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Map of Cyprus

Hi, you have made some comments on the topographic map of Cyprus in Commons. I have updated it. Could you please check the talk page? Thanks --Ikonact (talk) 11:29, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

June 2015

A few days ago, you posted on my talkpage to ask that we abide by the results of the WP:3O. Yet now that the 3O didn't go your way, you are edit-warring. Please let this go, you lost. Edit-warring will get you absolutely nowhere. I know you meant well, but you are now the problem, not the solution. The way you are rewording sentences only makes them less clear, not more. Please, stop. Athenean (talk) 18:33, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

I could not disagree more. I believe that I stood by the results of WP:3O by rejecting my sentence and not incorporating the quote while continuing to work to a compromise that we could both accept. Rather than continuing to argue about something that I admit, I was wrong in, I tried to propose a constructive edit, which you reverted without any substantive explanation. When I pointed this out you reverted all my edits, even ones you had previously agreed with. Furthermore, you repeatedly claimed that you had won and I had lost, that you should no longer assume good faith because I didn't realize that I had won, and that discussing with me is a waste of time. This clearly violates WP:WIN, WP:GF, and WP:CON. Instead of following these guidelines, you claim that I am the problem and have participated in edit-warring. I would recommend reverting to where we were before my contentious edit, considering the changes we both made, and continue discussing. If you believe that that is not possible or constructive, I would recommend opening an RFC. Fern 24 (talk) 18:44, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Ok, let's take things one by one. Here [1] can you see how your wording ("individuals' greed") in confusing to the reader? Which individuals does the sentence refer to? Unless you include "greed on the part of the individuals involved", the sentence is unclear and confusing. Second, what is going on here is not just destruction, but obliteration of Greek heritage in the north, which is also the wording that the source uses. The 3O also said to avoid quotes, yet until I removed them [2] they were still there. Athenean (talk) 22:33, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

I disagree that "individuals' greed" is confusing, but I have no significant problem with "greed on the part of individuals involved". On the other hand, I don't see that the source uses the word "obliteration" ("the deliberate destruction of heritage...", "the result in both cases was destruction"). Finally, I did not include quotes in this sentence, which was what the 3O was referring to. I believe your second edit was unconstructive and a result of your contention over the last sentence rather than a problem with the sentences in and of themselves; several sentences had no added quotes but simply slight rewording, which you reverted without a specific justification. Furthermore, now that other editors are involved I think the page is devolving into an edit war. As I suggested on Talk:Cyprus, I believe opening an RFC is the best way forward at this point, given that two lengthy discussions have failed to reach a mutually acceptable solution. Fern 24 (talk) 05:38, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

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Prodromos, Cyprus climate data

the value of year mean minimum should be lower or identidcal to the coldest mean minimum of any

month, and the value of the year mean maximum should be higher or identical to the hottest mean maximum

of any month. this I know by looking at the climate data of New York City

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City#Climate   and assuming they know what they're doing.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boten4 (talk • contribs) 17:19, 28 January 2019 (UTC) 

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