Talk:Diana Ankudinova

From redirect to full-fledged article
I have converted this page entitled Diana Ankudinova from a redirect page to an article page. Diana Ankudinova is notable because she has more than 270 million YouTube views of her television solo singing appearances on the NTV YouTube channel alone. In addition, her main official YouTube channel has more than 102 million additional views with more than 697,000 subscribers. In addition, there are many more millions of views of YouTube videos that are reactions to her songs.

When editing this page, remember that Wikipedia is especially strict about biographies of living persons. Facts about the subject must be carefully referenced with legitimate citations. This is an encyclopedia, and not a fan page. Things like YouTube comments (even if often repeated) and personal opinions are worthless as Wikipedia references.

More needs to be added to this article, but it needs to remain very concise. If you have relevant, well-referenced information, but do not understand Wikipedia formatting, leave the information on this Talk Page, and someone will eventually evaluate it for inclusion into the article.

One thing I included that some may consider extraneous was the rules for You Are Super. I copied those rules fairly closely from the Russian-language Wikipedia page for You Are Super because I see questions about this on the internet all the time.X5dna (talk) 22:40, 23 April 2021 (UTC)X5dna (talk) 20:59, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Japanese?
An unknown person has made an addition to the article adding Japanese to the languages that Diana has sung in. Does anyone know if this is true? When she was very young, and lived near the Sea of Japan, she may have done so. I am not aware of any Japanese songs she sings now.

Also, when making additions to the article, please be careful not to delete spaces.X5dna (talk) 15:48, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Audio Pronunciation File
Added an audio pronunciation file of Diana's name to the infobox since nearly all English-speakers do not come close to saying it right on the first try (or even the 10th try). It is almost impossible to get a file successfully uploaded to Wikipedia under "fair use" claims. Files must be either the uploader's original work or published under a Creative Commons license. Fortunately, Diana's former voice teacher, the late Olga Donskaya, always specified a Creative Commons license in her YouTube videos with Diana Ankudinova. I used the audio of Olga Donskaya introducing Diana in her first YouTube recorded session with her.X5dna (talk) 18:43, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

French Translation
I had published ans edited article on Wikipedia in the past but I never made translation from an existing article. Do you know how to proceed? Thanks. Reynald Beaufort (talk) 20:29, 5 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Reynald, I've never published a Wikipedia article in any language other than English myself, and I know that there are often (usually minor) differences between different countries. However, the following page may serve as a useful starting point:


 * Copying_within_Wikipedia


 * For some reason, that page does not have a direct counterpart in the French Wikipedia, but there should be something like it on the French Wikipedia. On the above page, the first paragraph and the section titled "Translating from other language Wikimedia projects" may be especially relevant.  --Jerry Emanuelson X5dna (talk) 22:32, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Languages of Songs
The list of languages that Diana Ankudinova sings in has become a bit of a problem. She sings many songs in Russian, English and French. "Me Voy" and "Besame Mucho" are in Spanish. "Jodel Time" is partly in German. "Helwa Ya Baladi" is in Arabic.

Someone added Ukrainian to the list. I cannot find any instances of Diana singing in Ukrainian. Can someone name the song that Diana sings in Ukrainian?

When you add a new language to this list, please (at least) also put the name of the song on this Talk page so that others can verify the information for accuracy.X5dna (talk) 09:39, 16 May 2021 (UTC)X5dna (talk) 09:59, 16 May 2021 (UTC) X5dna (talk) 07:34, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Unreferenced opinion
An unregistered editor posted an unreferenced opinion in the lead paragraph. The change differed substantially from references used in other parts of this article, and it also differed substantially from the Russian Wikipedia article about the "You are Super!" television program. This has been fixed.

This article needs to be more tightly referenced in general. Please note that the Wikipedia policies on articles that contain biographies of living persons are especially strict. This article should only contain well-referenced facts. In addition, it should NOT contain unnecessary facts that may unduly violate the privacy of the subject of this article, even though she is a public person.X5dna (talk) 14:39, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

ShowMaskGoOn song listing
I made a few changes to the motion picture song information in the ShowMaskGoOn section so that it would be consistent with other Wikipedia articles. Since I am not at all familiar with these older Russian actors, I may have misunderstood something. After looking at some of the relevant movie scenes on YouTube, however. it appears that the linked English-language Wikipedia articles are generally correct.X5dna (talk) 21:53, 25 December 2021 (UTC)X5dna (talk) 11:23, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

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NTV video links
On March 11, YouTube blocked all NTV content on YouTube. In this article, the block only affected the You are Super! performance links. The original performances (including the judges' comments in Russian) are still online at the NTV.RU web site. Although, in normal times, the video archive at the NTV web site is very safe to visit, Wikipedia editors who maintain this article have opted not to include these links in the main article at the present time due to the number of cyber-attacks now occurring in the region. Also, NTV has recently begun showing brief video pop-up ads before showing the archived content.

Since these specific links may be quite difficult to find when they are needed at a later date, they are shown below. These are the original links to the public video archive of the copyright owner. You should use the appropriate caution if accessing these links directly. They all go to the publicly-available archived Diana Ankudinova video at a major Russian television network.

Dernier Danse: https://www.ntv.ru/video/1560888/#ts=3003

It's a Man's Man's Man's World: https://www.ntv.ru/video/1582080/#ts=6989

Rechenka: https://www.ntv.ru/video/1592423/#ts=6324

Tomorrow Is A Lie: https://www.ntv.ru/video/1597440/#ts=8290

Blizzard: https://www.ntv.ru/video/1726032/#ts=6519

Wicked Game: https://www.ntv.ru/video/1733620/#ts=6772

Human: https://www.ntv.ru/video/1739540/#ts=7270

- X5dna (talk) 03:44, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

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Removal of the Twinkle section
It was removed because of "unreferenced political statement". What other reference do you want? Just watch the referenced movie!


 * Diana Ankudinova has performed many songs about the Great Patriotic War (World War II). It is not clear why this song is especially notable.  The author of the lyrics lived from 1900-1973. so any undocumented connection to current events would be speculative original research. (Original research is always prohibited in Wikipedia articles, especially when dealing with articles about living persons.) In the translations of interviews that I heard after she performed at her premiere of the song at the Victory Day event, Diana Ankudinova seemed to mention only things about Victory Day and the Great Patriotic War. X5dna (talk) 03:12, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It's notable because this song is a political statement of her! She takes an old (soviet-aera) propaganda song, dresses in a military uniform, makes a music video and releases it when the Ukraine war is taking longer than expected.
 * It seems you debate the phrase "fighting in the Ukraine" - remove that if you really want, but I'm not aware of any other russian soldiers in need of morale support at the moment; you can't be really thinking, she's addressing the WW2-soldiers... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.200.19.184 (talk) 16:02, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I shouldn't have to do your research for you, but here is a very small sample of Diana Ankudinova songs devoted to soldiers. Please note the dates.
 * "Dark Night" May 8, 2019" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG-BennFWwU
 * "Cranes" September 23, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phg3Jjz9wYo
 * "You Survived Soldier" September 24, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SW-3HTQd7Q
 * "The Boys are Drawing War" April 12, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROznZfSbRhc
 * "Mercy" May 7, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ruqgk6dRu-c
 * A Neutral Point of View is critical to Wikipedia. Editors must NEVER try to infer what the subject of an article is thinking, even if yout hunch turns out to be right.  This rule is especially important when the subject of an article is a living person. X5dna (talk) 04:46, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * There has been some discussion among Wikipedia editors about the eventual creation of a separate page called "Diana Ankudinova Discography." In spite of the very large number of songs in her current repertoire, it is probably still a little too early for that. X5dna (talk) 03:35, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

The Masked Singer
I have added information about Diana Ankudinova in the show The Masked Singer, including a collapsed table showing information about each of her performances. Please check this information for errors and omissions. These tables can be a little difficult to edit. If you are not comfortable editing these tables directly, just leave your additions and corrections below. X5dna (talk) 23:09, 9 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Based upon a limited understanding of Russian practice, I would highlight an apparent discrepancy between the show titles "The Mask" and "The Masked Singer." The former is what appears on the screen of the YouTube videos from the program, the latter is the name of the apparent franchise and is used in the US and elsewhere, but not by NTV on their actual broadcast. Hieronymusic (talk) 17:56, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I noticed the same thing. The only reason that I used the name "The Masked Singer" was that there was already a Wikipedia article named "The Masked Singer (Russian TV series)."  Also, I was watching (on the NTV web site on April 9) the last part of the program where Diana removes her mask; and I noticed that at the very end of the show there is a credit saying (in English) that the show is based on "The Masked Singer" from South Korea.  So the Russian show is apparently a formal part of that franchise.  I think you're right, though, and it would probably be better to use a compromise name like "Маска (The Masked Singer)." X5dna (talk) 21:34, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I think my concern may be with the article you reference. If the Russian flavor of this franchise is, indeed, titled "The Mask," I suppose it should be reflected there. I will give it a try. Hieronymusic (talk) 21:51, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I like your compromise title. Hieronymusic (talk) 23:49, 11 April 2023 (UTC)