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I am deeply obliged to your consideration, and your second thoughts. I will see if there are any tweaks which would be helpful, but it was clear that the article would deserve to be featured, so the worst the closure can have done will be to give the star a day or two earlier than it might have been. As it was, it was better than many articles which have appeared on the main page. Septentrionalis 18:30, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I have left some notes for you on Talk:Demosthenes. And I have put up a request for Pericles to be displayed on the front page: Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests#Pericles. The description is pretty much the lead of the article with some minor bits cropped, and the very last bit from the Legacy section.--Konstable 14:01, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for getting back to me. I like the Wikiproject:India paradigm. That should work well. Let me know what you need me to do, and I am in.Argos'Dad 22:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for notifying me about this. I am interested!! However it will be a while before I can start helping (exams end October 20). I think that it will not be too hard finding people to help, especially in the ancient and byzantine history parts. I also think that it may be too big a project to undertake (Greece has such a huge story to tell), but if the indians (talk about a huge story...) can do it, so can we. Γιατί στα λέω αγγλικά; Έλα μου ντε... --Michalis Famelis (talk) 09:05, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm glad to join in, and help as much as I can. Proof-reading is something I can deffinitely do, I dont know what else though! Druworos 19:40, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Γεια. Δε μου λες, μιας και εισαι δικηγορος, το Court of Cassation (Greece) αναφερεται στον Αρειο Παγο? Δεν μπορω να το εξηγησω διαφορετικα: υπαρχουν τα αρθρα Ανώτατο Ειδικό Δικαστήριο, ΣΤΕ, Ελεγκτικό Συνέδριο και τουτο. Μου κανει εντυπωση που το συγκεκριμενο ειναι stub ενω τα υπολοιπα ειναι αρκετα ανεπτυγμενα. Νομιζα οτι ο Αρειος Παγος ειναι πιο σημαντικο δικαστηριο!! Αν οντως προκειται για τον αρειο παγο, πες μου να το προσθεσω στο αρθρο. Ευχαριστω απο τα πριν --Michalis Famelis (talk) 17:50, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Yannismarou - I've replied to your points. These are very good observations, but I feel are based on generalizations and wrong perspective. I've given a detailed reply on the FAC page - please check it out. Rama's arrow 15:06, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Yannis, I seem not to able to find the category Category:Unassessed History of Greece articles in the Greek War of Independence when I edit it and therefore I can't remove it. The article has been assessed B-class. Can you let me know how to take the category out? Thanks. Dr.K. 22:29, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Ah, no problem! I originally thought you were just testing something, but then I realized you were creating a set of directories with that image. :-) Kirill Lokshin 16:10, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi - I apologize for my ignorance in this debate. I did find some good court case examples. Please see these recent edits in which I've added details of some major court cases to different sections of the article. I will continue to search for more examples Rama's arrow 17:26, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Γεια, σχετικά με αυτό, θέλω να ξέρεις ότι εγώ δεν έγραψα αυτό, αλλά ένας ανώνυμος χρήστης. Συγνώμη που δεν σου απάντησα αμέσως, αλλά έχω περιορισμένο βικι-χρόνο τώρα, και αναμένεται να έχω για τις επόμενες εβδομάδες. Ήταν πολύ καλή ιδέα να ξεκινήσεις αυτό το πρότζιεκτ και θα συμμετάσχω όποτε μπορώ. Σου συμβουλεύω να ενημερώσεις τον User:Adam Carr και τον User:Deucalionite. Αυτοί είναι από τους χρήστες που έχουν συνεισφέρει πολύ στα άρθρα σχετικά με την ιστορία της Ελλάδας. --Telex 18:37, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
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Pos mporw na symmetasxw? Mitsos 12:21, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
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For your help in Peer reviews for WikiProject Biography! It's been such a relief having you step up to the plate and helping in this important area! plange 01:23, 14 September 2006 (UTC) |
Hello, when you want to link to the article about something Persian, please do not link to Persian, as that is a disambiguation page (which nothing should be linked to). Instead link to the one of the options found on that page such as Persian people, Persian language, or Iran, by writing out [[Persian language|Persian]] or [[Iran|Persian]]. Regards, Jeff3000 03:28, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Yan, please don't bail on the BC page. I'm not asking to duke things out or get in the middle of a war. My request for more editors and eyes was because, as you've seen, there are some "difficult" people working the article.
Please don't think that I'm asking you to take "my" side in the article either. Just having another user stop by, another witness or point of view, to say "I think this is fair and that isn't" really helps to keep things under control and managable on that page.
I'm planning on re-writing the page to conform to the Biography formats you linked. I know that's going to cause yet another war... no matter how hard I try to stop it.
Thanks.Jodyw1 19:29, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in my RfA. Consensus to promote was reached, and I am now an administrator. I'll be using the tools cautiously at first, and everyone should feel welcome to peer over my shoulder and make sure I'm not doing anything foolish. I really appreciated your kind words on the RfA--it's great to hear nice things about yourself from people you respect.
About Alcibiades, you're right about the length of the lead; I've been writing really long ones recently, for some reason. I'll hopefully have time to go over the whole article soon; what I've seen so far looks rock solid (and an impressive turnaround from the POV morass that the article was a few months ago). I'm a little tied up researching and writing a paper (about the Delian League, actually) this weekend, but I should have some time to spare for everyone's favorite charismatic nobleman in the next few days. I'll (hopefully) have an article for you to look over soon; I'm almost done with an offline rewrite of Theramenes. Looking forward to working with you. --RobthTalk 03:49, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
This is an impressive piece of work/artwork. It was well crafted and deserve the best recognition. I, however, cannot in any way give you insight as I am not well-versed in Ancient Greece. As for the style, it would probably be well received by the FAC process. Good luck for the rest. Lincher 13:50, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
The quality of the prose in Aspasia was actually quite high; I only had to make a few minor changes (for future reference, I've noticed that you tend to say "thereby" when you mean "thus" or "therefore"; easy ones to confuse, to be sure. Your writing is quite good for a non-native speaker, and the quality of the research I've seen in your articles so far is superb; researching and laying out an article is by far the vast majority of the work; I wouldn't be too concerned about your unfamiliarity with the language imposing limitations on your potential as a contributor; more than anything right now, Wikipedia needs people with the skills to write the well researched and thoughtful articles that must eventually become our standard product, and you have certainly demonstrated that you can do that.
With regards to reviewing FACs, I think your concerns about depth of research are well placed--although I must confess that I myself didn't draw so widely myself before you raised the bar with Pericles; Corinthian War, for instance, relies too heavily on a single modern source. You might be interested by the citation checking project I tried to do a month or so ago. It ended up being too time for me to keep it up, but it was an interesting project while it lasted; checking the quality of references and the accuracy of citations is an important aspect of FAC that gets neglected all too often, which concerns me. The small cross-section I saw while I was doing the spot checks indicated that numerous FAs probably contain at least a few citations that do not point to sources for the statements in the article. Quality of research and accuracy of citations will need to be areas of focus as we look to raise the reliability of the encyclopedia in the months and years to come. --RobthTalk 16:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Please take another look at England expects that every man will do his duty (FAR). I have rewritten and cited the article. Thanks, Yomanganitalk 15:26, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for all the advice on fixing this up - the article looks a lot better, and is much more readable now that most of the quotes have been moved off to side-boxes. Still needs citations, though: Having trouble finding where my books are on him, though, admittedly, I don't have many of the best ones. Adam Cuerden talk 17:52, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I've expanded the Aftermath section of the article. I would appreciate it if you could have a look and see if it addresses your expressed concerns. Thanks :) - Vedexent 00:11, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Yannismarou! Thanks for your comments about 10 days ago on the Gilberto Silva article. I have spent a lot of time improving the article based on your (and many other peoples) suggestions. I'd really appreciate it if you could pop over and tell me what you think of the revamped version. (Criticisms are what I love the most...)
Thanks again, and all the best, -GilbertoSilvaFan 17:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello mate, me again. Just letting you know that I've edited Gilberto Silva to reflect the changes you suggested. Here's what I've added specifically,
What do you think? Anything missed out? Thanks again, -GilbertoSilvaFan 15:56, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
You're right about the weasel word. I think I may have completely made up the "most pundits" claim. Silly me. I'll delete it.
With regards to the lead text, what kind of thing can I put in there which isn't already there? Stuff about his early life? For example, could I write "Gilberto was raised in a poor family, and as a child he tentatively balanced playing football with various non-footballing jobs."? Or maybe something about his life outside football? Most footballer articles have lead text listing all their various awards and accolades, but Gilberto doesn't have many. I agree that it needs to be expanded though. Maybe a Peer Review will be helpful at this time. Thanks for your help again mate, I really appreciate it. -GilbertoSilvaFan 17:53, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Just a minor note: while it probably doesn't matter in this case (as the article will hopefully make FA soon), future A-Class ratings really ought go through the review process; it's not going to be very meaningful if people just ignore it. Thanks! :-) Kirill Lokshin 13:18, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
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Well done και μπράβο σου. Politis 12:32, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi! You commented on the Arctic Monkeys FAC, and I have responded to your comments. smurrayinchester(User), (Talk) 10:44, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Actually, Demosthenes would qualify for WP:MILHIST in any case: "Demosthenes fought as a mere hoplite." Please feel free to list him up for peer review at your leisure! :-) Kirill Lokshin 17:45, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Yannismarou =) I will come back eventually, but probably not soon. (And I am only here now because I got a harrassment email and had a sudden urge to ban the user who sent it). Good luck with your articles! --Konst.able 20:48, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
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Howdy! First of all, wanted to say thanks for your diligent and consistent peer reviews for WPBIO! This is really needed and makes our project stronger!
On another note, I thought I'd see if you could weigh in over at Wikipedia_talk:Citing_sources? The debates are going on in several threads there, but it starts with my post (which I posted for the sake of getting the discussion going, not because I agreed with it). Since you're a "citer" like I am, you might want to have a look over there. Cheers! --plange 02:41, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for your suggestions and advice. They really help and I appreciate it. I'll take your suggestions into consideration and I'll get started on improving the article. Nice work by the way on articles like Pericles. Thanks. Periklis* 02:59, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Yannis. I've been suggesting to people that they avoid two noms in a single day and try to space them out at least a week or so (we actually just discussed this on FAR talk). This is to avoid over-loading the page and allowing people a chance to give some TLC to each. Marskell 17:52, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I have been reading your contributions to Demosthenes and I just wanted to say ευχαριστώ. This is exactly what Wikipedia is about. Great job! Danny 00:06, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
As you requested in your message to me, I read through the latest version of your article on Demosthenes, other than the section "Rhetorical legacy". While I have made some minor changes to correct grammar and spelling and to use more appropriate words, overall I think it reads very well.
I left the section on "Rhetorical legacy" alone as I have no expertise on this subject.
Your article on Demosthenes is easy to follow, informative and thorough. For a person for whom English is not his first language, you have written an excellent and comprehensive article on a very important person in Ancient Greek history. A quality effort. Well done!! --Chaleyer61 13:33, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you, Yannismarou, for recreating the article on Demosthenes as fictional character, an article which I originally created. Das Baz 17:14, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
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I, Robth award Yannismarou the Featured Article Medal for his outstanding featured contributions, Pericles, Aspasia, and Alcibiades—may they be only the beginning of a long list. You've made a big splash around here in just a few months; I can't wait to see what comes next! |
No problem at all. I'm sure there are many ways of writing it, so don't be too worried about only one 'correct' way. By the way, your new FAC looks brilliant! Very well done. As a mathematics student I am a bit fond of ancient Greece so I'll be looking forward to any future work you do. Cheers, darkliight[πalk] 17:32, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Ouch... Don't bite! I'm still kind of new. After the peer review, those of us interested really started to make some positive changes on the article, removing the quotes and placing the Wikiquote box. Removing several unnecessary external links. The problem was that since he is such a popular figure right now, we had so many people coming in adding new useless information and nonsense and vandolism that we had to clean up. It turned out that there really weren't as many "serious" wikipedians interesting in doing the grunt work on the article. I understand and completely respect your objections. I would suggest however that in the future you leave comments to the article themselves, because honestly I did take the suggestions seriously and your attack at me I took personally. I think that I've done a great deal of hard work on wikipedia and this was my first article that I had ever submitted for FA candidacy and I personally thought it met the criteria. I didn't know any better. Thank you.--Twintone 14:46, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
When an author can't formulate the content of his article in several phrases, it makes a bad impression on me. If you change your lead to something along the lines of Aspasia, I will support. --Ghirla -трёп- 07:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Could you give me a little advice on the lead? I know the cites could be used in the legacy section, but would the actual info still be used there and so on? I'm really no good with lead sections, so I'm unsure how to make it concise and to the point.
As concerns the Mick Wall book I'm using, I'm using the 2001 edition and not the 2004 one, so won't the page numbers cause confusion? Just a thought. LuciferMorgan 22:34, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
I've broken the rule, and I'll deal with the consequences. IMO, your comments on the 3RR reports page and on mine are ill-adjusted, unfair, and irrelevant, as irrelevant as your reasons for providing the link. I stick by this opinion, and I note that several users dislike this system per the wikipedia conventions you "cite". Dahn 09:27, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Glad you two sorted this out! •NikoSilver• 20:49, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
While working on Prinias earlier today, I noticed that we have the articles about Heraclion and Iraklion Archaeological Museum. I don't see why the name of the same city should be spelled differently, since it's kind of confusing. I urge Greek wikipedians, especially those savvy in translietration rules, to sort out the mess. Thanks, Ghirla -трёп- 08:48, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
I've replied to your comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Dallas, Texas. drumguy8800 C T 19:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Enjoy your Wikibreak - you've earned it - and repost this wherever you think it fits. Regards, Durova 21:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
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I, Durova award you the Barnstar of National Merit for four featured articles that relate to Greek history. Durova 21:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC) |
I can't get an answer from Wikiproject Classical Greece and Rome and seeing your a member I wanted to ask you if the Cretan War is part of the project? Kyriakos 10:14, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Ευχαριστώ. Και εύχομαι ότι έχεις καλό καιρό στη Μύκονο. Οι Κυκλάδες είναι εξαιρετικοί. Γεια από μένα. Kyriakos 11:03, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
The Cretan War is up for A-class review on WP:MILHIST if you want to comment. Kyriakos 03:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Γειά σου, Γιάννη. Ο Κρητηκός Πόλεμος πέρασε το Α-class Review και σε λίγο καιρό θα το βάλω σε FA. Τι νομίζεις οτί πρέπει να κάνω πριν να το βάλω σε FΆ; Kyriakos 02:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey Yannismarou, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, —Khoikhoi 04:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedian, thank you for your peer review and constructive comments for the this Wiki. I'm a newbie but your suggestion to view WP:LEAD and so on are very helpful and particularly precise (which was exactly the sort of comments I've been looking for!) in guiding me improve the article. Cheers. 130.102.0.178 07:01, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your welcome! Jeffklib 08:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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Please see the reply of your comment in West Bengal FAC. Is that what you meant? Or do you point towards some technical problem/ expired webpage reference? Thanks for the comment. I shall try to fix the problem. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
...but I'd prefer it if you'd drop one "citation needed" tag (only joking). Cheers, Yomanganitalk 16:21, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Y -- At peer review discussion, I posted a query about modifying the "peer review request." Since you are on the front lines of those doing the peer reviews and would benefit most from the request I posted, I think it important to have your opinion regarding this suggestion. If know any of the others doing the peer review, please ask them to give their opinion as well. Thanks. -- Jreferee 23:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Just wondering, when you get some free time, if you could re-review the Weird Al article, since I like to think there's been some rather big changes since you reviewed it a few days ago. Could you please leave comments on the Talk:"Weird Al" Yankovic page, please? Thanks a lot for reviewing the article and your comments in the first place! Also, good luck with the exams. ~ Gromreaper 04:58, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your careful and thoughtful review of Mitt Romney. Your experienced outside views will be helpful for the many editors involved with this article. Yellowdesk 13:51, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
I regret that you received the hostile comments from Michael16G in relation to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Peer_review/Mitt_Romney. There may be as many as 20 active editors on this article, and I was not appreciative of how adversarial some of the editors are to suggested changes content or tone in the article. I can assure you that your comments will be useful for modifying the article. But it certainly would be easier if the article did not have partisan defenders of Mitt Romney. I also appreciate that you voluntarily spend time and energy carefully thinking about this and other articles you have no stake in, and respect that you participate in this helpful way. Thank you. Yellowdesk 04:30, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
I've expanded the stubby sections slightly and put some more citations in (and admitted defeat on one which I had to rewrite). Can you have a look and see if you still think it is missing anything. Cheers, Yomanganitalk 02:06, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
You asked me to let you know when ready. See: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Peer_review/Prem_Rawat#Edits_completed_as_per_peer_review. Many thanks for your help on this. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 02:54, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Could you take another quick look at Pope Pious? I'll close it while I'm on-line, if you feel Savidan's changes are sufficient. Marskell 18:51, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
As a fairly new Wiki editor, I am curious as to how to react when someone--with the best of intentions--makes a major edit to an article I am working on without discussing it first. I reverted it, and politely told them on their talk page why I did so. But it really irritates me when someone changes the layout and order of entire sections, to the point that it leads to confusion. Can I tell them not to do it, or just revert again if it happens again? Thanks. Jeffpw 20:40, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
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Thank you for your support of my article. Jeffpw 16:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello Yannis! I have been working on expanding the article on the Walls of Constantinople recently, and have put it up for a peer review. I would be glad to have your input on it! Regards, Cplakidas 10:17, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Yannismarou. I just wanted to say thanks for all your help with the Gilberto Silva article. You've been very helpful and particularly encouraging with helping me to find my feet in the Wikipedia community. If everyone around here was as accommodating as you, Wikipedia would have a lot more users! I'll stick around to nominate the Gilberto article for a front page slot, then do a spoken version of the article, then I'll be off. I'll message you before I leave though, so I'll speak to you soon. Good luck with all your exams - don't work too hard ;-) Thanks again, -GilbertoSilvaFan 12:41, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments in the peer review of Pat Buchanan. I agree 100% with your comments, and had previously tried to convince the other editors of that article of the same things, particularly regarding the excessive length and quotes. However the two other active editors on the page are very resistant to removing material, especially quotes. One has just expressed explicit disagreement with the contention that the article should be pruned down/prosified at all. Do you have any suggestions about how I can negotiate this, or where else I might go for help to improve the article? Sorry to impose, and thanks again for your review! Schi 10:28, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
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For your outstanding contributions, for your NPOV, for Pericles, for Aspasia, for Alcibiades, for Demosthenes, and most importantly, for the creation and maintenance of WikiProject History of Greece. •NikoSilver• 16:33, 4 November 2006 (UTC) |
Thank you again for your comments and suggestions on my Glynn Lunney article. I have now put it up as a FAC, and would welcome your comments there too. Best of luck with your exams. MLilburne 11:15, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
A heartfelt thank you for your extremely detailed and considered feedback via peer review. I am so grateful to you for taking the time, particularly given your exams. Good luck! Greycap 17:10, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
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If I'm a bit pale in the face now, And if in the future |
It seems that I took so long getting back from my real-life obligations that you've now been called away by your own--good luck with your exams! I have posted some proposals to Talk:Phanariotes; take a look and see what you think. --RobthTalk 05:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Please see my reply in my talk page. Nat91 14:53, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
The poll was clearly premature (and this is why much comment has now moved to the comment section following), and in addition, many "votes" were (and still are) being made under false assumptions. Things had to be sorted out. You also might want to note that polls on Wikipedia are generally not "votes", but are a place to let your voice be heard—so if what you say needs clarification, followup, etc., it's really not a problem to add comments. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 19:49, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comments in the peer-review of El Greco. You'll see I've reorganized the material per your suggestions. I want your opinion for the changes. I just did not yet changed the title of "Works". This section deals mainly with the attribution problems, but my initial goal was to create a section speaking about the total number of his paintings, drawings and sculptures as attributed by modern scholars. Starting the research for the section, I saw this interesting diachronical debate about the attributions and I analysed it.
I thought if it would be useful to keep the title of the section "Works" and create two subsections: "Attribution debate" (the current section) as you suggested and a new sub-section "Largest Collections". But I don't know if this last sub-section is really necessary. I first though to name this article "Notable Works" (like in Salvador Dali), but I think it wouldn't be useful to create a list of works already mentioned most of them in previous sections. I also thought about speaking in this section about some of the El Greco's works auctioned off during the last two decaded (most of which bought by Greek museums, municipalities etc.) But again I'm not sure if this is necessary. And then I though about this "largest Collection", treating El Greco's works whereabouts in general once again inspired by the last two paragraphs of the "Notable Works" section in Dali. But again I did not yet implement it, wondering if a section saying that "most of his works are in Spain at X and Z museum", "Outside Spain the biggest collection is in Washington", "The Greek Gallery bought the B and the C painting and now has the A+B+C" etc. is really useful.
So, my real concern, if I haven't make myself yet clear, is to make the "Works" section to be really a "Works" section treating the whole spectrum. I hope I did not confuse you much! But I'd really like to have some feedback and your opinion. Cheers!--Yannismarou 11:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
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