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Failed GA review - Cyprus article

Hi all

I have returned after some time away after only being around erratically for the last seven months and am glad to be back editing !! WOOHOO !!

I am a bit concerned that the Cyprus page is going downhill. I have tried to get things back in order but am fighting a losing battle. The article was up for review and unfortunately this was during one of my absent periods. I had warned people that the review would happen, and am dissapointed to find it failed on basic issues such as POV, inaccuracies, cite needed etc.

I will be back on it fully over the weekend, weeding out those little peacock sentences and trying to stop problems with namings/they started it/what about the war etc from getting in the way of Good article status.

As before I will state once again that I am totally neutral in this article, if anything I would like to see Cyprus Cypriot again, not Greek or Turkish but only the population can heal that wound.

People need to put aside their differences and allow this important article to reach its potential, it is somewhere that all Cypriots should be proud to look and is after all an advert for your country and what it has acheived.

thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 23:39, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi there, we need to put aside any pride and emotions whatsoever, and be objective. the point here is, or t least that's what it's supposed to be, objective history. Disappointingly enough, there are many inaccuracies in this page. I could say why but I won't, because as I said the point here is objective history and facts that happenned, not opinions. TMT was created in 1958. It was created years before that, and many people who were young then and still alive now, witnessed then TMT announcemennts on walls stating 'Ya taksim, ya olum', which means 'Division or death' in Turkish. Sadly, internet users are correct to regard Wikipedia as a non reliable resource. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.169.207.53 (talk) 18:44, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

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Also, Mr Veniamin who was Minister of Interior Affairs in the 60's, mentions proofs according to which the Turkish Cypriots were importing weapons with the assistance of TMT before the Republic of Cyprus was formed, during the British occupation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.169.207.53 (talk) 18:46, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

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Idol of Pomos photo

Hello Cypriot compatriots! I'm not sure if this is the right place to request photos, but Idol of Pomos could use one. The previous photo there was copyrighted and replaceable so it had to be deleted. For reference, the photo still exists at el:Αρχείο:Pomos idol.jpg. I'm not sure if there is any issue with taking photos in the Cyprus Museum but that's where it's on display. I would imagine the museum has other good photo candidates too. -kotra (talk) 18:51, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kapouti

Can you assist in expanding the Kapouti article. English sources tells me that this is a real village but they do not provide enough data for me to draft an article. Perhaps you have other non-English sources to improve it?--Lenticel ^(talk) 05:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

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