"The Maniots' chief occupation is piracy and their largest trade, the captives. Oitylo is called big Algiers. They take take prisoners everywhere, selling Christians to Turks and Turks to Christians. They enjoy relating proudly their piratical raids, and they pointed out to me one of their most notorious pirates as a man who had reached the very pinnacle of quality." — Da la Guilletiere, De la Guilletiere on the Maniots.
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About Me
Hey everyone, my name is Kyriakos. I live in Melbourne, Australia and I am a proud Greek. My interests mainly have to do with military history, where I contribute to WP:MILHIST and am a assistant coordinator. I am also interested in Greece as well as football and cricket. I enjoy helping others so please ask me if you have any queries or questions.
Feature Content
Cretan War. It was my first major article and after 5 months of working on it, it became FA on the 25 November 2006.
War against Nabis. It was my second major article and after three months of work it achieved FA on the 17 Feburary 2007.
Portal:Military of Greece. The first portal I had created and worked on and after 11 months of work it was promoted to a
WP:FPO on the 8 November 2007.
Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081). My first FA not to involve Hellenistic Greece and the first one that I re-wrote. After 4 months working on it, it was promoted on the 23 December 2007.
A-class articles
Cleomenean War. A little known war that ended any chance of Spartan supremacy of the Peloponnese became A-class on the 2 October 2007.
Good Articles
Egyptian Invasion of Mani. An important article for me became GA on the 7 March 2007.
Maniots. For me this is a special article it talks about my kinsmen. I re-wrote it during January and it achieved GA status on the 2 April 2007.
Battle of Gythium. I created this article a while back and it passed it's GAC on the 3 April 2007.
Siege of Eretria. A little known battle of the Persian War which preceeded the Battle of Marathon by a few days. I started this article in Janurary and it passed it's GAC on the 29 July 2007.
Galatian War. A little known campaign by the Romans and the Pergamese against the Gauls of Asia Minor. I started this article in July and it passed it's GAC on the 23 September 2007.
Did You Know?
1...an Egyptian army of 1,500 was defeated by 300 women of
Diro during the
Egyptian Invasion of Mani in
1826?
2...that the Maniot pirate,
Limberakis Gerakaris, was twice held as a prisoner by the Ottomans and spent the last fourteen years of his life as a Venetian prisoner?
Awards
Awards
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For your featured article Cretan War, but mainly for all the history articles you have improved or created, I, Yannismarou, award the Epic Barnstar to Kyriakos.
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Congrats on your election as an assistant coordinator. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you luck in the coming term. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
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After looking at your edits when I voted on your RFA I realized you should have this. Enjoy it St.daniel 14:17, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
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Congrats on your election as an assistant coordinator. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you luck in the coming term. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:00, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
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For your many quality contributions to Wikipedia, for your work on Greece-related articles, and your thoughtful input in various reviews, I award you this barnstar --ROGER DAVIES TALK 11:13, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
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In recognition of your devoted commitment to writing and producing featured articles, please accept this Featured Article Medal. --ROGER DAVIES talk 20:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
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Congrats on your re-election as an Assistant Coordinator of the Military history Wikiproject. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you luck in the coming term. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
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Well done Kyriakos. I wish you another six months of happy military mopping, more good times reading articles at WP:MHR and success with your own article writing on Greek military history. And hopefully another big period of growth for WP:MILHIST. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 04:04, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
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For another fine idea, proposed in Military history coordinators. Keep 'em coming, Kyriakos --ROGER DAVIES talk 07:47, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
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For being behind the creation of 5 GA-class articles, and for your work in assessing numerous articles under GA-class consideration, you meet all the requirements for this medal. Well done :).EasyPeasy21 (talk) 11:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
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Cretan War. It was my first major article and after 5 months of working on it, it became FA on the 25 November 2006.
Cleomenean War. A little known war that ended any chance of Spartan supremacy of the Peloponnese became A-class on the 2 October 2007.
Egyptian Invasion of Mani. An important article for me became GA on the 7 March 2007.
