User talk:Pinikas

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1 Hadjidakis Controversy
2 On Aegean Sea Template
3 Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
4 License tagging for Image:Fdisk.gif
5 Fair use rationale for Image:PhantasmagoriaInterlaced.png
6 Fair use rationale for Image:Ugh Computer Game Screenshot1.png
7 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Ugh Computer Game Screenshot1.png
8 Image Tagging Image:ArchangelosRuins.jpg
9 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Reflections Album cover.jpg
10 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Frostbite video game.png
11 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Phantasmagoria box.jpg

[edit] Hadjidakis Controversy

Pinikas, why do you continuously remove the categorisation of Hadjidakis as a " gay musician"? It is widely known that Hadjidakis was openly gay.

Though it was widely known, Hadjidakis himself never admited such thing. I think such categorization is misleading.

A friend of mine has a book, in whose edition the Orchestra of Colours is involved. I do not remember the title of the book, I will ask him and tell you. Anyway it can be found in almost every big Greek bookshop.

In it, Agathi Dimitrouka( one of the people who wrote lyrics for Hadjidakis' songs), she is asked by the journalist whether Gatsos was annoyed by Hadjidakis' "sexual preferences". She answers that although Gatsos was from Peloponnisos, he was very open-minded.

She also says that because Hadjidakis was very charming, Gatsos said to him (in a humorous manner) that fortunately he( Hadjidakis) did not like women, because if he liked women, all the women would prefer him( Hadjidakis) and there would be no women left for the others.

In the same book Michael Kamen( member of NewYork Rock 'n Roll Ensemble who worked with Hadjidakis) says that the album "Reflections" in the beginning was meant to be a soundtrack of a film by a Turkish director, . He says that one of the reasons why Hadjidakis stopped working for the Turkish director was the fact that he made continuously fun of Hadjidakis' homosexuality.

In the same book Theodorakis says that Hadjidakis was proud to be "different"( because he considered it a case of freedom and fullfilment) at an era when it was very difficult to be different.

I think that it since Hadjidakis' homosexuality is widely known in Greek society, since some of his closest friends confirm that Hadjidakis was gay and since NOONE of his friends and family( not even himself) has ever denied the truthfulness of the widely spread belief of Hadjidakis' homosexuality, it is clear that Hadjidakis was gay.

If you want I can tell you in a few days the name of the above book and the exact pages at which Hadjidakis' close friends and coworkers confirm that he was gay.

If you insist on your opinion, we can contact Wikipedia, demand a third opinion, arbitration etc.

[edit] On Aegean Sea Template

Thank you for correcting the images descriptions I submitted to Rhodes page. You may have notice that at the bottom of the page there is turkish flag. Do you know a way we can remove it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mouras (talk • contribs) 16:39, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

The Turkish flag you are reffering to is part of the Aegean Sea template. Countries of the Aegean Sea include both Greece and Turkey so the flag/country name is correctly placed in the list. Still, you can add comments to the template discussion page at Template_talk:Aegean_Sea. Thanks pinikas (talk) 16:53, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

As you may know, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, and trivia sections contradict our manual of style. The article in question could probably benefit from a scholarly and well-sourced analysis of the importance of PB&J in contemporary Western culture, and, when such a section is written, the Family Guy and Seinfeld factoids could be integrated as valuable references. Until that time, I see no prospect of integrating them as recommended by {{trivia}}. Feezo (Talk) 09:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I know you are right, but, there are thousands of articles in Wikipedia with trivia sections. I preffer to see {{trivia}} more of a general guideline rather than a strict regulation. Following the rules in such a strict manner is not always constructive. Nonetheless I just want to copy here a comment by User:Kapuchinski from Talk:Pringles#Pringles_have_a_lot_of_flavors._Get_used_to_it.

"Wikipedia does not have the paper limitations of a normal encyclopedia. So there is less of a need to omit data, and I don't think there's any need to omit fun facts. Isn't Wikipedia a great source for fun facts? The main page is devoted to them. I am going to restore the flavors section because it has these tantalizing, delicious facts. I would be grateful if someone would rewrite it without omitting any crazy rice-infused, strawberry-flavor fun facts. Otherwise just keep them in their poorly-presented glory, as per the guidelines." Kapuchinski (talk) 23:43, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, pinikas (talk) 10:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay. We can leave it in; it's mildly interesting, and doesn't actually hurt the article. :) Feezo (Talk) 14:30, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Fdisk.gif

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:PhantasmagoriaInterlaced.png

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Ugh Computer Game Screenshot1.png

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Ugh Computer Game Screenshot1.png

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[edit] Image Tagging Image:ArchangelosRuins.jpg

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