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Bituriges

Thank you for identifying the two Bituriges tribes. Please can you assist in fixing the incoming links to the new disambiguation page? Some have been done but this task is proving difficult for the gnomes as the topics are easily confused. Thanks, Certes (talk) 13:40, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Certes:, I'll we working on it! Alcaios (talk) 12:11, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

I know you are only reviewing many links, but this one seems strangely far from the Bituriges, and unsourced. Do you know any background to this claim of a connection to the Kempen?--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 17:22, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Andrew Lancaster. In fact, in the process of batch disambiguation, I did not have the time to review whether the sentence is wrong or not. What I have done is a quick look at the context (in this case "other Loire Celtic and Belgian tribes of the Iron Age") in order to link to either Bituriges Cubi or Bituriges Visvici.

I don't know which "Classical Greek authors" this article is referring to (which is a nonsense in terminology since Classical Greece existed in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, way before the first mention of the Bituriges Cubi by Caesar). The Ancient Greek authors who mention the Bituriges (both tribes) are Strabo and Ptolemy, and none of them refer to Campine/Kampen in this context. A quick search on Google Books and Google Scholars gave no result. Alcaios (talk) 17:37, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

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List of largest empires

Hello. I saw you in talk page of list of largest empries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires) and you were the only one who was somewhat actually supporting me. (The issue of the portuguese empire) So I found together with a friend 3 documents which are irrefutable proof. These are the ones: https://archive.org/details/tratadodelimites00port/page/n6/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/tratadodelimites00port_0/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/AlexandreDeGusmaoEOTratadoDe1750/page/n2/mode/1up

However somehow Sasan Hero and TompaDompa keep saying that these documents are not reliable. It's crazy just to think about it. I'm sure you know the portuguese empire really size, can you please help me get through this? ThanksRoqui15 (talk) 12:40, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

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Activity on Wikipedia

Hi Alcaios! I have really appreciated your contributions about the New Right, Gallic history, folk tales etc, so I'm sad if you don't find it meaningful to be active on Wikipedia anymore. Wikipedia will always have a human factor, which overall is a good thing, but sometimes can be annoying. Some articles will by necessity be awful because of politics outside of Wikipedia itself. One of the things that make me stay around is that you can always just prioritize what articles to work on with that in mind, and therefore be able to add meaningful information where it is meaningful, without running into too many walls. Anyway, I really just wanted to express my appreciation, you have been active here longer than I have, so the advice is probably unnecessary. Take care. Ffranc (talk) 10:41, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your message Ffranc. I have taken some time to think about it, and I have decided to avoid political article to focus on history and culture. Best regards, Alcaios (talk) 12:57, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

yeah Krystoff Moholy (talk) 04:14, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! Alcaios (talk) 12:58, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

The problem with "reportedl"

If you do a Google search on the word, the first thing that comes up is:adverb

according to what some say (used to express the speaker's belief that the information given is not necessarily true).

"he was in El Salvador, reportedly on his way to Texas"

Definitions from Oxford Language

Another way of saying it would be "he reported that" - which would be neutral. Thanks for fixing my typo. Doug Weller talk 12:38, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

You're right. My English is influenced by my native language, French; hence the use of words like interlocutor that are considered 'formal' in English but 'normal' in French. I thought 'reportedly' could be used in its etymological, neutral sense: "what has been reported [by either the protagonist of the event or some other people]". 15:15, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

No problem, I'm envious of your command of a 2nd language. Sorry about my fumble fingers on my iPad. Doug Weller talk 18:22, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Ways to improve Jérôme Fourquet

Hello, Alcaios,

Thank you for creating Jérôme Fourquet.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Thanks for this page. References need to be in English, or, translation supplied. Attempting to translate the third reference resulted in a loop wherein the data could not be access. Please consider further references, thanks.

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Whiteguru (talk) 10:09, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I don't understand the issue. References need to be reliable, not necessarily in English. WP:NONENG: Citations to non-English reliable sources are allowed on the English Wikipedia. Alcaios (talk) 17:40, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

I agree, just FWIW. The comment "loop wherein the data could not be access" kind of gives me the feeling there something wrong here. I also do not understand the notability tag.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 17:58, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

BTW good to see you editing again. LOL. --Andrew Lancaster (talk) 17:58, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Nice to see you too Andrew! I mean, I don't understand why copy–pasting a text in a translator would result in a "loop". Here is one translation of the third link[1]

Fourquet is the director of the public opinion department in the largest polling organization in France (IFOP), and he has been writing for well-known media outlets as a political analyst, including in France_Culture[2], France_Inter[3], Slate[4], Le_Point[5], or the Huffington_Post[6], etc. Alcaios (talk) 20:35, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your objectivity and focus. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Krakkos submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Alcaios to be Editor the Week. An active editor on Wikipedia for five years, Alcaios has made more than 20,000 edits at a variety of topics. He has made significant contributions at articles related to the politics of Europe, European ethnography and Indo-European studies. Indo-European studies is a complicated and rapidly changing field marred by numerous controversies. With his profound knowledge and objective approach to the subject, Alcaios has ensured that articles on Indo-European studies, such as Proto-Indo-European mythology and Proto-Indo-European society, remain scholarly, up-to-date and neutral. He has made a herculean effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of tribes of ancient Gaul. Alcaios has also served as a critical voice of reason in heated discussions. Wikipedia is fortunate to have productive contributors such as Alcaios.

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 01:42, 12 October 2020 (UTC)