Wikipedia talk:WikiProject ROMacedonia
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[edit] WikiProject Balkans
I suggest creating a WikiProject in which we'll edit balkan-realted articles without bulgarising, hellenising or macedonising them.--Phantom IP 17:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Toše Proeski
Ne mi se veruva. Toshe... Toshe go snema, zamina.Pochivaj vo mir Toshe. Rest in peace. :( —Preceding unsigned comment added by Strich3d (talk • contribs) 14:17, 16 October 2007 (UTC) --strich3D 14:32, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Бог да го прости! Амин! Jingby 17:52, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Transliteration
I was thinking of renaming the pages about ethnic Macedonians so they use the correct Romanisation of Macedonian. But before performing about 20 moves I wanted to bring it up here so everyone knows what's going on (even though nobody seems active here at wp:mkd :-D). I will move the pages tomorrow - any comments? BalkanFever 02:43, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- Just a little mention - I hope this is not about people from the contested group, is it? --Laveol T 11:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- Ok - cheers :)--Laveol T 12:10, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Assessment
Before we start adding the template (without assessment) to every page, I was thinking that we should improve the criteria, especially the importance scale. Maybe we could add examples of different article types for each importance level - like biographical, geographical, political, military, music (some of those might overlap :P). Any thoughts? BalkanFever 11:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Symbols for WP MKD
Dear all, Revizionist (talk · contribs) recently changed the front graphic and WP MKD box graphic from the Macedonian flag to the Macedonian Coat of Arms.
I selected the flag initially (rather than the coat of arms) on the basis that it is more readily recognizable as a symbol of Macedonia. The national flag also seems to be the most common symbol used for national WikiProjects, and the flag has been the WP MKD symbol since June 2007, so unless other members also feel the need to change the symbols, I think the flag should remain as the WP symbol.
What do others think -- flag or coat of arms? Cheers, AWN AWN2 (talk) 06:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- IMO, I like the flag better, although we could use the image of the country coloured with the flag for the userbox. For the assessment template I think the coat of arms should stay. BalkanFever 11:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
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- Comment: I think that's a great idea for the user box!! I agree that the coat of arms should stay for the Assessment template (this seems to be standard practice with other assessment projects). As I said above, I think the flag should stay for the WP main page =) Cheers, AWN2 (talk) 00:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Ethnic Macedonian" or "Republic of Macedonia"
I am starting to see an issue for some articles: whether they should be called "Ethnic Macedonian X" or "X of the Republic of Macedonia".
Currently there are two identical articles on Macedonian cuisine: Ethnic Macedonian cuisine and Cuisine of the Republic of Macedonia. The former has been recently created, and should probably be deleted, but should the original be moved?
Two other articles, Ethnic Macedonian music and Ethnic Macedonian literature refer more to the language, but "Macedonian-language music/literature" is a bit tautological.
Another article is Ethnic Macedonian art.
The correct term would be simply "Macedonian X", using the demonym like other articles: French, Italian, Serbian etc. but Macedonian apparently always needs to be disambiguated.
My view is that because "Macedonian" in this context is the demonym for the country, rather than referring to a specific ethnicity, the correct terminology would be "X of the Republic of Macedonia" or "Macedonian X (Republic of Macedonia). It also has the benefits of covering non-ethnic Macedonian contributions to these fields, e.g. Esma Redžepova in music, Artim Šakiri in sport, a Vlach artist in the country etc. What are other editor's views on this? BalkanFever 02:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Personally, I think that articles such as these should be titled "X of the Republic of Macedonia" is it does not allow us to include people such such as Esma Redzepova in articles like "Ethnic Macedonian music". If you look at Music of Serbia, the opening sentence is "The Music of the Serbian people and Serbia presents a mixture of the traditional music, which is part of the wider Balkan tradition, with its own distinctive sound." – Though titled simply "Music of Serbia", it acknowledges both the country and its people, allowing for a greater extent of musicians to be included. Köbra#85 02:34, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Latin Europe
Hello WikiProject ROMacedonia! There is a vote going on at Latin Europe that might interest you. Please everyone, do come and give your opinion and votes. Thank you. The Ogre (talk) 20:48, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:Ethnic Macedonians
There is a discussion going on about which symbol to use in this template. If anyone is interested your opinion is more than welcome. BalkanFever 09:44, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Petar Stojkovik
Hi,
There is currently an AFD discussion happening for the article Petar Stojkovik who seems to be an actor from the Republic of Macedonia. It would be good to have some 'local' opinions on the matter as it is a bit difficult to gauge his notability with the lack of English sources.
Thanks, Blair - Speak to me 22:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
