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Greek Britons

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of previously published material to our articles as you apparently did to Greek Britons. Please cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 23:54, 6 December 2008 (UTC) ‎

You reverted the article back again without even bothering to read the additional references I added. That is completely dishonest. If you don't trust London Greek Radio, The National Federation of Cypriots in the UK the Greek Orthodox Church or Cyprus national broadcasted RIK then you should prove that they are not reliable sources on the history and population numbers of Greeks living in the UK. The consensus around all of these organisations is that there are over 400,000 Greek Britons and 300,000 of them reside in Greater London. --Pankration2008 (talk) 23:55, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Calculating the number of Cypriot-born people in the UK who are likely to be Greek based on the population distribution of the island is original research. I notified you of this on the article talk page but you still went ahead and restored it. Cordless Larry (talk) 23:59, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok, then I will remove those calculations. The other estimates from the above organisations are still valid and are not original research.--Pankration2008 (talk) 00:01, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

The point is that all you've done is state the name of an organisation. That doesn't constitute a reference. Please see Misplaced Pages:Verifiability. Cordless Larry (talk) 00:05, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Neither does simply stating "2001 UK Census". Please provide full details including a URL if possible. Cordless Larry (talk) 00:39, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Cypriot British

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Cypriot British. Doing so violates Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. Cordless Larry (talk) 01:36, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I have added nothing of kind. All of my information is from reliable community sources. You are distorting history and numerical data which you simple do not understand.--Pankration2008 (talk) 01:44, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry but it's clear that this edit is not fully referenced. Cordless Larry (talk) 01:49, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

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