Talk:Alexander the Great/Archive 24

Archive 20

←

Archive 22

Archive 23

Archive 24

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

Please add the following template:

2601:249:9301:D570:C8F3:FCDB:9310:2406 (talk) 16:34, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

 Done NasssaNser_talk 06:13, 6 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

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)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 May 2024

X: Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great,[c] was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.[d] He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia, Central Asia, parts of South Asia, and Egypt. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India.[1]

Y: Alexander the Great (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), [c] was the king of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 336 BC until 323 BC .[d] Born Alexander III, he succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in June 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia, Central Asia, parts of South Asia, and Egypt. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India.[1] Pigay (talk) 13:59, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

• • • Note: There is no such thing as Greek kingdom, nor ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, only amcient kingdom of Macedonia (present-day Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Croatia, rtc.) and Greek city-states of Athens, Sparta, Thebes, etc.

 Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. @Pigay: your account is autoconfirmed, so you can edit the article yourself now. RudolfRed (talk) 05:26, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

I did my best but I got stonewalled.

When I asked for the exact reference and page, I was told, here is footnote (d) in the Wikipedia page and here are like 16 references. I already read all of those available online but there is no evidence.

Two editors are saying they have consensus. Wikipedia says they cannot do anything about it even the consensus cannot provide evidence.

Now I can understand why educators will not allow students to rely on Wikipedia because there may be references and footnotes but somebody can just post sources and hopefully something sticks. Pigay (talk) 00:51, 1 June 2024 (UTC)