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Hi Constantine. A summary of the Featured Article you nominated will appear on the Main Page soon. I had to squeeze the text down to about 1200 characters; was there anything I left out you'd like to see put back in? - Dank ( push to talk) 22:22, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Good to see and read today, precious again! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:25, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
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Can you please help? Is Scuola dei Greci = Greek Orthodox Brotherhood of St Nicholas?-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 23:25, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hello. I am Andreana Dakanali (Andreana Dak). I Try to give an article in wikipedia but I found many proplems because of my english. The greek wikipedia has not the same forms so I dont Know exactly what is that I have to do so to make you sure about the article. Is sure that is not copied from anywhere, the singer Giannis Haroulis gave it to me. I Hope to understand how it works before you have to do all the delete things you say. I'm really sorry for the bad english and I hope you can understand me. What ever you want you can text me. Thank you for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreana dak ( talk • contribs) 17:34, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Here you changed my source list which used indentation to bullets. I've reverted it because I see no reason for the change, but I'm grateful for your other correction in that article (which I've left intact). What was your reason for changing to bullets? I never see bullets being used for source lists in scientific journal articles or books? -- AlexanderVanLoon ( talk) 10:38, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Hallo Constantine
how are you? On 9th January I greeted on your behalf your homeland on the way back to Rome :-) . There was clear weather, and from my left window seat I could see in the glorious afternoon light Thracia, Lemnos, Samotracia, Chalcidica, Thessaly, Eubea, Attica and Epirus, plus the snow capped Olympus... If you have time and lust, could you please do some ce on
this article. It was a redirect, so that no copyediting busy bees are coming so far. :-) Greeting from Helvetia Felix.
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Hello...as regards Longobardia, Celsius (1727) noted that the name was used to indicate Longobardia Italy only after the destruction of the Lombard kingdom in 774. Therefore, he believed that the warriors mentioned in the stele belonged to the shipment of Federico II in Italy. This view was also accepted by Brocman (1762) believed that the warriors killed in battle against the Byzantine Emperor. The von Friesen (1913) noted, however, that in the inscriptions there was referring to Lombardy, but the lands of the south known as the eleventh century Langobardia that belonged to Byzantium, where he fought many battles between the Greeks and Normans and where perished men mentioned in the pieces.-- 79.19.99.123 ( talk) 18:03, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
Your rollback are meaningless ... you have some reliable sources to talk ???-- 79.18.110.123 ( talk) 12:31, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Sigh... I am the guy who began the article and put whatever references were in there in the first place, so please spare me the "you have some reliable sources to talk ???" crap. The article focuses on a Byzantine province, so the Germanic name is incidental and secondary, and has no place in the lede. The article makes clear, with impeccable sources, that the term "Longobardia" was used by Theophanes, one of the major sources on the early medieval Mediterranean, beyond the Byzantine province for Lombard territories in Italy; whether as a geographic or shorthand form instead of an official one is irrelevant to the point. You try to push through a specific interpretation, and parrot a couple of books to this effect. All right, I want to see page numbers and quotes from the books to support your opinion, because until then it is just that, an opinion, which apparently directly contradicts authorities like the ODB and Pertusi. And please take time to write proper English, I can often scarcely understand what you are writing. Constantine ✍ 19:58, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
I can't tell if you are trolling or not, but for the moment I am assuming you are not. It is very simple: you have made a very definite statement about the use of the name Longobardia, which prima facie seems to contradict already extant and well-referenced information, and referred to a few sources to back up your claim. Per WP:EXTRAORDINARY, please give the relevant page numbers and quotes from the sources. Constantine ✍ 09:12, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
My "goals" are you giving a proper reference to a contested statement you try to introduce. Yet you persist with off-topic remarks while humming loudly with your fingers in your ears. I cannot help you if you refuse to give a straight answer. Constantine ✍ 18:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Constantine! Could you help me with a buying problem? I would like to buy the ebook Halcyon Days in Crete II. ΤΗΕ VIA EGNATIA UNDER OTTOMAN RULE 1380-1699, but I don't know if this site is reliable or not. Do you have any idea about it?-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 18:52, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Sir could you give me some information on the following:
I would be grateful. Mr Hall of England ( talk) 15:16, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
Hallo Constantine, hope you have a great time. I can recall that you have access to Mazower's specific work and it may be helpfull to clear some things in the Greco-Italian War article: a failed verification tag has been placed here [ [1]] (although I can confirm the specific event from alternative works). Also, here [ [2]]: Mazower's work has been characterized as trashy and poorly researched book. I believe you may shed some light on this. Alexikoua ( talk) 20:42, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
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I want to thank you again for the edit, and perhaps I should have double checked before restoring a WP:Redlink. But it really does help move to the project forward when you bother to fill out the WP:edit summary field in the first place! -- Kendrick7 talk 14:30, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Cplakidas, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia, especially your recent creation of Rhaiktor. Keep up the good work! You are making a difference here! With regards, Anupam Talk 19:42, 28 January 2015 (UTC) |
Thank you, much appreciated, but if I may ask, why exactly did you single out the Rhaiktor article? It's certainly not among my most impressive work :P... Constantine ✍ 19:47, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
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You're welcome :-). Thanks for your help in many articles -- Odythal ( talk) 14:05, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if you would be able to assist with the following source requested at the WP:RX -
You've included it as a reference when you created Geoffrey of Briel. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. - NQ (talk) 10:44, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Konstantinos,
What was the reason of removing Kostia Vlastos from the Category:Greek diaspora?
He was an active member of the Greek diaspora in Paris during the first half of the previous century.
Thank you very much for your attention.
Actia Nicopolis ( talk) 17:04, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
I noticed massive changes at Military of the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Classical Army has zero GBS hits. What do you think about it?-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 22:45, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Constantine! Could you give me few minutes of your time? Since I started expanding Via Egnatia on pt.wiki, I also continue creating articles about Greece and I'm not finding something I need. On the internet I found the PDF of the Kallikratis reform explaining everything, but I'm not finding about the Kapodistrias reform or even the reform before them. Do you have any idea about where I can find out such information? And even, do you know any governmental site about the administrative subdivisions of Greece? I'm looking for this because I would like to know when some municipalities were created, and this information is also difficult to achieve. Just some few sites provide it.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 00:05, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Cplakidas. I don't know if you remember, but we discussed the placement of Valentia and the layout of the Roman Provinces over a year ago ( here). Today, @ LlywelynII: made a lot of edits about it, including placing notes in your heavily used map on Commons ( here and here). I think those edits were poorly discussed, but I'm no specialist. José Luiz talk 09:51, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Cplakidas, i don't understand why you deleted my pic(Flag of the Aromanians). We also have our simbols, our flag, anthem, motto etc... I am sorry but i know better than you the things about Aromanians(Us) becose i am an aromanian(From Epirus). Please let me do the best for my people here in internet! Good Night... Noptia bunã! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remenu ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Cplakidas, our great great great grandpas belived in the sun. This is becose we have this flag. This flag is a "Macedonian flag" and we are "Makedo-romans or Makinonj". We have our indetity! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remenu ( talk • contribs) 18:09, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
And why it was an aromanian flag here before????? The white flag??? This wasn't ours! Every nation has a flag, we have ours too. We don't have a our state, but we have our culture, language and symbols, like dhe kurds! And our motto is: Rrãmãnu nu chieri(The Aromanian don't lose) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remenu ( talk • contribs) 18:17, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Why you don't answer me? It was an aromanian flag here before????? The white flag? Why??????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remenu ( talk • contribs) 18:38, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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Based on our discussion at the AN/I Noticeboard, would you concur that the excess wikilinks should be removed? It is my understanding that only the first appearance of a wikilinked entry should be thus linked, and the rest should remain as simple text. I do not want to run afoul of the 3RR rule myself, but if it is clearly a case of WP:CIR then I don't mind putting in the time. I will stay away from the flag issue, as I do not have enough connection to the topic to have a fully formed opinion on the matter. My experience in Macedonia has taught me that such issues are highly contentious, and I am not into WikiWars. ScrapIronIV ( talk) 17:22, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for this, but the source explicitly gives the masculine form. Thoughts?— Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • ( yo?); February 21, 2015; 00:26 (UTC)
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Hi, can you add a bit to this and some sources?♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:42, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
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Re: Your recent comments at Talk:Siege of Constantinople (Rus' Siege of Constantinople) (860). If you wish to revert a recent undiscussed move (as was the case for this article), you do not need to go through the full RM process even if the move requires an admin (per WP:RMUM). You can propose the move in the Requesting technical moves section of the RM page. — AjaxSmack 16:17, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
I was going to ask you whether I did anything stupid in that article! I put it at the "c" spelling because the few English sources I found preponderantly used that spelling. There aren't many of them and they are old, but they do include the Ioannou book. Yngvadottir ( talk) 21:00, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
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Dear C Plakidas, please be advised that Future Perfect at Sunrise, Dolescum, and other user names using 'sock puppets' are systematically engaging in edit war with me, Alexis Gounaris, by deleting as many necessary references on the Greece and other related pages to Greek Macedonia as possible, with the obvious intention of disassociating the name from Greece and the Greek people. Since an indefinite edit ban from editing any pages on Balkan topics has now been imposed on me, essentially for attempting to simply maintain my own edits on the Greece page that mentioned Greek Macedonia, I hope you and others active on pages related to Greece, Greeks, Macedonia, and Byzantine civilisation, can ensure that references to Greek Macedonia are not permanently deleted. Thank you. A Gounaris
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Hey Constantine, it's time for my annual question: do you want to be an administrator? I'd still be happy to write a nomination if you've changed your mind. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:41, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, are you actively contributing in Greek Wiki? Jaqeli 12:37, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
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Γεια σου!
Looking quickly on the web it seems to me that the most frequent form of his name in English media is Notis Mitarachi (see [3]), including his own usage (see [4]). It uses a transcription often seen for Chiot names, see for instance Rodocanachi. Do you think that we can rename the page to Notis Mitarachi? Place Clichy ( talk) 19:09, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hallo Costantine,
I hope that everything is ok for you in beautiful Vienna. :-) I just moved, and my books are still scattered around everywhere, in boxes, at office and in keller. :-) If you have time and lust, could you please comment my thread on the talk page of
Gregory V of Constantinople? Since some days on this article is taking place an edit war for reasons which I don't fully understand, since what the source say is quite clear, but is the source reliable? Thsnks,
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Hello, Cplakidas - What do you think of the changes made to Semi-Arianism [5] (besides the spelling mistake)? CorinneSD ( talk) 22:41, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Constantine,
I came across this interesting Byzantine ivory, the group of soldiers at the bottom right shows some interesting features of equipment, particularly the egg-shaped helmets. Unfortunately the image does not have a date attached. Do you have any idea about a date for this? I feel it is probably 950-1050-ish. Urselius ( talk) 14:36, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, I'm very surprised by the date, though deliberate archaism is a repeating feature of Byzantine art. The armour is amazingly practical-looking, when you think of contemporary painted icons showing fantastical cuirasses. Urselius ( talk) 13:48, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello, C - I just started reading the article on Hermeticism, and I was surprised to see "Trismegistus" translated as "Thrice-Great" since I had often seen it as "Thrice-Greatest" ("Thrice-Greatest Hermes"). Then I looked at the article on Hermes Trismegistus and saw that, right at the beginning of the article, "Hermes Trismegistus" is translated as "Thrice-Greatest Hermes". Shouldn't these two translations be consistent? CorinneSD ( talk) 22:04, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
In the second paragraph of the article Hermeticism there is a list of writers. One of them is listed as "Thomas of Aquinas". Since I had never seen his name written like that, I clicked on the link to the article about him, and the name is given as Thomas Aquinas, or two alternatives, neither of which is "Thomas of Aquinas". What do you recommend? CorinneSD ( talk) 22:08, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
In the last paragraph of Hermeticism#Late Antiquity, there is a term that has a red link: The Asclepius. Do you know if The Asclepius has anything to do with Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine? If it does, shouldn't it be mentioned in the article on Asclepius, and shouldn't the term The Asclepius be linked to the "Asclepius" article? CorinneSD ( talk) 22:54, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hallo Costantine,
I have a question for you, and for one time it does not deal with the City and its surroundings :-), but has to do with your experience as Good Articles writer. According to you,
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It appears that Ujkrieger isn't conveiced about the "Arta flag", as well as other ones, and continues reverting by pretending that the images are well sourced. Alexikoua ( talk) 12:41, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Alexi, I see that a source has been added. Can we have an English translation and see what it says? Constantine ✍ 20:30, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Constantine, are you able to - or do you know somebody who can - translate a Serbian text? I am interested in what B. Ferjancic, p. 188-189, writes about this Serbian sebastokrator who was the commander of Stefan Dusans cavalry. Would be great help! PDF is available online (www.4shared.com/web/preview/pdf/VM5DBf1nba). Greets -- 217.83.24.112 ( talk) 19:38, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Καλησπερα, Cplakidas! How are you? Firstly, I want to thank you - I didn't know there is such template, so I "manually" put links. XD Do you maybe have a plan to write in near future about Euphrosyne Irene Palaiologina ( hr)? You see, I'm little afraid to write about her, since I don't know very much (I'm not surprised - she is just usually mentioned in sources with her husband, probably because she was born out of her father's marriage). But you can put link on Croatian Wiki if you want, until you or I make the article (or someone else, of course!).-- Miha ( talk) 08:06, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, do you happen to have photos of frescos from Philotheou monastery? There are two frescos of Georgian kings there and I found it hard to find any on the net and maybe you could help? Jaqeli 12:38, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
I just thought I'd bring it to your attention:
Nikodemus son of Xenokrates of Rhamnus took monies from the tribe while acting on insecure grounds i.e. illegally, amounting to 666 and 2/3 of a drachma. ref. MI Finley - Studies in Land and Credit in Ancient Athens, 500-200 B.C.: The Horos Inscriptions (p.93) Transaction Publishers (1st published 1953) ISBN 1412835356 [Retrieved 2015-04-18]
you deleted this, and also headings. The latter I think might have some reason, although you might have instead thought for yourself of better titles (being Greek as you are), but the former I'm some-what taken by the fact... you think financial wrong-doings in ancient Athens shouldn't be included? I know that isn't the answer but I don't know the answer, so, feel free to enlighten me as to why you think this information isn't worthwhile for inclusion, or I might just return it to the article. That would be the reasonable choice of anyone, especially since you wrote no edit summary, which obvs. leaves me with no clue what-so-ever for your reasoning. Hmmm, I could guess.... you were related to him??? no?? I don't know. Anyway, please tell me why you deleted this info. Thanks! Whalestate ( talk) 21:29, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
...I thought you might enjoy this humorous clip which essentially and rather accurately sums up the entire editorial and material problem in less than 60 seconds :) TomStar81 ( Talk) 09:59, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
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Baptized as Constantine, he was known as Michael after the death of his father, whom he succeeded in [1215] as Lord of Epirus, under the guardianship of his uncle Theodore who exiled him with his mother to Peloponnesos and seized the lordship.
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Hello mate! I was wondering, when did the Sasanians really lose control of Egypt? on some sources it says 628, while on others it say 630 and so on. Since you have a great knowledge of these kind of things, I was wondering if you could help me with this little problem. -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 13:18, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, C - Just wondered whether this edit to Eshmun was correct: [7]. CorinneSD ( talk) 22:52, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
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Constantine, thanks for the correction in our Portuguese version of this article. I'm learning Greek and Latin nowadays, but I still make mistakes with their declination rules.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 09:39, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Any opinion on whether this page would be better titled Despot (Byzantine title)? Srnec ( talk) 00:44, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, can you please tell what is written here in Greek? Jaqeli 09:21, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
"The glorious king's son Amazaspos,
of king Mithridates the brother,
whose native land lies next to the Caspian Gates,
Iberian, son of an Iberian, here lies,
[in this] sacred (?) city, which Nikator [I guess Seleucus I] founded,
on the olive-rich (?) both banks of Mygdon river,
he died as follower of the leader of the Ausones [i.e. Romans],
the king/ruler who campaigned against Parthia,
before his hands sullied with enemies blood (?),
brave the hands with the spear and the bow
and the sword's teeth, on foot and on horse,
[while] looking like chaste maidens.
Ὁ κλεινὸς ἷνις βασιλέως Ἀμαζάσπος
ὁ Μιθριδάτου βασιλέως κασίγνητος,
ᾧ γαῖα πατρ[ὶ]ς Κασπίας παρὰ κλῄθρας,
Ἴβηρ Ἴβηρος, ἐνθαδὶ τετάρχυται
πόλιν παρ' ἰρήν, ἢν ἒδειμε Νικάτωρ
ἐλαιόθηλον ἀμφὶ Μυγδόνος νᾶμα·
θάν[ε]ν δ' ὀπαδός Αὐσόνων ἁγήτορι
μολὼν ἄνακ[τι Π]αρθικην ἐφ' ὑσμίνην,
πρίν περ παλά[ξ]αι χεῖρα δηίῳ λύθρωι,
ἵφθιμον αἰᾶι χεῖρα δουρὶ κα[ὶ τ]όξω[ι]
καὶ φασγάνου κνώδοντι , πεζὸς ἱπ[πεύς τε·]
ὁ δ'αὐτὸς ἷσος παρθένοισιν αἰδοίαις.
I hope I haven't missed any diacritics. Cheers, --
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Not interested?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:26, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Yeah that was my fault..thought for one sec I was editing the Second invasion, not the First one. That's what you can get if you edit with your phone. Hah
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@ LouisAragon: no worries, it happens. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 15:19, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Cplakidas. I recently created a stub on Ragnaris. As you've created several quality articles on figures of the Gothic War ( Indulf etc), i figured notifying you could be useful i you're interesting in expanding the Ragnaris article. Krakkos ( talk) 23:02, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! -- llywrch ( talk) 23:26, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
I am being accused of "nonconstructive editing" because I had changed early Byzantine emperors (Arcadius to Phocas) from Byzantine to Eastern Roman. The reason why I did this because they ruled at a time when the Eastern/Byzantine Empire still bore a strong resemblance to the Roman Empire of classical antiquity. The Eastern Empire itself would've ended in 610 AD. That's when Heraclius switched the court language from Latin to Greek and reformed the military and administrative divisions from obviously Roman to what are now seen as Byzantine. What existed from thereon was Byzantium. Would you agree with me to refer to the Byzantine Empire before 610 AD as "Eastern Roman Empire"? -- Miss Paris Slue ( talk) 02:25, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hey Constantine,
The two PDF books at this site, which I'm sure you're already familiar with, are about Abbasid Samarra and seem like they'd be right up your alley. There's not really much that can be done with the maps since they're in copyright, but they're great for fleshing out in one's mind what the city actually looked like. Hope you like them! Ro4444 ( talk) 22:32, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
No, please don't change Eastern Roman back to Byzantine on the pages for early byzantine emperors (Arcadius to Phocas). Not only did Heraclius change the official language to Greek, he also changed the administrative and military divisions from what is seen as "Roman" to what is seen now as "Byzantine." The legions and provinces were replaced with themes and themata. FWIW, you should also check out Timeline of the Roman Empire, it lists the Eastern Empire as 395 until 610 (" the transition in the East in 610.") -- Miss Paris Slue ( talk) 15:17, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Constantine, what's up? Congratulations for another well succeeded nomination. I suppose it is another for your hundreds of good articles. But well, talking now about a problem. Do you have any source or do you know anywhere to find a source that says that Gregory of Dekapolis was a studite? According to Joseph the Hymnographer's article, Gregory was and studite and invited him to be a monk there because of his rare character. I can't find any source for this, and the Joseph's article doesn't have any source too.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 02:53, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hallo Constantine, I hope that you are doing well in Felix Austria, especially now that it is summer. :-) We just spent two weeks in Rome, full of sun, fermenting garbage (because of the sun), sea gulls (because of the fermenting garbage) and illegal immigrants (the connection with the sea gulls is obscure :-))). A question for you: a new user changed everywhere the name "Lygos" (the Tracian settlement on Sarayburnu) to " Ligos", and wrote a stub about it. Do you know this spelling? All my sources (Janin & co.) report the "y", so I changed his edits back. I googled and could see that Ligos is the name of a bunch of restaurants in Istanbul... :-)
P.S. Last week we saw the movie "A touch of spice" (Politiki Kouzina) and, can you believe it? My wife kept weeping the whole day...She told me that the movie is wonderful and brought her back to her childhood. Fazit: Greci e Turchi, una faccia, una razza! :-) Cheers, Alex2006 ( talk) 04:57, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
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I see you moved back Henry of Flanders. There was a short discussion (in which I didn't participate) before an editor boldly moved all the Latin emperors. Srnec ( talk) 23:37, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
Is it my opinion only or there is a racism towards non-American and non-British cultural and entertainment content? If this article is to be deleted then there also aother unimportant articles, such as Peirce Geodetic Monument which is only a short column installed in an american university and is included only because it has documentation sources. -- Amblitude ( talk) 19:45, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
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Good to see and read today, precious again! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:25, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
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Can you please help? Is Scuola dei Greci = Greek Orthodox Brotherhood of St Nicholas?-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 23:25, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hello. I am Andreana Dakanali (Andreana Dak). I Try to give an article in wikipedia but I found many proplems because of my english. The greek wikipedia has not the same forms so I dont Know exactly what is that I have to do so to make you sure about the article. Is sure that is not copied from anywhere, the singer Giannis Haroulis gave it to me. I Hope to understand how it works before you have to do all the delete things you say. I'm really sorry for the bad english and I hope you can understand me. What ever you want you can text me. Thank you for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreana dak ( talk • contribs) 17:34, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Here you changed my source list which used indentation to bullets. I've reverted it because I see no reason for the change, but I'm grateful for your other correction in that article (which I've left intact). What was your reason for changing to bullets? I never see bullets being used for source lists in scientific journal articles or books? -- AlexanderVanLoon ( talk) 10:38, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Hallo Constantine
how are you? On 9th January I greeted on your behalf your homeland on the way back to Rome :-) . There was clear weather, and from my left window seat I could see in the glorious afternoon light Thracia, Lemnos, Samotracia, Chalcidica, Thessaly, Eubea, Attica and Epirus, plus the snow capped Olympus... If you have time and lust, could you please do some ce on
this article. It was a redirect, so that no copyediting busy bees are coming so far. :-) Greeting from Helvetia Felix.
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Hello...as regards Longobardia, Celsius (1727) noted that the name was used to indicate Longobardia Italy only after the destruction of the Lombard kingdom in 774. Therefore, he believed that the warriors mentioned in the stele belonged to the shipment of Federico II in Italy. This view was also accepted by Brocman (1762) believed that the warriors killed in battle against the Byzantine Emperor. The von Friesen (1913) noted, however, that in the inscriptions there was referring to Lombardy, but the lands of the south known as the eleventh century Langobardia that belonged to Byzantium, where he fought many battles between the Greeks and Normans and where perished men mentioned in the pieces.-- 79.19.99.123 ( talk) 18:03, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
Your rollback are meaningless ... you have some reliable sources to talk ???-- 79.18.110.123 ( talk) 12:31, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Sigh... I am the guy who began the article and put whatever references were in there in the first place, so please spare me the "you have some reliable sources to talk ???" crap. The article focuses on a Byzantine province, so the Germanic name is incidental and secondary, and has no place in the lede. The article makes clear, with impeccable sources, that the term "Longobardia" was used by Theophanes, one of the major sources on the early medieval Mediterranean, beyond the Byzantine province for Lombard territories in Italy; whether as a geographic or shorthand form instead of an official one is irrelevant to the point. You try to push through a specific interpretation, and parrot a couple of books to this effect. All right, I want to see page numbers and quotes from the books to support your opinion, because until then it is just that, an opinion, which apparently directly contradicts authorities like the ODB and Pertusi. And please take time to write proper English, I can often scarcely understand what you are writing. Constantine ✍ 19:58, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
I can't tell if you are trolling or not, but for the moment I am assuming you are not. It is very simple: you have made a very definite statement about the use of the name Longobardia, which prima facie seems to contradict already extant and well-referenced information, and referred to a few sources to back up your claim. Per WP:EXTRAORDINARY, please give the relevant page numbers and quotes from the sources. Constantine ✍ 09:12, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
My "goals" are you giving a proper reference to a contested statement you try to introduce. Yet you persist with off-topic remarks while humming loudly with your fingers in your ears. I cannot help you if you refuse to give a straight answer. Constantine ✍ 18:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Constantine! Could you help me with a buying problem? I would like to buy the ebook Halcyon Days in Crete II. ΤΗΕ VIA EGNATIA UNDER OTTOMAN RULE 1380-1699, but I don't know if this site is reliable or not. Do you have any idea about it?-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 18:52, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hallo Constantine, hope you have a great time. I can recall that you have access to Mazower's specific work and it may be helpfull to clear some things in the Greco-Italian War article: a failed verification tag has been placed here [ [1]] (although I can confirm the specific event from alternative works). Also, here [ [2]]: Mazower's work has been characterized as trashy and poorly researched book. I believe you may shed some light on this. Alexikoua ( talk) 20:42, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
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I want to thank you again for the edit, and perhaps I should have double checked before restoring a WP:Redlink. But it really does help move to the project forward when you bother to fill out the WP:edit summary field in the first place! -- Kendrick7 talk 14:30, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you, much appreciated, but if I may ask, why exactly did you single out the Rhaiktor article? It's certainly not among my most impressive work :P... Constantine ✍ 19:47, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
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You're welcome :-). Thanks for your help in many articles -- Odythal ( talk) 14:05, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if you would be able to assist with the following source requested at the WP:RX -
You've included it as a reference when you created Geoffrey of Briel. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. - NQ (talk) 10:44, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Konstantinos,
What was the reason of removing Kostia Vlastos from the Category:Greek diaspora?
He was an active member of the Greek diaspora in Paris during the first half of the previous century.
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Hi,
I noticed massive changes at Military of the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Classical Army has zero GBS hits. What do you think about it?-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 22:45, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Constantine! Could you give me few minutes of your time? Since I started expanding Via Egnatia on pt.wiki, I also continue creating articles about Greece and I'm not finding something I need. On the internet I found the PDF of the Kallikratis reform explaining everything, but I'm not finding about the Kapodistrias reform or even the reform before them. Do you have any idea about where I can find out such information? And even, do you know any governmental site about the administrative subdivisions of Greece? I'm looking for this because I would like to know when some municipalities were created, and this information is also difficult to achieve. Just some few sites provide it.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 00:05, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Cplakidas. I don't know if you remember, but we discussed the placement of Valentia and the layout of the Roman Provinces over a year ago ( here). Today, @ LlywelynII: made a lot of edits about it, including placing notes in your heavily used map on Commons ( here and here). I think those edits were poorly discussed, but I'm no specialist. José Luiz talk 09:51, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Cplakidas, i don't understand why you deleted my pic(Flag of the Aromanians). We also have our simbols, our flag, anthem, motto etc... I am sorry but i know better than you the things about Aromanians(Us) becose i am an aromanian(From Epirus). Please let me do the best for my people here in internet! Good Night... Noptia bunã! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remenu ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Cplakidas, our great great great grandpas belived in the sun. This is becose we have this flag. This flag is a "Macedonian flag" and we are "Makedo-romans or Makinonj". We have our indetity! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remenu ( talk • contribs) 18:09, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
And why it was an aromanian flag here before????? The white flag??? This wasn't ours! Every nation has a flag, we have ours too. We don't have a our state, but we have our culture, language and symbols, like dhe kurds! And our motto is: Rrãmãnu nu chieri(The Aromanian don't lose) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remenu ( talk • contribs) 18:17, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Why you don't answer me? It was an aromanian flag here before????? The white flag? Why??????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remenu ( talk • contribs) 18:38, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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Based on our discussion at the AN/I Noticeboard, would you concur that the excess wikilinks should be removed? It is my understanding that only the first appearance of a wikilinked entry should be thus linked, and the rest should remain as simple text. I do not want to run afoul of the 3RR rule myself, but if it is clearly a case of WP:CIR then I don't mind putting in the time. I will stay away from the flag issue, as I do not have enough connection to the topic to have a fully formed opinion on the matter. My experience in Macedonia has taught me that such issues are highly contentious, and I am not into WikiWars. ScrapIronIV ( talk) 17:22, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for this, but the source explicitly gives the masculine form. Thoughts?— Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • ( yo?); February 21, 2015; 00:26 (UTC)
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Hey Constantine, it's time for my annual question: do you want to be an administrator? I'd still be happy to write a nomination if you've changed your mind. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:41, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, are you actively contributing in Greek Wiki? Jaqeli 12:37, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
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Looking quickly on the web it seems to me that the most frequent form of his name in English media is Notis Mitarachi (see [3]), including his own usage (see [4]). It uses a transcription often seen for Chiot names, see for instance Rodocanachi. Do you think that we can rename the page to Notis Mitarachi? Place Clichy ( talk) 19:09, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hallo Costantine,
I hope that everything is ok for you in beautiful Vienna. :-) I just moved, and my books are still scattered around everywhere, in boxes, at office and in keller. :-) If you have time and lust, could you please comment my thread on the talk page of
Gregory V of Constantinople? Since some days on this article is taking place an edit war for reasons which I don't fully understand, since what the source say is quite clear, but is the source reliable? Thsnks,
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Hello Constantine, do you have any information (primary source) about "Manuel Komnenos (1201) – usurper in Lydia"? Thanks -- 217.83.28.58 ( talk) 22:08, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, Cplakidas - What do you think of the changes made to Semi-Arianism [5] (besides the spelling mistake)? CorinneSD ( talk) 22:41, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Constantine,
I came across this interesting Byzantine ivory, the group of soldiers at the bottom right shows some interesting features of equipment, particularly the egg-shaped helmets. Unfortunately the image does not have a date attached. Do you have any idea about a date for this? I feel it is probably 950-1050-ish. Urselius ( talk) 14:36, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, I'm very surprised by the date, though deliberate archaism is a repeating feature of Byzantine art. The armour is amazingly practical-looking, when you think of contemporary painted icons showing fantastical cuirasses. Urselius ( talk) 13:48, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello, C - I just started reading the article on Hermeticism, and I was surprised to see "Trismegistus" translated as "Thrice-Great" since I had often seen it as "Thrice-Greatest" ("Thrice-Greatest Hermes"). Then I looked at the article on Hermes Trismegistus and saw that, right at the beginning of the article, "Hermes Trismegistus" is translated as "Thrice-Greatest Hermes". Shouldn't these two translations be consistent? CorinneSD ( talk) 22:04, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
In the second paragraph of the article Hermeticism there is a list of writers. One of them is listed as "Thomas of Aquinas". Since I had never seen his name written like that, I clicked on the link to the article about him, and the name is given as Thomas Aquinas, or two alternatives, neither of which is "Thomas of Aquinas". What do you recommend? CorinneSD ( talk) 22:08, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
In the last paragraph of Hermeticism#Late Antiquity, there is a term that has a red link: The Asclepius. Do you know if The Asclepius has anything to do with Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine? If it does, shouldn't it be mentioned in the article on Asclepius, and shouldn't the term The Asclepius be linked to the "Asclepius" article? CorinneSD ( talk) 22:54, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hallo Costantine,
I have a question for you, and for one time it does not deal with the City and its surroundings :-), but has to do with your experience as Good Articles writer. According to you,
this article, which got the GA status a couple of days ago, is a GA level article? If not, why? Thanks for your answer,
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It appears that Ujkrieger isn't conveiced about the "Arta flag", as well as other ones, and continues reverting by pretending that the images are well sourced. Alexikoua ( talk) 12:41, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Alexi, I see that a source has been added. Can we have an English translation and see what it says? Constantine ✍ 20:30, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Constantine, are you able to - or do you know somebody who can - translate a Serbian text? I am interested in what B. Ferjancic, p. 188-189, writes about this Serbian sebastokrator who was the commander of Stefan Dusans cavalry. Would be great help! PDF is available online (www.4shared.com/web/preview/pdf/VM5DBf1nba). Greets -- 217.83.24.112 ( talk) 19:38, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Καλησπερα, Cplakidas! How are you? Firstly, I want to thank you - I didn't know there is such template, so I "manually" put links. XD Do you maybe have a plan to write in near future about Euphrosyne Irene Palaiologina ( hr)? You see, I'm little afraid to write about her, since I don't know very much (I'm not surprised - she is just usually mentioned in sources with her husband, probably because she was born out of her father's marriage). But you can put link on Croatian Wiki if you want, until you or I make the article (or someone else, of course!).-- Miha ( talk) 08:06, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, do you happen to have photos of frescos from Philotheou monastery? There are two frescos of Georgian kings there and I found it hard to find any on the net and maybe you could help? Jaqeli 12:38, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
I just thought I'd bring it to your attention:
Nikodemus son of Xenokrates of Rhamnus took monies from the tribe while acting on insecure grounds i.e. illegally, amounting to 666 and 2/3 of a drachma. ref. MI Finley - Studies in Land and Credit in Ancient Athens, 500-200 B.C.: The Horos Inscriptions (p.93) Transaction Publishers (1st published 1953) ISBN 1412835356 [Retrieved 2015-04-18]
you deleted this, and also headings. The latter I think might have some reason, although you might have instead thought for yourself of better titles (being Greek as you are), but the former I'm some-what taken by the fact... you think financial wrong-doings in ancient Athens shouldn't be included? I know that isn't the answer but I don't know the answer, so, feel free to enlighten me as to why you think this information isn't worthwhile for inclusion, or I might just return it to the article. That would be the reasonable choice of anyone, especially since you wrote no edit summary, which obvs. leaves me with no clue what-so-ever for your reasoning. Hmmm, I could guess.... you were related to him??? no?? I don't know. Anyway, please tell me why you deleted this info. Thanks! Whalestate ( talk) 21:29, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
...I thought you might enjoy this humorous clip which essentially and rather accurately sums up the entire editorial and material problem in less than 60 seconds :) TomStar81 ( Talk) 09:59, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
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Baptized as Constantine, he was known as Michael after the death of his father, whom he succeeded in [1215] as Lord of Epirus, under the guardianship of his uncle Theodore who exiled him with his mother to Peloponnesos and seized the lordship.
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Hello mate! I was wondering, when did the Sasanians really lose control of Egypt? on some sources it says 628, while on others it say 630 and so on. Since you have a great knowledge of these kind of things, I was wondering if you could help me with this little problem. -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 13:18, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, C - Just wondered whether this edit to Eshmun was correct: [7]. CorinneSD ( talk) 22:52, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
C - I don't know whether you have any interest in, or knowledge about, this, but I thought I'd ask anyway:
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Constantine, thanks for the correction in our Portuguese version of this article. I'm learning Greek and Latin nowadays, but I still make mistakes with their declination rules.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 09:39, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Any opinion on whether this page would be better titled Despot (Byzantine title)? Srnec ( talk) 00:44, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, can you please tell what is written here in Greek? Jaqeli 09:21, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
"The glorious king's son Amazaspos,
of king Mithridates the brother,
whose native land lies next to the Caspian Gates,
Iberian, son of an Iberian, here lies,
[in this] sacred (?) city, which Nikator [I guess Seleucus I] founded,
on the olive-rich (?) both banks of Mygdon river,
he died as follower of the leader of the Ausones [i.e. Romans],
the king/ruler who campaigned against Parthia,
before his hands sullied with enemies blood (?),
brave the hands with the spear and the bow
and the sword's teeth, on foot and on horse,
[while] looking like chaste maidens.
Ὁ κλεινὸς ἷνις βασιλέως Ἀμαζάσπος
ὁ Μιθριδάτου βασιλέως κασίγνητος,
ᾧ γαῖα πατρ[ὶ]ς Κασπίας παρὰ κλῄθρας,
Ἴβηρ Ἴβηρος, ἐνθαδὶ τετάρχυται
πόλιν παρ' ἰρήν, ἢν ἒδειμε Νικάτωρ
ἐλαιόθηλον ἀμφὶ Μυγδόνος νᾶμα·
θάν[ε]ν δ' ὀπαδός Αὐσόνων ἁγήτορι
μολὼν ἄνακ[τι Π]αρθικην ἐφ' ὑσμίνην,
πρίν περ παλά[ξ]αι χεῖρα δηίῳ λύθρωι,
ἵφθιμον αἰᾶι χεῖρα δουρὶ κα[ὶ τ]όξω[ι]
καὶ φασγάνου κνώδοντι , πεζὸς ἱπ[πεύς τε·]
ὁ δ'αὐτὸς ἷσος παρθένοισιν αἰδοίαις.
I hope I haven't missed any diacritics. Cheers, --
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Hi, for intertranswiki Round 19 can you find me 10 missing articles from Byzantine Italy, you might look here or from personal reference books or whatever. if you could help create a few it would be great too!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:20, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Not interested?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:26, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Yeah that was my fault..thought for one sec I was editing the Second invasion, not the First one. That's what you can get if you edit with your phone. Hah
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@ LouisAragon: no worries, it happens. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 15:19, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Cplakidas. I recently created a stub on Ragnaris. As you've created several quality articles on figures of the Gothic War ( Indulf etc), i figured notifying you could be useful i you're interesting in expanding the Ragnaris article. Krakkos ( talk) 23:02, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! -- llywrch ( talk) 23:26, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
I am being accused of "nonconstructive editing" because I had changed early Byzantine emperors (Arcadius to Phocas) from Byzantine to Eastern Roman. The reason why I did this because they ruled at a time when the Eastern/Byzantine Empire still bore a strong resemblance to the Roman Empire of classical antiquity. The Eastern Empire itself would've ended in 610 AD. That's when Heraclius switched the court language from Latin to Greek and reformed the military and administrative divisions from obviously Roman to what are now seen as Byzantine. What existed from thereon was Byzantium. Would you agree with me to refer to the Byzantine Empire before 610 AD as "Eastern Roman Empire"? -- Miss Paris Slue ( talk) 02:25, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hey Constantine,
The two PDF books at this site, which I'm sure you're already familiar with, are about Abbasid Samarra and seem like they'd be right up your alley. There's not really much that can be done with the maps since they're in copyright, but they're great for fleshing out in one's mind what the city actually looked like. Hope you like them! Ro4444 ( talk) 22:32, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
No, please don't change Eastern Roman back to Byzantine on the pages for early byzantine emperors (Arcadius to Phocas). Not only did Heraclius change the official language to Greek, he also changed the administrative and military divisions from what is seen as "Roman" to what is seen now as "Byzantine." The legions and provinces were replaced with themes and themata. FWIW, you should also check out Timeline of the Roman Empire, it lists the Eastern Empire as 395 until 610 (" the transition in the East in 610.") -- Miss Paris Slue ( talk) 15:17, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Constantine, what's up? Congratulations for another well succeeded nomination. I suppose it is another for your hundreds of good articles. But well, talking now about a problem. Do you have any source or do you know anywhere to find a source that says that Gregory of Dekapolis was a studite? According to Joseph the Hymnographer's article, Gregory was and studite and invited him to be a monk there because of his rare character. I can't find any source for this, and the Joseph's article doesn't have any source too.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 02:53, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hallo Constantine, I hope that you are doing well in Felix Austria, especially now that it is summer. :-) We just spent two weeks in Rome, full of sun, fermenting garbage (because of the sun), sea gulls (because of the fermenting garbage) and illegal immigrants (the connection with the sea gulls is obscure :-))). A question for you: a new user changed everywhere the name "Lygos" (the Tracian settlement on Sarayburnu) to " Ligos", and wrote a stub about it. Do you know this spelling? All my sources (Janin & co.) report the "y", so I changed his edits back. I googled and could see that Ligos is the name of a bunch of restaurants in Istanbul... :-)
P.S. Last week we saw the movie "A touch of spice" (Politiki Kouzina) and, can you believe it? My wife kept weeping the whole day...She told me that the movie is wonderful and brought her back to her childhood. Fazit: Greci e Turchi, una faccia, una razza! :-) Cheers, Alex2006 ( talk) 04:57, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
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I see you moved back Henry of Flanders. There was a short discussion (in which I didn't participate) before an editor boldly moved all the Latin emperors. Srnec ( talk) 23:37, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
Is it my opinion only or there is a racism towards non-American and non-British cultural and entertainment content? If this article is to be deleted then there also aother unimportant articles, such as Peirce Geodetic Monument which is only a short column installed in an american university and is included only because it has documentation sources. -- Amblitude ( talk) 19:45, 29 June 2015 (UTC)