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Nhtpaf keeps changing Greytown to Grey Town in Bombardment of Greytown

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Hi, EdJohnston, I saw your note in Nhtpaf’s talk in re the Mosquito Coast. He has just made a change to the article Bombardment of Greytown in which he changed the name Greytown to two words: Grey Town. This is the third time he has made this change. Greytown is rarely seen in the historical record as two words. Even its name in the title of the Bombardment article gives it is one word. I have undid these changes the first two times (see my note to him in his talk), but I thought I'd contact you before I undo it a third time, to see if you might recommend an alternative or additional action. I have copied him this note to you. Will-DubDub (talk) 21:00, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have left a note on the talk page of Nhtpaf. EdJohnston (talk) 01:34, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nhtpaf has just made more changes to the Bombardment of Greytown

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Hi EdJohnston, thank you for responding so quickly. I was about to go in and change those Grey Town spellings back to Greytown — and add a parenthetical that the name was (sometimes spelled Grey Town) when I noticed that Nhtpaf had on Aug 2nd made another change. This time he substantially changed my opening paragraph without informing me. (Improved the head or initial paragraph with cited articles/books.) This, even though I had asked him, after the two spelling disagreements, to please get in touch with me if he wanted to make any new changes.

His new lead to the article contains an error. He claims the Greytown at the time of the bombardment "was then under the nominal jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Mosquita." This is incorrect. In 1852 the town had declared itself an independent city state and this change was acknowledged and accepted in two Anglo-American agreements, one in 1852 and the other in 1853. (This is reiterated later in the piece.)

My work on this article has been gone over by three senior editors there: Hawkeye7, Donner60, and Grutness. And another editor, named Historyguy1138, awarded me an Original Barnstar “for tireless research, willingness to listen, and significant improvement on a niche, but valuable article. Namely the Bombardment of Greytown.”)

I have not made any changes yet. I have copied Nhtpaf this note to you. Will-DubDub (talk) 06:47, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unable to be informed

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Hello, i have been trying to find a list of ancient greek settlements in illyria (i searched for a simple basic list) and this i assume once informative article List_of_settlements_in_Illyria has no such section for some time, seems years. So there were no ancient greek colonies or cities in illyria and no greco-illyrian cohabitation in that region? Or hellenized Illyrians? Strange as the region ended up being called Epirus Nova aka Illyria Greca (i could post a great number of primary and secondary sources more than enough for a dedicated article on it if you wish) for centuries and well into byzantine rule due to the degree of greek colonization, cohabitation and hellenization. This ended and changed due to the Plague of Justinian, Slavic migrations and other migrations and invasions (Avars and other peoples). Or no settlements whatsoever as to warrant a section? Seems it was all removed and illyrian and epirus related articles have been getting a long siege treatment (chipping away) by certain users. Almost all of them if not 100% of them. Some changing a little, some alot but certainly becoming less informative. Maps removed, sources removed, supposedly with "informed" "objective" and "neutral"-minded discussions. What is the solution for this? I cannot get informed by the website on illyrian-related articles properly due to albanian illyro-maniacs and their assorted obsessions. 2A02:587:545E:D00:A023:EDA1:6286:21E1 (talk) 12:26, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Identical phenomenon in List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:545E:D00:A023:EDA1:6286:21E1 (talk) 13:18, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]