User talk:Czalex

I noticed you were new, and wanted to share some links I thought useful:

For more information click here. You can sign your name by typing 4 tildes, like this: ~~~~.

Belarusian Portal

Thanks for coming to the Portal. I got rid of the Lukashenko symbols and the greeny template/design. I hope you like it and thanks for working on Belarusian articles. I mainly created the portal to get articles (and other things) on Belarus created, showed around Wikipedia and just increase the Belarusian presence on not just Wikipedia, but the Internet in general. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:49, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Domeyko

He never considered himself Belarusian and no serious scholars consider him Belarusian today. So please stop.--Witkacy 05:48, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

the man was born in Belarus and at least this is a reason good enough to mention him as Belarusian.

1. Belorusia dont existed at that time. 2. Milions of Poles lived befor the 2ww in todays Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania. Even today 4% of the Belorusian population are Poles. See Demographics of Belarus.

His forefathers did not migrate from Poland (oh, or you have evidence?), but were Belarusian. Even Damiejka is a Belarusian (Ruthenian, but not Polish) surname.

Do you have some evidence that they NOT migrate from Poland? His surname is of no importance - are all Belarusian with ski surnames Poles? And BTW his surname was DOMEYKO and not Damiejka..

In Belarus he is officically considered to be Belarusian. This can not be ignored.

In Belarus Lukashenko is officically a hero :)

You just ingnore the fact, that he never considered himself Belorusian and nobody do that. Please also stop to add Belarusian names for other Poles like Lucjan Zeligowski, that's ridiculously... Wielka Encyklopedia PWN: [1] --Witkacy 06:34, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

External links

Website about Domeyko —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.31.170.70 (talk) 21:10, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

[2], [3], [4], [5], [6] etc, etc ....

"... In the year 2002 we have the 200th anniversary of Ignacy Domeyko's birthday /1802-1889/ an outstanding Polish patriot and scientist. On this occasion Polish Post together with Chile Post will issue a post stamp ..."

"Damiejka considered himself as Litvin, probably spoke Polish as mother tongue but was Belarusian (Litvin) of origin"

No. He did not, and he never used the name Domejka ...

"Belorusia does not exist even today. I know only Belarus or White Ruthenia and people who can not write correctly. There where never "MILLIONS" of Poles in Belarus - several tens thousands migrated to Belarus between WWI and WWII - that's all!"

I have said milions of Poles in Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania... Poles migrated after the WWI? No Poles in todays Belarus in times of the PLC? and partitions of Poland? That's interesting... BTW: 4% of 10,310,520 = 400 000 Poles (today).

However... He was a Pole, and your own opinion dont change simply facts...--Witkacy 07:40, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of rather harsh attitude of Witkacy, there is some serious point in what he writes. Most of all, if we followed your logic we'd have to quote also other translations or transliterations of his name (which was one, the other versions seem just that). For instance, he was born in Russia, so a Russian rendering should be mentioned. He was also born in former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, so perhaps a Ruthenian or Lithuanian version could be mentioned..? Finally, the area he was born in what soon after his birth became France, so how about adding Ignace Domeyko..?

Anyway, all these translations of his name were not what he signed his works with. Why to pretend it was not so? Halibu tt 09:01, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

Gentlemen, see Talk:Ignacy Domeyko for the answers--Czalex 17:15, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Dear Witkacy, would you please firstly argument your subjective changes proposals in the talk page. I'm sorry, but what you are doing now is ridiculous"

It has been already discussed. --Witkacy 20:14, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You did not answer my last message (check the Talk page of the article!). If we consider the discussion for closed, let us keep the article with both Belarusian and Polish categories and names in it. It is a compromise.--Czalex 20:20, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Come on.. its only wasting of time.. He wasnt a Pole, yes.. he was a Polish patriot !!! :)--Witkacy 21:17, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It is waste of time, you're damn right! :) Being Polish patriot didn't make him not Belarusian of origin and birthplace. And one can be sure that he was a patriot of his home the same much as he was patriot of Poland (to sum up - he was patriot of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). So leaving him there as a Belarusian scientist doesn't stop him from being Polish geologist! Both Belarusians and Poles can be proud of Damiejka, so how about a peace treaty on this?--Czalex 21:43, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

3-revert rule violation

Ignacy Domeyko. Cool down. Not a matter of life and death. mikka (t) 21:44, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Of course not, but it is a matter of Wikipedias objectivity and completeness.--Czalex 21:49, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Award

Thank you! :)

Жыве Беларусь!

Just in case you wanted to change the award to a more localised version... :)

		The Belarusian Barnstar of National Merit
		{{{1}}}
		_{this WikiAward was given to {{subst:PAGENAME}} by ~~~ on ~~~~~}

--Halibu tt 12:59, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

I'm glad that you are able to help me on the Belarusian articles, so that was why I gave you the BoNM (which, I created). As for the Belarusian variant, have fun with it, give it to whoever. I am not as picky about the award as my friend Redux does, but I would not be surprised if he talks to you again Halibutt and to you, Czalex. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:12, 31 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Though, personally, I think the template I used is screwing up your talk page. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:13, 31 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Belarusian babel templates

Hello,

please have a look at belarusian babel templates in the Russian Wiki. Maybe we can unify templates in English and Russian domains? Which version do you think is better? -- Paul Pogonyshev 07:24, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

1) the difference AFAIC is only in the writing - Taraškievica vs Narkomaŭka. In the Belarusian wiki we have a rule not to convert Taraškievica to Narkomaŭka and vice versa (just like there's a rule not to convert British English to American in the English Wiki), so both variants are OK

2) the other difference is свабодна валодае беларускай мовай vs выдатна ведае беларускую мову. IMO the 2nd variant sounds better--Czalex 14:56, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz

1. Nobody really knows the origins of the Chodkiewicz family.
2. According to a legend they were descendants of boyars from Kiev (Ukraine).
3. Something like "Belarusian nobility" dont exist at that time (Belarus/Belarusians not existed at that time, neither as a country nor as a nation)
4. Only because Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor was Teresa Kunegunda Sobieskas son, (or the children of Maria Klementyna Sobieska) it does not mean that he/they were Polish nobles.
5. Please note for the future, that - for an example - only because George Bush's forefathers were from England or Scotland or Ireland, it dont change the fact that he himself is an American, and the Bush family are Americans.
6. Probably you have also Polish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, or Russian ancestors - but it makes you not less Belarusian.

--Witkacy 19:59, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"Polacy dawno obchodzą się tak, by nas, wielkie rody litewskie, rozdrażnione do zguby przyprowadzić" A quote from: H. Visneris, Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės valstybingumo pavojai, Vilnius 1991,

(seems a dubious source)

As i already said, the origins of the family are unknown. Probably Kiev, maybe Lithuania - nobody knows it.

And yes, the Chodkiewicz's were Orthodox, then Calvinists and finally Catholics (Jan Karol Was Catholic). See also point 3 above.--Witkacy 22:35, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Transliteration and transcription of Belarusian

Would you perhaps consider writing something similar to this article for Belarusian? I believe it would be very helpful for Wikipedians trying to transcribe Belarusian names. If you don't have time, I can try to lump something together, but I believe you are much better qualified to write it than me.

Btw, here you can find the 2000 transliteration standard in a non-mangled form (search the page for 2 приложение). -- Naive cynic 10:23, 20 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Creating an article like this is a very good idea - but the problem is that I am not really familiar with the different Romanization systems, except for Lacinka and the Official system. Maybe it would be best if you'd make a draft and I would then check the article for correctness?--Czalex 12:06, 20 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, neither really am I, but I'll see what can I do. :) -- Naive cynic 14:59, 20 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Page moves

Please don't move pages into titles with nonconventional transliteration. This is against wikipedia rules: common English spelling must be used. This was discussed in length when Ukrainian nationalists tried to replace Kiev by Kyiv everywhere. mikka (t) 21:52, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This transliteration is not controversial, it is an official standard approved by the state carthorgaphy committee to be used for transliteration of Belarusian names--Czalex 06:41, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I konw that. I myself added the corresponding section in Belarusian language. I am not saying it is controversial. You are not listening to what I am saying. Official Belarusian standard has no force on English language. While it is OK to use whatever spelling you want (includig belarussian translit) on the minor toponyms, well-known cities already have English names, and no one will ever force to use "Moskva" in English instead of Moscow. mikka (t) 16:45, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Statement

I'm not saying I never disagreed with You, but on Smalensk, You've got my total support, cousin! Space Cadet 01:11, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Chauvinist vandalism.

I restored Belarusian: Смаленск in the corresponding article. If the Chauvinist gang vandalises other Belarus-related articles, please let me know. I add'll these artciles to my whatchlist. We have to do something against this crazy mafia. If you know the people that can support us, please let me know. Regards, --AndriyK 10:20, 27 October 2005 (UTC) P.S. You may also add your comment Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#User:Ghirlandajo|here.--AndriyK 10:20, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I know even more people who can put you to reason. The population of Russia is ten times as large as Halychyna, remember. No matter how many racists you recruit, we will bring ten times more. --Ghirlandajo 11:27, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK! :) --Czalex 19:16, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ten times more racists, you mean? Space Cadet 12:20, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Smalensk

Thanks for a final compromise with Sm(O/A)lensk. In fact it was forged along the lines of a similar discussion regarding Ukrainian cities. You can see it at Talk:Kiev#Summary_of_older_discussions_over_names_in_the_articles. What do you think, does it make sense? Finally, I call on everyone to avoid strong rhetoric. Long Live Belarus' as well as any other nation. --Irpen 21:20, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

List of country names in various languages under attack !!!

Dear Alexander,

The List of country names in various languages, List of European regions with alternative names, List of European cities with alternative names, List of European rivers with alternative names, and others, have come under attack by a certain Mikka, who, having just stumbled into all these lists, having found them of little use to himself, and having repeatedly ridiculed them and their users, has then promptly filed a petition to delete the lists in question.

Please cast your vote to keep these valuable, informative, and indeed fascinating lists at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of country names in various languages.

Thanks! Pasquale 16:23, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Geographic names

I'm looking for input from Belarusian editors about the geographical naming guidelines that we're trying to create. Would you take a look at the proposals at Wikipedia:Naming conventions/Geographic names (particularly the proposal D version 2) and then possibly leave your constructive :-) comments on the talk page ? Thanks. --Lysy ^(talk) 00:32, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please take part in the improval of this article

Hello. I would like to inform you that there is an ongoing discussion at article Territorial claims of the Baltic States (formerly was known as "Lost territories of the Baltic States", but was recently renamed; some users seems to disagree with that renaming). Recent edits as well were accused of POV, and, in fact, article was disputed for a long time already. I noticed your previous contributions to the yalk page article when it was disputed, therefore I think your opinion is much needed now as well. It would be nice if you would add that article to your watchlist and continue helping to improve it until a decition will be reached about its future (there is currently a poll about it in the article's talk page). I hope together we all will be able to make that article neutral. Kaiser 747 10:27, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

an RFC

Check this out Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Ghirlandajo. I think you'll find it interesting. ;) --rydel 17:40, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

New article announcements

Please don't forget to announce new Belarus related articles in Portal:Belarus/New article announcements. --EugeneZelenko 04:26, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ursula Franciska Radzivil

I hope you know I am not out there to 'polonize' articles, but I find it somewhat strange that she is shown as 'Belorusian', without any mention of Poland (PLC). What language did she wrote her plays in? Why is she the only Radzivil using the Belorusian spelling for name? I have nothing against leaving references to Belarus in her bio, but I'd like to know why references to Poland are not there.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 20:06, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is mentioned that she was born in Poland - I think this is enough, because her life and work is connected to Belarus in first line, and not to Poland.--Czalex 00:08, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could you provide some references for that? This page lists her as Polish women composer and indicates she wrote her pieces in Polish. This sites confirms it (note that the writer is clearly a modern Belarusian academic). This one states that "Michal's wife, Franciszka Urszula Princess Wisniowiecka (*1705, †1753), became the first Polish woman playwright." Oh, and could you copy your replies to my talk page? I don't watch other people's talk pages.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 05:27, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Still, Polish language at that time does not signify a person to be only Polish, as it was lingua franca in the whole Commonwealth. Fact is that Ursula F. Radzivil wrote her works in Belarus and lived most of her life in Belarus married to a Belarusian nobleman - so I'd refer to her as a Belarusian Polish speaking writer.--Czalex 23:09, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

THE GREATEST TRAGEDY in the history of Russian lands, that later became known as Belarus, is when backstabbing Poles attacked them (Belarus) after the latter had had an ongoing civil war with the Moscow Rus as to over which lands to unite. In the beginning of this whole deal, Poles had been had by Germans in the span of CENTURIES. The former, crawling, came to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Russia and Samogitia (hereafter: GDLRS (!) and NOT (!) just GDL, (which is the correct and FULL (!) name of the entity)), to kiss them in the butt and lick their feet and asked, the latter, to create a union to stand up against the Germans, who kept on coming and coming, and having the former in the... you know where. GDLRS graciously agreed and created a union with them, which, with time, became known as Rech Pospolitaja (not in Polish spelling (!)). Things had been going on their way until the conflicts with the other part of Russian Lands (Moscow Rus) had begun surfacing. Nobody was interfering in the affairs of each other and Russian Lands settled their differences between each other on their own, while the backstabbing Poles had been quietly watching and waiting. After about a century of civil conflicts, the smaller part of Rus (what we now call Belarus) weakened and became an easy prey for the watchfully waiting Poles, and THAT is when it had, finally, happened. The latter attacked the unsuspecting Belarusian’s and completely invaded and subjugated them. The Russian Language (ONE FOR ALL THE LANDS OF RUS (!)) had been forbidden and the only language that was allowed was Polish FOR CENTURIES (!). Where do you think this ridiculous nonsense such as "Belarusian Language" comes from, let me ask you?!!! - It is the POLONISED RUSSIAN LANGUAGE THAT THE BETRAYED PEOPLE HAD BEEN TRYING TO SAVE AND PRESERVE TRHOUGH THE TIMES OF ANGWISH, STRUGGLE AND SUFFERING THAT THEIR SCOUNDREL "FRIENDS" INFLICTED ON THEM (!)(!)(!)(!)(!). Did you ever ask yourself why it is, somehow, like a "messed-with" Russian? - Well, that is because it IS A MESSED-WITH RUSSIAN (!). All documents and business had been done in Polish EXCLUSIVELY (!). Lands had been annexed and completely overwhelmed by them; and, that had been going on for CENTURIES (!) Do you know what they (poles) say today? - Well, I will tell you then: "Biauarus'... Tak to zh nashe zemue" (Translation for non-Slavic language folks: "Belarus... But, those are our lands". So, what I want to tell you, Mr. "Zhive Belarus" - every time you do or say something like the things you do and say right now (I've been watching you for some time by now) - you drive a dagger into the backs of your own people JUST like the scoundrel and backstabbing Poles had, and are waiting right now to do Exactly the same, right as we speak. So, THINK (!)(!)(!) first, before you do or say anything that can hurt your own people. The good, decent, kind, hard working, and honest people of which you were born. That is, unless, you are a camouflaged and masqueraded Pole, who is stealthily doing his scoundrel backstabbing deed of sabotage and disinformation of the minds of other people in the world, mentally shaping their thinking that Belarus is a stolen part of Poland. To the rest of Belarusian’s who will read this: Tell everyone you know? I personally heard from drunken Poles saying things like (Translation in English): "Well, what if in fifty, or so, years there will be a war and the map will change, hah? what if there will be a war?.. what if there will be a war?.." Did you know that in the early 90's, during the chaos that was created on purpose by the sold-out scoundrels like Shushkevich, Pozniak et al. the Poles moved their troops "slightly" closer to the border with Belarus? Well, in case if you are unaware of this, I am letting you know that in the early 90's, the idea was like this - devastate the economy and military of the country (Belarus) through theft, mishandling of economic and ANY other possible resources, and corruption of their leaders. Weaken and confuse the minds of general folk and thus, prepare the platform for (if necessary, a "quiet" invasion) acquisition of the country of Belarus and its lands by Poland. The bet was on disorganization and chaos in power and at any level of society, which would allow a virtually silent transition under the rule of Poland, and the country of Belarus would cease to exist. Forever(!) Look through the History of your country(!) - EVERY TIME THERE WAS A PROBLEM OR ANY WEAKNESS OF SOME SORT THE SCOUNDREL POLES WERE THERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT(!)(!)(!) YOU JUST DO NOT LEARN, DO YOU?!!! NONE OF YOU!!!... I will leave it at this, with the words of a wise man: "Those Who Do Not Learn From History are Doomed To Repeat It" If you let all the mentioned above to repeat and to be done to your country again - then, you do not deserve to exist at all and just be somebody's bitches until the rest of time. The only way you can correct your mistakes of the past is to unite the Lands of Rus and, consequently, FINALLY deserve the right to exist. Now, GO and spread the word.

Belarus#Politics

Can you help me get rid of some of these red links. I want to attempt to get Belarus to become an FA again (FAC failed), but I want to wait until the March 19 elections are over. Thanks User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire) Fair use policy} 16:55, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Belarusian Jews cat

Hi, I can understand why why Rabbis Avraham Elyashiv, Chaim Ozer Grodzinski were put into the Belorusian Jews category but:

Why was Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz - born in Kovno Lithuania put into the Belorusian Jews cat?
Why was Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman - born in Birz, Lithuania put into that cat?
How do you know that Rabbi Refael Shapiro was Belorussian (it doesnt say anywhere in his article)
How do you know that Tortz (where Rabbi Shimon Shkop was born) was in Belarus?

These are pressing questions and unfortunately, I may have to revert your edits if you can't answer them. But please, I'd like to see your response. Many thanks, Nesher 14:30, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shimon Shkop, Elchonon Wasserman and Chaim Shmuelevitz lived and worked in Belarus. Refael Shapiro was born in Valozhyn, Belarus - that's where I considered their direct relation to Belarus from --Czalex 14:39, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Changes to Jewish and rabbis pages

Hi Czalex: I see that others are complaining here as well, so here are my views: Please do NOT make any more changes to articles about Orthodox rabbis or subjects relating to Judaism in general that go against the way these personalities and the geography in which Jews lived in Europe that's traditionally regarded by Jews as correct for many hundreds of years. "Belarus" is a new construct! Previously it was the USSR and before that it was part of the Russian Empire. HISTORICALLY, the ethnic Lithuanian Jews were spread over what is TODAY known as parts of Poland, Russia, Lithuania and Belarus. They considered themselves LITHUANIANS and NOT "Belorusians." They never heard of it and if they wanted to be part of that area they may have regarded themsleves as living in White Russia. Also, please do not change the traditional JUDAIC names of towns and places in these articles, rather, you should be "dabbing" them, for example Vałožyn should be Volozhin ([[Vałožyn|Volozhin]]) in these articles. Thank you, IZAK 09:36, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Izak. The modern Republic of Lithuania is also a new construct just like Belarus because the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a state founded by Baltic tribes but dominaterd by who is nowadays called Belarusians. Just like the Republic of Macedonia is not the state Alexander the Great ruled, is Lithuania not the country the Litvaks associated themselves with. BTW, I think the articles Lithuanian Jews and History of the Jews in Belarus should be merged.

Concerning Vałožyn and Volozhin: there is a tendency to write geographical names the way they are writen nowadays. So, even when talking about the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the capital is mostly referred to as Vilnius - although not a single soul would call the city this way even 150 years ago! Vałožyn is the traditional Belarusian name and the name for the article, so I think it should be put preferently --Czalex

20:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfC about Irpen's conduct

Hi! We filled a request for comment concerning the conduct of User:Irpen. Your comment is kindly invited.--AndriyK 16:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

Hello there, I was wondering if you would please modify your signature to conform to the guidelines laid out at Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. The general guidelines are that signatures shouldn't contain images, they shouldn't contain unnecessary internal links or any external links, and they shouldn't be unnecessarily long in Wiki source. The reasoning for this final bit is that overly long signatures tend to overwhelm the actual comments in edit mode, making it hard to track down and respond to specific comments. You can fix your signature by removing any images and external links, any unnecessary links (like links to Wikipedian organizations, articles, or subpages in userspace), and removing excessive color, font, and formatting code. Thank you. --Cyde↔Weys 17:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 23 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Biaroza monastery, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Meta vote

What's your reason for opposing the wiki in normative Belarusian? If you'd voted for support or just abstained, you'd get rid in the be.wiki of all the kind of people, whose existence is so unbearable to you -- you constantly address them with derision, after all (like using derogratory narkamauka etc). Yury Tarasievich 16:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Narkamaŭka is not derogatory. It's just a common unofficial name for the Soviet russified Belarusian language. I'm not so strongly against Narkamaŭka as I am against the counterproductive attempts to create a parallel Belarusian wikipedia doubling the existing one. After you'll have your Byelorussian wiki will you then prohibit us to put in articles written in Narkamaŭka or what? No, you won't, just as you won't be able to prohbit us to put articles from Narkamaŭka Wikipedia to be:. So, we will have the simple case of two wikipedias literally doubling each other in numerous articles. Is it really worth it?--Czalex 19:03, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't you BS me :) narkamauka is derogatory. And LJ discussion really sums it all up. You guys aren't respecting right of other people to have views.

After you'll have your Byelorussian wiki will you then prohibit us to put in articles written in Narkamaŭka or what? No, you won't, just as you won't be able to prohbit us to put articles from Narkamaŭka Wikipedia to be:.

Forbid you to do something? God bless you. Are you measuring me (and us) by your own merit? Hey, isn't it psychological projection, eh?

I'll tell you what I am going to do after we create our wiki. I'm going to just ignore your community, guys. There's nothing of interest for me there. I do not speak and write your version of language, and you have no quality materials. You are welcome to my contributions, of course, like the GFDL puts it. I just don't care much. :) Yury Tarasievich 20:31, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So, nothing else to say but oooh, Narkamaŭka is derogatory?--Czalex 17:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Historical Oblasts

If you want a great resource than try [7] and just look through that for instatnce Baranovichy Oblast. Also don't take offense, but I renamed everything into Russian, because that was the state language then. However note the format for istnace Vileyka Oblast: the administrative centre was relocated to Molodechno (modern Maladzyechna). Also remember that Lacinka is not used anymore as the main naming of Belarusian cities, you can use NSR for geographical names, but the preferance is BGN/PCGN. --Kuban Cossack 18:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link!

BTW could you please modify your signature 'cause it violates some rules: Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages--Czalex 09:31, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On October 16, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Slutsk defence action, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

User:Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 05:49, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From Kubkazak

Have a look at the map I created for the historcial Voblast articles. Also I will begin to start writing on Minsk Metro stations (I am a Metrophile after all). Do you now anyone in Minsk that is willing to take photographs?--Kuban Cossack 18:35, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

National emblem of Belarus

Thanks for your edits on the article. I want to ask you if there is any significant problems in the article that needs to be fixed, since I want to make it into an FA. Thanks again. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 14:45, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz

Congrats on featuring this article on be wiki. Would you like to translate some text into English?--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 18:24, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to Wayne Gretzky

Your edit to Wayne Gretzky has been removed due to lack of consensus in discussions at Talk:Wayne_Gretzky#Ethnicity. If you have more information to contribute, please do so at that talk page. THANKS!! Flibirigit 15:21, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, done that--Czalex 07:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Denhoff

Hello I am StillesGrinsen. Can jou upload [[Image:Herb Denhoff.jpg] [[Image:Herb Pozniak.jpg] from WP:en to Commons. I will the COA have for de:Polnische Wappen thanks -84.138.147.21 09:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

be.wikipedia

Yes, I am the person who emailed you from OTRS about the Wikipedia. I am letting you know that I made a torrent file of the database dump before the move and it is being hosted by Demonoid. You can search for Belarusian Wikipedia and find it. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RM of Podlachian Voivodeship

A re-request to move Podlachian Voivodeship has been made at Talk:Podlachian Voivodeship. Thought you might be interested. — AjaxSmack 07:01, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you!--Czalex 18:47, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject

Thought that you would be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Belarus. --Boguslav 17:29, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Syarhei Parsyukevich

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Syarhei Parsyukevich, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? MBisanz ^talk 01:54, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:ZP 2000 large.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:ZP 2000 large.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:28, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion discussion

A category that you created (Berorussian political prisoners) was suggested to be deleted (please see end of this discussion).Biophys (talk) 22:28, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Litvin

You should nominate it at T:TDYK; I cannot do so as I cannot verify the (presumably) Belorussian language sources :( --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:56, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Belarusian nobility

Could you create an article for that? This concept is not clearly defined, and hence I was considering nominating Category:Belarusian nobility for deletion, but I would like to see if you could address my objection before that. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:48, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Basically, most Category:Ruthenian nobility and almost all of Category:Lithuanian nobility fall into the category "Belarusian nobility" as being of origin from Belarus. We could create a common Belarusian-Lithuanian category Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but I'm afraid it would not gain support from most Lithuanian wikipedians --Czalex 23:59, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Czolgosz

Greetings, Czalex! I was looking over your recent edits at the Leon Czolgosz article concerning his ethnicity, and the "source" you were using. I was wondering if you plan to do the same for Joseph Conrad, or if you feel this is a different situation? Dr. Dan (talk) 23:16, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Belarusian Independence Party

Interesting article, why not nominate it at T:TDYK for main page exposure? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:20, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jerzy Turonek

Thanks for writing this article; however, it completely lacks referencing. Could you please include some, and make a note to immediately do so in any future articles you write? Thanks. Ironholds (talk) 19:26, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Czalex! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 123 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

Andrej Dyńko - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 21:14, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tadeusz Kościuszko

The Polish nationalists again keep on deleting the Belarusian categories and references in the Tadeusz Kościuszko page. Free Belarus (talk) 19:10, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vital Rymasheuski

Hi! It seems you recently created an unreferenced biography of a living person: Vital Rymasheuski. The community has decided that all new biographies of living persons must contain a reliable source that supports at least one statement made about the person in the article as per our verifiability policy. Please add references as soon as possible. Thanks! --LaraBot (talk) 00:10, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Autopatrolled

Hello, this is just to let you know that I have granted you the "autopatrolled" permission. This won't affect your editing, it just automatically marks any page you create as patrolled, benefiting new page patrollers. Please remember:

This permission does not give you any special status or authority
Submission of inappropriate material may lead to its removal
You may wish to display the {{Autopatrolled}} top icon and/or the {{User wikipedia/autopatrolled}} userbox on your user page
If, for any reason, you decide you do not want the permission, let me know and I can remove it

If you have any questions about the permission, don't hesitate to ask. Otherwise, happy editing!HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:57, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Stary Olsa

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

A7 -- no indicia of notability

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Epeefleche (talk) 05:50, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To accuse Stary Olsa of, umm, no indicia of notability, is close to insanity. It's one of the few Belarusian bands that really are notable --Czalex 21:24, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Stary Olsa for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Stary Olsa is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stary Olsa until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Epeefleche (talk) 00:03, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification

Hi. When you recently edited Yauhen Shatokhin, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Orel (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:57, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification

Hi. When you recently edited Belarusian People's Republic, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages British and American (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:25, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification

Hi. When you recently edited Matskevich, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Matthew (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:58, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for June 28

Hi. When you recently edited Vera Kharuzhaya, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Belarusian (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 13:44, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for July 13

Hi. When you recently edited Walenty Wańkowicz, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Belarusian (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:41, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

September 2012

Hello, I'm Prioryman. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Global warming controversy without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. The removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Prioryman (talk) 07:05, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed

Hello :-) I'm kind of new on Wikipedia, mostly interested in Polish and Belarusian metters (ethnically I'm both). I saw you were quite active on the Tadeusz Kościuszko page.

I added information about his Belarusian ethnicity, but there is a crazy guy deleting it now from an anonymous dynamic IP. He also keeps on deleting him from the Belarusians collage saying "he was not Belarusian but Polish".

Due to the fact I know this issue is actually important for you to, could you help me by adding more references to the article and also to deal with this guy in terms of getting the right authorities to make him stop making such move without even looking at the discussion page? I just find it hard to deal with such rude people myself, because I don't know what to do anymore. Thank you! Danton's Jacobin (talk) 22:31, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tadeusz Kościuszko

Hi, The discussion on Talk:Tadeusz Kościuszko started again. Claims were brought up as if Belarusians didn't exust then and other similar stuff. If you are interested you are welcome to join. Danton's Jacobin (talk) 15:40, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Belarusian nobility for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Belarusian nobility is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belarusian nobility until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:16, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for Belarusian nobility

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Belarusian nobility. Because you took part in the discussion for this page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. 79.180.31.23 (talk) 21:45, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a link to the original discussion: [8]. Here is a link to the new one: [9]. Please feel free to leave a comment! :-) 79.180.31.23 (talk) 23:51, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of General Jewish Labour Bund in Belarus for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article General Jewish Labour Bund in Belarus is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/General Jewish Labour Bund in Belarus until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Soman (talk) 19:40, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Uładzimir Katkoŭski for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Uładzimir Katkoŭski is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uładzimir Katkoŭski until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Ego Hunter (talk) 08:19, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for August 9

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited First All-Belarusian Congress, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page State. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:40, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for October 12

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited 1946 massacre of Belarusians by the Polish Cursed soldiers, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Orthodox, Belarusian and Zani. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:03, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Czalex. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Category:History of Belarus (1569–1795) has been nominated for discussion

Category:History of Belarus (1569–1795), which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:47, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:History of Belarus (1918–39) has been nominated for discussion

Category:History of Belarus (1918–39), which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:42, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:History of Belarus (1945–90) has been nominated for discussion

Category:History of Belarus (1945–90), which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:43, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Bohdan Andrusyshyn

Hi, I'm Teblick. Czalex, thanks for creating Bohdan Andrusyshyn!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. You need to use more references to demonstrate this subject's notability. One reference is insufficient.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

Eddie Blick (talk) 02:15, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for April 12

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Latvian diaspora, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Soviet Republic and Bashkiria. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:57, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Survey Invite

I'm working on a study of political motivations and how they affect editing. I'd like to ask you to take a survey. The survey should take 5 minutes. Your survey responses will be kept private. Our project is documented at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_%2B_Politics.

Survey Link: http://uchicago.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_80J3UDCpLnKyWTH?Q_DL=3dz0m2ubQw1KSnb_80J3UDCpLnKyWTH_MLRP_aeZ7LdN3RCf7puR&Q_CHL=gl

I am asking you to participate in this study because you are a frequent editor of pages on Wikipedia that are of political interest. We would like to learn about your experiences in dealing with editors of different political orientations.

Sincere thanks for your help! Porteclefs (talk) 19:48, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

October 2017

Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. --Animalparty! (talk) 20:50, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem on Ministry of Internal Affairs (Belarus)

Hello Czalex. Content you recently added to the above article triggered a bot report, as the material appears elsewhere online. The descriptions of the sanctions appear to be in the public domain, but you need to provide a source for each one, and also you need to add the template {{PD-notice}} as part of your citation so that our readers can be made aware that you copied the content rather than wrote it yourself. Also, https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/ is not a precise enough citation; you need to include a url for each addition that actually points to the material you added. Thank you, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:16, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Czalex. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Nikolai Lukashenko

Hi, I'm Dps04. Czalex, thanks for creating Nikolai Lukashenko!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Thanks for this article. Please consider further improving this article with additional sources.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

Dps04 (talk) 04:18, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for December 23

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Belarus High Technologies Park, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Bloomberg (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:01, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for February 24

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Vladimir Peftiev, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Arms trade (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 09:15, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.56.195.81 (talk) 06:48, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for June 26

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Barrick Gold, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Enga (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 09:40, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Czalex. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Czalex. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for February 20

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Jerzy Turonek, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Polish (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:15, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for June 1

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Coat of arms of Latvia, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Polish Livonia and Kurzeme (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 12:29, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Nikolai Lukashenko

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

Media coverage not enough to justify Wikipedia article for a minor who has not received attention for anything done in his own right, only because of who he's related to.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 07:48, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2019 election voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:04, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Pаleszuk" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Pаleszuk. Since you had some involvement with the Pаleszuk redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Pkbwcgs (talk) 10:16, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Category:People banned from entering Ukraine has been nominated for discussion

Category:People banned from entering Ukraine, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. DexDor^(talk) 22:05, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for June 30

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Vladimir Peftiev, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Oligarch (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:11, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Zviazda 25 08 1991.jpeg

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Zviazda 25 08 1991.jpeg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:55, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Nikolai Lukashenko for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Nikolai Lukashenko is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nikolai Lukashenko until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Chetsford (talk) 15:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of List of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Chetsford (talk) 17:20, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 7 December 2020. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2020 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:13, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Belarusians socialists

A tag has been placed on Category:Belarusians socialists requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 14:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Recipients of the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal has been nominated for listification

Category:Recipients of the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 10:52, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for April 29

An automated process has detected that you recently added links to disambiguation pages.

Belneftekhim

added a link pointing to Steptoe

Belshina

added a link pointing to Steptoe

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 05:53, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Dzianis Melyantsou for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Dzianis Melyantsou is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dzianis Melyantsou until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Whiteguru (talk) 07:11, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Attempts to deny Wikipedia:Consensus will result in serious sanctions

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in Eastern Europe or the Balkans. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

This is a warning for your disruptive edits at Pahonia. Wikipedia:Consensus was reached that this article should be a redirect page to article Coat of arms of Lithuania (see RFC closing statement by an administrator here). If you will continue your disruptive behavior, your actions will certainly result in sanctions (likely WP:BLOCK as stated at RFC). -- Pofka (talk) 16:34, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Coat of arms of Klieck

The article Coat of arms of Klieck has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence of notability.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Fram (talk) 13:32, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Coat of arms of Klieck for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Coat of arms of Klieck is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coat of arms of Klieck until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Fram (talk) 08:09, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2021 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:08, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tamaš Hryb moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Tamaš Hryb, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 22:15, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thank you for flagging. The article is fine. Seems to be a mistake --Czalex 11:19, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tamaš Hryb has been accepted

Tamaš Hryb, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Rusalkii (talk) 19:57, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for January 2

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Eduard Berzin, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Anadyr.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 05:58, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

FAR for National emblem of Belarus

I have nominated National emblem of Belarus for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 17:27, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for June 17

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Oleksiy Arestovych, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Belarusian.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 09:01, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Belarusian nobility has been nominated for merging

Category:Belarusian nobility has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:39, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Prometejs moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Prometejs, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more in-depth coverage about the subject itself, with citations from reliable, independent sources in order to show it meets WP:GNG. It should have at least three. And please remember that interviews, as primary sources, do not count towards GNG.(?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:31, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Prometejs has been accepted

Prometejs, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Onel5969 ^{TT me} 19:49, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Belarusian Ruble

I noticed that you created that article, well done! Glad to see you're still active. Zyvie Bielarus! 178.120.60.5 (talk) 10:40, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction to contentious topics

You have recently edited a page related to Eastern Europe or the Balkans, a topic designated as contentious. This standard message is designed as an introduction to contentious topics and does not imply that there are any issues with your editing.

A special set of rules applies to certain topic areas, which are referred to as contentious topics. These are specially designated topics that tend to attract more persistent disruptive editing than the rest of the project and have been designated as contentious topics by the Arbitration Committee. When editing a contentious topic, Wikipedia’s norms and policies are more strictly enforced, and Wikipedia administrators have special powers in order to reduce disruption to the project.

Within contentious topics, editors should edit carefully and constructively, refrain from disrupting the encyclopedia, and:

adhere to the purposes of Wikipedia;
comply with all applicable policies and guidelines;
follow editorial and behavioural best practice;
comply with any page restrictions in force within the area of conflict; and
refrain from gaming the system.

Editors are advised to err on the side of caution if unsure whether making a particular edit is consistent with these expectations. If you have any questions about contentious topics procedures you may ask them at the arbitration clerks' noticeboard or you may learn more about this contentious topic here. You may also choose to note which contentious topics you know about by using the {{Ctopics/aware}} template.

Mellk (talk) 10:03, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Russian business families has been nominated for merging

Category:Russian business families has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 12:29, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:22, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Belarusian geographers

A tag has been placed on Category:Belarusian geographers indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 12:37, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2024 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:09, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]