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2,000 dead Russian soldiers
I highly contentious issue has arisen at the War in Donbass talk page in the section Casualties and losses and continued into the subsection Comment. I feel you as a committed editor of the War in Donbass should take part in this discussion and maybe propose a compromise that has not been thought of so far. EkoGraf (talk) 15:50, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for leaving me a note, . I was expecting this to come up since the so-called leaked reports, and noticed some edit warring without any real discussion a couple of days ago, but I haven't returned to it since. I'll take a look at the arguments and join in. I don't particularly like it but, then, I don't particularly like the sensationalist nature of the Azov Battalion article... but what the RS say is what the RS say (even if they're just mimicking each other). --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:10, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Problem here is they are only reporting a claim by a dubious media outlet, they are not confirming the claim. EkoGraf (talk) 22:41, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, it reminds me of the purported documentation 'found' by the Moscow Times last year. The problem is that, when enough RS report on it, it's used as a pretext for a COATRACK... and it's difficult to argue against using it because it always comes back to the "we can't ignore that RS are reporting on it, therefore it merits inclusion" argument. I still need to think on how to deal with it before I make any comments on the talk page. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:47, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It seems at this point virtually everyone except Marek and Wishes are against the inclusion of the figure. However, now they have started arguing for the removal of the number of separatist dead and Ukrainians captured on the basis it was done via OR or Synth, although it was actually done on the basis of WP: CALC and sources are provided. I have attempted a compromise edit and elaborated on it in the talk page. EkoGraf (talk) 06:48, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You know I've been following your use of CALC for the last couple of years on these articles alone, as have other regulars as regards your specialised area of stats as reflected in the Casualties of the Ukrainian crisis article, aside from the other articles you work on. I'd prefer to find a resolution outside of a DRN which is going to attract the 'usual' POV suspects and turn it into a fiasco, or an RfC which bring in uninformed, POV blow-ins, socks and meatpuppets. I think that, in order to expedite a solution, it may be productive to use my talk page as a venue. It's not something to be resolved as a compromise, so I'd encourage discussion here. Under the circumstances, I'm going to ping, , , , and before it becomes a complete tl;dr fiasco that no admin or volunteer wants to touch (as if anyone in their right mind has wanted to get involved with such articles in the first place). This doesn't mean that there's anything 'chummy' or 'cabal-like' in the manner in which we address this: simply that we try to make respectful, NPOV arguments for inclusion or exclusion. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:45, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I wanted your opinion on something. Should we maybe move the 400-500 Russian soldiers killed (per State Department) from the brackets beside the 1,213 dead (confirmed per the graveyard image) and they be listed separately in the row bellow the 1,213 dead? And we note 400-500 is Russian soldiers and 1,213 is militants. Because as much as I have been reading other RS, it seems most of the alleged Russian soldiers killed are transported back to Russia and not left in Ukraine, so that graveyard most likely is just of native Ukrainian separatists. And the source itself calls it a separatist graveyard. EkoGraf (talk) 00:19, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer to defer discussing how best to present casualties figures until we've come to some sort of agreement on what does and doesn't belong there. At the moment, I'm with 's bold move in removing that infobox section altogether, although I think it should be restored as soon as we've worked out what is relevant for the infobox. While slashing info can be appealing as a method for avoiding what are essentially unknown quantities, it serves a limited function when there are official stats. There are plenty of things it would be desirable to do away with because it can be justified as not being as relevant as other reliably sourced and known quantities, but not everything can be done away with on the pretext that it isn't important. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:25, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Ekograf, in addition to adding your own original research to Wikipedia articles, using deceptive edit summaries, conducting talk page discussions in bad faith, you are now clearly engaged in WP:CANVASSING. It's annoying and bad faithed. Please stop.Volunteer Marek (talk) 23:21, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Iryna, thanks for pinging me on this.Volunteer Marek (talk) 23:21, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Cheers, . Personally, I don't construe this as canvassing. Ekograf knows that I'm involved in these articles, that he and I have a reasonable working relationship on various articles, and there's nothing wrong with bringing interested editors into the picture in case they're unaware of developments. By the same token, I could just as easily be accused of forum shopping and canvassing. I'd rather that we use this as a venue to work through differences of opinion between editors who have experience and some semblance of mutual respect for their abilities to work through issues collaboratively in respecting NPOV. While none of us always agree on issues, I certainly respect the integrity of the editors I've pinged. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:14, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * bad faith? This coming from a man who chucks insults, accusations and generally hostile comments at fellow editors on a regular basis? Canvassing? I in no way did solicit Iryna's support when I sent him my message to get him involved on the issue, I asked him to come and look at the issue and perhaps propose a compromise (middle ground) that we hadn't thought off. And I also had no prior knowledge of his opinion about the issue before contacting him. Same goes for RGloucester. I contacted them two, not knowing what their personal opinions are on the issue, because they are two editors highly involved with the War in Donbass and in the hopes that they will have a solution to our argument and help both of us bring the matter to a close. EkoGraf (talk) 00:15, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * EkoGraf, you are once again confusing things. "Bad faith" means hypocrisy or sneaky attempts to WP:GAME Wikipedia rules. Like using dishonest edit summaries. Insults or direct accusations are not hypocrisy or sneaky attempts to WP:GAME. In this instance there is no insults, although there are accusations of you behaving disruptively and in bad faith. Which are true and well substantiated.Volunteer Marek (talk) 00:43, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Come on, guys. I know we're all get worn out (and down) by the POV-pushers whose only aspiration is to turn articles on current affairs into journalistic, op-ed trash, but could we try not to personalise this, please? Once good editors fall out over maintaining the integrity of content, articles are dead in the water and the most tendentious editors swoop in to feed on the carcass (okay, I like to throw a bit of melodrama into scenarios, but that's essentially what happens).
 * The fact is that we have RS reporting on a report which may be true, but is not worth its salt unless/until it's tested and verified by independent sources. That being the case, it's still true that it has been reported on, therefore ignoring it becomes a problem because other editors and readers are aware of it, hence it is DUE somewhere. The question is where it is due.


 * Personally, I'm against the figures being used in the infobox and should only need a mention in the "casualties" section of the article if the details are described more comprehensibly in the "Casualties..." article. In any of these cases, I can't see any honest way past intext attribution. If that truly means that between us we determine that it's an imperative to create undesirable infobox clutter (that is, more 'according to' and 'estimates ranging from x to y'), then so be it. That's an issue that can be redressed further down the line once it becomes clearer as to whether the 'leaks' are substantiated as being the real deal. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:59, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Each war/battle/offensive infobox has its casualty figures to inform our readers. RGloucester's removal all the casualty figures (including the UN ones) on the basis they are disputed and not serving any purpose, while a discussion on the figures is still ongoing is inappropriate. WP policy dictates that a status quo needs to be preserved while a discussion is ongoing before any changes are made. EkoGraf (talk) 04:29, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * If more substantion is given to the claim (2,000 dead) about its reliability (which it lacks at the moment) I would have no objection for the figure to be an upper estimate compared to 400 per the State Department. EkoGraf (talk) 04:43, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Addressing the removal of the casualty figures from the infobox, since no one seems to want to talk to anyone else, I'll leave a request for to self-revert here. While I stand by the decision in principle (on the proviso that casualty figures be reinstated immediately after discussions here) not liking sourced information is not a valid excuse for deleting it. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:52, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I already reinserted the figures. A total blanking of the infobox section while a dispute is to be resolved does not serve anyone any good, especially our readers. I would have maybe understood the removal of militants or Russian soldiers killed or Ukrainian POWs, but the removal of the overall figure provided by the UN or the official figure of Ukrainian servicemen killed provided by the National Museum wasn't appropriate. EkoGraf (talk) 04:56, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I am seriously considering the removal of the numbers of POWs from the infobox, since this seems to be one of the more sticky points. However, I am having trouble removing the numbers of POWs since prisoner exchanges have been really notable in the media. This would of course lead to the removal of the figures of defectors and wounded. Thus leaving only the numbers of dead and missing. EkoGraf (talk) 05:04, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've removed it all, I removed the number of captured militants, the number of captured soldiers (although the source clearly stated the figure), the number of defectors and the number of wounded. The dead and missing only remain. As for the 2,000 Russian figure, I'm still standing by everyone else that the RS, although they reported it, did not verify its reliability or that of the source and than the only sensible step would be to mention the report in the Casualties section. EkoGraf (talk) 05:33, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * He did it. He removed it again. All of it. Marek. He removed it on the basis its OR and SYNTH. UN source clearly says 6,829 (2,500 civilians). Museum source clearly says 2,540 soldiers. And the other two refs clearly show/say 2,213 and 273. And he did a massive revert of everything I edited, including other textual changes in the article that have nothing to do with the issue at hand. EkoGraf (talk) 05:45, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * (ec)I understand this to be the most desirable outcome for the infobox as, even if there are RS speculating on various numbers, we represent only confirmed dead and missing according to official reports (even if they're biased). Any information beyond what has been 'officially' confirmed by either side is unnecessarily convoluted for the purpose. Again, the "Casualties" section is only a summary of the main article on the subject. The article on the "War in Donbass" itself has grown to the point of being a 'broad concept' coverage article. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:51, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Your last edit was highly inappropriate. You removed on the basis of OR and SYNTH the official Ukrainian figures of dead and missing, as well as the UN figures, not to mention you mass reverted several of my other edits elsewhere in the article. Only because you consider the number of militant dead to be OR and SYNTH. So when it comes to everything else, this was unjustified. As for the militant dead figure. You ask how i know its 2,213 and not possibly 2,215? Its because it is clearly seen here in the second source on the graveyard that was removed during this edit warring. And for an even more larger version of the same image follow the Livejournal blog link in the source. I will add the source where the number is clearly visible. You speculate there may be other graveyards or plates running higher than 2,213? Fine, than we add the words at least. There another attempt at compromise, I would expect some from you please. Finally you asked how I know these are only soldiers and not civilians? Because the source said its a cemetery for fighters. Cheers! EkoGraf (talk) 06:04, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * My last edit was entirely appropriate as it removed your unwarrented and faulty original research and synthesis. This has been explained to you. And now you're just being stubborn.
 * And Iryna's talk page isn't the place for this discussion. I'd appreciate it if you made your comments in the appropriate venue, the talk page, since talking here may give the impression of you trying to exclude other editors from the discussion.Volunteer Marek (talk) 06:46, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I am talking here because Irina has pinged and called upon all involved parties to discuss the issue here at his talk page (so they are not excluded as you say). And removal of properly sourced information (UN figures and Ukrainian military figures) and removal of a whole sourced paragraph for the sake of removal of a potential OR is NEVER warranted. EkoGraf (talk) 07:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * No, you're talking here because this is where you came to canvass. Discuss in the appropriate place please.Volunteer Marek (talk) 07:08, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I am here because Irina called us here. Before he called us I was discussing at the talk page. And in regards to your, at this point silly, canvass accusation, both me and Irina replied to it. EkoGraf (talk) 07:13, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * And I see you again reverted/removed my paragraph on State Department casualties, my new sentence on the numbers of missing, and the latest figure of current active Russian volunteers in Ukraine, even though this has nothing to do with the issue you are contesting. And you also AGAIN removed the numbers of dead Russians, per the State Department, as well as the official Ukrainian figures of their war dead even though its properly sourced. And now I see you have started accusing Irina of being canvassed since he now agrees the last version I made to be the most optimal solution for now. EkoGraf (talk) 07:13, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

I am not going to respond to any comments here any further as I feel that having the discussion here is tainted by canvassing and is aimed at excluding other relevant parties from the discussion. Further comments posted here will be ignored, and per Wikipedia policy will not be taken into account in the decision making process with regard to the article. If you wish to have your opinions considered, please use the appropriate venue, which is the article's talk page.Volunteer Marek (talk) 07:15, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You don't seem to take any opinions made by me, Irina or anybody disagreeing with you, so whats the point? I've been asking you 3 or 4 times now why you removed the UN, Ukrainian and State Department figures without any reply. EkoGraf (talk) 07:23, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * In any case your edit which removed the Ukrainian dead and missing, along with the state department figure should be reverted at once and that information and sources be reinserted immediately, since those have nothing to do with your complaints. EkoGraf (talk) 07:31, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, (and ). Let's leave this section and use the article talk page. I was hoping we could reach some form of consensus here before taking it to the article's talk space before it turns into a protracted sparring match there, but it has obviously failed. Let's just drop this thread as 'tainted' and continue in the public venue. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 20:46, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you so much, ! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:16, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Use of WP:POV map "Russian military bases 2015"
Thanks for your comments & understanding with removing disputed map from this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_military_bases_abroad Appreciate if you can also remove this map for the same reason from this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces (not sure how to do it myself properly). Thanks again & kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emulsioner (talk • contribs) 21:16, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ Not a problem! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:13, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Removed Text
Hey, I just saw you just removed the text which i added to the article Racism in Poland, I am just translating the information available on internet and adding it to the article, as i feel if we talk about racialism in Poland we should also show the recently data available on it. Please help me with how i can do it on this article by showing me an example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ImmortalSpartans (talk • contribs) 06:29, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

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Mayor of Bitola
I noticed you made the following edit. I couldn't quite comprehend the summary wording but it looks as if you doubt the party to which Vladimir Taleski belongs. I am aware anyhow (no source required in my case) that Taleski is indeed from VMRO-DPMNE. Here is an English language council seat report, so the edit you reverted was legit. -- OJ ( TALK ) 06:09, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pulling me up on this, . Wow, I've really become jumpy of late. It's been one of those protracted periods of time where edit warring and POV pushing send me into spasms of 'no source, no inclusion'. Anyway, I've self reverted (but got rid of the red link until someone creates an article on him). --Iryna Harpy (talk) 06:39, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh absolutely, I'm another one that finds red links a pain. I think somewhere there is a policy guideline for where red links may be provided but I'm not clued on it hence the reason I avoid that area. In this case, I'll gladly leave it to you as you know what is best. -- OJ ( TALK ) 13:42, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
 * See WP:REDYES and WP:REDNOT. Just for a general overview, take a look at WP:RED. It really needs to be looked at in context, although his existence meets WP:V, I very much doubt that Vladimir Taleski is notable enough to merit an article (due to RS and a lack of editors likely to develop such a bio for someone at this level of the political food chain). If someone is going to develop a bio, it can be linked at that point. There are so many red links around already that leave in place, but I don't see the point in leaving a newly added red link unless there's an evident importance in someone developing an article at a later date. Ultimately, he just doesn't meet general notability guidelines at this point in his career. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:23, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Let me tell you something Iryna. There is publication out there that confirms the man's notability and I am every bit certain that if I created an article on him, it would not be deleted. However, given Taleski is someone that I know, and someone who knows the real me too, I can assure you he is not a person I am about to be giving satisfaction of further publicity. My background is sport, volleyball to be precise, and just before I launched my Wiki account, I had been living in Bitola training 14-16 year old females. I know Taleski, and I know plenty of others - all love the publicity, but they're not getting it!!! :) -- OJ ( TALK ) 10:35, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * All the better, then. Leaving a red link might encourage someone to create an article and pander to his ego. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:15, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Ping
Hello. This is your paging service. You have a message at User talk:77.11.38.141. Have a nice day, Drmies (talk) 04:54, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yay, . Does this mean I get to spread my idiosyncratic brand of Wiki-lurv? --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:12, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a free world--you can do whatever you like. Ha! (I'll mention you in class this afternoon; we're doing the Aeneid 7-9.) Drmies (talk) 16:22, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Sweeeet! Now that's what I call context! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:10, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Open a subthread
Regarding this: I've found that ===BOOMERANG for Settleman=== usually works. Nishidani and the majority of the ANI regulars know why I'm not doing it myself and won't post there if someone else does it, but for the record I fully support such action given the massive IDHT and CIR issues on display. Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 13:05, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Another editor has opened the subthread, . I'll comment/!vote once I've had a chance to sift through all of the edits in more detail. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:25, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

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Economy of Lebanon
Dear Iryna, I have just added the sources you were asking for just a month ago, regarding the inflation rate in Lebanon. The source is absolutely reliable, with estimates coming straight from the Lebanese Central Bank (Banque du Liban), in other words from the Lebanese Government itself. I would be grateful if you could check it And I thank you for your remarks :) Mohammad Abulhassan (talk) 13:35, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Cheers, ! I'll take a look now. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:03, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Just to let you know that it looks fine, although I'll need to expand a couple of the references. I also need to double-check against one lot of stats you've derived from the World Bank (usually, the IMF stats are used across "Economy of ...." articles). I'll do a proper job of it ASAP. If there are any problems, I'll let you know from the article's talk page so that other editors who are involved in the article (or involve themselves in its development in the future) can follow discussions. Thanks for the work you've put into it! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:53, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

 * Thank you, . I'm going to tuck into them right now. Delicious! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:25, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Yulia Tymoshenko.Decision of the European Court of Human Rights.
The decision of the European court confirmed the link.There are also links about Russian aggression in Ukraine.In the judgment of the European Court says that Tymoshenko was a political prisoner.Regarding the Russian aggression, Tymoshenko's even created his battalion, which was fighting in the East of Ukraine.Please do not remove this important information.--Gal777 (talk) 05:18, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You're simply repeating exactly the same information you've left on the talk page of the article, on your own talk page, and on other editor's talk pages. Asserting that it is important does not make it so. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:20, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Please could you add to your watch list to protect against POV editing

 * Ruptly-- Toddy1 (talk) 06:30, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ Cheers, ! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 06:36, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Casualties in War in Donbass
Seems the issue has been resolved, although not in the way that sits well with me, but I guess there was no other way. There have been no removals of the casualties info I put on the separatists/Russian side of the casualty box for a week now. EkoGraf (talk) 15:06, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Self-arrest
Because of the edit war at self-arrest, I have blocked all editors who violated the three revert rule on that page for 24 hours, including you. In the future, WP:RPP may be a useful avenue for avoiding an edit war. Karl Dickman talk 07:52, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * "Reverting actions performed by banned users, and sockpuppets of banned or blocked users" is not a violation of WP:3RR. Burninthruthesky (talk) 11:10, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Ping me if you want to get unblocked and I'll get on that ASAP. --Neil N  talk to me 15:13, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * No need to wait for an unblock request, Neil, this was an obvious mistake, so I've unblocked. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:21, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * While I agree with unblock, as far as I know, Long-term abuse/Best known for IP is not banned. Last debate on the subject ended up inconclusive ; perhaps we need another round. I'm of two minds on the issue: while the IP is an abusive PITA, his version of the article was clearly superior against . But Iryna's page is probably not the right place for this conversation... No such user (talk) 15:28, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You're probably right about this page not being the perfect place, but I'll reply once, and if you want to follow up we can get out of IH's hair and talk elsewhere. I don't use "defacto banned" lightly, mostly because it is open to abuse.  But in this case, if it is true that there is no official ban (and I'm surprised, I could have sworn this came up again), there's still an exemption to block evading editors, and anyone with an LTA report and the history of blocking this editor has is as close to banned as you can get. If my terminology is wrong, I'll adjust it. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:36, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, , , , , , and for interceding on my behalf. I am extremely grateful to you all. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:35, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, it just occurred to me that my thank you could be construed as canvassing. That is not my intention, merely to thank those who reverted abuse on my talk page and spoke up at the further discussion. So far as I'm concerned, the incident is over and done with and I have no intention, nor interest in touching the articles under dispute in future. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:50, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * No need to worry:) All is fine. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 06:56, 22 September 2015 (UTC).
 * Cheers, . --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:27, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Iryna, you are most welcome. I admire the grace and good-humour with which you and endured this fiasco. Things seem to have gone quiet for now, although I am ready with a message seeking clarification on whether policy is now understood correctly. Burninthruthesky (talk) 07:38, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . I've been wondering whether this has been pursued any further. While the user's edits have been interpreted as being peripherally constructive, he has been allowed to continue editing with another of his IP accounts despite the fact that it is understood to be block evasion. My understanding is that he was in breach of CIVIL and NPA in the worst possible way, aside from edit warring... and is using that IP to continue casting ASPERSIONS wherever he thinks a sysop will listen to him. In return, he is being indulged with explanations as to where his behaviour was a little bit naughty. I don't see why his long term behavioural problems are considered tolerable when so many editors have been indeffed for a couple of outbursts under the pressure of working in AR sanctioned areas where explosions do occur. Are they creating a special clause for IPs who are not known to have had an account, therefore cannot 'technically' be traced to a sockmaster? I can accept that an admin who's been out of the loop for some time is fallible, therefore should be forgiven for making a decision under pressure, but I can't accept that an IP who has a painfully lengthy track record for behaving as if this is YouTube should be given special consideration because it's an interesting exception to the norm, therefore requires careful parsing as an exercise in metaphysics. Ah, well, enough of my tangential meanderings. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 10:19, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't have to read many YouTube comments before I learned not to bother . Yes, he is sticking 2 fingers up to the rules, and he knows it. I fully agree with you he should not be afforded any "special clause". Wherever he is identified, he does not enjoy the same editing privileges as an unidentified IP. He can get away with making constructive edits, as long as nobody objects. If an editor in good-standing supports his edit, normal rules apply, and I have no problem with that. Despite recent suggestions to the contrary (which I haven't yet seen retracted), reverting edits by banned or blocked users is not edit warring. If it helps, you can find a list of known IP ranges at his LTA page. When you do find him, it's usually easy to hear the WP:QUACK. Burninthruthesky (talk) 12:39, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Apologies for the tardy response, . The IP range, location, and attitude are all I need to identify the user, therefore I won't have any compunction about reverting should I encounter him again. As far as I'm concerned, I've never reverted any other socks, meat, or NOTHEREs without establishing the calibre of their content changes, but this guy's a corker and, given my record for evaluating (i.e., not being trigger-happy and predisposed to abusing PG) best practice in situ, I was surprised (euphemism) to have been blocked. I'm not particularly impressed by any purported extenuating circumstances, or with occasional gnomish positives on behalf of that user. Cheers, and thanks again for speaking up for Clpo13 and myself! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:16, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

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Cauldrons
It's highly improper of you to revert a "Talk Page" edit just because you think it's "smug". The talk Page is for suggestions on improving the page, and discussion of problems, especially confused definitions or facts. The WP policy on Talk Pages is "that you should not edit or delete the comments of other editors without their permission". I'm going to restore your revert at once and ask you nicely not to try this again. Leave Talk Page comments as you find them and try to learn from them in the manner directed by Wikipedia policy. Santamoly (talk) 18:38, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Your comment on the talk page in question was A) a year after the initial discussion, and B) a WP:POINTy piece of soapboxing designed to show up another editor you have personal issues with. Article talk pages serve the purpose of encouraging constructive discussions surrounding article content improvement, and your purpose was clearly antithetical to such a premise. I have, however, responded to your comment on the relevant talk page (aside from wikilinking the relevant section of the actual article - something you could/should have done yourself - despite its being borderline WP:SYNTH). If you have any further comments to make, please make them on the article's talk page... where they belong. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:44, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Shyrokyne standoff (February–July 2015)
A new problem has arisen at Shyrokyne standoff (February–July 2015). Please check it out and give your input and proposal to resolve the situation. Thanks! EkoGraf (talk) 19:45, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The editor in question is constantly inserting that it was a Ukrainian victory, claiming he provided sources, while none of his sources state this, he is also reverting all of my edits in the main body of the article, removing sourced info on villages recaptured by the separatists, removed the sourced result of the offensive (ceasefire) along with its source and ignores one of his own sources which says Shyrokyne has been demilitarized. EkoGraf (talk) 19:59, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've just spotted it on my watchlist, . How frustrating and plain irritating. How many times do we have to go over the same ground because a POV warrior has come to OR conclusions? --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:21, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't know. I even made a compromise edit that it ended in a cease-fire (with a source) but he continued with it. He has requested the page be protected due to edit warring. I commented at the page protection noticeboard in the section on his request his behavior and that if they are to protect it than they should revert it back to the version before the edit war before doing so. EkoGraf (talk) 21:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look at the 'pp request' as I really don't feel that POV compromises are appropriate for an encyclopaedic resource. "Indecisive" was neutral and realistic compromise already. Given the circumstances, there is nothing cut-and-dry about the outcome of one of many stand-offs in the context of a broader war: it was merely one instance of many in a complex situation. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:00, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree it was indecisive (Ukraine took 3 villages, separatists took 3 villages, Shyrokyne in essence a no-mans land), but I tried to compromise with him since he wasn't going to listen. EkoGraf (talk) 23:31, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Impressed
Iryna, I am really impressed by your patience. Did you read WP:DFTT? My very best wishes (talk) 00:53, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, I know. I'm issuing myself a trout-slap and will return to normal interactions as of now. Thanks for the very courteous reminder! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 01:44, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Long time ago I was reading an interview given by a couple of these guys to Novaya gazeta. They worked on social sites/blogs (not wiki) to promote certain products and discredit products by competitors. They said they were doing two very different types of job. One of them was placing certain (dis)information about the products. The second type of job was getting rid of undesirable contributors by making their life on a site unbearable. Real fun began when two "teams" hired by different employers began to fight. In such cases they sometimes had to come to an agreement. Later, the newspaper itself had to close their blogs because of the people posting huge number of inflammatory comments. My very best wishes (talk) 11:48, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * If it weren't funny, it would almost be comical... --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:26, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

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Your assistance is respectfully requested
There is a real need for your critical eye on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Russian_air_raids_in_Syria2015_Russian_air_raids_in_Syria as there is already an attempt to erase history there. AccountInCompliance (talk) 19:26, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Cheers for the heads up, . I've added the article to my watchlist. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:25, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Laert Vasili
Thank you Iryna Harpy! Next time I will be very carefull! But you can also check me in Google and you will find that I am not lying about my works in theatre because this is what I do and how I live from the last 20 years of my life! Anyway thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laertis Vasiliou (talk • contribs) 19:53, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello, . I have been watching the article on you for some time, and I don't doubt that your additions to the content are true (i.e., I've run Google checks). My concern is certainly not on a personal level, but over reliable sources demonstrating that you're notable according to WP:AUTOBIOG (specifically WP:YOURSELF). Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:30, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

whats wrong with my edition?
in article about russia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trabant1963 (talk • contribs) 12:20, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Not only is it infobox clutter, it's WP:POINTy (as per my edit summary). If you haven't noticed, your second content change has been reverted by another editor here. Please read the archived discussions on both the Russia and Ukraine articles surrounding WP:CONSENSUS as to how to handle the disputed territory of Crimea within these broad scope articles. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:11, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * in that case it's better to write (republic of crimea is not included instead of crimea not included) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trabant1963 (talk • contribs) 09:33, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Cheers, . Again, for the purposes of the infobox and the lead of a broad scope article like Russia, my opinion is that it's unnecessarily detailed. If we go in that direction, it would be equally as important to include Sevastopol as a city of special status. This is, however, merely my opinion, and my opinion does not constitute consensus. If you believe that WP:ITSIMPORTANT for the purposes of the article, you should start a new section on the article's talk page.


 * I know that English is not your native language, and that you probably don't feel very confident in expressing yourself in English, so if you'd like me to initiate the discussion, I'm happy to do so on your behalf. Note, however, that I'm going on vacation from Monday (5 October), and won't return until Saturday (10 October), so I'd rather not start a discussion until my return. By the same token, I don't mind whether a consensus decision is made without me, so let me know if you'd like me to start such a discussion before I leave. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:57, 1 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Ну судя по тому что ты "Ирына", ты и сама нифига не англичанка, but I can express myself in both languages. Mais j'ouvrrai division nouveau de chiffre de la population (and call it "Population") en article de Russie y nosotros decidiremos juntos, not only with you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trabant1963 (talk • contribs) 12:40, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

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About Cossacks
There were Serbian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Polish, Czech, and Slovak cossacks too, so DO NOT re-edit it! -Bennyben1998 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bennyben1998 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You were asked to provide reliable sources, not your own original research. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:26, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

why help vatnik user?
harpy, why did you assist vatnik user toddy? he is saboteur on dnipro. many times he claims an position he does not to have, so as to assist putin in his lies. do not into listening to toddy vatnik user. be good 2 ukraine, your mother 138.128.180.226 (talk) 00:05, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Maybe because it's a violation of Wikipedia's No Personal Attacks policy to call someone a "russki saboteur?" Please don't make these remarks. GABHello! 00:21, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * In a nutshell, what he said ↑. Outside of that, don't push your nationalist propaganda on my talk page. No WP:POV pushers are welcome on my talk page. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:31, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd better leave, then :) GABHello! 00:38, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ;) --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:41, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Disruptive Editing of the Polish census of 1931
Your recent reversion of population summaries reported in the 1931 Census is disruptive to the page. It is not OR to accurately report what was published in a national census, on a WP page about the same. If you seriously think this a violation of OR, I suggest that you make your point on a relevant noticeboard since accurately reporting what was published in a census is standard procedure here on WP. (Please see the most recent U.S. Census for examples of this 2010 United States Census.)  I looked, but didn't see where you objected or complained that accurately reporting on the U.S. Census was OR. Perhaps you can explain your reasons for not doing so? In any event, you have ample opportunity to find RS for criticisms, reasonable or not, of the published results of that census which might be addressed on the page. It is impossible to do that if the actual published results are not accurately reported such that the criticisms can be understood. However, I am concerned that your comments on the talk page and recent reversions, which deleted much data without any claim that the data was not accurately reporting what the census published, or mathematically proven from the same, was motivated by some desire to censor what had been published by the Polish government in 1931. I suspect that you just don't like what it published. You also made no further comments on the talk page, and it is clear that you lack a consensus to edit your changes to the page.

Lastly, your tone, in editing a warning on my talk page and similar comments on other talk pages, is decidedly WP:Uncivil. It is also uncool. I note that you have recently been admonished on the admin board. I suggest that you comport your conduct here to something more conducive to constructive discussion.Doctor Franklin (talk) 03:55, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I suggest, for a second time, that you open a section on the relevant talk page to discuss these WP:OR changes only just introduced a day ago where the WP:BURDEN is on you to produce WP:RS for this 'breakup' (where does 'breakup' come from?) of figures from a WP:PRIMARY source. Why are you writing a WP:WALLOFTEXT on my talk page when the place to reach consensus is on the salient talk page? Take it there. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:14, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Accurately reporting a published national census is not OR. I am not old enough to have worked for the Polish Statistical Office in 1931.  I can't take credit for something that I didn't do.  That would be plagiarism.  The census is the best source for what it reported.  I note that you aren't disputing the accuracy of what was reported from the published census.  You haven't left a comment on the talk page about that census in over a year.   The census asked what it asked, reported it what it reported, and published what it published.  ("Breakout"  is British phrasal verb which in North American English translates as "breakdown".  That conversation should go on the talk page and it was not a reason to delete the entire table, but a convenient excuse.)  I have answered your question, but you have not answered mine about why you only wish to object to citing the Polish census of 1931 to report its published contents, but not other national censuses (which is standard practice here in WP).  You appear to be engaging in discrimination here.  That is unacceptable.Doctor Franklin (talk) 05:22, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * If I may, WP:SYNTH may be valuable reading here. It's all well and good to report exactly what the sources say, but making inferences and coming to conclusions that the sources don't explicitly come to is problematic and needs some discussion. WP:BRD comes into play here as well. Since your changes have been challenged, you should discuss their merits on the article talk page instead of edit warring, which is unproductive and will lead to a block. Hope that helps. clpo13(talk) 05:34, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You certainly may, but the issue here is translating one page in a national census which was published in Polish and French, which is perfectly acceptable to do and not OR (See below). It appears some just doesn't like what the national census reported and is looking for alternate interpretations more to her liking.  I am not the one looking for WP:SYNTH.  There appears to be another issue here.Doctor Franklin (talk) 06:01, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * (ec) It is not an English language document, and is written using Polish and French nomenclature. Your translations are WP:OR simply because, in the document, the Polish nomenclature and the French nomenclature used by the Polish census office for Ruthenes and Ruski, etc., needs to be qualified by WP:RS, not by you. As it stood after the last round of POV pushing the original research translation by you into the content, the simple table should not have been allowed to stand... And don't worry yourself about my introducing this to the discussion on the talk page: I'll be doing so ASAP. I've been working on issues higher on my list of priorities for the last couple of hours and am about to log off for the day. More on the matter to come on the relevant talk page. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:45, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Irrelevant and incorrect: Translations and transcriptions: "Faithfully translating sourced material into English, or transcribing spoken words from audio or video sources, is not considered original research."  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Translations_and_transcriptions  I have given you the rule and the link.  If you continue this course of behavior, I will conclude that you are being disruptive, contentious, and demonstrating ethnic animus.Doctor Franklin (talk) 05:56, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Assume what you wish. The only ethnic animosity apparent here is yours. The discussion is not to be conducted with me alone on my talk page. My response is on the article's talk page, therefore take your objections and your interpretations of guidelines there. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 08:55, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section
I invite you to the latest discussion about ledes in general. --George Ho (talk) 06:53, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

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Your revert concerning references made in Putin's speech of 2005
I answered in the article's talk page your statement that you made in my talk page. In short, I just don't see where you might see “lack of neutrality”: i.e. which authorities make my contribution empty, in your opinion. I merely followed the text that was quoted in the paragraph, nothing else. - Evgeniy E. (talk) 19:28, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
 * An update in the talk page: I just have seen your commentary for your revert and replied to it. In short: from your commentary it appears that your revert has been mostly reflex-based, so that did not make any good… - Evgeniy E. (talk) 21:42, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
 * My response can be found on the article's talk page. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:43, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Ответил. Если вы возражаете против дискуссии на английском, могу отвечать здесь. (Там русский язык был бы не к месту). Разумеется, речь идёт только о языке моих комментариев: если точные оттенки выражения для вас так важны, то могу продолжать по-русски. Тратить слишком много времени на дискуссию я не хочу, так что если увижу, что обсуждение упирается в стену (кажется, многое это предвещает), настаивать, конечно, не буду. Есть очень много областей, в которых Википедия далека от совершенства, невозможно исправить их все, да и ни к чему. ;) Всё это в порядке вещей… - Evgeniy E. (talk) 22:19, 10 October 2015 (UTC)


 * (ec) Try actually reading my response carefully (including the links to policy). If you wish to discuss this with other editors, please keep the discussion on the article's talk page as you and I are not the only editors involved in the article's development, and it would be far more productive to draw more editors into a discussion on how to improve it as it is currently a POV mess. Best of luck in improving the content, but I'm only involved in the capacity of observing in order that it be developed according to policy and WP:COMMONSENSE. In that sense, any reverts on my behalf are 'reflex-based'. Best of luck in improving the article. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:23, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
 * P.S. While I appreciate that it slows you down expressing yourself in English, that's essentially policy for article talk pages and user talk pages. I am, as I just noted, in agreement that the article is a biased mess (and I would certainly like to see it improved). --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:28, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The problem is not that I slow down (I can exit whenever I like, so my time is not a problem), the problem is that you seem to take offence at my English. I cannot use English in any other way, so either please don't take offence over implications I did not have (I did not mean to render you ignorant, I meant to convey my points, that was all), or we need to stop the discussion. Anyway, I gave the relevant excerpt of the speech in the talk page, you probably overlooked it somehow when you first answered. If you oppose strongly over the point of Putin's references (whether he referred to revival of the Soviet Union or to the economic and social disasters) and don't have the time to be persuaded, then I won't try to jump over a wall. I think that in this case I'll just correct "the biggest" for "a major" and let the future decide itself, for I stated my view well enough. Really, you cannot explain me anything by giving loads of links without saying what you mean in the particular case. I am sorry, if I make you tired. Do you oppose the limited proposal? - Evgeniy E. (talk) 22:48, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with the change... and I don't have any problems with copyediting awkward grammar, syntax, or other issues if such changes need to be made in order to bring the content up to par. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:16, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Спасибо за ваше «спасибо»! Не поверите, когда не «встречают по одёжке», становится намного приятнее: от забрасывания ссылками польза сомнительна, потому что, если нет разъяснений насчёт их конкретного применения, они больше всего напоминают метод психологического устрашения… Во всяком случае, для меня. За английскую грамматику, как вы понимаете, я не специалист — просто скопировал фрагмент из официального перевода. (Почему-то меня опять в сторону сербского языка потянуло… ;) ). - Evgeniy E. (talk) 00:38, 11 October 2015 (UTC)


 * If you do encounter problems with simple text that you can't just copy and paste for articles, I'm happy to 'fix' it as long as it's fairly clear as to what you're expressing. There are also plenty of other editors who will do the same if the content additions/changes are good. As for being 'pulled' towards another language, I know the problem all too well! For me, it's all dependent on who I'm having a conversing with in my mind (if that makes sense). Nice to have you on board, and feel free to ask me for assistance (including pinging me from article talk pages). Happy editing! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 02:32, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

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