User talk:El Greco/Archive 2

CONTINUOUS VANDALISM ON TURKISH CYPRIOT WIKI PAGES BY EL-GRECO

You are continuously vandalising Turkish Cypriot wiki pages. So, you seem to be a novice to wikipedia. Because, in Wikipedia, the point of view expressions are not allowed. Also, people are generally required with their own subjects primarily. Stefandelmarex (talk) 22:37, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

No Fan Sites on the Wiki Project for James Bond

I run the Bond fan site Universal Exports and have recently seen my link additions deleted. I do not understand the reasoning on this decision, as Wikipedia is supposed to be a collection of ALL knowledge on any given subject. How does a link to another resource on the subject not qualify as an acceptable entry? I don't care about "upping my google rankings," nor I'm sure do most people who run these sites and just want folks to see what else is out there on the subject they are reading about. Also, how do you differentiate between where you allow fan sites and not? For example, on your new Quantum of Solace page, you have links to numerous fan sites, yet you erased mine. How is that any different from the link I added to the Goldfinger page. I mean, it's not like the sections I'm linking to are small with no information...they are among the most in-depth resources on the subjects on the entire Internet.

Sorry to rant, I just don't understand your reasoning. Also, sorry if this is not the place to ask this question, I couldnt find any other way to get in touch with you. -Greg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goyo1980 (talk • contribs) 15:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Check out WP:LINKS for information on Wikipedia's link policy. _{El Greco}^(talk) 16:19, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I went over to the Wikipedia linking section and could not find anything stating no fan sites allowed. The closest I found was item 12 under the links to be avoided section: "Links to blogs and personal web pages, except those written by a recognized authority." My site does not fall under this section as the site is not about me. Additionally, I am a recognized authority, having been published in many books relating to James Bond and been interviewed many times for print and radio.

Furthermore, under the what SHOULD be linked section, my site falls right under #4: "Sites with other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article, such as reviews and interviews." Did you take a look at the pages I was linking to before pulling them off or did you just delete the link because it looked like something that you thought should not be there. Also relevant is #4 under the sites to be considered section: "Sites which fail to meet criteria for reliable sources yet still contain information about the subject of the article from knowledgeable sources."

So, I am very curious exactly what portion of the WP Links page that you sent me to holds the rule that has resulted in my links being deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goyo1980 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, see this: Wikipedia:EL#Advertising_and_conflicts_of_interest. _{El Greco}^(talk) 22:07, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

OK, I checked that out. Then I shall cite "If the link is to a relevant and informative site that should otherwise be included, please consider mentioning it on the talk page and let neutral and independent Wikipedia editors decide whether to add it. This is in line with the conflict of interest guidelines. Note that since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links may not alter search engine rankings." http://www.universalexports.net has a plethora of related and valuable links that readers of your entries would be extremely interested in. If you won't allow me to post these links then would you at least consider looking around the site and adding some yourself? I have spent the better part of the last 12 years making the site the most in-depth resource on 007 online and feel that it would be a valuable addition to your Wikipedia pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goyo1980 (talk • contribs) 16:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's already listed at James Bond in the external links section. Does that suffice? _{El Greco}^(talk) 22:05, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Three revert rule warning on Miami Vice

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert a single page more than three times in 24 hours. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.14.21.128 (talk) 21:14, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Stop vandalizing the page with incorrect information and maybe I won't report you. _{El Greco}^(talk) 21:24, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect information? Where's your validation it was a 1963 Cadillac? I happen to own both 1963 and a 1964 Cadillac convertibles. They are similar but different. Check your facts. No need to attack me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.14.21.128 (talk) 21:39, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Reported. _{El Greco}^(talk) 22:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Turkish names for Greek places

Hi. I was going to post a question about the removal of the Turkish name of a Greek city (namely Tripoli, Greece) on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Greece, but I see you've already done so. Did you receive any guidance on this? User:Tsourkpk has done this to other articles, so I wondered whether a convention had been established. --Sturm 11:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Check Talk:Chios _{El Greco}^(talk) 15:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Pergamon

I just requested temporary page protection on Pergamon so the page name can be discussed, thought you would want to know--Pewwer42  Talk  07:56, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks like it was declined. Maybe a semi protect might work or just keep an eye out for the IP user who is doing this. _{El Greco}^(talk) 19:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Link removed?

Perhaps you can explain how a link to a MacGyver site which was used by Paramount to launch the MacGyver DVD set, and is the biggest and most accurate information resource on the net for MacGyver, would be removed as spam?

Wikipedia's external link policy states:

"Wikipedia articles should include links to Web pages outside Wikipedia if they are relevant. Such pages could contain further research that is accurate and on-topic; information that could not be added to the article"

and states in the "what should be linked" section that "Sites with other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article, such as reviews and interviews." SHOULD be linked.

How then can you call a link which fits the criteria as should be added, spam?

Rockatteer (talk) 11:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

It's got nothing to do with Paramount. It's still a fansite. _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:34, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh well that answered my question didn't it. NOT! The fact is this "fan site" is the largest and most accurate resource for said topic on the net. Seems like somethign people looking for information, might find useful. Rockatteer (talk) 21:28, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Take it to the articles talk page if you feel otherwise. _{El Greco}^(talk) 22:09, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

How come the TV.com link gets to stay, that's nothing to do with the show at all? whats the logic behind that? Rockatteer (talk) 22:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

TV.com is not a fansite. It's a comprehensive website offering information about many television shows and such. _{El Greco}^(talk) 23:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Kastelorizo

Good Morning El Greco, some words about the foreign names of this (and others) greek islands. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and it should have at least some standards in it. Now, the standard - at least for Europe - is that voices about places which have foreign names important because of historic (domination by another power), geographic (vicinity to the border) or ethnographic (minorities) reasons, should have these names written near the name in the original language. When I expanded the voice about Kastelorizo, I used this standard. If this is the rule (see for example Trieste and Gorizia for what concerns Italy, or Wrocław for what concerns Germany), I don't see why there should be an exception for the Greek names (I remember that the last time that I was in Kastelorizo, last October, there were still several flags of the Union waving in the wind ;-) ). So, I propose to reestablish the version with the foreign names at the top, and - if necessary - to semiprotect the page (most of these changes come from anonymous users). What do you (and your fellow countrymen) think about it? Thanks, Alex2006 (talk) 06:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Well the way I edited it works according to WP:NCGN. Guideline #2, Bullet 3: Alternatively, all alternative names can be moved to and explained in a "Names" or "Etymology" section immediately following the lead, or a special paragraph of the lead; we recommend that this be done if there are at least three alternate names, or there is something notable about the names themselves. _{El Greco}^(talk) 00:00, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

OK, then let's keep them so, but I am afraid that for someone this is still too much... Alex2006 (talk) 15:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Pergamon again

I tried to get Pergamon protected again because... well edit wars are not a good thing. They declined it this time because they said it was borderline vandalism and to revert and warn. Have you warned the user? I decided after my one attempted to fix the page was reverted to not get involved so if you don't know the warning templates, there on this page.--Pewwer42  Talk  16:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I keep leaving the ip user a warning template on their talkpage and on the pergamon page, but they keep changing IP adresses all the time.

I just thought to look up all those IP addresses and guess what? the guy(or girl?) really lives in Turkey check out the whois info [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]. that took some work. so infer what you want--Pewwer42  Talk  17:49, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't matter where the IP user lives, its the fact that there are 2 seperate articles. One the ancient greek city and two, the modern day turkish city. _{El Greco}^(talk) 17:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not arguing with that, I was just saying the fellow lived in turkey (the whole just because you live there doesn't mean your an expert thing) I was just trying to come up with a reason for there insistence, thats all--Pewwer42  Talk  18:07, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I understand that, but you have to also remember the user won't discuss his reasons on the pergamon talk page at all. _{El Greco}^(talk) 18:12, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I know, I started the one sided discussion on the talk page (the first one I've done that people actually said something, why do you think I'm watching it) so I think I'll contact an admin who has been helpful in the past--Pewwer42  Talk  18:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Not sure If you noticed but I got the page semi protected for a week. User:Slakr is an awesome Admin--Pewwer42  Talk  23:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I noticed. _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

your user page

not sure why your user page is on my watchlist, but I hope you didn't mind my last revert--Pewwer42  Talk  18:28, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for looking out. _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:EL

Unlike MI6.co.uk and CommanderBond.net, I don't believe that Bond site is recognized as anything major. That MacGyer site looks nothing special either. Alientraveller (talk) 22:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Recent Article

Hi, I recently wrote an article and even though its not about Greece, could you tell me what you think? Thanks--Pewwer42  Talk  18:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks good so far. I went ahead and made some edits to, just minor ones. Based off those resources you used, it might be a good idea to go back make inline citations to the article. That way noone can question the validity of the article. _{El Greco}^(talk) 00:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, citation has been added(as to if I did it right well...) and oregon eh? lol--Pewwer42  Talk  00:39, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I meant multiple inline citations where ever new information is presented. Like for example, In 1881, the Dominican Fathers of Lille, France and the Province of Canada took over the administration of the church and in 1899 the first reference to Saint Peter and Saint Paul was made in The Dominicans published their Album Historique calling the parishes S. Pierre S. Paul de Lewiston, Maine. That would need an inline citation. _{El Greco}^(talk) 01:02, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Thessaloniki lead

I've reopened discussion of the lead, at talk:Thessaloniki#Reopen disambiguation discussion. We reached a compromise that seemed to satisfy all, and I am proposing we return to it. Jd2718 (talk) 00:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Athens Garbage Situation

Hey. I'd just like to say that you undid my edit about the garbage situation in Athens. I think its a notable incident. If we can just talk 'bout it, I would appreciate it. Ilikepie2221 (talk) 01:24, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Well that event doesn't seem that important in the grand scheme (Athens isn't the only city in the world to have landfill problems), but maybe a small mention of it. How about: "In January 2007, Athens had a waste management problem when its landfill near Ano Liosia, an Athenian suburb, reached capacity. Piles of garbage filled the streets, causing pedestrians difficulty to walk. The crisis eased somewhat in mid-January when the authorities began taking the garbage to a temporary landfill. (But that, too, is full.)" I don't know about that last sentence though, it makes it sound like it's still going, which I don't think is the case, since I haven't read or heard of any waste problems recently. _{El Greco}^(talk) 02:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I've never heard of any problem lately, too. Maybe we should do what you said and let someone else add if its full, too. I may have remember seeing an article in Toronto around June 2007 about the Athens garbage problem so it may be only a bit problematic now. Ilikepie2221 (talk) 20:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

So I'll add the part upto (the temporary landfill) being full. _{El Greco}^(talk) 21:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Ilikepie2221 (talk) 21:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Koliri

Hi, can you help with the article Koliri, including finding out what kind of bird the kolirion is in English, if there is a translation? Thanks! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 18:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Never heard of the bird, but the village does exist. See [10] _{El Greco}^(talk) 15:06, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Knight Rider (2008 film)

I would like to say that I'm sorry for putting the air dates on this article I was not thinking about it not being a series and understand you deleting the changes. Thanks. T.b.77b

Dear El Greco

		The Greek Barnstar of Virtue
		Allow me to say thank you for your help on Cyprus related articles. Regards, 3meandEr (talk) 16:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
		this WikiAward was given to El Greco by 3meandEr (talk) on 16:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow! Thank you 3meandEr. _{El Greco}^(talk) 00:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:Greek city

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If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:52, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow... I don't believe that still exists. I totally forgot about that. Just delete. _{El Greco}^(talk) 15:56, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Knight Rider article

Hi. I noticed someone (possibly you) had previously edited the Knight Rider article with information on the new movie. Whoever did it, went crazy with the references. It was like "starring blah as blah (ref), and blah as blah (ref), and blah as blah (ref), and blah as blah (ref)" with all the (ref)s pointing to the exact same article. This seemed silly to me, so I just changed it to add the reference one time at the end of all the named credits. I'm not sure why one would need the same reference over and over when the one covers all the topics.

The, I noticed you changed it back to the way it was before with the overkill of repetitive references.

Can you point me to the Wiki article(s) that indicate that every sentence covered by the same reference has to be referred to with every statement? It seems neater and cleaner to me if it was just listed once in the end rather than the repetitive way it is now. I could see how it would be appropriate if each statement was covered by different references, but when they're all covered by the same one, it just seems logical to me that one time in the end would be sufficient.

I'm not challenging you -- I'm just looking to educate myself for future article edits. Thanks!

--P shadoh (talk) 20:04, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Well it's done so that no one can challenge what's written in the article. What's stated is backed up by some source. The more sources the better (even if it's one source used multiple times). Just putting one reference at the end of a paragraph to cite the whole paragraph isn't doing that much overall good. I mean, how do I know that source at the end of the paragraph is citing just that sentence or the whole paragraph? _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:39, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Hrm. I know what you're saying, but still don't totally agree. However, you have loads more Wiki experience than I do, so I'll have to defer to you. :) Take care... --P shadoh (talk) 20:52, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

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Well its either KITT or KARR, or pieces of both. Even stating that the pieces are only of KITT could be considered original research. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 18:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, but wasn't KARR designed and built by someone else. So Graiman, having KARR would not make sense? I'm going to rewatch the movie again to be more sure, but I think there was a reference in the movie to both KITT's. _{El Greco}^(talk) 18:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Top Gear (series 1)

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RMS Titanic

Good afternoon El Greco,

Can you explain to me why you have removed the edit on the Titanic artice where i removed the ships power conversions listed as "MW" - which is not important to the artice as they were not used as units of measured power in the early twentieth century when the ship would have been in service and also why the repartition of the wreck site latitude and longitude which i removed was replaced as they are more relevently listed in the paragraph about the discovery of the wreck?

Please note this is not a complaint and just merely a question - i would welcome a reply to this subject!

Regards

msa1701 (talk) 13:27, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Because those respective infobox fields are for some quick immediate information (as is the infobox itself), not look down at section..... Now as for the MW those are included to I guess give some understanding of what their respective horsepowers amount to, as a sort of comprehension/comparison. _{El Greco}^(talk) 01:34, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

French people

Hello El Greco/Archive 2. You have shown interest in the French people article at some point, you are now invited to participate in a vote for the French personalities to be included in the French people infobox. Regards - Wikigi | talk to me | 11:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Help

Hello! I added in the article of Amarynthos the infobox of Greek demos but although I have included the municipality population, it isn't shown on the page. Has it been removed from the infobox? - Sthenel (talk) 12:47, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

It's all fixed now, some of the code in the infobox was wrong, and I never noticed it until now. Thanks! _{El Greco}^(talk) 16:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Knight Rider 2008

I noticed that you undid my small sentence changes in the KR2008 production portion article with the sentences pertaining to Arnett's replacement. The way you had it originally, it sounds like GM influenced NBC or at least someone higher up to replace Arnett. "Arnett was replaced at the request of..." This clearly implies that the request went to someone in a position to replace Arnett. However, Arnett asked to be replaced after GM informed him of the potential conflict, so I believe the sentence should properly convey that meaning. Out of courtesy I thought I would write to you directly about the issue so that you may make the change yourself. Finally, as a matter of flow, Val Kilmer's mention in the final sentence should reflect him being subsequently brought on to replace Arnett - but this is more of a stylistic suggestion as opposed to the previous comment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.223.20.120 (talk) 10:16, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Does that flow/sound better now? _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:28, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Tracer/Traceur

RE: Knight Rider (2008 film): would we be anal-retentive enough to email NBC and ask for clarification, as their website repeatedly uses "Tracer"? - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 15:57, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

No, go for it. The only thing I can think of on their part is a spelling mistake that's been repeated over and over again. (Or they had originally decided Traceur and then just before the movie aired they went with Tracer, but never updated the movie.) Or they decided after the movie aired, to change his name from Traceur to Tracer. But it will be interesting to keep an eye out for the Saturday (Feb 23) reshowing of the movie if, anything is changed. _{El Greco}^(talk) 16:06, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Their reply

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Well that's not helpful at all. What was the email address you used to contact NBC? Maybe I'll give it a try and see if anything different comes up. _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:06, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

It was a form on their "Contact us" page. Useless. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 20:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I got the same response too. Should we put a notice stating that the the show spells his name one way and NBC another way, or just leave it as is? _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:53, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Languages

Please keep the number of people in Greece with passports belonging to the Republic of MAcedonia, and the number of people speaking Macedonian Slavic in Greece different, as both are two completely different things. Greece's last census had 40,000 Slavophones. Polibiush (talk) 02:57, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Bond film template

Just FYI I've put the template under semi-protection to stop the IP from continually making the change. PS ... Oh, I just noticed that this guy has been doing this elsewhere, too. Sigh. Well, he's been blocked for a bit, so let's see what happens. 23skidoo (talk) 21:46, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. It was becoming a nuisance. _{El Greco}^(talk) 22:08, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Username pronunciation

Is your user name pronounced either El Greko or El Gresho?. Mythdon (talk) 06:12, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Like the painter. _{El Greco}^(talk) 18:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Spelling

My bad with the spelling change. I didn't realize that there was a difference between american and british english, and i had my drivers license on the table, so i figured you must have been wrong. Grk1011 (talk) 01:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

No harm done. _{El Greco}^(talk) 01:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you help me

please?I want to put some photos in wiki,particularly in the article about Pontic Greeks (photos of famous people in the infobox) but i don't know how i can do it. Eagle of Pontus

Do you know the copyright info (what year where they taken, who took them, or from where did you get them, etic.)? If so then it's easy. _{El Greco}^(talk) 01:02, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Nope.I know who i want to put i think finding photos will be easy.But i don't know how to upload them here.Here i have 3 photos for the Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. article http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/team/vasia.jpg (chatzipanagis the legend) http://media2.feed.gr/filesystem/images/20071011/engine/assets_LARGE_t_1041_440163_type11487.jpg President remos (pink t-shirt) http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6487/image1024hilb8.jpg Iraklis - PAO 2005-06 but i don't know how to put them in the article.Can you maybe help me in that? Eagle of Pontus

Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson

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Leave the Bond Girls as individual pages?

[11] Ultra! 12:02, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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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) 16:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello El greco. Check again the above talk page. All the comments and arguments are actually signed. Read the article and see if you like how it is written. I belive that it is correct, neutral and historicla acurate. Seleukosa (talk) 10:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Ikarian page

As I stated before, if you took the time to read you would not unedit the changes I made. 1.) The reference to the criminal organization goes beyond the scope of informing people about the island . Also it was added without prior discussion. 2.) The www.ikaria.gr link is a private owned site and has no officiality about it. And so I changed it to the official www.icaria.gr 3.)If you consider spam links informative links regarding the transportaion (airport), 2 internationaly famous festivals that inform readers of life there today,and the addition of 3 private owned links that are informative.... then you actions can be considered only as malicious —Preceding unsigned comment added by N3krom4nc3r (talk • contribs) 01:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

after this last message I undid your undo and wrote extensively in the discussion page as to why I made the changes or more correctly undoing their undettered changes. To my surprise the ikaria page was undone by sceptre this time with a warning. It appears I can not appeal with simple, logical and just claims. It is not enough I put in time to undo this misguided information that others without any trouble have added and changed, I also get warned by being unable to edit again. I do know who they are and their intentions for doing so. It is unknown to me why the site and you the mods side with them. Do not superficialy view the changes I have made.Take time to investigate them.

Please read WP:EL and WP:SPAM and WP:NOT#REPOSITORY. _{El Greco}^(talk) 19:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

last attempt

again point 2 of above. It is a gross act of misinformation to keep the www.ikaria.gr as the official site as it proclaims to be. A simple click on the www.icaria.gr which is operated by the perfecture will clear this up.If you go through the history you will see that the true official one was erased.Last year legal action has been sought against this ikaria.gr site because as you might know site names of places should rightfully be owned and operated by local government/authorities. Even more if you would search this site, no where does it's officiality come from eg municiplaities etc (that I have added and thankfuly were not erased- although they can go as links to the respectful stubs). To reinstate the true one (icaria.gr)as official and erase the tag from the fake (ikaria.gr)from the other does not violate the spam,el,repos rules.

point 1 of above . It is common knowledge that the brothers were arrested in Athens and not on the island.By defintion a "native" is someone that is born , lives and represents the average person from that area. This guys are not natives.Most important do you think that the piece I deleted and was added without discussion, adds to the knowledge of the island? Closing, since it is the policy of wiki to be neutral, allowing the above to go unfixed creates a false, unjust picture of the people. This as you understand is damaging and should not be permitted.

Please take into consideration my case.N3krom4nc3r (talk) 23:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Looking at www.icaria.gr, it looks more like a tourist guide/travel website than www.ikaria.gr. First its copyrighted by N. Michael, not the actual city government that runs the island (like Thessaloniki or Athens do), and whether you click on the Greek entrance link or the English link you get the same, tourist guide information (sightseeing, monuments, beaches, hotels, etc.) no real "government" website for it's citizens. www.ikaria.gr on the other hand provides some information besides that. Maybe it might be better to just remove www.ikaria.gr and list no official website since neither make a clear distinction.

Reading this article states that, "Avramidis, a married father of two, wanted to testify for the defense at the November 17 suspects’ trial but was dissuaded by defense lawyers. Recently, he visited the island of Icaria, where suspect Christodoulos Xeros lived, to speak in support of the defendants in the trial." According to that Xeros lived on the island which is what it states in the article. Now I've gone ahead and moved that part to the newly formed modern era section. _{El Greco}^(talk) 00:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

thank you for the time with this article - a few more things to help you out. I tried to send the following as email so not to take up space, but I couldn't.

Yes the icaria.gr site that is controlled by the perfecture is crappy. Belive me, that even the one of the aghios kirikos took me years of nagging to get them started.It was quite hard for them to find a domain name since the popular had been taken up by private citizens, not only greek but from abroad. Yes it is true that the ikaria.gr holds more info.But unless it is controlled by an authority, it is wrong to be presented as the "official".

Proof that the icaria.gr site is official http://www.northaegean.gr/isite/page/1511,2,0.asp or a simple phone call would clear it up, but it would be going to far

I personaly prefer the www.island-ikaria.com because it is not aggresive and it was the first site that dealt with the island. You have noticed though there has been a small "war" going on between various parties that try to use the article to further there own interests.Basicaly there a few north islanders that are hogging up the article to promote themselves and their personal tourism enterprises. I have critisized this in the discussion section.

About the links concerning the criminals

-Vasilis - born in kozani '72 raised in Thessaloniki

http://www.in.gr/news/reviews/article.asp?lngReviewID=441065&lngChapterID=441054&lngItemID=440343

-Savvas - born in Florina '62 moved to athens '81

http://www.in.gr/news/reviews/article.asp?lngReviewID=441065&lngChapterID=441054&lngItemID=440343

-Xristodoulos born in ikaria '58 moved to athens '83 http://www.in.gr/news/reviews/article.asp?lngReviewID=441065&lngChapterID=441054&lngItemID=440266

the family because of the fathers occupation (priest) did not hold permanent residence somewhere for long. Basicaly they were raised in North Greece but held ties with the island. http://tovima.dolnet.gr/print_article.php?e=B&f=13611&m=A12&aa=1

It is true that towards the end Christodoulos took up permanent residence in ikaria,but the brothers lives basicaly revolved around athens because of their criminal activities. This is why I state they can not be refered to as natives. It is painful and wrong for the rest of us to be stigmatized because of them.

One of their victims George Tsantes was of ikarian descent. This not refered to anywhere nor is he listed in the notable Ikarians.

http://greekodyssey.typepad.com/my_greek_odyssey/2006/06/living_with_17_.html

From what I heard , Tsantes , a promising officer in the U.S navy ,worked in Greece because he loved Greece and his island.No one has yet to honor his memory by noting him as a notable Ikarian. Nor has anyone mentioned the musicians,scientists, doctors and politicians in Greece and abroad that have honored greece and the island with their accomplishments. And yet the impression someone will get when he reads the article, is that of the criminals. Ok I know wiki is a place to state facts,but is it wrong to stress the goods ones and minimize the bad ones? Due to wikis immense importance and popularity, the info provided can affect for good or bad: tourism, economies and people. It is in my interest to see this article become good enough so it would create interest and love to the reader for the island and greece. ( I think I talk too much lol) Thanks for your time , N3krom4nc3r (talk) 22:46, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Replying here is fine, I perfer it instead of getting email. Well, I went ahead and replaced www.ikaria.gr with www.icaria.gr. Thanks for pointing that out. I also went ahead and fixed the N17 section to just include Christodoulos Xiros being born on the island and Alexandros Giotopoulos about how he was captured on Lipsi. I hope that helps, any questions or comments just post them here. Thanks again. _{El Greco}^(talk) 00:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

www.leningrad.su

There is open discussion about external link to this site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Saint_Petersburg

Please don't delete the link until the discussion will be closed.--Sergei Frolov (talk) 19:48, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Replied, over at Talk:Saint Petersburg. _{El Greco}^(talk) 01:21, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Greek cypriots in Canada

Ελ Γκρεκο, δεν θελω να μας βλεπουν οι βαρβαροι να τσακωνομαστε ουτε να στην πω. Το θεμα με τον αριθμο ειναι απλο και δεν χρειαζεται να υπερασπιζεσαι μια μαλακια που εγραψε ενας Τουρκοκυπριος. Στο θεμα μας:

Respondents who reported multiple ethnic origins are counted more than once in this table, as they are included in the multiple responses for each origin they reported. For example, a respondent who reported 'English and Scottish' would be included in the multiple responses for English and for Scottish.

Οι Κυπριοι που ειναι 3,395 καποιοι θα απαντησαν Ελληνες και Κυπριοι (Α), καποιοι Τουρκοι και Κυπριοι (Β) και καποιοι Κυπριοι σκετο (Γ). Α+Β=2,570 και Γ=830. Τωρα απο το παραπανω βλεπεις οτι τα Α,Β συμπεριλαμβανονται στο total για τους Ελληνες και στο αντιστοιχο για τους Τουρκους. Για αυτο το λογο το total για τους Ελληνες 231,110 πχ ειναι μεγαλυτερο απο οσους απαντησαν μονο Ελληνες 134,320. Δηλ οσοι απο τους 2,570 δηλωσαν και Ελληνες (Ελληνοκυπριοι ή Ελληνοτουρκοκυπριοι οπως λες) συμπεριλαμβανονται ηδη στο συνολο μαζι με οσους δηλωσαν Ελληνογερμανοι, Ελληνοαμερικανοι κτλ. Ελπιζω τωρα να ειναι πιο κατανοητο γιατι το επιπλεον νουμερο ειναι 830. Εξακολουθω να νομιζω οτι δεν προσφερει τιποτα το να συμπεριληφθει αλλα δεν θα επιμείων αφου το θες. Πρεπει ομως να ειναι σωστο. Πες μου τη γνωμη σου.Xenovatis (talk) 21:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Look this is how I see it. The number (3,395) encompasses duplicate respondents. Some people have one ethnicity, some have more than one ethnicity. A census will just include people, but not their ethnicity. However, the ethnicity numbers are always going to overlap, because there are more than one persons who could fit into more than one ethnicity. Yes, 830 of those respondents are of one ethnicity, but what about the 2565? They can be either Greek, Turkish, both or some other ethnic group. Therefore 830 of the 3,395 respondents replied with one ethnicity (could be Greek, could be Turkish, could be what ever). The remainder responded that they are Greek/Turkish, Greek/British, Turkish/British, etc. Therefore, you cannot ascertain who are the Greeks, and who are the non-Greeks from what the census table gives. So, the 3,395 should be included with the disclaimer that it is unclear what ethnicity they are.

Now as you say, that only the 830 should be included in the footnote, I ask you this. What about the Greek census number then? There are 231,110 Greeks in Canada, some of them more than one ethnicity are we going to adjust that number too?

Take a look at this chart. [12] Now the yellow shows the whole population of lets say Canada, the purple Cypriots, and the blue everyone else. Now the whole population is everything in that box. The pure Cypriots, the ones with one ethnicity are in the P(A) (830) region and the one ethnicity everyone else is in the P(B). So the overlap area is P(A and B), that's the 2,565. So, to make a long story short, there may be 830 Cypriots of one ethnicity, but there are also 2,565 Cypriots of more than one ethnicity. So an overlap occurs which is bound to occur. _{El Greco}^(talk) 22:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

This is our disagreement:Therefore 830 of the 3,395 respondents replied with one ethnicity (could be Greek, could be Turkish, could be what ever). The 830 only responded Cypriot in the poll, hence they are only counted in the total for Cyprus. That is what the collumn indicates, those who only replied the field on the left. One ethnicity but not any one, Cypriot. Among the rest those who also reported Greek ethnicity are allready included in the total (larger) number for the Greeks 231,110 which of course should not be changed. Those who didn't answer Greek are also included in the totals for the ethnicities they answered. So if we include the 2,565 in the number of additional we will be doublecounting since those of them who are Greek are allready included in the total for Greeks.Xenovatis (talk) 23:12, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

But who says they are Greek? That's the problem. You're assuming they are Greek, I'm not assuming that, they could be. For all we know, they could be British. We don't know. We could have 830 Cypriots (who don't declare whether or not they are Greek or Turkish), and we could have 2,565 British Cypriots who declare they are both Cypriot and British. Therefore if we added the 3,395 to the infobox, there really is no doublecounting. You see, there is no clear indication what ethnicity they are. That is the problem I have, by just adding the 830, you are leaving out 2,565 possible persons that could be addtionally added to the infobox. They could be Greek, Turkish, and British in one. How about this, what if out of those 830, 400 of them are Turkish? Then the 830 is wrong to begin with. _{El Greco}^(talk) 01:35, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Where am I assuming they are Greek and who am I assuming is? Answer that first. Then what I said is that of those 2.565 those that have declared Greek (in any combination) are allready included in the larger total for Greek. They only ones who could possibly be Greek and are not included are those that declared only Cypriot. In the mean time the table is being molested by a pov pushing Slavomacedonian nationalist so I can't waste any more time with this. Xenovatis (talk) 09:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

About Komotini

Komotini has a muslim minority, so it is normal that there should be a turkish native name. Do you agree? If not, I should move on and get rid off every native name that is in Greek in the towns of Saranda and Himara. Which is our consensus? 217.24.247.236 (talk) 19:51, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

...and what consensus is that? Native name refers to the name of that city spoken in the language of that country. Not what minorities exist in that city. Get you facts checked. _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:16, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Ancient Macedonian Language

Can you please take some notice here, if its possible: [13] and here at the end of the page.[14]. Thank you.

Also read the history page of the User: Future Perfect at Sunrise, look at the methods employed[15]

EOKA

Hi, I am proposing to split the article on EOKA into two separate articles. I noticed you have contributed to the article so if you are still interested, please have a look at the talk page and add any of your thoughts. Georgeg (talk) 16:34, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Thessaloniki

Kalispera. Antlisa tis piges mou gia tis adelfopoiimenes poleis tis Thessalonikis apo to episimo site tou Dimou Thessalonikis, parathetontas kai to sxetiko link, opou malista mesa yparxoun san sinnimena kai ta prwtokolla ypografis metaksy twn polewn. Den antilamvanomai loipon to logo gia ton opoio den eginan dektes oi allages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.252.68 (talk) 15:59, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Next time, state your source in the edit otherwise users will revert it as I did. It's all updated now. Kalo Pasxa. _{El Greco}^(talk) 00:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.252.68 (talk) 12:58, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

FPC I'd Like Help With

I was just wondering if you wouldn't mind going to Portal:James Bond. I'd really appreciate any criticisms or support that you could provide for this Featured portal candidate. Thanks. Ultra! 19:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Looks very good. I supported it on the nomination page, and also added a shortcut template to it, if that's okay. _{El Greco}^(talk) 00:40, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Improvements on the article regarding Catania

I had made several momentous improvements on the sections Culture and Transportations of the Catania page and corrected some factual errors on the Catania infobox. For example, Scapagnini is no more mayor of the city. I live in Catania, and all the information I provided has solid ground and shares a neutral point of view. These improvements have been cancelled and the page returned to the previous version. Why has this been carried out? If somebody asked for sources couldn't he just ask for them? I would be gladly provide any source needed.Drunkpiper (talk) 14:17, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

You have to add your sources into the article. People are not going to read and then request. _{El Greco}^(talk) 21:04, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

On the other hand, there's ways and means of getting your message across - might I gently suggest a read of WP:DONTBITE? FlagSteward (talk) 17:24, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Elgin Marbles

I have been working on the Elgin Marbles article for several days now and I am proposing that it be renamed. Unfortunately I have not managed to attract any responses yet, so if you would be interested to comment on my proposal I would appreciate some feedback--Giorgos Tzimas (talk) 13:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Regd the Cyprus Page

Hi..I am a regular user of the wiki, but not very aware of the posting guidelines. So, I am not even sure whether my question should be posted here. I had added a link to my blog http://www.triptocyprus.com/blog under the General Info section on the Cyprus page. I have been in Cyprus for around 7 years now and have traveled extensively within Cyprus. I have (and am continuously)documented details of all my travels with photographs on my blog, which could (and has, according to feedback) serve useful to visitors and cypriots alike. Any reason why that was removed ? thanks in advance for the reply Kotram (talk) 15:17, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

The link was removed because it does not adhere to Wiki policy. See WP:ELNO. _{El Greco}^(talk) 22:45, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Titanic/Olympic stern photo

Hi, yes that is a picture of the Olympic's stern which like many Olympic pictures are used as a stand-in for Titanic. Photos exist of Titanic's stern in drydock but none were taken of Titanic after she was painted. The ship in the photo is in White Star colors and is noted as Olympic in books and on websites such as LostLiners.com Just thought I'd make the photo accurate. Thanks Koplimek (talk) 21:58, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Well I find no image of that on Lostliners.com on either the Titanic or Olympic page. So I'm willing to believe the Library of Congress until something else is shown. _{El Greco}^(talk) 14:32, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

El Greco,since your the only one in conflict with my captioning of the photo, here's the page on LostLiners.com ...scroll down to the bottom, it's the picture at the bottom. Note the same man standing at the center prop and the rudder positioned about 45 degrees to the right. Compare both pictures. The Library of Congress is inaccurate if they say this is Titanic. It's Olympic:

Olympic at LostLiners —Preceding unsigned comment added by Koplimek (talk • contribs) 04:58, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

P.S. you can click the photos at LostLiners to enlarge.Koplimek (talk) 05:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I've seen the photo and the one that you link to on that page is not the same one on the RMS Titanic page. The man in the photos doesn't look the same. In the Titanic photo he is standing next to the base of the propeller, while in the Olympic picture he is standing in front of the propeller. _{El Greco}^(talk) 23:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Sarkozy 'April Fool's Joke'?

Hi 'El Greco'. I agree with you utmost. Whatever a british newspaper thinks of the French President has no effect whatsoever on his image. Well done you for deleting my addition to the Nicolas Sarkozy article. I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, i think i'm gonna go and delete all that apparently 'pointless' information out there! Once again, "El Greco"- I'm so glad you've deleted my addition- my life has been changed for the better! Robincross224 (talk)

Request for help

Future Perfect of Sunrise is not discussing, and is performing disruptive editing[16], without even bothering to address the points raised in the talk page[17].

Can you please take some notice.

Macedonia naming dispute

El Greco, I understand this topic is a controversial issue, but why do you insist on reverting back to a version with so many instances of bad English? Can't you see the recent changes have been improvements in readability without changing the content? You've even reverted corrections of capitals - surely you don't have a problem with corrections such as those? You seem to be trying to take ownership of the article, which is fine as long as you don't keep reverting back to an inferior version. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.7.132.71 (talk) 04:24, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Frank

I agree it has been innagurated into the article, but having it in the lead provides a nice overview of his life and career. All the info in the lead is already in the article, the Mafia stuff in the relationships sction, etc. It also nudges the introduction toward good article criteria. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 07:53, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Pisanie

Hi. I wonder if you could take a look at this discussion, and the pictures, and let us know the Greek term for the object in question. Thank you. Biruitorul ^Talk 14:56, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

The best I can come up with is plaque or πινακίδα in Greek. I hope that helps. _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thank you - much appreciated. Biruitorul ^Talk 22:00, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

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