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I have deleted your article Gr: Νίκι Λάουντα from the English Wikipedia. I see that you meant to add it to the Greek Wikipedia, and that you have done so at el:Νίκι Λάουντα. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 08:34, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 2015

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Ioannis Kapodistrias, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Dr. K. 23:49, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to your message on my talk page

The way Wikipedia works is described at WP:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. If you think that a change would improve the encyclopedia, be bold and make it (as you did, good!) If it is then reverted (as it was by Dr.K. (talk)), do not re-revert (which could start an edit war) but discuss the question on the article talk page, and try to reach a WP:Consensus with other editors.

With a question of fact, like Kapodistrias' birth date, we have to ask what reliable sources say. Our article cites the Encyclopedia Britannica which gives 11 Feb 1776. Britannica is usually considered a reliable source, and it would take solid evidence to go against it. I see that this source says 31 Jan, but no doubt that is according to the Julian calendar, and different treatment of leap years make that a complex conversion. The book cited in note 21 says 10 Feb. It may well be that differences in the treatment of Julian-to-Gregorian conversion account for the different versions.

What you should do is, start a discussion on the article talk page, citing any sources you have for 10 Feb, and see what other people think. If sources conflict, maybe the article should have a note that says so. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:00, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]