Talk:Gothic War (377–382)

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An entry from Gothic War (377–382) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 16 March 2006.

[edit] "What's more?" What's less?

Quote: "What's more,..." I'm sure Wikipedia doesn't allow this kind of presentation. --Terrancommander 15:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, if you take it out of context. If you actually read what's being said, it emphasis the reason why the Goths decided to revolt. -- Stbalbach 16:04, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Of course I read, obviously. Only thing is, it is funny that I have never seen that phrase used before in any other article on Wikipedia. "What's more" is also a figure of speech, denoted by the apostrophe. I am sure that you do not write the words "can't", "don't" or "won't" here. These words are in the same category. I also think that there is absolutely no need for the sarcasm intended. --> "If you actually read what's being said". --Terrancommander 15:58, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Whatever. Please stop posting on my talk page, you seem to have taken this personally. I don't know you, I don't care about you, just leave my talk page alone. Thank you, have a nice day. -- Stbalbach 15:44, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. However, your sarcastic tone is not required, and I could request an apology if I wanted to. You have implied that I cannot read what was written in the article. This can be considered a personal attack, and therefore I may take it personally. --Terrancommander 11:19, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Terrancommander, what is your problem? I asked you to stop posting on my talk page and you did so anyway. If you continue to harass me, I will ask for an administrator to intervene. Your crocodile tears argument is not very convincing. We had an edit dispute, and now your turning this into a "NPA" over something that is worded very ambiguously and frankly is a statement of fact "if you read the entire section" ie. if you take the whole thing into context. And if you want to talk about sarcasm, look at what your wrote originally: "What's more?" What's less? - so give it a break, you are in much more serious violation by continuing to post on my talk page when I have asked you to stop. --Stbalbach 15:41, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link?

Could/Should there be a link to the term foederati? <KF> 17:02, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Visigoth/Ostrogoth split

This article claims that the Goths split into Visi- and Ostro- Goths in 380, after first claiming that it was Visigoths that moved into the Empire in 376. Both surely can't be true. Note that the latter version is supported by our other articles about Goths. Zocky | picture popups 18:46, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Most of Wikipedia (and most history books) are fairly confused on this issue. It's complex, there were dozens of tribes involved, Goths all over the place, it's not the simple split this article (currently) makes it out to be. --Stbalbach 19:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)