Talk:Roman Zozulya

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Requested move 12 June 2016[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved per nom. No such user (talk) 13:46, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Roman Zozulya (footballer) → Roman Zozulya – WP:TWODABS. The gymnast struggles to get 4 views a day.[1] Unreal7 (talk) 18:56, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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So called "neo-nazi" links[edit]

Currently two statements are based on nothing, and when I tried to deleted them with proper explanation here and here, they were reverted by User:AteneoMadrid whose whole Wikipedia contribution is solely in this article.

"However, the organization Narodna Armiya takes its name from a military newspaper that is renowned for publishing articles gloryfing the nazi SS Galician Division." Narodna Armiya (Народна Армія) means People's Army from Ukrainian and obviously could be the name of many things, including the name of a newspaper published by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. The book published in 2002 cannot prove that the name of organization links to any Nazi organization simply because the charitable organization Narodna Armiya was registered in 2014, which can be verified by official sources.
"Zozulya also has been photographed carrying weapons and posing with an image of Stepan Bandera, a Nazi collaborator who called for the destruction of Jews and Poles, and who is one of the icons of the Ukrainian ultra right wing.[11] [12]" Then there two links are cited, one to tabloid The Sun and the other one is simply dead. Even when you try to edit the article, there is a warning "Material about living persons should not be added when the only sourcing is tabloid journalism." Not to mention, that statement "Stepan Bandera, a Nazi collaborator who called for the destruction of Jews and Poles, and who is one of the icons of the Ukrainian ultra right wing" is not even mentioned in that tabloid page and clearly violating WP:NPOV.

I am removing those statements back until they are proved by credible sources. --DixonD (talk) 11:55, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi User:DixonD,

Those two statements are based on evidences:

1. The source is a study on the magazine Narodna Armiya, NOT ON the organization which takes its name from that magazine. Again, check the source before you remove the statement!

2. The pictures of Zozulya carrying weapons and posing with an image of Stepan Bandera are shown in The Sun, that's why I used that source. Anyways, since The Sun is considered to be a tabloid, I've added a new reliable source (El Mundo (Spain), a newspaper of record).

On a side note, my "whole Wikipedia contribution is solely in this article" because my first language is Spanish and I mainly contribute in the Spanish Wikipedia. AteneoMadrid (talk) 12:39, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On the first one, there is no proof there is any link between a newspaper and an organisation. In addition, citing some SS Galician Division publication is WP:CHERRY as one could also cite that this newspaper had previous names Stalingrad and Lenin's Flag or some other irrelevant fact from the history of this newspaper. The name Narodna Armiya simply means People's Army, and including Narodnyi (People's) in the name is common for the civil volunteer movement helping Ukrainian forces in the war in Donbass (for instance, other organisations People's Home Front or People's Project). Thus the statement "However, the organization Narodna Armiya takes its name from a military newspaper that is renowned for publishing articles gloryfing the nazi SS Galician Division. is simply WP:CHERRY: firstly, a homonymous organisation is cherrypicked, and secondly, an irrelevant fact is picked from this organisation's history.

On the second one, Zozulya also has been photographed carrying weapons. The real story behind this photo is here (Ukrainian): Zozulya with other footballers visited Ukrainian military near Mariupol and brought them a minibus of food and other stuff, and then military let Zozulya take a photo. This photo has nothing to do with neo-Nazi at all.

Regarding a photo with Stepan Bandera, here is the original photo: that was a joke that someone found him looking like Bandera... and Bandera looking like a Minion, which Zozulya posted on Twitter. This does not make a person neo-Nazi, and such conclusions are not acceptable per WP:BLP. And a bit more of WP:CHERRY here: Bandera is cited as a Nazi collaborator who called for the destruction of Jews and Poles but not as a leader of the nationalist and independence movement of Ukraine as Wikipedia article says.

Thus these statements are not acceptable per WP:BLP, thus I am removing them — NickK (talk) 13:24, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

NickK,

I find it funny that in Ukraine "civil involvement" to assist children and families implies carrying weapons… Do you guys think the whole world is blind? Narodna Armiya is far from a charity organization. It's a paramilitary organization. That's why its members (Zozulya amongst them) carry weapons.

If you Ukrainians really think posing with a Nazi collaborator is just a joke, then you guys are sick.AteneoMadrid (talk) 13:41, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@AteneoMadrid:

On civil invovlement, I have cited the news item about this photo, but if you want here is a longer report about that trip. Zozulya with other football players bought a minibus of water, hygiene products, food and cigarettes, took some football stuff (photos, scarves, T-shirts etc.) and brought this to a military unit near Mariupol (not a paramilitary unit, but uk:Донецький прикордонний загін which is a part of State Border Guard Service of Ukraine). Military thanked Zozulya and other footballers by letting them take some photos with them and with weapons, they came back the same day. Taking a photo with a weapon does not make one a member of paramilitary organisation. If you want you can also find reports about Zozulya assisting families or children (here, here or here), but that's not so funny, so nobody cited it.

Regarding a photo with Bandera, please read the original post and comments. That's a mix of Russian and Ukrainian, but I can translate the essential: the post was Ох и похожи (We look alike) and received comments like Одно лицо на троих) (Same face for all three of you [Zozulya, Bandera and a Minion]) or Рома ти класний футболіст але не рівняй себе до ВЕЛИКИХ ЛЮДЕЙ УКРАЇНИ (Roman, you are a cool footballer but don't compare yourself to great Ukrainians). That's what one calls a joke — NickK (talk) 14:00, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

NickK,

So Ukrainian Nazis such as Stepan Bandera are considered to be "Great Ukrainians". No comments. I suppose the Azov Battalion is also a charity organization, right?

PS: I am so happy this Nazi lover is out of Rayo and will have to play football on his PlayStation. - AteneoMadrid (talk) 14:44, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@AteneoMadrid: I just cited a comment of a Twitter user who considers Bandera is a great Ukrainian but disliked the photo. You may label a living person a Nazi lover on your own blog or social media pages if your local laws allow you to do it, but please do not do it on Wikipedia where WP:BLP applies — NickK (talk) 15:00, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

NickK,

Cheers, mate. Long live Russia! - AteneoMadrid (talk) 15:40, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just for your information User:DixonD,

Stepan Bandera:

1. Was a Nazi collaborator and called to "destroy" Jews and Poles (http://www.timesofisrael.com/kiev-renames-major-street-to-honor-russian-nazi-collaborator/).

2. He is one of the icons of the Ukrainian ultra right wing (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25571805).

3. Zozulya seems to love Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera (https://mobile.twitter.com/zozulyaroman18/status/671675855932891136). AteneoMadrid (talk) 12:58, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

We must have strong RS claiming that "he is [in fact] a fascist". I did not see such. All I saw were insults based on something like "he likes Bandera". Someone liking Bandera does not mean he is a fascist, unless multiple RS say so. My very best wishes (talk) 03:04, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nazi supporter[edit]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4kTFofWYAEPP3W.jpg from https://prosport.tsn.ua/sport/forvard-dnipra-zozulya-vpershe-za-kilka-rokiv-dav-interv-yu-yakscho-vlada-ne-zrozumiye-pomilki-mozhe-buti-noviy-maydan-415958.html?g=article&m=384676423

Fourteen_Words#14_and_88 90.69.232.162 (talk) 09:27, 7 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This whole nonsense has a way too big role in the article currently and just amounts to character assassination without any credible evidence. Certainly the episode with Rayo is worth mentioning in some form, but presenting mere biased allegations in length does not serve that purpose. -2001:14BA:1FFE:6900:2931:D27E:27EA:22CF (talk) 18:57, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]