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Please help to edit london greek commitee — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahusha ( talk • contribs) 04:45, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Kostas. How are you? I hope everything is well with you and yours. Sorry for the disturbance but there have been a lot of edits in the past few days on the article, all unsourced, and some sections look like OR to me. Could you please check and advise whenever you have the time? Thank you. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 05:20, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Hallo Constantine,
I need the advice of an experienced user (you :-)). If someone goes against a guideline (in this case,
WP:OPENPARA) what possibilities there are to enforce him to respect it? In concrete, it is always the same story about citizenship of famous people...in this case an italian born physicist emigrated in the U.S. after his college studies,
Riccardo Giacconi. According to OPENPARA he should be defined as American, but the nationality has been repeatedly changed to Italian-American. Thanks for your advice,
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— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:49, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
NativeForeigner ( talk · contribs) indefinitely banned Oh Yeaaahh ( talk + · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser) yesterday following a sockpuppet investigation. Per WP:EVADE, this means that all of Oh Yeaaahh's contributions should be reverted ( verify).
However, this is not going to be a one-user task given the scope of the user's contributions and you may want to ensure that edits by other users are carried over. Luckily I have User:Marianian/checklist to keep track of the task. Suggested reasons for the summary box are also there. I appreciate your assistance. -- Marianian( talk) 02:10, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
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I appreciate your outstanding work on Ottoman and Byzantine architecture cats. Thanks Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 21:34, 14 August 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks Nedim, much appreciated! I was planning to do this for a long time now, I always got lost in these huge categories with over 200 entries... Any suggestions for further improvement/fine-tuning are welcome! Cheers, Constantine ✍ 23:45, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
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The Sack of Amorium by the Abbasid Caliphate in mid-August 838 was one of the major events in the Arab–Byzantine Wars. The Caliph al-Mu'tasim targetted Amorium, in modern Anatolia, as it was one of Byzantium's most important cities and in retaliation for Byzantium's attacks the previous year. He defeated the Byzantine emperor, Theophilos, and his forces at Anzen. The Abbasid troops then sacked the city of Ancyra and arrived at Amorium (siege depicted). Faced with intrigues at Constantinople and an army rebellion, Theophilos was unable to aid the city. Amorium was strongly fortified and garrisoned, but a traitor revealed a weak spot in the wall, where the Abbasids effected a breach. The commander of the breached section left his post to try to negotiate privately with the Caliph, allowing the Arabs to capture the city. Amorium was systematically destroyed, never to recover its former prosperity. Many of its inhabitants were slaughtered, and the remainder driven off as slaves. The conquest of Amorium not only was a major military disaster and a heavy personal blow for Theophilos, but also a traumatic event for the Byzantines, its impact resonating in later literature. ( Full article...)
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Ok look, the reason why I threatened those respected editors is because I got extremely angry at an administrator by the name of Sowlos who chewed me out in front of everyone. I had to go to a bureaucrat to get those threads on the talk pages reopened for discussion and he chewed out the administrator who closed the discussions in the first place. Kansas Bear came off extremely rude when I proposed that merger on the talk page of the Roman Empire and idk why. Since Sowlos had already chewed me out and I loathe being chewed out multiple times in the same hour, I took all of my anger and frustrations out on him and the other editor and threatened to get that same bureaucrat on both of them. Also, I am sorry for the big edit war we had on the Sasanian Empire talk page!But since I wan to end it all right now, I took a look at your talk page and saw the thread titled "HistoryofIran" and saw that you were right and they did not conquer all of Anatolia, but only the central part of Anatolia. So I modified my map as you can see here where it looks exactly like the current map only it doesn't show that they controlled Transoxia so it is more accurate than that map. Let me link it to you: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sasanian_Persian_Empire_ca._620_A.D.jpg
And just in case you and the others are not satisfied with that map, I filed a request on map workshop to either improve my map which I cannot do because I do not have the paint apps they have, OR make an entirely new map of the Sasanian Empire that looks exactly like my map in the sense of having a physical and topographical background. I am not trolling when I state this, this is my honest opinion; Personally I do not like maps having those ugly white backgrounds with the countries shown in green. I rather have all of the maps have this type of background: http://www.treehouse-maps.com/mims/m2l/tglrg918_l_eastasia.png. For example, if anyone is to make another map of the Qing Empire to go in the infobox, they should add a physical and topographic background like how my maps have. My old maps used to be red, green, orange, etc. with a white background because I thought it was easier to make it that way, but then I realized that maps such as this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/AchaemenidEmpireTerritorialExpanision.jpg and/or this: http://www.opcdorset.org/FordingtonFiles/Mapofchina.gif are much better suited for infobox images for Wikipedia Articles that associate with Historical nations.
Also, I am sorry for taking my anger out on those other users on the other talk pages! That was very immature of me and completely uncalled for and I went to Sowlos after that whole incident and said this: "I see. Unfortunately, ignorance will not necessarily protect you from hostile reactions to disruptive acts. If you really did not intend to spam trollishness, you must remember it is incumbent upon you to understand the situation you are entering and the effects of your actions. The relationship of the Roman Empire to the Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Empire is a controversial topic. Many nationalistic and ethnic biases play into the historical revisionism and vandalism the related articles have had to grapple with over the years. Also, your contentious posts appeared to have little logical underpinning (another trolling red-flag): How does listing Ottoman Empire as the Byzantine Empire's successor mean they should be merged into a single Roman Empire article? By that logic the Roman Kingdom and Republic articles should also be merged. And, what about the Republic of Turkey? It is the continuing legal personality of the Ottoman Empire. Under that logic, shouldn't it be merged into the Roman Empire super article? Even if they did all rightfully deserve representation as a single state, encyclopaedias have separate articles for a reason. One article just cannot cover everything. That's what parent and subarticles are for. Lastly, your suggestion would require completely ignoring centuries of establish academic understanding."
"I find it hard to believe you were completely ignorant to all these issues, but if you were, you essentially kicked a hornets' nest."
He was right about me on two things, that I am a new user who was completely ignorant on all those issues and that I kicked the hornet's nest.
Finally, as I said to everyone on the Sasanian Empire talk page, I have created my first article that is endanger of being either deleted or redirected. It's called List_of_species_rumored/believed_to_still_be_alive. It is a great article and I have been doing my hardest to cite accurate, credible and reliable sources if you see the references section of the article. There are so many species that went extinct from the Paleocene Epoch all the way to 2011 A.D. and so many of them are rumored and believed to still be alive today. With that being said, please help with my first article. That is all that I ask of you now. I am going to ask the others to help as well. If you do not wish to partake in contributing to the article itself, then at least put your opinion of it here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of species rumored/believed to still be alive. I won't bother you again after this. Peace ☮
But then again you no longer WP:AGF Assume Good Faith in me so that obviously means you despise me regardless of what I say. ☮ Keeby101 ( talk) 01:36, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello Cplakidas can translate this article Γοδεφρείδος ντε Μπρυγέρ. A greetings Kardam ( talk) 17:59, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello Cplakidas, if you ever had time, or ever had the will to do it, then could you please do me a favor and expand the Farrukhan the Great section as you did with Khurshid of Tabaristan? since i can't really find much information about him and i am still learning the Persian alphabet (i live in Europe) so i can't translate it from the Persian wiki, and i can't understand what it says when i translate it to English with Google translate. -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 19:43, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Ok, thanks :). -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 20:07, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
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Your kind gesture is much appreciated! Cheers, Constantine ✍ 06:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the report. They certainily have a fair number of contributions left, and I'm not sure how aggressively to attempt to revert them all. I think I've gotten all of the created articles, and some of the most egregiously irrelevant redirects. NativeForeigner Talk 16:54, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
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Can someone explain to me why am I, a Wikipedian need to hear about conflicts between Pumpie and others if I am not an admin and I don't even know the whole story. It turns out that I receive this on commons and since I don't know the story I don't know what to do?-- Mishae ( talk) 14:59, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Cplakidas. This article has been expanded in greek you can translate it from there. This as Πολιορκία και Άλωση Τραπεζούντος. A greetings. Kardam ( talk) 20:30, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Please take a look at Artishert. DragonflySixtySeven has been deleting the articles created by Oh Yeaaahh and Da Desirer 2; one was Peace and Friendship station, which Oh Yeaaahh had created at SEF tram stop. After an AfD that ended with no consensus, it was moved, and Artishert has now recreated it at the original title. I've pinged Markussep and will now write Dragonfly, but I'm at work, which is not conducive to a close examination of Artishert's work with comparison of deleted versions. I hope it's just a rail maven who wants there to be articles on all these stations. Yngvadottir ( talk) 12:37, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi, any chance you could reserve the review for this and review it for me? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:58, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Costa. I was wondering why you are continuously reversing the map of the Balkans to a map that does not represent the current situation. The map should clearly refer to the 'Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia' as FYROM. This is not an insult, it is what has currently been agreed upon by the united nations. I didn't write it myself. Could you kindly help me understand the reason you are doing this?
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An wp:spa account you know (who recently created large scale disruption as unlogged in en:wiki) found a quite bizarre way to take his revenge by performing a tit for tat strategy via de:wiki. Since you know his case, in these days he is into large scale disruption in various articles in de:wiki, for example Arvanites (claiming that there are 2 million i.e. all the population in Peloponess&Central Greece minus Athens), using wrong [ [1]] sources and instead of explanations, no wonder, writing tendentious comments and personal attacking [ [2]].
Sounds weird none wants to deal with him (although he received a short block in de:wiki too), since most third-part users believe that they should... not be involved in national disputes[ [3]]. Similar disruption in Epirus where he uses his reviewer button as a way of light edit-warring. Alexikoua ( talk) 07:44, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
You made some changes, I made some other changes, and then you undid all my changes without going through them. There is a reason for everything... Neo ^ ( talk) 05:57, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
Message received. Try using actual expressions, not Wikipedia expressions, which I am not familiar with. Thank you. Also, I know that some people are much more capable than me, not to worry! Neo ^ ( talk) 19:36, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for explaining to me about Pumpie and his socks, however rather deleting his articles I would propose to give them to users that are interested in such stuff. He mentioned to me that he tried to translate an article about something from Greek. Can you be so kind and give a link of such article (although as I read the other posts on your talkpage, I assumed it got deleted)? Either way, I have a Wikipedian here who writes articles on Greek football teams, maybe he will be kind to help us translate Pumpie's articles. Thoughts?-- Mishae ( talk) 05:35, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
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Wow, thanks! -- llywrch ( talk) 04:31, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Do you have any information about these alleged members of the crispo family, Fiorenza II Crispo, Co-Lady of Milos and Maria Crispo, Co-Lady of Milos? I don't find anything in the sources except the mention of 2 unnamed daughters in Hopf's genealogical tables here, and the mention of this information in subsequent books by later historians (incl Miller). The problem is (apart from the absence of a name) that Hopf contradicts himself in some of his other books (he writes somewhere that Giacomo died without children, and somewhere else that Giovanni Michiel married another woman of the Crispo family) ; (in his genealogical tables he provides no source, and they are well known for beeing full of errors). Plus, the brides would have been very very young (their parents married only in 1414 of 1415 according to Peter Schreiner) (the first one is supposed to have married in 1419!). There is neither any mention of children in the contemporary Venetian documents about Giacomo's succession (in Thiriet's Régestes du Sénat de Venise. I think that these articles should be deleted, and stay only as a note in Giacomo's article.-- Phso2 ( talk) 09:29, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Constantine,
There are a lot of very definite statements in Wikipedia about Philippopolis being Bulgarian at the time of Sviatoslav's invasion. To be fair there are a number of academic works which state the same. However, most historians just seem to register the fall of cities to the Bulgarians and not negotiated restitutions. We know that the peace negotiated with Tsar Peter included the reversion of the border to treaties in place before Symeon's conquests, though we do not know the precise geographic demarcation.
Constantine VII says that Philippopolis was in the eparchia of Thrake " In Eparchia Thraciae habet metropolis Philippopolis "- and therefore presumably Byzantine in the mid 10th century. Also John Fine considers that Philippopolis was Byzantine when sacked by Sviatoslav, which makes a lot more sense than a Bulgarian provincial governor putting up a pointless fight once his Tsar was in Sviatoslav's hands, not to mention that at the time Sviatoslav's army included Bulgarians.
I think that greater degre of uncertainty should be introduced into descriptions involving the ownership of the city at this time. I even found a statement that Tsar Peter retained Philippopolis supported by a reference to Fine which flatly contradicted this assertion. Urselius ( talk) 14:23, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Incidentally I recently bought a book - The Byzantine Art of War by Michael J. Decker (2013) Westholme Publishing with several campaign maps inscribed "after Cplakidas" - fame at last? Urselius ( talk) 20:09, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Right, I finally got around to checking Leo the Deacon in the original, and this is what he says: "Ὁ δὲ Σφενδοσλάβος, [...] περιδεεῖς καὶ καταπλῆγας Μυσοὺς τῇ ἐμφύτῳ ἀπηνείᾳ κατεργασάμενος (φασὶ γὰρ τὴν Φιλίππου πόλιν τῷ πολεμεῖν ἐξελὼν, δισμυρίους τῶν ἐν τῷ ἄστει ληφθέντων ὠμῶς καὶ ἀπανθρώπως ἀνασκολοπίσαι, καὶ ταύτῃ τὸ ἀντίξουν ἅπαν ἐκδειματῶσαι καὶ θεῖναι ὑπόσπονδον)", i.e. "Sviatoslav, [...]. had cowed and subdued the Mysians [Bulgarians] with his innate cruelty (for they say that when he took Philip's city by force, he cruelly and inhumanly put to the stake 20,000 of the inhabitants, and in this way all his enemies were terrified and sumbitted seeking terms)". This seems to imply that the city was in Bulgarian hands, and indeed all modern retellings of the Rus' invasion I have read (Obolensky, Stephenson, Whittow, et al.) seem to include the episode within the context of the fall of eastern Bulgaria, and Whittow explicitly calls it a "key Bulgar fortress". Given that Philippopolis along with Serdica and much of Macedonia fell into Bulgarian hands in the mid-9th century, and no (successful) Byzantine attempt at recovery is recorded or even hinted at after, plus the fact that for until Sviatoslav's invasion the Byzantine-Bulgarian border ran approximately along the lines of the modern southern Bulgarian border, Philippopolis must be regarded as a Bulgarian city. Constantine ✍ 10:25, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Cplakidas. I know that you didn't create such article, but maybe you can help me. I translated it recently and as you can see in my version, and I put sources in all parts that was missing, but yet there is one phrase that I don't find any source that say this, could you help me? It is: "Since 1071 he was a governor of the Theme of Iberia". The article theme of Iberia says the same thing, however there is any source too. thanks.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 04:09, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
I have some information of the regents.
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Hi Kostas, do you have any idea where to obtain a license-free contemporary image (coin, seal) of Alexios II. Komnenos? Or is the seal on Dumbarton Oaks website the only one known? Is there a chance to find something in pre-1923 literature? Thanks for info! -- SJuergen ( talk) 22:22, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Cplakidas! Sorry dirturb you again, but there is another thing that I don't know what it is right. Well, in article Theodore Gabras, it's written that Constantine Gabras was the younger son of this general, but in another article, about the family Gabras, it's written that the same Constantine was the nephew of Theodore. Do you know what is it right?-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 18:15, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Cplakidas. You recently removed this item, noting 'the Napoleonic Guard was neither small nor known as "the Immortals"'. Not being an expert in European military history, I have only this to go by. You may want to see to any necessary clean-up. Happy editing, Cnilep ( talk) 07:41, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for your help on the Pyrosvesteiou Square issue. I was also going through several articles on neighbourhoods in Patras, most of them created by our friend Pumpie, and in rather bad shape. I wouldn't know whether these places have any official status, or whether they are even notable. I started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Greece#Neighbourhoods in Patras, maybe you can help. Markussep Talk 12:01, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello Constantine. I am bit lost here, i am currently trying to create some articles about the Marzban's of Armenia, but i am not sure that i should put the royalty infobox or the office holder infbox, some of them were after all from noble families, while some were not. -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 18:31, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
Alright, thanks :-). -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 19:48, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Constantine! Do you know what the (Byzantine) Greeks used to call the city of Ani? The articls says "Ανίον", but I can't find a source. -- Երևանցի talk 15:04, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello again. Sorry to bother you with my questions. Can you please check if the Greek names of Dvin are correct and can you please find sources for them if possible? -- Երևանցի talk 22:29, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Abdallah ibn Ali, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after the death of the first Abbasid caliph, al-Saffah, his uncle Abdallah ibn Ali led a revolt and tried to claim the throne from al-Saffah's brother, al-Mansur? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abdallah ibn Ali. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Hello Constantine, in Byzantine Coins, p. 257, Philip Grierson cites a publication by Ioannis Svoronos from 1908 giving a coin image of Michael I. Komnenos Dukas (wrongly attributed to Michael VII.) in the Numismatic Museum at Athens. Do you have the chance to find out more specific bibliographical data? This seems to be the only way to obtain a contemporary illustration of Michael in public domain. (Grierson himself gives a copyrighted one on pl. 80, No. 1277). Cheers -- SJuergen ( talk) 22:41, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for the barnstar! I can't express how timely it was, and I was feeling pretty down today about everything until you came along. I know it's just a box on the screen, and it's good to be a gnome, but I'm really thankful to you! Ithinkicahn ( talk) 00:05, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Constantine,
I have just redone the Portuguese article by translating Siege of Constantinople (674–78) and I was wondering if it isn't good for featured article. I know you are too strict with that kind o f things, but what do you think?
Thank you very much.
PS: You must know it already, but PT.WP owes you already, indirectly, about 16 FA and more than 50 GA. Thank you again. :-) -- pt:Stegop talk 02:54, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, would you please take a look at this contradiction? Oddly enough, it's a tag on a FA, but I think Simeon's article is correct and other two incorrectly date the battle on the same day he died in Preslav. But I'm not sure because the battle's article cites Theophanes Continuatus as the source. Do you have any insights on this? Thank you in advance. José Luiz talk 10:27, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, I was wondering if you could give your feedback in the proposed split of the article Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece. There are comments on the talk page here:
Any feedback would be appreciated. If you know how to do the split and agree with the comments, I recommend we go ahead with that. Many thanks, salut, ΙΣΧΣΝΙΚΑ-888 ( talk) 14:31, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, I just noticed this individual in Template:Rebellion and secession in Byzantium, 1182–1205. I went thru the index of Donald Nicol's The Byzantine family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus) -- & his "agenda & corridenga in the 1973 Dumbarton Oaks Papers (1973) -- & cannot identify this figure with any of the John K's Nicol has information about. (I was concerned because I'm about to return this book to my library. I obtained his monograph thru ILL, so it may take me as long as 18 months to consult this book again.) Do you have a reliable source that this person did exist? (Or even a detail or two that can further identify him?) If not, we probably should remove his name from this template until a reliable source for him can be found. -- llywrch ( talk) 18:49, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kharijite Rebellion (866–896), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Kharijite uprising that began in the Jazira in 866, would last for 30 years before being suppressed by the Abbasid government? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kharijite Rebellion (866–896). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Hello Constantine. As you know, everybody on wiki pt. admire your work about Middle Ages, specially Byzantine Empire. And as maybe you also know, I like to translate so much your articles. And two of them, the officials Salomon and John Troglita, made me think. Both are good articles here, but looking for more information about them, specially in Martindale and Bury (finally I have the entire pdfs!), I haven't found anything more substancial to complement your work. That's why I would like to propose both to featured articles? What do you think, do you suggest any source for me to read?-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 11:12, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, I wonder if this article is expandable, because this character has done more than his predecessors, but its history is very short, I would like to expand, but my English is very poor and not any Greek. A greeting and good luck in your edits Kardam ( talk) 23:22, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello Constantine, thanks for your feedback for spliting the Timeline article. You can find the split articles here:
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Hello. Can you please just add a "Support" vote, since it was you who suggested "Arminiya". Thank you. -- Երևանցի talk 20:58, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
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You removed the dates from the title, but there were lots of Pisan and Genoese expeditions to Sardinia in the Middle Ages. There is a bigger problem, however. The article is not only about the Pisan and Genoese response, but about Mujahid's campaign as well. It needs a new title altogether. Any ideas? Srnec ( talk) 00:15, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 2 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Baykand, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Battle of Baykand, in what is now Uzbekistan, was won after al-Harith ibn Surayj suggested that it was better to die fighting than to die of thirst? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Baykand. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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An article that you have been involved in editing, Osmanoğlu family, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Ithinkicahn ( talk) 01:41, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello, Constantine. In Uprising of Ivaylo, a certain Byzantine general called "Michael Glava" is referenced and I'm wondering if he is not Michael Doukas Glabas Tarchaneiotes. What do you think? Thank you in advance. José Luiz talk 00:50, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
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![]() | On 14 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alid Revolt (762–763), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when the Alid Muhammad the Pure Soul launched his abortive uprising against the Abbasids, Caliph al-Mansur is said to have remarked that at last he had "enticed the fox out of his hole"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alid Revolt (762–763). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 04:32, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Kosta. Subject to the usual disclaimers of you having the time, inclination etc. could you please check Template:Did you know nominations/Venetian arsenal, Gouvia because the DYK nomination has stalled. It got a "non review" review, in the sense that the review did not affirm the validity of the hook. I would appreciate your advice on the current hook's acceptability. I could modify it or create another if need be. Thank you for your time. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 22:29, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
Hallo Constantine. This might be of some you to you [ [9]]. It seems some dozens of interesting WWII pics (1943-45) can be finally uploaded. Thank God we don't need this fair use rational tag any more. Alexikoua ( talk) 23:57, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
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This letter is in regard to the translation of King Tahmasb or Tahmseb, (both spellings/pronunciations are accurate and commonly used and will be used interchangeably here) and its incorrect INCORRECT translation of “Tahmasp” on Wikipedia ending with the letter “p”. In all of Persian/Farsi literature, the King’s name is spelled طهماسب. (see link 1 below). The letter-by-letter translation written and read from right to left in Farsi, is as follow: “ﻁ” for T, “ه” for H, “ﻣ” for M, “ﺍ” for A, “ﺳ” for S, “ب” for B (see link 2 below). So in essence it’s spelled as THMASB and pronounced as either Tahmasb or Tahmaseb. (Because there is no vowel between the letters “S” and “B”, it can be pronounced either way) If you notice here, most vowels are eliminated, as is the case with all words in Farsi. The last letter “ب” represents the “B” of the English Language and is pronounced identically in both languages.
The elimination of the vowels in Farsi acts to shorten the word, providing a smaller distance for the eye to scan. This vowel elimination becomes especially relevant when reading articles or books composed of large number of words as this creates a significant decrease in the time required to scan / read the subject matter.
A descendant of King Tahmaseb or any work attributed to him is given the name Tahmasebi, (translation تهماسبی) with the suffix “i” denoting “of” or “from”, meaning “of Tahmaseb” (“i” in farsi represented by the symbol “ﻯ”) (see link 3) The letter "b" is still present here and symbolized by "ﺑ"
On Wikipedia, there seams to be a translation error in which the King’s name is written as Tahmasp ending with the letter “p”. The letter p in farsi is represented by the symbol پ" 2 " (see link 2). Placing the Farsi letters “B” and “P” side by side, "ب" and "پ" one can see that although similar, the letter “p” has two additional dots at the bottom of the symbol. As mentioned in the first paragraph, King Tahmaseb’s name is spelled with a B in Farsi, Tahmaseb (Farsi: طهماسب) and never with a “p”.
Aside from all the accurate historical literature in which the King’s name is spelled Tahmasb/Tahmaseb, for consistency of Wikipedia articles alone his name should reflect already existing articles on wikipedia, (as shown in the links below) and on the net.
1. If Wikipedia article titled “شاه طهماسب یکم” (Translation: King Tahmaseb/Tahmasb the First) spells King Tahmaseb’s name ending with a “ب” or “b” (link 1) and King’s own book is titled “Shahnameh Tahmasebi” طهماسبی (Tahmasebi meaning “of” or “from” Tahmaseb) (see link 3) and spelled with a “b”, “ب”
AND
2. If Wikepdia article titled “Persian Alphabet” shows that the translation of the letter “B” is “ب” in Farsi (see link 2)
THEN
Without resourcing to any historical data or translation knowledge, one can deduce that the English Wikipedia page written about him should have the correct spelling of Tahmasb / Tahmaseb.
Nowhere else in Persian literature is King Tahmasb’s name written ending with the letter “p” and it shouldn’t be on such a far-reaching and significant page as Wikipedia either.
Link 1:
In the Farsi Wikipedia, you can find the correct spelling of King Tahmaseb as it has always been written and used in Farsi/Persian literature, http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/شاهنامه_تهماسبی
Link 2:
2 Details of the Farsi to English alphabet translation can be seen on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia’s table of translation:
/info/en/?search=Persian_alphabet#Letters
Links 3:
3 The book of art titled “Shahnameh Tahmasebi” attributed to King Tahmaseb is one of Iran’s most significant works of art. The King’s name is spelled correctly as Tahmasebi (meaning “of” or “from” Tahmaseb)
http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/شاهنامه_تهماسبی
http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/articles/tahmasbi_shahnameh.php — Preceding
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I am not trying to convince you, I am responding to your message threatening that I will be blocked as an editor because I corrected an error on Wikipedia.
Within the guidelines of wikipedia, I have made attempts to correct this information. It is very possible that my procedures were incorrect, however regarding the correction of title of a wikipedia article, I have followed the the proper steps. This is a technical move, (e.g. spelling and capitalization), and have followed Wikipedia guidelines of "Reasons for moving a page
There are many reasons why you might wish to rename a page:
The title has been misspelled, does not contain standard capitalization or punctuation, or is misleading or inaccurate /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Moving_a_page#Reasons_for_moving_a_page" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shahtahmasebi ( talk • contribs) 08:44, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
I will not leave the article alone until it is corrected. As far as leaving you alone, it is you who contacted me initially. You did not introduce yourself, (who you are and in what authority did you/and are sending me messages) you did not explain your role in wikipedia, and with all due respect, I have no reason to go by your requests until you explain your role here. As for the instructions you provided, it is best if you explained in terms that are understood within the english language and terms that do not rely on codes and abbreviations. Then all problems will be resolved faster. Best, Shah Tahmasebi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shahtahmasebi ( talk • contribs) 10:01, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Constantine. I have a doubt about this map. According to the articles, the Theme of Opsikon was splitted up ca. 750, but this map, that says to show the empire one hundred before, represents the Optimatoi and Bucellarians. Don't you think that someone made a mistake about the date, putting 650 instead 750?-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 09:22, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Constantine, could you help me about a strange thing? According to the article Theme (Byzantine district), Justinian I abolished the Diocese of Egypt and put dukes to rule into new provinces created in the area. Until here ok. The strange point is, in the article Exarchate of Africa there is a phrase that says: "Among the provincial changes, Tripolitania was detached from Africa and placed under the Diocese of Egypt, Mauretania Caesariensis and Mauretania..." How is it posible?-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 02:23, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Tawahin, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at the Battle of Tawahin between the Abbasids and the Tulunids, the commanders of both armies fled the battlefield? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Tawahin. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Hi Cplakidas, thank you for your recognition of the new article ekklesiasterion I created. In turn I'd like to thank you for your help in improving it. However, I also noticed you removed the hanging indent in the list of sources I had originally used and replaced them with bullets. I wonder why? According to Template:Refbegin#Option 3: Hanging indentation it is a valid approach. Also note that in books you'll never see bullets used in the bibliography; most of the time the hanging indent will be used. Besides that, I think the hanging indent is aesthetically better and helps with separating the individual entries. -- AlexanderVanLoon ( talk) 22:02, 30 December 2013 (UTC)