User talk:Nikplas

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Hello, Nikplas, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:28, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Fut.Perf. nice to meet you and thank you very much for the welcome! I hope to become a good and useful Wikipedian! I think I can't edit your talk page because it is semi-protected. I hope you will see this message. Best regards Nick --Nikplas (talk) 18:50, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah right, sorry I forgot I still had it semi-protected. That was because of some rather persistent annoyance by troublemakers last year. I've changed it now so you'll be able to contact me there too. Anyway, you'll soon have your account "confirmed" (in a few days time and after a few more edits), then you can edit "semiprotected" pages anyway. – It seems you are quite knowledgeable about archeology, right? That's great, we can certainly use some expert editors in that field. If you like, you could have a look at what's going on at Wikipedia:WikiProject Archaeology and Wikipedia:WikiProject Greece, where people with similar interests hang out. Just one note: I get the idea you have a special interest in the work of Prof. Liritzis – that's fine of course, and I'm sure his work is quite valuable and worth covering, but just keep in mind, if you're somehow connected to him in real life, you should make sure to check your editing so as to avoid the mistake of unduly over-emphasising the topic (see here for some advice). Always feel free to contact me if you need any help or if you have questions. :-) Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:04, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I am from Greece and I am in the final year of my PhD at the National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos". My PhD has to do with nuclear methods of analysis applied on archaeological materials such as obsidian, pottery, glass thus the knowledge about obsidian dating and luminescence dating. I decided to improve these articles in wikipedia because I have studied these techniques and know few things but I don't know if I can help further in Wikiproject: Archaeology... But I will give it a try.... I will take a look in the links you mention and I will see what I can do. As for professor Liritzis, he is a very well known scientist in Greece and the World with many citations and prestige, amongst other, mainly because of these two innovative methods of dating. I have met him few times in Greek conferences... He is member in two Academies of Science (French Academy of Dijon and European Academy of Science, Saltzburg). His work has inspired many PhD students here in Greece around archaeometry and nuclear methods in archaeology including myself. Thats what I know about him. This is his cv in the university site (http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/tms/DEP_personal_pages/Liritzis/liritzis_index_en.html). I believe it worths a short lemma in wikipedia. What is your opinion? Many thanks for your help. Best regards Nick --Nikplas (talk) 13:40, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like an interesting topic. About the professor, you could give it a try. We have a page with guidelines about when we should have a page about an academic, at WP:PROF. It would be important to find some good independent sources covering him. Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:28, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Nikplas. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback.
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ukexpat (talk) 17:40, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Nikplas. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback#Lemma_about_a_Greek_professor.
Message added 15:19, 6 March 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

--SPhilbrick T 15:20, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice start

I spend a fair amount of time at the Feedback forum, and to be honest, it can sometimes be discouraging. I won't point out any specific examples, but if you look at what some others think are articles almost ready—it is hard to believe what some people think is acceptable. Your first draft was a delight to read, and one of the better ones I've seen in some time. Welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you will look at some of the other articles in your areas of expertise, and improve them.--SPhilbrick T 23:22, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I read few of the stories at WP:FEED and firstly smiled with what the others think as articles but my next thought was the amount of time you spend and the efforts to correcting and advising these people. You do an excellent work and I want to thank you because you make wikipedia a valid and reliable source of information. Thank you for your kind words. I am happy to be with you as wikipedian. As I said, I planning to help with Wikipedia:WikiProject Archaeology and Wikipedia:WikiProject Greece. Best regards Nick --Nikplas (talk) 17:12, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ioannis Liritzis - DYK nomination

Thought you would like to know that I have nominated this article for a DYK spot on the main page, see Template talk:Did you know#Ioannis Liritzis. – ukexpat (talk) 18:56, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's been accepted and is in the queue, should be on the main page in the next couple of days. – ukexpat (talk) 16:27, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ioannis Liritzis

On March 11, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ioannis Liritzis, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on the DYK! – ukexpat (talk) 02:16, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]