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Aradippou

Hi, what made you decide that the correct spelling for Aradippou was Aradhippou with an 'h'? The official website of the municipality spells itself without the 'h'. See here: StephP (talk) 15:57, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

The official page is wrong. The correct way is Aradhippou, because it is the traditional way of transliteration. Plus, it needs an h because Aradhippou is pronounced like th in "there", not like d in "don't".

Nicosia

Hi. You seem to be more knowledgable than me with Misplaced Pages editing. Could you help with the Nicosia article? I made an edit request to change some stuff and I'd like to see your opinion in the Discussion page if you can. To avoid being blocked by making 'controversial' edits in the page, I tried opening a discussion last week but no-one replied. There are so many people that try to make changes and the admins keep reverting the changes and simply ignoring the legal facts. This has to be reported and a proper discussion should take place at a discussion board. At the moment the admins are referencing NPOV discussions and claiming that consensus has already been achieved. It clearly hasn't. We should all help to get the contents of the page right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masri145 (talk • contribs) 10:01, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. I doubt that I am know more than you on Misplaced Pages editing. But I do agree on your opinion, see the talk section of Nicosia Neo ^ (talk) 13:37, 3 August 2011 (UTC).

Thanks for your comment Neo. I have now made the change. If there is anything else you want to add please feel free to make the change. The article generally needs lots of improvement. Masri145 (talk) 07:25, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Moving pages without discussion

It is not normally good practice to move pages like that. I will revert it if possible as I do not agree that it is correct to do so.

You have not opened discussion, as far as I can see, and have just decided to do it of your own volition. Can you please provide some evidence that this is the most common English spelling of the name? Thanks. Chaosdruid (talk) 20:10, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Please can you revert all your changes from Troodos -> Troödos, (except any that say in the article "Its Turkish/Greek/Local name is Troödos").

It seems pretty obvious that, as there are over 1 million search results for Troodos and only 25,000 for Troödos, the correct most common English spelling is Troodos. Chaosdruid (talk) 20:19, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

It is important to understand that the "correct" spelling is not always the most common English name, and so cannot be used. This is done because of WP:COMMONNAME - you can see other examples of this in articles such as Kiev Talk:Kiev/naming, where the official transliterated name "Kyiv" cannot be used due to the common name rule.

I appreciate this may seem strange, but it is something that can only be solved by WP:CONSENSUS for a change to the policy, or by and exception. Chaosdruid (talk) 20:39, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

THe correct spelling in English is Troödos. All the proper books mention it this way. It has to do with how it is pronounced.Neo ^ (talk) 04:14, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

As I have already said, the point is not the "correct" spelling but the most common name used in English. Chaosdruid (talk) 05:43, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

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Please check WP:REDLINK. In short, red links are an integral part of how WP works... Cheers, Constantine ✍ 21:36, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

PS, apologies on using Twinkle and labelling your edit a vandalism, it was not intentional. I had a slight browser malfunction there. Constantine ✍ 21:41, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Γειά σου!

Θα ήθελα σε παρακαλώ αν γίνεται να αναβαθμίσουμε μαζί την σελίδα Armenia - Cyprus relations που συνδέεται με τον ιστότοπο Foreign Relations of Armenia, ή/και Foreign relations of Cyprus. Οι σχέσεις Αρμενίας- Κύπρου είναι αδελφικές και αυτό πρέπει να δείχνεται και στην Βικιπαιδεία. Φαίνεται έχεις τρομερές γνώσεις για τις σχέσεις Αρμενίας Κύπρου και σε καλώ να συνεισφέρεις αγαπητή φίλη. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Findblogging (talk • contribs) 10:16, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Σε ευχαριστώ για το μήνυμά σου. Φίλος είμαι και ευχαριστώ για τα κομπλιμέντα σου. Αλλά δεν γνωρίζω πολλά για τις σχέσεις Αρμενίας-Κύπρου, γνωρίζω για την αρμενοκυπριακή κοινότητα. Πώς μπορώ να βοηθήσω;Neo ^ (talk) 11:00, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello Neo ^, welcome back! Its been a while. There are still a lot of Cyprus articles that need your help, so feel free to check them out (see Morphou, Kyrenia, Famagusta). Thanks! Masri145 (talk) 11:16, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

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Editing of Western Armenian spellings.

Dear Neo, you edited Larnaca's and other page with my contribution of the Armenian names of Cypriot cities. Kindky note that until now no cypriot Armenian had even contributed such important notes on names of Cypriot cities. I trust you approciate it. Western Armenian is not an official language on Misplaced Pages in comparison to Eastern Armenian, therefore your remark can not be considered as a politically correct argument. I don't mind how it is typed, but I hope there will be more contributions like this from local Armenians and other proud user of the Ottoman Armenian dialect. Let's not compete on who and how, the important thing is to awake social knowledge of the link of Cyprus with Hisoric and modern Armenia. You didn't like it when I edited Armenians in Cyprus - then deserve some respect by not doing the same to others who try by small contributions to create social enlightenment.

Thank you for your message. According to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Western Armenian is a minority language of Cyprus. In fact, I am not an Armenian-Cypriot, but I am a researcher of the community. However, I do speak some Armenian. Larnaca has been Լառնագա for over a century, this is the way it was referred to by the refugees of the Hamidian massacres, the Adana massacres and the Genocide. This is how it's written on their graves at the Armenian cemetery of Larnaca. This is the way the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus writes it, and this is how it's written by the Armenian Schools' Committee of Cyprus. The same goes for Ֆամակուսթա. You will find those spellings in books like Կիպրոս Կղզի (1903), Հայ Կիպրոս (1936) and Յիշատակարան Կիպրահայ Գաղութի (1955), not to mention the correspondence between the Catholicosate and the local Church. Please respect it.

As for the hyphens and dashes and all their variations, I see no point in editing it, but I can also respect that.Neo ^ (talk) 05:15, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

As long as we can provide accurate awareness then we are on the same track. I am delighted to know that you, as a non armenian contribute your knowledge to our nation and our link to Cyprus.

Շնորհակալ եմ Neo ^ (talk) 13:53, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

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