Talk:Prostitution in ancient Greece

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• This article was originally translated from the French wikipedia article fr:Prostitution en Grèce antique 22 May 2006Bridesmill 15:45, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Two redlinks - Polemon of Ilion & Artemis Orthis, the former I'm working on, the latter I'll translate from the fr: article.Bridesmill 15:45, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The article does not read correctly in English

Odd phrasing, wrong prepositions, etc. but author wishes no changes. Not interesting topic to me so I will pursue it no more. KarenAnn 01:12, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Redirects do not work if they are in red. KarenAnn 01:17, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, redlinks are fully understood. In this article, it points to missing articles, some of which are currently in production & some of which are needed. I am not averse to copyedits if they are required; I am also not the author - just the translator. Nor did I state I did not want changes - I stated that substantive changes need citation & evidence. There is a hufge change between it employed a significant proportion of the population and your uncited prostitutes made up a significant proportion of the population , as there is between Solon's regulated prices and your unsourced standardized prices. Did not condemn prostitutes replaced by did not punish - a significant difference, as you can condemn without punishing, and there is no evidence of this. Prostitution involved both sexes differently was there on purpose as a lead in to the next clauses; you changed this to downplay the gender difference, which I believe to be a significant point. Again, there is a difference between the formal an assembly of citizens as cited from Ps.Demosthenes and the gaggle represented by your a group of citizens . Finally, there is a subtle difference between relations with another woman and relationships - the formar implies acts, the latter implies commitments. In all of your edits, there were no grammatical changes, and only one in terms of style ('severly dealt with' versus 'dealt with severely'). If you can provide no explenation or no identification of your purported 'wrong prepositions', I see no need for the copyedit tag.Bridesmill 15:18, 10 June 2006 (UTC)