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[edit] Ancient Greece
Yia sou, Tsourkpk. I've seen your comment on Talk:Ancient Greece and I agree (as you can see from my comment right above yours). The topic is too important to be left in this state. I didn't know what you say about schoolkids being encouraged to edit, but the daily experience of watching this article strongly suggests you are right. Alas, I am not a professional classicist, are you? Also, I think that the article is a task that might require some time, some discussion, and a team of authors who are willing and able to contribute. They'd have to agree on a series of sections, prepare them on their own sandboxes (with references), and then overhaul the article in one go, and watch it ever after... Should it be, in your opinion, a long essay on Ancient Greek civilisation as a whole, or perhaps a series of shorter introductions, linking to the more detailed wikipedia articles on the relevant topics? Is there anyone else out there who feels this needs attention? athinaios (talk) 00:57, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pelasgians
Just so you know Tsourkpk, Dbachmann has reviewed the paragraph supporting the Albanian-Pelasgian connection and has decided to remove the majority of its content (except for one sentence that is actually relevant to the Pelasgians article). Anyway, if you want to contribute to the discussion, then by all means participate. I would greatly appreciate your input. Thanks. Deucalionite (talk) 17:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pelasgians (again)
Just so you know Tsourkpk, I tried to convince Dbachmann to fix the "paragraph" supporting the so-called Albanian-Pelasgian connection. Unfortunately, I did not get a response from him. I think that you (or even Megistias) should do the honors of following through with Dbachmann's critical review. This issue has to come to a close. I would greatly appreciate your help. Thanks. Deucalionite (talk) 17:47, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Question
Hello and sorry to annoy you.Your frontpage says you are interested in maps.I uploaded this after hard work with many books Ancient Epirusbut i cant understand how to place it in Epirus and Epirus-related subjects like personalities and the such.Could you help?Also check the talk page it has for explanation in several questions regarding specific tribes. Megistias (talk) 20:33, 28 November 2007 (UTC) illyrian tribesHello what do you think of this one? Ok i found out how.Megistias 14:34, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
mapsCan you check these out and tell me what you think? I ll be improving on the Illyrian and Thracin even more as soon as possible.Megistias (talk) 23:20, 12 December 2007 (UTC) No such thing as EPIROTIC?? http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/alban/blanchus/blanc.htm You're obviously a Greek Propagandist on a payroll.
[edit] EPIROTIC
No such thing as EPIROTIC??
http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/alban/blanchus/blanc.htm
You're obviously a Greek Propagandist on a payroll. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Epirjoti (talk • contribs) 09:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- This is a misnaming of the albanian language based in geography and historical anachronism.Albanians appear at 1000 Ad.Megistias (talk) 12:29, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Saranda
Hi! You reverted my amends saying they were "unexplained mass deletions". They were not. I was merely rearranging the information into topic headings, subed into native English and add a link to Ksamil. You may care to restore my amends. No offence intended, but a brief read would have made this clear. I certainly don't wish to start a content fight; my intention was to improve the content. Folks at 137 (talk) 23:16, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] White space
There are 2 ways that I know of to minimise white space. Normally, the table of contents (toc) will generate space, as it did in the Saranda article, but if one uses {{tocleft}} or {{tocright}} it forces the toc to the left or right and text can fill the space. Use of boxes can also generate white space and one can reduce it by use of {{clear}}. Not sure how it's used, try some experiments, there's an example at D class cruiser which might help. Good luck, mate. Folks at 137 (talk) 08:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] This has gone too far
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- Taulant lies once moreCome here dude.Megistias (talk) 00:36, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Take a look pls
Can you please take a look at the edits by User:WikiBakel here? He is adding info from ultra-nationalistic site (illyrians.org) and I have already reverted him three times... Helladios (talk) 22:03, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- I have already reported him on WP:ANI. He clearly is not interested in constructive editing. --Tsourkpk (talk) 22:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- The truth will come out one day. For me Wikipedia has become nothing more than your propaganda. You can't give any valid arguments if something is wrong in the quoted tekst from illyrians.org. You are a sad example of someone that can't win an argument with facts. You accuse the site illyrians.org of being ultra-nationalistic. The same can be said of all the contributrions you made to wikipedia. I demand arbitrage by non-greek people. Probably you are to affraid for that and you will delete this again WikiBakel (talk) 14:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
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- If I were to erase the insulting comment you wrote above, I would actually be doing you a favor, since insulting me in the manner you did only makes YOU look bad. Now, you can "sanitize" your own talk page all you want [[1]], [[2]], [[3]], [[4]], but know that every insult, every derogatory comment, every slur and every rant you post on MY page will be available for everyone to see for all eternity. As for your site illyrians.org, it is indeed nothing more than a fringe-lunatic crackpot nationalist website, so please familarize yourself with WP:RS and stop wasting everyone's time. --Tsourkpk (talk) 21:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Slavic toponyms for Greek places
Thank for your time to participate. It seems that not to many want to participate!!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Slavic_toponyms_for_Greek_places#Slavic_toponyms_for_Greek_places Seleukosa (talk) 15:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you Tsourkpk! The article had alot and serius problems! I am glad I could help Seleukosa (talk) 23:58, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
As it seems the article reapeared!!!!!! Have a look and participate if you like!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Slavic_toponyms_for_Greek_places Seleukosa (talk) 11:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Turkish names for Greek places
Like you, I am unenthused about having Turkish names in the lead sentence for most Greek places. However, I am not so sure about omiting them in the "history" section. It was part of their history to be called something else. I hope this can be recognized. Student7 (talk) 01:53, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I suppose including the Ottoman Turkish name for some places in the history section is fine with me. However, I still think that should be the case only in places where the Ottoman presence was significant and left a more lasting mark on the place (e.g. for Thrace, but not for the Cyclades for example).
- Clearly your knowledge of Greek history well exceeds my own. I defer to your good judgement! Student7 (talk) 02:24, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
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- I'm getting involved with this specifically because I have no particular interest in the outcome. I'm not punishing Megistias (unless he does something to deserve it). I've been careful to distinguish primary from secondary sources. And the article is not ruined. DS (talk) 20:16, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
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- Well, Megistias is referring to the fact that he got slapped with WP:ARBMAC and that the user who provoked this edit-war got away scott-free, not something you did. I also tend to think that this is somewhat unfair. Concerning sources, it is my understanding that the ancient, primary sources break down as follows: Plutarch explicitly states the Chaonians were Greek, Thucydides mentions them as "barbarians" (which may or may not mean they were Greek), Pseudo-Scylax simply omits them, while Hecateus of Miletus mentions them as Greek. Just like the secondary sources, no primary sources explicitly says they were non-Greek. And if they were Illyrian or Thracian (the only two non-Greek possibilities), there would exist a source that would mention that. To my knowledge, such a source, primary or secondary, does not exist. Rather, as Megistias points out, it seems there is overwhelming evidence that they were Greek. Therefore, the summary to your recent edit is perplexing. As far as I can tell, there is no disagreement among ancient sources either. --Tsourkpk (talk) 20:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Slavic toponyms for Greek places 2
Where is it up for voting? Because it's not here, since this is archived and it can't be modified. You can change your user name easy in WP:CHU. Just wait till a bureaucrat do it for you. The Cat and the Owl (talk) 08:15, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Slavic toponymes of Greek place names3
Additional help and advise needed in this article. It seems that it is becaming more and more extreme. Please advise and participate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_toponyms_for_Greek_places Seleukosa (talk) 10:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Check the talk page of the article. I agree that it should be deleted or at list renamed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seleukosa (talk • contribs) 17:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Who?
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- Who do you thinkg this is?Truthseeker1228Megistias (talk) 13:15, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Megistias (talk) 23:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] HE removed material
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- material removed,its our friendMegistias (talk) 14:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Please contribute here
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- Please contribute here Prehistoric BalkansMegistias (talk) 22:09, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Slavic toponymes out of control
What can we do with this article? Should we put it again up for deletion? Should we only rename it? User Carlosouares is writing an article for every part of Greece based on the biased book of Simovski. I don’t think that he has realized the mistake he is doing. He thinks that he is fighting nationalists!! Seleukosa (talk) 10:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
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- His book is irredendist.summary of the book.Immediate purge is needed.Megistias (talk) 11:14, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
- The material has been scanned by someone heresimovski,obviously some irredendist from fyrom.See Simovski's bio and material from the Book.Clearly material that is trash.Even if this gets closed i have saved the related material.The articles should be deleted and any and all refs with this "simovski".Megistias (talk) 11:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
- You all claim that Simovski isn't reliable - do you have a reliable source as to (a) which ethnicities were majorities during various periods in these areas of Greece; and (b) what those people called their villages and towns? Simovski cites the Greek laws that made the changes in names. You concede that there was a change in ethnicity in population exchange, etc. Your buddy is removing Vlach names from Vlach places as well. Again, the Slavic names may have derived from the Greek, the Turkish, Albanian, or whatever, but it is what the Slavic people called these places. And as for "Aegean Macedonia" being problematic, it is the normal formulation of the region in Macedonian, Bulgarian, and Serbian sources, just as "East Thrace" is normal in Greek sources for European Turkey, even though the Turks don't like that formulation. I have asked Seleukos to show any error in Simovski information and he has been unable to do so, so while you all claim to have problems with the source, you have not come up with any contrary information (if you do, add it to the articles) or disproven any of information I have added. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 16:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
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- The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World,by Loring M. Danforth,Page 41,"When Greek Macedonia was liberated in 1913 43% of the population was Greek,40 percent Moslem and 10% Bulgarian".On the populace.
[edit] Republic of Macedonia
Read any article on any country and you'll find that the history section talks about the history of the area the country occupies. You'll find Celts in Spanish and French history, Siouxs and Apaches in US history etc. You'll find Alexander the Great mentioned in the history sections of many countries, none of which he was connected with. Just to make myself clear, I no way was Alexander and the ancient Macedonians connected to present day Macedonians nor any Slavic groups, but that's not the point. As I said, every country has a history section going back in time to before the current country was established. JdeJ (talk) 21:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- You're probably right, the Paeonians are dealt with in too much detail and the whole piece could be better written and more clearly focused. If you can manage a shorter version that keeps Alexander and make a brief mentioning of the Paeonians, that would be ideal! Cheers JdeJ (talk) 22:33, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 1929 Macedonia Thrace pageant winner
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[edit] Former toponymes of Greece places
Please contribute to the talk page of Former toponymes of Greece places. Especially the part of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Former_toponyms_of_Greek_places#revert_to_a_previous_more_neutral_description . There is some dispute of how the article should be written! Check the version of user macrakis and mine. Your opinion is highly appreciated. Seleukosa (talk) 16:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Consenus breached, need support
Hello Tsourkpk, contrary to a reached consensus there is a splitting going on instead a merging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kosovo#Split_completed And I would appreciate your assistance. Thank you! --Tubesship (talk) 05:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Koine Eastern Mediterranean
[edit] Stefov et al.
Why not? Including the authors from Turkey and FYROM only makes it obvious that this whole argument of the westerners is antihellenic and the quote from Rosenberg and Gabb at the end shows it plainly. All without going out and explicitly calling it such, but simply letting the facts speak for themselves. Basically the paragraph paints them as the hate filled little antihellenist nazis they are all without saying so explicitly. I'd like to hear your thoughts.Xenovatis (talk) 18:20, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I looked at Stefov's website and it is your typical fringe-lunatic website of the usual sort. As for Bolokbashi, he seems to be a political hack on a Turkish government payroll (of the Polat Kaya type). I see your point, but I feel such trash doesn't belong in a Wikipedia article and moreover including them (even in the way you have in mind) automatically lends them an aura of respectability. An uninformed reader might not see them for what they are. As for the Western view, I feel that it is very common (I can't tell you how many times I've come across it), no matter how much we may dislike it. In a much older version of the article, this was addressed very well by the following passage (now deleted):
"Other scholars, notably popular in Nazi Germany, have supported the refuted theories of the 19th century historian Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, who claimed that the ancient Greeks genetically disappeared at some point, and as modern Greeks have no genetic or cultural connection to them, Europe owes them nothing. It should be noted that Fallmerayer's theories specifically aimed at the Greeks of Morea (Peloponnese), which at the time constituted less than a sixth of the overall Greek population, a fact which was being constantly ignored by his later supporters. His essays were refuted by numerous scholars of his time and were characterised by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities as biased and unscientific."
- It seems to me that what you have in mind is similar to the above passage, which I think does an excellent job of exposing this view for what it is. I propose re-adding it into the section, while taking care it doesn't become too big. Let me know what you think. --Tsourkpk (talk) 18:50, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Nah, keep them both out. I concur with Tsourkpk that Stefov and Bolokbashi are nonsense. But that old hat about Fallerayer-bashing is silly too. Especially that cheap rhetorical trick guilt-by-association trick ("notably popular in Nazi Germany"), which sat there unsourced for years, and the following completely OR argument. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Your question
Hello!
The answer to your question is here. SWik78 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] hello
Hello, marry easter for my dear greek orthodox friend. PelasgicMoon (talk) 16:46, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] greetings
Hello, marry easter for my dear greek orthodox friend. PelasgicMoon (talk) 16:49, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Famous people
Come on...it seems you try more than it is needed in order to get a "greek" nature of Saranda, which is not true, as far as we still have a concencus (I mean the first one, some months ago). Who would lie, about personalities that lived in a town, even if it is in albanian. Come on man, don`t be so nationalist......balkanian (talk) 20:39, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- I don't understand what you're complaining about. The requirement for sourcing applies to everything, whether it is "Albanisation" or "famous people". Those are just the rules of Wikipedia. Take a look at this assessment for the article on Gjirokaster by a neutral user: [[11]]. As for being nationalistic, tt seems you are the one who is implementing a double standard for sourcing: For Albanisation (which I dropped), you require very explicitly and specifically that a source in English says both "Albanisation" and "Saranda" in the same sentence (a rather strict requirement), yet here we are supposed to just take your word that these people are famous? The reason I object to them being included for now is not because they are ethnically Albanian, but because no one's ever heard of them outside Albania. That's probably why you haven't been able to find any sources in English about them and why the admin Cbrown agreed with my request. If these people were truly famous outside Albania, it wouldn't be hard to find material about their famousness in English. I'm sorry, but random websites and blogs simply won't do (a slippery slope, in fact). Feel free to ask anyone you want about this (Future Perfect, as an example), they'll tell you the same thing. --Tsourkpk (talk) 21:49, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Please see my answer in Saranda talk page. balkanian (talk) 14:45, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I will ensure you that I am not a nationalist...but when you find a map (dubius at least) which says something untrue, I become such. There are four zones of greek majority in Albania, the Dropull zone (near Gjirokaster), the Vurg zone (near Saranda), the Himara town and Narta village. But ok, I assume that your map is right. It is said that there is a "forte majorite grek", Who can ensure me that this "majorite" is in the city of Korca and not in the sorrund villages??????? Please do not be blind with the history you learn in school, or by the Karaxaferidhes of your parliament. If I was, I would revert Atica`s pages, saying that they were arvanites there. It is the same shit. Find some kind of written references, like this ethnicity is x% that is y% and do not add any town with this "mappy" references...balkanian (talk) 20:29, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- I will provide you with one shortly if you can be a little patient. BTW, the map is not dubious at all. It is from a very prestigious newspaper (one of the best out there, in fact). I think part of the problem is that being new to Wikipedia, you might be unfamiliar with the guidelines regarding sources. In that case I urge you to familiarize yourself with WP:RS, which should make everything clearer. --Tsourkpk (talk) 20:33, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] An award
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[edit] Alexander the Great
Ειδοποίησα έναν administrator ήδη. Ελπίζω να βοηθήσει. Δεν μπορεί να συνεχιστεί αυτή η ιστορία με το ίδιο άτομο. Πρέπει να αναλάβουν δράση και άλλα μέλη του Wikipedia:WikiProject Greece ώστε να σταματήσει αυτό. Το καλύτερο που έχουμε να κάνουμε είναι να τα καλέσουμε να δούνε τι συμβαίνει και να απευθυνθούμε σε administrators. Αν μπορείς κάντο κι εσύ. - Sthenel (talk) 20:11, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Al Beyrat
Προφανές τι thέλει. Όμως βάζοντας στο κείμενο τις 3 χώρες όπως τις έβαλα εγώ δηλ. τη δημοκρατία από τα πάνω μετά από την Αλ Μπανία φαίνεται ακόμα καλύτερα πόση σχέση έχουν. ;) Δεν είμαι εντελώς βλαξ. 3rdAlcove (talk) 18:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Και να ενδιαφερόταν κανένας πραγματικά για το NPOV να πεις πάεει στον Αδη. 3rdAlcove (talk) 18:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
- Αfou epemene toso na vgei to tag gia to wikiproject Greece, as meinoun ektws kai ta synxrona kratoi apo to intro. Emmenw s'ayto. Nomizw pws dyskola tha mporesei na ferei antirhsh sta epixeireimata mou peri "cultural region of ancient Greece" kai "time period", kai nomizw pws stekontai logika apo mona tous, asxetws to discussion. Symfonhsa na bgei to "greek history" ws compromise, e as mas synantisei kai aytos sta misa tou dromou. Oxi na ypoxorhsoume kai se ola. --Tsourkpk (talk) 18:40, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
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- Alimono mh DEN epimeinei. Opws eipes, kara-trollaki. Etsi pou to vlepw, de tha stamathsei me tipota, opote se kapoia fash tha anamixthoun kai tritoi. Opote to thema einai an exoume peistika epixeirhmata, dyskola tha mporesei na provalei peistikes antirhseis. Telos pantwn, as doume ti tha ginei kai blepoume. Sthn hstath periptosh, kanoume opws les. --Tsourkpk (talk) 18:50, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
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I'm blocking you for 48 hours for your recent disruptive editing and pointless edit-warring: further, per WP:ARBMAC you are limited to one revert per page per day for 6 weeks. Moreschi (talk) (debate) 13:02, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] see Nearchus Map discussion at Alexander the Great
Hello,
I'd just like to inform you that the current map (not the one you re-inserted) also shows the sea-voyage of Nearchus. Therefore there's no reason to re-insert the map you did. It is well-known that Alexander never went further south than the Egyptian capital of Memphis. The map you inserted is therefore not only redundant, but also inaccurate. Cheers. --Tsourkpk (talk) 02:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- plesae see Nearchus Map discussion at Alexander the Great 83d40m (talk) 22:33, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Argead dynasty
Please look what is going on in the article Argead dynasty.. User:3rdAlcove started his POV edits in another Macedon-related article. - Sthenel (talk) 17:53, 1 June 2008 (UTC)