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..."it takes its name from Poseidon's wife, the nymph Syme" Not identifiable. We need a citation if this is to stay. --Wetman 04:57, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Throughout the article the name is rendered as "Simi". This was the spelling at the time of Italian Occupation (1912 - 1947) the accepted modern translation from the Greek is "Symi".
The main town of Symi is split into two distinct communities. The Harbour, known as "Gialos" (or "Yialos") and the Village known as "Chorio" Other centres of population are Pedi and Nimborio —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.195.35.180 (talk • contribs) 13:55, 19 September 2006.
Monuments The article states "There are two monuments at the main port that date back to the "Classical era" However it does not tell us what these monuments are and where they are to be found and is therefore of little value. The only two monuments I am aware of in Symi's "Port" (which I take to mean Gialos Harbour) are the War Memorial whch stands in front of a carved depiction of a greek trireme and the the Clock Tower. Neither of these stem from Classical times however. If these are the momuments being refered to I would be happy to conribute a more detailed description of them Harani66 11:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've removed the rather vague reference to two momuments from the classical era and put in it's place, the war memorial and the clock tower. I have variously found the clock tower date to be 1880 and 1881 so have put it as "circa 1880 Harani66 11:17, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Link
A website called www.SymiGreece.com had been linked to from the main page for about a year. A particular user keeps on editing away this link as he feels it is not useful to anyone wanting to know about Symi. Please look for yourself and decide. SymiGreece has over 3000 photos of Symi and over 300 videos of the island. It is regularly updated every day with at least 20 more photos. It also contains the most comnprehensive directory to sites about Symi on the Internet. It is also a COMPLETELY NON-COMMERCIAL site. The link should be reinstated at once.
- Just because the link has been there for over a year, doesn't mean that it should be there. It was overlooked. The website is a spam link and is a fansite which according to Wikipedia policy are not allowed. And as wikipedia states it is not a directory of links or images. Just because it has over 3,000 images doesn't justify it being there. It also allows you to advertise your business. El Greco (talk · contribs) 18:16, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
SymiGreece is not a business!!! It's a hobby site created by a trio of guys who live on Symi. In the past year it has contained over 25 news articles translated from Greek that are available nowehere else on the net, it has followed the clebrated Symi festival day by day, and provides a facility for people to ask questions of Symi residents and get quick responses. It is NOT spam and it is NOT a fansite...not by any definition of these words. Your interpretation of Wikipedia policy is incorrect and it is also selective as there are links to "fan forums" and "fan sites" on many of the pages that you yourself have either created or contributed to.
It is certainly a SPAM site and it is also using dubious means to sneak in links to SymiGreece again, vis a vis the reference to Cobi Sanders who has a commercial website linked to theirs, and the spurious electoral roll reference which once again links direct to their website, specifically a defamatory webpage targeting a local newspaper. Domenica2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Domenica2 (talk • contribs) 16:02, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Cobi Sanders has nothing whatsoever to do with SymiGreece, she is just one of many dozens of people that the site has talked to and photographed over the past year. There is no other source on the web that has even a quarter of the Symi-related news items that SymiGreece.com has, so it is hardly surprising that they will carry information and articles, many of them direct translations from the Greek press, that nobody else carries, and hence be a source of reference for Symi. The item you refer to is not in the least bit defamatory, it is a piece of journalism that made several good points, including the mention of the electoral roll, and which received not a jot of complaint when it was made, as I recall. The only other item I know of that mentions the size of the non-Greek population is the Sean Damer article that I also referenced but the number it quotes is several years out of date. I know from my personal experience of the mayoral election in October 2006 that the figure of 120 was the one touted by both sides in the campaign. If you have a better reference with a better provenance, then post it and I am sure we will all be grateful to you. I do get very tired of the "SymiGreece haters" who see the site as a bad thing simply because it does what it does very well and completely for free. In the year and a half it has existed, it has increased the profile of Symi on the internet to a very great degree. I think, Domenica, you should try giving some evidence to support YOUR defamatory claims before you post them here. It would also be a good idea if you made sure that your information was correct before you started changing articles. Your changes regarding the Symi Festival were just plain incorrect. For the past two years the Festival program has included events in September, though tragedies have led to these being cancelled as a sign of respect; this year the fires that raged in Greece in late August were the reason. Symi Resident (talk · contribs) 17:14, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
