User talk:Izkala

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It is a pleasure, don't mention it please. Thank you for your copyediting and contributions. And welcome to Wikipedia by the way! :) --GGT (talk) 02:33, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, GGT. Alakzi (talk) 14:06, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Prager University

Thank you for creating the discussion at WP:ELN. I'm often open to combining two or more related discussions at the same page, but that only works if the same people will handle both discussions well. That's the biggest issue here, since WP:ELN is largely populated by people who are familiar with our content standards for external links, while WP:TFD is largely populated by techie-type people who are more familiar with the mechanics of using our software to get things done, and the two groups don't overlap much. Nyttend (talk) 04:38, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation and advice. Alakzi (talk) 05:31, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Let's please avoid an edit war. Could you please respond to my request on the ELN before reverting another edit? DougHill. Je suis Charlie. (talk) 18:23, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

You're not bringing anything new to the table, and this back-and-forth business between ELN, TfD, user talk pages and whatnot is beginning to irk me. I've removed most links to Prager (kept 3 that I've converted to use {{cite web}}), providing a reason each time. So far, my reverts haven't been contested by anybody but you, and consensus at ELN appears to be against you. Alakzi (talk) 20:16, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

January 2015

Hello, I'm Enock4seth. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Akan people because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! →Enock4seth ^(talk) 12:59, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

@Enock4seth: can you provide an explanation for the revert? Also, leaving me a note here is not a substitute for edit summaries. Alakzi (talk) 13:00, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Why "don't you see why the Dutch pronunciation is relevant" That's your opinion I see. Let's discuss whether to remove this or not on articles talkpage then. Best. →Enock4seth ^(talk) 13:06, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

@Enock4seth: No, I don't see why it's relevant. The Akan have no particular affiliation to the Dutch and the word does not derive from the Dutch language. It's also labelled simply 'pronunciation' and placed right before the English transcription, which would (mis)lead one to believe it's the pronunciation of the word in English. Alakzi (talk) 13:18, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Akan needn't have any affiliation to Dutch before a pronunciation can be added though. Moreover it was just a the pronunciation by a Dutch. Best. →Enock4seth ^(talk) 14:00, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Firstly, it's the pronunciation of the Dutch word in the Dutch language. Secondly, we'd never have a non-native speaker pronounce an English word. Alakzi (talk) 14:14, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Should I say "nice arguing with you"?. Well good, we have resolved this. Happy editing and see you in the wikisphere again. Best. →Enock4seth ^(talk) 19:19, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

I still don't see any point in having it there, but whatever. Happy editing. Alakzi (talk) 19:40, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Well, I recommend we leave it in there. Best →Enock4seth ^(talk) 19:49, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Finally a third person comes in and case settled [1]. Regards. →Enock4seth ^(talk) 15:41, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

I wonder why it is that it's settled. Why do you accept this change now? Alakzi (talk) 16:01, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Because, you were right first. Best. →Enock4seth ^(talk) 08:58, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

ARBPIA

Hi -- I noticed your edits to Alan Dershowitz. You might want to be aware of WP:ARBPIA -- edits relating to Israel/Palestine are subject to a WP:1RR rule. Someone might give you a hard time if you revert more than once in 24h in this respect. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 18:28, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. Alakzi (talk) 18:30, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Ortaköy

Yes, they are correct. Thank you for your contributions. --GGT (talk) 19:11, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Armenians in Cyprus

Actually, the source does mention the 1000 non-Cypriot Armenians: "There are only 2,600 Armenians living on Cyprus. There are also approximately one thousand Armenians living on Cyprus who are not Cypriot." The original source is here (page 9). Regards! --T*U (talk) 18:59, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, T*U. I've made the necessary changes. Alakzi (talk) 19:28, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you

Alakzi, thank you for this: [2]. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 16:57, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

No worries. Alakzi (talk) 17:14, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your constructive edits. As for the map, I think it would be good to have it, as for malaysian's crash, and to get a sense of the localisation directly within Wikipedia's page. Yug (talk) 20:50, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Well, it just shows where Taipei is; it's a bit useless at that resolution. Alakzi (talk) 20:55, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

No flameout?

You removed "engine flameout" from the infobox with "no flameout" and one minute later copyedited a statement that the pilots reported a flameout. Explain? ―Mandruss ☎ 11:59, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

See [3], [4]. I'm in the middle of expanding the Investigation section. Alakzi (talk) 12:01, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Talk page comments

FYI. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:21, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Alakzi (talk) 22:26, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Romanization of Greek: Ariadni-Anna Stassinopoulos

Can you describe your viewpoint why is it constructive to use someone's name inconsistently in one single article? Greek names has different way to romanize, that is right. I think in one article there should be one chosen, probably the way the person herself uses. Why is it correct to use so many different variations of one's name in one article? (Stasinopoulou,Stassinopoulos,Stassinopoulou) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JSoos (talk • contribs) 12:51, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Stasinopoulou is the transliteration of her Greek name. Stassinopoulos is the anglicised form she adopted in America. Both are appropriate to use in different contexts. Alakzi (talk) 12:53, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

That is not really the only 2 way you cite. How about Kristi StaSSinopoulOU or Michail StaSinopoulOS who use their name in different format. However my aim was not make one or other version "right", but make a consistent way of use of her name in the article, even if I made mistakes. I think if there are 5 occourence of the name in 3 different format (as it is now) that is surely confusing.

(Though I am very convinced that she uses the StaSSinopulOS version, as IMdB, Amazon, The Guardian, New York Times, Barnes&Noble... or even her sister Agapi uses her name in The Huffington Post)JSoos (talk) 14:13, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't really know what you're arguing about. I've only mentioned two forms. Alakzi (talk) 14:26, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

That is right, you are arguing as if there is an official romanization of her name version Stasinopoulou (that could be right by greek letters) and an other version what she herself use: Stassinopoulos (what you call anglicisation). But other persons with this same name are using different versions (Stassinopoulou, Stasinopoulos). Who can say that they should use their name in the official version? Everyone write her/his name as he/she wants, I do not think there is a right version. So what are the different context you think in which the article Arianna Huffington should use the official or her own version? Why is it constructive to read in the first line in the article Stassinopoulos and see next right under her picture Stasinopoulou? What is the context of her mother Elli Stasinopoulou when search on internet shows her name thousend times more in the format of Stassinopoulos. Also there is a third form in the section Career: Stassinopoulou. I think it would be more constructive to use her name in one version in this article as she uses (Stassinopoulos), and may be mentioning at the first occourence, there are different official romanisation of her name too (Stasinopoulou), howewer this oficial version is also not mentioned at the article of Michail Stasinopoulos, and there are the greek letter anyway.JSoos (talk) 17:03, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Stassinopoulos is quite obviously not a romanisation. The romanised form Stasinopoulou is appropriate to use for her birth name. Elsewhere, the anglicised form Stassinopoulos should be used. Stasinopoulou is the feminine inflection of Stasinopoulos; Michail Stasinopoulos' 'official name' isn't 'Stasinopoulou'. Alakzi (talk) 17:20, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Agios Mamas

Hi Alakzi. Sorry about adding that template. I should have checked if both villages refer to the same Agios Mamas. Upon closer inspection they clearly don't. Thanks for your revert and message. Gizza ^(t)(c) 03:47, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

No worries. Thanks for your work in this area. Alakzi (talk) 11:08, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

A belated welcome!

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Again, welcome! Wikih101 (talk) 02:18, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Belated indeed. :-) Thank you. Alakzi (talk) 02:28, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

FYROM

The official language "Macedonian" is not correct. They speak a slavic language which is the same with the rest yugoslavian territories. Serbs speak the same language but in Wikipedia it is cited as "Serbian". Macedonian language does not exist and never existed. The language of ancient Macedonians was ancient Greek, they had the same language with the rest cities of Greece (Athens, Sparta etc). It would be partly acceptable to write "Macedonian language" only if in FYROM they speak ancient Greek BUT THEY DO NOT. Dr.V.Aschonitis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.157.255.81 (talk) 13:45, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

I mistook your edit for a vandal's who's been defacing the Greek alphabet talk page for the past couple of hours. I've no interest in the Macedonia dispute. Alakzi (talk) 14:02, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

And it is quality encyclopedia? Revert first ask last??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.157.255.81 (talk) 14:07, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

I've said that it was a mistake. Alakzi (talk) 14:09, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Geçitkale

I have looked a bit into it, thanks for the article and your contributions! --GGT (talk) 21:11, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

That was quick—thanks! Alakzi (talk) 21:14, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Nice to meet you

Infobox hymn, - is there a guideline? I have no idea, don't ask me about guidelines, I live by trial and error. Nice to meat you ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 11 February 2015 (UTC)