Tim Forcer

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Query

Why are you changing "porous limestone" to "poros limestone"? "Porous" refers to the porosity of the stone, not to the island of Poros, which is written with a capital letter. Amandajm (talk) 13:04, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

I know that the Greek island, Poros, should be capitalised, that "porous" is a characteristic of materials, and that most forms of limestone are water-permeable to at least some extent, offering both benefits and problems when used for building or sculpture, depending on the specific application. Limestone exists in many varieties and types, of which "poros" has been used widely in Greece, from prehistory through to today. The adjective is capitalised if the associated "limestone" is also capitalised - I think such usage leads to the misapprehension that the island of Poros was the source of the material. See Wikipedia pages about other Greek structures, statues etc such as Older Parthenon - all use the spelling "poros" not "porous". As an indication that this is nothing to do with the island of Poros, note that the major source of poros limestone for works on the Acropolis is given as Piraeus. In regard to my edit of Palace of Nestor, the official published guide (by original excavator Blegen and others) for Nestor's Palace (ISBN 978-0-87661-640-6) uses "poros" throughout. In making the change I was aiming to achieve consistency with the rest of Wikipedia's coverage of Greek antiquity and to use the spelling found in all the official publications about ancient Greece which I have bought and read over several years. If it is felt that "porous" should be used in Palace of Nestor and List of Ancient Greek temples then other relevant Wikipedia pages should change from using "poros" to "porous" to provide consistency. Tim Forcer (talk) 08:49, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

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