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List of Thessalonians

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No ctiteria of notability is present. "Don't leave readers confused over the list's inclusion criteria or have editors guessing what may be added to the list." (WP:LIST) The list seems to be one's original research. No relible sources are present A1 (talk) 11:10, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

This entry should be at the bottom, not the top of the discussion page. Having said that, I agree that entries often need a footnote tying the individual to Thessalonica. But I don't think this is the place to be arguing policy. Too far down the chain. Should be at policy level IMO. Student7 (talk) 20:31, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Etymology

In English Thessalonikaioi are called Thessalonians not Thessalonikians. Take a look at any bible for Paul's letters. They are always titled Letters to the Thessalonians. How do we fix this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.155.135.33 (talk) 17:02, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Then what do you call people from Thessaly? _{El Greco}^(talk) 17:53, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

People from Thessaly in English are called Thessalians.70.107.168.8 (talk) 22:38, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Flags

Are the flags really necessary? Many of the city's Jewish residents had nothing to do with the state of Israel per se. Maybe including the names without the flags would be better?

Removed. Any idea on how to categorize them? _{El Greco}^(talk) 15:58, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I just redid it alphabetically. I do not know if it is better like this or not. But I think it is best to avoid separating people based on their linguistic/ethnic/religious background as that can be kind of tricky. I also think that this way it shows the rich texture of the city and its historically cosmopolitan past. How do you feel about this? Also I was thinking, seeing other cities examples, maybe since the list is so long it could be divided into sections of people that were born in the city, lived in the city, and notable visitors of the city. I am not too sure about that, maybe we should see how most other cities do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.247.15.15 (talk) 18:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

The alphabetical list looks good. _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:35, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Purge

I suggest the list be purged of people not footnoted nor with an linked article. Student7 (talk) 01:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Footnotes

Footnotes are needed to authenticate residency in Thessaloniki. Student7 (talk) 01:21, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thessalonian Relation

Should we seperate the list based on the following three categories: natives (ex. Carasso), non-natives (ex. Henry of Flanders), and notable visitors (ex. St. Paul)? The New York list already has native and non-native. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.157.252.218 (talk) 11:44, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I missed your question. My thought would have been to separate them into several categories for maintenance: politicians, sports figures and musicians. Maybe another for ancients.People who know music need to maintain musicians and sports figures. I don't and could care less.

Who cares whether they were born there or not? Why is that interesting? Sorry you went to all that work. Student7 (talk) 01:26, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Index

We need the list reformatted so it is more easily readable, like List of San Diegans. The index takes up way too much whitespace. The code is hidden and I can't get to it. Can any admin help? Student7 (talk) 23:31, 25 November 2009 (UTC)