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Your article

Hi,Colchicum. I remember that you have created article Decommunization of Russia. Now it exists as a redirect page with no previous history. Do you know what had happened? Was it deleted at an AfD? Thank you.Biophys (talk) 17:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Now I can see. It was moved and then effectively deleted. I restored it.Biophys (talk) 17:39, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Behgjet Pacolli

I have nominated Behgjet Pacolli, an article you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Behgjet Pacolli. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 14:25, 17 October 2008 (UTC) Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 14:25, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Good catch there. I didn't realize the page had been hijacked by a poor writer. In the condition I saw it (which also included a {{hangon}} at the bottom) I thought it was a contested {{db-bio}}. I didn't realize the previous version was just fine. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 14:41, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Re:Oleg Ken

Thank you. Anything interesting on his death? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 00:46, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

I only know he was found in his apartment dead from heart attack. I would like to thank Colchicum for creating the article. I wlll add more info about his biography when I get ahold of the periodical with his bio again.

Regards--Molobo (talk) 19:20, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Stubbing

Hi Colchicum, I see you created the Leningrad Oblast stub category, thanks for that. As for actual stubbing of articles, I am going thru the actual federal district categories and stubbing them, so feel free to leave those to me for the time being, so that there is no necessary double upping of this, but do stub anything that you come across that is not currently in those federal district cats. Cheers. --Russavia ^{Dialogue Stalk me} 14:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Ok. Colchicum (talk) 14:34, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I have done the Far Eastern and almost finished the Northwestern stub types. If you like, pick a category and do those if you wish.....pleeeeaaaase. That would be a tremendous help. A list of stub templates is at User:Russia/stubs to make it an easy copy and paste job as I am currently doing. I'll start on the Central District stubs next. Cheers --Russavia ^{Dialogue Stalk me} 15:10, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Going by what other categories include, everything from rivers, lakes, mountains, islands, etc, in addition to villages, towns, cities, districts and even streets, canals, etc within those cities. So it appears to include both physical geographical features, along with administrative geographical features. I guess there's no reason to break with how the other categories relating to outside of Russia deal with this; at least not for the time being. --Russavia ^{Dialogue Stalk me} 15:31, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Russavia's pretty much spot on. Geo-stubs for all countries and subnational regions are always for specific locations (including lists of locations), but excluding things which would qualify as buildings and structures or as roads or railways (in other words, streets proably shouldn't be included, though they often are). So rivers, towns, forests, lakes, mountains - that sort of thing. Grutness...wha? 21:48, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I see. I meant streets, squares and parks. Colchicum (talk) 11:15, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Saint Petersburg

Hey, hope you aren't offended by my comments on my talk page. Just wanted to be sure and to tell you not to be. Cheers --Russavia ^{Dialogue Stalk me} 14:49, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Edit notification

I was going to notify you I've changed the numbers, but I see you've seen it yourself. PS. I do strongly object to 2.7.2 - unlike Irpen, I create so much content this remedy would waste a ton of my time and block me from a ton of content I create that nobody ever disputed. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:20, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Ingushetia

Not just Moscow, but St. Petersburg, too. I guess someone forgot that both cities are federal subjects on their own. If you exclude the federal cities, then yes, Ingushetia is the smallest by area.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 21:13, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Dude.... Is this true?

I ran across this tonight User_talk:Biophys#Favour.3F. Is this for real? Oh and sorry I went off on you earlier tonight. I was really frustrated. Jason3777 (talk) 08:16, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

And have you seen this NYT article [1]? I really apologize again for what I wrote on Talk:Disinformation_campaign_during_the_2008_South_Ossetian_war. I have struck it out. I really feel like a jerk. Jason3777 (talk) 09:41, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

It's that time of year again

I've created Soviet repressions. Currently, it is just a stub, but it's an important and well-documented topic, so it should have no trouble at all.

You've been working on related topics before — perhaps you'd like to help? Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 17:37, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Valaste waterfall

According to [2] -- a regional government's website --, the waterfall's height was in autumn of 2003 measured at 30.5 metres, and a 25-metre height (precision unspecified) was used in 1996 when the Nature Protection Commission of Estonian Academy of Sciences voted to consider the waterfall a facet of natural heritage and a national symbol. I guess the height changes due to erosion. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 00:37, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

[3] -- website of a local government, lower level than the regional government -- has some more details. It explains that a particularly large height of 30 metres was measured during high waters of August 1998, when the seasonally strong waterflow had carried away loose sediments from under the waterfall developing a hole of about 3 metres deep in the sandstone riverbed. Furthermore, it says that earlier measurements' results have usually been in the range of 26–28 metres. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 00:48, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Valeriya Novodvorskaya

In regards to Valeriya Novodvorskaya, I have for the time being removed the 'controversy' section. There is no doubt that she made these claims, for they are sourced to her own political party website. However, the key to presenting information is to do so in a NPOV way, so I am suggesting that instead of inserting and reverting, etc that it be discussed on the talk page on how to present information in the article. --Russavia ^{Dialogue Stalk me} 15:24, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

The claims shouldn't be taken out of context. Colchicum (talk) 15:28, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, let's work on it and get it NPOV. In particular the Basayev claim is seen as quite inflammatory, I hope you can agree with that, so this needs to be explained, and as I say, in a NPOV way. Agreed?--Russavia ^{Dialogue Stalk me} 15:32, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. But you will have a hard time trying to persuade Beatle Fab Four to cooperate. Colchicum (talk) 15:33, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I have left him a message on his talk page, so will see what comes of it. --Russavia ^{Dialogue Stalk me} 15:39, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

arbcom evidence

I know its not a usual practice to respond to the evidence of the arbcom, but perhaps I should just tell you that when you said: I am sorry, but it is not clear whether on average his contributions are helpful. Let's see Ukrainian architecture, Hotel Ukrayina, Volga, Pochayiv Lavra, DnieproGES, Kuban Cossacks, Danubian Sich, Azov Cossack Host, Danube Cossack Host, Peter Tekeli, History of Christianity in Ukraine. Of course Baku Metro, Nizhny Novgorod Metro, Saint Petersburg Metro most of the Moscow Metro articles, Kiev Metro etc. You say that the question of what is deepest is disputed, well Pyongyang Metro's references are sketchy as they come, and depth is indeed hard to measure, but it is a fact that the bottom mark for Spb is 105.5 metres. --Kuban Cossack (По-балакаем?) 19:28, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Rooms

How do you know that is the exact spot, and not the lavatory next door? Giano (talk) 18:35, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

NPOV

I think it's better to discuss this here than someone else's talk page. I admit that I did go too far at moments. And yes, I did write that Kosovo is a part of Serbia, which would not be considered neutral. The thing is that I think I'm the only one doing that kind of stuff on this side, while there are tens of users who easily write "Kosova", or write in the sense that Kosovo is a Republic and that there is no dispute whatsoever. I do know what the difference between neutral and pro-Serbian is, but I would like to make clear that the pro-Serbian view is also the view of the UN Charter, UNSCR 1244, and the Final Helsinki Act of 1975. The pro-Albanian view is just a bunch of governments who "see the reality on the ground". Colchicum, I know that this shouldn't affect much, but I've been to Kosovo since it declared independence, and there's a much different reality than what is said in the media. Even Albanians admit that they're not independent while the international community is there, "occupying it". Before you could see graffiti against NATO, KFOR, and now "JO EULEX" (NO EULEX), etc. And Kosovo does not have sovereignty, since Serb-controlled parts are really a part of Serbia, you can't tell the difference, it's really controlled by Serbia. Nobody in Kosovo accepts their new "flag", all the Albanians use the Albanian flag, all the Serbs the Serbian flag. Now, when I say that Brezovica is in Serbia, it's really controlled by Serbia, the entire municipality of Strpce is. Even the hotel mentioned in the article is Belgrade-owned.

The point is this: If we all agree on how we will describe Kosovo, and certain areas of Kosovo, and Colchicum, I mean a detailed report on how we can describe the most important aspects of Kosovo-related articles, and figure out a norm, then it will lower the level of conflict on Wikipedia and make for a more neutral and more quality based encyclopedia. Imagine that I get blocked, and then the other two users who have similar views as I do. The consensus on Wikipedia will be made by the remaining Albanians who do not want a neutral article, but a pro-Albanian one, and you probably know that this would happen. I think it's the moment to finally define how Wikipedia sees Kosovo, parts of Kosovo, Kosovo documents, Kosovo description in one word (region or province or country), Kosovo's de jure status, Kosovo's de facto status, people of Kosovo (citizens or Kosovo or Serbia or just inhabitants of Kosovo, Kosovars or Kosovans or Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs, etc), etc. If we achieve finding a consensus on these things, and we all agree to enforce it, then we'll know exactly who's going against it and pushing their POV. If there is a system, everyone can understand what Wikipedia expects from users when it comes to Kosovo-related articles. We need users to mediate, because myself and others on Talk:Kosovo have been going in circles. We're urging the Albanian users to accept the word "region" or "territory", but they demand "country", and this gets very frustrating, as you can imagine... Well, I've written quite a bit, I'm curious to hear your opinion on all this. And I still feel bad because you called me a nationalist, seeing as how I'm not a Serb, and just because I support the UN-view on Kosovo and other topics, that makes me a Serbian nationalist? --GOD OF JUSTICE 19:56, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Michigan Butterflies

Thank you for putting it on the speedy deletion list. I wasn't quite sure myself how to delete the template. I agree it's useless as a template. But I'm going to wait to make a page/list till I finish filling in the red links such was the case so far with Oeneis chryxus, Chlosyne nycteis and others. --IvanTortuga (talk) 16:55, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Áed Ua Crimthainn

Hello. I'd already nominated Áed Ua Crimthainn for the DYK thing. It should appear on the front page tomorrow. The only way I can think of to tell if this is the case is to click on what links here, then check for one of the DYK templates. Hope this helps. All the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:54, 23 November 2008 (UTC) P.S. Perhaps you could do one for another of Strawless's nice new articles: Martyrology of Tallaght? Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:56, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to Angus for the suggestion, and I'd be flattered if you would. Strawless (talk) 11:58, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Re. Kosovo

Hello Colchicum. Sorry about not responding to your query earlier this month, I have been awfully busy. Is the issue regarding user HistoricWarrior007 resolved by now? Regards, Hús ö nd 22:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much...

... for this [4]. Cheers, Paxse (talk) 14:45, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus

On 26 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 08:07, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Mermithidae

On 28 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mermithidae, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--PFHLai (talk) 18:23, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Saint Petersburg sister cities

I think they should be kept shown like. Instead of just going into the see also list, why not just keep it open to evereybody? I mean, I think it is easier that way. I dont understand why we cant keep it open to everybody. Just let it stay open so people can see it. Hope you agree. Russian Luxembourger (talk) 20:39, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

No way. The piece of information nobody really cares of except for several Wikipedians shouldn't take up 20%+ of the article's space. Colchicum (talk) 20:52, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Plant categories?

I can see the logic in adding wild buckwheat species such as Eriogonum longifolium var. harperi to the category Eriogonum but why remove them from category Polygonaceae? Is this a new recategorization project and if so where are the category suggestions found? ThanksTrilobitealive (talk) 19:55, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categorization#How to categorize an article: In the "vertical" dimension, Wikipedia is more frugal, placing articles only in the most specific categories they reasonably fit in. Thus, if there is a Category:American film actors, John Wayne would go there and not in Category:Film actors or Category:American actors. Moreover, it is common practice in plant articles. Colchicum (talk) 20:04, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I appreciate the reference. It will help a lot.Trilobitealive (talk) 04:10, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Vera Putina

Thanks for the info. What do they say in the book? That she's credible? Malick78 (talk) 08:50, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Olonka

Since when the best way in wikipedia is to shoot first then ask? Since when bad English is on par with vandalism to be reverted with no notice? Now you tagged; now wait for response in due time. `'Míkka >t 20:19, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

AlexNewArtBot rules

Thanks for setting up the rules for WikiProject Thailand. I have noticed, though, that quite a few sporting event articles have turned up as false positives, because of Thailand being listed as a participant in the results tables. Do you know of a work-around for this? --Paul_012 ^(talk) 14:31, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Category:Plant families

G'day mate,

In a number of cases you've (unknowingly?) reverted my removal of this category from plant family categories. Category:Adoxaceae (for example) contains all of the taxa in family Adoxaceae, only one of which is a family: Adoxaceae itself. Therefore Adoxaceae belongs in Category:Plant families, but Category:Adoxaceae does not.

Hesperian 10:51, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:Pictures

Context? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:08, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Kosovo

Ive replied to you on the Kosovo talk page. Please give your thoughts. Regards Ijanderson (talk) 18:53, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk

Could we not get a different pic for the article, say, the one on the German side? The current one with Ms Yusupova is somewhat confusing (it looks like she could be his wife or some such). The thing is i am very bad at this Commons business.Muscovite99 (talk) 21:26, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

An Invite to join Arctic WikiProject

Hi, you are graciously extended an invitation to join the Arctic WikiProject! The Arctic WikiProject is a fairly new WikiProject. We are a group of editors who are dedicated to creating, revising, and expanding articles, lists, categories, and Wikiprojects, to do with anything Arctic.

As you have shown an interest in Oeneis jutta we thought you might like to take an interest in this growing WikiProject.

We look forward to welcoming you to the project! SriMesh | talk 02:27, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

User:AlexNewArtBot/Cinema

Is it possible to amend the rules of this search so they exclude biography articles? This would be useful as such articles fall outside the scope of the relevant WikiProject, WP:FILM. Thanks in advance. PC78 (talk) 21:56, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

A question

Do you think that was a legitimate edit [5].Biophys (talk) 02:31, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

He continue doing this [6]. I personally do not care much, but these links are indeed very useful for any user who knows Russian and wants to improve the article.Biophys (talk) 04:05, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

He'll get banned soon, I am absolutely positive. Just a POV-pushing troll. Colchicum (talk) 22:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I am not so sure. To the contrary, I think he already has chased everyone away. People are afraid to block this user, even when he violates 3RR rule simultaneously in several articles, openly admits his violation, and asks to block him (during the last 3RR report by Grey fox). No wonder, after his aggressive letter to Arbcom and complaints to almost every arbitrator and Jimbo. You know, this is called "kachat' prava" ("push the rights") in Russian. One Russian who lives here in the US (let's call him N.S.) gave me the following advice: "When you are dealing with US bureacracy, do not be shy. Yell at them, be rude, scare them, demand your civil rights, promise to complain (and really complain) to their top manager, to BBB, to a Senator, to State administration, etc. Promise to sue them for poisoning you in a restaurant, for not removing slippery ice in a yard, for cheating you - whatever applies. They will think you are mad, but they will satisfy your demands, merely to minimize their trouble". I never followed his advice though. Good for me.Biophys (talk) 00:21, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Sergei Stepashin's predecessor

Hello, I was looking at your edit here 2yrs+month ago where you detailed the other various positions that Mr. Stepashin has served. In particular, I am looking at the Justice Minister entry, where you listed the predecessor to be Valentin Kovalyov. This name doesn't link to an article, and I am trying to trace back the various Justice Ministers to learn about if it was ever called Supreme Judge or anything interesting like this. Currently it is called Minister for Justice under the new cabinet.

I am wondering if you recall where the source of information on this was. I think if I can create an article for Mr. Kovalyov then perhaps we can continue the chain of documenting the people who served this position in the past. I have run into trouble for this name though because when I looked at the Kovalyov disambig page, it looks like there is also a pilot in the previous Soviet Union who had this same name (who died 27 years before Stepashin became Justice Minister, so I really don't think it's the same person). I have contacted User:KNewman about this, I am hoping with the help of both of you who have presented information about different persons of this name that we can conclude each person's identity for each respective Wikipedia article, and add them to appropriate Soviety soldier and Russian politician categories. I just joined Project Russia which Newman is in, since you have contributed to matters related to Russia would you like to also? Tyciol (talk) 00:58, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Felshitinsky

I think you are absolutely right. Such edits are against WP:BLP policy.Biophys (talk) 03:33, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, and he is aided by someone you previously supported in at least one occasion.Biophys (talk) 03:51, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Trollfest

You calling me HystoricWanker007 is very childish. Please grow up. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 23:28, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Not to mention entirely uncivil. You 'lecture' me about being uncivil, but what is calling other people "wankers"? You continue to call myself ruSSavia, even after being asked not to. And then you start calling other editors wankers? And you dare to accuse myself of being a troll to Biophys? Please, pull your head in, you know it is uncivil, and it is trolling. At the very least you owe HistoricWarrior007 an apology for calling him a wanker. --Russavia ^Dialogue 03:18, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Would you like some evidence to back up the claims of your trolling demeanour? Perhaps something other than you trying to out Biophys, right by the playbook of Web brigades? Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 07:34, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Colchicum, HistoricWarrior's actions speak for themselves. Please don't add a justification to his attacks by behaving in the same way. --Xeeron (talk) 10:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

What can I tell? There is a team of users who enforce Russian government propaganda and views, even though some of them deny an involvement in "ideological war" [7]. They will never go away. As soon as one of them (M) was blocked, he has been immediately replaced by several others (R and O to begin with). They collectively own all article on the Russian political subjects. Any genuine independent user who try to edit such articles and do not share their views will be chased away (as Colchicum, Grey_fox and me), blocked (as Muscovite99) or driven to a mental breakdown (like Hanzo). Right now Russavia behaves as a leader of this group (like here and there are many other indications as well). I have no idea how he can edit 24 non-stop from his account, day after day. Others have no idea too [8].Biophys (talk) 14:58, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

???!!! Seriously??? You realize the thread you linked to has nothing to do with the issues you outlined in your rant above, is completely out of context, and has absolutely no relevance to the discussion in question?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:31, March 13, 2009 (UTC)

In this particular diff Russavia said he will "warn" Alex that "you the telephone in one hand and are ready to dial, that will give him some incentive." He talked about Alex doing some boring wikipedia job. I am not sure what "incentive" Russavia talked about. I realize that "incentive" is not necessarily money. But why Alex should be afraid of your call?Biophys (talk) 03:02, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

It was a joke playing around certain past discussions and events all parties actively involved in the discussion thread were aware of. I am sorry you didn't get the joke, but it puzzles me to no end that you did not even understand it was actually just a harmless bit of humor. Either way, you most certainly didn't have to retrieve your jump to conclusions mat—I assure you the thread you linked to is very, very harmless. No Alexes were injured in the end, no "incentives" disbursed.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 03:33, March 14, 2009 (UTC)

It looks like I have to comment on this. Well, for his background Russavia has an amazing command on Russian language and understanding of all things Russian. Still he some times needs help from a native. The same way for his background he has quite a good knowledge on template coding and bot operations but sometime needs a help from a person with more software engineering background. It is really difficult to deny an enthusiastic person a small bit of help if it would make such huge and important projects as Russian Ambassadors, Moscow Kremlin, Heroes of Russia, etc. going. Russavia seems to know how to make other peoples guilty for not helping him and he brags about this. That is all, folks. Alex Bakharev (talk) 14:15, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

And yet, you still haven't done any of those stub things? Perhaps I need another way of making you feel guilty Alex? Because my "incentive" just hasn't worked. If anyone cares to see what we are talking about -- here you go (all discussions on my talk page are routinely archived for openness) -- User_talk:Russavia/Archive_9#Stubs. Of course, only someone like a "one-man disinformation bureau" could take a discussion on stubs between editors who don't take things too seriously on their own user talk pages and twist it into a huge web of conspiracy involving information warfare, web brigades, active measures and a whole lot of other psychotic kookery. I just thank God I didn't offer to kiss Alex on his belly as an incentive; imagine where that would have led us!. Anyway Biophys, thanks for the laugh, I honestly didn't think you had it in you. --Russavia ^Dialogue 15:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

All your article are belong to us. --Russavia ^Dialogue 15:51, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. So, that was just another joke by Russavia. He likes kidding about FSB, polonium and other things. He also likes team work. No further questions.Biophys (talk) 15:56, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Tadija

Hi Colchicum. :-) I replied at my talk page. - Best regards, Ev (talk) 17:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

A poem

Funny poem by Dmitry Bykov. Biophys (talk) 18:44, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Some background needed

Hi,

I'm afraid I'm not a regular reader of Russian Wikipedia, and it seems in this case, it has led me to incomplete understanding. Could I get a brief overview of what happened to Muscovite on ruwiki? If you consider it unsuitable for wikification, I trust you won't have any trouble finding my email address. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 21:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Civility

This edit is absolutely below the pale. I would not hesitate to block a user with lesser track of positive contributions than yours who would go into such an personal attack mode. Consider it as a last warning. If I were you I would bring my apologies to Russavia Alex Bakharev (talk) 23:09, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

No apologies from me, feel free to block if you wish. I don't really care much about blocks, DYKs, barnstars, fame and so on. For sure this wouldn't cause me "to pop a blood vessel or two". I did what I did, and a spade is a spade. It is not clear what you would prevent with this, though. Colchicum (talk) 03:24, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I think you had to accept an offer from Alex and Ezhiki to became a WP administrator when they made such offer. Then, you could help some unfairly treated users, and Alex would not be talking to you in this manner. But perhaps you still can become an administrator, since many people know about your neutral and weighted judgment.Biophys (talk) 22:26, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

No, you are wrong, I was right, I've never had any interest in this. I don't see anything wrong with the manner Alex was talking to me. Neither do I see anything wrong in what I think of Russavia. Fairness and humanism have never been among the notions I could easily understand. We are here to build an encyclopedia and not to be fair and humane. Also do not overestimate the power and strenght of admins. Is there any? Colchicum (talk) 22:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Please do not do anything you do not like. Yes, admins have a lot of power. As you probably noticed, it was a decision by one administrator to block Muscovite99 indefinitely. And of course you know that certain users like G can create a lot of disruption only because they are supported by some administrators who wheel war to unblock them. Or consider an administrator X (and you know such) who supports only one side over the years. He blocks everyone from one "side" every time he can, but supports another side during every ANI conflict. I do not suggest you to play such games, but having an honest and impartial administrator would be a bonus. Sorry if my previous comment was impolite.Biophys (talk) 23:48, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

See: a decision by one administrator.Biophys (talk) 23:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

You said: "We are here to build an encyclopedia and not to be fair and humane.". I can tell you that fairness and humanity are an important part of any collaborative project, including WP. Right now this project is spoiled like a class of 40 where two or three students badly misbehave. Perhaps I am one of bad students? Fine, then I would rather do something else.Biophys (talk) 00:02, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Block of Muscovite99

He was a very rare case of a genuine Russian editor with excellent knowledge of English who was not afraid to debate any questions, perhaps excluding the famous "starik". He was probably from Russian Orthodox Church. We were not "buddies". He even reverted my edits on a few occasions. I guess you were probably wrong about another person. It is everyone else who will be blocked here, perhaps including me and you, ironically for our own good. One thing is certain: the passion and the conflict of interest are not mutually exclusive. Quite the opposite. And no, I do not believe in cult of Putin's personality. Sorry for making some trouble. You probably realize that I am a very poor psychologist, to tell this politely.Biophys (talk) 14:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Curious

Is there any public source, perhaps an admission, of Mr. Bäckman editing his own article? Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 15:21, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

clutter

You're right. I took out my clutter again. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 14:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Not too late :-) Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 14:16, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Your answer

Do I take it that the messages you posted on User:Ev's talkpage were directed at me? The matter in hand is better explained in this edit [9]. If you challenge any part of it, please write on my talk page. Thank you. Evlekis (talk) 22:46, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Alternative names of football players
Hi, Colchicum. I replied & commented at WikiProject Football. - Best, Ev (talk) 16:29, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Reply

Judging from his reply ("Haha..."), this user knew that he will not be blocked [10]. Such things took place several times at 3RR and AE noticeboards. I am really at loss why this is happening except he may be considered as a productive editor. He also previously complained to Jimbo and arbitrators, so everyone may be hesitant to take an action.Biophys (talk) 19:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, I just would like to build a deterrent. Other than that, I am not particularly interested in his fate. Colchicum (talk) 23:03, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

If only he lets you live. It was him who made a deterrent, or at least that is what he thinks.Biophys (talk) 01:10, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, I couldn't care less about what he thinks. Colchicum (talk) 01:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Sure, no one cares, as long as he/they does not follow his edits. But as long as they do, one can only ran away or waste a lot of time inefficiently. Few people are willing to do that. Few people are willing to see how their work has been transformed to garbage by a team of POV-pushers. How one writer said, "Bodalsja telenok s dubom." Biophys (talk) 21:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

On editing early and editing often

Hi,

I don't think you've ever edited for more than 18 hours in a row. Even more than 17 has happened only twice: back in February 2007 and August 2007. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 06:58, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

That's my very point. Sleepless people tend to become grumpy, or even worse. Machines are different. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 12:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I did a thorough cleanup of the Safka article. Could you take a look? I'd hate to have missed a spot. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 14:11, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

See? Only a short day ago I talked about deletion of {{Notpropaganda}}, and it's on TfD already! Those humourless people from the future past ... Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 16:11, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Russavia has found another article he never edited before: Soviet ruble. He's got this fanciful theory that valyuta roubles and common roubles were one and the same thing. Go figure. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 13:51, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

On a completely unrelated note, you might find [11] interesting. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 17:38, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Kadyrov's opinion on Politkovskaya and Berezovsky

While I agree with your comment removing Kadyrov's statement, I don't see a violation of WP:NPOV here, despite my considering his opinion highly unreliable. The WP:BLP does not apply to public figures, I think. I am not sure if the figure mentioned in Kadyrov's statement can be considered public. This is a grey area to me. --ilgiz (talk) 23:26, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I have moved the info from Anna Politkovskaya to Anna Politkovskaya assassination. I do not see Kadyrov's opinion as to be notable enough for the main article there only a brief summary is given. It might go as an attributed opinion to the assasination article though Alex Bakharev (talk) 01:58, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- Well, we don't quote every goatherd and his goat in such cases. Kadyrov has nothing to do with the investigation and, one obvious hypothesis aside, could know nothing about the assassination. If I wished to discredit a certain position, it would be hard do find anybody who could do that better than Kadyrov. No, not really hard. Bäckman could do better. Colchicum (talk) 10:45, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
  - I think Wikipedia rules direct its editors to record rather than seek truth. I understand that almost every editor IS motivated by truth seeking, but sticking to the formal rules helps CLASSIFY CONTRADICTIONS.--ilgiz (talk) 15:30, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Except that apparently, Bäckman is not very good at Russian language: [12]. Surprising? I know the feeling. Since it's a job requirement for spinning this sort of conspiracy theories, I'm not sure he'd be better. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 17:10, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

- - Back to Kadyrov - since he is the prime suspect in the assassination his opinion is indeed notable. You might have noticed that I have put Kadyrov quote just below Pribylovsky accusing Kadyrov in complicity Alex Bakharev (talk) 01:55, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
    - And this doesn't put him in a position to know whether Berezovsky is implicated there. But whatever, from my POV Kadyrov's rant is badly needed there. I am just not so sure that it is encyclopedic. Colchicum (talk) 10:19, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
      - Well, Kadyrov is not the first person pointing out the possibility of Berezovsky's involvement. I remember reading Leena Hietanen writing something on similar lines two years ago, most likely basing this on other Russian sources. Kadyrov may just be the most notable person saying this. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 11:18, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

How unfortunate that Hietanen is not a reliable source. She's not a historian, and her journalistic stories have nontrivial issues with facts. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 18:52, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, it seems to me that Putin was the first one, but I don't remember this well enough. Colchicum (talk) 18:55, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Sverdlovsk

You are absolutely right. I've turned the page into a disambig. Someone still needs to rectify the backlinks, though. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:43, December 12, 2008 (UTC)

Интересный линк: [13] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.26.251 (talk) 08:35, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Alternative names of football players

I have just edited the article on Hashim Thaçi (diff.), moving the alternative names to a footnote, as suggested at WikiProject Football. Is that ok with you ? - Please, reply here. :-) Best, Ev (talk) 17:28, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Medvedev and Medoyev

Hi,

do the names Dmitry Medvedev and Dmitry Medoyev sound similar to your ear? Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 06:23, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Swine Flu Outbreak 2009

I take it you come to play, Colchicum. And we can use all the help we can get!

Please help us keep the swine flu article updated. Thanks. Cool Nerd (talk) 19:33, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

ThankSpam

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my "RecFA", which passed with a final tally of 153/39/22. There were issues raised regarding my adminship that I intend to cogitate upon, but I am grateful for the very many supportive comments I received and for the efforts of certain editors (Ceoil, Noroton and Lar especially) in responding to some issues. I wish to note how humbled I was when I read Buster7's support comment, although a fair majority gave me great pleasure. I would also note those whose opposes or neutral were based in process concerns and who otherwise commented kindly in regard to my record.
I recognise that the process itself was unusual, and the format was generally considered questionable - and I accept that I was mistaken in my perception of how it would be received - but I am particularly grateful for those whose opposes and neutrals were based in perceptions of how I was not performing to the standards expected of an administrator. As much as the support I received, those comments are hopefully going to allow me to be a better contributor to the project. Thank you. Very much. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:10, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

~~~~~

Weather is nice in Scotland this time of year

Do you understand why he would take out Lèse majesté and keep Star Chamber? I expected an exact reverse, considering that the former is associated with the glorious Roman Empire, and the latter has become somewhat of a curseword in the English-speaking world. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 21:06, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Emperor Falls photo

Hi Colchicum! I just saw your photo of Emperor Falls & thought it was really good. I was just wondering if you got some other shots of the other falls on Robson River? Or do you maybe have some shots of the river itself (they would be useful when the Robson River stub is created, it hasn't been yet but I'm going to soon). If you do if you could you put them on Wikipedia? Cheers AndrewEnns (talk) 01:39, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

The Special Barnstar

		The Special Barnstar
		For this. We are proud to have you in Wikipedia. -- Sander Säde 20:42, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

(I know you don't care about barnstars and awards, but I just had to give it. -- Sander Säde 20:41, 6 June 2009 (UTC))

Of it, that and stuff

Speaking of it, the sleep has become curiously overlapping with a flurry of activities elsewhere. Would you suspect he picked up a sock or two? But I don't think I can prove it :-(

As for the other one, do you remember a certain memorial? Not this monument, that other monument? I think you'll find him among those who liked it so much they had to blog about it in the article. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 21:09, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Re [14], the magic word is User:RJ CG. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 19:06, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

BF4

I think it's time to report Beatle Fab Four to AE. What do you think?Biophys (talk) 22:24, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, I think he doesn't have a slightest chance to survive anything like that, given the percentage of blind reverts in his edits (not because of any particular case, where by chance he might be right or wrong). But a number of his associates will inevitably materialize there to troll the board. I am tired of that. So it is up to you to decide. If you think it's time, it's time. Colchicum (talk) 09:55, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

It's a good thing that AE is less prone to trolling than AN/I. Дигвурен Дигвурович_Аллё? 10:28, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I see what you mean, Colchicum. I will report BF4. In reply, all his friends will report me. I will report all of them. Then they will report Дигвурен Дигвурович and everyone else they do not like. Finally, everyone will be resticted (which may be a good thing? - remember what Vassisualii Lokhankin said kogda ego poroli: "mozet byt' v etom i zakluchaetsja sermjaznaya pravda?").Biophys (talk) 22:38, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. You was right. I am tired too. All of that does not make any sense.Biophys (talk) 20:36, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Eastern Europe

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Thanks, Offliner (talk) 21:47, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I saw your last comment in this case. How they are going to investigate? Just to look at the edit history of everyone listed in the case? Do you mean banning everyone currently under investigation at AE? Do you mean placing everyone with blocking history under 1RR restriction? That is why one needs at least a vague discussion and diffs at AE, not mentioning arbitration. Thanks,Biophys (talk) 14:38, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Now I see. Just look at the last 500 edits of everyone in the list of involved editors, plus the total number of his edits, plus his blocking history, and you have a picture. However, that would be in part misleading for long-term contributors like R, V and me.Biophys (talk) 14:58, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

This is not arbitration as yet, this is a request for arbitration. Offy and PU don't have much experience with this and are wasting their time adding piles of diffs (furthermore, in their collectivist dreams the guys seem to have forgotten that no group can be held responsible, and no diffs aimed at incriminating a group as a whole will ever change this). As to diffs, all in good time. Yes, I think it would be a good idea to have somebody like Moreschi or Durova or FPS looking at the edit history of everyone listed in the case and beyond and applying sanctions at their own discretion (pursuant to the existing policy) in order to eliminate belligerent behavior from this area. After all, this is what administrators are supposed to do. Formally they don't even need a further ArbCom sanction for this. Colchicum (talk) 15:17, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but it matters who does the work. You forget that Durova is not an administrator any more. She fell a victim to intrigues by a certain group of users who force her to give up administrative tools. Yes, I believe she is an excellent and impartial investigator.Biophys (talk) 20:15, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

What we need is a trusted investigator and jury. There is no shortage of executioners here. Colchicum (talk) 20:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes. But I believe more people are involved, Shotlandyia and FeelSunny including.Biophys (talk) 13:59, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Please see review you requested: User:Shell Kinney/EEreportsreview. This is a heroic effort on her part. But she is apparently unware that I tried to fix article Kolchak after edits by sock of a banned user (Kupredu); then PU came (who never edited this article) and reverted everything blaming me of "vandalism". I may be looking at a topic ban from all Russia-related subjects. If this is happenning, you know that I will be out of here, because that was my main interest. I hope they will do something less severe. Which sanctions would be appropriate if I place myself in her shoes? 1RR restiction per article per day for every warrier she mentioned? Banning everyone from articles where edit warring took place? Banning everyone from articles on the modern Russian (and Estonia?) politics; although one should define a year when the "modern" starts? Civility parole for some?Biophys (talk) 16:25, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm out of here

Hi,

I've been working on the AE stuff, and discussing it with my colleagues. 2007 came to mind, and not in a good way. I'm afraid Wikipedia is broken beyond repair, and I've got enough of trying to repair the unrepairable dream. Consequently, I'll give up and won't waste my time on it anymore.

There are some people here I'm going to miss. Perhaps, when stars are right, we can some time coöperate in another way, for another purpose. Hopefully, a better purpose. Дигвурен Дигвурович_Аллё? 15:59, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

My condolences. This is understandable. I am thinking about the same. But never tell "never". Good luck! Biophys (talk) 20:17, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Arguing

Please refrain from arguing with other editors at WP:AE. If you have additional evidence, you can present it. Otherwise, argumentation only lengthens the page and makes it harder for administrators to reach a conclusion to the thread. Jehochman ^Talk 14:57, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Notice of editing restrictions

Notice: Under the terms of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren, any editor working on topics related to Eastern Europe, broadly defined, may be made subject to an editing restriction at the discretion of any uninvolved administrator. Should the editor make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, he or she may be blocked for up to a week for each violation, and up to a month for each violation after the fifth. This restriction is effective on any editor following notice placed on his or her talk page. This notice is now given to you, and future violations of the provisions of this warning are subject to blocking.

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Just to let you know that I decided to retire. You are the only neutral editor on the modern Russian politics. Please take good care of the articles if you can. I will miss you. Good bye.Biophys (talk) 22:39, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Reg exps

Sorry about this, need to study more on reg exps! Thanks for fixing. --Stefan ^talk 00:26, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

1RR limit

Thatcher 03:59, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Vacated [15] Thatcher 20:33, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Appeal

I filed an appeal of the sanction that User:Thatcher recently place on me, and also yourself here: [16]. I saw that you said that you weren't planning to file an appeal yourself but, inevitably, your name was brought up somewhere along the line, so I though it'd be only right to make you aware of it.radek (talk) 23:51, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

1993

The guy is rather stubborn, it seems, so I had to add a complaint here. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 19:31, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Allonsanfan.jpg

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Fixes in userspace

Good fix, but next time you better tell me to do it. The reason: as long as the usespace article is edited by its holder alone he can eventually post it in main space with a single copypaste edit and then delete userspace page and forget about it; the road from nil to final text is erased for good.

Now, one single edit by anyone except userpage holder requires (GFDL compliance) preserving the complete edit story so that your highly copyrightable edit is forever listed in the annals. Usually it's not a big deal - just move from user to article space (as happened to Russian cultural heritage register) - but not in this case (1) cannot move over existing article (2) User:NVO/SL was a sandbox used for three of four distinct texts; its history prior to this diff is irrelevant to current subject. So now an admin must cut-and-stitch edit history manually (they like it, they really really like it, there's a 30 thousand articles backlog or so they say...).

Regards, NVO (talk) 20:40, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, I will be happy to merge an edit history of any article for you. It is a 5 minute to 20 minute mechanical job depending on the speed of the connections/wiki servers and the number of revisions. Alternatively if you would not delete the userspace page you can specify that the copy-paste edit is based on such and such revision of a specific user-space page and then everybody interested could check the editing history of the userspace page. I am not an expert of legalistics of GFDL but surely even if somebody has "only" suggested a non-trivial edit on the talk page but have not made it himself then still his contribution should be acknowledged Alex Bakharev (talk) 00:58, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Medvedev

I thought these two expressions were synonymical: [17]. What is the difference? Remember, that we should where possible try to avoid using the same words as in the source to avoid copyvios. Offliner (talk) 09:40, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Aeroflot: Controversies

Объясните пожалуйста, что Вы имеете в виду под сочетанием "Аэрофлот с 2004 года находится под контролем члена КГБ Виктора Иванова?" Напомню, что в данный момент генеральный директор "Аэрофлота - Виталий Савельев, сместивший Валерия Окулова". С уважением, --Tserg (talk) 13:33, 6 October 2009 (UTC) Извините, Иванов действительно председатель совета директоров. --Tserg (talk) 13:36, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Parallel Universes

I have visited recently a couple of places created by wikipedia outcasts, like Encyclopedia Dramatica. Surprisingly, there was a Russian site of that sort called "wikireality.ru/wiki" Yes, it tells about a conspiracy in Russian wikipedia (see Заговор ГСБ). However, the conspiracy was apparently created by the opposite side, and it was real conspiracy based on the number of employed sock puppets. I found it rather amazing that the name of a girl was Lvova [see wikireality.ru/wiki/Lvova]. I could not give you a direct link because the place is blocked through a spam filter. I wonder why...Biophys (talk) 03:34, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

AFAIK GSB and User:Lvova conflict with Russian Wikipedia has no connections with politics of the real world - just conflict of personalities. Look on ru:Википедия:Заявки на арбитраж/Вневикипедийные события I had contacts with Lvova when she worked for OTRS on Commons. She is a quite a hard working editor it is pity that her English is apparently not good enough to work more productively here. GSB seems to have been just a troll who enjoyed provocations and lulz. Alex Bakharev (talk) 05:39, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, you are certainly right. But this "wikireality" is just another attack web site. It exposes a lot of personal information about well-intended although occasionally drunk editors and obvious trolls, but it pointedly tells nothing about others (like SashaT) who do whatever they want.Biophys (talk) 13:18, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Cheers Colchicum - would you please give your input regarding headline, to stop edit war - message to Killing Vector below

Why are you ignoring requests for you to reason your reverts of the 'Soviet attack' from the headline of the related text

Killing Vector: Despite requests, you have refused to give any reasoning for your reverts, whereas I have explained my edits. Do you not agree that the Continuation War started with a major Soviet attack against Finland on June 25, 1941 ?

If you agree, that this is where and when the Continuation War began, why in your opinion this fact - perhaps the most defining moment of the entire war (as it launched the war) - does not deserve to be included in the headline of the block of text which discusses the topic ?

I ask you kindly once again - please explain your reverts - can you not offer any reasoning at all for you doing this ? If you can't, please allow the war-initiating Soviet offensive to stay in the headline where it belongs.

I wait for your answer, before reverting your revert. If you decline to offer any acceptable reasoning for your reverts, or if you continue giving no explanation at all, I believe others agree that your reverts are unjustifiable and your removal of the Soviet attack from this headline should not be withstood.

My suggestions for the headline in question are: Initial stages - Soviet offensive starts war - - or - - Initial stages - Soviet air raid begins war - - or - - Initial stages - Soviet air offensive launches war - - or - - Initial stages - Soviet Union attacks Finland - - or - - Initial stages - Soviet offensive, June 25, 1941 - - or, perhaps the best - - Initial stages - Soviet offensive of 1941.

The 'Initial stages' was a suggestion from user Illythr, so I left that part in the headline - since this block indeed discusses the initial stages as well, besides the Soviet attack.

Any other suggestions for this headline - leaving the Soviet attack in ? Or, does anyone else wish to state why in their opinion this war-initiating major Soviet offensive should not be in this headline ? Should the Finnish offensive not be in the following headline either ?

In my view, the most appropriate phrasing for that following headline is: Finnish counter-offensive of 1941, as that is what it was - a counter-offensive. Yet, I am also ok with the current headline there, Finnish offensive of 1941, as long as the prior Soviet offensive is stated in the headline before this. Boris Novikov (talk) 06:08, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Vasilievsky Island Labelled Map

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Soviet reaction to the Polish Crisis of 1980-1981

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Good bye

Remember that I have a lot to gain in my real life by not editing here. Thank you and all others for your sincere collaboration and help. That was the best thing at this site. Good bye.Biophys (talk) 13:53, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, proteins are mostly not Soviet-related. Anyway, good luck, Wikipedia is probably not worth that much. Colchicum (talk) 16:18, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

I can not edit as "Biophys" in any areas because of the outing and off-wiki harassment, and I do not really want to edit anywhere if they give me the indefinite topic ban for "mentality" (although 1RR restriction is something justifiable). This is all a powerful message that I am no longer welcome. The only thing I expected from the arbitrators was to go carefully through my workshop and evidence sections and make a fair decision.Biophys (talk) 19:14, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Sorry for that "Edit War" thing, but I think, that article on stalin is highly biased and presenting only the one side of the story. It is a democratic space, no doubts, but working conditions on wikipedia are highly undemocratic. The paragraph which i've inserted there was adequately cited with references, to prove that every thing which i've written on wikipedia should be accurate. Can you suggest some better way out to deal with this situation.

Regards.

-Viplovecomm (talk) 13:15, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Civility issues

Colchicum. In this edit you seems to imply that Greyhood is a sock-puppet of banned User:Miyokan. A talk page of an article is not a correct place for such discussions. Please either file a check user request or collect all the evidence of editorial similarities and contact an administrator. Miyokan had quite specific spelling as well as an annoying habit of downloading unfree images. Thus, it should not be that difficult to prove his authorship even if the checkuser fails. Or if you do not want to spend your time on this issue you can allow the things slip. It is after you. What is not allowed is to poison the discussion on an important article by such allegations. Also please avoid such colorful language as Of course I don't expect people like you feel even the slightest bit embarassed - it is not helpful Alex Bakharev (talk) 02:03, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Noted. No, I didn't imply that, did you? Not entirely impossible, but unlikely. That was my first guess, but I have long been aware that the time zones are different and that they edited simultaneously more than once. I might, however, imply that G has picked up M's rather unhelpful role here, which is worse IMO. By the way, do I take it that the colorful language is the most pressing issue poisoning this part of Wikipedia? No wonder so many Russia-related articles are close to perfection nowadays. Colchicum (talk) 20:31, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh wow. On second thought, your hypothesis has some merit. [19][20] Colchicum (talk) 23:11, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

[21] --Sander Säde 19:20, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, thanks, I know this tool. It is better this way: [22] Still, overall he has edited more than 3000 pages, his edits are mostly massive addition of these colorful templates, pointless but rather harmless, and I wouldn't (and didn't) mind M socking as long as he refrained from relentless POV-pushing. I recall there was another tool, which plotted user activity by hour and day of the week, I used it to compare them about a year ago, but I have forgotten where it was. Don't you know it by any chance? As to the protected areas, I'll look at it a bit later. Colchicum (talk) 19:45, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

As about the tool, let me show you a couple of other examples: [23] [24]. Does it mean anything?Biophys (talk) 21:04, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll look into it [25][26], but please stay away from such matters, just a friendly advice. Technically the guys are not "Soviet-related articles", but still I feel you shouldn't do this, and not just to avoid trouble. Moreover, this is all rather moot now. Colchicum (talk) 21:17, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

All right, I get it. No, I absolutely did not mean filing any SPI reports, although this is not prohibited by my topic ban. I just provided two examples of apparently unrelated users to show that results of the first counter must be interpreted with care. As about the second counter, it also fails to provide any useful information for a number of users who do not have any regular hours for sleep or possibly travel between more than two different time zones (one would expect a bimodal distribution for a traveler between two zones). Biophys (talk) 02:59, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, I would not be surprised if he is indeed Miyokan, or maybe the similarities are just accidental. The similarities in the editing pattern shown so far are not convincing and I do not feel motivated enough to spend a few hours a week that I have currently available for wiki to dig the matter myself. If somebody provide a better evidence of the editing similarities I would blocj him. At any rate please be aware of civility, privacy issues and editorial restrictions. Maybe it is better to handle things privately. All admins are available via wikimail. Alex Bakharev (talk) 04:13, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

There are several tools for comparing daily activity. I cannot remember the address of the one at Toolserver, so I use this one. --Sander Säde 06:21, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Good, thanks, but it would make more sense to compare edits made during a clearly defined period of time. People tend to move from time to time. Colchicum (talk) 10:55, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

List of protected areas of Estonia

I've been meaning to re-do List of protected areas of Estonia for a long, long time - and finally started. The draft of the tables is at User:Sander_Säde/reserves - feel free to edit it any way you want. I would appreciate your input about the tables, namely:

Should there be a size limit for included areas? Especially for landscape reserves - current table doesn't have protected parks and groves, but there are 548 of them, most only a couple of hectares.
Special Conservation Area (Estonian: hoiuala, limited conservation area, Schutzgebiet, заповедник). Current list does not have those; there are 343 of them. Some are quite big, up to 8600 ha. I am starting to think they should be included, as the article would be incomplete without them.
The tables themselves - should there be a link to the page of the area in Estonian Environment(al) Registry? Should it be linked from the Estonian name of the area like it is now.

All other suggestions and comments are welcome, of course. I hope to get the list into a condition where I could nominate it as a featured list - but that will take a lot of work.

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"imeni Karla Libknekhta", "Tolyatti", "Lakhdenpokhya" and many, many others...

Hi, it is seemed that - due to Ezhiki among some others - your edit in the article Karelian Isthmus, after the war would be wrong:
"The vast majority of the old Finnish toponyms in the conquered territories were renamed to invented Russian ones by the government around 1948. The toponyms of the territories included within Karelo-Finnish SSR and of the southern part of the isthmus mostly remained.
However, e.g. Ezhiki dissents, look at: "imeni Karla Libknekhta", "Tolyatti", "Lakhdenpokhya" and many, many others.... please.
Yours, --Finrus (talk) 14:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for your note Colchicum. I've been rereading my references to figure out what I should say. At what point in the article should I insert the Armed Forces section? Buckshot06 (talk) 23:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Soviet Republics rendering

Hi. The problem with that table is that it can't be seen on smaller screens anyway. The window has to be scrolled to the right to see the full map. Greyhood (talk) 21:09, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Your report

Please see User_talk:EdJohnston#Koov. My hope of reform was misplaced. EdJohnston (talk) 20:41, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Ural

Your additions are more than welcome, but please cite reliable references for that. Unreferenced writing will bring us back to the old chaos which still dominates other wikis. Materialscientist (talk) 10:32, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

(Re:sources) Fine. Take your time. Materialscientist (talk) 10:37, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

As you can guess, I am not an expert in Pliny. I can only tell that "John Thomas Painter" has 54 hits on Google and Noah Webster has 300k, i.e. I trust your judgment if it sounds reasonable to a layman :). Materialscientist (talk) 12:50, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

(i) Added a ref on Pliny. His books were available to many (and that part on Ripaei montes is readable on Google Books, in several Pliny's sources). Whereas I am not good in decoding his Latin, I believe others, including Webster, were. (ii) We've got Ural (region) which is Urals (in my understanding) as in Russian. It is not clear when some authors say Urals whether they mean the region or mountains, but this is their problem, I guess :) as there are geography conventions. (iii) Agree on regions and commented them all out in the infobox. (iv) Landscape image is common for infoboxes of the Russian wiki, but not on English. Here most geography articles put large-scale location maps in front, and I fully agree with that - we can't assume on english wiki that everybody knows what/where the subject is. I simply haven't found a good location map and was too lazy to draw myself. (v) The plutonium part was rewritten by Moonriddengirl; my meager info was coming from Britannica. Quick-patched. Materialscientist (talk) 00:37, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Watch out...

... conspiracy theorists are preparing serious exposures. Ай-яй-яй ;-) Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (t) 11:09, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Good point

Retitled and collapsed. For transparency purposes, I'm trying not to sweep anything under any rugs myself, so I don't think I should remove it altogether. Thanks for the suggestion! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:33, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

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Dear Colchicum, I am inviting you to take a look at the draft of the revised Berezovsky article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Boris_Berezovsky_(businessman)/new I am seeking a consensus on the proposal to move the draft article to the main page - to replace the old one, which has now been unblocked. I would appreciate your taking a look at the revised text. The article is still incomplete, but I will not be able to spend time on this for the next couple of weeks. Perhaps, it is time to involve a wider community--Kolokol1 (talk) 22:39, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

I would merge the draft into the main article as soon as possible (as it is certainly better than the current one). Salvaging whatever is left useful in the current article or problems with the draft (IMHO it is very spin doctored into Berezovsky's favor) can be fixed by working on the main article. Speaking of wikistaff we should probably merge the histories (you need an admin to do this, I can do it for you) Alex Bakharev (talk) 01:30, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

And now we actually have a confirmation that user Kolokol1 is being paid to whiten Berezovsky's reputation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Foundation_for_Civil_Liberties as you can see from description, this is a firm funded by Berezovski.

In the link on the bottom of this page you can see, that Kolokol is their "Foundation's news project"

Doesn't it have clear resemblance to Kolokol1's nickname??? Of course it can be a mere coincidence, but it's up to you all to judgeDeepdish7 (talk) 15:19, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Moved from user page. lifebaka++ 15:39, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I thought he meant Kolokol-1. Biophys (talk) 16:29, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Boris

I reverted your desired addion - it appears to assert allegations - of murder, as it a BLP - such additions needs discussion.- Off2riorob (talk) 22:32, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

It presents allegations as allegations, not as facts. They may well be false (and IMO most certainly are), but as allegations they are notable, so I don't see any BLP problems. If anything, the text is not too kind to Russian officials, not Berezovsky. But whatever. Colchicum (talk) 22:47, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

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"Berry picking" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Berry picking has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 November 28 § Berry picking until a consensus is reached. Indefatigable (talk) 20:21, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Zhitkovo

The article Zhitkovo has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Nothing about this location other than where it is on maps, what time it is there, and weather forecasts.

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