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If you are interested in Russia-related themes, you may want to check out the Russian Portal, particularly the Portal:Russia/New article announcements and Portal:Russia/Russia-related Wikipedia notice board. You may even want to add these boards to your watchlist.

Again, welcome! abakharev 08:00, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Avos

 * Thanks for the article, it is quite usable and have interesting citations added. On the other hand in my honest opinion it looks rather like a collection of citations rather than a coherent text. I would start that Avos is a Russian word meaning ..., in 19th century it was speculated (by whom) that it reflects some national mentality in twentieth century... Some examples. Your citations. External links/References.

I have advertised the article on Portal:Russia/New article announcements, so maybe somebody will give you a hand with it, if no I will do it myself abakharev 08:00, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Привет
Hello, I want to thank you for your warm words. Actually, my command of English is very limited. I have never been abroad, learning English when browsing the web. If you want details, you may want to send me an e-mail. By the way, if you want to leave your signature after a post, it's enough to type four tildas, like this: ~ Happy edits, Ghirla  -трёп-  12:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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 * Hi Daniel, in regards to the photo of the Serbian Embassy in Moscow you need to provide a valid licence. Refer to Image copyright tags for information on the tags you can use. IF you need help with this, let me know on my talk page. I don't suppose you managed to get photos of the other embassies on Mosfilmovskaya? They would come in very handy for Diplomatic missions in Russia. --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 13:11, 1 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Russavia, thanks for your recent message about the Serbian Embassy image. I know things have gone wrong with it, I just didn't remember to specify the licence when I was uploading it, and I re-uploaded it to choose the right licence but apparently it didn't work. What do I do? The image qualifies as own work, so there should be no problems with the copyright. Do I have to delete it and re-upload? Let me know what's best to do. I will upload more images of all the embassies at Mosfilmovskaya Street provided I get close enough to take pictures. Denghu (talk) 14:43, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * What licence do you want to use? If GFDL, simply insert in the licence section. If you need more help, just buzz me. --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 14:54, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, done it. I chose the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence.
 * Cool, all ok now. In regards to the other embassies, there is a really good map at this link and a list of addresses at Mosfilmovskaya Street (also note the Chinese and Uruguay embassies within short distance of Mosfilmovskaya (to the south). Any of those, or any of the other embassies on Diplomatic missions in Russia which are missing, would be great. Do you work in the Mosfilmovskaya area? --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 17:28, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * yeap. :-) Thanks for the link. Although I know the area well enough, I'm not sure about the whereabouts of some embassies. I'll get all this done within a week's time.Denghu (talk) 17:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That would be sweet. Here is a more precise map of the area, with each of the embassies noted by the flag symbol. As is usual for Moscow streets, the majority of the embassies are located in alleys off Mosfilmovskaya, but address is still Mosfilmovskaya. Too bad the majority are Brezhnev-era buildings; not real pretty to look at are they --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 17:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the map, Russavia! :-) Yeah, some of those buildings look somewhat ugly. Some are quite interesting, e.g. the Swedish embassy.
 * No problem, I noticed the new photos, great stuff. What I have done is transferred these to Commons, so that they can be used across all WP projects, not just here on English WP. The speedy deletion tags below are simply notification that the local WP copy can be deleted due the photo now being on Commons - this won't affect the usability of the photos here on WP, no changes need to be made. If you want to delete the notices below go ahead and do it, they are just notifications advising you of the move. --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 11:55, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Russavia, thank you for the explanation. More pics are coming soon. I've taken pictures of all the embassies found in the Mosfilmovskaya area. But some have to be edited so that I can improve their quality (some of them look too dark).
 * No worries. I have transferred the rest of your photos to Commons. You might want to check them out on common (use the Unified login), put them on your watchlist, and change preferences on Commons to receive an email when your watched pages are changed, so that you will be notified if anything changes and respond where appropriate. Look forward to seeing the other photos. P.S. You are German yeah? Lybia instead of Libya is a bit of a giveaway ;) --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 23:05, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Naja :-) Vielleicht war ich Deutscher in meinem vorigen Leben :-)) Ich bin ein multi-kulti Mensch! I tried and edited those two pics I uploaded tonight using Photoshop to make them look brighter, but I don't like the quality still... The thing is there was no sunshine when I was taking the pics. Anyway, more pics are coming soon as agreed!
 * I have moved your new photos to Commons also, you can see them here. Good answer to my question ;) --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 21:25, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like the embassy of Uruguay has moved to another location in central Moscow. Denghu (talk) 16:26, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that is correct, I didn't notice that on the map. Looking at the map there's only Nicaragua, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Romania and China left? Most of the buildings are fugly eh? The DPRK embassy looks more like type Korean Stalinist architecture, rather than Brezhnev era? I used to know a guy who worked at the Angolan embassy, as Cultural Attache I think it was, fell out of contact with him probably 2 years ago; would have been good to get you access inside or something ;) --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 19:16, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Russavia! I uploaded a couple of new images. Note the new image of the North Korean embassy, I took it on a sunny day so I didn't have to use Photoshop. It looks better than the first image, I think. I will also upload a new image of the Bulgarian embassy. Compare it to the other image. Perhaps it is better too.Denghu (talk) 14:26, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Something must be wrong with the UAE Embassy image. Can you help me with that?Denghu (talk) 17:22, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey mate, I'm bringing this back to the left hand side of the page so it's not all crushed up on the right. I have moved the UAE photo to commons, and the photo is there on the site, but it just doesn't seem to be thumbing at the moment for some reason. I'd say leave it for the time being, for a couple of hours, and see if it doesn't start working ok again soon. I noticed also the new photos and the DPRK photo, and have moved them all over to Commons as well. --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 17:33, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Uploading images directly to Wikimedia Commons
Hi Russavia! How are you doing? Looks like I'm done with the embassy images task. I've noticed the messages about no freedom of panorama in Russia. Good to know. I uploaded a couple of new images of bridges. They might come in handy for some pages in other sections of the Wikipedia project, so my question is: how do I propose that these images be copied to Wikimedia Commons? Denghu (talk) 17:00, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi there, yeah, we'll see how the images go on Commons, but at least we'll have a local copy on WP to work with in the event they are deleted from Commons. It simply means that if people want to use the photos on other projects they have to upload them to the project again. How to copy to Commons? Put this code (including the ) on the photo page and save it, this will bring up a notice that it is a candidate to be moved to commons. You are able to complete the move yourself, or you can just leave it and someone will get to it in good time. If you point out which photos they are once you do the tagging, I can get them moved across for you. Sorry about the delay, was a little busy with the A & SO articles. Cheers --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 02:59, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Recent tags on Kazakhstan
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Statue
Perhaps I should have sent you a heads up, I stand corrected....You know when the entire gallery got deleted the other day nobody asked my permission. Then I had to fight to get the gallery reinstated on the page.....I removed one of the two views of the same statue that you added and one view remains included. Perhaps there should be two pictures of the Michelangelo David, and two Iwo Jima statues, and another view of the Sphinx. By the way please add the artists name, the title and the date to the image. Thank you.......Modernist (talk) 23:05, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you for the quick reply. It wasn't an image of the same statue that you removed. It was a different statue. Go to the history page to see the picture. OK. I will get the information about the artist and the date a bit later. Denghu (talk) 23:13, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * A closer look reveals - a mother and child, and a musician; indeed two separate statues..However they do closely resemble each other in a number of ways, and both are roughly in the same place and I think one will be sufficient. On closer view I prefer the mother and child, I left the larger image; I'll leave the choice up to you when you return with the name, dates, etc. Modernist (talk) 23:25, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

An Invite to join WikiProject Russia

 * Thank you. I accept the invitation.Denghu (talk) 14:54, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Your input requested
Hi Daniel, mate, been a while. A proposal on the re-creation of WP:RUSSIA is currently underway at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia/Proposal. One of the main points is that we should have workgroups covering different topics. We are trying to ascertain the interest of editors in various workgroups under WP:RUSSIA, such as history, politics, biographical, etc; and one suggestion being a workgroup each for MSK and SPb. As you edit a lot of MSK articles, perhaps you can take a read of that proposal, comment on it wherever you have thoughts, and perhaps provide your opinion on how an MSK workgroup would operate; would there be interest, etc? Your input is valued. Cheers. --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 20:03, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Russavia! I'd be happy to assist. I'll take a look at the proposal and comment on it. Denghu (talk) 14:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

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Slavic Europe Map
You had the following comments on my map:
 * 1. Russian is not spoken by a minority in Leningrad Region (around St Petersburg);
 * 2. Russian is not spoken by a minority in areas between Moscow and St Petersburg;
 * 3. According to a 1970 census 92.000 people claimed they were speakers of Karelian dialects while the overall population of the then Karelian Autonomous Socialist Republic was at 715.000 people. If you can provide updated data on that, that'll be fine. If we rely on the data I provided there is no way for Russian to be spoken by a minority in Karelia.
 * 4. Russian is the native language of ethnic Russians in Estonia and Latvia who make up around 25 percent of Estonia's and Latvia's population respectively.

My answers are:
 * 1, 2 and 3. For the ethnic composition of Russia I used this map: http://www.languageandpeace.com/images/other/europe.gif. Perhaps the map could be changed to reduce the non Russian speaking pockets to the actual areas where they constitute a minority to Karelians, Tatars and so on.
 * 4. For the Russians in Latvia, Estonia and Kazakhstan I used this map: http://map.primorye.ru/raster/maps/commonwealth/russians_ethnic_94.jpg. Russian is spoken in those countries by the Russian minority and it is not used by the majority of the population (I remember that you colored all of Latvia, Estonia and Kazakhstan green, instead of just the Russian inhabited pockets).
 * Regarding the Republic of Moldova, I tried to color only the areas where the Russian and the Ukrainians are the majority. But I colored all of Transnistria and Gagauzia since Russian is used as a co-official language.

I'm not an expert on Slavic languages, but if the map could be improved it would be still usable.
 * Scooter20 (talk) 08:11, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Scooter20, here is my opinion of the maps you gave links to:
 * http://www.languageandpeace.com/images/other/europe.gif - This map is VERY inaccurate and GENERAL in a very coarse way. If you look at the map of Ukraine and then read about Russian spoken in Ukraine you will see that areas around Odessa and in central Ukraine are not even indicated as bilingual. Better look at this picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ukraine_cencus_2001_Russian.svg Also, trust me, nowadays only some 1000 (one thousand) people speak Finnic languages in and around St Petersburg, so it's funny to see that Russian is a 'minority language' there. ))) I'm a specialist in Balto-Finnic languages and a graduate of the Russian Institute for Linguistics, so please, believe me and edit your map accordingly.
 * http://www.languageandpeace.com/images/other/europe.gif - those areas marked in a mix of colors do not indicate that Russian is used by a minority there. It would be a logical phallacy to deduce that (which you did while composing your map of Slavic languages).
 * http://map.primorye.ru/raster/maps/commonwealth/russians_ethnic_94.jpg - this map is fine for a map showing ethnic composition of post-Soviet nations (still, the red regions indicate areas where Russians form a majority, while in fact ethnic Russians and Russian speakers of other ethnic background are more spread-out than one might think judging by this map). Yet it is quite useless for a linguistic study since it is not only ethnic Russians who speak Russian in and outside Russia. If you look at Kyrgyzstan you'll see that Russians are barely present there yet Russian is the second official language of that country.
 * As for Kazakhstan, I guess you know that Russian has co-official status in that country.
 * As for the Baltics, Russian speakers are spread out across the whole of Estonia and Latvia, yet the majority of Estonia-based ethnic Russians is in and around Narva and Kohtla-Jarve. My point was that Russian is used throughout most of Estonia and Latvia as a minority language. Read this: http://palun.blogspot.com/2007/05/demographics-and-estonia-overview.html. Denghu (talk)


 * My overall opinion is the following: I think it's a challenging task to collect data on the geography of Slavic languages, so you need to be well-familiar with these languages, and have something more reliable than two unverified and outdated maps. After all we all want Wikipedia to be a source of reliable and accurate information! I recommend that you read many independent sources on demographics and Slavic languages first and only then upload a corrected map to Wikipedia. Accuracy (not urgency) should be the chief goal, in my opinion.
 * I see!
 * I have created maps for Romance-speaking Europe and Germanic-speaking Europe and wanted to create one for Slavic-speaking Europe.
 * My initial goal was to create a map of the Distribution of Slavic peoples in Europe but then it turned into a Slavic-speaking Europe map. I know that not only Slavic peoples speak Slavic languages and there are a lot of bilingual people that speak a Slavic language, mainly in former Soviet countries.
 * My goal would be to create a map that shows the distribution of Slavic peoples
 * where they are the majority (Slavic countries)
 * where they are the minority (pockets of non-Slavic peoples in Slavic countries)
 * Slavic populations in countries with non-Slavic majority (like: Moldova, Latvia, Estonia, Kazakhstan etc)
 * I order to do so I would probably need more accurate sources.
 * Could you provide a good source map regarding the ethnic composition of Russia, which seems to be the biggest issue here.
 * If you can provide good maps on other countries that would be good too.
 * If I'll have the proper sources, I'll probably create a more accurate map when I'll have some free time.
 * Scooter20 (talk) 10:45, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, I'll look for sources with updated and reliable data (concerning post-Soviet states). As for other Slavic languages, you'd better contact people who live in those countries. Denghu (talk)

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Bannout Article
Hi. Thank you for your attention to the article on Mohammad Bannout I started today. Perhaps it should be said for your knowledge that Bannout is an up and coming bodybuilder, who has taken part in a number of bodybuilding contests. He is also cousin to the famous bodybuilder Samir Bannout. That article could be useful for people interested in sports. I don't see any reason why ignorance should be treated as an argument when deciding to mark a new article as qualifying for speedy deletion. Waiting for you reply. Please, remove the tag. Thank you! Denghu (talk) 07:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


 * On wikipedia, the threadhold for inclusion is verifiability, not truth. A quick search revealed no reliable sources that have been included in independant, third party sources. Family relations ships are explicitely no indication of notability. Seeing that you edited the article and gave an indication that he won several contests, there must be some press coverage of these. Do you have any sources? Perhaps news articles? Or maybe websites that comply with the guidelines in WP:RS? If you can add those then i see no reason whatsoever to remove the article.


 * As for the tag, I will act as if i proposed deletion on the article, which means i will re-check the article in a week to see if there is any need to remove it. Good luck improving the article though! I very much prefer keeping articles over removing them :)  Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 07:28, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry to say that but you are surprisingly assertive yet not informed well enough. No problems with verifiability. I don't know why you added the tag without even knowing where to check if that bodybuilder is well-known. To check that go to http://www.musclememory.com/show.php?a=Bannout,+Mohamad
 * And here is another link for your attention: http://www.ifbb.com/page_report.php?id=21


 * Do you want any more sources? Google is at your fingertips, then. Please, don't be quick to add speedy deletion tags. Especially, if you don't have enough information on the subject.
 * Denghu (talk) 07:39, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


 * As i am working as a new page patrol i only do global checks for references on an article. In fact, those check are more of a way to determine if i should tag the article for WP:CSD, WP:PROD or WP:Maintenance, then that they are meant to source articles (Though if i found any that are undeniably good, i always add them). The difference between the tags is that CSD is tagging for immediate removal (In case there is not even a claim to notability), PROD is tagging for removal after a week (in case there is a claim for notability, but a quick search cannot establish it) and maintenance is mainly for adding non removal tags that indicate what work still needs to be done.


 * In this case the article (The version i tagged) had no indication of notability. It merely indicated that he was a bodybuilder from lebanon, which is about the same as "A kid from highschool" (notability wise that is! :) ). When i searched for "Mohammad Ali Bannout" i got a mere two results - can you already see the flaw? I accidentally included the middle name and did a literal search, which excluded a lot of results. Normally i would have made a variation on the name but it suddenly occured that the article you were writing might be about Mohammed Ali. In the few seconds it took me to realise that was an american boxer, and not a libanese bodybuilder, i completely forgot i had another check to do. If i would have left out Ali i would probably have given it some maintenance tags and perhaps a prod to see if it was improved.


 * Still, i would recommend always using this format for starting articles: Person X is a Y notable for Z. Sometimes admins are really fast with their removals and i am pretty sure that more then a few would have removed the article for wither having no context (WP:A1) or for having no notability (WP:G7). Alternatively you can use a user subpage, which has the huge advantage that those are not patrolled, which means you can work on an article in peace and quite. Last you can add the or  templates to a page. Not every patrol respects those, but i virtually never go any higher then a PROD on pages tagged with those - unless i am completely sure that a page should be removed; But this is only on extreme pages such as articles that have a title that states "DFJKLSDHFJKLH" and a content of "TESTTESTTEST".


 * And before i quite babbling: Good job on the article! It looks a great now, a few inline refs and its about perfect. Also, my apologies for the quick tag - know that it was entirely based upon a misunderstanding. Happy editing to you :) Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 16:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Excirial, thank you so much for the information. I think misunderstanding arose because I had assumed the article was to be removed on the day I created it. I'll take your advice about working on new pages on my subpage. Thank you again. Denghu (talk) 06:28, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Counter
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 * OK. Denghu (talk) 06:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

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Island
Please adhere to WP:BRD, you were "Bold in making a change, I Reverted the edit, and now we D'iscuss. Please do not revert back, as that is edit warring.  I've asked for a consensus discussion on the article talk page.  Please go Talk:Island to discuss the edits.  Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:10, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I undid your reverted edit again. I consider it totally ungrounded. I added relevant information with references. Why should it be dismissed and deleted as irrelevant without discussion? Many of the statements made in the article have no references and they are still there. What's the problem? Denghu (talk)
 * The problem is that you are doing what is called "synthesis". You have taken two sourced but unconnected facts and drawn a conclusion from then which neither souce supports.  That is a special kind of original research called synthesis and it's not allowed.  You need a citation from a reliable source to draw the conclusion, you' cannot do it, nor can I, or any other Wikipedia editor.  That's the way things work here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:16, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It is not synthesis and you haven't provided any argument to support your claim. It is deduction. My deduction is based on dictionary definitions which state clearly that "an island is smaller than a continent". Australia is the smallest continent on Earth hence the conclusion. Denghu (talk) 06:44, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

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Для добавления аудиофайлов на русском у нас есть два шаблона. Основной &mdash; это lang-rus, но в нём ссылка на аудиофайл не показывается, если нет также IPA-транскрипции. Это вообще баг, который надо починить. Пока же он не починен, можно пользоваться audio-ru, что я и сделал в статье о Смоленске. Первым параметром в нём идёт название на русском; вторым параметром &mdash; название аудиофайла (без "file:"). Если файл есть на Commons, то шаблон его найдёт. Если что-то осталось непонятным, пишите.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 13, 2011; 19:56 (UTC)
 * Спасибо :-) Пока что вроде бы все понятно. Когда попробую загрузить и добавить в статью еще один файл, станет яснее. Denghu (talk) 20:22, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

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Я ищу вдохновляющие страницы пользователей, и интересных историй о том, как Википедия влияют на жизнь людей. Я задавал вопросы вроде "Как Википедия изменила Вашу жизнь?", "Какая самая интересная история у Вас есть о Википедии?" и "Википедия ли когда-нибудь Вас удивило?"

В прошлом году мы использовали ежегодный сбор средств как способ показать миру, кто на самом деле пишет Википедия. Мы показывали редакторов из Бразилии, Украины, Аргентины, Саудовской Аравии, Кении, Индии, США и Англии. Этот метод имел огромный успех, в результате чего у нас была наиболее финансово успешная кампании по сбору средств в историе организации. Кроме того, мы остались верны духу Википедии, просвещение общественности, что это бесплатно ТОП-5 Сайт создан добровольцами, как Ви и я.

В этом году мы хотим выделить еще редакторов Википедии на русском языке, так что я нахожусь в процессе планирования поездки в Россию и интервью с редакторами.

Если Википедия положительно повлеяла на Вас или на кого-то из Ваших знакомых, или у Вас есть что-то интересное сказать о Википедии, я бы очень хотел услышать об этом!

Пожалуйста, дайте мне знать, если Ви бы хотели участвовать в проекте Истории Википедии, или если вы знаете кого-то еще, с кем я должен поговорить.

Конечно, если у Вас есть какие-либо вопросы или сомнения, пожалуйста, обращайтесь! Я отвечу, как только смогу. Извините за плохой перевод этого письма, я использую Google-перевод. Я надеюсь, что заставляет вас смеяться :)

Спасибо за Ваше время,

Victor Grigas

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Anti-Muslim sentiment(disambiguation)
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 * Hi. I meant to move the Islamophobia article to Anti-Muslim sentiment, which is a more correct name for the article as it does not suggest anti-Muslim sentiment is always a phobia.Denghu (talk)

Cities or countries which are split between Asia and Europe
Noting that two of your edits (Europe and List of European cities by population within city limits) have recently been reverted by, to avoid any edit-warring, can I beg that you enter into discussion on the talk pages - probably at Talk:List of European cities by population within city limits. The treatment of cities or countries which are split between Asia and Europe is clearly a contentious topic, and your view is very welcome. Batternut (talk) 09:53, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I made referenced edits and they were simply reverted by Yeppiz with no explanation concerning the referenced materia. I already messaged him (her). The result is that you deleted my edits supported by references. Is that logical? I don't see why I have to discuss material supported by many references. Please go to that page and look at the several last edits, you will see what I mean. Denghu (talk) 09:58, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't dispute your references - the question is how to treat cities and countries that are split between Europe and Asia. Have you read the discussion at Talk:List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits? Batternut (talk) 10:06, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I have read it and I don't find it very helpful. One user provided good arguments and they were ignored by a few other users. The problem is that any user can strongly object no matter how competent or incompetent they are. And the number of people involved is very limited. Denghu (talk) 10:22, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Jeppiz (talk) 11:37, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I consider your attitude as inflammatory and irrationally vindictive. I've seen that your report has been dismissed. Quite deservedly. Denghu (talk) 13:27, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Per the ANI discussion it looks like the RfC concluded that the full undivided population of Istanbul should be shown in the list. That is, the reported population should include both the European and Asian parts. If you disagree, you have the option of trying a new RfC. The last one was in mid-2015. If you continue to revert without getting a talk page consensus you would be risking a block for edit warring. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 15:31, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comment, but it is a bit belated and uninformative. I have read the RfC and have already started discussion on the talk page. I hope you are aware of that. Denghu (talk) 17:00, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

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