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A barnstar for you!

	The Citation Barnstar
	Nice job on Meryl Streep NeilN talk to me 05:56, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

LOL. I had no idea about this barnstar. :) It is a nice-looking barnstar and, coming from you Neil, it is an honour. Thank you very much. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 06:01, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

A well deserved barnstar. It's all too rare that someone actually steps up and adds citations. Thanks for making the point that it is possible! --Djembayz (talk) 21:18, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much Djembayz. I enjoyed your remark about making a point that it is possible to add citations. :) Yes, adding citations is not difficult in many cases, but somehow you see tags all over the place which could easily be removed with a few Google searches. Actually I did not intend to find twenty five citations, at least not at the beginning. But it turned out that with the right combination of keywords the references dropped out of Google like confetti. I couldn't ignore that, and it actually was fun anyway, so I continued to the end. Some tags were there from 2012, although a simple single string search through Google provided the reference in no time. Perhaps there should be an essay on how to find citations but I'm not sure if it would help increase citation-adding at the expense of tagging. Thank you for dropping by. All the best. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 22:01, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Surreal Barnstar
	The Surreal Barnstar is awarded to any user who adds "special flavor" to the community by acting as a sort of wildcard. Yes, you Greeks are wild! YeOldeGentleman (talk) 23:51, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Gosh, what can I say? Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 23:18, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Likely BLP violation

Hi Dr.K.—hope all is well. Could you please take a look here? Alakzi (talk) 18:59, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi Alakzi. I'm very well, thank you. I hope everything is well with you too. I tried to clean up that section. I think using youtube as a source for the BLP should be limited, especially when using channels dedicated to politically attack the subject. If you encounter resistance in the article during any cleanup, you should take it to BLPN for wider input. I'll keep an eye as well. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 00:45, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm doing alright. Thanks for the cleanup, much appreciated! Alakzi (talk) 01:03, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Glad to hear you are well. You are very welcome, as always. Thank you for your great work in this difficult area, as well as all the other great things you do for the project. It is always nice talking to you. Take care Alakzi. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 01:07, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

When you've got time, could you also take a look at Evelin Banev? I do get the sense that the only way it can be fixed is with a gas canister and a match. Alakzi (talk) 17:22, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

I did a small cleanup but the body of the article has a lot of details and many Bulgarian sources which make it difficult to verify the material. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 23:10, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes, I've had the same problem; mostly, I copyedited for style and tone, and removed the things I thought were obvious fabrications. Alakzi (talk) 01:33, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Another request

Could you please help me with the article, Leo Sayer. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 10:26, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

No problem Joe. Take care. :) Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 18:21, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Kudos!

I like the satirical hatnote above this talk page. :  } --Kevjonesin (talk) 22:46, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

You are an admin that is making personal attacks

It is disappointing to see admins like you, engaging in personal attacks on users and try to take them out of Wikipedia, because they do not follow your own personal agenda on things and are adding value information with evidence. What a shame....Pampos40 (talk) 22:18, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Giorgos, you know I supported you and tried to help you understand the operating principles of Wikipedia. Instead you chose to become a sock. I am disappointed, very disappointed. By the way, I'm not an admin. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 22:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

I will ask Giorgos, but I don't think that he will have something good to say. You have being proven to be the number one personal attacker of the team, that is trying to enforce their agenda on anything related with Cyprus. You could have done otherwise, yet not only you let this team to be trying to enforce Cyprus to look, like the worst criminals house in Wikipedia, but as I see you are leading it as well. What a shame.... By the way, if you think that in this country we will not do anything, and we are going to let you and a few other propagandists enforce a portraying of as, as 100 time worst than what we are, you are mistaken.Pampos40 (talk) 22:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Και σ' ευχαριστώ!

I really appreciate the thank you notes you have sent me from time to time. Coming from an experienced editor like yourself, I feel they do mean something. I am thinking of creating a new SMS language acronym for such occations: BMHHIA - bowing my head humbly in acknowledgement. I take this occation to wish you Χρόνια Πολλά (and, if applicable, Χριστός Ανέστη). Kind regards! --T*U (talk) 09:10, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

Xristos anesti and may you have good luck for the rest of the year! Happy Easter! Luxure Σ 11:37, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Alithos o Kyrios. Happy Easter to you too Luxure, and thank you very much for your kind wishes. Take care and all the best to you too. :) Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 16:32, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

New proposal

pls see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Ban Chealer from Wikipedia altogether -- Moxy (talk) 16:13, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Moxy. I'll have a look as soon as time allows. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 19:37, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind advice.

I am merely informing people who i know are interested in the topic, who are experienced editors to examine the article themselves and to place input. Your right right though, wording may be a bit excessive ! There is nothing that says that contact between wikipedians is forbidden.

Resnjari (talk) 06:05, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Not if the heading is: "IMPORTANT DELETION OF SOURCES IN THE CHAM ALBANIANS ARTICLE BY ALEXIKOUA- Need assistance:" and the identical POV message is pasted across multiple user talkpages. That's called WP:CANVASSING and even spamming. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 06:12, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Like i said, i thank you for your kind advice. I have taken it on board. I was not familiar with those procedures. Its good that you pointed that out for me. Resnjari (talk) 06:18, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

No problem. Thank you for understanding. All the best. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 06:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Blunders done by user to Samma tribe article

Satush have done blunders and you are defending him. he have done blunders to Samma tribe and Rajpar articles. If you are making Wikipedia a reliable source of information so please don't remove historical information of particular geographical things,places,peoples. I belong to Sindh and Pakistan, where Samma_tribe ruled. see Samma Dynasty. So I know better the history of my region more than anybody else. here its requested to refrain from removing the content of Samma tribe. give Sammat or Samma tribe article its previous status of contents. thanks. Hope you perceive my point of view.--Jogi don (talk) 05:24, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Yogi. I have replied on your talkpage. I hope you understand my point of view as well. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 05:28, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Some help

Hiyo, could you please help me with then article, Ian Henderson (footballer). Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 08:13, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Sure Joe. Sorry for the delay on the other one too but I haven't forgotten. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 09:55, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki

Hi, can I interest you and page stalkers in this project? For starting missing articles from other wikis. I'm sure Corfu for instance has more articles on Greek wikipedia. All about addressing systematic bias. If so put your name down on the project talk page and add a tick by your name. Even if not, at some point we'll do some Greek stub of the week drives and will need your input on what is missing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:50, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

I created a pin map for Corfu, which can be seen in Pontikonisi. You might add infobox building or military structure to some of the article and a pin map.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:52, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much Doc. The project is a great idea. I'll check it out as soon as I get a chance. Thank you also for the article on Pontinonisi and the map. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 20:20, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for European Sea Ports Organisation

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:01, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Clint Boon

Could you please help me with the article, Clint Boon. Thanking you in advance Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 09:15, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

No problem Joe. However as I am currently on vacation, or at least supposed to be, it may take some time. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 12:04, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Hey no problem, man. Now you go and enjoy yourself like a true wikipedian (not in the wrong way!, huh-huh). Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 21:54, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

LOL thanks. :) Take care Joe. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 22:12, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Yet again, no problem. Peace out, wait sorry, Joe Vitale 5 out Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 13:59, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

SPI link

Hey, Dr.K., if you meant to link the words "this ANI report" in your recent SPI to the relevant ANI report, I think you forgot to. Best, Bishonen | talk 17:30, 15 May 2015 (UTC).

@Bishonen: Hi Bishonen. I did not forget. I was in the process of finding it until I saw the unfair closing remarks of the ANI report. I left you a message about that. I will try to add the link immediately. Thank you very much. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 17:35, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't see the above before my post; sorry I seem to have beaten you to it. But thanks for your note, and nice to see you again too. :) Ncmvocalist (talk) 17:54, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Ncmvocalist. I missed your presence here so I am glad to see you back in action. I had never before told you that, but I always enjoyed your logical comments and spot-on technical analysis, even in the very few times I mildly disagreed with you. So there. :) Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 18:08, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

FYI

FYI, our recently blocked friend has expanded his latest slander article on ComandoSupremo and named and quoted you, among a few others from his favorite article.174.240.6.216 (talk) 01:13, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	You know that you deserve this... So take it!. And with it know that someone out there, like myself, really do appreciate your fine edits. 'Stay Up' & Keep Rocking. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 08:05, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Joe, thank you very much for the honour, as well as your nice, straightforward comments which I greatly enjoyed. :) Thank you also for your constant and tireless work improving so many articles. They are on very interesting topics and thank you for giving me the opportunity to copyedit them. You deserve your own barnstar so who knows. :) In any case don't hesitate to let me know if you think I can help in any way in the future. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 10:19, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Could you please help me with the article, Tom Bailey. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 21:29, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

I hate to feel that I'm asking for too much, while giving so little (though I am). However, could you please give your undivided attention to the article, The Style Council. All the best, for being the best Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 18:26, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

No problem Joe. I'm glad I can help. I'll check it out. Thank you also for your kind words. :) Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 18:49, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Could you please me with the article Niall Hone. Thanks! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 13:17, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Will do. Btw, I checked the The Style Council earlier in June and I didn't find anything that jumped out to be changed. Take care. Joe. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 16:13, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi, maybe a little help with the article Philipp Tschauner. It seems to be poorly translated from German. Thanks! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 12:57, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Consider it done. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 15:53, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

If you've got any spare time, could you please help me with the articles Every Sperm Is Sacred and Galaxy Song? Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 16:58, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

No problem Joe. I'll check them out. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 19:56, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Me again! (sigh), if you've got any spare time, could you please help me with the articles Mark Mothersbaugh and Devo. Thanks! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 10:03, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

I am already behind on the other requests. Hopefully I'll find the time to fix this pile-up. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 04:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Again, if you've got any spare time, could you please help me with the article Andy Pratt. Blessings always :) Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 19:50, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Please help me!!!! with the articles Peter Perrett and The Only Ones; you shall be knighted! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 15:27, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Please help me!!!! with the articles Casey Royer and D.I.; sadly, it turns out that I can't knight you. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 19:44, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Ozkan

Hello, firstly have a nice vacation! I was wondering where you accessed the Ozkan source, if it was online. Was it Google Books or another website? Apologies for the suddenness of the question, it really appeared like a valuable source that could potentially be useful to elaborate more on the Young Turk aims and methods for the Armenian and Assyrian genocides, or at least have valuable information for the formation of a Turkish Cypriot identity. --GGT (talk) 14:57, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you GGT for your kind wishes. The Ozkan book is at url http://books.google.com/books?id=kCArlsRcHUMC&pg=PA199 which means it was found on Google books with full preview of page 199. That's how I was able to add the quote in the citation. Somehow Gbooks is no longer showing me full preview. Not sure why. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 17:30, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Fighting Irish (Family Guy)

Please see response to your comment. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 16:41, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Another of Alexy's socks?

Hi Dr.K. Please check out Special:Contributions/Ayka3b if you've got time. Alakzi (talk) 18:56, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Funny enough I was doing just that. It doesn't look good but I need more evidence. Thank you very much Alakzi. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 18:59, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

OR from court cases, uploads crap quality photos with municipality logos plastered on top, and edits about billiards and other obscure sports in Northern Cyprus. I think we've found ourselves a duck. Alakzi (talk) 10:00, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

It is a clear duck. Unfortunately I am travelling now so I will not have time for the next few days. If you can open an SPI it would be great, otherwise I'll have to do it in a few days. Thank you Alakzi. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 10:09, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

I've let you do all the work again. I should reciprocate - some day. Alakzi (talk) 22:09, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm still travelling but I couldn't bear watching what is going on on the EEA and Northern Cyprus talkpages. As far as reciprocating, I think you are busy enough. Keep doing your great work Alakzi. All the best to you. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 22:15, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Let's see where this is heading. Alakzi (talk) 16:22, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

@GGT: FYI. Alakzi (talk) 17:34, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Alakzi. Looks like fowl play but let's wait and see. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 19:55, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alexyflemming. Alakzi (talk) 13:58, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

@Alakzi: Hi Alakzi. Well, you didn't have to but you did reciprocate. :) That is a professionally-done report with clear diffs hitting all the right notes of behavioural comparison. The SPI admins also acted very fast and prevented more disruption which was just the icing on the cake. Thank you very much. I just hope you continue in this field. :) Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 16:44, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Greek bashing?

Is that when someone drives over my gyro? :-o

Loved the dictionary comment, by the way Doc! --Kansas Bear (talk) 00:17, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Kansas. I would never attack a gyro either; it's so delicious. :) How are you? Sorry for the delay in replying but I am on the road lately. Thank you very much for your kind comments. Take care. 10:12, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Doing better. Dodging hail, tornadoes and excessive rain lately. Were you visiting Tornado Alley for a little excitement this year? Take care, Doc! --Kansas Bear (talk) 11:20, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm glad you are well. The weather description sounds intimidating but I wouldn't mind experiencing this spectacular phenomenon from a safe distance at least. :) All the best Kansas. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 22:12, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Pahlavi State of Iran

This is straight internal copyvio from Pahlavi Dynasty by an editor you've encountered, Artin Mehraban (talk · contribs), who despite several warning still hasn't a clue about our copyright policy. His comments at Talk:Kashtariti make it clear that he thinks temporary blatant copyright violation (the article was lifted from a website) is ok, and that slowly changing words can avoid a copyright violation (see his latest edits at Pahlavi State of Iran. He's been adding images that he thinks are flags or symbols[1][2][3] and that last link also changed the color of Cyrus the Great's standard. It appears to me that there's a serious competence issue here. Do you think it's worth taking to ANI? Thanks. Doug Weller (talk) 06:56, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: Hi Doug, thanks for asking. I was aware that this editor has a significant competence issue even before you provided this additional evidence. The only mitigating factor that I see is that he agreed to stop his edit-warring of low-quality, self-made map into the article of the Ancient Macedonia Kingdom. This makes me hope that he could possibly accept some advice and stop the disruption, although it is a rather faint hope. Given the evidence and erring on the side of caution I think that he should be warned that if he continues he will be blocked. Perhaps we could even consider a mentor. If these fail, ANI is the only remaining option. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 12:08, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. What do you think should be done with the Pahlavi State of Iran article, which is both internal copyvio and external, as I've discovered quite a bit of 2003 copyvio in the original? Doug Weller (talk) 12:21, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

The internal copyvio can be handled by an edit-summary or talkpage notice mentioning the internal transfer. If the external copyvio is isolated it can be removed. If it is spread all over the article and is difficult to remove manually then the article should be stubbed, redirected or deleted. If the article is not deleted the copyvio edits sometimes also get revdeled if they are substantial. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 12:40, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

RE: Nonconstructive edits; Eastern Roman or Byzantine?

Miss Paris Slue The reason why I changed early Byzantine emperors (Arcadius to Phocas) from Byzantine to Eastern Roman is 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. --Miss Paris Slue (talk) 01:45, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi there. Not sure what the cut-off date is. Perhaps you can ask Cplakidas. Thank you for your message. Best regards. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 02:08, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Balsic talk

Why did you send me that notification when currently I am dicsussing at the talk page? Rolandi+ (talk) 20:04, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Discussion is good but I just wanted to give you the exact rules of edit-warring since nobody else did and since you have exceeded three reverts on that page. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 20:07, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

OK. Rolandi+ (talk) 20:32, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Rolandi. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 20:34, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

ANI και άλλα τινά

Για όταν το δεις μετά την επιστροφή σου από τις διακοπές:

• Τί ακριβώς έχει γίνει με το ANI;; Το κοιτούσα πού και πού, μετά εξαφανίσθηκε, συνέχισα να κοιτώ αλλά και πάλι τίποτα;; Τί γίνεται συνήθως σε τέτοιες περιπτώσεις;; Όχι ότι αγαπώ τα διαδικαστικά αλλά εις μάτην έλαβαν χώρα όλα αυτά;;
• Πέραν των παραπάνω, προσπαθούσα και προσπαθώ πχ να ξεφύγω λίγο από το τί γινόταν στο περί ου ο λόγος άρθρο, ασχολούμενος κυριότατα με την πραγματικότητα γύρω μου εκτός WP (εντός WP έκανα μόνο λίγα άσχετα και πάνω κάτω ασήμαντα edits αλλού)· αυτή από μόνη της αρκεί, υπεραρκεί νομίζω για να καλυφθεί και να εξαντληθεί ο χρόνος και η ενέργεια κάποιου, πράγμα το οποίο δυστυχώς ακόμα και εδώ στην WP κάποιοι ίσως τρέξουν να το εκμεταλλευθούν...
  Γυρίζω λοιπόν πριν λίγο τυχαία στο άρθρο, το κοιτώ καλά και τί βλέπω;; Είχε αφαιρεθεί ήδη από της 19ης τρέχοντος τελείως η όλη παράγραφος αναφορικά με την Πολεμική στα Μέσα κτλ!!! Ενημερώνω ότι αναίρεσα την εν λόγω αφαίρεση... Thanatos|talk|contributions 11:18, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

• Hi Thanatos666. When an ANI report disappears with no action it is most likely due to general indifference about the subject matter. Two editors actually voiced their disapproval of the nationality-based attacks on the Greek editors but the matter was eventually dropped. Don't get me wrong. I am experienced enough to know that WP:CIVIL is on its death throes on Wikipedia when I was filing the report and I didn't have too many hopes about its outcome. But the reaction there surprised me because I thought that nationality-based attacks merited more attention than simple breaches of civility. I guess I was wrong. I happen to believe that discrimination-based attacks of any kind are the lowest form of incivility. It seems that editors willing to engage in such tactics got off scot-free this time. As far as the wholesale removal of the over 25 KB section on media coverage without any attempt at rescuing any of the information, remember that it was performed by one of the editors who were praised at ANI, but I digress. I personally refuse to engage on a talkpage where Greek editors are viewed with suspicion and which is littered with base nationality-based attacks. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 17:44, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Kosovo indicator in articles

Many articles have an indicator above Kosovo, like so^[a]. The syntax, {{Ref label|status|a|}}, implies that the status of Kosovo is "a" (I take as meaning "disputed"). However, to a viewer perusing the article and pressing the "a" and seeing nothing (rather like when they press 1 or 2 and see info about references), they would wonder what it meant. I could not find a template relating to Kosovo, so without any info, why is it even there? Upon pressing the "a", would they not expect to see info concerning the Kosovo dispute? Is there even a template for it? Cheers, Luxure Σ 05:54, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi Luxure. I checked the functionality of the template in the France–Kosovo relations article and it works. When I press the [a] it takes me to the note explaining Kosovo's status. Perhaps in other articles the note mechanism at the bottom of the article is missing. I'm not sure if a standardised template for the status Kosovo exists. Best regards. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 07:21, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Meryl Streep has been nominated for Did You Know

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Edit Wars Warning

I have clearly declared my thesis in talk page, I do not receive any response even I ve directed the user reverting my contrb. to talk page section. It is not an edit war, I am trying to solve a NPOV issue. OnlyTheTruth 08:25, 7 July 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cantikadam (talk • contribs)

Cats will take over the World one day

We already have. - BilCat (talk) 06:27, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

LOL. I never thought of you as a cat. Now I realise how wrong I was. :) Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 06:33, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

I was born human, but now I identify as a cat. ;) - BilCat (talk) 06:37, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

I can't do that. I know cats are the real masters of the world so I am resigned in my role as just a human. I'm just grateful they tolerate me. :) Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 06:43, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

I used to feel that way too. Then I realized that I really am a cat in human form. I don't wear ears and a tail though, as I'm usually undercover as a human in my work for the CIA - Cat Intelligence Agency. - BilCat (talk) 06:52, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

I should have known. The plan is far more advanced than I ever imagined. I should seriously think about joining the feline version of the CIA. Alternatively I could apply for a position at the KGB, the Kitty Government Board. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 07:04, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes, the KGB would be a good choice, though they go by FSB (Feline Security Bureau) now. - BilCat (talk) 07:12, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Touché. I had forgotten about the re-organisation after the dissolution of CCCP (Confederation of Collectivist Cat Proletariat). :) Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 07:26, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

No problem <:)> - BilCat (talk) 07:48, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your support in the Administrator's noticeboard

Hello dear Dr.K.! I was surprised to find you in the Administrator's noticeboard, on the same issue that I was caught into, in regards to Rolandi+'s edit wars with other users on Balkan-related articles, and I wanted just to thank you for your support. I admit, for a moment I wasn't sure what was going on there, I didn't knew of Rolandi+'s involvement in more feuds with other users, and when I saw my name in the Administrator's noticeboard, I was worried that my life in Wikipedia could have been put to an end with a ban or something, just because I tried to defend a page against POV edits. Thank you again and have a nice day. :) --SilentResident (talk) 04:57, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you SilentResident. In this case the problem was that a known edit-warring champion, serial creator of multiple edit-wars across many Balkan articles was put on the same scale as you. I think that was unfair. I also think that people engaging in any type of action in this area should have at least a modicum of content awareness regarding the Balkans. Keep up the good work but also try to avoid any 3RR complications just in case. I know it is frustrating when dealing with serial edit-warriors but don't forget this is a community project and sooner or later the community will resolve this. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 05:19, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, thats true. I will keep this in mind. Thank you again. :) --SilentResident (talk) 06:41, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

A wikipedia user, is trying to blackmail me! Any advice?

Dear Dr. K, I am sorry for bothering you (and Athenean) right now, but the user Rolandi+ is trying to blakcmail me now, in the Talk: Albanians, he threatened me twice:

"So revert your edits about the albanians in turkey,or I will report you after that ANI"

and

"I may be blocked for this topic,but this doesn't mean that I can't report you for your vandalism.So go and delete your edits about albanians in turkey"

If I didn't misunderstood, isn't this a warning or threat? Isn't he warning me that if I don't undo his reverted POV edits, I will get reported? Isn't that a blackmail? How should I respond to his blackmails? What is the appropriate action for such cases in Wikipedia? I am asking for your and Athenean's advices, as I am not sure what to do. :( --SilentResident (talk) 11:23, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Nevermind, I just united my voice with the rest of the people asking for Rolandi+'s ban. --SilentResident (talk) 12:23, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Meryl Streep

Gatoclass (talk) 00:32, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Steve Vai

Hi, trying to update some info about my boss, Steve Vai, based on his current setup and activities. Can you please approve my edits or contact me at [email protected]? Thank you kindly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.184.41.208 (talk) 03:45, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi. If you have reliable sources this material may be acceptable. However there is the conflict of interest problem because people associated with the artist may not edit the article without consensus. I would therefore suggest you find reliable sources for the content and then propose the edit on the talkpage of the article. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 03:53, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for that feedback. The sources we've cited provide photos and descriptions not coming from inside the camp. They're well documented and also cite official releases through Sony Records (2015 "Stillness in Motion" was deleted from our updates).

You are welcome. Regarding your edit, it was a large one. From what I checked there were no inline citations supporting the material. There were also many details that had no support from any sources. I suggest you eliminate all the material that cannot be verified and only add the material that is verifiable through independent sources. I also suggest you open a section on the article talkpage to present the material you want to add so that other wiki editors can offer their opinions. My talkpage is not the place where wider consensus can be achieved. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 04:18, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Su 30 MKM

Hey man thanks for changes. Can fix my grammar on edit mkm section. thanks

Kyral

Re: Edits I made to the Straight Edge Razor page.

I was actually adding references to an section which did not have citations for its cost sources. My two references (in full Harvard format) were for the number of times a razor cartridge can be used, and the cost of the said cartridge. Previous content in the article just had these figures assumed, and I was set to make further adjustments in the next day as to where those figures may have come from/ replace them with cited references.

Please check what has been improved before threatening other users with adding unreferenced content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyral (talk • contribs) 00:17, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

When I reverted you had not added any references. So don't give me advice that is not applicable in my case. If you added references later good for you but you did not add any references when I performed my revert. In fact I also reverted you at Razor when you added completely unreferenced claims. Please make a habit of using re;iable sources for all your edits. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 01:15, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

accounts

It is not intentional. I don't know how I ended up with two accounts... Califate123! (talk) 04:14, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

No problem. Just choose one and redirect the other to the one you chose. Perhaps you can also ask an admin at WP:CHUS to merge the two accounts. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 04:23, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Moving Burma to Myanmar - new 2015 poll

You participated in a Burma RM in the past so I'm informing you of another RM. I hope I didn't miss anyone. New move attempt of Burma>Myanmar Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:54, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much Fyunck(click) for all your hard work. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 14:59, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

There is a move discussion in progress on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Burma (Myanmar) which affects the recently renamed page Myanmar. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. Sawol (talk) 17:09, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Edit on population figures of Greece

Oh, my apologies, I did a mistake with my edits. I didn't meant to revert your edits, but that other user's edits who included the irrelevant foreign ethnicities in the population figures that are only about Greeks. My apologies, Dr. K, and thank you for your edits. Have a good day! :) --SilentResident (talk) 20:35, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

No problem at all SilentResident. I understood from your edit summary that you were not referring to me. Thank you for your note and take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 20:45, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

BTW, my apologies for referring to you as "Student" in my edit-summary. I thought it was another user, Student7, who changed my edit. I must have been looking at the wrong article history. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 20:55, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, no worries, everything is ok. And by the way, I made some improvements based on your edits, with the aim of showing the actual Greek pop figures of Greece, and removed other ethnic pop figures, since the page is solely about Greeks. I hope this looks better now and more relevant to the page's subject. :) --SilentResident (talk) 20:57, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you SilentResident. Please be my guest correcting the figures. I trust your expertise. In any case I am not very fond of ethnic population stats. I don't know why but let's just say they are not my cup of tea. :) Best regards. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 21:03, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Straight razor

Hello, upon further review I completely agree with your point of view that it was unnecessary information, thus I feel removing the information is correct. However I do feel the "Cost" section should have more information in it than it does now. ThanksBodha2 (talk) 22:24, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

@Bodha2: Thank you for your message. Please feel free to add some more details and I will help out if there is a need. Best regards. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 00:17, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

"Edit Warring"

Ensuring that NPOV tags are present until the issue has been resolved is explicit policy. As you hadn't touched the article before the NPOV tag, I doubt very much if you would have enhanced the article without it. If you cannot understand official Wikipedia policy, I suggest a refresher. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.162.33.89 (talk) 16:59, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Your complaint was: -Pinochet mention quite dubious-The cited source is a rambling essay by a self-described VJ/DJ, with no apparent expertise in the subject, and is a mere assertion, lacking any actual evidence. to which I agreed and then I supplied 10 (ten) new sources, many from specialist books, supporting the assertion that torture chambers were used in Chile during Pinochet's dictatorship. What exactly is your problem now? Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 17:08, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

As you hadn't touched the article before the NPOV tag, I doubt very much if you would have enhanced the article without it. I, not touching the article? LOL, I am the main contributor of the article. But yes, thank you for flagging the need for better sourcing, although the tag was removed after I had supplied two RS on my way to adding eight more for a total of ten. That should be enough I suppose. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 17:17, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Firefox Iani and his IP(46.19.231.255)

I believe Firefox Iani has been given enough warnings, rope and time to explain his edits. Should we proceed with a report at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring? Would you care to do the honors? --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:02, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Kansas. Thank you for your message. I don't have the time currently but if you start something I will chime in as soon as I return. Up to you though, no pressure. :) Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 17:10, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

It's done, Doc! The report. --Kansas Bear (talk) 18:25, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much Kansas. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 20:45, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Gunther von Hagens

Hey, a long time ago, you added some details to this article, including some weird stuff about a hidden laboratory and a section that is surely out of date by today, on what he was "currently" working on seven years ago. The cited website is dead. Do you have an idea on how to salvage this? In the current version, this section has become much shorter and my instinct suggests to just delete it... Greetings, --Xario (talk) 13:16, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Something he was working on eight years ago can still be included in the article by changing the tense. As far as the link it can be partially retrieved via the Internet archive and I fixed it at the article. The video doesn't work but the website and the date have been archived. Also the fact he kept a secret lab behind a mobile staircase is included in the video. This was also a TV appearance and can be included in the TV appearance section. In any case, this discussion should take place at the article talk if there is some reason to be discussed with the wider community. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 14:52, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Thx! The talk page has a question concerning the lab since 2010 with no reaction, so I thought, I'd ask you directly. I am now going to copy our dialogue there, because while the internet archive is a good idea, it doesn't really help that much, does it? I find this lab thing very odd and haven't found anything else about it... --Xario (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:35, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. I replied there. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 22:16, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Vlorë Demographics

I did explain in the edit summary. It says "reverted - incorrect data". I reverted it to a the version of https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vlor%C3%AB&oldid=676078158 because the demographics data used on 01:25, 16 August 2015‎ and after does not belong to Vlore town or municipality. Agroni (talk) 02:01, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

That's not sufficient. The number "104,827" in your version is unsourced while the version I restored is sourced to the 2011 census. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 02:09, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Whatever. The numbers you are displaying are for the Vlore County and not for Vlore municipality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB_County — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agroni (talk • contribs) 02:16, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Why don't you propose these changes on the talkpage? And where does the number "104,827" come from? Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 02:39, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

All right, let me explain everything. First of all this is not an edit war, even though one of the editors kept reformatting my fancy demographics table, but that's fine. It was me that first brought the census 2011 data on 01:25, 16 August 2015‎ but I was supposed to put that in Vlore County not in Vlore municipality. However, there were few edits not only in demographics section but on another section too, so I could not just click on the UNDO. So I copied the version of the demographics section from before my initial edit and pasted it as final version.

So the number "104,827" was already there from before my initial edit. And that's what I reverted to by copy and paste. You can find it here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vlor%C3%AB&oldid=676078158 Agroni (talk) 03:04, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Got it. I'll revert my edit and my warnings on your talk. Thank you very much Agroni for your patience. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 03:20, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

No problem. However I do like using the "wikitable sortable" to present such data. It is used on american towns. I would like to continue my contribution and bring census 2011 data for all counties of Albania. Can you support me in keeping the data in table format? Agroni (talk) 03:27, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm not an expert on MOS regarding tables but if it is used elsewhere I see no reason why it shouldn't be used for Albanian towns as well. Let me know when a discussion takes place and I'll offer my opinion. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 03:33, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Talk Page

The issue has been taken to the talk page. I invite you to have a look and contribute to it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.222.180.67 (talk) 02:55, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your kind invitation. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 03:22, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Hello and thank you for the welcome message. If possible please have a look at the talk page for some feedback and feel free to ask any questions or make any comments regarding the discussion. Kind regards,SuperMeunier (talk) 03:14, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Litsa Diamanti

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:53, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Take a look

..at the article about Ester Claesson and Lo Kauppi. Thank you. if you find time for it.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:58, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Babba. Will do. Nice seeing you. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 20:58, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

2015 Thalys attack

If you believe the move request is "uncontroversial" then please close it out and make the move. Nevertheless, this section shows a couple editors who don't approve, and there are others in the Survey who also don't approve. How sure are you it is "uncontroversial"? Furthermore, the tag is legitimate and often used there is nothing wrong with its use here. In this case it is useful to get a WP:SNOW so we can make the move sooner than later. I'm willing to set some timeline on that, maybe another 24hrs or something, to build a convincing case. Otherwise we are looking at waiting 6 more days before the article can be renamed. Which is worse, a few days of the tag, or 6 more days with a bad title. -- GreenC 13:28, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

@Green Cardamom: Yes, please RfC this for a SNOW close in 24 hours or as soon as possible to get the issue solved - readers won't care either way. "6 more days with a bad title" - the title isn't "bad" - you only propose adding the word "train" - there is no accuracy dispute about the current title - just a stylistic change.

The stats for 2015 Thalys attack shows that the article has already been viewed 22,997 times, while the talk page has been viewed 643 times. That's 2.7% of the traffic.

Keeping this tag up on a high traffic article for 7 whole days means that it is likely to be viewed by more than 22,000 people reading the article. Of those, fewer than 2.7% will have any input to make.

Let's try to get this closed as quickly as possible. -- Callinus (talk) 15:57, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

@Green Cardamom and Callinus: Many move requests are disputed in the sense that there would be no move request had the original title not been challenged in the first place. But that does not mean that we have to add title-disputed tags on the mainspace article just because a move request is being made at the talkpage. My first involvement with the article was to prevent the replacement of the original tag with non-standard ones. But subsequently I checked and saw that the tag is not used in many move requests. Even during the very controversial Burma move request such tag was not used. So I decided to remove it. In any case, I see that the article has now been moved so, as the saying goes, all's well when ends well. Thank you both for your kind invitation, regardless. Best regards. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 17:06, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

In this case the tag was useful as the page was getting so many views that it drove more editors to the talk page to !vote, thus achieving a snow within 36hrs or so. Otherwise we would still be waiting to rename the page. -- GreenC 17:36, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

They've found your gold!

Go get it, Greek man! --YeOldeGentleman (talk) 18:54, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

LOL. Thanks. I had seen this piece of news but it takes you to give it this delightful spin. :) Thanks for that. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 19:33, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Justinian I

I have made a proposal on this article's talk page. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:37, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Kansas. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 03:33, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Would you care to give your opinion here? --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:52, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of The Countess of Corfu

Hello! Your submission of The Countess of Corfu at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yakikaki (talk) 11:51, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Islands

I removed the infoboxes in the articles about the Aegean and Ionian Islands because these maps do not show the actual outline of current Greek or Turkish regions. In Turkey, the Aegean Region is larger than just the coastal islands that belong to Turkey. In Greece, the Aegean is divided in a northern and southern region. Kythira is not part of the region of the Ionian Islands, as it is included in the region of Attica. Why do you believe these faulty maps should be included in these two articles? — 37 ^(talk) 04:20, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Please don't put words in my mouth. If the maps are faulty, replace or remove the maps, not the infoboxes. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 04:24, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

I have no intention in putting things in your mouth. The infoboxes did not contain anything else than the map and the indication ‘region of Greece/Turkey’. Because it is unwise to leave empty infoboxes in articles, I removed them. I hope you understand this logic. — 37 ^(talk) 04:40, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

I hope you understand that when you ask me Why do you believe these faulty maps should be included in these two articles? you strongly imply that I believe that "these faulty maps should be included in these two articles", which is putting words in my mouth. In the case of the Ionian islands the presence of a small island not belonging to the region is a small perturbation which can be rectified by a description pending modification of the map assuming that there is currently no other alternative map. A similar solution can ve found in the case of the Aegean islands. But you should propose these changes at the article talkpages putting forward a detailed rationale and waiting for consensus to form. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 04:56, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Well, you clearly seem to think they should be included since you’ve just put them back in the articles. You are correct when you say it’s a good idea to propose on the talk pages to add a correct map. But you are wrong when you say removing the faulty maps should be proposed first. On the contrary, even small perturbations - and this is not the case here - should be removed immediatly.— 37 ^(talk) 05:30, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

This is according to your opinion with which I disagree. Kythira is geographically and historically part of the Ionian islands. The article is both about the historical and geographical Ionian islands as well as the region. The case is not as black and white as you may think. For these controversial issues to be resolved, including the Aegean islands, a wider discussion is needed at the talkpage of the articles. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 05:40, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Kythira is not part of the Ionian islands as a political subdivision. Therefore, an infobox that shows the opposite is misleading. Of course Kythira is part of these islands geographically and historically speaking. This is the reason a geographical map is already placed inside the article. This is not some ‘political’ or ‘controversial’ statement I make. Did you even read the talk page of the article? The problem with this infobox has been raised before. My edits clearly served a good purpose, unfortunately you seem to think otherwise.— 37 ^(talk) 06:11, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

I have replied at both article talkpages so I think the local discussion here has reached the outer limits of its usefulness. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 06:15, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for The Countess of Corfu

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:07, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Acqui

Then doesn't there need to be an article on the battle? best, Sunil060902 (talk) 16:16, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

BTW I added an entry to the Massacre's Talk page. best, Sunil060902 (talk) 17:13, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Just to let you know

It appears that a particular editor is now pushing their POV whilst logged out.[4] This particular editor has already added original research[5][6] and removed referenced information.[7] --Kansas Bear (talk) 18:48, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Re: Opinion needed

In regards to the appropriateness of Template:Did you know nominations/The Creeping Garden for a special occasion request: when I see slime mold, I think Nethack instead of Halloween (Google "nethack slime mold" if you do not recognize the reference). That being said, if you really want to move it to the holding area, I won't stop you. --Allen3 ^talk 16:36, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Lol. Thanks for the information regarding the connection between slime mold and nethack. Very interesting. As far as the DYK, I just wanted your opinion. I gather it is rather lukewarm, so I won't insist on the idea. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 16:51, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Turkey

No, I will not. As I noted earlier, you and several other editors were together edit-warring a demonstrably false statement into the article. While the other editor was a sockpuppet of a blocked user, that doesn't make your actions less unwelcome. Nyttend (talk) 20:13, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

@Nyttend:, you are out of order accusing me of edit-warring for reverting a sock. FPaS already told you at ANI that the sock is a disruptive sock farmer and his edits should be reverted as part of standard Wikipedia procedure. FPaS and NeilN also told you at ANI that your hoax allegations are unjustified and that the statement is definitely not "demonstrably false" as you allege as it is backed by a reliable source. It is too bad you don't recognise the heavy-handedness of your actions in this matter. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 20:20, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

DrK is correct blocked and banned users do NOT have application to 3rr unless it's an article edit that you personally take responsibility for. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 20:25, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Let me be clear: the source did not say that the map illustrated Kurdish-majority areas. You added a claim that the map said that. You added a demonstrably false claim, i.e. a hoax. While socks are normally reverted, we don't revert every edit made by such a user; we retain obviously useful things such as spelling fixes, and hoax-fighting likewise needs to be retained: it's more important to have a correct article than to stick it to block-evading users. If you wish, I can unprotect the page to enable you to restore the hoax to the article, but such will result in an immediate reversion and block. Nyttend (talk) 20:27, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

@Nyttend: At ANI, Future Perfect at Sunrise told you that: "Wait a moment. Sorry Nyttend, I've undone your closure here. First, please don't keep using the term "hoaxing", that's not what we're dealing with here. The person who first added the map, Athenean, [8] had just previously also added a sourced textual description [9] that said that "Kurds make up a majority in the provinces of Dersim, Bingol, Mus, Agri, Igdir, Elazig, Diyarbakir, Batman, Sirnak, Bitlis, Van, Mardin, Siirt and Hakkari, a near majority in Sanliurfa province (47%), and a large minority in Kars province (20%)." I haven't seen anybody challenging the correctness of the sourcing for this sentence. I assume that Athenean believed in good faith that the textual description enumerating those provinces matched the area described in the map, in which case his use of the map with the "majority" caption would have been legitimate. If he was mistaken in this assumption, overlooking that there might have been some factual differences between the two areas, that would make it a case of inadvertent source misuse, but not "hoaxing", which by definition would have to be deliberate. Certainly this should have been hacked out on the talkpage." NeilN voiced similar concerns about your use of the term "hoax". But you insist on falsely accusing longstanding aditors with alleged hoaxes. My reversion of the sock was fully within policy. Your stretching of the definition of "hoax" is noted. This is a reflection on your editorial judgement not on the editors you falsely accuse. As far as your threat If you wish, I can unprotect the page to enable you to restore the hoax to the article, but such will result in an immediate reversion and block., instead of issuing idle threats to longstanding editors you should go to the talkpage and justify your baseless "hoax" allegations. Better still, you should change the protection log entry as I originally requested of you. But even if you don't change it, it will remain as a permanent record of your completely flawed definition of "hoax". Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 21:02, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

I quote WP:HOAX: "A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real". For the final time, let me remind you that you attempted to trick the article's readers into believing that the map depicted Kurdish-majority areas, a false statement demonstrated by the map's description page and its source. This has repeatedly been shown to you, but you continue agitating for the contrary. Perhaps Kurds are the majority in those provinces; I don't know the subject, and I'm not addressing that issue. I'm talking about your misuse of sources, not the article content. When someone repairs a falsehood, it doesn't matter who they are: a blocked user's sock who fixes a hoax is helpful, and an established user who inserts the hoax is not helpful. Further agitation will be ignored. Nyttend (talk) 21:10, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

@Nyttend: Please cease your baseless attacks trying to justify your mistake. Two fellow admins already took issue with your use of the word "hoax". That should give you a hint, but I won't hold my breath. Read what Future Perfect at Sunrise told you which I added to my talkpage for convenience. This was a cited fact by a reliable source which justified its inclusion in the article as a caption. The map and its source can be augmented by reliable sources so that they can be interpreted more fully. This is standard practice on Wikipedia. Accusing established editors of "hoax" using idiosyncratic definitions of the word and ignoring support by RS is behaviour unbecoming of anyone let alone an administrator. There is also an open new section at the talkpage of Turkey explaining this very issue. I was fully within my editorial rights to revert the sockfarmer and the information I restored was backed by a reliable source. Instead of trying to use more false arguments to attack me on top of your previous idle threats you should do the decent thing and participate on the talkpage of Turkey and defend your false hoax allegations. Also your comment: Further agitation will be ignored. What a telling remark. I thought we were engaging in a discussion. I guess you view our exchange like some type of insurrection in some kind of correctional facility. Funny that. I always thought this was an encyclopedia. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 21:42, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

@Nyttend: Not sure why you're doubling down here. If I yelled out "hoax!" or "hoaxer!" every time I came across an editor adding content not properly backed up by the source they were adding, I would be hit with the AGF stick pretty quick, especially if it was a veteran editor who kept out of trouble. There are better ways to express your concerns. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 22:11, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

I am quite shocked to see how Nyttend is still accusing users of hoaxing. I suggest Nyttend to WP:DROPTHESTICK already. He has misused powers granted to admins and deliberately ignores the advice and complaints of over five users. Dismissing legitimate claims by veteran users and admins is counter-productive to a simple issue of content and wording. Calling every user a hoax and threatening to block them each and every time displays symptoms of needless disruption. The sources are there. Please deal with it accordingly through dialogue and discussion. Why the stonewalling? Étienne Dolet (talk) 23:23, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Neil for your comment. Actually, as FPaS mentioned, the source backs up the statement in the caption. These provinces as depicted in the map have majority Kurdish populations. Thank you Etienne for your comments as well. Apart from the baseless hoax allegations, apart from calling my legitimate objections to his unjustifiable harangue agitation and saying Further agitation will be ignored. as if he is speaking as a warden to someone incarcerated in a correctional facility, he also resorted to block baiting: If you wish, I can unprotect the page to enable you to restore the hoax to the article, but such will result in an immediate reversion and block.. He threw down the gauntlet just in case he was not already on a strong-enough power trip. And all this because I reverted not only a sockmaster but a tenured 8-year disruptive sockfarmer with close to 100 socks. In all my almost 10 years here I do not recall worse and more out-of-order behaviour from anyone, let alone an administrator. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 00:14, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

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Possible Mistake

You have sent a "Discretionary sanctions notice about Armenia and Azerbaijan" in my talk page. I don't partake in Armenia, Azerbaijan topics in Wikipedia, this must be a confusion or a serious prank. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 04:42, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

I can understand your confusion. To clarify, it applies anywhere on Wikipedia where the Armenian Genocide is mentioned "broadly construed". It also includes pictures of the Armenian Genocide. I suggest you read the relevant WP:Arbcom decision. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 04:51, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

So you think restricting my access to editing articles in Wikipedia is justified? on what account? You are abusing your power because you don't like the way I handled things? I will not take this insults lightly, when people like you push newcomers around and restrict their ambition for having better articles. I'm not involved in any Armenian or Azerbeijan topics at all, and putting me in "Requests for arbitration" behind my back feels like betrayal and stabbing and works in the shadow? (Personal attack removed) Alexis Ivanov (talk) 04:55, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Please don't get excited and read my note at your talkpage again. It is just an information update without prejudice of wrongdoing. Btw, I took the liberty of removing your personal attack. I will also give you a formal warning on your talkpage since you apparently did not follow my advice at the talk page of the article to not continue your personal attacks. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 05:01, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Misuse of Twinkle

Hi, Doctor K. Re [10]. How do you mean, their right to use Twinkle will be removed? Is there a way of technically removing their access to Twinkle? Or do you mean they could be banned by an administrator from using Twinkle? I haven't seen that done either. Can you link me to somewhere useful? Because obviously the user needs to stop abusing Twinkle. Bishonen | talk 09:49, 11 October 2015 (UTC).

Hi Bishonen. Now that you asked, I can't quote chapter and verse but I do recall seeing a conversation in some noticeboard about removal of Twinkle. However it has been a long time and I can't be one hundred percent certain. I could check further but I need some time. Perhaps a tps could provide some technical information faster than I can. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 10:18, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Bishonen again. I checked the ANI archives and there have been discussions regarding removal of TW. I can't link to them currently because I am using my ancient touchpad and it is not very good at copying and pasting. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 10:40, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

• @Bishonen: There used to be a blacklist which would stop users but in 2011 there was a rewrite of TW which did away with it. Blocking is the only way to stop them from using it.
   — Berean Hunter (talk) 12:52, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

  Thank you both. Very useful to know, Berean Hunter, because it's something I've been wondering from time to time. But I guess it's not really ever the Twinkle use that is the issue: it's abuse and disruption, for instance posting nonsensical warning templates. It's just that Twinkle makes it so quick and simple, which is unfortunate in some cases. Anyway, I have warned the user against making personal attacks — such as calling contradiction "vandalism" and/or "racial discrimination" [sic] — and will block if it, or other disruption, happens again. (Dr K, you don't think a new touchpad such as mine makes it any easier, do you? I hate the damn thing.) Bishonen | talk 13:53, 11 October 2015 (UTC).

  The story with my HP TouchPad is that a few months ago its battery went so dead, because of lack of use, that the machine needed charging for almost 24 hours to even turn on. Since then I use it for simple web surfing just to keep the battery on a normal charge-recharge cycle. To make matters worse this antique tablet runs on WebOS and its keyboard does not have the control-button making copy-paste shortcuts such as ctrl-C/V impossible. It was during that time that Bishonen asked me about the details of TW removal. I replied to her as best I could under the circumstances. By the time I had graduated to the news that TW-use was moved from monobook.js to user-preferences, thus making it unremovable, I just gave up trying to explain it from the venerable but limited touchpad. That's when Berean Hunter picked up the slack, for which I thank him very much.

It is unfortunate that TW access cannot be removed as was the case in the past, but as Bishonen mentions it is the disruption that must be stopped rather than the use of the actual tool. The thing is that in contested areas, where the editing is frequently toxic, using semi-automated tools to attack other editors makes these attacks both easier to carry-out and potentially more frequent. India-related topics are one of those toxic areas where use of semi-automated robots should not be allowed as a means of proliferating attacks against any editor, let alone editors like Sitush who for years have been cleaning up the local mess. Personal attacks are often used by disruptive editors as tools to increase their leverage in editing disputes. The last thing we need in this project is the introduction of robots as attack tools in the hands of disruptive editors. That is why I intervened. To make matters even worse the offending editor not only abused TW, s/he also abused the edit-summary field by leveling hard-to-defend-against edit-summary attacks. If their behaviour continues a block would be required, which would also solve the TW abuse problem by default since use of TW while blocked is not possible. Thank you both for your comments and advice. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 16:41, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Hey, Doc, have you seen this proposal for improving the situation at caste articles? About to be closed as sucessful, I do believe. Should make Sitush's life a little easier. :-) One can hope. Bishonen | talk 17:03, 11 October 2015 (UTC).

Hi Bish. Yes, as it happens, I did see the proposal a few days ago when the 500/30 proposal caught my eye. One can only hope as you say. If the 500/30 rule proves inadequate, perhaps the escalating addition of zeroes to the rule may make it more effective. Future rule updates may include the 5000/300 rule, the 50000/3000 rule, etc. :) Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 17:15, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for The Creeping Garden

Materialscientist (talk) 03:02, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Momentary block

Apologies for the momentary block, I meant to block the latest troll. Argh. Acroterion (talk) 00:57, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

No, no thanks needed! Acroterion (talk) 00:58, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

But I insist Acroterion. It was the shortest indef in wiki-history. It's kind of a record. :) Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 01:03, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Oops. Drmies (talk) 01:05, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

It was immediately clear that you'd reformed and repented, that you'd respect the norms and conventions of this collaborative community, that you'd only write GAs and better from now on, that you'd never take Jimbo's name in vain, blargh glug ... Bear in mind that my first action as an administrator in 2007 was to accidentally block myself. Acroterion (talk) 01:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

I can vouch for that. Dr.K has a long history of disruption, but the clean slate starts now. Drmies (talk) 01:11, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Drmies for giving me a second chance. Btw, I was ready to request semiprotection of my talkpage through RFPP but I couldn't complete the report due to the momentary indef. I think you are clairvoyant and semiprotected my talkpage anyway. :) Thank you for that also. I'm glad Acroterion understood my immediate repentance and compliance with the wiki oath of conduct. I shudder to think what would have happened otherwise. :) I have to check his self-block to see if I still qualify for the shortest block in wiki-history. :) Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 01:20, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Nope, I unblocked myself within the same minute, though I might have had an unfair advantage if I blocked myself at 12:46:01 and unblocked at 12:46:59. I was thinking of making it a condition of your unblock that you read the terms of service, but that seemed cruel. Acroterion (talk) 01:30, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Well, I may still qualify for the shortest non self-block so I'll settle for that. As far as the terms of service, you are right. I may have preferred to have stayed blocked instead of reading them. I mean there is so much boring stuff I can do on a given day. :) Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 01:43, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Greek Constitution of 1973

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:30, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Full Service (book)

I ran into the same editor who had disputes with others about Aaron Schock. He thinks of me as someone not able to cooperate with; he even said so in his user page. --George Ho (talk) 06:48, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

I checked perfunctorily some of the exchanges and I didn't like what I saw. There were some nasty personal attacks. I suggest you disengage from this editor and let the RfC take its course. Getting into a protracted argument with another editor is not a good idea, especially in a wiki and even less during an RfC. The community is bound to offer its opinion and this matter will be resolved because of that. No need for personal fights. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 07:08, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Did I make any nasty personal attacks, a protracted argument, or something? --George Ho (talk) 07:15, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

No, not the big ones. You didn't. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 07:22, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Rangeblock for recent AIV

I rangeblocked 184.151.176.0/20. Hopefully this catches all of them. Thanks for reporting it to WP:AIV -- Samir 06:54, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Don't mention it Samir. It was my pleasure. Thank you for the rangeblock. Take care. Dr. K. 06:56, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Article about foreign irredendist concept as... Top-Importance Greek article?

Hello, Dr.K. I have stumped upon a very unusual finding, here, that I deemed worth bringing to other Greek moderator's attention, in case of it being just a mistake or accident. The article Greater Albania is classified as being Category: Top-importance Greek articles [11], which I find pretty weird, given the fact that other nationalist irredendist concepts which have existed in the past, or still exist today, like the United Macedonia or the Megali Idea, are not classified as such. Isn't this strange, given that this is just a nationalist concept, which is not officially supported by the Republic of Albania and Kosovo, or am I missing something here regarding the reason it is added into the list of Top-important Greek articles? --SilentResident (talk) 18:15, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

I have made a Importance re-assessment of the article Greater Albania for the WikiProject Greece, as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Greece/Assessment#Requests_for_assessment and at same time I filed a request for Importance re-assessment to be conducted from someone outside. Your opinion and advice is highly valued, and that is why I asked for it in the first place. Have a good day... --SilentResident (talk) 04:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

@SilentResident: Hi SR. It is always nice talking to you. In this instance I think you know more than I do in this subject area so I will defer to your judgment. I think you made the right call given the background you provided. In the very unlikely case any problems arise let me know. Take care. Dr. K. 04:16, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks :D --SilentResident (talk) 04:29, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Removed content

I removed some random comment from the request page. To where can I put that comment? --George Ho (talk) 03:00, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

It was already replied to by Cyberbot so it would have been ok if it had stayed on the page. Now that you removed it, you can leave a message to the editor requesting protection to tell him to submit a new, technically correct, report. Dr. K. 03:09, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

It was put at "request to edit" section; Talk:Anita Sarkeesian was inaccessible to newly registered users. It didn't look like a request to edit to me. George Ho (talk) 03:27, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

I agree. It looks like a random comment. You did well to revert it. Dr. K. 03:43, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Rabauter

I agree with you -- it looks really strange, and I am not exactly sure what was going on. The other two accounts basically stopped activity after a while, and Rabauter started trolling. Of course, there were the talk page comments and all. This does convince me that they are linked somehow, but I am not sure how. GAB^Hello! 22:17, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi GAB. I think it may be a case of a few friends coordinating. Btw, thank you for your help in the SPI. All the best. Dr. K. 22:21, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

That was my second guess. Thanks, GAB^Hello! 22:47, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Sock at ANI

Thanks. I'm banned from ANI myself (see note at the top of my page), but I'm glad The Unstopable 4G pinged the "corrupt meat puppet" User:Materialscientist, who blocked some of the IPs. I thought of blocking this one for egregious spelling errors (compare Unstopable at all) and for misleading username, since they're not well, really unstoppable. Feel free to tag them if you like — not that I think there's much practical benefit. Bishonen | talk 15:14, 29 October 2015 (UTC).

Hi Bishonen. I had forgotten about your voluntary ban from ANI. And I was wondering why you didn't post a message. :) Anyway, the socks have their own terminology which they apply to those who revert or block them. They also use their own corrupted version of English orthography, a trait shared with master Alexyflemming and the rest of the sock farm. For future reference I will tag the latest family as a separate farm, since Alexy is stale. Thank you and take care. Dr. K. 15:27, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

WP:BRD

Hi Dr.K. In summary, WP:BRD is when I make an edit and provide reason and no one reverts (assuming no-one disagrees) It stays. But if someone reverts my edit, I go to talk page for discussion. Right? Just want to make sure. (N0n3up (talk) 05:19, 1 November 2015 (UTC))

Hi N0n3up. Yes, your interpretation of BRD is correct. Best regards. Dr. K. 05:24, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Unsupported reverts

Hi Dr.K. The reason I asked the question about BOLD in my post above because user Snowded keeps reverting my edit without being concise about to why he keeps reverting. He always reverts my edits and lectures and forces me to go to talk page for even the smallest edit, yet he only does this to me and not other editors. No one has even disagreed with my edit, yet Snowded just uses any justifications he can to keep me from editing. Again, he does this with me, not other users. He never presented any valid arguments for the previous argument we had before the current one and in occasion had even used my block log to use against me instead of concentrating on the topic in hand. And accuses me of edit-warring, personal attacks and other new stuff he brings up to prevent me from doing any editing. You can see in his talk page, the article's talk page and the post I placed on DRN that I never made any personal attacks whatsoever, nor have I edit-warred as seen here that I never went ahead of the 3RR rule, but went to the talk page and discussed it as you can see. Nevertheless, Snowded brings up whatever he can to go against me and my edit by repeating or bringing new arguments that he never covered in the early phases to justify his case without even providing sources nor solid arguments. I came because you talked to me in the previous event, not because I wan't you to support me, but to show you the things Snowded is doing is going against all Wikipedia reasoning and want to seen I placed an edit following BOLD yet Snowded always tries to do whatever to undo my edits, when he doesn't do the same to other editors that made their contribution to the talk page. The first edit has been going on for days, and now that I make another edit, he disregards what I say without even reading what I wrote. (N0n3up (talk) 15:09, 1 November 2015 (UTC))

Hi N0n3up. I will check into this as soon as I have some free time later today. In the meantime, keep applying the discussion cycle of BRD by continuing the discussion without any further reversions. This way you will enhance your own position in any dispute resolution steps or any other noiceboard-related activity that may arise out of this dispute. Dr. K. 18:40, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I saw you commented on the previous matter, but now, it's to know whether to use "world power" or "global power". If look at the numbers, you'll see there is more on world than there is on global. (N0n3up (talk) 00:39, 2 November 2015 (UTC))

I tend to agree with your analysis. However it seems that the editors commenting there don't agree with your position. I would suggest waiting for a decision at DRN and then, if that fails, you can open an RfC. However, this seems like a small matter so I would not spend too much time on it if it continues without achieving a clear resolution. In other words, don't get too invested in it. Dr. K. 00:49, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

I appreciate the thanks, but why did you thank me? (N0n3up (talk) 01:06, 2 November 2015 (UTC))

For saying: This is my final statement until further notice, I also agree this had gone too far.. I see this statement as a recognition that the discussion needs some de-escalation. This is a very positive thing. Dr. K. 01:12, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your support. But my concern is that the decision reached by the "consensus" (Juanriley and Snowded) is technically incorrect, because I checked that "world power" is most often used in books to refer to the discussed topic [12], [13], and if you look at results from Google Scholar: [14][15] and Google: [16][17], you'll see that "world power" is most used than "global power". And since me and JuanRiley have a history of disputes going back to some months ago has obviously influenced him to launch himself into the discussion to simply screw me. Not to mention that I've been accused of forum shopping in my desk help post. And it all began when Snowded decided to simply hunt down my edits.. Only mines, not others. So you can see my situation here. I'm just letting you see the picture. (N0n3up (talk) 03:31, 2 November 2015 (UTC))

Your point about the equivalent term has merit. However, the absence of other editors supporting the alternative term may indicate that the difference is not great enough for editors to bother to make a comment. In that case and in the face of opposition it may be better to walk away from the conflict. Also trying to analyse the motives of the opposing editors is not helpful for many reasons starting with AGF. I know it is hard sometimes to AGF but if it were easy it wouldn't be one of the five pillars because everyone would be doing it without being prompted. Dr. K. 07:51, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

You're right. It's best to leave it at the moment. So what should I do now? (N0n3up (talk) 18:07, 2 November 2015 (UTC))

It's up to you. You can just let it go. But if it really bothers you can open an RfC in the near future to let others voice their opinion. After the RfC is finished I suggest dropping the matter altogether. It's simply not worth your time at least imo. Don't forget to do things one at a time, i.e. one DRN, one RfC per turn. Otherwise you will be accused of FORUM shopping. Dr. K. 18:58, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Dr.K. if only more users were honest like you. (N0n3up (talk) 20:08, 2 November 2015 (UTC))

Thank you very much N0n3up for your kind words. If you ever think that I can help in any way don't hesitate to ask me. Take care. Dr. K. 22:21, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Basil I

Would you be interested in giving your opinion concerning sources on the Basil I talk page? --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:38, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Kansas. Will do as soon as I come back. Take care. Dr. K. 18:41, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Muhammad view of Slavery

The article is very un-balanced and biased, I found out after User submitted a complaint, in the talk page. Manumission was never discouraged and the opposite was true after I checked it, it is encouraged. Someone is twisting Muhammad's hadith on giving gifts to discouraging manumission. The hadith I compiled and found are from the chapter called "Manumission of Slave", while the alleged hadith on manumission discouraged is from a chapter called "Gifts" especially the 16th section titled "A woman giving gifts to someone other than husband" Alexis Ivanov (talk) 03:34, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Ok. No problem. Thank you Alexis. Dr. K. 07:56, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Eastern Orthodox views on Noah's Ark and Mt. Ararat

Hello! I'm currently rewriting the Mount Ararat article. As you may know, according to the most popular interpretation of the Old Testament, the supposed Noah's Ark landed on Mt. Ararat. Researching the topic, I found an article which states: The European tradition (accepted by most Western Christians today) places the ark on "Mount Ararat" in eastern Turkey[18]

The source implies that Eastern Orthodox Churches do not. Can you please look into the topic if you have time? Does the Greek Orthodox Church have any views on it?

Also, can you please find Genesis 8:4 in Greek and see if it says "mountains of Ararat" (as in most cases) or "mountains of Armenia" (as in the Vulgate). This website seems to say Ararat. --Երևանցի ^talk 13:48, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

That's an interesting question. I will check it out and let you know. Take care. Dr. K. 19:13, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

I checked the Greek wikipedia on Noah and it mentions Ararat. This blog mentions Genesis 8:4 in Greek and it says "mountains of Ararat": "Η Γένεση δεν λέει ότι η Κιβωτός κάθισε επάνω «στο βουνό Αραράτ», αλλά «στα βουνά του Αραράτ»". So I assume that the Orthodox Church is in full agreement with all the other dogmas on Noah's narrative but I didn't find any official Church positions on the subject. Dr. K. 01:10, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! --Երևանցի ^talk 07:45, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Don't mention it Yerevantsi. It was a pleasure. Take care. Dr. K. 14:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Allegra Versace

If you want to, you can take a look at the article about Allegra Versace. That article is this weeks TAFI.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:25, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi BabbaQ. I checked it and I didn't find anything that needed fixing. Dr. K. 01:12, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Your signature

Just a quick note to say I think your signature is clever. I can't understand Greek, but I do know the Greek alphabet and the words logos and praxis. Thanks for your many contributions to English Wikipedia! —GrammarFascist _contribs^talk 06:43, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much GrammarFascist for your kind comments. As far as my signature, I am glad you understood the semantics behind its design. I have recently decided to change it so it is ironic to get kudos for a signature that I no longer use. But your kind words are appreciated all the same. :) Take care. Dr. K. 16:33, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome, Dr. K. I'm glad I got to see the old one, though I suppose the one you're currently using is more accessible to a greater number of users. Best, GrammarFascist _contribs^talk 16:39, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you again GrammarFascist. I think you are in the perfect wiki-demographic to appreciate my older signature. But as you so aptly stated, accessibility is also a good thing. :) I fully agree. Dr. K. 16:42, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Bailo of Corfu

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Email

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Hi Dr. K, I hope you don't mind that I've sent you an email requesting your advice on how I should proceed in addressing a problem. I respect your clear-headed style. Carlstak (talk) 17:27, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much Carlstak for your kind words which I really appreciate coming from an editor I greatly respect. I have replied. Take care. Dr. K. 19:03, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

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I hope you see my mail Dr.K. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 23:08, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Alexis. I have replied. Best regards. Dr. K. 01:10, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

WP:ITN/C

I don't know my opinions of my own actions. I thought what I had to do: convince people to oppose a nomination. ... I kinda turned an ongoing-only nomination to a blurb nomination at Metrojet crash just to create opposition, which got disregarded. I thought there would have been no consensus, but administrators ignored the opposition and then posted the event with feeling what is "right" to them, although the whole posting thing looks illogical. Shall I explain more? --George Ho (talk) 07:10, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Yes, please. Dr. K. 14:38, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

The event Metrojet flight (something) was nominated as ongoing event, and I added a blurb and then opposed the whole event as blurb and ongoing. I have been rebutted as well as other opposition side. I tried, but that annoyed them. My arguments got disregarded, and the event was posted as "Ongoing" anyway. This is George Ho actually (Talk) 21:45, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Template_talk:S-rel#Introduce two new parameters

There is a dicussion on how to fix the template:S-rel, which has used for many Oriental Orthodox bishops and many Eastern Orthodox Church bishops.

Please comment at Template_talk:S-rel#Introduce two new parameters. tahc ^chat 17:07, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much Tahc for the kind invitation but I do not specialise in templates. Best regards. Dr. K. 18:48, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Pantaleone Barbo

Hello! Your submission of Pantaleone Barbo at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Seattle (talk) 00:34, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lorenzo de Monacis

Hello! Your submission of Lorenzo de Monacis at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 03:46, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Delete!

You can remove a member page ManlyBoys of me? ManlyBoys (talk) 01:04, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Marie Serneholt

If you want to, please take a look at the article Marie Serneholt, which is this weeks TAFI article. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 20:15, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Pantaleone Barbo

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Lorenzo de Monacis

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

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By the way

I, as a Turk, have nothing against Greeks. In fact, my friends and I listen to Greek music all the time in the office. -Dominator1453 (talk) 09:09, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Nikos Foskolos

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Day6

Hi Dr. K.

Regarding this edit to Day6, I notice that you've removed a large amount of information about the roles of the band members and that you've change the spelling of their names, adding hyphens "-" to all their names and changing some uppercase to lowercase in multi-part names. However, the profiles on the band's official web site [19] doesn't include dashes in names, I can't find any English RS that has their names as you've changed them, and the information about the band members roles (and the band members names) that was in the article before your changes seems to match this article in ThaiPR.net. Your edit summary says "Detecting and correcting multiple RS FAILs", but I don't see any RS that match what you've changed the information to; however it did seem to match what little English source data exists. Can you provide those RS that you used rather than your changes being reverted; thanks. Wikierroneous 07:20, 29 November 2015 (UTC)