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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVII, September 2017
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ArchonHello, Constantine – I wouldn't be surprised if Archon were on your watchlist, but in case it is not, I thought I'd point it out to you. It is full of "citation needed" tags, at least one external link in mid-article, and quite a few red links. Perhaps you could give the article some attention when you have time. Best regards, – Corinne (talk) 00:42, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
ProsopographyHello Constantine! I saw that De Gruyter opened the access to the prosopography's content, and it's wonderful. However, I have a doubt. Do you know if they intend do let it open? If so, do you know if all the printed content is online for free? I really would like it. Anyway, I scanned the first two books from the prosopography and I intend to put them online as fast as possible, but there are still lots of books to scan and it will take more time.--Renato de carvalho ferreira (talk) 05:59, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
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GnosticismHello, Constantine – If you have time, would you take a look at this edit to Gnosticism? I don't know if the edit is an improvement or not, but I thought you would know. – Corinne (talk) 16:13, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017
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Your GA nomination of Battle of Gallipoli (1416)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Battle of Gallipoli (1416) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.
Anthimos GazisI recently rewrote Anthimos Gazis. Any idea on how close it is to Good Article status?--Catlemur (talk) 16:59, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
Cheers, Constantine ✍ 12:28, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
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NorwichHello Constantine! During you edition on Siege of Chandax you commented on one of the summaries that Norwich is not a reliable source and removed all the mention to him on the article? Is it a source to avoid or a source to in fact ignore? I ask that because on Byzantine Empire (and on the Portuguese version, where lots of material from here were translated) have some information with only Norwich as a source for.--Renato de carvalho ferreira (talk) 06:42, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
Using the space while I wait your answer, there is something more bothering me. I was translation the entry to Theophano's father and mother on the Online Prosopography, and during the translation I didn't get the meaning of two points. Could you help me out? Here they are: "[...] Laut der Vita Theophanus waren die beiden zunächst kinderlos und beteten deshalb in der Theotokoskirche ἐν τοῖς Βάσσου. Daraufhin wurde ihnen eines Nachts im Traum die Geburt einer Tochter geweissagt. Als A. während der Entbindung dem Tod nahe war, holte ihr Mann aus der Bassoskirche einen Gürtel von einer der hl. (σεβασμίων) Säulen und legte ihn ihr auf die Hüfte." (the bold ones; the link here). I understood that the first reference is about Theotokos' Church, but I didn't get which one. The second I understood is a sacred belt, but I don't know from whom, and I thought the sentence indicates it. And another thing, according to all entries about Theophano's family, her family name wasn't "Martiniake/Martiniakos" as all the wiki articles suggest. According to the prosopography it is "Martinakios, Martenakios or Martinakes" (here).--Renato de carvalho ferreira (talk) 05:21, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
Quotation marks for glossesHello. Please see this [1] [2]. --Omnipaedista (talk) 10:12, 5 November 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017
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I appreciate that Crete is one of the Greek islands and thus is a part of Greece, but Crete & Greece are separate countries and no part of the film was actuly set in mainland Greece, it was all set in Crete -- SteveCrook (talk) 21:50, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Droungarios of the FleetHello again! I was reading this article, another masterpiece of yours I must say (something that as soon as possible I'm going to translate for sure), and I didn't see any mention to Niketas Skleros. According to Skleros' family article, maybe he was the admiral of the imperial fleet during the time he was sent to the Magyars, but I'm not sure about that. The Prosopography at least doesn't make such supposition and mentions only his diplomatic expedition. Cheers.--Renato de carvalho ferreira (talk) 03:15, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale! ArbCom 2017 election voter message Hello, Cplakidas. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC) GetaeHello, Constantine – You may not have much interest in this article on the Getae, but I think you will be able to judge the recent edits by two different users with red user names. I just wonder if the added material in both cases is original research. – Corinne (talk) 01:48, 8 December 2017 (UTC) 2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and votingAs we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Illogical edit to PessinusHi, by chance I noticed a sentence which you added to the Pessinus page back in 2009: "The area remained under Byzantine control until lost to the Seljuk Turks in the latter 11th century, after which Pessinus became an inconspicuous mountain village at 900m height, gradually getting depopulated since it was fully protected." This seems very strange. Why should a place become "gradually depopulated" because it "it was fully protected"? This seems completely illogical. Makes more sense that it was gradually repopulated. I don't know if you still remember making this edit, but if you can I suggest you look up the source you used. Blanche of King's Lynn (talk) 14:37, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Mithridates IV of PontusHello, Constantine – You haven't edited since 2 December. I hope all is well with you and that you'll return to editing soon. Best wishes for the holidays, too. I wonder if you'd look at this edit to Mithridates IV of Pontus. Besides a misleading edit summary, I thought words written in Greek were not supposed to be italicized. – Corinne (talk) 01:42, 12 December 2017 (UTC) New Page Reviewer Newsletter
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Is there really any point to this? The more a tree proliferates little twiglets, which many readers miss, its utility dimishes, so long as the main category is not too crowded, which it is not in this case. It should really be called Category:Individual amphorae for clarity - there are a few actual and many more potential generic articles on amphorae. Given we have an article on Nolan amphora, how do you justify not including it here? Or amphora itself? In many cases the shape used is not an especially useful basis for classification. If you felt the itch to sub-categorize, then geography, colour scheme or date might have been better choices. I do hope you are not going to create further categories of this type for other shapes. Johnbod (talk) 14:28, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Battle of Gallipoli (1416)The article Battle of Gallipoli (1416) you nominated as a good article has passed ChthonicHello, Constantine – Best wishes to you for 2018! If you have time, could you check these changes to Chthonic? The only thing I even comprehend about this is the addition of italics, which I'm not sure are necessary. – Corinne (talk) 01:12, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
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ListList is not full, only contains English sources (found a small number of German ones)
Your GA nomination of Andronikos Doukas AngelosThe article Andronikos Doukas Angelos you nominated as a good article has failed Your GA nomination of Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Alexios Komnenos (protosebastos)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Alexios Komnenos (protosebastos) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)Hi. Copy edit pretty much done. I will have another run through it when my eyes are fresh - in 24-48 hours. Let me know of any qualms, or just revert them; I have tried to amend in easy, bite size pieces. On the talk page I have left 3 outstanding copy edit queries, and a minor one, which could do with resolving. A fascinating article. I really enjoyed working on it. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:10, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
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In the second-to-last paragraph in the Andronikos Doukas Angelos#Life section is the following sentence:
I think the average Wikipedia reader may not know that "the Angeloi" means the members of the Angelos family. I wonder if there is an easy way to clarify this, by using the names of Andronikos and his sons, a brief explanatory phrase, or a link. By the way, I agree with your comment toward the end of the GA review in which you say, "I don't really agree that "encyclopaedic tone" is incompatible with a less-than-bone-dry narrative." I also think varying the sentence structure throughout an article makes the article much more interesting to read. – Corinne (talk) 00:39, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Ottoman conquest of LesbosThe article Ottoman conquest of Lesbos you nominated as a good article has passed KoloneiaHello Constantine, wish a happy new year! I've noticed that there was a second (minor) theme apart from the one that's in the Pontic inland which's also called Koloneia. I assume "Koloneia (Epirus)" will be a good title in this case. Cheers!Alexikoua (talk) 16:03, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Because you earned itHi Constantine. It seems that every time I find myself thinking "This is a good article" it turns out that you have been there before me improving it. You are currently upgrading, or have recently upgraded, a whole series of articles, many of them in areas which I am interested in. You don't seem to have been awarded this barnstar yet, for the creation of good articles. I have no idea why not. Simon Gog the Mild (talk) 19:52, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
User:LilaDelanyThis SPI may interest you. Regards -Aṭlas (talk) 03:21, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Guy PallaviciniHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Guy Pallavicini you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. New articleHey, I just moved my finished draft of Avar–Byzantine wars into mainspace, and I was wondering if you would be willing to look it over and tell me if I can improve it and how. Thanks! -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 04:45, 22 January 2018 (UTC) DYK for Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I) On 25 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the high Byzantine title of sebastokrator was invented for Isaac Komnenos, who was described by his niece as an "emperor without the purple"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Gatoclass (talk) 00:16, 25 January 2018 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Alexios Komnenos (protosebastos)The article Alexios Komnenos (protosebastos) you nominated as a good article has passed Your GA nomination of Guy PallaviciniThe article Guy Pallavicini you nominated as a good article has passed Your GA nomination of Andronikos Doukas AngelosThe article Andronikos Doukas Angelos you nominated as a good article has passed Books and Bytes - Issue 26
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Article titleAny opposition to moving Constantine, son of Theophilos to Constantine (son of Theophilos)? It seems to be the dominant format for junior emperors if they have a common name. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 21:58, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
ΦωτογραφίαΚαλησπέρα, βρήκα αυτή την εκπληκτική φωτογραφία στο commons:File:Guillaume Berggren - Panorama of Constantinople (1880s).jpg και αφότου την έσπασα σε επιμέρους τμήματα αναρωτιέμαι αν θα μπορούσες να προσθέσεις κάποιες επιπλέον πληροφορίες για το επιπλέον τμήμα (ποιές περιοχές απεικονίζονται) καθώς γνωρίζεις καλά την γεωγραφία της πόλης και αντίστοιχα αν μπορείς να ζητήσεις μετονομασία των αρχείων ανάλογα με την απεικονιζόμενη περιοχή (π.χ. στην παρένθεση να αναφέρεται η περιοχή αντί για το fold, ή και το fold και το όνομα της περιοχής). Gts-tg (talk) 05:51, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
Leo TornikiosHi Cplakidas. You created this article 8 years ago. I am giving it a copy edit, hoping to get it up to B class. It seemed courteous to let you know. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:05, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas. Having got Leo up to B class I have found another source, added material and am thinking of going for GA. It has been suggested (by Cinderella157) that you may be interested in co-nominating the article. If so, I would be flattered. If not I would still be interested in any views you may have on it. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:04, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Hellenism symbolsThis is not symbol designed by me, you can find examples of usage at official YSEE page: https://www.ysee.gr. --Wojsław Brożyna (talk) 09:31, 26 February 2018 (UTC) Category:Principality of Samos has been nominated for discussion Category:Principality of Samos, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 21:01, 26 February 2018 (UTC) Question of GAN plansI was wondering if you had any plan to nominate Constantine (son of Leo V) for GA. You haven't edited the article for about eight years, so I assumed not, but thought I should ask you first before I tried to take it across the line. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 16:22, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas. Can you expand this articlec from this page [7]? Because it has a lot of information. It is similar to Boniface of Verona. Cheers. Kardam (talk) 04:36, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
Request for page move opinionHey Cplakidas, I was looking at the page Constans II (usurper), and thought it was odd that the title named him an usurper, given that his father, Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor), was recognized by the "legitimate" Western Roman Emperor from the beginning of his reign to the end. I thought a move was in order, but wasn't sure if Constans II (Western Roman Emperor) or Constans II (Caesar) was more fitting. Thoughts? Thanks. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 01:44, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
AdramyttiumI think you did a great job on Develtos, and I'd be grateful if you had a look at what I've done with Adramyttium and Abydos whenever you're free. I'm less happy with Abydos and I think I'll add to it in the near future. Mugsalot (talk) 19:28, 5 March 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Your GA nomination of Al-Adil ibn al-SallarHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Al-Adil ibn al-Sallar you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. CleopatraHi. Can you slow down a bit? Or better yet, bring up any ideas for changes to the article on the talk page please? This is a featured article candidate. There should not be that many amendments to the article without hefty discussion. You are also introducing typos and duplicate links that I have already had to fix. Please refrain from further editing until I can assess all of the changes that you have made. Thank you, though, for pointing out the prisoner thing that needed to be clarified in regards to Bibulus. That was a mistake of mine when shifting material over to the Reign of Cleopatra sub-article. Pericles of AthensTalk 19:23, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
That's good to know! Thanks for responding. Pericles of AthensTalk 18:37, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Books & Bytes - Issue 27
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Arabic, Chinese and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta! Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:50, 18 April 2018 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Battle of FardykambosHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Battle of Fardykambos you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Invitation to WikiProject PortalsThe Portals WikiProject has been rebooted. You are invited to join, and participate in the effort to revitalize and improve the Portal system and all the portals in it. There are sections on the WikiProject page dedicated to tasks (including WikiGnome tasks too), and areas on the talk page for discussing the improvement and automation of the various features of portals. Many complaints have been lodged in the RfC to delete all portals, pointing out their various problems. They say that many portals are not maintained, or have fallen out of date, are useless, etc. Many of the !votes indicate that the editors who posted them simply don't believe in the potential of portals anymore. It's time to change all that. Let's give them reasons to believe in portals, by revitalizing them. The best response to a deletion nomination is to fix the page that was nominated. The further underway the effort is to improve portals by the time the RfC has run its course, the more of the reasons against portals will no longer apply. RfCs typically run 30 days. There are 19 days left in this one. Let's see how many portals we can update and improve before the RfC is closed, and beyond. A healthy WikiProject dedicated to supporting and maintaining portals may be the strongest argument of all not to delete. We may even surprise ourselves and exceed all expectations. Who knows what we will be able to accomplish in what may become the biggest Wikicollaboration in years. Let's do this. See ya at the WikiProject! Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 10:19, 21 April 2018 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Andronikos Komnenos (son of Alexios I)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Andronikos Komnenos (son of Alexios I) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Nikephoros Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Nikephoros Komnenos (brother of Alexios I) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Welcome to the Portals WikiProjectDear Cplakidas, Nice to meet you. Thank you for joining. There's a lot going on... Our most urgent task right now is to get the core of this navigation system, the list of viewable portals at Portal:Contents/Portals, up to date! There are about 400 existing portals not listed there. They are listed on its talk page, with instructions. The viewable ones need to be added to the main list. We need everyone's attention on this. If everyone processed 10 titles from the missing list, the chore would be done. Please chip in. There's a flurry of activity on portals. If you'd like to watch what is going on, use Related changes on the sidebar menu on the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals#Watchlist. Speaking of watchlists, if you use yours often, please watchlist the WikiProject page. The more eyes on it, the better. One of the key areas of activity is work being done on the Template:Transclude lead excerpt. Users are needed for testing it. It's design discussions are taking place at the WikiProject's talk page. And of course, many portals need work. But which ones should we work on first? Well, the main example given at the RfC of the problems of portals was Portal:Cricket. Therefore, it's the top priority portal to update. Please lend a hand. Well, that's all for now. — The Transhumanist 17:23, 24 April 2018 (UTC) Portals WikiProject heads up, April 27, 2018We now have 52 members, and more are joining daily. New and easier way to handle excerptsAttention portal maintainers! There's a new template to improve existing and new portals, called {{Transclude lead excerpt}}. It is a lot easier to use than copying and pasting text from articles, as it displays the paragraphs you specify automatically for you. It makes excerpts so that they are always current and never go stale or fork. It is more powerful than it looks, because it has the Lua Module:Excerpt supporting it. Be careful, as it is alpha software. Please notify the WikiProject talkpage of any problems you come across. To give you a sense of the reaction this template is generating, here is an excerpt of a discussion thread from the WikiProject's talk page:
I wrote a comment in the the April 26 section of the RfC explaining what we are up to. I liked the excerpt above so much, that I went back to my RfC posting, and inserted it. Please add Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals to your watchlistWish listWhat's this? An old oil lamp. It's so dirty, I think I'll polish it... *poof* Whoa! Are you a WikiGenie? In that case, I get 3 wishes! I wish...
Please make my wishes come true. See you around the portals! — The Transhumanist 08:01, 27 April 2018 (UTC) |
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