Alexander article

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Hi Akiira, I think conclusion for your request is yes, so please proceed with your proposed edit. You are actually reverting a vandalism by localhero, a Macedonian nationalist 124.13.107.172 (talk) 14:44, 22 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Macedonia

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Dear Akiira, your sources are quite useful, but please express your point of view and your arguments here: Talk:Macedonia (ancient kingdom)#Vandalism, unjustified removal of reliable sources, POV editing. Write a text with your input and your point of view next to the very important sources you presented and participate in the ongoing talk. Thank you, Gtrbolivar (talk) 17:37, 11 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Alert

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Please carefully read this information:

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Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 15:16, 22 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Please Explain

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Akira, this is a message sent by Robert McClenon to all editors not suporting the United Macedonia concept. Anyone contributing to the deiscussion but not being in favour of Greek Kingdom has received this threating message. The only user who didnt receive was User:Luxure/Macedoniarulez. Stevepeterson (talk) 12:07, 24 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

I do not understand this Wikipedia policy, Can you explain it for me?


WP:SPA

Luxure (talk) 11:46, 24 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

That is not correct. It has been my intention to send the alert to everyone. If I left you off, it doesn't mean that you are a nationalist; it means that I forgot you. However, arguing over motives as to the use of the alert is itself disruptive editing. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:04, 24 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
I'm not afraid Stevepeterson (talk) 14:42, 24 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
I will try to explain the policy. Wikipedia has a scheme known as discretionary sanctions for problematic areas, including the Balkans, and Macedonia is in the Balkans. The Arbitration Committee can place certain areas in which there is habitual disruption under discretionary sanctions. Editors must be notified before sanctions can be imposed. Any editor who has been notified who engages in disruptive editing can be sanctioned. The most common sanctions are revert restrictions and topic bans. The best way to avoid being sanctioned is to edit collaboratively. Try to work out the naming and lede dispute reasonably, without trolling, edit warring, or allegations about motives. If you can work out the naming and lede dispute collaboratively, there will be no problem. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:09, 24 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
Dear Robert McClenon, the problem here is that users like Luxure are not willing to compromise. A compromise solution would be to use the ancient term of 'Hellenic' instead of 'Greek', as in, 'Ancient Macedon was an Hellenic Kingdom', and certainly ancient Macedon was Hellenic, that's not to say of course that Hellenic is not Greek, but someone has to draw the line somewhere. The response from Oxford University's Robin Lane Fox, a foremost expert on ancient Macedon in an email 23/9/2014 was as follows: "The correct answer would be Hellenic, the wrong answer is Slavic or non-Greek. This answer is only disputed by modernizing nationalists with, their own agenda the war is only manufactured noise. Robin Lane Fox".Unfortunately unless editors like Luxure come out of their trenches and accept a compromise solution / qualifier, nothing good will come out of this.AkiiraGhioni (talk) 14:59, 24 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

September 2014

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to Alexander the Great, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Macedonia (talk) 05:50, 25 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Barnstar of Diplomacy
For your tireless work on Macedonia (ancient kingdom) pages. Reaper7 (talk) 09:50, 28 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
Wow, thank you for that!