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Polyphonic song of Epirus[edit]

This sort of edit [1] by User:ZjarriRrethues is highly problematic and goes completely against the spirit of the cooperation board. It is brazenly nationalist in nature, and was rammed through without any previous discussion (in fact without so much as an edit summary). Since this ia a known flashpoint article, it is precisely edits such as these that should be discussed here first. Not only that, the edit is also incorrect and beyond the scope of the article: Kosovo, Northern Albania and Montenegro are not in Epirus. The name of the article is Polyphonic song of Epirus, not Albanian polyphonic singing. Athenean (talk) 21:42, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Per FutureP's guidelines Alexikoua reverted himself thus restoring my sentence which obviously wasn't problematic. --— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 08:53, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To be precise, it was a patrial self-revert [[2]]: a childish paragraph transfer attempt, without any edit summary and explanation on talk page is a nice example of disruptive editing.Alexikoua (talk) 14:45, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alexikoua let's not call names please. This notification board is that we meet one another here and find common ground, rather than in wp:an or wp:ae. I thank user:Athenean for bringing his concern to this board. While Zjarri has a point in mentioning similar forms of polyphonic singing in Middle and Northern Albania, they should be in the lead, together with the yodeling and the Cantu a tenore ones, and to be distinguished by the Polyphonic Song of Epirus. In a separate article, called Polyphonic Song of Albania, we could then refer to all the types of polyphonic forms of songs sang by Albanians including the Polyphonic Song of Epirus. As this article is named, it should be restricted to the region of Epirus. Basically I am suggesting that the paragraph that Zjarri added be brought in the lede, to refer to the distinction of other forms of polyphonic singing in other areas as opposed to the Epir ones, but I don't want to do that paragraph move before hearing Zjarri's thoughts. --_Sulmues^{Let's talk} 15:30, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually the proposal as per Zjarri's initiative is to move all the Albanian related paragraphs up and the non-Albanian rest at the bottom of the section [[3]]. I really don't see if this has a real sense and in fact I find it at least weird: using the argument that Albanian polyphony has several variations isn't a real argument to move the rest to the bottom (Greek and possible Aromanian polyphony have also variations).Alexikoua (talk) 17:09, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was arranging them in alphabetical order I wasn't trying to move anything up or down.--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 17:35, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Stupidus Maximus[edit]

Extreme nationalistic pattern is still active by Stupidus Maximus, causing from his very start in his wikicareer disruption in every Greek-Albanian situation possible, as he declared here [[4]]. On the other hand no discussions & not even edit summaries. When he is invited to participate in discussion his responce is this [[5]][[6]]]

According to his history log: apart from Himara [[7]] same kind of activity in Capture of Klisura Pass [[8]](article's 1st line was renamed while article was on dyk main page), Chameria [[9]], Christakis Zographos [[10]].Alexikoua (talk) 06:30, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That is not nationalistic. Plus Zappa is here [11] sourcd. Stupidus Maximus (talk) 08:50, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That excerpt is enigmatic. What exactly did you mean to source with it, and where is it from? Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:48, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alexikoua has it in a rar format, so he could confirm. I never got to see it, because I don't have rar. Isnt't that Zappa's testament, Alexi? --_Sulmues^{Let's talk} 21:13, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Everyone interested can have a look on Zappas' [[12]]. I'm sorry couldn't find this part, this riddle has became very tough to solve.Alexikoua (talk) 21:30, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You guys are getting more and more enigmatic, all of you. What has Zappas' testament got to do with anything now? (And that file is apparently broken, at least it won't open on my machine.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:42, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion absolutely nothing. If S. Maximus doesn't explain what's going on, I'm afraid this enigma will remain unsolved forever.Alexikoua (talk) 21:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding V. Zappa I found this [13], where it is stated that he was an Orthodox Albanian who supported Greece. Here it is mentioned that although the Labovë was Albanian-speaking his parents were Greek-speaking Orthodox people [14] --— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 09:27, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That may all be well and fine (although I don't see your first cite says what you say it says), but why are we even discussing Zappas here? I thought we were discussing Stupidus' habit of throwing around little bits of paper with fragments of sentences on them, claiming they could serve to source something, without saying either what that something is, or where the scraps are from. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:09, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The specific user continues this time with his revert obsession in Chameria restoring a wp:not list.Alexikoua (talk) 12:31, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will invite him here to give explanations for his changes. --_Sulmues^{Let's talk} 15:26, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Before we discuss anything else with Stupido, he first needs to answer the question asked of him in the beginning of this thread, about the File:Zappa.JPG excerpt. Unless he answers that, nobody will ever take him seriously as a good-faith contributor again. Fut.Perf. ☼ 05:40, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sulmues, I dont remember very ëell what said the file Zappa, because I uploaded many files that days. Can you remember me what is about? I must have it in PDF. I remember only that I took it from Anemi, a digital library, like many other books. Not scaned it myself. I will search it. Stupidus Maximus (talk) 08:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It said: "«Τούτων τὰ μὲν τοῦ Κεστορατίου ζωγράφεια λέγει, τὰ δὲ τοῦ Λιαμπόβου ζάππεια,»—χωρία καθαρῶς ἀλβανόφωνα, καὶ ἐλεεινολογῶν τρόπόν τινα, … " – So, where is this from, what is its context, what do you think it tells us about Zappas, and why? Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:11, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmmm, let me think, Zografi's Qestorat and Zappa's Labova e Zhapës were Albanian-speaking 100%? Stupidus Maximus (talk) 13:00, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another non-answer. This is no longer explainable by this account's self-professed "stupidity". This is plain, deliberate refusal to engage in meaningful dialogue. It is wilful obstruction. If I wasn't already convinced he is a banned sock anyway, this would be the moment I would decide to treat him as a thoroughly bad-faith disruptive editor in any case. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:57, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And where is it coming from Maximus?--_Sulmues^{Let's talk} 13:27, 11 May 2010 (UTC) I don't know where the exerpt is coming from, but I'll repeat my stand for Vangjel Zhapa as I have in the talk page. I know the Zhapa family quite well and I know the village quite well. I also provided some sources, but to me it is painful to hear rants like this from user:Nipsonanomhmata But are you so desperate you need to recruit a Greek patriot and hero in to your cause. [15], so I'll leave Zhapa fighting to someone else. It seems now like Maximus has taken over to show that even Greek sources clearly say that the villages were 100% Albanian. And that is true: those villages were pure Albanian villages. I can't say what villages were mixed in those times when Zhapa was born. Either a village was Albanian, or Greek. The ethnicities wouldn't mix. The exceptions were very few (probably Himare and Dhermi). If people spoke Greek that was due to the influence of the Orthodox Church, and not because they were Greek by ethnicity. Bottom line, this source that Maximus brought is related to the article of Vangjel Zhapa where Alexikoua and I have had a long dispute. I suggest that we close this notification and open a Project on Vangjel Zhapa on the other tab. --_Sulmues^{Let's talk} 13:21, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I remember I ëas surfing the Internet here [16]. I don't know. Maybe it is from Sathas. I will search. Stupidus Maximus (talk) 15:18, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Off course we can continue both discussions. By the way I hardly believe that this enigma should lead to Zappas, since S.Maximus changed C.Zographos nationality and not Zappas. But if even this snippet is from somewhere I hardly believe it can be used as an arument to change article leads (far from wp:rs). Alexikoua (talk) 06:42, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@Sulmues, can you please explain me what you mean with this: But are you so desperate you need to recruit a Greek patriot and hero in to your cause.?Alexikoua (talk) 06:54, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That was something Nipsonanomhmata (talk · contribs) had said [17], which Sulmues was just compaining of. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:54, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks F.P. for the notice. Seems I'd never reached the bottom of this endless monologue.Alexikoua (talk) 10:34, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a reason why to archive this discussion so early. @Sulmues: This board discusses the contribution of the specific user on a diferrent basis.Alexikoua (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]