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[edit] greek dance???

It gave me great laugh to read that Çiftetelli is greek. It's name and origin is obviously turkish. I edited the ethimology. In fact the article aprroves that çiftetelli is brought to Grecce from MicraAsia which is in fact Turkey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.133.129.16 (talk) 13:05, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I assume you mean "etymology;" it's good that someone edited the text, but allow me to correct you on one and only matter: Asia Minor ("Μικρά Ασία" is the Greek equivalent) is a region, and thus any assertions as to the origin of a dance by it's current inhabitors alone is, by definition, false; literally dozens of populations have lived in this area, apparently due to its placement on the map that makes it excellent for trade and a number of other endeavors. Finally, please do refrain from indirectly insulting others, especially if you don't mean to sign up on Wikipedia as a permanent member: you wouldn't want to receive an anonymous letter saying that they laugh at what you claimed, right? Still, your edits are very welcome. - RaspK FOG (talk) 08:55, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] redirect problems

The referenced Turkish traditional dance link just redirects to this article. Pretty much useless.--Vidkun 17:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In serious need of editing!

This article suffers from typographical and spelling errors, bad syntax, and unnecessarily convoluted diction; please check up on your contributions and take more care of them - the state this article is in is awful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RaspK FOG (talk • contribs) 16:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move

I am moving this article to "Çiftetelli", as "Greece" is not listed under "Yunanistan", "Çiftetelli" can not be listed under "Tsifteteli"

--Eae1983 (talk) 12:30, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New home

I will also now that the page his moved, make some clarifications about the geography, since it is a dance found all over the ex-ottoman empire.

--Eae1983 (talk) 12:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, it looks like something now. Cheers! --Eae1983 (talk) 12:44, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Arabic?

Does it also exist in Arabic culture? Badagnani (talk) 21:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Enlisting countries where it is famous and has contributed to its spread and the meaning of the dance

Could we add the meaning of the dance in a separate wide section and another with a list of all the countries that have the dance or contributed to it in any sort? --87.221.5.240 (talk) 21:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

We could do all of these, my dear friend, and I invite you HERE to discuss about any changes you wish to make, before you actually do them. Also please stop asserting nationalist comments in our talk pages such as "everyone knows very well that when that dance was invented, Turks did not exist.".. AHEMMM... (What about Turks in Asia and China, and the large majority of Ottomans in Anatolia were what, Aliens?). Again, next time you will change something please provide factual accuracy other than Greek Propaganda. (It's "Çiftetelli" by the way)
Anyways, as much as I love Greeks and Greek Language and Culture, people with immature ideas like you give sometimes a very retarded image of Greece. For your information, I brought the article to that level by working hand in hand with a Greek expert and also fending off some Turkish Ultra-Nationalism.

Cheers!! --Eae1983 (talk) 22:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)