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OTE

Please take a look at OTE article.Mustafa Akalp 10:03, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Name of Thes/niki; Wiki Policies Question

Hi Khoikhoi. Thank you for your attention to the Thessaloniki name issue here. I am a bit put off by discussion that seems to be mocking in tone (I guess I've just learned what wikistress is). I am also a new user. What Wiki policies should I read up on for do's and don't's? About how to handle conflict? Some of my edits are in places (not just Thessaloniki) where there seem to be real disputes. Jd2718 13:04, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Kurdish people

Hiya Khoikhoi,

I have no idea about Kurdish history, but this pattern of people introducing unsourced, controversial edits & then being reverted doesn't bode well. Not sure if/how I can help. Best regards, --Ling.Nut 13:04, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your vigilance on Kurdish people. I wanted to ask you about the language of your poem. I know it isn't Vlach, it's much closer to Spanish, and you say it's from Bulgaria--Is it Ladino? --Anthon.Eff 19:21, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

User:Marktheprices

You might want to give him a level 4 warning for his edit and previous edits. Just a suggestion.Diez2 22:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

The New Zealand article

Hi, Khoi. I know that you've really been around the block here, so I'll ask: Do you know anything about the New Zealand or Australia articles (i.e., disputes, trolls, editing styles, etc.)? Do you keep those or related pages on your watchlist? Have you noticed any differences in styles among editors from different regions (i.e., how do Indians compare to Turks or to Aussies or Kiwis)? Is there more "clanishness" or insularity among certain groups? Thanks. Saravask 00:25, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Hephthalites

OK, I'll try. But could you please do me a favour and have a professional' and neutral look as an admin on the nonsense some users are writing in the article Hephthalites.

It's sad that you critisize us, but stay quite when leading Western scholars are insulted, and authoritative scholarly sources are dumped as "dogmatic and nationalistic".

Tājik 02:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

All sources are given in the article. The dispute is about the uncivilized manner of a few users who constantly remove other sources than those that only support their view. The Encyclopaedia Iranica and the Encyclopaedia of Islam are insulted as being dogmatic and nationalistic, and leading scholars, such as Prof. Frye, Prof. Enoki (THE leading expert on the Hephthalites), and Prof. A.D.H. Bivar (author of the article Hephthalites in Iranica) are dumped as Persian nationalists. THIS is hillarious.

Britannica does not give any information about the origin of the Hephthalites, the Columbia Encyclopaedia claims that they were "either Turkic or Tibetian". However, these two articles are not written by experts. The most authoritative works, meaning Enoki's "On the origins of the Hephthalites" (1955) and Frye's "The Heritage of Central Asia", describe the Hephthalites as an ethnically mixed confederation, ruled by an Iranian-speaking elite. The same information is given in Iranica and Encyclopaedia of Islam.

The mentioned users, however, delete all of these sources and simply copy and paste paragraphs from Britannica and CE into the article, further claiming that Enoki (a Japanese professor), Frye (an American professor), and the entire EI and EIr are dogmatic and Persian nationalistic. Just check his last edit.

Tājik 02:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

what???

what's going on? why did you rv? SosoMK 02:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I mean he does not discuss anything on the talk page and his argument has been crushed 24 hours ago. SosoMK 02:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I am still wondering why are you involved in ninja fighting against Georgia and Georgians, do you have some personal reasons against the country? SosoMK 02:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I bet you, shortly mikka, ghirla & Co are gonna show up and start making derogatory ethnic prejudices and they will probably be supported by you and then consensus: Authority Rule with No Legitimacy and Justice. SosoMK 02:58, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I guess you think that Georgians are evil people, who contriuted Stalin and Beria to the world, but even Stalin nor Beria did not do anything wrong to Hungary, Israel or the United States, so you attitude really makes me to feel mystified. SosoMK 03:03, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, you wonna war? Yoy want to piss me off. If you want to declare a war, you will get it. SosoMK 03:09, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I am Tony Montana :) SosoMK 03:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

You need people like me on wiki, say hello to the bad guy SosoMK 03:16, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Yoruba language

If you aren't too busy, can you look at the external links section of Yoruba language. I keep taking out what appear to be political propaganda links (which may include some language classes). Am I right to do so? Thanks--Ling.Nut 06:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

YOU NONSENSE IS NOT RELEVENT, ROSKAM IS THE WINNER OF THE 6th ...I LIVE THERE YOU Don't read and stay out..

ABC, CBS, FOX, TV...

Pekmez

Can you check the recent changes on Pekmez article? Pekmez Kola stuff was put there and now page looks awful in my opinion. I will discuss with author of the changes but first I want to hear your comments.Ugur Olgun 19:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

An interesting fact of life

Hi. If you remember the incidents on Talk:Mircea Eliade and Talk:Islam in Romania: User:Timor Stultorum is currently "replaced" by User:Timur Stultorum... And User:Azotlichid appears to be their twin brother... Dahn 20:11, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Opinion please

I've formulated a proposal and need to know what other people think about it. See User:NikoSilver/Disputed regions - Summary style (and click talk for your comments). The proposal is a result of a lengthy debate/poll in Template talk:Countries of Europe, but it extends obviously beyond Europe, so I made a subpage before I post it in WP:VPP. Thanks. •NikoSilver• 23:00, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Erxnmedia's edits in Atatürk article

As you've already realized, this user tries to attach links to genocide articles without any reference or proper mention of Atatürk's involvement in the article. I left a comment on User talk:Erxnmedia, but I'm not sure he would get my point. Could you please try to take care of this issue? And he recently called the revert of his edits as "vandalism" and put the page in protected status, which I didn't even know could be done by a non-admin. I regret that I still haven't reply to your question about an anon's edits in the Turkish language infobox. I will hopefully look into the matter soon. Regards, Atilim Gunes Baydin 23:15, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Caligvla

He has now brought accusations of some sort of politically motivated conspiracy into the Armenia talk page . This is just getting more ridiculous each minute. -- Augustgrahl 23:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Map

Thanks for fixing the image. Cheers.--Eupator 23:48, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I mean how are they "his maps" when they are uploaded in commons? :rolleyes--Eupator 23:53, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Placenames

Sorry, I was just about to go to bed myself. It's pretty late here. Fut.Perf. ☼ 23:55, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Spain

The only thing I'm trying to "prove" is that "Spain" is pertinent to articles on Spanish autonomous communities... who could refute that? Another user deleted that entry, prioritizing uniformity to pertinency...

If you find this issue "pointless", why did you delete my "pointless" change? Sure you don't think this is pointless for any reason.

Regards

Lquiroga 01:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello: the "standard criterion" that supports your change (a reference mentioned in the "Intro" section must not appear in "see also" section) is not met by other references in that same page (references that Asterion didn't delete, you guys don't act based on the same principles). Other prominent pages like the "United States" article don't meet this principle (please, take a look at it).

Please let me know which is the Misplaced Pages standard on this point, if there is any, to solve this issue.

Regards

Lquiroga 10:39, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Candaroğulları

Thank for comments. You are right. Contents of these two articles(with some small differences) app. the same. I put "Merge" tag. Regards Mustafa Akalp 09:32, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Rebecca Cummings

You have previously edited the Rebbecca Cummings article. The article has been put up for deletion. I would like your unbiased input on the article at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Rebecca Cummings. Along with the discussion on the deletion page you can find information and discussions on this at Talk:Rebecca Cummings.

She may not be the most notable person on Misplaced Pages but she fits the notability criteria from the Misplaced Pages guideline Misplaced Pages:Notability (pornographic actors). Her notability is listed in her article and restated at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Rebecca Cummings.

Thanks for your input!--HeartThrobs 21:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Ingria

Can you explain me why other users repeatedly delete my links to other language wiki, but you tell me about blocking policy?!!--Ottorahn 22:53, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Persian people

See the corresponding talk page. What's your opinion about the last proposal? Jahangard 02:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Maps

You around? I think I have a solution to the edit wars on the maps...

Hey Khoi, got a question for you. How come you uploaded both this and this? As near as I can tell, they're exactly the same thing. --InShaneee 17:12, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Armenia strawpoll

NB This poll has now closed, it being Friday 10th November and about 10.30am where I live. The numbers are as follows:

• Support 6 (although User:Hamparzoum's existence has been disputed by User:Tekleni.
• Neutral 1.
• Oppose 10.

As such, no mandate has appeared for making the requested changes to the article. As previously advertised, Caligvla and I are taking a break from this dispute for a week. After this, the case may be taken to the mediation cabal, although I hope to avoid this eventuality. Walton monarchist89 10:40, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Azadeh Moaveni again

Hi KhoiKhoi. Azadeh Moaveni's page was vandalized again. This time by a user using a similar name as yours. He was blocked too. I would suggest that we put this site under a semi-protection. What do you think about it? Shabdiz 13:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Editing protected pages

While I agree with your recent edit removing "Romanians" from the List of unrecognized countries, you might want to look at this: Misplaced Pages:Protection_policy#Editing_protected_pages. In essence, by editing substance in a protected article you are forcing your point of view on the majority of editors who can't edit protected pages, which generally should not be done. _└  / _talk  18:54, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey, don't be sorry—I've been tempted to do it myself. Well, I've been tempted to revert to the version I like and then protect, which is even worse. =) _└  / _talk  19:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Tekleni 3RR violation on TRNC.

He is getting quite annoying. --A.Garnet 19:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC)