Talk:Samos

message: I think the map should be improved so that it doesn't give the impression that a large sea exists to the east of Samos. (I'm posting this also on the talk page of the image itself at Commons.) __meco 09:37, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deficient map 

message: Under "Notable People", Aristarchos should be mentioned.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.4.21 (talk) 11:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable  

message: Please refrain from removing useful links at the bottom of Samos page. Samos Society of Active Citizens is an NGO formed by Samians living in Samos. Please do not remove the link to their blog and discussions, it is there to offer useful information and opinions about various issues. --Efpalinos
:If the website is .com it represents spam and must be deleted following the guidlines of WP:EL. An NGO should be able to justify a .org site which might qualify for inclusion. There is religious and political spam which still might not qualify.Student7 (talk) 01:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a blog. El Greco(talk) 01:41, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll have to leave it to El Greco to judge its quality, but for English speakers, the webpage would seem to be of limited use. Great for the Greek language Wikipedia maybe. Why English? Student7 (talk) 15:29, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And again, instead of blaming the messengers, the question still hasn't been answered as to why this wonderful, noteworthy, phenomenal NGO is doing with a website on a .com webpage when it should be someplace else. Student7 (talk) 16:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Have you looked at WP:EL? This might help in deciding whether the site belongs or not. Blogs are not permitted. They are not edited (like we are). We want to provide at least as high a quality external link as our own material. Also, you may have a point of view which makes it difficult to decide. Another site you may wish to read is WP:POV. With points of view, it is sometimes better to contribute it and then let others decide. Here we have two editors who have absolutely nothing against your organization. We are totally unbiased. Neither of us thinks the link should be here. Is it possible that we could be right? Student7 (talk) 13:00, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Samos Links

message: This is getting full of good information.
Question: could you be more precise about what the governor did under Ottoman rule? It looks like the prince "held the executive power." The legislature passed laws. The prince probably enforced the laws he liked and ignored the ones he didn't! But anyway, I don't see a role for the governor unless it was "figurehead." I think this should be made clearer with a reference to his precise (and real, never mind what people wanted to think) role. Would be nice in English but Greek okay. Student7 (talk) 23:11, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ottoman rule

message: Both the rank of the island and the economy changed when I looked them up, from "common knowledge." Generally "common knowledge" can't be trusted for an encyclopedia. This is why we get references for facts that "everybody" knows. What "everybody knows" is often somewhat wrong. Close enough for government work, but not for an encyclopedia. Student7 (talk) 17:19, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Size, economy

message: As the introduction already implicitly recognises by naming only them, in its Notables section Samos has 3 top notables (who are the only reason why I have any interest in Samos), Aristarchus, Epicurus, and Pythagoras (it matters little whether these are 'really' A-Listers, rather than B-Listers or C-Listers) and lots of minor notables (it matters little whether these are 'really' Z-Listers, rather than Y-Listers or X-Listers). I've singled out the A-Listers by spelling out why they are famous, but I'm not sure whether this is the best way to proceed - I would prefer to explictly split them into major and minor notables, but I fear this division would be deemed subjective and a violation of WP:NPOV or WP:NOR or whatever. Anybody got any better ideas? Tlhslobus (talk) 02:03, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Distinguishing A-list and Z-List notables

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message: Turkish name for the island I have added to lead was removed for invalid reasons by Therealscorp1an. Per WP:NCGN; ″Relevant foreign language names (one used by at least 10% of sources in the English language or that is used by a group of people which used to inhabit this geographical place) are permitted. Local official names should be listed before other alternate names if they differ from a widely accepted English name.″ Unless valid reasons are submitted here, I will re-insert it. DriedGrape (talk) 00:37, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The population exchange between Greece and Turkey may have led to many Turkish-speaking people leaving the island in the 1920s, but is there an identifiable group of their descendants in Turkey, or elsewhere? If they have merged into the general population of Turkey then they would not qualify as "a group of people which used to inhabit this geographical place". If you can find a reliable source that confirms there is such a group in outside Samos then please describe it in the article. Another possible reason for giving the Turkish name is that the Principality of Samos was part of the Ottoman Empire until 1912. We give the Turkish name in the Ottoman rule section, but I don't think this justifies its inclusion in the opening sentence. Verbcatcher (talk) 20:33, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Turkish name in lead removed 

message: Samos consists of 2 municipalities now IdaeChop (talk) 03:31, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forgot to add a reason to the removal of the "Only Municipality" line