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However, from an administrative point of view, Piraeus is not included in the Athens metropolitan area. Piraeus has its own (independent from Athens) municipality (http://www.piraeus.gov.gr/); Piraeus used to be for almost 160 years (up to December 2010, when prefectures were abolished in Greece) the capital of Piraeus Prefecture, which included the islands of the Saronic Gulf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saronic_Gulf) as well as the islans of Kythera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kythera) and Antikythera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera); and, most importantly, Piraeus is nowadays the capital of the Peripheral Unit of Piraeus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_units_of_Greece ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheries_of_Greece). Furthermore, Piraeus has its own electoral districts: i) the “Piraeus first electoral district” (which includes the municipality of Piraeus), and ii) the “Piraeus second electoral district” (which includes Piraeus’ suburbs, such as Keratsini, Perama, Drapetsona, Nikaia etc). Therefore, the citizens of Piraeus elect their own MPs and they are represented in the Greek Parliament by the MPs elected in Piraeus and not by those elected in Athens.

Administratively, Piraeus is totally independent from Athens! It is a different municipality, belonging in a different peripheral unit, having its own electoral districts!

According to the official data available by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (http://www.statistics.gr/) and the Municipality of Piraeus (http://www.piraeus.gov.gr/) the wider area of Piraeus includes the homonymous municipality and six more municipalities-suburbs with a total population of 466.065 and an extent of 50.4 square metres.

I would like to underline the fact that in the table depicting the largest Greek cities the population of Athens (3,165,823) does not include the population of Piraeus, simply because Piraeus is not a part of Athens!

As aforesaid, officially, the Piraeus urban area is the third largest urban area of Greece with a population of 466.065 people. That’s why the correct version of the table is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Largest_cities_of_Greece&direction=prev&oldid=440483607. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicephore (talk • contribs) 14:56, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What to call Spiridon Lebesis

Over at WikiProject Athletics we're trying to work out how to spell the name of a Greek javelin thrower. English sources mostly call him Spiridon Lebesis or Spirídon Lebésis (following the sport's main governing body), but other variations of his name I've seen so far include (Spiridon/Spyridon) Lebessis, Lembesis, Lempesis and Lempessis. "Spiridon Lebesis" seems quite close to meeting WP:ENGLISH, but pretty much every article on Greeks with that given name is at "Spyridon". (Additionally, Greeks seem to mostly call him Σπύρος Λεμπέσης, and this form of his given name is also seeing some English use.) Any help would be appreciated. Sideways713 (talk) 09:50, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Greek name would be Σπυρίδων Λεμπέσης, which by the most common form of transliteration would give Spyridon Lebesis or Lembesis. Σπύρος/Spyros is simply a short, colloquial form for his name. Unless use of the latter is overwhelmingly used (cf. Kostas Karamanlis) use the former, which is the formal full form of the name. Constantine ✍ 11:58, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Greece did not participate in the 1960 Winter Olympics...why?

Hello, I am working on the 1960 Winter Olympics and noted in my research that Greece did not participate. It is one of the few Olympic Games in which Greece did not send athletes. What is interesting is that a standard bearer did march in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Due to Greece's special standing within the Olympic Movement, and the fact that this may be the only Games (Winter or Summer) that Greece missed, I think it is important to note why they didn't participate. Problem is I can't find any English sources that give me the reason. Does anyone at this project have an idea or even better a source that would tell me why they didn't participate? I'd sincerely appreciate any help. H1nkles (talk) _{citius altius fortius} 20:39, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Input requested regarding article title

I just closed a move discussion at Talk:Tzachas#Requested move, and then an editor objected to the move. Before doing anything further with the page, I'd like to see input from some more editors, so we can be certain that we're getting the correct title. If anyone here can register an opinion there, it would be helpful. Cheers. -GTBacchus^(talk) 17:32, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Contested page move

There's a contested page move at Talk:Trebizond Vilayet#Requested move that could use input from more editors. If anyone reading this page wishes to register an opinion there, it would be very helpful. Thanks in advance. -GTBacchus^(talk) 17:44, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

RM discussion re Kefallinia Prefecture

Readers here may be interested in contributing to a discussion at Talk:Kefallinia Prefecture#Requested move. Cheers. -GTBacchus^(talk) 14:01, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 There's a contested page move at [[Talk:Trebizond Vilayet#Requested move]] that could use input from more editors. If anyone reading this page wishes to register an opinion there, it would be very helpful. Thanks in advance. -[[User:GTBacchus|GTBacchus]]<sup>([[User talk:GTBacchus|talk]])</sup> 17:44, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
+== RM discussion re Kefallinia Prefecture ==
+Readers here may be interested in contributing to a discussion at [[Talk:Kefallinia Prefecture#Requested move]]. Cheers. -[[User:GTBacchus|GTBacchus]]<sup>([[User talk:GTBacchus|talk]])</sup> 14:01, 17 August 2011 (UTC)