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Discussion at Talk:Kalinin#Requested move 15 April 2017
The above-referenced discussion regarding the proposed move of Kalinin → Kalinin (disambiguation), Sverdlov → Sverdlov (disambiguation), Kirov → Kirov (disambiguation), Molotov → Molotov (disambiguation), Zhdanov → Zhdanov (disambiguation) and Chernenko → Chernenko (surname) may be of interest. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 15:40, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
Popular pages report
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Problematic article Yorick and Yurick
An editor has created the article Yorick and Yurick, that appears to deal with Vladimir Vysotsky, Oleg Dahl, and Innokenty Smoktunovsky; their relationship to the character Yorick in Shakespeare's play Hamlet; and possibly some kind of connection with secret intelligence services. The article has several aspects that concern me, but mainly the problem is that I am failing to understand what it is actually about (in policyese, what its assertion of notability is); and while it does cite some sources, they are all in Russian so I am unable to determine whether they can be considered to verify the text. And the problem is compounded by the article's creator's limited grasp of English. As it stands I am going to end up nominating it for deletion, but I really hate doing that if there's a chance it's just my failure to understand. Especially as the editor has indicated they will be offline for several months soon, and thus will not be able to argue their case at AfD.
If anyone here is able to help, that would be much appreciated. Perhaps particularly if you speak Russian and can check the cited sources. Thanks in advance to anyone that can pitch in here! --Xover (talk) 16:50, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
- Please note that the article has now been nominated for deletion. Interested editors can follow or participate on the articles entry: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yorick and Yurick. --Xover (talk) 06:07, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
Request for Comment - Introduction to Whataboutism
There is an ongoing Request for Comment about the introduction to the article Whataboutism.
You may comment if you wish, at Talk:Whataboutism#RfC:_Introduction_to_the_subject. Sagecandor (talk) 17:24, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
Images for Alexander Shelipov
Does anyone have any photos of Alexander Shelipov that can be uploaded to his Wikipedia page? Despite being a major figure in Soviet politics, there is a surprising lack of photos of him on Wikimedia Commons. Emiya1980 (talk) 22:28, 26 August 2017 (UTC)Emiya1980
Redirect proposal
Please see Talk:29th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_RONA_(1st_Russian)#Redirect_proposal. Feedback would be appreciated. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:20, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
Requested move discussion
The discussion can be found here:
K.e.coffman (talk) 01:58, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
Reputed Lenin quote
Greetings. Today's featured article reminded me of this quote, which this 67 year old has known of time out of mind. It's so convenient for nominal Christians that I suspect that it's made up, like Mark Twain's quote about the longest winter of his life was a 'summer in San Francisco.' The quote is notably absent from Wikiquote. If anyone knows anything about its veracity (or not) please leave a note on my Talk page.
"I made a mistake. Without doubt, an oppressed multitude had to be liberated. But our method only provoked further oppression and atrocious massacres. My living nightmare is to find myself lost in an ocean of red with the blood of innumerable victims. It is too late now to alter the past, but what was needed to save Russia were ten Francis of Assisi’s."
Tapered (talk) 04:10, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.
A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Soviet_Union
Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.— Rod talk 18:47, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
Split proposal: List of Russian explorers
It has been proposed that the first portion of List of Russian explorers be split out into its own article "History of Russian Exploration". Your feedback would be welcome at Talk:List of Russian explorers#Split proposal. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 01:11, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia FAC
Hello, I'm reluctant to post this and apologise if it goes against project guidelines, but I have and FAC for the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia that is about to be archived due to lack of comments, so if anyone is willing to take a look that would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kaiser matias (talk) 05:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
A-Class review for 57th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) needs attention
A few more editors are needed to complete the A-Class review for 57th Rifle Division (Soviet Union); please stop by and help review the article! Thanks! AustralianRupert (talk) 14:03, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Merger discussion for Communist state
An article which may be of interest to members of this project—Communist state—has been proposed for merging with Socialist state. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:40, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
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WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
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Anyone want to contribute in this project?
Anyone can help? This would be very helpful to increase the coverage of the republics' anthem. Just make sure the work is standarized like the other music sheets, if you can't, I can upload a new version to fix it.--Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 07:21, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Latinisation in the Soviet Union
Latinisation in the Soviet Union needs some work; it's missing any hint of the practice of Latinising one language and Cyrillicizing a neighboring one, especially in Turkic and Siberian area, to thwart literature sharing and other means of building a cultural identity and resistance. Something I saw some documentary stuff on a while back, but I don't have any written material on it (USSR stuff isn't my speciality!). — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 01:54, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Nikolay Antipov
Draft:Nikolay Antipov was on the verge of G13 deletion, but the man is obviously notable. It looks like a machine translation of ru:Антипов, Николай Кириллович. Can anyone help with copyediting and adding a few sources? Thanks! Sam Sailor 17:39, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
Should Molotov redirect to Vyacheslav Molotov?
A discussion centering upon the above question at Talk:Molotov#Requested move 1 December 2018 may be of interest. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 02:48, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
IP edits
Please can an editor familiar with Soviet topics take a look at Special:Contributions/36.102.208.39, Special:Contributions/36.102.223.115 and perhaps Special:Contributions/36.102.223.*? (The last link may not work, depending on your Wikipedia preferences.) Thanks, Certes (talk) 11:25, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Vandalism
Someone is going around on a phone making IP edits to various Cheka/NKVD officials making unsourced claims they're Jewish in obvious vandalism. I've reverted them on Martin Latsis, Nikolai Yezhov, Stanislav Redens, Mikhail Kedrov (politician), Mikhail Frinovsky, and Viktor Abakumov. Just thought I'd give a headsup. Wordbearer88 (talk) 21:05, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
WP 1.0 Bot Beta
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Percy Glading
This article—of interest to this project—is currently undergoing a peer review. All project members are welcome to comment there. Thank you! ——SerialNumber54129 19:03, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
Nomination of Portal:Cold War for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Cold War is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Cold War 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 page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 06:11, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
RfC regarding Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
There's a somewhat entrenched RfC ongoing at Talk:Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union, which shows signs of devolving into name-calling. A few more comments by people conversant with the general area would be welcome. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:38, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
- This has stopped, for the time being. Also see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Trust Is All You Need.Leutha (talk) 05:43, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
Rethink of how to handle articles to do with the Russian Revolution
A discussion has started as to how to deal with articles to do with the Russian Revolution, see Talk:Lenin's First and Second Government. It would be good to reach a consensus on this and find a sensible way forward preferably in general terms consistent with other language wikipedias, thus generating workable metadata on wikidata.Leutha (talk) 05:43, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Tbilisi_International_Airport#Russian_name WhisperToMe (talk) 09:40, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Discussion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_July_22#"Manned"_renaming
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_July_22#"Manned"_renaming. Sdkb (talk) 03:05, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
Barnstar?
Does this project need a Barnstar? If so, I have the following image available. I originally had it made for "The Communist Barnstar", but WikiProject Socialism didn't seem interested. If this project wants it, I'll move the file on WikiCommons to "The Soviet Union Barnstar". — JudeccaXIII (talk) 00:18, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
- I found the Barnstar for this project @WikiProject Soviet Union/Templates, so I'll restore "The Communist Barnstar" then. — JudeccaXIII (talk) 17:08, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
RM of interest
A request to re-title an article which may be of interest to members of this project is here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:26, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
- Also this. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:34, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion of interest
A discussion which may be of interest to members of this project can be found here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:39, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
Nestor Lakoba FAC
Hi all, I have Nestor Lakoba at FAC right now, and it is danger of being archived due to lack of reviews. If anyone is interested in taking a look, it would be much appreciated. Kaiser matias (talk) 17:19, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
Soviet Women in Red: September
Women in Red (WiR) is a wikiproject focused on reducing gender bias on Wikipedia by creating articles about notable women. During September will hold four month-long events: Law, Military history (World War II), writers and defunct countries. The Military history and defunct countries events might be of particular interest for members of WikiProject Soviet Union. The former includes socialist women who participated in World War II and resistance to Nazism, while the later includes special focus on the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, etc. I will be participating in all of them with an eye of the interest intersection between WiR and Soviet Union projects, and I invite other members to do the same. Best, --MarioGom (talk) 18:09, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- Women in Red is hosting a three-month contest to create new stubs and de-stub current stubs about women. You may be interested in the following list of missing women who received state decorations by the Soviet Union: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Awards/Soviet Union. --MarioGom (talk) 09:13, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.
We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
Biased Line On Industrialisation of Soviet Union page
Came across a brief comment on the IOSU page that seemed more of a half-true statement than not. Nothing major, and I realise my concern itself is a bit biased, but here's the line anyways. [1]2604:6000:1015:4588:FDF4:9A00:B1DA:C695 (talk) 22:35, 8 December 2019 (UTC) Svetlana Petrova
References
- ^ However, no one denies the fact that the economies of all post-Soviet states still function at the expense of the industrial base that was created in the Soviet period.
Julian Huxley
Can anyone have a look at Julian Huxley about Soviet science? The remarks seem controversial. Thanks, IW. (talk) 23:19, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Katyn massacre FAR
I have nominated Katyn massacre 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. Eisfbnore (会話) 07:38, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Category:Structure of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union has been nominated for merging to Category:Organization of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Category:Structure of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union has been nominated for merging to Category:Organization of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 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. Place Clichy (talk) 14:22, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
Use of "Kaliningrad Oblast"
We are having a bit of a contentious discussion at Talk:Baltic_Sea#Oblast, about whether that term should be used or replaced with Kaliningrad Region. Some input from the good folks here might be helpful. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 21:24, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Display Russian names in footnotes of locations in the former Soviet Union?
Several months back I had the idea of adding the Russian name of Yerevan Airport to the article. A user argued that a language shouldn't be added just because a military had occupied an area. However in the Soviet Union's case it was internationally recognized as having its territories, some of which dated back to the Russian Empire (Eastern Armenia was in the Russian Empire). The Soviets also held many of the territories from the 1920s until 1991 (the Baltics were only from World War II to 1991).
What would you think of the idea of footnoting the Russian names of locations and places in the former Soviet Union, like airports, other buildings, landmarks, etc? What about populated places (cities and towns) or locations?
My idea: This would only apply to places which existed during Soviet rule. If the name changed after the end of Soviet rule, only add the Russian name(s) during Soviet rule.
See Talk:Zvartnots_International_Airport#Addition_of_Russian_name_in_regards_to_the_former_Soviet_Union
@Lainjahno: WhisperToMe (talk) 08:27, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm against it. The wikipedia articles should feature the name in English (obviously) and the names in the official language(s) of the countries they are located in. Zvartnots Airport, for example, is located in the Republic of Armenia, where the official state language is Armenian. You could make an individual wikipedia article with a list of places in the soviet union, but not add russian to locations in independent countries with their own languages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lainjahno (talk • contribs) 14:46, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
- The Republic of Armenia is the current country, of course. Several Wikipedia articles have name reflecting countries places previously belonged to: Lviv (currently in Ukraine) was once a part of Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (German was the official language and it was known as Lemberg) and Second Polish Republic (Polish was official here and it was known as Lwow). The previous names are given to help a person who wants to study Lviv in these historical areas. Likewise if a Russian/Eastern European studies specialist wants to read articles about Zvartnots Airport in the Soviet era, say from Soviet newspapers - the airport opened in 1961 in the Soviet Union and was in it for the first 30 years - the Russian name would be helpful. While it's clear many of the post-Soviet states are proud of their independence (especially the Baltics), readers may be curious about the eras before then. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:05, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Maybe i didnt fully understand your proposal but previous (official) names should anyway be mentioned. But not in cyrillic script - there is Russian wikipedia for those who are interested. The identical names were in local language aswell. But can you bring an example from anything in the Baltic states? Have you read... State continuity of the Baltic states? Pelmeen10 (talk) 19:48, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Pelmeen10:: That last article is quite interesting! Because western powers disputed the USSR takeover of the Baltics, it would be something to bring up in the discussion that's different from the other former USSR states. Anyway from the Baltic states, in Latvia: Riga International Airport was built in 1973, and Spilve Airport was from the 1920s. Russian is natively written in Cyrillic and the usual practice is to include a language name if there is a tie between the subject and the language, even if one could check another wiki: Lviv has names in multiple historic languages. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:56, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
- I'd love it if our articles on Russian towns also mentioned their Mongolian names. --Ehitaja (talk) 06:55, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Ehitaja: If there's literature on the Mongol Empire rule and such names are documented in published sources, that could be possible! WhisperToMe (talk) 00:31, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
- Considering I've read several papers on the reconstructed Finno-Ugric toponymics in Russia, originating from a period with no written sources at all, I'm sure there are similar papers about Mongolian, which has a much better coverage. Just browse the according scientific journals in Russian, Mongolian, and probably Chinese. --Ehitaja (talk) 11:42, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Ehitaja: Information on reconstructions of languages can help of course! For place names one may still need a source stating specifically what the place was called during the mongol era. A historical map w these names may help too. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:39, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
- Considering I've read several papers on the reconstructed Finno-Ugric toponymics in Russia, originating from a period with no written sources at all, I'm sure there are similar papers about Mongolian, which has a much better coverage. Just browse the according scientific journals in Russian, Mongolian, and probably Chinese. --Ehitaja (talk) 11:42, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Ehitaja: If there's literature on the Mongol Empire rule and such names are documented in published sources, that could be possible! WhisperToMe (talk) 00:31, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
- I found that Gimpo International Airport notes the former name of the airport during Japanese rule. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:11, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Mikhail Konstantinovich Kudryavtsev
Hello! We have an article on Mikhail Konstantinovich Kudryavtsev, and it is within the scope of this Wikiproject. Kindly assess the article on the project's quality and importance scale. Suggestions for improvements would be highly appreciated. Looking forward to see you guyz on the article's talk page )) Thanks, Мастер Шторм (talk) 14:56, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
- Reviewers are requested again to conduct a review. Thanks, Мастер Шторм (talk) 14:58, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
potentially interesting discussion
This discussion about the deprecation and blacklisting of the media outlet 112 Ukraine may be of interest. Jlevi (talk) 12:25, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Marat Arakelian
Can someone please rate my article on Marat Arakelian, a Soviet-Armenian astrophysicist? Thanks! talk:Marat_Arakelian - TimDWilliamson speak 02:33, 7 September 2020 (UTC)