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G'day Constantine, if you are free, would you mind taking a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher and maybe providing a review? It has been open since 27 May and has only received one review. I would like to review it for Adam, but as I helped copy edit the article during its GA review, I'm probably ineligible now as a reviewer. It is the first article that Adam has sent to A-class review and it would be a shame for it to be closed with only limited input. Regards, AustralianRupert ( talk) 11:19, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal | |
On behalf of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the A-Class medal for your outstanding work on John Troglita, Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith and Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (806), promoted to A-Class between May and June 2012. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 05:26, 5 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hi,
I've uploaded one of the articles that you requested on Byzantine Heraldry at WP:RX. You can find a link to the article on that page. Best, GabrielF ( talk) 20:38, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Shrike ( talk)/ WP:RX 16:11, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Konstantinos. When I originally added that source, I was looking at another work that cited the article. But I believe it is available at one of my local libraries so give me about a week and shoot me an e-mail and I'll have the pages scanned and ready to send to you in PDF. All the best,-- Marshal Bagramyan ( talk) 16:03, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, but it seems that I was awarded one in 2010 by Kedadi(although I didn't remember the incident).-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 14:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:
It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.
At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).
Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.
If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 17:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Howdy Constantine. I was wondering if you could take a look at the discussion going on at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The discussion pertains to the typographical dagger and its usage for Varus. An ideal would be to have a vote somewhere, probably at the wikiproject so the issue is solved in the grand scheme. We wouldn't want an edit war! Cheers! I hope all is well. -- Tataryn77 ( talk) 23:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I've uploaded two of the articles that you requested at the resource exchange. You can find a link to the files at that page. Best, GabrielF ( talk) 02:03, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi. You might be interested in expanding my new stubs of Category:Mystras. The last one I thnk might be confused with another in Istanbul. Can you look into it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:16, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article
Siege of Kamacha (766) you nominated for
GA-status according to the
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This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.
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You have put a reference on a note in your changes to the article. Since the notes are after the {{Reflist}}, that reference will not show up and generates an error at the bottom of the article. Please fix it. Naraht ( talk) 21:53, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks Cplakidas for helping to promote Siege of Kamacha (766) to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give someone a pat on the back today. -- Sp33dyphil © hat ontributions 08:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC) |
![]() | On 17 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Siege of Constantinople (674–678), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the invention of Greek fire (pictured) was crucial in breaking the First Arab Siege of Constantinople? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Constantinople (674–678). 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:02, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar |
For outstanding work on Siege of Constantinople (674–678). You are a fine specimen of a wikipedian! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:40, 17 July 2012 (UTC) |
I started Zuqnin Monastery. Perhaps you can find more scraps about it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:59, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Constantine. I just noticed the change from Flavius Rumoridus to Rumoridus. I always take the names from PLRE, and in it (PLRE I, pg. 786), his name is described as Flavius Rumoridus. Where PLRE does not name the individual as Flavius (see Varronianus (son of Jovian) and Valentinianus Galates as examples), then I have removed Flavius from their name. I think we should follow how Rumoridus is named in PLRE. Thanks. Oatley2112 ( talk) 12:42, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 19 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Siege of Tyana, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a starving Arab army was able to continue the Siege of Tyana by defeating a Byzantine relief army and capturing its supplies? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Tyana. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 00:03, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Constantine,
I already know that any time I want to find an excelent article to translate all I have to do is take a quick look at your contributions. :D I took a pause on that region and period, but I'll go back to it sooner than later.
Me and pt.wikipedia already "owe" you at least 5 feature articles ( pt:Guerras bizantino-árabes, pt:João Curcuas (general), pt:Tomás, o Eslavo, pt:Emirado de Creta and pt:Bardanes Tourkos; the latter is on the main page now) and 5 good articles ( pt:Nicéforo Urano, pt:Andrónico Contostefano, pt:Miguel Bourtzes, pt:Sulayman ibn Hisham and pt:Maslama ben Abd al-Malik Ibn-Marwan; the latter will be classified today).
Thank you very much and keep up the excelent work.
Regards -- pt:Stegop talk 19:25, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
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For your spectacular work on Sayf al-Daula and numerous other medieval Muslim figures. Keep up the great work! Al Ameer son ( talk) 19:40, 19 July 2012 (UTC) |
![]() | On 21 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sayf al-Dawla, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 10th-century Hamdanid prince Sayf al-Dawla is said to have fought against the Byzantines in over 40 battles? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sayf al-Dawla. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:03, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Started a draft page for Nasir al-Dawla here. Feel free to expand it and please verify what I already added since I'm not completely sure I read the sources correctly, particularly with Nasir al-Dawla's defeat in Baghdad at the hands Tuzin. -- Al Ameer son ( talk) 22:49, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Shrike ( talk)/ WP:RX 20:19, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I removed the speedy tag on this page. I did that because I couldn't see a page move discussion under way at the page you proposed to move, so I can't tell if this is a simple uncontroversial housekeeping deletion or not. -- Dweller ( talk) 08:42, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
" the usual through job" - thank you!! Thank you for improvement advice too! Secretlondon ( talk) 17:01, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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Is this Ρεντικουλέ ( talk · contribs) guy the same as the one who was obsessed about the "Byzantine" White Tower the other day? This time he gets extra points for inventiveness in sock naming, but I'm losing track of who is who. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 2 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sa'd al-Dawla, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sa'd al-Dawla, was denied entry to his own capital for much of his early reign? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sa'd al-Dawla. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 16:04, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Constantine, my apologies for the title changes of articles about the Russo-Turkish Wars. I've seen the error of my ways, but actually am still kinda confused about the whole situation.
Also, there are still various instances of "Russo–Turkish" within the articles listed here (this time not put there by me). Could you clean those up, too, or should I do it? – ὁ οἶστρος ( talk) 15:13, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
I think Category:Sclaviniae, Category:Slavic tribes in Macedonia and Category:Slavic tribes in Thrace and Moesia should be merged into Category:South Slavic tribes. Sclaviniae is the same as "South Slavs" (Antae-East Slavs, Wends-West Slavs), it is a political term for the nominally Byzantine territories settled by Slavs. As "tribes" gives away that these were peoples in the Early Middle Ages, there is no need to have a "Slavic tribes in [Roman province]", and sometimes these tribes lived on the territory of several provinces which were fluctuating (and btw, why have "Thrace and Moesia" in one category). What do you think?-- Zoupan 23:49, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
G'day mate, have just left a message for "The Woob" ( User talk:The Wobb) about the article Giannis Papazantopoulos and thought I should let you know because I deleted your prod. The article is not a bio of a living person and does have refs (though without a better understanding of the topic I couldn't tell you whether they are independent, legit, sufficient, etc). Can you have a look at the article now that it has had a bit of a clean-up? If you think it still doesn't meet WP:N, WP:REF or WP:SOURCES then I have absolutely no problem with you adding a new delete prod. Cheers, Stalwart111 (talk) 00:21, 10 August 2012 (UTC).
![]() | On 10 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nasir al-Dawla, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Hamdanid Emir of Mosul, Nasir al-Dawla, was deposed by his own sons and his wife and died imprisoned in a fortress? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nasir al-Dawla. 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. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:03, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
Excellent work, nothing new there then..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:51, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
Ciao Costas,
I hope that you are doing well without military service! In June, I lost again, and was brought to Sicily, but sooner or later I will manage to come to Athens :-) Question: there is a fellow Wikipedia who in the article about Constantinople today added a couple of sentences about a fire in 1197. I have on three sources a list about fires in the City, and this fire in mentioned nowhere. I am not questioning the existence of the fire, which is well referenced, but personally i don't think that it deserves to be mentioned in the general article about the City. To me it looks like more an excuse to link the article that this guy wrote. What is the opinion of the Princeps Byzantinist :-) of wikipedia about that?
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![]() | On 13 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fourth Fitna, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Fourth Fitna pitted two half-brothers, the Abbasid caliphs al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, against each other? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fourth Fitna. 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) 16:03, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I've uploaded an article that you requested at the resource exchange on the Arab-Byzantine frontier. You can find a link to the article on that page. Best, GabrielF ( talk) 07:01, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Hallo Costantine
a fast :-) question: the word "Aya", used in Turkish versions of Saint names and places (ex. Ayastefanos, Aya Yorgi, Ayakapı, etc.), is Greek? The provenience is clear (from "Hagios"), but what I mean, is it a Greek word (maybe from a Rum dialect of Constantinople) or is a Turkish alteration of "Hagios" (i.e. it has been turkicised)? Due to the fact that has no gender, I am for the second hypothesis...
Alex2006 (
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Hallo Constantine,
thanks a lot for correcting the article about the Ox! I have a question: are you able to identify the "Patrician Nicetas" who built the bath near the forum? I remember that another Patrician Nicetas in the same period sold an house in Psamateia that was used to host the nuns in Gastria monastery. Müller-Wiener calls him "Eunuch", but I am not sure that he speaks about the same person, since he sets the building of the bath 100 years before. It would be nice to identify him. P.S. As soon as I have sometime, I will write also something about the Forum Amastrianum. Alex2006 ( talk) 09:27, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
I can't believe it :-( This means that very soon none will publish anything in the world, except us on Wikipedia. :-) About the book which you advised to buy, I am going to pick up it this evening at the Zentral Bibliotek, thanks! :-) As a little Dankeschön, look at this link (if you don't know it yet). After that, we don't need to go to the City anymore. :-) BTW, we don't know whether your Nicetas built also the bath at the bous, correct? Thanks, Alex2006 ( talk) 14:27, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
If the situation continues so, those times will come back soon... :-) BTW, today I went to my office, and noticed that nearby a new Greek shop opened: the owners are at least 80 years old. We started to talk, and he told me that he came from Saloniki. I asked if his family was from there, and he told me not really: one part came from Ayvalik and one part from Kumpkapı in Constantinople. I answered, you mean from Kydonies and Kontoskalion. Well, they invited me for lunch... And then some people says that culture is worth nothing! :-) At lunch he told me wonderful stories about his grandfather, who during the first WW was a spy (not for Greece, but for some Greek secret society which was pursuing its own foreign policy) by the Ottomans in the City, and could escape one day before being hanged... One of the many little stories which together make History. Alex2006 ( talk) 17:22, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Saint Nicetas the Patrician, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during his life, Saint Nicetas the Patrician specialized in "healing men tormented by sexual desires"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Saint Nicetas the Patrician. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:03, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Cplakidas. I'm reviewing the article on Nasir al-Dawla, and will subsequently review the article on his nephew Sa'd al-Dawla. I reviewed your articles on Constantine Lekapenos and his brother quite some time ago; I will not take nearly as long to complete this one as I did those two. dci | TALK 21:34, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that both sons of the Byzantine general Nikephoros Phokas the Elder followed him in the post of Domestic of the Schools, in effect commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nikephoros Phokas the Elder. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:02, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
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I've passed both articles and will try to post them as GA's as soon as possible; I am satisfied by your responses to my comments on Nasir al-Dawla and found hardly anything to comment on with regard to Sa'd al-Dawla. Excellent articles! dci | TALK 01:48, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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For Abdallah al-Battal. It's always a pleasure to see articles addressing the systematic bias (i.e. articles on non-Western topics). I enjoyed reading this one, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:13, 1 September 2012 (UTC) |
I removed the Iranian theory of the surname as an ethnonym because it was rather superfluous and reductive to highlight one single possible theory among the countless ones that could derive from the word arya. It's a simple view based on 2 lines from a 1968 work that deals tangentially with the Arianiti family. On the other hand I tried to be as inclusive as possible with the wording on David Arianites based on Shuteriqi's work and even on Arianiti family, where I've expanded all issues regarding that surname my work is still reductive as Shuteriqi wrote about 10 pages just on that surname. I don't have the time to look into the wording on David Arianites (until Thursday), but see if you can generalize the name subject.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 17:37, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
(unindent)Btw would you say that this sentence refers to missionaries from actual Roma or from Nova Roma [1]?-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 22:22, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
(unindent)I think it's concise enough, but feel free to reedit it. My edit would be a re-edit of The family is hence variously considered to have been of possibly Albanian[2]or Iranian[3] origin. along the lines of Based on these etymologies differing theories regarding his origin and birthplace have been produced.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 13:21, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
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![]() | On 9 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Abdallah al-Battal, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Umayyad military leader Abdallah al-Battal became a popular hero in medieval Arabic and Turkish tradition for his exploits against the Byzantines? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abdallah al-Battal. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:02, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, I found your name on the Translators available list. There are two transcriptions for Darlene Conley in the Greek Wikipedia: Ντάρλιν Κόνλεϋ (article) and Ντάρλιν Κόνλεϊ (redirect). Which one is correct? Or can I use both? Cheers -- 217.186.99.13 ( talk) 04:46, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the detailed explanation! (I'm impressed by your knowledge.) -- 217.186.99.13 ( talk) 13:11, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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![]() | On 11 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Al-Fadl ibn al-Rabi', which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Abbasid vizier al-Fadl ibn al-Rabi' was the main instigator of the civil war between brothers and rival caliphs al-Ma'mun and al-Amin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Fadl ibn al-Rabi'. 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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Constantine, one of the requests at the coord election page is for more coords to cover diverse periods and regions. Being a coord might help you focus some attention on Byzantine articles. Interested? - Dank ( push to talk) 14:59, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bessas (general), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that despite being over 70 years old, the Byzantine general Bessas was entrusted with overall command of the Byzantine forces in the Lazic War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bessas (general). 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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Thank you! TheNumbersLady ( talk) 17:54, 17 September 2012 (UTC)The Numbers Lady September 17, 2012
The recent additions to Battle of Antioch on the Meander are a problem. First is the reliability of the source, which I am not convinced of. Second the "purple prose;" and third the combattant numbers. The idea that 2,000 could defeat 20,000 is ridiculous in pre-Modern warfare, whatever the circumstances. It is probable that the figure of 2.000 for the Nicaeans is just the professional core of the army, probably all cavalry, it is quite possible that the total number was considerably higher. However, there is no source which states this that I know of. Urselius ( talk) 11:26, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Well now, there's an article title that caught my eye! This individual's edits are also bound to reveal some surprises. - Biruitorul Talk 02:17, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you Constantine for the barnstar and the kind words. On a related note, we once had a GA cooperation on the Umayyad Mosque that revamped the article a great deal but died down before we could finish the work. Perhaps you'd be interested in helping restart it (once we're done with this one, which you are welcome to join, if you're interested in more modern history as well). Best! Yazan ( talk) 09:35, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Tarchaneiotes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although John Tarchaneiotes was the nephew of Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, he became one of the leaders of the Arsenites, who denounced Michael's legitimacy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Tarchaneiotes. 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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![]() | On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nahrawan Canal, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ibn Ra'iq ordered the destruction of the Nahrawan Canal to stop a mutinous army from advancing on Baghdad, even though it was the main irrigation network for the fields that fed the city? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nahrawan Canal. 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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![]() | On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Muhammad ibn Ra'iq, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ibn Ra'iq ordered the destruction of the Nahrawan Canal to stop a mutinous army from advancing on Baghdad, even though it was the main irrigation network for the fields that fed the city? 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. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 08:03, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
In recognition of your election as a co-ordinator of the Military history project for the September 2012 to September 2013 period, please accept these co-ord stars. Thank you for standing and I hope it will be a fruitful year. Regards, AustralianRupert ( talk) 04:53, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 1 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Manuel Maurozomes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Byzantine aristocrat Manuel Maurozomes became the father-in-law of the Seljuk sultan Kaykhusraw I and helped him regain his throne? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Manuel Maurozomes. 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. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:03, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Konstantine, although you edited this article a long-long time ago, I believe that we should consider a possible move to 'Saint Th. Gabras', in light of new references. Alexikoua ( talk) 21:12, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
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![]() | On 3 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Siege of Nicaea (727), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the successful Byzantine defence in the Siege of Nicaea in 727 encouraged Emperor Leo III the Isaurian to proceed with his policy of iconoclasm? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Nicaea (727). 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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K. M. Setton (Catalan Dominions in Athens) mentions After the Count of Salona the most powerful feudatory in the later history of the Catalan duchies was one Count "Demitre" (also de Mitre!) ... The Margrave of Boudonitza ranks next to the Count Demetrius in the feudal catalogue.. Does any of your (offline) sources mention him?-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 10:35, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
I would be interested in writing articles on Bajkam and Tuzun, two of the Turkish generals who figured in the politics of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-900s. The sources I've found so far have been less than edifying (mainly coin books, useful in some aspects but lacking in any general information); do you have any idea what some good resources would be to turn to? I'm not particularly familiar with this period; reviewing your article on Nasir-al-Dawla got me rather interested in the politics of Baghdad at the time. dci | TALK 01:15, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, can you check through this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:06, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Thankyou!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:28, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the contribution. Nice to see another set of eyes of articles like these. Victuallers ( talk) 10:15, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
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Dude, there was no conquest of Eastern Roman Empire to Bulgarian Empire. After the death of Ivan Vladislav the nobility choose to join the empire, since a) Tsar Ivan Vladislav was related to Basil II and b) since there was no apparent heir and c) the conditions offered by Basil II were beyond excellent. That's all. I'd suggest a change of the title to something like: X-XI century Bulgaria - Byzantine Wars, but it is certainly misleading to claim that there was 50 year conquest. Do you agree? ZomRe ( talk) 13:34, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Hallo Costas,
I hope that everything run well for you (I just read that Greece has now two years time more, that's good). I did not show up, because I went to Cyprus, but Athens is now in the pipeline... I have a question for you: there are problems with
Mussolini again: one guy substituted a very well sourced definition of Fascism with his personal opinion ("Fascism is a collection of academic nonsense to give Mussolini and his thugs an excuse to takeover and misrule Italy"), referencing it (after my second revert) with a link to the Enciclopedia Italiana article about fascism written by Mussolini himself and Giovanni Gentile. I asked him to go through the discussion page first, but he keeps reverting...another user yesterday reverted him, but hopelessly. Then I went to an admin, but he did not react. What can I do to go back to the previous definition? Does the 3RR apply in case of POV, OR, and removal of sourced content? Thanks for your advice.
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Hi, I spotted that you had only changed round some of the references for Khazar–Arab Wars; I think I have finished the work for you. See Talk:Arab–Khazar Wars.
The category is now also up for renaming at the bottom of the page Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 October 25. – Fayenatic L ondon 20:21, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
It's done, just Tuzun to go. dci | TALK 20:19, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:03, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas,
Most sources I found say that şerbetçi is man who make and sell sherbet. Is it possible that it was also a position in Janissary forces? What could be a reason to attribute this occupation or position to Greeks? If you need to search sources to reply, please don't bother. Thank you.-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 11:11, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
... I'm wondering whether you may be able to find further sources on it? If it interests you, ofcourse. Many thanks! Yazan ( talk) 16:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar; you definitely deserve one more than I do. I will try to get moving on Tuzun this weekend, as I've been delayed by other matters. Just one question - which source would, do you think, be most informative about him? I have several that mention or describe his actions, but nothing really in depth about his background. dci | TALK 16:03, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Constantine, although you seem to be quite busy now, I have to inform you that a number of articles related to byzantine era ecclesiastical history have been recently uploaded (Metropolises of Asia Minor: Chalcedon, Smyrna, Philadelphia, Pergamon and soon Ephesus, Caesarea). Alexikoua ( talk) 10:11, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Hey Constantine! Just letting you know there's a movement happening on the Byzantine Empire talk page to switch the Byzantine Empire map to a GIF. There have been many discussions like this before, and the consensus was to keep the map as 565. People are also debating switching to 1025, which has also been discussed before and rejected. It seems these discussions happen annually! Just giving you a heads up!-- Tataryn77 ( talk) 17:14, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas. First of all, congratulations for your very well done articles, I'm translating a lot of them on it.wiki! Can you explain me better the double joke of Leo III? Some users on it.wiki find this sentence not much intellegible: "inoltre, dato che il generale arabo non aveva ricevuto nessuna notizia del doppio gioco di Leone, non devastò i territori dei temi Armeniaci e Anatolici, perché credeva che i governatori di tali temi fossero ancora i suoi alleati" (I guess you understand italian a little, since you made some edits on it.wiki, anyway this is the original text: "In addition, as the Arab general had not received news of Leo's double-dealing, he did not devastate the territories he marched through—the Armeniac and Anatolic themes, whose governors he still believed to be his allies.") Zero6 stated: "Comunque, nel paragrafo successivo, non ho capito bene qual'è il doppio gioco di Leone: essersi impossessato di una città che gli arabi avrebbero voluto comunque donargli può essere considerato doppio gioco?" ("However, in the next paragraph, I didn't understand well what is the double joke of Leo: can be considered double joke the act of occupying a city that the Arabs wanted to surrender him?" (I hope I translated well "cedergli"!) Martin8 stated: "In effetti è un po' ambigua la situazione. Io penso che gli arabi non abbiano mai pensato di donare a Leone Amorio (almeno leggendolo non mi è parso), quindi il doppio gioco consiste nel far credere che è dalla loro parte, ma in realtà approfitta dell'assenza di gran parte dell'esercito arabo per far man bassa dei territori non protetti." (I try to resume: he finds the sentence (and the situation) ambiguous and states that in his opinion "the Arabs didn't want to surrender Amorion to Leo, but the double joke consists in making the arabs to believe that he (Leo) is from their side, but actually he takes avantage of the absence of most of the Arab army to conquer the not protected territories"). Can you solve our doubts? Thank you and sorry if my english isn't perfect, I have still to improve my english skills a lot in order to reach a "native language" level (for this reason my edits on en.wiki are very few! I prefer to write in a language that I can write perfectly, italian)!-- 151.70.33.192 ( talk) 15:25, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
How would you evaluate Fotakos's reliability as a source for the 1821-1832 war?-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 13:00, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
I am asking pretty please if you could. Help with giving a clearer historical understanding to the East-West schism on the article talkpage. I hope I have not angered you in any way forgive me if I have. All the Best to you. LoveMonkey ( talk) 17:53, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
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This is an inscription to Zenobia on a column from the Great Colonnade at Palmyra. I want to know whether you recognize the script (I think the upper half) as Greek? And if you can understand anything at all? Many thanks. Yazan ( talk) 12:37, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
(indent) That's quite interesting. I can see many parallels with Arabic as well, having only been standardized after Islam, and specifically through the Quran. Are you telling me though that it's gonna take us another century to resolve our diglossia? ;) (or triglossia, if you believe the Wiki article). Damn! Greece has been one of the most interesting places in Europe to me (even more so in its modern history, ironically). I read Theodorakis' memoirs of the Greek resistance during the junta when I was 16, and it left me with a very romantic image of that place (kind of like Orwell's Homage to Catalonia). So here's to our last common ancestor ;) Yazan ( talk) 14:08, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
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![]() | On 21 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Al-Muwaffaq, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that al-Muwaffaq was the effective ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate for twenty-one years, sidelining his brother, the Caliph al-Mu'tamid? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Muwaffaq. 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 Kosta, could you give your opinion about this here. I have asked for the deletion of the article on wp fr: as far as there are no proper sources given about the subject (and the article's title has to be changed in every case). What do you think?-- Phso2 ( talk) 11:26, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
“ | There are many different opinions on the issue of the date of the conquest of Adrianople. G. Ostrogorsky suggests 1362. E. Zachariadou and I. Beldiceanu-Steinherr propose 1369. According to Zachariadou, the terminus post quem of the date in question is 1366, when a certain John Katakalon (oikonomos and deacon of the Adrianople metropolis) composed a poem-eulogy to emperor John V. This poem was commissioned by Polykarpos, the metropolitan of Adrianople (Orestias). The poem was written around Christmas 1366, when Polykarpos still held the metropolitan throne. I. Beldiceanu-Steinherr concludes that in the first time Adrianople was conquered by ‘independent’ begs around 1369, and later by the Ottomans in 1376/1377. The Byzantine Short Chronicles date the fall of Adrianople in 6877 indiction 7, which corresponds to September 1368 – August 1369. The Bulgarian historian A. Burmov argues that Adrianople was conquered in 1371. Burmov’s sources are certain Serbian chronicles, Chalcocondyles and Luccari. Luccari had used a Bulgarian source that has not survived. According to the author’s opinion, the battle between Serbians and Turks in Tzernomianon in 1371 should be considered in the context of the Serbian efforts to rescue Adrianople from the Turkish siege. H. İnalcık suggests the year 1361. S. Shaw agrees with İnalcık. In H. İnalcık’s opinion, the Ottoman traditions confirm the date 762/1361, which Oruç gives for the conquest of Adrianople. Furthermore, O. Halecki notes that, according to the Venetian sources, news of the conquest reached Venice on 14 March 1361. Unless this was a false report, shortly before this date, in the year 1361 ‘at the time the Maritsa was overflowing’, Adrianople surrendered to Murad. T. Gökbilgin writes that the conquest was accomplished under Murad I (1362-1389) by Lala Şahin Paşa, who defeated the tekvur at Sazlı-Dere, to the southeast of the city. The latter then fled secretly by boat from his palace on the banks of the Tunca and in Ramadan 763/July 1362 and the inhabitants of the town surrendered on condition of being allowed to live there freely. [...] Cantacuzenus and Demetrios Cydones, historians contemporary with the events, never mention the fall of Adrianople; had Adrianople fallen previous to 1371, this important event would most assuredly be echoed in their writings. | ” |
As far as I can tell, the "Turkish" historiographical view is summarized in Shaw's History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey, 1976, p. 18 which simply states "Murat returned to Europe as soon as his position in Anatolia was established and restored the Ottoman position in 1361 with the capture of Edirne (Adrianople), the capital of Byzantine Thrace and the second important city remaining to the empire. Murat now made it his new capital", but then "The Ottoman capture of Edirne also stimulated Serbia, Bosnia, and Hungary to unite against the sultan. In 1364 they formed an allied army and marched toward the Maritsa in the hope of pushing the Turks out of Europe before it was too late. However, Murat ambushed their camp on the Maritsa near Edirne in a battle known in Turkish history as the "Rout of the Serbs" (Sirp Sindigi). Many soldiers and princes were drowned as they tried to swim across the river to safety. Louis the Great of Hungary was able to escape only with difficulty.". Colin Imber however follows Zachariadou in putting the date to 1369 (The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650 - The Structure of Power, 2003, p. 11), the same as The Cambridge History of Turkey (2008). In general, most recent sources I have looked at (including A Military History of the Ottomans From Osman to Atatürk, 2009), seem to cite Zachariadou on the conquest. The present article seems to rely on the Turkish interpretation of events, and probably we are looking simply at a confusion with the Battle of Maritsa. So yes, it should be deleted. Constantine ✍ 11:58, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I remember you have created some articles about the dioceses in Anatolia. It seems you have sources about ancient sees. Can you please be kind enough to help me to solve a problem. According to some sources (like New Advent) Zephyrium (modern Mersin, my home) was a titular see. But we know that the name of the city was changed to Hadrianopolis in the second century AD much before Christianity was legalised in the Roman Empire. So I can't see how the see was established in an empire which tries to supress Christianity. Since there were other places named Zephyrium, is it possible then that the see refers to another Zephyrium ? Thanks. Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 19:54, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
It's a real honor to receive an award from you, Constantine. I'm a hard working editor but I'm really baffled by the sheer volume, consistency, and quality of your work over the years. And I've already came across some of your early articles (2007's) and I always expect you to make some revision after I put in my familiar "iw pt" (and that is what I do it instead of leaving it to the bots), usually adding sources or making it even better.
Sadly, the portuguese language literature about Bizantium is scarce (to say the least) and your work, translated by some of your fans here at ptwiki, is, most of the time, the only search result in our language available for some of the more obscure topics. So, I think that I should be awarding you instead! Thank you. José Luiz talk 22:42, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
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This is a rather random post, and I think I may have asked you this once before, but have you ever considered running for administrator? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 11:20, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 00:02, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Is he by any chance on your to-do list? He's one of my favorite poets ever, and it would be great to have a decent article on him. Yazan ( talk) 13:35, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
I started an article on Tuzun in my userspace, User:DCI2026/sandbox here. dci | TALK 02:08, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
On a separate note, I created a redirect for Sahib al-shurta rather than Shahib al-shurta and nom'd the latter for speedy deletion as a typo (it's a transliteration of Ṣad rather than šīn). Yazan ( talk) 18:54, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello ! I'm a contributor on the French Wikipedia (Spartan 117) and I'm writing an article about the Fall of Constantinople. It is almost finished but i've a problem about the Kerkoporta and the reliability of the account of Doukas (the entry of Turks in Constantinople thanks to that gate). I know that there is the book of Philippides and Hanak which deal with that event. I don't know if you have this book but if you have it, could you give me an abstract of the authors' thesis ? Thank you ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.200.0.170 ( talk) 21:32, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Constantine. The Bugle runs a semi-regular interview series where we ask various editors to discuss a particular topic. Our next interview aims to bring together editors working in areas of military history that are perhaps under-represented in the English Wikipedia, for instance Byzantine history. Would you mind adding your views to the questions here? Our goal is to despatch this edition prior to Christmas, so if you can respond in the next two weeks, that'd be great. Thanks/cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 11:40, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello Constantine. Do you have any information on this so-called " Attarouthi Treasure from the Met? Apparently it was excavated (smuggled, more likely) from a Byzantine town in Syria called Attarouthi. For the life of me I can't figure out where that might be; and I can't seem to find sources on the subject that refer to its history before the Met acquired it. The town's name doesn't ring any bells either, and I'm wondering whether they might be using Syria liberally here (as a mention to the ancient area referred to as Syria, rather than the modern country). Any ideas? Do you remember reading about such town or treasure during your research? Many thanks. Yazan ( talk) 14:54, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Do you think there is a reason to have separate articles on Rumelia and Rumelia Eyalet?-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 22:14, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, for the "medal". In its own minor manner it did contribute to the reduction of the depressive mood of a paper I was reading.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 15:01, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
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G'day Constantine, if you are free, would you mind taking a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher and maybe providing a review? It has been open since 27 May and has only received one review. I would like to review it for Adam, but as I helped copy edit the article during its GA review, I'm probably ineligible now as a reviewer. It is the first article that Adam has sent to A-class review and it would be a shame for it to be closed with only limited input. Regards, AustralianRupert ( talk) 11:19, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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On behalf of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the A-Class medal for your outstanding work on John Troglita, Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith and Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (806), promoted to A-Class between May and June 2012. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 05:26, 5 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hi,
I've uploaded one of the articles that you requested on Byzantine Heraldry at WP:RX. You can find a link to the article on that page. Best, GabrielF ( talk) 20:38, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Konstantinos. When I originally added that source, I was looking at another work that cited the article. But I believe it is available at one of my local libraries so give me about a week and shoot me an e-mail and I'll have the pages scanned and ready to send to you in PDF. All the best,-- Marshal Bagramyan ( talk) 16:03, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, but it seems that I was awarded one in 2010 by Kedadi(although I didn't remember the incident).-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 14:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:
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If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 17:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Howdy Constantine. I was wondering if you could take a look at the discussion going on at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The discussion pertains to the typographical dagger and its usage for Varus. An ideal would be to have a vote somewhere, probably at the wikiproject so the issue is solved in the grand scheme. We wouldn't want an edit war! Cheers! I hope all is well. -- Tataryn77 ( talk) 23:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I've uploaded two of the articles that you requested at the resource exchange. You can find a link to the files at that page. Best, GabrielF ( talk) 02:03, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi. You might be interested in expanding my new stubs of Category:Mystras. The last one I thnk might be confused with another in Istanbul. Can you look into it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:16, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
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You have put a reference on a note in your changes to the article. Since the notes are after the {{Reflist}}, that reference will not show up and generates an error at the bottom of the article. Please fix it. Naraht ( talk) 21:53, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
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![]() | On 17 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Siege of Constantinople (674–678), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the invention of Greek fire (pictured) was crucial in breaking the First Arab Siege of Constantinople? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Constantinople (674–678). 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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For outstanding work on Siege of Constantinople (674–678). You are a fine specimen of a wikipedian! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:40, 17 July 2012 (UTC) |
I started Zuqnin Monastery. Perhaps you can find more scraps about it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:59, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Constantine. I just noticed the change from Flavius Rumoridus to Rumoridus. I always take the names from PLRE, and in it (PLRE I, pg. 786), his name is described as Flavius Rumoridus. Where PLRE does not name the individual as Flavius (see Varronianus (son of Jovian) and Valentinianus Galates as examples), then I have removed Flavius from their name. I think we should follow how Rumoridus is named in PLRE. Thanks. Oatley2112 ( talk) 12:42, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 19 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Siege of Tyana, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a starving Arab army was able to continue the Siege of Tyana by defeating a Byzantine relief army and capturing its supplies? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Tyana. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 00:03, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Constantine,
I already know that any time I want to find an excelent article to translate all I have to do is take a quick look at your contributions. :D I took a pause on that region and period, but I'll go back to it sooner than later.
Me and pt.wikipedia already "owe" you at least 5 feature articles ( pt:Guerras bizantino-árabes, pt:João Curcuas (general), pt:Tomás, o Eslavo, pt:Emirado de Creta and pt:Bardanes Tourkos; the latter is on the main page now) and 5 good articles ( pt:Nicéforo Urano, pt:Andrónico Contostefano, pt:Miguel Bourtzes, pt:Sulayman ibn Hisham and pt:Maslama ben Abd al-Malik Ibn-Marwan; the latter will be classified today).
Thank you very much and keep up the excelent work.
Regards -- pt:Stegop talk 19:25, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
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For your spectacular work on Sayf al-Daula and numerous other medieval Muslim figures. Keep up the great work! Al Ameer son ( talk) 19:40, 19 July 2012 (UTC) |
![]() | On 21 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sayf al-Dawla, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 10th-century Hamdanid prince Sayf al-Dawla is said to have fought against the Byzantines in over 40 battles? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sayf al-Dawla. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:03, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Started a draft page for Nasir al-Dawla here. Feel free to expand it and please verify what I already added since I'm not completely sure I read the sources correctly, particularly with Nasir al-Dawla's defeat in Baghdad at the hands Tuzin. -- Al Ameer son ( talk) 22:49, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Shrike ( talk)/ WP:RX 20:19, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I removed the speedy tag on this page. I did that because I couldn't see a page move discussion under way at the page you proposed to move, so I can't tell if this is a simple uncontroversial housekeeping deletion or not. -- Dweller ( talk) 08:42, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
" the usual through job" - thank you!! Thank you for improvement advice too! Secretlondon ( talk) 17:01, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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Is this Ρεντικουλέ ( talk · contribs) guy the same as the one who was obsessed about the "Byzantine" White Tower the other day? This time he gets extra points for inventiveness in sock naming, but I'm losing track of who is who. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 2 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sa'd al-Dawla, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sa'd al-Dawla, was denied entry to his own capital for much of his early reign? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sa'd al-Dawla. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 16:04, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Constantine, my apologies for the title changes of articles about the Russo-Turkish Wars. I've seen the error of my ways, but actually am still kinda confused about the whole situation.
Also, there are still various instances of "Russo–Turkish" within the articles listed here (this time not put there by me). Could you clean those up, too, or should I do it? – ὁ οἶστρος ( talk) 15:13, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
I think Category:Sclaviniae, Category:Slavic tribes in Macedonia and Category:Slavic tribes in Thrace and Moesia should be merged into Category:South Slavic tribes. Sclaviniae is the same as "South Slavs" (Antae-East Slavs, Wends-West Slavs), it is a political term for the nominally Byzantine territories settled by Slavs. As "tribes" gives away that these were peoples in the Early Middle Ages, there is no need to have a "Slavic tribes in [Roman province]", and sometimes these tribes lived on the territory of several provinces which were fluctuating (and btw, why have "Thrace and Moesia" in one category). What do you think?-- Zoupan 23:49, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
G'day mate, have just left a message for "The Woob" ( User talk:The Wobb) about the article Giannis Papazantopoulos and thought I should let you know because I deleted your prod. The article is not a bio of a living person and does have refs (though without a better understanding of the topic I couldn't tell you whether they are independent, legit, sufficient, etc). Can you have a look at the article now that it has had a bit of a clean-up? If you think it still doesn't meet WP:N, WP:REF or WP:SOURCES then I have absolutely no problem with you adding a new delete prod. Cheers, Stalwart111 (talk) 00:21, 10 August 2012 (UTC).
![]() | On 10 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nasir al-Dawla, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Hamdanid Emir of Mosul, Nasir al-Dawla, was deposed by his own sons and his wife and died imprisoned in a fortress? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nasir al-Dawla. 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. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:03, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
Excellent work, nothing new there then..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:51, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
Ciao Costas,
I hope that you are doing well without military service! In June, I lost again, and was brought to Sicily, but sooner or later I will manage to come to Athens :-) Question: there is a fellow Wikipedia who in the article about Constantinople today added a couple of sentences about a fire in 1197. I have on three sources a list about fires in the City, and this fire in mentioned nowhere. I am not questioning the existence of the fire, which is well referenced, but personally i don't think that it deserves to be mentioned in the general article about the City. To me it looks like more an excuse to link the article that this guy wrote. What is the opinion of the Princeps Byzantinist :-) of wikipedia about that?
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![]() | On 13 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fourth Fitna, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Fourth Fitna pitted two half-brothers, the Abbasid caliphs al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, against each other? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fourth Fitna. 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) 16:03, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I've uploaded an article that you requested at the resource exchange on the Arab-Byzantine frontier. You can find a link to the article on that page. Best, GabrielF ( talk) 07:01, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Hallo Costantine
a fast :-) question: the word "Aya", used in Turkish versions of Saint names and places (ex. Ayastefanos, Aya Yorgi, Ayakapı, etc.), is Greek? The provenience is clear (from "Hagios"), but what I mean, is it a Greek word (maybe from a Rum dialect of Constantinople) or is a Turkish alteration of "Hagios" (i.e. it has been turkicised)? Due to the fact that has no gender, I am for the second hypothesis...
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Hallo Constantine,
thanks a lot for correcting the article about the Ox! I have a question: are you able to identify the "Patrician Nicetas" who built the bath near the forum? I remember that another Patrician Nicetas in the same period sold an house in Psamateia that was used to host the nuns in Gastria monastery. Müller-Wiener calls him "Eunuch", but I am not sure that he speaks about the same person, since he sets the building of the bath 100 years before. It would be nice to identify him. P.S. As soon as I have sometime, I will write also something about the Forum Amastrianum. Alex2006 ( talk) 09:27, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
I can't believe it :-( This means that very soon none will publish anything in the world, except us on Wikipedia. :-) About the book which you advised to buy, I am going to pick up it this evening at the Zentral Bibliotek, thanks! :-) As a little Dankeschön, look at this link (if you don't know it yet). After that, we don't need to go to the City anymore. :-) BTW, we don't know whether your Nicetas built also the bath at the bous, correct? Thanks, Alex2006 ( talk) 14:27, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
If the situation continues so, those times will come back soon... :-) BTW, today I went to my office, and noticed that nearby a new Greek shop opened: the owners are at least 80 years old. We started to talk, and he told me that he came from Saloniki. I asked if his family was from there, and he told me not really: one part came from Ayvalik and one part from Kumpkapı in Constantinople. I answered, you mean from Kydonies and Kontoskalion. Well, they invited me for lunch... And then some people says that culture is worth nothing! :-) At lunch he told me wonderful stories about his grandfather, who during the first WW was a spy (not for Greece, but for some Greek secret society which was pursuing its own foreign policy) by the Ottomans in the City, and could escape one day before being hanged... One of the many little stories which together make History. Alex2006 ( talk) 17:22, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Saint Nicetas the Patrician, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during his life, Saint Nicetas the Patrician specialized in "healing men tormented by sexual desires"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Saint Nicetas the Patrician. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:03, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Cplakidas. I'm reviewing the article on Nasir al-Dawla, and will subsequently review the article on his nephew Sa'd al-Dawla. I reviewed your articles on Constantine Lekapenos and his brother quite some time ago; I will not take nearly as long to complete this one as I did those two. dci | TALK 21:34, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that both sons of the Byzantine general Nikephoros Phokas the Elder followed him in the post of Domestic of the Schools, in effect commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nikephoros Phokas the Elder. 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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I've passed both articles and will try to post them as GA's as soon as possible; I am satisfied by your responses to my comments on Nasir al-Dawla and found hardly anything to comment on with regard to Sa'd al-Dawla. Excellent articles! dci | TALK 01:48, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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For Abdallah al-Battal. It's always a pleasure to see articles addressing the systematic bias (i.e. articles on non-Western topics). I enjoyed reading this one, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:13, 1 September 2012 (UTC) |
I removed the Iranian theory of the surname as an ethnonym because it was rather superfluous and reductive to highlight one single possible theory among the countless ones that could derive from the word arya. It's a simple view based on 2 lines from a 1968 work that deals tangentially with the Arianiti family. On the other hand I tried to be as inclusive as possible with the wording on David Arianites based on Shuteriqi's work and even on Arianiti family, where I've expanded all issues regarding that surname my work is still reductive as Shuteriqi wrote about 10 pages just on that surname. I don't have the time to look into the wording on David Arianites (until Thursday), but see if you can generalize the name subject.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 17:37, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
(unindent)Btw would you say that this sentence refers to missionaries from actual Roma or from Nova Roma [1]?-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 22:22, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
(unindent)I think it's concise enough, but feel free to reedit it. My edit would be a re-edit of The family is hence variously considered to have been of possibly Albanian[2]or Iranian[3] origin. along the lines of Based on these etymologies differing theories regarding his origin and birthplace have been produced.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 13:21, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
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![]() | On 9 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Abdallah al-Battal, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Umayyad military leader Abdallah al-Battal became a popular hero in medieval Arabic and Turkish tradition for his exploits against the Byzantines? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abdallah al-Battal. 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, I found your name on the Translators available list. There are two transcriptions for Darlene Conley in the Greek Wikipedia: Ντάρλιν Κόνλεϋ (article) and Ντάρλιν Κόνλεϊ (redirect). Which one is correct? Or can I use both? Cheers -- 217.186.99.13 ( talk) 04:46, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the detailed explanation! (I'm impressed by your knowledge.) -- 217.186.99.13 ( talk) 13:11, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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Constantine, one of the requests at the coord election page is for more coords to cover diverse periods and regions. Being a coord might help you focus some attention on Byzantine articles. Interested? - Dank ( push to talk) 14:59, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bessas (general), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that despite being over 70 years old, the Byzantine general Bessas was entrusted with overall command of the Byzantine forces in the Lazic War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bessas (general). 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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Thank you! TheNumbersLady ( talk) 17:54, 17 September 2012 (UTC)The Numbers Lady September 17, 2012
The recent additions to Battle of Antioch on the Meander are a problem. First is the reliability of the source, which I am not convinced of. Second the "purple prose;" and third the combattant numbers. The idea that 2,000 could defeat 20,000 is ridiculous in pre-Modern warfare, whatever the circumstances. It is probable that the figure of 2.000 for the Nicaeans is just the professional core of the army, probably all cavalry, it is quite possible that the total number was considerably higher. However, there is no source which states this that I know of. Urselius ( talk) 11:26, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Well now, there's an article title that caught my eye! This individual's edits are also bound to reveal some surprises. - Biruitorul Talk 02:17, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you Constantine for the barnstar and the kind words. On a related note, we once had a GA cooperation on the Umayyad Mosque that revamped the article a great deal but died down before we could finish the work. Perhaps you'd be interested in helping restart it (once we're done with this one, which you are welcome to join, if you're interested in more modern history as well). Best! Yazan ( talk) 09:35, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Tarchaneiotes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although John Tarchaneiotes was the nephew of Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, he became one of the leaders of the Arsenites, who denounced Michael's legitimacy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Tarchaneiotes. 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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![]() | On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nahrawan Canal, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ibn Ra'iq ordered the destruction of the Nahrawan Canal to stop a mutinous army from advancing on Baghdad, even though it was the main irrigation network for the fields that fed the city? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nahrawan Canal. 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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![]() | On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Muhammad ibn Ra'iq, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ibn Ra'iq ordered the destruction of the Nahrawan Canal to stop a mutinous army from advancing on Baghdad, even though it was the main irrigation network for the fields that fed the city? 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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In recognition of your election as a co-ordinator of the Military history project for the September 2012 to September 2013 period, please accept these co-ord stars. Thank you for standing and I hope it will be a fruitful year. Regards, AustralianRupert ( talk) 04:53, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 1 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Manuel Maurozomes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Byzantine aristocrat Manuel Maurozomes became the father-in-law of the Seljuk sultan Kaykhusraw I and helped him regain his throne? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Manuel Maurozomes. 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. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:03, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Konstantine, although you edited this article a long-long time ago, I believe that we should consider a possible move to 'Saint Th. Gabras', in light of new references. Alexikoua ( talk) 21:12, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
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![]() | On 3 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Siege of Nicaea (727), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the successful Byzantine defence in the Siege of Nicaea in 727 encouraged Emperor Leo III the Isaurian to proceed with his policy of iconoclasm? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Nicaea (727). 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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K. M. Setton (Catalan Dominions in Athens) mentions After the Count of Salona the most powerful feudatory in the later history of the Catalan duchies was one Count "Demitre" (also de Mitre!) ... The Margrave of Boudonitza ranks next to the Count Demetrius in the feudal catalogue.. Does any of your (offline) sources mention him?-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 10:35, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
I would be interested in writing articles on Bajkam and Tuzun, two of the Turkish generals who figured in the politics of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-900s. The sources I've found so far have been less than edifying (mainly coin books, useful in some aspects but lacking in any general information); do you have any idea what some good resources would be to turn to? I'm not particularly familiar with this period; reviewing your article on Nasir-al-Dawla got me rather interested in the politics of Baghdad at the time. dci | TALK 01:15, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, can you check through this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:06, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Thankyou!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:28, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the contribution. Nice to see another set of eyes of articles like these. Victuallers ( talk) 10:15, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
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Dude, there was no conquest of Eastern Roman Empire to Bulgarian Empire. After the death of Ivan Vladislav the nobility choose to join the empire, since a) Tsar Ivan Vladislav was related to Basil II and b) since there was no apparent heir and c) the conditions offered by Basil II were beyond excellent. That's all. I'd suggest a change of the title to something like: X-XI century Bulgaria - Byzantine Wars, but it is certainly misleading to claim that there was 50 year conquest. Do you agree? ZomRe ( talk) 13:34, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Hallo Costas,
I hope that everything run well for you (I just read that Greece has now two years time more, that's good). I did not show up, because I went to Cyprus, but Athens is now in the pipeline... I have a question for you: there are problems with
Mussolini again: one guy substituted a very well sourced definition of Fascism with his personal opinion ("Fascism is a collection of academic nonsense to give Mussolini and his thugs an excuse to takeover and misrule Italy"), referencing it (after my second revert) with a link to the Enciclopedia Italiana article about fascism written by Mussolini himself and Giovanni Gentile. I asked him to go through the discussion page first, but he keeps reverting...another user yesterday reverted him, but hopelessly. Then I went to an admin, but he did not react. What can I do to go back to the previous definition? Does the 3RR apply in case of POV, OR, and removal of sourced content? Thanks for your advice.
Alex2006 (
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Hi, I spotted that you had only changed round some of the references for Khazar–Arab Wars; I think I have finished the work for you. See Talk:Arab–Khazar Wars.
The category is now also up for renaming at the bottom of the page Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 October 25. – Fayenatic L ondon 20:21, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
It's done, just Tuzun to go. dci | TALK 20:19, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:03, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas,
Most sources I found say that şerbetçi is man who make and sell sherbet. Is it possible that it was also a position in Janissary forces? What could be a reason to attribute this occupation or position to Greeks? If you need to search sources to reply, please don't bother. Thank you.-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 11:11, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
... I'm wondering whether you may be able to find further sources on it? If it interests you, ofcourse. Many thanks! Yazan ( talk) 16:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar; you definitely deserve one more than I do. I will try to get moving on Tuzun this weekend, as I've been delayed by other matters. Just one question - which source would, do you think, be most informative about him? I have several that mention or describe his actions, but nothing really in depth about his background. dci | TALK 16:03, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Constantine, although you seem to be quite busy now, I have to inform you that a number of articles related to byzantine era ecclesiastical history have been recently uploaded (Metropolises of Asia Minor: Chalcedon, Smyrna, Philadelphia, Pergamon and soon Ephesus, Caesarea). Alexikoua ( talk) 10:11, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Hey Constantine! Just letting you know there's a movement happening on the Byzantine Empire talk page to switch the Byzantine Empire map to a GIF. There have been many discussions like this before, and the consensus was to keep the map as 565. People are also debating switching to 1025, which has also been discussed before and rejected. It seems these discussions happen annually! Just giving you a heads up!-- Tataryn77 ( talk) 17:14, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas. First of all, congratulations for your very well done articles, I'm translating a lot of them on it.wiki! Can you explain me better the double joke of Leo III? Some users on it.wiki find this sentence not much intellegible: "inoltre, dato che il generale arabo non aveva ricevuto nessuna notizia del doppio gioco di Leone, non devastò i territori dei temi Armeniaci e Anatolici, perché credeva che i governatori di tali temi fossero ancora i suoi alleati" (I guess you understand italian a little, since you made some edits on it.wiki, anyway this is the original text: "In addition, as the Arab general had not received news of Leo's double-dealing, he did not devastate the territories he marched through—the Armeniac and Anatolic themes, whose governors he still believed to be his allies.") Zero6 stated: "Comunque, nel paragrafo successivo, non ho capito bene qual'è il doppio gioco di Leone: essersi impossessato di una città che gli arabi avrebbero voluto comunque donargli può essere considerato doppio gioco?" ("However, in the next paragraph, I didn't understand well what is the double joke of Leo: can be considered double joke the act of occupying a city that the Arabs wanted to surrender him?" (I hope I translated well "cedergli"!) Martin8 stated: "In effetti è un po' ambigua la situazione. Io penso che gli arabi non abbiano mai pensato di donare a Leone Amorio (almeno leggendolo non mi è parso), quindi il doppio gioco consiste nel far credere che è dalla loro parte, ma in realtà approfitta dell'assenza di gran parte dell'esercito arabo per far man bassa dei territori non protetti." (I try to resume: he finds the sentence (and the situation) ambiguous and states that in his opinion "the Arabs didn't want to surrender Amorion to Leo, but the double joke consists in making the arabs to believe that he (Leo) is from their side, but actually he takes avantage of the absence of most of the Arab army to conquer the not protected territories"). Can you solve our doubts? Thank you and sorry if my english isn't perfect, I have still to improve my english skills a lot in order to reach a "native language" level (for this reason my edits on en.wiki are very few! I prefer to write in a language that I can write perfectly, italian)!-- 151.70.33.192 ( talk) 15:25, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
How would you evaluate Fotakos's reliability as a source for the 1821-1832 war?-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 13:00, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
I am asking pretty please if you could. Help with giving a clearer historical understanding to the East-West schism on the article talkpage. I hope I have not angered you in any way forgive me if I have. All the Best to you. LoveMonkey ( talk) 17:53, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
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This is an inscription to Zenobia on a column from the Great Colonnade at Palmyra. I want to know whether you recognize the script (I think the upper half) as Greek? And if you can understand anything at all? Many thanks. Yazan ( talk) 12:37, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
(indent) That's quite interesting. I can see many parallels with Arabic as well, having only been standardized after Islam, and specifically through the Quran. Are you telling me though that it's gonna take us another century to resolve our diglossia? ;) (or triglossia, if you believe the Wiki article). Damn! Greece has been one of the most interesting places in Europe to me (even more so in its modern history, ironically). I read Theodorakis' memoirs of the Greek resistance during the junta when I was 16, and it left me with a very romantic image of that place (kind of like Orwell's Homage to Catalonia). So here's to our last common ancestor ;) Yazan ( talk) 14:08, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Kosta, could you give your opinion about this here. I have asked for the deletion of the article on wp fr: as far as there are no proper sources given about the subject (and the article's title has to be changed in every case). What do you think?-- Phso2 ( talk) 11:26, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
“ | There are many different opinions on the issue of the date of the conquest of Adrianople. G. Ostrogorsky suggests 1362. E. Zachariadou and I. Beldiceanu-Steinherr propose 1369. According to Zachariadou, the terminus post quem of the date in question is 1366, when a certain John Katakalon (oikonomos and deacon of the Adrianople metropolis) composed a poem-eulogy to emperor John V. This poem was commissioned by Polykarpos, the metropolitan of Adrianople (Orestias). The poem was written around Christmas 1366, when Polykarpos still held the metropolitan throne. I. Beldiceanu-Steinherr concludes that in the first time Adrianople was conquered by ‘independent’ begs around 1369, and later by the Ottomans in 1376/1377. The Byzantine Short Chronicles date the fall of Adrianople in 6877 indiction 7, which corresponds to September 1368 – August 1369. The Bulgarian historian A. Burmov argues that Adrianople was conquered in 1371. Burmov’s sources are certain Serbian chronicles, Chalcocondyles and Luccari. Luccari had used a Bulgarian source that has not survived. According to the author’s opinion, the battle between Serbians and Turks in Tzernomianon in 1371 should be considered in the context of the Serbian efforts to rescue Adrianople from the Turkish siege. H. İnalcık suggests the year 1361. S. Shaw agrees with İnalcık. In H. İnalcık’s opinion, the Ottoman traditions confirm the date 762/1361, which Oruç gives for the conquest of Adrianople. Furthermore, O. Halecki notes that, according to the Venetian sources, news of the conquest reached Venice on 14 March 1361. Unless this was a false report, shortly before this date, in the year 1361 ‘at the time the Maritsa was overflowing’, Adrianople surrendered to Murad. T. Gökbilgin writes that the conquest was accomplished under Murad I (1362-1389) by Lala Şahin Paşa, who defeated the tekvur at Sazlı-Dere, to the southeast of the city. The latter then fled secretly by boat from his palace on the banks of the Tunca and in Ramadan 763/July 1362 and the inhabitants of the town surrendered on condition of being allowed to live there freely. [...] Cantacuzenus and Demetrios Cydones, historians contemporary with the events, never mention the fall of Adrianople; had Adrianople fallen previous to 1371, this important event would most assuredly be echoed in their writings. | ” |
As far as I can tell, the "Turkish" historiographical view is summarized in Shaw's History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey, 1976, p. 18 which simply states "Murat returned to Europe as soon as his position in Anatolia was established and restored the Ottoman position in 1361 with the capture of Edirne (Adrianople), the capital of Byzantine Thrace and the second important city remaining to the empire. Murat now made it his new capital", but then "The Ottoman capture of Edirne also stimulated Serbia, Bosnia, and Hungary to unite against the sultan. In 1364 they formed an allied army and marched toward the Maritsa in the hope of pushing the Turks out of Europe before it was too late. However, Murat ambushed their camp on the Maritsa near Edirne in a battle known in Turkish history as the "Rout of the Serbs" (Sirp Sindigi). Many soldiers and princes were drowned as they tried to swim across the river to safety. Louis the Great of Hungary was able to escape only with difficulty.". Colin Imber however follows Zachariadou in putting the date to 1369 (The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650 - The Structure of Power, 2003, p. 11), the same as The Cambridge History of Turkey (2008). In general, most recent sources I have looked at (including A Military History of the Ottomans From Osman to Atatürk, 2009), seem to cite Zachariadou on the conquest. The present article seems to rely on the Turkish interpretation of events, and probably we are looking simply at a confusion with the Battle of Maritsa. So yes, it should be deleted. Constantine ✍ 11:58, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I remember you have created some articles about the dioceses in Anatolia. It seems you have sources about ancient sees. Can you please be kind enough to help me to solve a problem. According to some sources (like New Advent) Zephyrium (modern Mersin, my home) was a titular see. But we know that the name of the city was changed to Hadrianopolis in the second century AD much before Christianity was legalised in the Roman Empire. So I can't see how the see was established in an empire which tries to supress Christianity. Since there were other places named Zephyrium, is it possible then that the see refers to another Zephyrium ? Thanks. Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 19:54, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
It's a real honor to receive an award from you, Constantine. I'm a hard working editor but I'm really baffled by the sheer volume, consistency, and quality of your work over the years. And I've already came across some of your early articles (2007's) and I always expect you to make some revision after I put in my familiar "iw pt" (and that is what I do it instead of leaving it to the bots), usually adding sources or making it even better.
Sadly, the portuguese language literature about Bizantium is scarce (to say the least) and your work, translated by some of your fans here at ptwiki, is, most of the time, the only search result in our language available for some of the more obscure topics. So, I think that I should be awarding you instead! Thank you. José Luiz talk 22:42, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
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This is a rather random post, and I think I may have asked you this once before, but have you ever considered running for administrator? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 11:20, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 00:02, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Is he by any chance on your to-do list? He's one of my favorite poets ever, and it would be great to have a decent article on him. Yazan ( talk) 13:35, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
I started an article on Tuzun in my userspace, User:DCI2026/sandbox here. dci | TALK 02:08, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
On a separate note, I created a redirect for Sahib al-shurta rather than Shahib al-shurta and nom'd the latter for speedy deletion as a typo (it's a transliteration of Ṣad rather than šīn). Yazan ( talk) 18:54, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello ! I'm a contributor on the French Wikipedia (Spartan 117) and I'm writing an article about the Fall of Constantinople. It is almost finished but i've a problem about the Kerkoporta and the reliability of the account of Doukas (the entry of Turks in Constantinople thanks to that gate). I know that there is the book of Philippides and Hanak which deal with that event. I don't know if you have this book but if you have it, could you give me an abstract of the authors' thesis ? Thank you ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.200.0.170 ( talk) 21:32, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Constantine. The Bugle runs a semi-regular interview series where we ask various editors to discuss a particular topic. Our next interview aims to bring together editors working in areas of military history that are perhaps under-represented in the English Wikipedia, for instance Byzantine history. Would you mind adding your views to the questions here? Our goal is to despatch this edition prior to Christmas, so if you can respond in the next two weeks, that'd be great. Thanks/cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 11:40, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello Constantine. Do you have any information on this so-called " Attarouthi Treasure from the Met? Apparently it was excavated (smuggled, more likely) from a Byzantine town in Syria called Attarouthi. For the life of me I can't figure out where that might be; and I can't seem to find sources on the subject that refer to its history before the Met acquired it. The town's name doesn't ring any bells either, and I'm wondering whether they might be using Syria liberally here (as a mention to the ancient area referred to as Syria, rather than the modern country). Any ideas? Do you remember reading about such town or treasure during your research? Many thanks. Yazan ( talk) 14:54, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Do you think there is a reason to have separate articles on Rumelia and Rumelia Eyalet?-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 22:14, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, for the "medal". In its own minor manner it did contribute to the reduction of the depressive mood of a paper I was reading.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 15:01, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
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Hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday season, Constantine! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:04, 25 December 2012 (UTC) |
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