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:Hi Ephestion, I've deleted that page as it contained some serious allegations about living people without citing any sources for them. I'm afraid we have had to become hyper cautious about potential libel so the sort of information you wrote can only be accepted here if it is cited to a reliable source for the facts in it. ''[[User:WereSpielChequers|<span style="color:DarkGreen">Ϣere</span>]][[User talk:WereSpielChequers|<span style="color:DarkRed">Spiel</span>]]<span style="color:#CC5500">Chequers''</span> 21:33, 13 January 2014 (UTC) |
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NPOV edits are important
Hi Ephestion,
Thanks for your contributions, but after a period of dormancy you suddenly appear to making a number of edits which are far from neutral in tone. These will usually get reverted. Can I encourage you to take a look at Wikipedia's policy on editing from a Neutral Point of View. NPOV is an important concept in a collaborative project like Wikipedia where many contributors have differing opinions. -- Solipsist 19:14, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Insults
You'll find that insults don't work so well on Wikipedia. I didn't revert your edits on Alexander because I'm gay and like to excite my gayness. I did it because your edits are NPOV, and really rather ignorant. There are, you should note, no real "moderators" on Wikipedia. I can revert you, but you can revert me. At some point, hard-fought topics can go into mediation. A record of name-calling will not help you there. So, try to stick to the point, for the sake of your argument's credibility if nothing else. Lectiodifficilior 22:45, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Koine in the Roman Empire
Do you have a source that states or shows that ancient Greek was far more common in the Italian, North African, Gaulic and Hispanic provinces than Latin? -- llywrch 18:08, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Seeking some sensible consensus about the Roman Empire
Hi Ephestion,
I hope you read my comments on the talk page of the Roman Empire. I have carefully read your latest revision, and I don't want to get into an edit war.
Apart from a disagreement about the lingua franca, I can't see anything wrong with the drift of the info that makes up the difference between your revision and mine. It's just in the wrong place. This is supposed to be the introduction to an article about the period of classical civilization between 31 BC and - say 500 AD. It's just not relevant to introduce material about the Crusades etc.
I agree with you on the following points:
A. During the first four centuries, I'm willing to bet that most non-historians underestimate the contuining importance of Greek in the Empire. They may be aware that in terms of high culture Romans derived most of their inspiration from Greek models, but they are probably not aware that Latinity barely touched the eastern Koine-speaking half at all.
B. Giving a date as 476 (the last emperor in the West) is wrong and 1453 is indeed the true date for the end of the Roman state. And, we have to make the continuity between the "Roman" and "Byzantine" empires very clear.
But we have to periodize, and to a certain extent we're stuck with the traditional periodization.
Having said that, I hope you will respond to a sensible reworking of the introduction without automatically reverting it. Djnjwd 18:59, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Djnjwd 20:30, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi Ephestion, you've been reported for violating the three-revert rule (3RR) at Roman Empire. If you violate this again, you're likely to be blocked from editing without further warning. Please try to reach a consensus on the talk page for your edits. Cheers, SlimVirgin (talk) 11:16, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
Φίλε...
i think you should use a word processor when making edits. just wanted to let you know. Project2501a 01:50, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Poll (Macedonian Slav or Macedonian)
I hope that this message is of interest to you, if not please accept my apologies. There is a poll in the talk page of the 'Macedonian Slavs' article here:
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27 March 2006
Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Age of Empires III. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Kareeser|Talk! 17:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Or in other words, you will find yourself being blocked if you do that again. Please desist. -- ChrisO (talk) 15:15, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
- The issue was decided in MOSMAC2, stop using FYROM or a number of editors will support you being blocked. (Taivo (talk) 16:47, 26 September 2009 (UTC))
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below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. 31 hours for edit-warring on Republic of Macedonia. J.delanoygabsadds 17:07, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
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Deletion discussion about Kastellorisian
Hello, Ephestion,
I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Kastellorisian should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kastellorisian .
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Thanks, Vanjagenije (talk) 21:20, 13 January 2014 (UTC)