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I noticed this because AWB noted an unended <ref> tag. (This specifically is because you half copied The Daily Telegraph ref here.) Your original problem about the cite error "no text was provided for refs named IMF_Country_Report_No_12.2F100" was because your change of "unemployment" to "registered unemployment" (here) removed the "unemployment" text (and the reference definition) from the output as the {{Infobox economy}} template does not have a "registered unemployment=" argument.

As the page is now, I thought it was in too much of a mess of references for me to undo your attempted fixes. (Note the duplicated reference (which is also ignored) has been named "autogenerated3" and is further referenced throughout, whereas the "IMF Country Report No 12/100" name is not referenced outside of these two ignored "references".) I was going to let you, who seems to have some local knowledge, fix it :-) But in writing this summary of issues out I've decided I do know what to do and have fixed it, as well as some other formatting issues. (NB don't put ~~~~ in articles.) You need only check I've not made a blunder.

Specifically, if you want to dispute the "official" unemployment rate, add a referenced note saying that the "real unemployment rate" is higher. Mark Hurd (talk) 01:48, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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After living four years in Turkey you must have got accustomed to drinking

Turkish classes (free of charge :-): "Babam Afrika'da (çiftçi idi,) çay tarımı yapardı. Ben İngiliz usulü çayla büyüdüm, ama șimdi Türk usulü çay içiyorum; daha güzel..." I congratulate you, you have learned quite a bit; certainly more spoken Turkish than writing, but all the same it is OK. Selamlar. --E4024 (talk) 22:13, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kosovo Wines

Wine-making in Kosovo almost certainly has a history as old as in Italy and older than France. It was an important part of the Kosovo economy in the middle ages and in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Production collapsed in the early 1990s, but with privatisation of former Socially-Owned Enterprises from 2006 onwards, quality and quantity of production have resumed an upward trend.

Please find the required sources because I think this would probably be an interesting Wiki article!HammerFilmFan (talk) 20:23, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wine in Kosovo has a history of around 2000 years.

Under the

However, Rahovec always produced higher-quality wines as well as bulk ones, which were sought after in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is claimed by Kosovo wine producers that in Macedonia, to the south, wine tends to be too sweet; in Serbia, it tends to be too acidic^[5].

−==Wine Producers==

The largest Kosovo wine producer is

The following varieties of grapes are produced in Kosovo:

-

Some, albeit a small proportion, of Kosovo wine is already exported. The history of Kosovo wines suggests that a much larger proportion, of higher quality, could be exported in the future: the first private Macedonian wineries, which claim to export 90-95% of their production, started in 1995, eleven years before the first privatisation in Kosovo. On the other hand, the number of current producers is currently very concentrated, which may mean that competition in technology and quality is therefore lower; and labour costs are higher than in Macedonia, which may lead to lower exports ^[7] . Markd999 Category:Kosovo Category:Wine by country

Please watch Talk:Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija - thanks.

I have reverted all of your edits to the Government of Kosovo article. I created this article with the current controversy surrounding Kosovo in mind, with an intent (that IMO is required by Wikipedia community policies) to leave any decision about which is the "real" government up to the readers. Every sentence is or should be supported with a reference given the sensitivity of the subject, and if any claim is controversial is should be identified as such or just plainly left separate from competing or conflicting claims without attempts to reconcile them. I think a quote you deleted (you did not, however, delete the reference but moved the reference to an irrelevant sentence) is enlightening:

The only edits that I think could possibly be viewed as acceptable, namely your inclusion of cabinet members, in my opinion is best kept in the

Hi,
How's it going? I haven't seen you for a while. You did some great work on Kosovo-related topics (despite it being a difficult editing environment). I hope you haven't got tired... bobrayner (talk) 12:53, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I got very discouraged when a reviewer not only turned down an article entirely unrelated to Kosovo but reverted overnight every single change I had made to the "Kosovo" article over three months. Hope I have now revovered some energy to do more work.

Markd999 (talk) 10:31, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Sooner or later any editor will hit an obstacle, but obstacles are more frequent around Kosovo! Nonetheless, it's still possible to make progress and improve articles. Sometimes obstacles can be overcome by opening up a discussion and get some outside views from uninvolved editors... (ie. on a noticeboard). It would be a shame to lose you; you did some really great work. bobrayner (talk) 13:39, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but I'd quite appreciate some support over current disputes with WhiteWriter and AntiDiskriminator on the "Kosovo" article. And the creator of the "Monuments in Kosovo" article must be feeling quite discouraged (it's not yet a good article but it has potential). I'll submit a "Wines in Kosovo" article (for the second time) quite soon.Markd999 (talk) 00:33, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Usage of several names throughout the article is not ok, and it may be violation of wiki guidelines. Use only article names, as those are most usually agreed by consensus. So, dont use dual/triple names in ordinary articles anymore. Thank you. --WhiteWriter^speaks 17:08, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Markd999. We are a team of researchers interested in the editing dynamics on different language Wikipedias regarding the topic of Kosovo. We are looking for users who have edited and discussed articles about this topic, and who would be willing to be interviewed for the purpose of this research project. The project is approved by the Wikimedia Foundations´ Research Committee and you can find more information on this meta-wiki page. Research results will be published under open access and your participation would be much appreciated. If you would like to participate you can reach us at [email protected] and we will set up an interview in a way that best suits your needs. Pbilic (talk) 11:08, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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