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Non-English place names

Hi 3rdAlcove, your edit to restore the Greek name to Korçë was correct, but your reasoning is wrong. Misplaced Pages has strict rules on where and how place names in other languages can be mentioned. This policy is WP:NCGN and you should read it carefully. It says basically that non-English place names can be mentioned once in the lead section. This is what you have correctly restored. If anybody argues with you, remind them of this policy, and if you have any problems regarding this at any article, please feel free to drop me a note at my talk page and I will look into it for you. Happy editing :-) AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 23:44, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I know my friend, it's a hard place to edit. Lots of difficult people. But keep going, keep applying the policies, it'll be OK in the end. Let me know if there are any problems. AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 00:07, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

User notice: temporary block

Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 01:36, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

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What was the point of the unhelpful edit summaries here or here? I'm not arguing your reverts; I believe Asdreni's comments were attacks. However, your edit summaries did not indicate why the comments weren't appropriate. Instead of just reverting the user, you should have either contacted an administrator or explained to the user that his comments violated Misplaced Pages's no personal attacks policy. This is your first revert. Partial reverts can be counted as full reverts. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 01:57, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Fair about the revert (I really should read the guidelines, I guess) but I don't think the particular "user" deserved any more civility. Constant vandalism + such talk page comments surely deserve no better. Since you happen to be here, I'd be glad if you could take a look into that, as well. Not having to constantly revert him will make everyone's job easier. 3rdAlcove (talk) 02:01, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I was originally looking at that user, but then I saw your name pop up on a few of the article he was edit warring on. I've now blocked him for 72 hours. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 02:04, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

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