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User Taulant23 keeps reverting my edits in the history section, particularly concerning the Pelasgians and Dodona. This is outrageous, as these subjects have nothing to do with albania.
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1) Dodona is a Greek sanctuary located in Greece, and therefore does not belong in this article. Its inclusion here is a brazen attempt to steal a piece of Greece's cultural heritage and implies territorial claims on Greece. This is outrageous and it has to be removed.<br />
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2) There is currently not a single piece of evidence linking modern-day albanians to the ancient Pelasgians. The very nature of the Pelasgians is the subject of considerable debate and their identity is by no means a certainty. While there is every reason to believe that albanians are an ancient balkan people, to claim a pelasgian-albanian link is purely speculative at this point. Furthermore, the section on the walls of Attica have nothing to do with Albania and should be removed. The mere mention of the above implies territorial claims on Greece and reeks of nationalist "we are the oldest people in the world" type crap. While informed users will laugh at this, it is potentially dangerous as uninformed readers may fall for it.<br />
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3)It is certainly true that the areas comprising southern albania was inhabited by the Chaones and Molossians, which are Greek tribes.<br />
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== Demography and language ==
Taulant23, if you have something to say about the above, I certainly would like to hear it. Of course, it is probably difficult for you to argue against these points, so that is probably why you keep reverting my edits and refuse to engage in a discussion. If you revert my edits one more time I will report you to the administrators for vandalism. consider yourself warned.] 00:14, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


I came to this article to find answers to two questions: Where did the Albanian people come from? and what are the roots of the Albanian language? I find hints and fragmentary answers in the history sections of the article but the Demography and Language sections say nothing on either point. The link to the separate article on the Albanian language is very helpful; a short sentence from that article might be an appropriate addition to this section. ] (]) 16:52, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
:But this article is about the country called "Albania". It should provide information about the country, and it should stay focused on that, rather than repeatedly branching off in other directions.
:Its Demography section is rightfully about the makeup of the population of the country, without going off into details about the one ethnic group that happens to be its primary group but that, conversely, includes people who ''don't'' live in Albania. A link is provided to the article that's relevant to the information you're looking for on the ].
:Its Language section is, as is proper, about the prevalence and use of various languages in the country, not about the details relating to just one of them, the one that happens to be the majority and official language, but which is also spoken outside of Albania. However, it appropriately highlights the link to the article that ''is'' relevant to what you were looking for, ].
:So each topic is covered in its respective dedicated article, and this is why we have links! ] (]) 17:36, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
:I'm from Canada. My wife is from Nigeria. Our kids are from Brasil. Not sure if that helps? ] (]) 06:05, 1 October 2024 (UTC)


== Universal? ==
To ]:


" Albanian citizens have universal health care access and free primary and secondary education."
1) ] is located in the mountains of northern ], 5 miles SE of the southern most tip of modern ] and 30 miles inland from the Ionian Sea.


It's not universal if only Albanians can use it. ] (]) 06:03, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
2) ] , ] etc etc.The article shows the two sides of the story.Don't use it as nationalism nor am I.


:Universal healthcare means citizens of a country are assured healthcare, not the entire world. ] (]) 20:37, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
The Illyrians were also Pelasgians{Pelazget in Albanian}, but in a wider sense. Moreover it is believed that of these cognate races, which are described by the ancient Greek writers as "barbarous" and "non-Hellenic," the Illyrians were the progenitors of the Ghegs, or Northern Albanians, and the Epirots the progenitors of the Tosks, or Southern Albanians. This general opinion is borne out the statement of ] that the Via Egnatia, which he describes as forming the boundary between the ] and the Epirots, practically corresponds with the course of river ], which now seperates the Ghegs from the Tosks. The same geographer states that Epirots were also called Pelasgians. The Pelasgian Zeus, whose memory survives even today in the appellation of God as "Zot" by the modern ], was worshiped at ], where the most famous oracle of ancient times was situated. According to ] the neighborhood of the sanctuary was called Pelasgia.

3) Molossians, which are Greek tribes? hmmm with all respect that is not true. I don't want to go and argue for that right now.Everyone has their resources.

I would really preciate if Greeks won't delete anything in ] article nor do I go and delete stuff in Greek articles.

p.s. consider yourself warned by ]. Maybe you will be banned for vandalism ;).You have deleted & use vandalism in Albania article so what side are u on?--] 16:47, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

To Taulant23:

1) Dodona is located a good 50 km from the albanian border and has nothing to do with albania. I am glad to see you removed it from the article<br />

2) The whole section on the Pelasgians is badly written and tries to imply that they are somehow connected to Albanians. There is simply NO reliable scientific evidence this is the case. The evidence on the Pelasgians is very limited and we must be *very* careful about mentioning them. Misplaced Pages has a separate entry for ] and there is no need to include them here. The only reason to include them here is for nationalistic reasons. Furthermore, the fact that some authors refer to them as "]" does not necessarily imply they are non-greek. The Pelasgians have been misused by nationalists to make territorial claims against Greece in the past so I hope you can understand why Greek people are sensitive to their mention here. There is also no evidence to support that the Pelasgians are related to the Illyrians. And finally, it is even doubtful that the Albanians are descended from the Illyrians, for numerous reason that are very well explained in the wikipedia article ]. While Ghegs do happen to live in the area inhabited by the Illyrians, as the article points out it is likely that the Albanian language is descended from ] and not ]. The entire article could be fine without the section on the Pelasgians. I feel their inclusion here implies that they are connected to Albanians, which is nationalist POV. And who is this linguist Hahn you mention? I haven't found any mention of him in the entire Misplaced Pages. Finally, even if it is true that the Pelasgians built the walls of Athens, this belongs in the article on the ], not the article on Albania. I hope you can understand that is why I want this sentence removed.<br />

3) The Molossians and Chaonians are Epirot tribes. Epirots were ancient Greek people according to numerous sources ]<ref>Apollodorus, ''TheLibrary, 3.7.6-3.7.7'' at Theoi Project </ref>, ]<ref>Strabo, ''Geography, Book VII, 7, 5-8'' at LacusCurtius</ref>, ]<ref>Dionysius of Halicarnassus,''Roman Antiquities, Book XX, 10 (19.11)'' at LacusCurtius</ref>, ]<ref>Frontinus, ''Stratagems, Book II, V. On ambushes, 10, 19'' at LacusCurtius </ref>, ]<ref>Pausanias, ''Description of Greece, 1.11.7-1.12.2 (Jones translation)'' at Theoi Project </ref>, ]<ref>Ptolemy, ''The Geography, Epirus'': "Greece starts at Oricus and the most ancient part of Greece is Epirus."</ref>, ]<ref>Cassius Dio, ''Roman History, Book IX, 40, 3-4'' at LacusCurtius</ref> and ]<ref>Eutropius, ''Abridgment of Roman History’’(Historiae Romanae Breviarium) Book 2, ‘’XI, XIII’’’ at Tertullian </ref>. The Chaonians were the northernmost Epirot tribes and their territory stretched as far north as the bay of Vlore. Since that is in Albania, I think it is worth mentioning here. I can't understand why you keep removing that sentence. We are talking about ancient people here, not modern people such as the Tosks, so this does not imply territorial claims on Albania. And while it is true that Tosks live in the areas occupied by the Chaonians, this does not mean that Tosks are descended from Epirots, although there has been a lot of intermarriage between Tosks and Eprirot Greeks over the centuries. Since my sentence on the Chaonians contains sourced material, I ask that you not remove it.<br />

Lastly, it is not my intention to become involved in edit wars and much less to vandalize the Albania page. I want our peoples to be friends, and I hope Albania can join the EU someday. However, I am very protective of Greece's ancient heritage and i am very sensitive to seeing it appropriated by Albanian and Slav nationalists, which has regrettably occured in the past. No hard feelings :)

==Walls of Athens? wtf?==
What do the Pelasgians and the walls of Athens have ANYTHING to do with albania? Why is this mentioned in the article? Overall this is a very badly written article filled with nationalist POV crap. As there is absolutely not a shred of evidence linking the Pelasgians (and the Illyrians for that matter) to modern-day Albania, I propose removing the sentence on the walls of Athens from this article.

==Dodona==

Why is the sanctuary of Dodona mentioned in this article? This is one of of the oldest and most significant ancient Greek sanctuaries and is located in Greece, not Albania. It has no place in this article and I have therefore removed the sentence. ^^^^tsourkpk

==Vandalism in History section==

1st 2 paragraphs in history section are largely about oral sex as of 2007-04-20. I'm thinking this is incorrect. Or at least is incorrectly restricted to Albania. I'd remove the content myself, but it seems as if content had been overwritten with this content... is it possible to revert to previous content if so?

~~ In the section discuss the Roman and Byzantine Era - there is a mention of Philip and Alexander the Great of Macedon. This is during the Hellenistic Era and not the Roman or Byzantine Era. I tried correcting this, but someone removed it. I correct it again. by ApplesnPeaches ~~

==Demographics==
''Many ethnic Albanians also live in the bordering countries of Serbia and Montenegro (around 1,850,000; of that, around 1,800,000 in Serbia, around 1,700,000 in its province called Kosovo and around 50,000 in Montenegro) and the Republic of Macedonia (around 500,000) although a lot of Albanians believe that the number might be higher. Also a small number of ethnic Albanians live in Greece which are called Çam or Cham. Claims over Çam numbers have ranged from 20,000 to over 200,000 but are believed to be understated because Athens has not considered the local Albanians to be a separate ethnic group.''

Without prejudice to the validity of the information above, it seems to be irrelevant, because the article is about Albania (the country) rather than the Albanian people in general. I therefore propose moving the extract to some more appropriate entry. Doing so would produce a more focussed text, similar to the ones about the demographics of the ], ] or ]. Conversely, if the information remains as is, it might be argued that the article promotes irredentist ideology by blurring the distinction between country and nation. For all the reasons above I plan to remove those sentences on May 21st, unless there are any convincing counter-arguments. I would appreciate any suggestions as to where this information might be more usefully presented. ] 11:31, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
:So what ever happened to that? The article on ] seems like a well-developed article, and a good place for the information you think should be deleted/moved (if it's not already there). I was only going to make a note on this talk page about the Çam, since a people who used to live in Greece would seem to have nothing to do with the current demographics of Albania, but you rightly point out that neither does anyone else not living in Albania.--] 06:03, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
::I would go along with that- this section belongs elsewhere as it's not strictly about the people within Albania. I think this is covered already in the ] article. Has anybody got a good argument for retaining it, or is there anywhere else it might better fit? Otherwise I agree with the previous two users that this should be removed.] 10:19, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

:::OK, I got rid of the Çam bit. I didn't get rid of the Serbia/Greece/etc. part (not bold enough?) but it's not too long to be distracting. I think the part I left in about where Albanians are currently emigrating to is somehow relevant, however. --] 06:57, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

==Section length and contents==

I am curious to read from what sources the history part is written.Especially the one stating that the Albanian fascists helped the Italians against the Greek and after helped the Germans (against who?) and no mention of the Albanians having faught against the Turks for the independence of Greece or for liberating Yugoslavia . I hided a part of it but it is still there. ] 19:58, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It seems to me that the history section in this article should be a bit longer to get the information a bit more specific and accurate. For instance, as to the World War II, Italian occupation is mentioned but the German occupation isn't, and this tends to imply that there was no other occupation. Or from the first paragraph you get the impression that there never was any Albanian rule betweem Ancient times and 1912, but what about Scanderbeg?.

: Go for it if you want. ] 23:07, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)

:: I'll Make a try. Though I don't feel myself competent enough even after reading the history articles about Albania Misplaced Pages currently contains. ] 19:52, 24 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I am just wondering whether this would make the article too long. But them maybe the list of districts and the list of holidays could be moved to another place.

And I also think that the most important (or all) cities should be mentioned right in the article because they are of primary interest, not the districts. ] 19:24, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)

: I put the holiday table in there because it seemed to be part of a template (lots of countries have it), so I would let that stay on the main page. I have also seen Districts/Counties/Whatever on the front page. There is a link to the cities so I don't think that is much of an issue. I just want it to be consistent with the other country pages. ] 23:07, 22 Aug 2003 (UTC)

:: I see your point. I checked some other country articles. Many of them contain the holidays section, some don't. The article about the ] has it in the article ]. It is certainly useful but it need not be in the main article. Anyway, this is not that important, and the template is not that uniform. Besides, the article about United Kingdom does not list the administrative divisions lower than countries and has instead separate articles for the lists. So there are options here too. (In the case of the United States the list of States is natural. But this does not mean that an equivalent of it is as natural for every other country. My point is only that if we find it better, we can modify the "template".


:: It's true that we cannot deviate much from the overall conventions of country articles but we can question the conventions and suggest changes. There are things that strike me as really strange. The amount of information about history and geography is reduced to nearly nil, and long detailed tables are longer than those fundamental topics. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. ] 19:52, 24 Aug 2003 (UTC)

::: Go for it if you want as I say. I just would like the holidays in the main article. The US has a few more holidays so that's maybe why they put it there. ] 20:36, 24 Aug 2003 (UTC)

:::: I am not going to touch the tables, just extending the History and Geography sections. ] 05:15, 25 Aug 2003 (UTC)

:I just noticed that there are some cities mentioned in the Geography section, you might add there any other cities you think should be mentioned. ]

:: OK, I''ll have a look.


Dori, Andres, you might want to take a look at ]. The template, which we try to apply to all countries is specified there. The length of the individual sections is not exactly determined, but it shouldn't be more than, say, two or three paragraphs. Looking at the Albania article, especially politics and geography could use some more information. If there are inaccuracies in the other texts: go ahead and edit them of course. But when you have to go into too much detail, just edit the subarticles.

All that is just for your consideration of course, you can just "be bold". ] 06:51, 25 Aug 2003 (UTC)

== It is wrong! ==

In the Ottoman Rule part it says that Albanians managed to keep their culture and religion. Actually the Ottoman Empire never forced anybody to become a ]. The government policy was this. ] gave an order which would let all minorities to live according to their beliefs. With respect, the son of the nomadic warriors, ] 11:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Response to the above comment. Hmm, let me think. So the Albanians fought tooth and nail against the Ottoman Turks in the middle ages only to "peacefully" convert later into the muslim faith??? Actually Albanians converted gradually, and every conversion was forced either physically or economically. It always happened after a war. After Skanderbeg died, after the Turkish-Russo war, etc.
]--] 00:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Albanians were forced to become muslims by turks. Stop with this muslim propaganda!

==Etymology of the name==

The word Albania in albanian "Shqiperia" means the land of the eagle which is also realated to the flag which is a two headed eagle.
: It could be I suppose. I guess it's an eagle or the egg problem :) Did the word shqipe first signify the language or the bird? The most used version is the one about the eagle (as enhanced by the flag), so that is what I used. Also, before being called Shqipëria, Albania was called Arbëria (tosk) or Arbënia (gheg) and Albanians were called Arbër (note the Albanians that migrated to southern Italy call themselved Arbëresh). I would guess the word for the eagle existed before the name change, which is why the first explanation is more likely in my opinion. --] 14:59, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)

:: Scientific etymologies, as a rule, are hypotheses, though of different degrees of probability. And as to the folk etymologies, there is no question of truth. It's a fact that for modern Albanians, ''Shqipëria'' means 'The Land of Eagles'. But that does not mean that the word ''sghiptar'' (which I think is older than the name of the land) is etymologically related to the name of the bird. I think that probably both originally existed apart, and then became to be associated.

:: Now, the problem is that when we say what ''Shqipëria'' means then this is ambiguous between the etymological meaning and the cultural meaning for modern Albanians. For instance, I would take it for the etymological meaning if I were ignorant of the problem.

:: I think there should be an article apart about the names of Albania or even for each name apart. ] 16:56, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)

::: I am not sure I understand what you are saying. Are you saying that the name of the bird and the name of the language just happened to be the same and they were not derived from the same word? I would think that the most likely answer is that the name for the bird came from some language (Albanian or otherwise), Albanians came to be associated with the bird (maybe the name of some tribe), and then the language was subsequently associated with the bird. I don't know the technical words as this no where near my field of expertise, but logically it makes sense to me. --] 17:23, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)

:::: Yes, I mean that originally the words ''shqiptar'' and others just happened to have the same sound as the word for the eagle, and later on Albanians "found a hidden meaning" in this similarity. ] 22:30, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)

::::: Everything is possible, it just seems unlikely to me that the two are not originally related. --] 22:38, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)


:: The authors of the Albanian history volume that I have seem to believe that the name probably derived from the adverb ''shqip'' which means to speak clearly, openly, bluntly and predating all other forms, and that the change in the name happened around the end of the 18th century. No mention is made of the word for eagle. --] 18:37, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)

::: What change happened in the 18th century?

:::: Arbëria/Arbër started dropping from usage and being replaced with Shqipëria/Shqipëtar. --] 22:38, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)

::::: It is really surprising that the change occurred that late. Are there any further details? I suppose that in oral use it could be much earlier. ] 05:53, 3 Oct 2003 (UTC)

::: This etymology (that is, whence the name comes) is plausible also this is typical way how ethnonyms (names of peoples) arise. The ethnos or nation is described as people who speak clearly, that is in the language we can ubderstand. ] 22:30, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I think a small section on the different names would be worthwhile, in particular to explain the difference between the "national" and "international" names. There's some info on ''Albania'' on ], but I'm unsure how to incorporate this here.

I always assumed the name evolved from Epirus. Shqiperus>>Epirus ..sp and ep are synomous in many languanges. --] 22:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
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==Coat of arms==

Has the coat of arms of Albania been changed? ] 05:35, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)

: I don't think it has. The state emblem I believe is a bit similar, but I have not seen the image posted anywhere. I made the coat of arms, and I am not an artist so it is a bit stretched, but I think it is more accurate. I could be wrong though. ] | ] 06:22, Jan 18, 2004 (UTC)

:: The Skanderbeg helmet has been on the emblem earlier. See . I have no confirmation either for a new emblem, but it is still possible it has been changed recently. ] 07:10, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)

::: I got the image from the Albanian Ministry of Information (http://mininf.gov.al/). Also, this is the coat of arms mentioned in the Constitution of Albania. Also, nation's flags and coat of arms aren't copyrighted they are public domain. I did put the link on the image and where it came from. ]

:::: The site is not coming up for me right now, but I know that it is the ministry of information. Does it specifically say that it is the coat of arms and not some other emblem? The reason I asked for the site and copyright is that the Albanian law is even more strict than the American or European ones (that's the impression I have gotten). Also, most gov't sites of Albania reserve all the rights to all their material (using I see that it says "Copyright (c) 2002 - Keshilli i Ministrave i Republikes se Shqiperise - Departamenti i Informacionit"). I think if the material is used in a court case or something similar it becomes public domain, but I am not sure. Do you know for sure that they are in public domain? thanks, ] | ] 21:33, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)

:::: The state emblem is a bit similar if you look here: , but I don't know if that's the same as the coat of arms of a country. ] | ] 21:35, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)

:::: Thanks to bunnerabb, we have this , but I have not found an official government source yet. ] | ] 21:47, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)

::::: That is interesting how the skanderbeg crown is in the shield and not on top of it from the other government site. It seems we have a mystery on our hands! I do know that I have seen some variation on the theme. I thought I read somewhere on wikipedia that government emblems were public domain, as with the information for countries from that CIA online source. Also, I have seen the crowned shield on recent Albanian paper money, 1,000 Leke from about 10 years ago, with swords too. ]

:::::: Since you are not sure, I think I will revert. The earlier version is more likely to be the coat of arms, and it is GFDL'ed (since it's based on the CIA public domain image). ] | ] 04:28, Jan 20, 2004 (UTC)

::::::: Here is what the Albanian constitution constitution says about the coat of arms: "The seal of the Republic of Albania presents a red shield with a black, two-headed eagle in the center. At the top of the shield, in gold color, is the helmet of Skanderbeg (1)." So maybe the Skanderbeg crown is on the arms and not on top? I will try to draw a new one, maybe you should try? :) ] | ]

: Is the state emblem the same thing as the coat of arms? ] | ] 17:13, Jan 20, 2004 (UTC)

:: Coat of arms is taken from heraldry since it started as individuals or families having coat of arms. Many state emblems have their roots in heraldry and use the rules of heraldry in their creation. Coat of arms and state emblem are often used interchangeably although some country's coats of arms aren't really coat of arms. What do you think of my addition of the crown on your shield. Maybe you can do a better job? :) ] | ]

::: I made a different one. I think it looks better. ] | ] 21:28, Jan 20, 2004 (UTC)

:::: Urra! Urra! Great job Dori! You have many talents! It looks great. ] | ]

== Counties ==

The reversion of my listing of Counties is inconsistent.

The list of 36 Districts is presented on the ] page within the Districts section as well as being under a prominent link ''Main article:'' ]

The list of Counties however is merely referred to in the body of the text as ]

Yet when I attempt to address the inconsistency by adding the 12 Counties which are not listed I am swiftly reverted because the list already exists under the ] link.

For Consistency, either an additional section should be added to the ] page entitled 'Counties' with a listing of the counties, or the list of Districts under the Districts section should be removed and the following links be shown:-

''Main article:''
*]
*]

--] 19:58, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

:The districts are somewhat more important than the counties, which is why I have left them there, but I will try to emphasize the counties a bit more. ] | ] 02:15, Jul 14, 2004 (UTC)

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I think therefore that we have arrived at a reasonable and suitable compromise on the issue.

regards --] 06:01, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

::I don't know what happened since you all were editing this page about two years ago, but before i edited this section today, it only had one sentence about prefectures. Slightly odd, in my opinion since all the other articles are labeled as counties. I added an image to help with clarity but that will only do so much. this is definitely a section needing revamped. ] 16:59, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

== anonymous modification ==

: Albania lays in what in ancient times was called ]. Albanians are the oldest people in Europe. Considered a mistery by many westeners Albania is a historian's dream.


Albanians are the oldest people in Balkans. Albanians are descent to Illyrians theirfore to the Pellasgians. Illyrian tribes are mentioned in Homeros poems. Many scholars have agreed with this, such scholars are ] and ], to name a few. --] 17:35, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

There is absolutely no evidence to link modern albanians to the ancient illyrians. Nationalist nonsense of the type "we are the oldest race on earth bla bla bla". we've heard it all before. get some evidence before you say things like that (might be a little difficult, considering it DOESN'T EXIST). ] 09:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)ptsourkas


What about the Cretans (Minoans) about 2000-3000 b.C.?

what about them? are the "albanian" as well? LOL

bla bla bla you know nothing about the history, there are many evidences about pelasgic origine of Albanian and the old "Greeks" which actually have the same origin , if you are interested you must know that with the Albanian language Nermin Vlora transleted with to day Albanian language 5000 old pelasgic transcript found in Greece, Aristidh Kola ( is in greek transleted)says that we have to protect Albanian language because is the language of Gods and heroes of Greece , he many other scholars explains the pelasgic origin of Albanian and the Albanian language as the base of other Europian Languages English included, and this my friend it is not nationalism but the truth which of course doesn't suite to some like you . Dodona

your knowledge of history is as bad as your english. The "scholars" you name are nationalistic hacks, and it seems like you are too. ] 01:21, 29 July 2007 (UTC)tsourkpk

== Suggest 12 possible wiki links for ]. ==

An ] has some possible wiki link suggestions for the ] article:

* Can link '''national flag''': <nowiki>...as ''Land of the Eagles'', hence the two-headed bird on the</nowiki> ]<nowiki> and emblem. The derivation of the name '''Albania''' is of...</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''Indo-European language''': <nowiki>...of Albania]]'' ]ns arise as a people speaking an</nowiki> ]<nowiki> around ]. The Illyrian culture was influenced by ...</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''Greek culture''': <nowiki>...und ]. The Illyrian culture was influenced by the</nowiki> ]<nowiki> (mainly the south Illyrian tribes). Albania being also the ...</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''Byzantine Empire''': <nowiki>...es. After being conquered by a number of nations mainly the</nowiki> ]<nowiki>, it became a part of the ] in ] aft...</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''Gjergj Kastrioti''': <nowiki>... ] after years of resistance under the leadership of</nowiki> ]<nowiki> Skenderbeg, the Albanian National Hero....</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''World War II''': <nowiki>...t was occupied by ]. The communists took over after</nowiki> ]<nowiki>, in November 1944, under the leader of the resistence, ])
* Can link '''communist state''': <nowiki>...r the death of Hoxha, Albania was an extremely isolationist</nowiki> ]<nowiki>, with little contact even with the other communist states. ...</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''organized crime''': <nowiki>...despread corruption, a dilapidated infrastructure, powerful</nowiki> ]<nowiki> networks with links to high government officials, and disru...</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''council of ministers''': <nowiki>...n using proportional system. The president is assisted by a</nowiki> ]<nowiki>, which is appointed by the president....</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''unemployment rate''': <nowiki>...d to be working abroad. The country has to deal with a high</nowiki> ]<nowiki>, corruption up to high government levels and organised crim...</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''financial aid''': <nowiki>...from Greece and Italy. The money for imports comes from the</nowiki> ]<nowiki> and from the money that ]s working abroad bring t...</nowiki> (])
* Can link '''fanaticism''': <nowiki>...ther main religions in Albania, though in Albania religious</nowiki> ]<nowiki> has never been a serious problem with people from different...</nowiki> (])
''Notes'': The article text has not been changed in any way; Some of these suggestions may be wrong, some may be right.<br>
'']'': ], ], ] &mdash; ] 11:35, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

== Origin of the name ==

"The name of Albania prior to the Turkish invasion was "Arbëria," the Albanian dialect Gheg became involved and later became Arbania, for example the Tosk word for voice is Zëri and the Gheg word for voice is Zani, anyway it became later changed to Albania. The Arbëresh community who live in Italy still speak the old style of Albanian and still call their homeland Arbëria."


I think this part of the section on the 'Origin and history of the name' Albania needs to be deleted or at least revised, because there's no historical evidence that coroborates this theory, at least not in the 'External Links' section of the article.

Also, if Arbëria really was the name of Albania before the Turkish invasion, then why did it change to Shqiperia? And what were they called before being called Shqiptar? I think these are important questions that need to be addressed by this article.

Well, I can answer to all of your question but have become bored after discussing this with many. If you know swedish or know someone who knows swedish, let them translate this for you their I give information based on facts and what Arb/Alb realy means and when it became used among albanians and if Illyria still was used among some klans, and also when they start to use the word Shkipënia/Shqiperia. The articel answer to all this questions. ]

It's nice of you to have given information is swedish, how about in english so the english speaking people can understand.


== Anti-Hoxha Propaganda ==

I know Enver Hoxha had many alleged problems with Human Rights, but I might also note that the economy of Albania was socialist. Unemployment, poverty, and starvation were illiminated. Hoxha didn't severe relations with the USSR for "his own interest", he did because the USSR went back to capitalism in his opinioin. It seems some of this is just stating what has been said about Hoxha, but a lot of it seems to be corporate/capitalist propaganda.
I offically dispute the nuetrality of this article....

This in not propaganda. Hoxha tried to assert maximum control over its citizens by having them on a short leash. If thousands of unjustifiably dead are not human rights violations, I don't know what is.

== Motto ==
What does the motto mean? We need to provide an English translation. &ndash; ] 14:23, 2005 Apr 7 (UTC)

== Spam removal ==

Sorry, I flubbed the edit summary. Please see ] for the history behind this particular bit of spam and my removal of it. &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 19:07, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)

== Albanians - Hellenes and autohthony. ==

:No need to mention this. The very fact that he does not seem to have a signature or an account tells millions ] 06:18, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

2:Also, this whole conversation is void, since there is no scientifically viable way to prove autochtony, or any value in proving it (except nationalist bragging rights)--] 4 July 2005 14:59 (UTC)



Dear Jsone,

U wrote: "Well genetic research shows common blood within Greeks and Albanians."
Did u notice that the populations of the samples where too small? What if the most of the "Albanian sample" was from southern Albania (our northern Epirus)?

:The sample comes from Albanians, whether from southern or northern Albania. And most likely the samples were taken from the state capitol, Tirana. Where there is the heaviest concentration of Albs. ] 06:17, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

-There is the big Greek minority of Albania!- Moreover there are olso Greek Orthodox Albs so mixed with Greeks that u cant say if they are Albs or not! Like Gegides.Albs live there about 9 centuries, we have come together anyway.

:There it stated Albanians, not Greeks. If the people were Greeks, then they would not be tested.
Your second statement is a wrongful assumption, the "inter-mixing" process has not occured until some small times during communism, which failed. And Northern Epirus is only a small part of Albania on top of that it is not too concentrated and difficult to access. ] 06:17, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

For excample for Albanians where only 51 people and for the Hellenes only 76!!
I believe that the numbers are not big enought to proove any serius theory..


Anyone can choose up to 1,000 people from Greece or Albania and proove anything!

:To do 1000 DNA tests takes time and money...

If u are staying in Greece u would know what i mean.If not,(a) read history,(b) then count how many invadors came over Greece and finally (c) see their chromosoms on our blood! :)

:Im surprised at this, lol. Anyway, generally, it is agreed that Greeks of today seem to match largely with the look of ancient Greeks. Much more of this can be followed http://dienekes.angeltowns.net/ here].

I am patriot, not a nationalist as u said. I am happy that the survey u link, shows that the Greeks have almost all the kinds of polymorfismos in a prety good percent each every one of them!

: The polymorphisms are not new. These are from the Neolithic age. Long before Greek identity or Hellenism was even coming together. ] 06:17, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

That means that we have come together with many other nations.Notice that after the mixing, the new generation takes (most of the times) the very good characteristics of both sides. Be happy because we are blessed!

: Read the above.

Agaphte,Iasona den eimai anonymos onomazomai Yorgios Mantikos kai mhn provaineis se potapous xaraktirismous, ean kai efoson mporeis na syzhtas, tote kanto.
Eycharisto.
Yorgos Mantikos

== "Disambiguation notice" ==

Why is there a paragraph-long disambiguation notice for this article? Everything beyond "''Albania was also the name of an ancient country in the Eastern Caucasus, now mostly covered by Azerbaijan. – see Caucasian Albania''" seems unnecessary. ]&#8756;] July 5, 2005 08:07 (UTC)

== odd revert ==

If ] really thinks it necessary to of the article, without an edit summary, some explanation here is necessary. It would also be polite to replace the minor and entirely uncontroversial changes (for example the interwiki links and the &#123;{]}} template). In the meantime I have rolled back the edit. &#8212;]] 05:15, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

==Caucasian Albania==

"Albania was also the name of an unrelated ancient state in the Caucasus – see Caucasian Albania"- This sentance has no relevance to this article and i removed. It is a Serbian propaganda intended to make readers believe that somohow Albanians are related to Caucasian Albania. I suggest that no one reverts this without an explantions.--] 06:26, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
:I've reverted it, and the explanation is that it's a ] between two similar terms - a standard procedure on Misplaced Pages. It certainly isn't Serbian propaganda. -- ] 08:13, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

It is indeed a Serbian propaganda. The first thing you see when you open Albania’s page is that phrase, and then latter on there is talk about how some historians believe that Albanians came from that region. What impression do you think this will have on someone who doesn't know anything about Albania? I don't want to revert it back, but you will have to decide whether you want to remove the reference in the body or this sentence. If you just want to remove the reference in the body, I will accept the sentence remaining where it is now. --] 03:58, 3 November 2005 (UTC)


==Removed etymology and copy-vio for now==

See ]. What to do in this ] article will be figured out, but that mass of text had to go as it was. ] 15:26, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Someone deletesd the ] from the article. '''Return them''', please. ] 19:30, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

== Demographics/"optimal solution" ==

From the article, "Religious fanaticism has never been a serious problem, with people from different religions living in peace and even getting married although this was not considered to be an optimal solution." Who considered it to not to be an optimal solution? 04:35, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== Jews ==

How many Jews are living in Albania?

== ] ==

Given ongoing discussions and recent edit warring, ] to decide the rendition of the lead for the ] article. Please weigh in! ] | ] | 01:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

== Eskimos ==

How many Eskimos are living in Albania?


* I guess it is a new way of propaganda. Little one-sided datas were put into the different parts of the article. It is a part of the game of politics. On the other hand, with such a powerless economy and an average HDI, Albania will enter to the EU. Politics is very important my friend... With respect, the son of the nomadic warriors, ] 11:32, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

== Clans among the Tosks ==

I've been reading Noel Malcolm's book Kosovo: A Short History, and he talks at length about the Geg highland clans of the north, but never says anything about any clans among the Tosks. Now that itself is fairly understandable, but I've never heard of any clan system amongst the Tosks, period. Are there any clans left, or were they swept aside by the Ottoman feudal system that was implemented in the more accessible areas of the south? If there are any, do they follow the Canon of Lek?(SomeAlbanianDude)

Many incorrect historical data, I explain tomorow...

I really don't care about the suppossed inaccuracy about Noel Malcolm's book right now. I just wanna know whether Tosks have a clan structure similar to the Gegs or not. (SomeAlbanianDude)


== Religion == == Religion ==


The page is locked but it inaccurately inflates the Christianity stats to 38%. The 2023 census states that 16% of Albanians are Christian by faith. Is there a way to fix this? ] (]) 18:32, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

From '''Wiki''' "''Islam is a monotheistic religion based upon the Qur'an, which adherents believe was sent by God through Muhammad.''" No 70% of Albanians belive this. Is it possible that no percentage of Albanians is atheist, at a time when almost two generations were raised without religion ? Same would be probably true for other religions. If you see France, a poll it's included, where if I remember correct 60% or more did not even belive in a God? Can someone convincibly express this? --] 18:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)LIO
:I would also add that the percentages were wrong for the major religious groups. I checked BBC World Profiles and the CIA Worldfactbook. Both had Islam as the majority, CIA was "70%". I don't know where someone got 5% were Muslims? I changed it. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/al.html#People
:] 9/26/06
::Yes, your figures are in accordance with the CIA factbook, and presumably also with the BBC source, but these numbers are in stark contrast to the leading statement in the paragraph that most Albanians are non-religious, and your response seems like you didn't even really read what you were responding to. I would indeed like to know where the 5% number came from -- seems like a lowball for a country I was always taught was predominantly Muslim -- but '''I don't put a lot of faith in the CIA numbers''' which imply that absolutely everybody has a religion. --] 20:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

:::Before you put so much stock in the CIA, I suggest that you recall that these are the same people who needed 6 days to varify N. Korean missle test (when they buy state of the art equipement so they should need more than 24 hrs.). Point is this - I suggest you go Albania and see how many of them live according to the Quran, Bible, or Torah. Then come back. Until try not to place so much stock in research that argues Albania was muslim for the past 50 years, because it under communist rule and religion was banned so how could have religious people then at the time, yet the CIA factbook still argued the point, Rschmertz. Period.<small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) {{{Time|14:28, October 20, 2006}}}</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->
::::I've added emphasis to my previous post, apparently needed. Thanks for responding. We would love new, objective and accurate data for the religions of Albania, but we can't accept numbers based on someone going to the country and "seeing how many of them live according to the Quran, Bible, or Torah." If the numbers are your personal estimates, we simply can't accept them. If they are from a reputable source, then we will welcome them, but we need a citation for the source. Meanwhile, if the CIA numbers are all we have, then we (meaning probably I) will have to edit the section to make it clear that these are old estimates and that current, reliable data is not available. --] 00:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

:::::One credible book is Albanian Identities: Myth and History by Peter Siani-Davies (editor)(2002).<small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) {{{Time|00:02, October 21, 2006}}}</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->
::::::Do you have a copy of this book? Can you post a relevant quote here that we can take a look at, that cites the breakdown by religion and, ideally, how he came up with these numbers? This is the difficulty with using books as a source: you sort of have to trust what someone else says is in the book, unless you want to go to the library yourself and see if they have the book so you can verify that that's what the book says (and that the book seems credible). --] 05:12, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

:::::::A little time would be nice. thanks.<small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) {{{Time|19:05, October 25, 2006}}}</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->

== Motto ==

The motto currently listed is "Albanians place their faith in Albania". It used to read "Free and strong". Which one is correct? The current listing was six weeks ago be anonymous user. I know nothing on the subject, but it seemed dubious. ]<sup>]</sup> 23:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
:This sounds like a Hoxha quote: "The religion of Albania is Albanianism," or something like that - not something a democratic government would want around, even if it ever was the national motto. "Free and strong" is more likely to be the right one. ] 04:20, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

The world Albania does not actually mean Land of the Eagles, even though it is popular to think so. It actually means "land of clear speech"

:::that is not true. Th word Albanian means "Land of the Eagles". learn little Albanain first and than come back and discuss with us.

Yeah what is this person saying? "Shqiperija" comes from "shqiponje" (eagle).] 19:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

:To come back to the motto: is ''Free and strong'' even correct? I could find no reference apart from wikipedia and mirror sites. I don't speak a word of Albanian, but my guess is that the ] says that it doesn't have a motto ("Moto Kombëtare: s´ka"). It seems that it was and that only half the edit got reverted. Does anyone know more about this? ]<sup>]</sup> 09:26, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
::Looking at the Albanian WP, I have to agree. I made sure I checked the Albanian article on Romania (which definately doesn't have a motto) to make sure. Must have been one sneaky vandal...] 16:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

== Albanian municipalities/prefectures ==

Could somebody with good knowledge of the Albanian administrative subdivisions please verify the content of the following articles: ] and ]? Are municipalities the same as counties/prefectures? Is there any redundancy of information between the two articles? I need to know which one is adequate to be placed in ]. Thank you.--] 15:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

== Other languages ==

Current note on language under "Demographics" reads something like "many Albanians are also fluent in English, Greek, Italian". Was changed to "many also speak Italian" which raised the question in my mind: How many Albanians are there who speak a mother language other than Albanian? Surely this is more relevant to Demographics than how many people have studied English in university. Is there a Greek community in Albania, for example? Shouldn't we at a minimum note that some of these languages (certainly English) are second languages learned at school? --] 22:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:I have no statistics, but I grew up in Albania and my personal impression is that more people speak Italian as a second language than anything else, certainly far more than both English and Greek combined. Even I could understand Italian-language television because my family watched it so much. There is some Greek influence in the south of the country, but I'm not sure to what extent the Greek language is spoken there. As for what's learned at school, I would suppose English would be the most popular, but Turkish is up there as well.] 22:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

The Greek speaking population currently living in Albania is under dispute by both Greeks and Albanians. If such figures are to be added to this article I would suggest that citations from both sides of the argument are included. --] 05:00, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

== Aboriginal Discoveries, Pelgasians, and unitedalbanian.com ==

I've always felt there was something amiss with the sections covering the earlier parts of "Albanian" history. And after seeing the repeated creation of links by various IP addresses to http://unitedalbanian.com/, and visiting said website, and noticing identical text, I started to dig into when all that text got added. Well, I found where it got added -- everything covering "Albanian" history prior to Roman rule: . You might take a look at the other contributions of this IP address user; rather a mixed bag with regard to usefulness, but obviously strongly nationalistic.

Anyway, the identical text presents a problem. I don't know which way the copying went, but given the fact that it was all added to WP in one chunk, and that unitedalbanian.com has texts on other periods and subjects that do not seem to appear in Misplaced Pages, I think the copying probably went from UA.com to WP, in which case it could be a copyright violation. (If the copying went from WP to UA, then there should be no links to the UA site in this article, of course). Add to that the question of whether it's really appropriate to talk about Stone Age and Bronze Age man in an article about a modern-day country, and... we have a lot to think about, I guess :-) Any thoughts on these sections? --] 06:39, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

:Right now they are a big problem because they are too generic. They belong in a human history article, not an Albanian history article. If they can somehow be more closely tied to Albania or surrounding regions, then they can stay. Otherwise they either need to be deleted or need heavy modification.] 06:44, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

::Hello, I am the webmaster of UnitedAlbanian.com. The text you speak of (Aboriginals to Middle Ages) is original and copyrighted by UnitedAlbanian.com. I do not know who copied such information from my site to Misplaced Pages. I have also not been asked for premission. What troubled me more was that there were no reference links to my site, even though the content was copied word for word. I had to add reference links myself. Even though I do not condone such actions without an author's premission, I don't mind it if such content remains on Misplaced Pages. In the future, contact the website if you want to borrow content, and please reference! If you want to validate this post, contact me through the website. Thanks. --] 22:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
:::Thanks for contacting the Talk page. We serious Wikipedians don't condone this sort of copying from other pages either, but as editing is open to anybody, this sort of thing may be done by novices who disregard copyright or who don't understand their laws or Misplaced Pages policy. Thank you for your (after-the-fact!) permission for the material to remain. If we keep it, we will ensure that unitedalbanian.com is referenced for those sections. We prefer not to have copy-and-pasted materials, though, so we may end up deleting it and using UA as a general source.
::: It's hard to promise anything like this, though, as who knows if I'll still be doing this six months from now :-/ --] 22:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
::::It is nothing damaging really as I too support the free flow of information; I only was a little surprised :). Thanks for acknowledging on this talk page the unreferenced additions in the first place though! I appreciate it.--] 23:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

== Albania borders: Serbia? Kosovo? ==

There is a question of how/whether we should describe the fact that Albania borders ], and thus ]. The three possibilities I'm aware of are: it borders Serbia; it borders Kosovo; and it borders the Serbian province of Kosovo.

Some use the argument that, since we simply say that the U.S. borders Canada, rather than enumerating the provinces it borders (true enough, in a comparable context), that we should do the same with Serbia. However, the reason we don't get so specific/detailed in cases such as the U.S. and Canada or most others is because it is simply not interesting or particularly significant. However, the bordering with Kosovo is very interesting for several reasons. For starters, it is the ''only'' province of Serbia that borders Albania. As Kosovo has become very well-known on the world stage, it is very useful to know that this Albanian-majority region is contiguous with Albania. Finally, Serbia at this time does not have administrative control over Kosovo, so effectively there is no contiguity with the geographical region controlled by Belgrade.

To simply say that Albania borders Serbia, then, is to effectively sweep some very encyclopedically important information under the rug, ostensibly in the name of consistency. Consistency does not trump informativeness and usefulness, and neither, I hope, does political sensitivity. --] 07:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

It borders the Serbian province of Kosovo <-- the information is presented in an unbiased and factual manner.--] 01:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Nobody is eliminating Serbia's significance here. Kosovo is still a Serbian province. That's why we're not saying, "bordered by Kosovo to the northeast," but by "Serbian province..."] 21:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

== Can Someone tell me ==

Regarding the article Albania.

Someone keeps deleting a reference on the external links to the website www.TheAlbanians.com
This website is one of the best albanian websites and it is in English. Who is deleting the link and why? Is this coming from a competitive site???
Thanks in Advance.

Vasil Gjika. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) 03:39, 8 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

== adding Albanian Movie Database ? ==

What you guys think in adding the Albanian Movie Database?
It realy helps, albanian filmmakers, and other filmmakers that are interested in the Albanian Movie Database. This is the first Albanian Movie Database. This will help lots of students in Albania from the film school, and outside Albania. It will even help the Tirana Film Festival.

Misplaced Pages link: ]

outside link : ]

I have talked with some filmmakers in california and this website has more information then IMDB has for albanian film. nad don forget Albania should be proud not lots of countrys in the world have a film database....

Its USA,
HONG KONG,
INDIA,
Albania.


see not alot. This statistics where made before the database was completed.

YOu guys do the rest. I did my part. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) 20:51, 17 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

== Berisha section ==

Here's some recently-added material I'm about to delete. It's not necessarily bad, it just needs to be better integrated with the section that immediately followed it.
<blockquote>===Sali Berisha - The First Democratic Albanian Government===
] was the first post-communist president elected. He,
himself a doctor to the highest ranked communists, had been able to make
a great turn and embrace the democracies of the Western world. Accused
of setting up pyramid schemes, the comunist-driven gangs of southern
Albania rose against him in 1997. 2000 people died in southern Albania
that year. In order to avoid bloodshed, Berisha resigned. The
democrats, politicaly the succesors of the Communist Party, took power
again and held it for 8 years. But Berisha lead another assault against
the left. He is now in power and serves as the Prime Minister of
Albania</blockquote> --] 04:44, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:There are some serious flows in the above section about Berisha. It's ambiguous and in many cases not correct and it should not be included in any part of this article. Especially the description of the events in 1997 has misleading statements.

:First, Berisha did not resign. He was forced out of power. He himself considered the parliament elected after he lost his position as outlaw and a parliament brought to power by force. Indeed he didn't recognize the successive parliament until several years later.

:Second, Berisha did not resign to avoid bloodshed during the confrontation of the army and with the "communist-gangs". It is well known that he already gave to the army the order of entering by force in several cities like Vlora etc. in which he had lost control. This would have caused much more bloodshed. The army just refused to do it and deserted. He left the presidential residence only after the institutions he controlled collapsed completely (police, teachers etc. did not go anymore to work, army refused to follow his orders) and he had no kind of protection except a handful bodyguards.

:Third, it's true that there were gangs organized and directed from the opposition however they were not communist or had no communist ideology leading them and they played a minor role compared to the chaos that resulted from the uncontrolled anger of the population from the collapse of the financial pyramid schemes.

:The article above is bad so don't include it anywhere. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]){{#if:07:48, February 9, 2007|&#32;07:48, February 9, 2007|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

== Corfu Channel Incident ==

I don't see how this Corfu Channel Incident has any real historical signifigance. This article should be an overview of Albanian history (i.e., what types of governments, demographic changes, border changes, etc.), without going into so much detail. This writeup has too much detail to begin with, and, again, I think it has no place in the main article. So I am taking it out and moving it to this ], because, hey, it is a good description of an event that probably belongs somewhere. --] 03:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
* Reply: The incident was part of the reason for the historic tension and bad feelings between Albania and the Western powers, especially the United Kingdom. --] 22:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

== Poorly Written==

This article is poorly written and is in need of a major revisioning. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) 21:37, 2 February 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

Do you have any suggetion if not please leave.The articul must define clearly the pelasgic origine of Albanians .There are many evidences about pelasgic origin of Albanian and the old "Greeks" which actually have the same origin , if you are interested you must know that with the Albanian language Nermin Vlora transleted with to day Albanian language 5000 old pelasgic transcript found in Greece, Aristidh Kola ( is in greek transleted as well)says that we have to protect Albanian language because is the language of Gods and heroes of Greece , he many other scholars explains the pelasgic origin of Albanian and the Albanian language as the base of other European Languages English included. Dodona.Further references may be added with your requests.

== Location maps available for infoboxes of European countries ==

<div style="background-color:#e8f0ff;">On the WikiProject Countries talk page, the section ] had shown new maps created by David Liuzzo, that are available for the countries of the ''European continent'', and for countries of the ''European Union'' exist in two versions. From ], ] till ], ], a poll had tried to find a consensus for usage of 'old' or of which and where 'new' version maps. Please note that since ], ] all new maps became updated by David Liuzzo (including a world locator, enlarged cut-out for small countries) and as of ], ] the restricted licence that had jeopardized their availability on Wikimedia Commons, became more free. At its closing, 25 people had spoken in favor of either of the two presented usages of new versions but neither version had reached a consensus (12 and 13), and 18 had preferred old maps.<br/>As this outcome cannot justify reverting of new maps that had become used for some countries, seconds before ], ] a survey started that '''will be closed soon at ], ] 23:59:59'''. It should establish two things:
*whether the new style maps may be applied as soon as some might become available for countries outside the European continent (or such to depend on future discussions),
*which new version (]) should be applied for which countries.
Please read the ] (also in other sections ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]) and in particular the arguments offered by the forementioned poll, while realizing some comments to have been made prior to updating the maps, and all prior to modifying the licences, before carefully reading the ''']. You are invited''' to only then finally make up your mind and vote for only one option.<br/>There mustnot be 'oppose' votes; if none of the options would be appreciated, you could vote for the option you might with some effort find least difficult to live with - rather like elections only allowing to vote ''for'' one of several candidates. Obviously, you are most welcome to leave a brief argumentation with your vote. Kind regards. — ] <span style="font-size:.87em;">]] 00:30&nbsp;(UTC)</span></div>

==Aboriginal Discoveries==

I deleted the entire section because it offered no information specific to Albania. Frankly, those two paragraphs could be equally at home in almost any Balkan country article. ] 06:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

== Tourism ==

Does anyone know about the current tourism information in Albania and a breakdown to somewhere
like Tirana. This would be significant to this page because Tourism is a major factor in any
country ] 09:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

== Evgjit ==
Stop removing them as an ethnic group as they do not consider themselves to be Roma. Here are two sources with them:

http://www.mfa.gov.al/english/pdf_files/Komentet_anglisht.pdf (in detail)

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=als (brief)

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:Since I saw that I had a new message on my Talk page, I ]. --] 03:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

== Map of Illyria ==

Someone should change the map, as it is unhistorical and inaccurate, giving the incorrect impression that the whole of Epirus and the island of Corfu belonged to Illyria, which they didn't, as they were in fact Greek. Obviously the creator of this map is a fan of the false theory of Pan-Illyrism. Here are some historically accurate maps of Illyria and Epirus, showing the actual bordering between them:

::http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/macedonia_1849.jpg

::http://www.forumancientcoins.com/forvm/Articles/Maps/images/Map_Ancient_Greece_1900pix.jpg

::http://www.crystalinks.com/mapgreeceancient.gif

::http://www.e-grammes.gr/maps/650bc.gif

::http://www.e-grammes.gr/maps/433.jpg

::http://z.about.com/d/ancienthistory/1/7/7/9/2/Reference-Map-of-Ancient-Greece---Northern-Part..jpg

::http://www.wbenjamin.org/nc/greekmap.jpg

::http://www.philaprintshop.com/images/sdukancgrecn.jpg

::http://www.culturalresources.com/images/maps/Gre5BCBg.jpg ] 19:37, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Good, the new map is accurate. ] 12:17, 29 May 2007 (UTC)


==Prehistory?==
To start off with a section describing Albanians as cave people who eventually
abandoned caves seems a bit uncyclopedic imo. The major flaw of Misplaced Pages
is wasting the reader's time with tautological filler.
I think it shows how old is this land,I don't see any problem hmm

== Anon considerations... ==

...made on the article itself were reverted by me. If anyone knows the issue, please have a look. ]] 16:07, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

==]==
Shouldn't there be a disambiguation link at the top of the page, pointing people looking for info on that othern Albania to it? ] 21:36, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

== European Center of Crime ==

Can we mention this or the export of their dominant mafias across Europe, or is it politically incorrect? ] 14:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

== Minorities ==

]'s persistent removal of any reference to Albania's minorities needs to be addressed by an administrator. ] 23:03, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, this is politically incorrect, you corrected yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!

== - Minorities ==

Minorities,it needs to be put at the main article of Demographics. Thank you!
:Why? Most of other articles about countries contain basic info about those countries' minorities.
:ps. please sign your posts by typing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> in the end. ]<sub>]</sub> 20:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

== Alexis, you are not even Albanian nor have you been there nor you know the demographics of Albania ==

Alexis you are Russian {Slav} so I don't expect you to edit Albania's history.
Again stop your non sense by adding false numbers in ]'s page.Thank you for spending your time with Albania. ]<sub>]</sub>
: What Misplaced Pages's policies prevent Russian citizens to edit Albania-related articles?
: Also what false numbers are you talking about when the passage in question doesn't contain any numbers at all:
{{cquote|Apart from the dominant ] ethnic group, minorities include ], ] (many of whom identify ethnically as a subset of the Greeks or Albanians), ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]}}
: Do you question the very existence of these minorities? ]<sub>]</sub> 07:37, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
::It seems he wants the information buried in the ] article. But if information on minorities is good enough for every other country article, it's good enough for Albania. No special treatment is warranted. ] 12:23, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

1-st NO Greek nor a Russian should edit ]'s page about minorities because you don't know nothing but "thank you" for spending ur time.

All I am saying is that Info about Minorities goes on the main article of Demographics, its consistent.

2-nd What I doubt is that you are the same user, with different account.When I can prove it I will let you know.
--] 15:51, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
::: When you'll have gathered enough evidence go straight to ] ))
::::Loves it. ] 19:09, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
::: Your arguments don't seem very convincing. Note that in the article about ] all the biggest minorities (including ones that constitute less than a percent of Russia's population) are listed. ]<sub>]</sub> 18:49, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

== Dodona part in Albania,Pelasgians are linked to Albanians, some answers or maybe the other side of the story. ==

To ]:

1) ] is located in the mountains of northern ], 5 miles SE of the southern most tip of modern ] and 30 miles inland from the Ionian Sea and there is remains of Dodona in Albania.

2) ] , ] etc etc.The article shows the two sides of the story.Don't use it as nationalism nor am I.

The Illyrians were also Pelasgians{Pelazget in Albanian}, but in a wider sense. Moreover it is believed that of these cognate races, which are described by the ancient Greek writers as "barbarous" and "non-Hellenic," the Illyrians were the progenitors of the Ghegs, or Northern Albanians, and the Epirots the progenitors of the Tosks, or Southern Albanians. This general opinion is borne out the statement of ] that the Via Egnatia, which he describes as forming the boundary between the ] and the Epirots, practically corresponds with the course of river ], which now seperates the Ghegs from the Tosks. The same geographer states that Epirots were also called Pelasgians. The Pelasgian Zeus, whose memory survives even today in the appellation of God as "Zot" by the modern ], was worshiped at ], where the most famous oracle of ancient times was situated. According to ] the neighborhood of the sanctuary was called Pelasgia.

3) Molossians, which are Greek tribes? hmmm with all respect that is not true. I don't want to go and argue for that right now.Everyone has their resources.

I would really preciate if Greeks won't delete anything in ] article nor do I go and delete stuff in Greek articles.
I assume a good faith.--] 16:38, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
* This seems to be turning into a revert war. Might I suggest referring to it as "] (])"? I think getting upset over this is a little silly as the link to the article on Dodona says in the very first sentence that it's Greek, so the claims of "ownership" seem a little overblown, but that's to an American's eyes and perhaps there is a subtext here I don't appreciate (if so, I apologize). Alternatively, if both parties are insistent on reverting and editing this back and forth, I would suggest mediation. Peace, ] 18:54, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

:I'm a bit surprised by this dispute. I've been to Dodona; it's about 20 km southwest of Ioannina, which last time I looked at a map was ''well'' inside Greece (see for the exact location). It might end up in Albania in a few million years' time through continental drift, but none of us will be around to worry about that... -- ] 19:16, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
::I could be wrong, but I think the argument is not over whether Albania owns Dodona, but whether by mentioning Dodona in the Albania article there is an implied ownership. I don't think that's the case at all, but rather it's just a reference to related ruins which are in close proximity (which, as a traveler, I would appreciate), but someone seems to think it implies Albania owns Dodona. I don't mean to speak for Taulant23, but I don't think that's what he is suggesting. ] 19:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
:::Dodona's a substantial distance from the Albanian border (50-60 km or so?), so I'm not sure the "close proximity" argument is really valid. -- ] 19:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
::::Ah... well, that's a good point. Taulant23 had said it was 5 miles SE. So, which is it, and if it's 50 or 60 km, then why is this being included? ] 19:40, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

] You are right!
Even though I have read & have enough sources aout Dodona linked with Albania (one of them Dodona is Albanian name, my Grandma is called Dodona] I think ] is mostly part of modern Greece.What I am saying is that, there are a lot of remains of Dodona in Albania specially in Southern Albania.Hoenestly, I never heard that Albania wants to claim Dodona but sure there are people who claim it because the way how it is written and spelled is Albanian & it was part of Albania once(plz see ]).


Dodona was the oldest of the Pagan Greek oracles, located in the mountains of northern Greece, 5 miles SE of the southern most tip of modern Albania and 30 miles inland from the Ionian Sea.Albania shares with Greece the peculiar phenomenon of subterranean rivers; the waters of the lake of Jamina flow through one of these underground channels into the Gulf of Arta, and this gave rise to the myth that here was the entrance to the infernal world of the ancient Greeks.

p.s. look what I found:
After ], ] is the largest and most interesting town of modern Albania. Near it are the ruins of the temple of Dodona, the cradle of pagan civilization in Greece. Illyricum Sacrum (Venice, 1751- 1819)
Again I am not claiming Dodona,most of the good Greeks know that we share a lot in common. my $.2 --] 21:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

:Ah, I see where the confusion is coming from. I think your reference is referring to the old Janina province of the Ottoman Empire, which covered northern Greece and southern Albania - as the name suggests, it was centred on Ioannina (Janina/Yanina). As I recall, it was ruled by Albanian vassals of the Ottomans (] and his ilk). So when your source is referring to "modern Albania", it's referring to ''Ottoman'' Albania, which covered a much wider area than 21st century Albania. Ioannina and Dodona are well inside Greek territory now, having been incorporated into Greece in 1913. -- ] 22:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

::And even then, referring to the Ottoman ] of Yanya as "Albania" is inaccurate and misleading. It may have been under the direct rule of ethnic Albanians for part of its history, but by no means were its habitants overwhelmingly or even predominantly Albanian. The concept of "Albania" itself dates back only to the ] of the last century. ] 23:03, 31 July 2007 (UTC)??????

I got most of it and yes you might be right but the last sentence "The concept of "Albania" itself dates back only to the ] of the last century. ] " its ofending. Keep ya Greek nationalist BS for ya self or find a forum ΚέκρωΨ.

Even though I don't have to prove to you anything "because in my book you are a vandal user,specailly related to Albania & Macedonia articles" the ] Albania and Albanians go way longer back in history.--] 06:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

:Greek nationalist BS? Piss off, mate. I'm not the one claiming Tirana as Greece's chief tourist attraction. Dodona has nothing to do with Albania. Never has and never will. End of story. ] 06:57, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

] as Greece's chief tourist attraction?? hmmmm I guess you have been spending to much time in ] and get all ur information from ur Nationalist sites who pretty much claim that everythink or everyone famous is Greek.

Moe, I can see that you are dreaming about southern Albania(as u call it ]) DREAM ON BOY,DREAM ON.--] 17:06, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

:Ditto. ] 19:33, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
----
Okay, well, I have a suggestion that I'd like to repeat and which seems reasonable (to me at least) given the additional discussion and background. Here's the way this read at one point during the revert war:
<blockquote>
Fragments of ] structures, of the Cyclopean-Pelasgian period, were discovered at Kretsunitsa, Arinishta, and other sites of the district of ]. The walls, partly Cyclopean, of an ancient city (perhaps Byllis) are visible at Gradishti on the picturesque Viosa River. Few traces remain of the once celebrated Dyrrhachium (today ]). ''The most important and interesting remains, however, are those of ] where the celebrated oracle of ancient times was situated.''
</blockquote>
I am making an assumption based on Taulant23's statements and the wording of the above excerpt that the ruins are, in fact, historically related (i.e., Cyclopean structures). My suggestion is to simply refer to "Dodona" as "Dodona (Greece)". The reason for this suggestion is that it is discussion of a series of ruins and refers to "the most important and interesting" remains as Dodona. If there is recognition that they're in Greece, well, that's a compliment to Greece, right? It is, admittedly, a tangent, but not completely unrelated and it is only a small tangent (just a sentence) and it refers the reader to the appropriate article while also acknowledging that the ruins in question are in Greece. As a reader, I find it an interesting reference that would prompt me to read more but that assumes there is a relationship between the ruins. Would this be acceptable? ] 01:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

:The problem with that is that this article is about Albania; the information on Dodona is simply irrelevant and belongs elsewhere. The original intent of the Albanian editor behind that sentence was not to exalt Dodona as the prime example of ] (there is not a single reference to Dodona in the relevant article), but to include it in a random selection of Albania's ancient sites, i.e. a direct territorial claim against a neighbouring country. Whose "most important and interesting remains" does he mean, then? Greece's? Surely not; Greece has far more important ancient ruins. No, what he really means is that Dodona is ''Albania'''s most important archaeological site, which of course would be true if only it actually were in Albania. ] 10:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
::You definitely make some fair points. I still think there is a way to balance both of your concerns. Allow me to put it this way... These ruins and archicture are ancient. As you stated, they predate Albania which means they predate modern geopolitical boundaries. To arbitrarily put up a wall that prevents the discussion of related ruins is (I feel) putting form over substance. Taulant said it's not his intention to assert that Albania "owns" the ruins or that they're in Albania. We have to assume good faith and presume he means exactly that. So, although they're not within modern political borders, the ruins are apparently related to some extent. It is definitely not worth a long discussion, however, I would certainly agree with you on that. What about rephrasing the sentence like this, "The most important and interesting remains, however, are in Greece, where the celebrated oracle of ancient times, Dodona, was situated." This could even be put into parentheses. Having absolutely no interest in Greek versus Albanian discussions (chalk it up to American ignorance *wink*) I have to say it seems relevant enough to me that, as a reader, I would appreciate the reference and link. ] 13:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Nonsense. What is located in Greece gets mentioned in the Greece article, what is located in Albania gets mentioned in the Albania article. That's the whole point of having borders. Any attempt to mention Dodona in this article is a mendacious, nationalistic attempt to claim greek territory and heritage. Being an American, I don't think you appreciate the level of fanaticism among Albanian nationalists these days, of which this Taulant23 (he even named himself after an ancient Illyrian tribe that has nothing to do with Albania, LOL) is a prime example. just look at the situation in Kosovo to see what I mean. you may be willing to give this Taulant23 the benefit of the doubt, but I know albanian nationalism from up close and know better. the matter is closed as far as I'm concerned.

== Tourism Sites and ] ==
They may have been reinserted on accident, but please don't put these back in without discussion. These links look like they are for-profit tourism sites and, regardless, are not in English. Either way, they are inappropriate per ] (4.1 and 4.3). Thank you. ] 17:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

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Demography and language

I came to this article to find answers to two questions: Where did the Albanian people come from? and what are the roots of the Albanian language? I find hints and fragmentary answers in the history sections of the article but the Demography and Language sections say nothing on either point. The link to the separate article on the Albanian language is very helpful; a short sentence from that article might be an appropriate addition to this section. Billfalls (talk) 16:52, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

But this article is about the country called "Albania". It should provide information about the country, and it should stay focused on that, rather than repeatedly branching off in other directions.
Its Demography section is rightfully about the makeup of the population of the country, without going off into details about the one ethnic group that happens to be its primary group but that, conversely, includes people who don't live in Albania. A link is provided to the article that's relevant to the information you're looking for on the Albanian people.
Its Language section is, as is proper, about the prevalence and use of various languages in the country, not about the details relating to just one of them, the one that happens to be the majority and official language, but which is also spoken outside of Albania. However, it appropriately highlights the link to the article that is relevant to what you were looking for, Albanian language.
So each topic is covered in its respective dedicated article, and this is why we have links! Largoplazo (talk) 17:36, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
I'm from Canada. My wife is from Nigeria. Our kids are from Brasil. Not sure if that helps? 79.106.203.42 (talk) 06:05, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Universal?

" Albanian citizens have universal health care access and free primary and secondary education."

It's not universal if only Albanians can use it. 79.106.203.42 (talk) 06:03, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Universal healthcare means citizens of a country are assured healthcare, not the entire world. Procakes (talk) 20:37, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Religion

The page is locked but it inaccurately inflates the Christianity stats to 38%. The 2023 census states that 16% of Albanians are Christian by faith. Is there a way to fix this? Saturnalia04 (talk) 18:32, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

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