User talk:Aldux/Archive 4

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[edit] Polish medieval monarchs naming

Hi. I have proposed to move the following monarchs from their current, generally Polish-spelled names (with diacriticals) to the systematical English name, citing my general ground that English should be used, not Polish. Would you share your opinion at Talk:Bolesław I the Brave , Talk:Bolesław II the Bold, Talk:Mieszko II Lambert, Talk:Władysław III Spindleshanks, Talk:Jan I Olbracht and Talk:Kazimierz III the Great. Marrtel 19:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] neodamodes

Thanks; that was quick - found it though link-checking the Helots trans, which should be done tomorrow.Bridesmill 02:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Demosthenes' rewrite

Arrogance is not always a bad thing! Thanks for your advice. The french article is really very useful and I'll keep an eye on it.--Yannismarou 10:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Syssitia

Not a trans, but also did Hippeis from Smith. Naumachia & Cinadon being worked on.Bridesmill 01:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Giacomo, Jacomo, Jacopo?

Hi Aldux, a question about Italian names. For an article about a 15th-century Venetian military leader, provveditore of the Morea Jacomo Barbarigo, which spelling of the first name would you prefer as the primary one: Jacomo, Giacomo, Jacopo? All three seem to be attested. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:05, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rotary International

Would you tell me why you suppressed the problem of entrance of women into Rotary, the Duarte club affair. Thank you. PierreLarcin2 19:44, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pomaks

Hi, I have said quite a lot on the Pomaks at Minority groups in Greece (in the Slav section). I don't know how this will affect your work on the Pomaks article, in the area of duplicating information. --Telex 20:57, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Nice work. I don't see great problems: I've found tons of material on the Greek Pomaks, so it'll be considerable bigger. As for duplicates, we will eventually discuss it at the present conditions, if to shorten some pieces or keep it at it is.--Aldux 21:46, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your support

Dear Aldux/Archive 4,
Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuiviénen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Thanks. :) You know, my brother married Italian women last year. She is from Noci. Beautiful country, you people are privileged.

--Cigor 14:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Too nice, Cigor :-)) --Aldux 16:14, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Hm, you say that as if is a bad thing...--Cigor 13:11, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Really? Well, I must admit that I become a bit partisan, maybe even nationalist regarding my country and still more my region and my valley; this is a reason why I generally don't edit on Italy-related subjects ;-) So I must admit I do feel a bit privileged! ;-)))))--Aldux 14:11, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sclaveni

Aldux, would you be interested in helping with Sclaveni? It's an article created by Deucalionite about the Slavs in early Byzantium. Interesting topic, but I think it needs some work. I haven't got too much literature about the social and population history of that time here right now (only Mango's Oxford History of Byzantium, which is good, but doesn't provide the sort of detail we'd need.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 20:33, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vänsterpartiet

Please motivate your changes on talk page. Also, be aware that I am going to report 3RR violations as soon as you begin using these.--Constanz - Talk 07:50, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Do I know you?

Please stop bothering me, and my personal page. I am Faethon. Nice to meet you, and good bye. KymeSnake2 21:36, 22 June 2006 (UTC) Anyway, if you insist to run after me, for now on I am following the Albanian proverbs list [1] KymeSnake2 21:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Aldux!

I was born 12 May 2005. How old are you? ARrohetMeZemer 22:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Istanbul

Why u did this[2]? ? did u see this [3]? Even more surprising, just an edit before, a user provided a National Geographic source named "Constantinople Today", from 1922 [4]. i really cannot understand when a name in another language should be included in the articles... (or maybe some editors try not to 'hurt' turkish sensitive matters, as the greek name in Istanbul is? --Hectorian 00:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Economy of Ancient Greece

Thanks! --Alex S 16:13, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BC v. BCE

Hi, Aldux. Nice to meet you. Thanks for reverting "BC" back to "BCE" in the Posidonius article. Wikipedia is a world-wide project so when I made my contributions to the article I wanted to use "BCE" as it's a more universal designation. Probably the anonymous edit was well-intentioned, quite possible that the anon had never heard of "BCE". --Tregonsee 21:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually I'm quite neutral on the issue, truely; I only helped maintain the status quo, against arbitrary changes.--Aldux 22:53, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plato

Could not resist - sorry But I did put two more in the queue that are not too lengthy but need doing.Bridesmill 03:18, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Hippias major done; also did small section on authenticity - apparently there is no argument in France (unlike here) that it is authentic. Ciao Bridesmill 00:50, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] a question

Hi Aldux, I've given some thought to our last exchange on my talk and wonder if you would accept a nomination for adminship. I glanced over your recent edits and think you would find the privileges useful. A word of caution: I've never seen a nominator who had voluntary desysopped previously. There's an outside chance this may affect some voters, so you may want to seek another nominator. If you're still interested, please glance over the guide and get back to me. There's no rush, so feel free to give it some thought. If you say yes, I'll dig into your edits some more and come up with a nomination in a couple days. Cheers, BT 00:51, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Aldux, I finally managed to start Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Aldux. I'm very sorry for the delay; I had forgotten how busy my schedule was for Independence Day weekend. I have informed Ezeu that he should go ahead with his co-nom. Please read over my nom statement and let me know if you feel I have misrepresented anything. While I initially wanted to concentrate on the articles we had edited in common, a review of your talk pages convinced me that I needed to address the controversies bleeding over from the Balkan pages directly. Some points that may come up in your nomination that you may want to address in your answers to the standard questions are below, though you may of course ignore them as you wish:

1. You have relatively low usage of edit summaries. I would suggest forcing edit summary prompts through your editing preferences tab and making a note of it in the RFA
2. Use of vulgarity in edit summaries, such as this, even if it is mild vulgarity to exasperating editing, is frowned upon and may earn some opposes. I would recommend addressing this and any other such edit summaries in your answers to questions.

Once Ezeu had added his co-nom, please update the end time and transclude the page into WP:RFA per this guidance. Remember that the only time limit starts after you accept, so take as much time as you want to answer the questions. Good luck! - BT 04:34, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Craziness

I dunno if you've seen the latest craziness from Tchad... Can you check out my mention on the current events page (yesterday's)? I have a bad habit of overhyping... but I think it may be warranted. Im also interested in your opinion on this. Is this good? bad? Personally, Im no fan of Bozize, but this probably means a lot more dead citizens. (KI) Tchadienne 15:14, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comments on reorganisation of History of Greek and Roman Egypt

Hi there. You recently took part in a discussion on the reorganisation of the article History of Greek and Roman Egypt. I added some comments here that I'd welcome comments on. Thanks. Carcharoth 22:52, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] But why?

But why did you have to remove interesting and relevant information? Am I subconsciously POV pushing (i.e. without realizing it)? --Tēlex 11:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greek history: Souli

Hi Aldux, would you be interested in commenting on a matter of (as usual, slightly ideological POV-pushing) dispute about Greek history? It's about the Souliotes, and we are having the usual ethnic disputes, about the weight of the contribution of the Albanian population element in pre-modern Epirus this time. We badly need some proper academic references, people are working on the basis of cheap patriotic history booklets from the Greek mass market... Thanks! Fut.Perf. ☼ 17:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah, thanks, that will help some! I was still hoping for someone to have access to some real literature, but just watching out for the more obvious sillinesses of revert warring is still very welcome too. :-) Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:01, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I know it is totally irrelevant, but i really wanted to say this: Vive l' Italia!:) --Hectorian 00:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Hehe! we are also waiting for the final! (no need to mention that almost the whole Greece supports Italy!). Squadra Azzurra for ever!!! (in the cases that Greece does not take part, of course:p). the climate has gone mad! it rains almost every day, but it is rather hot... lol, welcome to the tropical! Οι καλύτερες ευχές μου για την Κυριακή, φίλε μου! (My best wishes for Sunday, my friend!):) --Hectorian 01:24, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hellenistic Age

Yeah, when I looked at the two articles, I knew that the cross-wiki was a bit off, but it was off for "Hellenisitc civilization" as well. I'm thinking that a completely new page is in order. A google search shows "Hellenistic period" as more often used (433k vs. 190k), but you being an expert on the time period would be better informed as to what the appropriate title will be. Do you think I should create the new article and keep adding translated sections, or should I simply continue work at the talk page and upload the new article when complete, by the way? Also, a minor note, but in English you would say you're "enthusiastic" (or "enthused" if you want to say you've "become enthusiastic," but no one really uses this word and its a bit pedantic) rather than "enthusiast." A better term altogether to use would be "overjoyed" or "excited," though. Don't take it as nitpicking, but as constructive criticism, though. :) — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk • E 02:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Knowing Aldux, "enthused", from entheos (god within), sounds about right, as well as "blissful", delirious", dithyrambic", "ecstatic", "elysian" "enchanted", "enraptured", "enravished", "hysterical", "in seventh heaven", "possesed" and "rhapsodic" ;-) Paul August ☎ 03:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Paul, didn't know you had such a poetic vein.

Nice to hear from you, how are things going?--Aldux 15:19, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Well thanks. I'm heading to Rome then down to Calabria at the end of September. And how are things with you? Are you excited about the World Cup? Paul August ☎ 00:09, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I'm OK, and I'm nearing my first wiky-birthday.

As for, the World Cup, you can immagine, we've gon all mad! If we win, we're going to celebrate till Christmas!--Aldux 00:25, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps you are all "blissful", delirious", dithyrambic", "ecstatic", "elysian" "enchanted", "enraptured", "enravished", "hysterical", "in seventh heaven", "possesed" and "rhapsodic"? Paul August ☎ 00:48, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Or maybe "anguished", "hysterical", "neurotic", "sleepless"; the final has still to be played!

.--Aldux 10:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pella

My thoughts exaclty - the Prefecture page needs to be its own, the Pella page needs to have a hatnote pointing to it, but Hist. of Pella & Pella should be together with the talk pages sorted out likewise - (& then I can get on with doing the trans - unless you had something else up your sleeve ) Dropped in at User_talk:Wetman#Pella also, I'm thinking there is not liekly to be much other comment; if not I'll get on with it in a few days.Bridesmill 17:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

Another proposal to move Caron is currently underway. Since you participated in a past discussion of this, you may be interested. Jonathunder 17:35, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fork

Aldux, don't you think that Bulgarian Muslims is a fork of Pomaks? Perhaps they should be merged. --Tēlex 19:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, nobody doubts they should and shall be merged; I've already discussed of the thing with Todor, and he agreed; the only reason this still hasn't happened is that I thought that first thre should be a complete article, but unfortunately it's quite hard to work at the same times on Ancient Greece, modern Balkans and Africa, so I'm proceeding much slower than I thought. :-(--Aldux 22:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

== GOD EXISTS == And I've just found the proofs!!!!!!!!! (BTW, I've also discovered that he's Italian )--Aldux 21:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I am the first to second that! Una facia una razza, I guess! BTW, did you know that your "Auguri" would sound to a Greek like your "Cetriolo"? Well, Cetriollo, then! (and use it anyway you like). Sorry about Zouzou, though... I kinda liked him. :NikoSilver: 00:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Grazie amico. I supported Greece in the 2004 final (even if I must admit I didn't expect them to win... ah yes the Greeks really took Europe by surprise then ;-)). As for Zizu, I also was a bit sad (just a bit....) for his ending that way such a career, but I must admit I was a bit egoistic; first the victory, than Zizou! Ciao,--Aldux 00:37, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Congradulations from me as well, Aldux!!!:))). I was sure that Italy would win... it couldn't had been otherwise:). about Zizu... no comment:p (btw, i liked Niko's internal links!) --Hectorian 01:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

 ;-) Paul August ☎ 02:27, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Congratulazioni, amico! (although there is probably les autres who think this means the anti-christ reigns

Bridesmill 02:56, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks to all, my friends. As for les autres, it is well known that it's them who are servants of the anti-Christ.... ;-)--Aldux 10:22, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] and another Poll...

Hi. There's a debate about how much "X-ian" one must be in order to be considered "X-American" (or X-Yian for that matter) and be categorized as such. The poll is here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groups/Rules for lists of X-Americans. Kindly weigh in! :NikoSilver: 21:50, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] translations

thanks Aldux, i'm going to start doing translations regularly. you know, inter-wiki co-operation and stuff.

good luck with your admin nomination, and congratulations on the world cup!

Rich 00:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Macedonia (terminology)

Well, that'll be the first article we're not bitching too much about! :-) :NikoSilver: 22:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Byzantine names: suggested moratorium

On Talk:List of Byzantine Emperors I've suggested a limited moratorium because I don't think the current discussion is leading to, or can lead to, consensus. I hope you'll vote, for or against! Best wishes Andrew Dalby 13:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dopioi

Concerning this [5] u may have to refresh your greek:)... dopia neutral singular, dopioi male plural-the speakers of it, dopians... doesn't exist. btw, the dopioi identify as Greeks. it means natives: dopios<-ντόπιος<-'ντόπιος<-εντόπιος(adjective)<-εν+τόπος(in+place). Regards --Hectorian 17:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

There is no "Dopioi". It is either "Ntopioi" or "Dopii" - take your pick. --Tēlex 17:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Telex...:p. I bet that Aldux knows how to pronunce them all (it is the same!). maybe i should try the IPA next time. --Hectorian 17:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh well, I'm not the only one who gets it wrong ;-)--Aldux 17:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats

Even though, as they say, μηδένα προ του τέλους μακάριζε, I just wanted to be the first to congratulate you on your impending adminship. Unless you hidden opponents find something to turn the match in the last minute, like your nation's football players, you'll be unstoppable! :-) --Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah yes, me too. --Tēlex 21:32, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks my friends, but it's better wait a few hours - you never know :-)--Aldux 21:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

		The Barnstar of National Merit
		For your exceptional work in contributing high levels of referenced material on Greek history, you are awarded this barnstar. Blnguyen | rant-line 03:11, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For the exceptional work in articlespace across many countries. Blnguyen | rant-line 03:11, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

		The Epic Barnstar
		For your magnificent work in expanding ancient Greek historyBlnguyen | rant-line 03:11, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your RfA

I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:

• Administrators' reading list
• Administrators' how-to guide
• Administrator's Noticeboard

• Administrator's Noticeboard for Incidents
• Administrator's Noticeboard for Three-revert-rule violations

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 02:57, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

• Congratulations! You'll be a fine admin. --Ezeu 03:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Congrats Aldux. I guess I should watch RfA, I didn't even get to vote for you! Well I'm sure you didn't need my vote ;-) Paul August ☎ 03:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

A toast

All the best on your successful RfA. I cruised in at the last minute, and was surprised to see that with all your contributions to Wikipedia, the relative lack of support that you got. Anyway, here's to the most unsung hero ever on wikipedia.Blnguyen | rant-line 03:11, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

The reasonable tone of that RFA may have helped restore my faith in process. ;) Congratulations on your long overdue promotion. - BT 04:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Have fun moppin'.--Andeh 10:49, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Come on guys, you'll make me blush...;-)--Aldux 15:43, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GNNT

I'm not at all sure, but then what's new, where Chad's concerned!
My edit was based on this [[6]], which quotes a presidential decree of 15 February 2006, nominating ministers, and showing the GNNT under the responsibility of the Minister for Territorial Administration. (Incidentally it also shows the Ministry of Defence as being attached to the Presidency.)
On the other hand, I also found this [7], dated 10 May 2006, which says the President, through the Ministry of Defence, nominated two military officers to senior posts in the GNNT. (But this may mean that these are two Army officers being posted to jobs in the GNNT, not that the GNNT is under the Ministry of Defence.)
However, going back to 2004, there are draft minutes of proceedings in the National Assembly [8] that say the Minister of Defence is responsible the Army, Air Force, GNNT and Gendarmerie.
But finally, legislation dating from 1994, that appears still to be in force [9], does show the GNNT as part of the Ministry of the Interior.
So, you can take your pick. My guess is that responsibility is shared and has moved back and forth. Lots of the GNNT are presumably still tied up guarding people, buildings and prisoners in every prefecture and sous-prefecture across the country and therefore take their orders from the local civil administrator, which makes it sensible for them to be part of the territorial administration ministry. On the other hand, when there is rebel activity, some of them presumably get mobilised to fight alongside the Army, so there would be more sense for them to be under the defence ministry. Don't know if this helps!
Kahuzi 09:37, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I've copied our exchange onto the talk page for the GNNT, so anyone can see easily why we've left it as it is. Kahuzi 13:37, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] As per Niko's suggestion

New admin Aldux using his new equipment to tidy up the Balkans

([10]) Here, this is for you:

Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Ha ha! And... el:cetriolli for your adminship too! :NikoSilver: 15:02, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

PS. For those of you who are barbarians, read above to understand...

[edit] Worthy use of your new admin powers

Congratulations on your recent granting of admin powers. I would like to draw your attention to a worthy use of those powers - the closing of copyvio reports listed on WP:CP. As you'll see there are many tens of such reports that need dealing with each day, and the backlog is barely being kept under control despite a couple of us spending lots of time working on them. The process is pretty easy and sorting a few only takes a little time and with a group of people helping, we can keep the backlog under control easily - just review the article & the source to ensure it is a copy, and then delete. Any help would certainly be appreciated - any questions, ask away. Kcordina ^Talk 09:08, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Well eventhough I'm annoyed by everything Italian ever since the unjust and random victory of 9/7, I admit that if it weren't for my long wiki-break I would have definitely voted positively for your adminship. I had once even considered suggesting you in the first place, but I then preferred to avoid being passed for a "boot-licker" [(CP)-Apostolos Margaritis]. So Congrats. Miskin 13:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

And here's my gift [11]. Miskin 13:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I disagree strongly regards the final, but I really appreciate your congrats, thanks!

--Aldux 13:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rotary

Thanks. You are showing remarkable restraint; We have certainly never worked together on that article AFAIR, many admins would simply act (and get horrid reputations for bias - see the East Sea page lock put on by the Japanese admin) Not sure whether I should try to fix the Rotary mess (with undoubted revert silliness) or just let his ramblings speak for themselves until a neutral admin can jump in. Your thoughts?Bridesmill 16:47, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

That was nothing, I only saw that the dispute went on and on without a consensus being found, and much worse, Pierre risked making the talk so inflamatory to make the talks of Balkans-related articles masterpieces of good manners. I've contacted Jkelly for trying a mediation, as he is a particularly experienced and respected editor, and, more important, he always remains cool when the situation gets hot.--Aldux 17:20, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

My name is Avdo. I noticed the milestones template on your page and I think it's a really great idea! I'd like to try to make one for myself, based on your template, but I do not want to "steal" your idea without your permission :). I will put your username on the bottom of the template, something along the lines of "Thanks to Aldux", just to show how gratefull I am for your permission (if I get it :)). Best regards, --GOD OF JUSTICE 06:36, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

? --GOD OF JUSTICE 05:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the information, I appreciate it :) --GOD OF JUSTICE 22:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anons

If you want to watch an article, watch Greeks. It's been trolled by two anons - one (most likely User:Kamikazi2) who keeps replacing the census data for FYROM with the JP figures, and another one who keeps messing with the number of Greeks in Greece in favour of an WP:OR figure. --Tēlex 10:42, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Do you think you could do something about that anon who just violated the 3RR (was warned). If I report him (due to the backlog at AN3), it'll take years until something is actually done about it. --Tēlex 11:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The so-called need for Aldux to block me about Lindbergh, P.Bush and Rotary

Aldux, If you want to block me, do it now.

As far as I know, I have placed conferencemakers on the wiki MYSELF, restored two time and that's your friend BridesMill who blanked that three times WITHOUT ANY JUSTIFICATION. HE needs to be blocked.

About the proximity between Rotarians Lindbergh and Prescott Bush and the nazi theses, there is absolutely nothing in the talk page. So WHAT ?? Place it here, so I can answer. If nothing between two days -clock in the hand-, I replace the both phrases. PierreLarcin2 16:55, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Bridesmill, explain here CLEARLY what you talked : "I had deleted that way back in june - but with cause as explained above." BTW - the source for their membership is probably the Rotary site itself isn't it? I wouldn't call that 'manipulating the internet to hide the truth'. For Christ'sake where did you see that phrase under my pen about proximity between rotarians P. Bush and Rotarian Lindbergh ? PierreLarcin2 16:59, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The blanking of Rotarian Conferencemakers by BridesMill- Polemic

Please explain me WHAT I have to refute. SO I WILL BE ABLE CAN DO IT. But for the moment I dunnot know what I need to refute. Place it here clearly.

If nothing between two days -clock in the hand-, I replace the both phrases. PierreLarcin2 16:59, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re : Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia

I know it is ridiculous. When User:Objectivee did his first change, I thought to myself this is so silly, nobody will believe. However I will have limited participation in the article, I would really prefer some moderate Albanian ideally from Macedonia to be involved.--Cigor 19:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I understand, and I would be happy if a sensible editor like Telex would do the work. As for dedicated Macedonian Albanians, I haven't as yet seen much; telling the truth, in a year of activity, I have found only two active "Albanian" editors really interested in Macedonia, that is REX (no more active, I think) and Telex.--Aldux 11:30, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hellenization

Hi! and congradulations! (for the 2nd time in one week!). can u please take a look in this article? anon IPs and 'well-known' users push POV and remove sourced info. i am not sure if i should ask for protection of the article, but i think that semi protection is really needed:(... --Hectorian 20:26, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Policy permits it - Francis just blocked an IP for 3RR, and he evaded it (probably via open proxies) and continued reverting. You can to it to stop blocked users editing with the {{sprotect-banneduser}} tag. --Tēlex 20:31, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

He was using open proxies and Francis blocked them all (for 24 hours each). However, I think one of them slipped, and he made a revert under his own IP (the one from Romania - 86.124.112.36 (talk · contribs · block log)). This is why I think he's suddenly dissapeared ;-) --Tēlex 11:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Nah, it looks like he's back (probably editing via an open proxy). As long as he does nothing wrong... --Tēlex 11:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Libya

Please feel free to evaluate the Libya article which has become a 'Featured Article Candidate' and write you support or opposition on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. Hopefully Libya will become only the second African country to be featured on Wikipedia. Thanks --User:Jaw101ie 12:30, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Macedonian language

Thanks. Thats what I was aiming for. See the talk page :) - FrancisTyers · 17:50, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, Hectorian just added back "Greek" instead of "Byzantian". Seeing as I can't remove it, I'll readd the rest (because it is sourced). Your input would be appreciated. - FrancisTyers · 18:17, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rotary (in circles; appropriate)

What is the next step in this saga? I am very close to losing my cool with this individual... Bridesmill 22:51, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Regarding what's happening to your talk page maybe you should consider doing what an editor said wrote on his user talk: "Hello. Thanks for visiting my talk page. I really enjoy hearing from people, but if you decide to post here you should know that I reserve the right to delete, without response, comments that I determine -- in my sole, exclusive, and quite probably biased judgment -- to be abusive, irrelevant, or simply annoying."

To make it clear, you are free to delete anything Pierre wrote on your talk page, as this is your talk page. If he insists, I'll you, so don't worry for that. But be careful to keep calm, and especially read what he wrote at User talk:Jkelly, as he's pushing there against you, trying to get you blocked. It's a pity I have so little knowledge of the argument, cause I can't help you much; I only hope Jkelly will be able to do something. I must admit also I'm partly trying to avoid direct confrontation, as he terribly remembers me the Balcanic ultranationalists I've met so many time in wikipedia, and God knows I already have had too many disputes with that sort of guys. But please remember, keep calm; at the end Pierre's rudeness and personal attacks will only damage him, not you. Ciao, --Aldux 23:35, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] congratulations

My congratulations for your adminship :) If I knew it, I would have supported it :) talk to +MATIA 09:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Matia, I had no doubts of that :-)--Aldux 11:13, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] All articles can be improved

Bad English?? Come on, this is a cheapshot :) ... Not the case i am afraid.

'"there are minority communities in Greek Macedonia with their own dialect and history but where the overwhelming majority consists of Greeks (who are also known as Macedonians in the region), as well as in Albania and Bulgaria"

Talking of bad english... This phrase does seem to make sense. Am i not entitle to change it? Seems not.

(In any case between you and me there is no seperate history and if you beleive so please make some reffereces to you sources).

The lack of refferences is quite evident in the whole of the text. I do not see why i should provide bibliography for altering (in good faith) passages that state important but in a way unaccurate facts and do not have any reffences to back them up. In any case, i will do so if anyone asks me for it but i wont lose my time when it seems that certain people are quite satisfied with their wotk and do not accept comments and corrections.(but if this is the case they should not write here, really)

As for the ancient period paragraph. It is quite misleading since it does not refer to ancient times at all. Propably should exclude all the passage from text. It is indeed a controversial article and a very amusing one to follow up, from its creation to the seemingly result. Is like drafting a treaty between hostal tribes. The fact that large parts of the outcome derive from original contributions with very clear, highly nationalistic positions for the one (mostly) and the other side is absolutely charming.

Considering all that, i think that i propably could lower my expectations but of course not abandon them. This article has flaws and can be improved. The fact that is controversial should not be considered a problem. There is no thing like status quo ante in wiki as far as i know. In any case my alterations reffer to comonly accepted facts undisputed by all sides. I will sincerely continue keeping you company in your efforts. Thanks in advance Haas

ps: i am not a freak nationalist. The choice of words should be more carefull. You are lowering the level here Bomac (and may i add: an impresseive page, wow! I wonder if you can tell the same thing for yourself...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Haas K. D. (talk • contribs)