Talk:Alexander the Great/Archive 24
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Political agendas and hatred
"Greek-speaking communities in central Anatolia and in far-eastern Anatolia survived until the Greek genocide and Greek–Turkish population exchanges of the early 20th century AD. " what does this controversial topic do in this history page related to Alexander the Great? Blinded by nationalism? 2A01:E0A:C19:D150:E598:3B76:A591:F6F6 (talk) 16:44, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
- The principle problem is that the material was off-topic and hugely undue for the lead, in addition to being an oddly modern political intrusion into this summary of content (MOS:LEAD) on an ancient figure. Iskandar323 (talk) 17:57, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 3 February 2024
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Please add the following template:
2601:249:9301:D570:C8F3:FCDB:9310:2406 (talk) 16:34, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
"Tight Man-to-man Friendship"?
It feels like this is one of those old euphemisms to avoid sugggesting that a historical figure might not have been straight in the modern post-victorian sense. Perhaps these should not be perpetuated. 2.103.197.47 (talk) 00:45, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 21 April 2024
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Add title = Basileus under Philip's name like in Alexander the Great article Lonapak (talk) 10:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Could you clarify what "title" you are referring to? '''[[User:CanonNi]]'''(talk|contribs) 10:52, 21 April 2024 (UTC)- I wanted to post it on Philip II of Macedon page but accidentally posted it here, I want the title of Basileus that's under Alexander's name to be for Philip as well. Lonapak (talk) 16:53, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
21 May 2024 copy edit
@Lalaithan: In your edit of "21 May 2024" with edit summary indicating a copy edit of "was was", you seem to be implying that there was something wrong with the pre-existing text, presumably because "was" occurred twice in a row. The pre-existing text was
But this mania for Alexander, strange as it was, was overshadowed by subsequent events in Alexandria.
However, the pre-existing text, including the parenthetical expression of "strange as it was", was completely grammatical. This is demonstrated by removing the phrase, resulting in
But this mania for Alexander was overshadowed by subsequent events in Alexandria.
In the process, we have lost the presumably pertinent observation about the "strangeness" of the "mania for Alexander". Fabrickator (talk) 21:36, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
- Then revert it? Rewrite it? Wikipedia edits aren't permanent and I don't have sole editing rights. Lalaithan (talk) 22:32, 21 May 2024 (UTC)