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i want to change the article a bit, cause some of the information is wrong, and there's missing info too... — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertMKD (talk • contribs)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Stickee (talk) 05:18, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is a clumsy sentence and I would like to see it changed:

His legacy, often ranks him among the world's top personalities of all time having the greatest influence, along with his teacher Aristotle.[7][8]

I can suggest a rewrite if someone with the authority to edit the article will help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1003:B01D:F0C7:2811:3706:DE79:1A64 (talk) 21:56, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jana Jazova

Jana Jazova (Яна Язова), Bulgarian writer has written a novel about Alexander, called Alexander of Macedonia (Александър Македонски). I would like to include this book in the list of "furhter reading". Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.249.14 (talk) 23:17, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: As a work of fiction it can not provide any real information about Alexander: Further reading is to direct readers to scholarly works for further study beyond the scope (or size) of this article. IdreamofJeanie (talk) 14:58, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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In the article, "Alexander the Great", under section "Conquest of the Persian Empite", and under subsection "The Levant and Syria," there is a grammatical error. The text states "Darius offered all territory as a far the Euphrates… a colossal ransom of 30,000 talents for his family…invited to marry his eldest daughter.", while it should say "Darius offered all territory as far as the Euphrates… a colossal ransom of 30,000 talents for his family…invited to marry his eldest daughter." I request that this be changed, or that I will be allowed to make this change, thank you. AlmostEccentric (talk) 16:31, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks for pointing that out - Arjayay (talk) 17:01, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander the Great - ancient Serbian king

Alexander's father Philip II didn't speek greek language, but he want his son to learn it. Greeks didn't recpect Macedonians, they respect them less than slaves. Alexander was a Serbian ancient king from Karan dinasty.When he conquest Canaan, people came to him speaking on his own language (Serbian).He also found ancient Serbs in India left there by ancient serbian emperor Nimrod (he conqest ancient Asirya and India and inspired Alexander to do the same). Душко888 (talk) 12:04, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide some academic texts that testify to the veracity of this statement? Kyriakos (talk) 12:28, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander Name meaning, this should be added

"Alexander the Great, meaning of his name in Arbi is Al-Sikander." This should be added. Iamkingkhan (talk) 02:50, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean Arabic? Why would we have his name in Arabic, since he wasn't Arab? His role in Arabic lore is mentioned in the section "In ancient and modern culture". Ian.thomson (talk) 03:05, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Main Image?

What happened to the main image of this article? It was from the Alexander mosaic. Please either replace it or use one of the good Alexander sculptures such as this one:

https://srxa.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/alexander-the-great.jpg