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Your GA nomination of Northern Epirote Declaration of Independence

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DYK for Candia massacre

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DYK for Evacuation of Ayvalik

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DYK for Petros Lantzas

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Byzantine Greeks

Interesting the latest developments to this article, some users would like to change the name to Byzantines claiming that there is no connection to Greeks and placing POV tags. The same users have been reverted lately various times due to POV pushing. Thanks for your latest additions though. Othon I (talk) 18:07, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Newsinger97

A triviality: Can you have a look at the EOKA article. You cited Newsinger97, maybe it was a spelling mistake for Newsinger95. Or did you try to cite page 97 of Newsinger's book? Thanks Cinadon36 (talk) 09:31, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

I'll re-check the pages. Thanks for the notice.Alexikoua (talk) 16:59, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

It's about the page, pages 95&97 are cited in the specific section from this work.Alexikoua (talk) 21:30, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

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EOKA

Seems there are no objections to your latest suggestion on EOKA. Would you like to insert your comment and proceed with the next phase? Cheers. Cinadon36 (talk) 15:46, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi! IMO this sentence of yours "Far from moderates emerging with whom Britain could do a deal" needs revisiting. Also, please have a look at my latest proposal on the talk page. Anticipating your comments, additions, and reshaping. No rush though! Cheers. Cinadon36 (talk) 06:43, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

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Hi - this is just a friendly reminder. (New proposal: === From August 1958 to the Zurich and London Agreements === )Cinadon36 (talk) 22:10, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Pavlos Kouroupis

Hello, I completed a review at Template:Did you know nominations/Pavlos Kouroupis, and noted one question. Please respond there if you're able to help. I look forward to seeing this nomination on the main page. Thanks! Flibirigit (talk) 04:44, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Regarding the "massive" changes to Kavalliotis entry, they are not massive, just the correction of some inconstancies: 1. As the main text of the entry shows, he is not born in Kavalla but in Moschopolis; 2. At his time, ethnic identity was irrelevant, he was an Orthodox educated and acculturated in Greek/Romaios/Eastern Orthodoxy, of Albanian or Vlach, or hyphenited Albanian-Vlach origin; 3. The aim of his work at "at the Hellenization of the non-Greek-speaking Christian communities in the Balkans" is confused with the aim of a similar work, the Greek-Vlach-Albanian-Bulgarian lexicon by his own student, Daniel of Moschopolis, published in 1802; 3. According to Paschalis Kitromilides, his work is the earliest evidence for the transformations that disrupted and subverted both Ottoman rule and Orthodox unity of early modern society in the Balkans.

I believe these corrections are worth considering in the collectively contributed Wikipedia.

Best regards, Albert Doja

Regarding the "massive" changes to Kavalliotis entry

There are not massive changes, just the correction of some inconstancies: 1. As the main text of the entry shows, Kavalliotis is not born in Kavalla but in Moschopolis; 2. At his time, ethnic identity was irrelevant, he was an Orthodox educated and acculturated in Greek/Romaios/Eastern Orthodoxy, of Albanian or Vlach, or hyphenited Albanian-Vlach origin; 3. The aim of his work at "at the Hellenization of the non-Greek-speaking Christian communities in the Balkans" is confused with the aim of a similar work, the Greek-Vlach-Albanian-Bulgarian lexicon by his own student, Daniel of Moschopolis, published in 1802; 3. According to Paschalis Kitromilides, his work is the earliest evidence for the transformations that disrupted and subverted both Ottoman rule and Orthodox unity of early modern society in the Balkans.

I believe these corrections are worth considering in the collectively contributed Wikipedia.

Best regards, Albert Doja

His birthplace is indeed Moschopolis, but the person in question signed his work as Αναστάσιος Καβαλιώτης, it appears that you mistakenly deleted this. Sure, ethnicity is irrelevant but his Aromanian background is good to be part of this article.Alexikoua (talk) 20:25, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Dear Alexikoua (though I prefer to address your real name instead of a virtual nickname),

Thank you for your reaction, including for your correcting his birthplace.

Of course, the person we are writing about signed himself as "Theodoros Anastasios Kavalliotis of Moschopolis" and it is my mistake if I have deleted any of this.

A major problem with this article still remain the confusion with another work by Daniel of Moschopolis published in 1802. This latter work was commissionned to "Hellenize non-Greek-speaking Orthodox communities in the Balkans". See Paschalis Kitromilides about that. Regarding the irrelevance of ethnicity, the problem is not with his Aromanian background, but with his Albanian or hyphenated Aromanian-Albanian background, which is also good to be part of this article. Another problem is his "Greek identity", which is certainly not an ethnic Greek identity, but a cultural Greek/Romaios/Orthodox background, which is also good to be clearly stated in this article. This will avoid the unpleasing tendency to equate everything Greek/Romaios/Orthodox with the cultures and identities of Greece.

I hope my comments will help your understanding and provide more flexibility in collectively contributing to Wikipedia. Best regards, Albert Doja

DYK for Pavlos Kouroupis

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Why are you blocking me from adding informations on Pileus ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeonDardan (talk • contribs) 13:49, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Pileus

Why do you keep deleting the things about Pileus under Illyria page, when it is known that the Pileus was worn by the Illyrians ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeonDardan (talk • contribs) 09:51, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

I do not disagree with your edits, however you need to follow Wikipedia:Verifiability, which means that even if you're sure something is true, it must be verifiable before you can add it. By the way the information about Illyrians wearing a similar hat is still there.Alexikoua (talk) 15:46, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

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Eleni Foureira

I know you've edited on the Eleni Foureira article about how she is Greek not Albanian, but now I have an editor misunderstanding policy and trying to tell me policy says she is Albanian. Just was wondering if you could back me up in explaining this since I see your comments on the talk page explaining how policy shows she should be looked at as Greek. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 18:42, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Never mind, it's been cleared up. But the vandalism problem on Foureira's article regarding her nationality is still a major issue. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 18:50, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Φουρέιρα

Καλησπέρα, Γιατί η αλλαγή; Από την Αλβανία είναι η κοπέλα, και η ίδια πήγε τώρα στην Αλβανία και είπε "Είμαι περήφανη που είμαι Αλβανίδα". Onoufrios d (talk) 21:18, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Δεν βλέπω γιατί αυτό και μόνο μπορεί να επηρεάσει την εθνικότητα του προσώπου.Alexikoua (talk) 11:19, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Forty Saints Monastery, Sarandë

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Alexikoua, there has been a new check made, and close paraphrasing/copyvio issues still persist. Please see the nomination page, and note that this is one example; you'll need to check for others as well. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:25, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

An additional check was made, and I'm afraid there is still close paraphrasing in the article. It's important that you deal with it all, and do so soon. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:30, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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Thessalian Buas

I just wanted to pay your attention to this diff and this statistics link. This editor (Rolandi+) argued about the difference between Bua and Buia although sources like this (Institutul de Istorie și Arheologie "A.D. Xenopol." (1987). Anuarul Institutului de Istorie și Arheologie "A.D. Xenopol.". ... Familiei Buia (Bua)...) say they are the same. All the best.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 11:05, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Simply nonsense. Rolandi +sockfarm are just short-term drive by SPAs.Alexikoua (talk) 13:43, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

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Reverting of my edits to Markos Botsaris article

Dear user:Alexikoua,

in regards to the addition of the name in Albanian language at the Markos Botsaris article lead section, I consider it is within Wikipedia's policies and guidelines but, still I shall review again the policies as per your suggestion and I would kindly like to discuss with you back again.

In regards to the "The Greek–Albanian dictionary" section of the same article, there it is mentioned (third sentence): "...not in alphabetical order, and the Albanian words on the right, written in Greek letters." My edit was to remove the part "written in Greek letters". As I wrote to my explanation of the edit, in the Albanian part of the manuscript you can find the letter "ë" which is not part of the Greek alphabet but rather part of Albanian alphabet. So definitely the Albanian part is not written in Greek letters; such consideration is not supported and should be removed from the article. Or at least it should be re-written correctly clarifying that only the Greek part of the manuscript is written in Greek letters. Could you please kindly explain your revert of my edit at this part?

Thank You! Bcon4rit (talk) 09:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your contribution. About introduction in biographies see: Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography#Context: The opening paragraph should usually provide context for the activities that made the person notable. In most modern-day cases this will be the country of which the person is a citizen, national or permanent resident, or if the person is notable mainly for past events, the country where the person was a citizen, national or permanent resident when the person became notable.

Ethnicity, religion, or sexuality should generally not be in the lead unless it is relevant to the subject's notability. Similarly, previous nationalities or the place of birth should not be mentioned in the lead unless they are relevant to the subject's notability.Alexikoua (talk) 20:26, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Plikat

So, on 27 June you removed the Albanian name from the article by claiming that there was no Albanian presence in the village and two days later when I corrected you, then you added a source which said exactly that. Why you would made the claim that Plikat is not a settlement where Albanian is spoken when you already had access to sources which verified that? I'm very puzzled and I would want an answer. The stuff you added in Albanian communities is not referring about Plikati judging by the translation of the segment you quoted.- And it very obviously couldn't refer to a village of Christian Albanian masons, which belonged to another kaza.-Maleschreiber (talk) 23:17, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

In light of additional sources the correspondent text has been updated. I puzzled why you find this weird.Alexikoua (talk) 06:15, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

I'm puzzled why you removed this sourced part [[1]]. I assume you understand that Ioannina is the center of the kaza of Ioannina.Alexikoua (talk) 06:36, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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Map of Arbanon

Arbanon remained highly independent until Dimitris's death in 1215/1216 when Micheal I started an invasion towards Kruje and ended the independence of Arbanon this is even explained in the site of Epirus and Micheal I. The map is either not pointing to that specific year or it's not very accurate cause the Bulgarian Empire was not in possession of Macedonia either until 1230, plus Arbanon was considerably more bigger until 1216 (the year when it gets invaded by Epirus and falls under its vassalage) Dardania0 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dardania0 (talk • contribs) 13:37, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Are there any examples that contradict Osswald's version?Alexikoua (talk) 19:45, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Bibliography

You should read the three sources before re-inserting material that is used exactly in the same way in the expanded and detailed version. --Maleschreiber (talk) 15:18, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Hmmmm it's quite interesting that you degrade the three distinct [2] "cultural and linguistic areas" into simple "onomastic areas" (by making Wilkes as your only preferred source in this case). I advice you portray the sources entirely and not partially. You need to avoid that, it can be considered disruptive.Alexikoua (talk) 15:29, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Why are you bringing into the debate a source that is not in the article as a way to claim that there may be "disruption" because I have not searched for every existing source? Wilkes (1992) - which you claimed to say something of the sort - doesn't do that. You can't just bring up another source that isn't in the article and then claim "disruption" because other editors haven't used it. It's your obligation to use your bibliography properly, not mine. Also, read the authors you're trying to quote as a whole, not as specific sentences. "The term "Illyrian" has referred to many things, until recently to any non-Celtic language in the broad area west of Thrace, north of Greece and Macedonia, and east of the Veneti (northeastern Italy). But scholarly work beginning in the 1960s has shown that the region is neither archaeologically, nor onomastically uniform and that it breaks down into three distinct cultural and linguistic areas, of which only can properly be called Illyrian. That is absolutely within the context of Wilkes (1992) and definitely not in the context of a forced narrative you're trying to push about what onomastic areas are - which the author doesn't even address directly.--Maleschreiber (talk) 17:44, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Providing additional reference simply proves that this piece of info needs to be part of this section. Is there a specific reason why 'Illyrian as a collective/catch all term' should be removed though it is sourced?Alexikoua (talk) 20:47, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

The term "Illyrian" has referred to many things, until recently to any non-Celtic language in the broad area west of Thrace, north of Greece and Macedonia, and east of the Veneti (northeastern Italy) (not "Illyrian as catch all term") is already part of the article in the section where Pan-Illyrian theories are discussed and the part in which the Venetic area in Istria and Ljubljana is addressed are more Venetic rather than Illyrian since the 1960s. Maybe you should read more about evolution of research and what it means today. The author refers to these older theories not the modern onomastic areas. east of the Veneti is exactly addressed and in a much detailed way in the article as The third onomastic province further to the north defined as North Adriatic area includes Liburnia and the region of modern Ljubljana in Slovenia. It is part of a larger linguistic area different from Illyrian that also comprises Venetic and its Istrian variety. and The Illyrian languages were once thought to be connected to the Venetic language in the Italian Peninsula but this view was abandoned.. Modern research basically says that two onomastic areas and their overlapping areas are part of an Illyrian corpus but we can't move that far to the north, west or east.--Maleschreiber (talk) 16:57, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Apart from past use of the term modern research still points that Illyrian is used as a collective term today. This is widely sourced and there is no need to neglect such an essential fact.Alexikoua (talk) 21:06, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, for the delay in the reply - with all the different discussions going around it can get messy. So, in modern bibliography, the term Illyrian(s) is used in very defined way. You won't find any modern papers that throw around Illyrian as a catch-all identity. It refers to specific tribes Albania to middle Dalmatia and their central Balkans hinterlands. For example, much of Serbia today is not regarded as part of the Illyrian settlement and roughly half of Bosnia is part of it, while in previous decades Bosnia was considered a central part of Illyrian settlement. --Maleschreiber (talk) 17:39, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

It's ok. The current structure of the sections is far better, while those onomastic/linguistic zones were in need of their own section. Let me know if you have any concerns about my recent addition based on Matzinger's paper.Alexikoua (talk) 22:12, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

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Wrong summaries

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the page Molossians has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. The summaries are helpful to people browsing an article's history, so it is important that you use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did. Feel free to use the sandbox to make test edits. You should explain in your summaries the content of your edits. You've been making reverts or introducing edits that completely change the meaning of the content because of their placement within the article with edit summaries that don't correspond to their actual content. --Maleschreiber (talk) 21:43, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Which one?Alexikoua (talk) 21:47, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

[3] here you removed the POV tag and made a minor edit - so you should have marked that as "rmv tag" or even better "rv tag". What you used instead was "essential additions". Just mark your edits for what they are. Thank you.--Maleschreiber (talk) 21:55, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

You mean edit summaries such as this one [[4]]?Alexikoua (talk) 22:03, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Fringe theories

This edit removed by Calthinus is a WP:FRINGE theory which you put forward in the article. I wouldn't even know why and how you would ask "admin intervention" against any editor who highlights that these edits/theories are WP:FRINGE. If you want to put forward the idea that Greek was "already formed" in the Late Neolithic in Greece - an era in which already formed, differentiated IE languages didn't appear in the Balkans or even existed properly in their original homeland - you might want to consider another hosting space. In wikipedia, whatever theory we put forward has to be based in accurate and modern bibliography. Thank you.--Maleschreiber (talk) 07:26, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

You should avoid this kind of disruptive canvassing by screaming here and there (in this case in irrelevant talkpages) about my alleged fringe. On the other hand you seem very convenient that Illyrians had settled in Illyria already from 2000 BC. Isn't that a wp:frige (and without wp:SECONDARY)?Alexikoua (talk) 07:39, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

To mention diffs that spotted your edits without even pinging specific editors is not "disruptive canvassing". There's not even a dispute to canvass anyone about it. You tried to introduce a theory that Greek existed in the Balkans in 5300-4500_BC. Can't you see the huge difference with the established theory that Illyrians, Thracians, Greeks in their proto- forms appeared prior to 2000 BC in the northern Balkans? The latter is what modern, reliable bibliography puts forward: The Balkan peninsula had three groups of Indo-Europeans prior to 2000 BC. Those on the west were the Illyrians; those on the east were the Thracians; and advancing down the southern part of the Balkans, the Greeks. (Frazee 1997). The former is something very far from what bibliography discusses.--Maleschreiber (talk) 07:50, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Well you finally agreed that this was a canvassing attempt so I assume you owe a sencere apology. Though I have to warn you that next time this will go to admin intervention. Georgiev states: "Late Neolithic Period : in northwestern Greece the Proto - Greek language had already been formed : this is the original home of the Greeks ". Georgiev is among the top linguists in the Balkan area. Nothing fridge, everything is based on RS. However, I understand that this is dismissed among part of the scholars in Albania who support the "authocthony" scenarios.Alexikoua (talk) 07:55, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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Greek revolt of 1567–1572

Hi Alexi! Thanks for creating the article. I've made some copyedits and corrections to the references, and tagged a few spots that are unclear/problematic (unfortunately I don't have the time to go through the sources myself). Cheers, Constantine ✍ 09:07, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Constantine, good job.Alexikoua (talk) 07:47, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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What's wrong with changing the importance classification? Several cities are classified as TOP in WikiProject Albania and Vlorë is one of the top tier cities in Albania. The city has special importance because it is the city of the declaration of independence, the first capital of Albania, and represents a very important part of Albania ... so why not? The template is meant for the participants of WikiProject so I don't see whats your problem with that.

On the other hand, this is an easily categorized article in class C. Therefore I wanted to hear the reasons for returning to Start. Wikipedia is very clear in scaling categories.Bes-ARTTalk 22:42, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

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Improper synthesis

You can't translate The state represented by 'Kemara' in the list of hosts had two centres, Himarre andBorsh, both probably fortified, and farther north the Amantes hadstrong points at Kanine and at their political centre, Ploce.42 Inland,however, in central Epirus the only fortified places were in the plain ofIoannina, the centre of the Molossian state.Thus the north-west Greek-speaking tribes were at a half-way stage economically and politically, retaining the vigour of a tribal society andreaching out in a typically Greek manner towards a larger politicalorganization. to They spoke a northwestern Greek dialect. It's a SYNTH use of bibliography and ignores the bibliographical discussion by extrapolating the view of one particular author, whose theory is already being discussed in the article.--Maleschreiber (talk) 00:28, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

It is clear that "the north-west Greek-speaking tribes" refer to the ones mentioned in the previous paragraph, i.e. Amantes were one of them.Alexikoua (talk)

There is no WP:SYNTH. SYNTH involves combining two or more sources, by definition. Maleschreiber, your behavior is bordering on bad faith and harassment. This has to stop, and it will, one way or another. Khirurg (talk) 04:12, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

WP:SYNTH: Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources. Similarly, do not combine different parts of one source to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by the source. If you're going to argue about SYNTH, make sure to quote it correctly. Alexikoua is inferring from the same source something that is not mentioned explicitly. They are also adding WP:UNDUE material because Hammond is already being discussed in the article. It is Hammond's opinion that this population was Greek-speaking and that is explicitly mentioned in Hammond (1989) (not in Hammond's chapter in the CAH), but Hammond who is in the minority can't be readded in wikivoice (with a wrong citation) in order to bypass every other source and imply that almost every source which was published after 1990 considers them to be Illyrians, but also accepts that they were Greek-speaking - Hammond's theory. It's a problem of methodology to repeatedly highlight the one particular author with whom you agree, but whose corpus of works was written 40-60 years ago and is considered outdated today because we have 6 other sources written in the 21st century which don't reach the same conclusions as well as many others from his era which disagree with him.

I'm trying to highlight how editing should function in terms of how bibliographical discussions are presented, but if you think that this is "harrassment", do what feels best for you and file a report and then everyone's editing history will be scrutinized. I think that everyone's activity should be discussed on AE, the administration board which has really improved the Balkan topic area with its decisions.--Maleschreiber (talk) 14:18, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Did you read the part about combining multiple sources? Now cut it out with the WP:BULLYING and WP:HARASSMENT or you will end up defending yourself at AE. Khirurg (talk) 16:57, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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Apollonia (Illyria)

Your edit today included a quote from a book by N.G.L. Hammond. The quote included misspellings and an odd system of spacing and punctuation. Does the quoted material appear this way in the book? Jellysandwich0 (talk) 17:27, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice. It appears that copy-pasting text directly from googlebooks snippets sucks in this case.Alexikoua (talk) 17:36, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

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Ahem

What are you doing? Drmies is me. Not you. Drmies (talk) 23:17, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

• @Drmies: Sorry, I was going to fix this immediately but it was instantly removed.Alexikoua (talk) 23:22, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
  • OK--thanks. Drmies (talk) 03:15, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

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