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Old 02-09-2014, 09:32 PM
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Yet another example...

I am currently going through Wikipedia adding something to each article which is a redirect from greek letters to the greek letters spelled out. For example the article ΑΔΓ is a redirect to the article Alpha Delta Gamma. I've got a list of potentials, but one was particularly interesting...

Delta Sigma Epsilon Sorority was member of the AES and then after the merger was part of the NPC. It then in 1956 absorbed by Delta Zeta...

However the greek letters ΔΣΕ do not lead to that of the Sorority. Instead, it redirects to the Democratic Army of Greece, which in greek is Δημοκρατικός Στρατός Ελλάδας. The Democratic Army of Greece was the fighting force of the Communists in the Greek Civil War.

So an additional place to check is to see if the letters are a word or a standard abbreviation in modern Greek.
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