Talk:Esphigmenou Monastery

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[edit] NPOV dispute

The article on the Esphigmenou Monastery is very far from beeing neutral. The autor does not hide that he is a supporter of the monastery, he accuses the present patriarch of Constantinople of beeing an heretic etc. I think an entirely new article, worthy of Wikipedia, should be written by a competent person. As this monastery is quite a lot in the international medias, I think it is important. Fratersolberg 11:23, 24 December 2006 (UTC)fratersolberg

The article is too far from being neutral. It has been edited by anons expressing the radical view of the Esphigmenites. It does not need cleanup or de-POV-ing, it needs a complete rewrite... --Michalis Famelis (talk) 15:08, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Complete rewrite

I have completed a full rewrite of the article. IMHO it is in much better shape now. At any rate, any feedback is welcome. --Michalis Famelis (talk) 19:17, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I think the article is now biased against the monastery. The claim that the old brotherhood in Karyes, whom the article unneutrally calls "squatters," attacked the new invaders is disputed. There is also no mention of the monk that was killed or the years long blockade of the monastery that has prevented food and medicine from reaching these aged monks. They are even prevented from fishing right outside their monastery. Wikigator 21:01, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

the term squatters is completely unfounded ---ba —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.148.49.52 (talk) 05:17, 24 October 2007 (UTC)