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While you've done an excellent job providing citations, you don't need quite so many per claim. In particular, the 12 citations following "Albanian" in the title are totally unnecessary, but generally speaking you don't need more than one citation per claim unless that claim is particularly contentious or of the form "many sources say X".

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Hello!

Thank you so much, I've tried my best. You are right, it was indeed unnecessary.

--Albert Falk (talk) 07:52, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

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Barnens rätt i samhället moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Barnens rätt i samhället, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please follow the prompts on the Articles for Creation template atop the page. ... discospinster _talk 17:31, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for this, I will try better to find more reliable sources.

--Albert Falk (talk) 20:20, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for your help. I will do this from now on.

--Albert Falk (talk) 18:29, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

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A page you started (Albanian piracy) has been reviewed!

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Thank you for your informative new article on Albanian piracy. I recommend finding a citation to verify the modern monuments in Ulcinj.

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Helo! Thank you for your comment, I will find a source for that statement. Cheers.

--Albert Falk (talk) 09:16, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

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GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 23:05, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Thomas Jackson

Hi Albert, I just wanted to say how much I admire your reaction to criticism at the AfD about Thomas Jackson (psychiatrist). It's very unusual and a great credit to you. I hope you'll stick around here and contribute to other subjects. If I can ever be of help, please do ask me. › Mortee _talk 09:51, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you

Hey. Thanks for the support, I have come to realize from the discussion that the article perhaps needs to be rewritten due to its nature. I appreciate the criticism and I will learn from it and use it to better write articles in the future. Absolutely, if I need help I won't hesitate. Cheers!

Signed yours truly.

Nusë

Hi, thanks for writing Nusë, I found it interesting. I'm hoping you'll clarify the sentence The woman becomes a bride three evenings before she is taken. What does "taken" mean? Thanks! Schazjmd (talk) 20:25, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello!

I've just clarified it, i saw that it became a little fuzzy. So now its corrected and clarified with a source. Thanks! :)

--Albert Falk (talk) 20:27, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

I appreciate the improvements you're making, but this sentence is still there: The woman becomes a bride three evenings before she is taken. I have no idea what "taken" means in that context. Is it something like "...before she is taken to her new family"? Schazjmd (talk) 20:38, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Ah! Right, i missed that. Its supposed to say "the woman becomes a bridge three evenings before she has decided to marry someone".

--Albert Falk (talk) 20:40, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Correction: its the wrong source provided. Fixing it currently.

--Albert Falk (talk) 20:41, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thanks for your patience with my questions! Schazjmd (talk) 20:44, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. It is good to see someone tackling articles in the more obscure corners of Balkan history. A few tips, though: First, please take care to properly edit your articles and create a coherent narrative out of them. Right now they read as a hodgepodge of information from different sources. This results in you often repeating the same information several times (e.g. Demetrio Arbanensi converting to Catholicism and the reasons for it). You are not required to cram an article full with every single reference you can find, quite the contrary; often less is better, as long as they cover the facts of the subject matter.

Furthermore, when using non-English sources (e.g. Italian) please take the time to translate the names into forms current in English (e.g. "Demetrio Comatiano" is known in English as Demetrios Chomatianos, "Mar di Levante," is unknown to English-speakers, etc.). Also, please take care with using proper and correct referencing formats. At Manuel Bochalis for example, you had two sources that were identical cited with different formats (and to the wrong authors), and another which was identical, but using one English and one French (!!!) edition. Again, you don't win points by showing as many sources as possible; be concise but precise. Finally, please write only on subjects that you know. From both Manuel Bochalis and Demetrio Arbanensi I get the distinct impression that you are not aware of their historical context at all. Please research that as well, before writing the article. A badly written article is worse than none at all. Constantine ✍ 10:26, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks for your help. I'll make sure to be more precise. I appreciate the support, and will integrate it. Thanks! Those edits on Bochali by the editor was much appreciated, and I notice I missed out quite a lot. I learn new things all the time.

--Albert Falk (talk) 10:28, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Mistakes are fine, that's how you learn :). If you need help with anything, feel free to drop me a note, as I have access to quite a lot of sources and am somewhat familiar with the same topics. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 14:49, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Qij

Hello Albert! I wanted to suggest to you that you copied Qij over to qij on Wiktionary, it looked to be more of a dictionary entry than an encyclopedic entry. The Wiktionary entry currently doesn't have such well-sourced etymology though. Regards, – Thjarkur (talk) 11:59, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

He! Thanks, I will do that.

--Albert Falk (talk) 12:23, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Climate psychosis for deletion

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Medal of National Merit

		The Albanian Barnstar of National Merit
		For the extraordinary contributions to Albania-related articles, especially participants of the Albania WikiProject.
		this WikiAward was given to Albert Falk by Bes-ARTTalk on 18:02, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much! :) I feel honoured. Cheers!

--Albert Falk (talk) 18:08, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Your welcome. Keep going with the excellent work! Bes-ARTTalk 18:11, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Thank you for creating Giovanni Renesi.

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Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:04, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello! Thank you {{Re|Cwmhiraeth}}, much appreciated. Always glad to contribute! Cheers.

--Albert Falk (talk) 14:13, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Thank you for creating Lazaro Matthes.

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Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:26, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello! Thanks a lot! Could you propose some articles that are requested within the Albanian wikiproject? :)

--Albert Falk (talk) 13:36, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

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editing advice

Hello, Albert Falk,

I have seen some of your contributions and they are good, but need some work. Please consult the policies WP:RS (read in full), especially about the differences between WP:PRIMARY and WP:SECONDARY sources. For Wikipedia, secondary sources from scholarship are mostly used for article content. Another thing, please read up on WP:AGEMATTERS. Before you make new content, please check your previous contributions to make sure they fall in line with these guidelines, so you avoid having your content challenged, removed, deleted etc. Balkan topics are complicated (especially Albanian related content) and if the guidelines aren't adhered to, it either increases the likelihood of edit wars over trivial things, or the amount of housekeeping/cleanup that other editors might have to do over that kind of work (which really is shitty). Also, make sure the people who have written the scholarly sources are reliable and try to have more recent content. Nineteenth century or before is not helpful to the overall scope of the article as its redundant in modern times unless it is cited in recent RS, like a direct quote or description from primary sources like a document or travelogue. Also with some books, have a look as to when they were published as they could be recent reprints of sources like travelogues from a hundred years ago which are primary sources and not for articles. If you have any questions or want to discuss this more, either ping me on your talkpage or we can discuss it on mine. Best.Resnjari (talk) 10:59, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello! Thanks for your critique, I will make sure I provide better sources. Cheers.

--Albert Falk (talk) 11:01, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

I forgot to say that when you go back to have a look your previous editing contributions, and you come across content you added based on primary sources, try to substitute with a secondary source/s that states something the same or similar. If not then remove it altogether. If you want readers to read a primary source(s) like a travelogue, you can add that source to a Further reading subsection. You can create that within an article if it does not exist. Also read in full: WP:REF about how to do citations. There are other helpful wikilinks on that page to assist with that process. Best.Resnjari (talk) 11:21, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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Cesarich/Rieger

Hi, please refrain from citing fascist officials, as you did here , with "George W. Cesarich", which was the pen name of Ustasha propaganda minister Vilko Rieger after he was exiled to the United States (see Tomasevich 2001, p. 345) . Thanks. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 18:53, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello. Thank you for this notation. I'll make sure not to cite this figure again. --Fa alk (talk) 21:27, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

A good rule of thumb is to rely on sources that were published by a university publishing house (ie Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, etc.) Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 22:11, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, that's a good advice. I'll take this with me and I'll make sure to examine my sources better so I can do a better job. Appreciate your feedback. Happy new year, friend! --Fa alk (talk) 22:15, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars

While editing the article Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars, I noticed something amiss in the refs of the lede section. I tried to figure out what was meant, but did not quite manage. There is a partial duplication of refs (currently no. 7 and 8) combined with some stray info apparently connected to ref no. 9. I think the problem stems from your two edits here and here. Regards! --T*U (talk) 16:31, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't notice that. Thank you, good sir.--Fa alk (talk) 16:34, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Several things

Hello Fa alk, thank you for a lot of new content added on a bunch of articles. I would like you to read more on Wikipedia:Criticism (In most cases separate sections devoted to criticism, controversies, or the like should be avoided in an article because these sections call undue attention to negative viewpoints) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section. Also, please try to use proper names of people, if they have Wiki articles. For example, Władysław Grabski shouldn't be Wladyslaw Grabski, or Karađorđe - Karadjordje. cheers Sadkσ (talk is cheap) 06:23, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks for the feedback, I will take your advice into consideration. It was not my intention to attract negative viewpoints and I will make sure I don't hence forth.

--Fa alk (talk) 16:29, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Nora of Hoti

Hello, I stumbled upon Nora of Hoti you started. I'm working on the Hoti (tribe) if you're interested and have the time to check it out.--Maleschreiber (talk) 15:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Hey! Sure thing. Check out Junç Hoti, one of the founders of the tribe. --Fa alk (talk) 15:30, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Hey, I'll check it. I've written about Junç Hoti on Hoti (tribe)#Origins (the content of that edit already exists in the article). So, the archival data point that they moved from Plava-Gucia in 1330 southwards and were settled in the region by the start of the 15th century. The interesting question about the Junç Hoti of 1434 is whether or not, he is the progenitor of the Junçaj brotherhood that became the Lucgjonaj from which Çun Mula came and also what his relation with Junç Gega of oral tradition is. The other interesting thing to note is that there's a sort of collective tribal memory that made the name Junç pass from generation to generation regardless of actual direct ancestry.--15:46, 4 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maleschreiber (talk • contribs)

Hey. That's very interesting. It is probable that he may have started the Juncaj brotherhood. I don't know if you've seen this genealogy map showing the branch "Junqë > Cekë > Lucë". Is Lucë synonym with the Lucgjonaj? However, the following quote in the page challenges this: "On the sides there are still some houses who maintain the name "Juncaj" thinking that they may be descendants of Junc Hoti, the first of the Hoti mentioned as Kapetan (capetaneus montane Ottorum) in 1434, and have no blood ties to the tribe of Juncaj who are descendants of Junch, the son of Geg Lazri". The source put Keq Preka as the first founding father in 1520, having derived from Bosnia?

This author in this publication supposed that Junc of Geg Lazri was the first bajraktar of Hoti and thus related to Luce Gjoni and Can Mulaj? "[...] trashigimtaret e djalit të madh të Gegë Lazrit, Junçit u bënë bajraktaret e parë të Hotit (Lucë Gjoni e deri te ÇunMulajt-Bajraktari)" .

And this publication from Malësia states that " [...] Po te shqyrtojme me kujdes gjenealogjine e ruajtur ne familjen e Mul Delise do te veme re se ne rrjedhen e brezave, tete brez para Cun Mules, kemi nje paraardhes me emrin Junk." This claims that according to the oral genealogy carefully preserved in the family of Mul Delia, 8 generations before Cun Mulaj, there was a certain Junk. (Now, 8 generations before the 19th century would put us roughly 15th century?

Are there two Junc being referred to? One being the son of Geg Lazri in 1434, the first founder of the Hoti tribe, ancestor of Cun Mulaj? The other being Junc Hoti, son of Keq Preka, in the 1520s?

--Fa alk (talk) 16:17, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

If the line holds as: Keq Preka, Lazer Keqi, Geg Lazri as archival data shows the dates are about 80-100 years earlier. And Sufflay found their first mention between Plava and Guci in 1330 in the Decani chrysobulls Hotina Gora. Then we have, the data from the cadaster of Shkodra in 1416-7 and then defter of 1485. So, for example, if you see on Hoti I've added the defter of the Sanjak of Shkodra from 1485 where a village Bankeq in Triesh is found and also a village Geg in Hoti. Now, in tradition Ban Keqi was the brother of Lazer Keqi and Geg, son. Now if we have a Junc Hoti in 1434, and there's Geg village in 1485, but this Geg Lazri also has a son named Junc-Gjun, then I would say that the Junc Hoti of 1434 is probably someone from an ancestral line of Geg Lazri. These are all very interesting. Unfortunately, we can only guess on some things (as we lack the necessary research), but at least we can be more certain about dates. Still, the best way forward is through good bibliography here on wiki and comparison of data. --Maleschreiber (talk) 16:38, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, the descendants of Gjon Luci formed the Lucgjonaj brotherhood. This is a very nice article about those events from December 2019.--Maleschreiber (talk) 16:46, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

.....and there's this village: Hoti i Kujit, or Hoti i Vendit in Plava that has preserved many archaic micro-toponyms. This is f'ing great really. It predates the Hoti division in Rrapsha and Traboin, so it's older than the 16th century and it's also unique in many ways. One of its names is...Hoti i Stratiotëve.--Maleschreiber (talk) 16:46, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Ways to improve Ibrahim Efendi

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Thank you for creating Ibrahim Efendi.

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Nomination of Keean Bexte for deletion

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Ways to improve Mahmut Pasha of Begolli

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Thank you for creating Albanian bagpipe.

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North8000 (talk) 11:46, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! :) --Fa alk (talk) 16:38, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Keqëkollë

Hey, I read your article about the massacre of Keqëkollë. I had never read about this event. Many articles you have written are not linked to other articles, so it's very different for someone like me who doesn't know much about this particular event to find the article. Maybe you should add some links from other articles to the one about Keqëkollë.--Maleschreiber (talk) 12:49, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks for the advice. I'll see to it :) --Fa alk (talk) 12:55, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Kryethi

Had you read Kryethi when you wrote Antonio Crutta or was it incidental? Either way, good job! This is an excellent paper about this family--Maleschreiber (talk) 12:16, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Hey! Absolutely incidental. I'll try to read up :) --Fa alk (talk) 12:50, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

It's a great coincidence then! I've expanded Kryethi based on the paper, if you want to take a look. Maybe you could write bio articles about other members.--Maleschreiber (talk) 13:25, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Featuring your work on Wikipedia's front page: DYKs

Thank you for your recent articles, including Antonio Crutta, which I read with interest. When you create an extensive and well referenced article, you may want to have it featured on Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know section. Articles included there will be read by thousands of our viewers. To do so, add your article to the list at T:TDYK. Let me know if you need help, _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:40, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Hey! Thank you :) Sure! --Fa alk (talk) 04:56, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Hey, I'm having difficulties adding it there. Could you do it for me? Thanks. --Fa alk (talk) 04:59, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

@Fa alk: The reason you are having difficulties, is because you first need to create the template before you can list it.

• Go to Template talk:Did you know and scroll down the page to "Instructions for nominators".
• Input Antonio Crutta in the space where it says "Your Article Title". You should then see a button enabled that says "Create Nomination"" Click on that, and it should take you to the rest of the information you need to fill out.
• Save the template after completing the information.
• After you have completed the template, then you would normally put the template where you did. Since the redlink for the template is already there, you should see your template show there after you create it. Give that a try, and if it gets difficult, there are a number of people who will help you at WT:DYK. Good luck. — Maile (talk) 00:14, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

You can use this script User:SD0001/DYK-helper to easily create DYK nominations. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 05:24, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Please let me know if you need further help. I am not sure which state you are having difficulties with. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:21, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Hey! I think its done now.--Fa alk (talk) 10:34, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Antonio Crutta

Hello! Your submission of Antonio Crutta at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Maile (talk) 21:17, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Quote

Hi Fa alk, could you please give a proper quote about [1] I do not have the book in my library and can't open it on GB. I am mostly interested in "intentional extermination policy" part. Thank you, Sadkσ (talk is cheap) 11:18, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

"The justification of the Serbian army in 1912, as in 1999, was that atrocities were committed by irregular forces that were not under the control of the regular army and that it was not the policy of the government to kill Albanian civilians - an explanation in a way accpeted by some authors. However, as pointed out by Noel Malcolm, this was an intentional policy of extermination, when King Peter of Serbia himself ordered the execution of civilians in Kumanovo."

--Fa alk (talk) 13:53, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Edwin E. Jacques

Hello, Fa alk. Thank you for you contributions thus far. I would just like to point out that Edwin E. Jacques has been described as a WP:FRINGE source by several scholars, primarily because of his outlandish claims that the likes of Homer, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Alexander the Great and Constantine the Great were ethnic Albanians (which isn't surprising, considering that he was a priest and not a historian). If you have reliable, academic sources that say the same things Jacques does, could you please provide them in the future instead of citing Jacques? Thanks and happy editing. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 16:28, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello. I was unaware of this. I'll take it into account. Thanks :) you too. --Fa alk (talk) 17:20, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Vojislav Čarkić

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Nomination of Massacres of Albanians during the Great Retreat for deletion

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April 2020

A page you created has been nominated for deletion as an attack page, according to section G10 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

Do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject or any other entity. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia, and users who create or add such material may be blocked from editing. PepperBeast (talk) 18:03, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Some parts may be considered POV on wikipedia but he didn't write an attack page.--Maleschreiber (talk) 19:26, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

I added a whole host of sources, ironed out some issues. Article can be expanded further.Resnjari (talk) 02:35, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

I did not have the intention of an attack when writing this article. I've cited several sources and referneces which objectively states the content. With that said, it is indeed a sensitive area, and tragic. But, I'm open to suggestions, such as rewriting it with more angles. But accusing me of attacking without providing arguments or evidence? That's bold.--Fa alk (talk) 06:23, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Unfinished DYK nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Antonio Crutta

Please note that your DYK nom is not finished yet. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:42, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

@Piotrus: If you don't mind, I got myself a bit involved and added a sourced hook.--Maleschreiber (talk) 00:08, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Oh hey, thanks for the help! Much appreciated.--Fa alk (talk) 06:32, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Self-published source

Hi, Fa alk. Just a tip. If you see the author's or editor's name in the name of the publishing company, it's WP:SELFPUBLISHED. Happy editing. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 16:49, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Much appreciated, I seem to have to missed this completely. Thanks for the help.--Fa alk (talk) 06:33, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Antonio Crutta

Hello! Your submission of Antonio Crutta at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:35, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello! Thanks! I will. --Fa alk (talk) 06:35, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Plava-Gucia 1913

Mirëmbrëma Fa alk, hope you're safe and well! I have nominated the Plav-Gusinje massacres to DYK after some expansion I did, but I forgot to leave you a message when I did that.--Maleschreiber (talk) 05:42, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Plav-Gusinje massacres (1912-13) nominated for deletion

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DYK for Antonio Crutta

On 17 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Antonio Crutta, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the role of Antonio Crutta, the interpreter for Polish king Stanisław August in the 1787–1792 Russo-Turkish War, was to "melt the suspicions of the Turks without arousing those of the Russians"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Antonio Crutta. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Antonio Crutta), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations, Fa alk!!--Maleschreiber (talk) 12:09, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Plav-Gusinje massacres (1912-13) for deletion

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Nomination of Plav-Gusinje massacres (1912-13) for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of The Extermination of the Turks (1702)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Frere Brocardus

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Unblock request

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Fa alk (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I have been blocked as part of an investigation which concluded that my account is likely an account of KadriBistrica (talk · contribs). I am not related to this user, nor have I ever been involved in sockpuppetry. Since the beginning of the investigation, I was open to the proposal that a Checkuser should check my IP log I have no prior history related to any of those editors. The CU investigation concluded that it is likely, but that it is not confirmed. This incidental likeliness in CU may have to do with the fact that both of us come from Sweden. Our topics of interest are shared by many Albanians, another point of incidental similarities. I have been an editor since March 2019 and I have not been blocked or been involved in any ban during my almost one year and a half in wikipedia. A few weeks ago, an article I wrote appeared in wikipedia's frontpage in the Did you know? section. I ask from the administrators to reconsider this decision and extend the benefit of the doubt to me. Fa alk (talk) 18:16, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only. This unblock request has been open for more than two weeks but has not proven sufficient for any reviewing administrator to take action. You are welcome to request a new block review if you substantially reword your request. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 08:11, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

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Note to admin: In addition to those outlined at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kadribistrica, another WP:QUACK I noticed was that both Fa alk and the Kadribistrica sock Albanian Historian shared a very specific style of birth and date range in leads, with the word "Born" followed by the year of birth and birthplace, a dash, and the word "Dead" followed by the date of death and the location of death. [3] [4] Very idiosyncratic. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 19:14, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

If your mother tongue or language of everyday communication is not English, it's not "idiosyncratic" to mistake "dead" with "died". I don't know the actual difference between "likely sock" and "confirmed sock", but I do know that Fa alk has no blocks, no bans and is in general a very productive editor who creates interest content. So, AGF and extension of the benefit of doubt as he puts it, isn't a problem for the project. This isn't someone who will get into big edit-wars or extreme POV-pushing or anything that might cause trouble for the project overall. To unblock him means to show trust that an editor with no prior blocks/bans is telling us the truth. It doesn't require us to take a leap of faith and believe that an editor with a large edit-warring record who has been blocked as a likely sockpuppet is both telling us the truth and will return to wikipedia as a "reformed" colleague.--Maleschreiber (talk) 20:19, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

This isn't someone who will get into big edit-wars or extreme POV-pushing or anything that might cause trouble for the project overall - Evidence which have been presented so far show the opposite. At this moment it would seem that the reason why he or she did not get into disputes is/was the case of not wanting to draw much attention of other editors. Sadkσ (talk is cheap) 20:26, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

What evidence is there that he did not get into disputes in order to not draw much attention from other editors? He had no problem openly indicating that he was from the same country with the blocked editor and edited topics that generate interest from the same group of editors. Fa alk created his account on March 2019 and hasn't had a single block since then despite the fact that the articles he edited draw attention from the same editors whom he supposedly "avoided" in your account. The community is not going to cast WP:ASPERSIONs in order to delegitimize another's editor conduct based on hypotheses that make no sense. Fa alk is someone with no blocks since March 2019 when he created his account. He should be judged based on his actual behavior, not a hypothetical scenario.--Maleschreiber (talk) 20:37, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

It doesn't matter he "hasn't had a single block". He is a sock, end of story. Socking is a major no-no, and highly disruptive to the encyclopedia. If you don't understand why, I suggest you read WP:SOCK. By trying to unblock this user, and attempting to derail the SPI by kicking up sand, you are complicit in this disruption. I am now starting to see a pattern where whenever an editor of your ethnicity misbehaves (remember the user who was warned by an admin for throwing around personal attacks), you rush in to try to save them at all costs. Here, you keep repeating over and over (4 times and counting) that "he doesn't have a single block. Yet, his very talkpage here is a graveyard of admonishments, warnings, and warning templates. Did you not see those, or are you pretending not to? Not that it matters. A sock is a sock is a sock. Khirurg (talk) 21:09, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

He's claiming that he is not a sock and he should have a neutral review. I don't see a graveyard of warnings here, not that we need to establish that he's the perfect editor in order for the block/unblock to be justified. The fact though that this is not an editor with blocks/bans highlights a large problem in the narrative that this is a "disruptive sock", about whom even the possibility of being a sock should mean that he needs to be blocked.--Maleschreiber (talk) 18:21, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

You're just not getting it (or, more likely, pretending not to get it). Every sockmaster claims that he is not a sock. And you can keep repeating that "he doesn't have any blocks", but it doesn't work that way. Even in his post below he tries to mock and deceive the community with half-assed excuses I am a part time writer, which explains why i did not start small when I first began editing here. and implying that the blocking admin is somehow biased against editors of Albanian origin. Fact it, this use has a long history of deception, dishonesty, and disruption. You're really not doing your credibility any favors by denying the reality of this user's talkpage being riddled with warnings, admonishments and templates. It is impossible to have any kind of meaningful discussion who someone who simply denies reality. But don't let me stop you. Khirurg (talk) 19:21, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I have already stated that I am not any of those editors of which I am accused of being. The fact that I started publishing articles in March 2019 has to do with my passion for Wikipedia editing, and not socketing. I am a part time writer, which explains why i did not start small when I first began editing here. Now the articles I've published are being requested for deletion, which is a clear sign that there is a planned attack on me, because of my choice of editing. Some editors are simply bothered with my presence here, because I am devoted to the subjects. There are no grounds for any of the accusations directed towards me. I would like someone who isn't biased against editors of Albanian origin to try this request.--Fa alk (talk) 13:43, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

A proper unblock request should be made from the sock master account.Alexikoua (talk) 07:37, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Unblock request from an independent admin

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Fa alk (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

No action was taken with the previous block, so I am requesting a lifting of the block. I would like a third party admin to try my unblock request. The accusations against me is that I am a sock, and related to previously mentioned editors. This is not true. I am not any of these editors and I have no prior history to any of them. I've have never interacted with them. These accusations are false, and most likely part of a planned attack on me due to my passion for editing historical articles. Naturally, due to the nature of the subjects, certain disagreements and open personal attacks have been present against me. I've chosen NOT to engage in such primitive behaviour, and instead, I have continued to do what I do best; edit and learn and read. I love this site. This was not fancied by biased editors with their own nationalistic and xenophobic agendas, who planned this accusation, but with poor and unsubstantiated evidence. Since the majority of the editors argument circulate around anti-Albanian propagandism, I there by find it necessary for a secondary review of my request, and due to the characteristics of said accusers, preferably from a third party admin. Like mentioned above, I am open to allow an IP check to prove that I am not sock, nor any of the editors mentioned. Thank you.Fa alk (talk) 12:16, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Decline reason:

I am mainly declining your unblock request per WP:NOTTHEM. However, I'll add this for the benefit of any other administrator who should come across your future unblock requests: I ran a check on your accounts and nothing strange popped up. Mind you, this does not necessarily prove your innocence, as the CU extension has technical limitations, which is why we also evaluate behavioural evidence. I have reviewed the behavioural evidence provided during the SPI and taken a look at your contributions and have to say that what I saw failed to convince me the block was issued in error. Salvio 20:30, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

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