county" comes from ISO. Markussep Talk 16:30, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I restored the county articles to the current situation, and found nice refs for the populations (also on current municipality level) here (2011 census results). Markussep Talk 14:07, 18 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I made an infobox template for places in Albania: Infobox settlement AL, a wrapper for Infobox settlement. It works for municipalities and villages. I've started adding it to municipality articles, adding the population according to the 2011 census at the same time. See for instance Lumas. Markussep Talk 19:24, 8 January 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm nearly done adding the new infobox template to the current municipality articles. For now, I haven't added the districts they were part of. I'm not sure whether we need them, since apparently they were abolished 15 years ago. For the new situation after the local elections in June, I propose to convert the county templates (like Elbasan County) accordingly, so no more districts, but show the new municipalities on the left side, and their subdivisions (the old municipalities) on the right side, see Elbasan County new. We could call the old municipalities something like "municipal units". Probably in this case, we can reuse the district articles for the new municipalities. Since most of the new municipalities are expanded versions of old municipalities, I propose to modify the existing articles accordingly, and create new articles for the 11 other municipalities, like Kurbin. What do you think? Markussep Talk 14:14, 6 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I created articles for the 11 completely new municipalities. Also, I think we should replace the current templates showing villages by district (for instance Berat District) with templates showing villages by (new) municipality. Using a model used for Greek municipalities (they had a similar reform 4 years ago), I made this template: Berat div. For now, I used "municipal unit" for the subdivisions of the new municipalities (basically the old municipalities), I can easily change that for another term if we decide otherwise. Markussep Talk 19:30, 25 March 2015 (UTC)


 * The templates showing villages by new municipality are ready, see Category:Albania municipality templates. I also edited a few articles as examples for municipalities, municipal units and villages after the reform: Cërrik, Klos, Elbasan and Floq, Klos (note: I only edited the introductions, the infoboxes and the navbars). If noone objects, I will start editing the articles for the new municipalities accordingly, then the old municipalities (the new municipal units) and then the villages. Markussep Talk 09:50, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Expert attention
This is a notice about Category:Albania articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 18:35, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

POV issues with: Northern Epirus
 THIS ARTICLE IS IN NEED OF ATTENTION for WikiProject Albania. The article Northern Epirus has multiple issues. The article purports to define a region with a geographical spread from Korce to Gjirokaster regions. As such, much of those regions are inhabited by a Muslim/Orthodox Albanian speaking population(i.e: Kallivretakis, Winnifrith etc) and in the article, it does not take into account the complicated issue of identity amongst Muslim and Orthodox Albanian speakers that was intertwined with the larger question of secession and retention of Albanian sovereignty. The article also fails to refer to peer review material regarding the decisions of the international community in relation to confirming sovereignty of the area to Albania. The article also for contemporary times does not in any way cite the complicated identity issues involved amongst Orthodox Albanians and Greek identity and migration, post 1992. This part needs to be addressed regarding the matter of how Greeks are counted and their numbers in Albania. There are also uncited and wp:POV claims in the article that refer to the burning of many Greek villages in World War Two without no wp:reliable sources given. wp:secondary are also lacking in certain parts of the article.Resnjari (talk) 20:47, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Request towards active users
I'm asking for active users to contact me.I could use assistance in certain articles.If anyone can help,thank you. Euripides ψ (talk) 12:19, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Talk:Congress of Durrës/GA1
Can anyone help here? , the nominator, seems inactive since March. Thanks. Sainsf &lt;^&gt; Feel at home 13:40, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Request for input at the language reference desk
If anyone here (native or non-native speaker) would like to help a querent at the language reference desk, we would be much obliged! The link to the question is here: "Gjylihan". Thank you very much in advance! ---Sluzzelin talk  12:43, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Albanian organizations
Feel free to join this category rename discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:39, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Dear Albnians,

Can anyone help me improve my article about Ismet Asllani? A link to my article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismet_Asllani

I am constantly getting attacked by Serbs here on Wikipedia with false clams. I am astonished! They are trying to do everything to delete my article for no reason! All what I have wrote here on Wikipedia, I have documented and my sources are 100 % in compliance with Wikipedias rules. I am a bit green in Wikipedia, if I do any mistakes I don't do them intentionally. I feel it's a loss for Wikipedia, if my article does not get the chance to develope.

Best regards Makolli86 (talk) 19:36, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

The 10,000 Challenge
Hi. The WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge ‎ has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge and WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. If anybody here would like to contribute to a European one or would rather contribute to a sub one specifically for Albania like The 1000 Challenge (Albania) based on The 1000 Challenge (Turkey), sign your name under the section for Albania and I'll start it if there is enough support. For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Albanian and European content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon. If you would like to see this happening for Albania and European nations, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant!♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:29, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Cannabis in Albania needs improvement
We have a new article Cannabis in Albania, but it could really use improvement and expansion, especially from anyone who can read Albanian sources. With a little polishing, it'd also be really useful to make a translated version for Albanian Wikipedia since it's a topic of increasing interesting these days. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 03:01, 6 December 2016 (UTC)