Talk:Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy is not a independent politician
He's a founder of a "Servant of the People" party. This party nominated him as a candidate for president, but, formally, he was nominated as a independent. Information about his politicial party should be edited and, at least, say about his connection to this politicial party. Hea1en (talk) 09:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You might want to make a more specific suggestion (i.e. suggest new wording) and/or provide one or more reliable sources supporting what you're saying (whether sources already listed in the article, or different ones) ☺ Coppertwig (talk) 21:58, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Why don't you decide what words would you find unobjectionable, instead of making people write it out just to shoot it down. 2604:3D09:D78:1000:4A39:5D3F:B328:54DA (talk) 02:14, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

martial law and end of normal presidential term
How about mentioning in the article that normally there would have been elections by now and he's continuing as President due to martial law. ☺ Coppertwig (talk) 22:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Bremps! Done! ☺ Coppertwig (talk) 21:27, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I support this edit by Helpful Cat; I agree that "imposition of martial law" is a more accurate explanation of why the elections were cancelled than "the ongoing Russian invasion", which could be seen as having begun years earlier after which elections were still held. ☺ Coppertwig (talk) 16:59, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * See for example Ukraine's Zelensky stays in power despite term expiring (bbc.com) - In peacetime it would have expired, and an election would have been called. But the martial law brought in with Russia’s full-scale invasion means that can’t happen, and there’s broad public support for that too. ManyAreasExpert (talk) 17:05, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * there are no official end for presidential term. Rada have some days to fix inauguration's date after proclamation of official results (see 2019 situation). Do you have some sources? Panam2014 (talk) 16:43, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * There is a fact checker (in German): . Will add something from that when I find time. Rsk6400 (talk) 06:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Quibble on matter of transliteration
I have to quibble with the wiki hive-mind on the matter of the appropriate transliteration into English of the surnames. Zelenskyy himself I guess we can reasonably transliterate his first name and surname in the Ukrainian style, given his being the president of Ukraine and I suppose Ukrainian being the (hoped for) dominant language. But his parents? They were Russian speakers. So that’s ’Zelensky’. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.243.239.188 (talk) 18:27, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Why does the article say Zelenskyy is "independent" up near the top, but then further down says he is part of "Servant of the People" political party?
It is highly confusing to say the least. Wikipedia power-users can you please edit the article to explain this contradiction? Thank you.27.33.12.176 (talk) 13:23, 18 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I have wondered about this as well. The Ukrainian Wikipedia also calls him independent in their infobox. However, the Servant of the People party is clearly his. Is this some technicality? Helpful Cat (talk) 14:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)