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Deletion of the cited additions of others

@ZjarriRrethues: You removed cited information about the ethnicity of members of Spani family.

Sources:

• Šufflay, Milan (1925), Srbi i Arbanasi : (njihova simbioza u srednjem vijeku) (in Serbian), Belgrade, OCLC 440847167, retrieved 20 January 2012, Obitelj ova Span, de Span, Hi* spanus, Spanović podrijetlom je grčka" {{citation}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Glas, Volume 338 (in Serbian). Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. 1983. p. 72. Retrieved 20 January 2012. Петар Спан, господар краја између Скадра и Дриваста, чији су се преци, пореклом Грци,
• Schmitt, Oliver Jens (2001), Das venezianische Albanien (1392-1479), München: R. Oldenbourg Verlag GmbH München, p. 128, ISBN 3-486-56569--9, Stefano Span (griechischer Herkunft; im 15 Jahrhundert Drivastiner patrizier) {{citation}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)

You explained your removal by writing in edit line: please don't make POV/OR deductions, I've already added that below. I am afraid that what you wrote is not true. The only removed information you added to the body of the article was the information about the meaning of the family name (beardles), but you did not add below the removed information about the ethnicity of Spani. Was this a mistake? In case this was not a mistake please explain your point. Let me remind you that what you did can be seen as a form of tendentious editing: removal of statements that are pertinent, sourced reliably, and written in a neutral style constitutes disruption and you are already warned not to engage in further: "ethno-nationalist tendentious editing--Antidiskriminator (talk) 19:25, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

The issue, which you analyzed in one word has been dealt with and explained by the use of modern sources in a complete section and without deductions that make little common sense. Btw misquoting and misattributing 1+ year old discussions is something that you have done before and you were warned by an admin about it when I was reviewing Gaius's GAN. --— ZjarriRrethues —  19:42, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Skanderbeg and other chieftains from the region of Albania were Alfonso's vassals

There is scientific consensus (which includes Albanian nationalistic sources) that Skanderbeg became vassal after signing the Treaty of Gaeta. When other chieftains from the region of Albania signed similar treaties they also became vassals of Kingdom of Naples:

• Setton, Kenneth (1976—1984), The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, vol. four volumes, American Philosophical Society, pp. 102, 103, ISBN 978-0-87169-114-9, Scanderbeg now entered into special close relations with King Alphoso of Naples....on 26 March 1451. They got along very well together, as lord and vassal...Besides Alphonso's assertion of suzerainty over Skanderbeg and the latters father in law George Arianiti Topia Golem Cominović,... Alphonso gave recognition as vassals to Ducagjini family, to Simon Zenevisi, ... {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

• Seen from another perspective, one could say that Scanderbeg was drawn into a power struggle between Venice and Naples over rule in the Adriatic. For centuries, the Albanian coast had been the theatre of such struggles for hegemony. Castriota was unable to extract himself from the demands of regional geopolitics. He had originally turned to Naples for support and in 1451 had sworn an oath of allegiance. This provided him with protection and support from King Alfonso V, but it made his forces party to the war against the Republic of San Marco. Like his feudal liege, he fought on two fronts, against the Ottomans and against the Signoria. His realm was no more than a link in a broadly spanned chain of Neapolitan vassals in the Balkans against which Venice had spun a net of regional princes in its pay. As such, the Balkans were the theatre of inner-Italian warfare to which Scanderbeg would eventually fall victim and perish. Castriota’s star declined definitively in 1467 when the Venetians expelled the Neapolitans from central Albania. His hostility towards Venice, influenced at least by Naples, was the reason for his downfall.

  — “Skanderbeg: der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan” by Oliver Jens Schmitt

• Robert Elsie, In 1458, Scanderbeg was summoned to Italy to fulfil his obligations as vassal under the treaty of Gaeta. - Historical dictionary of Albania
• It was to Alfonso Aragona of Naples that Scanderbeg turned for military and financial support in 1450. In virtue of a treaty signed with that king the following year, he became a Neapolitan vassal and
• Norman Housley, by the Treaty of Gaeta, Scanderbeg became the vassal of Alfonso of Naples
• Skanderbeg in 1451 made an alliance with King Alfonso I of Naples (Alfonso V of Aragon), whose vassal he became, and a permanent Neapolitan garrison was installed in his fortress
• Alfonso decided to take Scanderbeg under his protection as vassal in 1451
• Iskender, as the loyal vassal of Ferdinand, went to aid him against the rebels
• Alfonso of Aragon, to whom the Albanian hero had become a vassal in 1451 - Arshi Pipa, Sami Repishti
• Skenderbeg felt encouraged to press for a firmer commitment, and in a treaty signed at Gaeta on 16 March 145 1 he pledged vassalage - Ramadan Marmullaku

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Therefore I will return information about vassalage to Naples, removed by Aigest.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 19:59, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

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