User talk:Kuban kazak/2008 2

Kharkiv metro
I will be in Kharkiv in mid March for exams for 2 weeks. If you want photos of the metro stations give me a list and I will take some digital photos for you. Bandurist 22:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm back. I have about 40 photos for you. I will probably put them up on the weekend. Bandurist (talk) 02:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey did not notice this comment, thanks a lot! Look forward to viewing them. --Kuban Cossack 17:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Adminship
Thanks for the message. Good to see you've still got the will to come on wikipedia when you can. All the best, Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 13:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Question
Originally posted at User_talk:Kuban_kazak/Ukrainian_architecture.--Riurik(discuss) 22:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes I think it might be time all right. We'll see where we go from there. --Kuban Cossack 13:03, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:AN/I
You have been noticed at this admin board. You also may wish to read WP:CANVASS. Bearian (talk) 18:14, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * What exactly in Kuban's note warrants such post like above I wonder? Hillock's complaint at ANI is clearly with no merit and is an attempt to intimidate his content opponent. On a separate note, Kazak, on your own post to ANI a couple of days ago about user:Ukrained's trolling it your page, please grow a thicker skin. You should often just brush such stuff off rather than go 'round complaining. Remember the Russian saying about the "offended ones"? Anyway, when you get trolled, ignoring it is often the best answer. --Irpen 18:43, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree, however the fact that Ukrained got banned for doing exactly the same trolling a year ago made me think that she can get away with it now that's its forgotten, the reply on her talk page was sufficient for me. Hillock's failed stand-up for him made him look even more like a few other Russian words I will not mutter here. --Kuban Cossack 18:49, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

UWI
Don't get into revert war. First, you rewrote the leading paragraph. Now you are getting into a revert war to keep it your way. Wrong approach. You are asking "What was wrong with that paragraph?". First, answer the same question with respect to the initial version of the article, which you changed. Leading paragraph gives a summary of the article. No need to put minor details, like mentioning Odessa, etc. --Greggerr (talk) 19:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I did not revert, you were the one reverting. I made the article selective, first of all to include all of the combatnats, not just those cherry-picked and second to describe that there was no single but instead a number of inidividual conflicts, which the original paragraph suggests. I agree that some minor details can be ommited, and you are welcome to attempt to rewrite the lead yourself. --Kuban Cossack 19:42, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you follow your advice yourself? I guess not. --Hillock65 (talk) 19:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * And you don't... I edited the article the first time round, it was Gregger's responsibility to challenge the content of the re-written lead. He just reverted it, we both followed the WP:1RR and then you come along. Want that dispute to settle without extensive steam, don't get involved and self-revert yourself. --Kuban Cossack 19:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

You moved the article without discussion! Not to mention other changes that you introduced unilateraly. And then you have the nerve to tell others to discuss before reverting?! Start discussion at talk page before you introduce substantial changes to the article. And as the other editor already mentioned, there is a proper process for the change of the title, please follow it and don't disrupt it with unilateral page moves. --Hillock65 (talk) 19:54, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Wait a minute there was a month long discussion on the talk page, and consensus amongst many was that the present title was not acceptable, even you agreed to the Ukrainian Civil War title. There was no consensus as to which particular title we should move it to, but I think at least 5 users (including you!) expressed their agreement that the title was incorrect. Riurik's position is not clear as he did not state any, and only Gregger was the only supporter that that particular title needs to be kept. --Kuban Cossack 19:59, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I was for that title, but the issue is not settled. There is no cocensus, there are questions of merger of three articles about the same topic, there are at least three to four other propositions for the title. I didn't think it was up to me to move it, even though I was for that title. It is a question of respect for other users, moves should not be disruptive. Page moves should happen only when there is a concensus. I don't see anytning resembling it there. And even if there was a consensus, it is still a polite thing to do to mention on the talk page that you are moving the article. --Hillock65 (talk) 20:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well the issue was not going anywhere, and I assumed if an editor has the right to take down merge-requests with no consensus and no warning on talk page of the respective articles, then one can have equal right to move an article. There was consensus by majority in ridding of the old title. --Kuban Cossack 20:19, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * No, there wasn't a consensus. I am telling you this as the one who voted for the change. And still, it wouldn't hurt to inform other people of you move, would it? --Hillock65 (talk) 20:23, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It would have been achieved by a WP:RM majority, if that's what you want propose it, I thought avoiding extra red tape was possible here, since it was moved back I shall wait until it is achieved via the official procedure. Rest assured its not in my interest to move it back. --Kuban Cossack 20:25, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Khabarovsk
Hi there! I have a quick question for you regarding this edit. You added a line break to the infobox (between Khabarovsk Krai and Khabarovsky District). Did you do it because that line did not wrap properly for you, making the infobox too wide? The reason I'm asking is that some editors do seem to have that bug, but I was never able to re-create it. And if I can't re-create it, I can't fix it. All lines wrap properly in all of the browsers I am using (IE6, IE7, and Opera), and the one time I checked Firefox there was no problem as well. If infobox displaying too wide was indeed your problem, can you tell me in which browser (name and version) you had that problem? Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:43, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Firfox, it was no prob for me, since I have a wide screen, but those with narrow (standard) ones will have problems. Also unrelated, but where can we find images of reconstructed Grozny and other Chechen cities and publish them here? --Kuban Cossack 16:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Can you tell me which version of Firefox? I didn't have this problem with the latest one, but an older version may be a different story.
 * 2.0.0.12 There was no problem, just looked slightly narrow, so I narrowed the infobox. BTW what do you think of my edits on looking at commons and giving images of Russian cities?--Kuban Cossack 17:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, what can I say? Great job, keep it up!  :) Many of the articles on Russian cities desperately need more illustrations; I think you are addressing the problem right on.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * As for the pictures, I don't really know; in fact, I don't recall seeing any pictures of reconstructed Grozny at all, copyrighted or not. One thing for sure, I'm not planning a visit there any time soon :) Sorry!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:39, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Look here, I've been there in Spring 2000 just before my "kontrakt" ended, and two years ago. All I can say is that the scale at which the reconstruction is going is simply jaw-dropping. A few more years and one would never guess that it looked worse than Stalingrad in '43. --Kuban Cossack 17:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, impressive. Profits off high oil prices finally put to good use, eh? :)  I think if you can find similar pictures under free license, they'd make a good addition to the article.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Current nationalist occupation of New Russia
Somebody claims at Talk:Ukrainian nationalism that you are claiming that Ukrainian nationalist are occupation New Russia. I thought you should know so you can respond there if you want too. Mariah-Yulia (talk) 23:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Just like the Stalin photograph is not an endorsement of Stalinism but a voice of opposition, same way is the userbox on New-Russia, its an act of protest against this. Since he put it up first, you tell him to take it down, and I will follow promptly. --Kuban Cossack 00:33, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll don't think he will listen to me... Al I know is that you are a useful editor! Mariah-Yulia (talk) 02:11, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

30
Yeah, it's all downhill from this point. :) Congratulations and best wishes!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * It gets better when you reach 40. Have a shot on me. Na zdorovia. Mnogykh let. Bandurist (talk) 15:31, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats! I still have some way to go before I reach 30.. —dima/talk/ 16:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations from me too! I'll buy you a drink when I see you! (Could take a while..... :) ) Mariah-Yulia (talk) 21:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I brought the cake. Should be enough for everyone.  Happy Birthday!--Riurik(discuss) 05:42, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * С днем рождения!--Miyokan (talk) 07:40, 27 March 2008 (UTC)




 * Happy belated birthday!Faustian (talk) 13:05, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Ukrainian Insurgent Army
You made a number of reverts on this article yesterday - your comments would be appreciated on the talk page for Ukrainian Insurgent Army - Thanks Bobanni (talk) 19:40, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Just FYI, the additions by the user Jo0doe were the disruptive ones, not the others (it may look differently because reverting the disruptions involves the removal of a lot of stuff, but that removal isn't vandalism or blanking).Faustian (talk) 20:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Shamil_Basayev
Thanks for your attention to this article. You may wish to weigh in here. --Ave Caesar (talk) 14:56, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It seems that Peter has started edit warring as soon as the protection was taken off. Anyway, I added to the discussion page again. --Ave Caesar (talk) 19:19, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Kievan Rus' Coat of Arms
Do you have any idea, if the Kievan Rus' had any coat of arms or any symbol or flag that represented them that I would be able to use in the Battle of the Kalka River article. Thanks. Kyriakos (talk) 09:55, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Not that I am aware of. As far as I know it had those of its ruler. I know it was a hot issue at Talk:Kievan Rus. --Kuban Cossack 10:21, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Do you think that the Trident of Yaroslav would be appropriate? Kyriakos (talk) 00:58, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Grozny
User 84.234.60.154 has gotten the images of reconstructed Grozny deleted, should I reupload them? Know where we can get any more?--Miyokan (talk) 01:31, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Chechnyafree.ru, also just have a look through random livejournals and contact the authors, usually many will agree on terms of attribution or the like. Finally here is how I see it, fair use can now be used for ruined and pre-War Grozny pics since obviously the key #1 irreplaceable rationale is now satisfied. --Kuban Cossack 21:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I've got some free pics with a free license. I will upload them shortly. --Irpen 20:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, could you put a note down on a recent debate at Talk:Cossacks if you got a minute or two to spare, and also can you have a review of Danubian Sich, Danube Cossack Host, Azov Cossack Host? Thanks in advance. --Kuban Cossack 00:47, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Russia could claim Crimea if Ukraine joins NATO - MP
This is interesting.--Miyokan (talk) 05:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Grozny pictures
Your message was a bit confusing. Do you mean send you those Grozny pictures I uploaded before?--Miyokan (talk) 05:56, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I added one Grozny pic. If more is needed, let me know. I received an email permission from a Russian journalist to use his pictures under cc-by-sa. --Irpen 20:05, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Solntsevskaya Line
It was kind of tough putting a link to Solntsevskaya on the lines template. However, at the last minute I added it on successfully as a future line, but you reverted me quickly. (Check out the last edit I made before your revert.) Georgia guy (talk) 19:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I removed it because I will re-format the template itself give me 48 hours to finish the article first. --Kuban Cossack 19:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Gubernias, Governorate General, etc.
Would you be interested and have time to expand on the Imperial units that covered much of Ukraine? They were both started off of rather wrong foot but I started cleaning up Kiev Gov and Southwestern Krai (see my edits and board announcement.) Interestingly, this unexpected activity seems to have been prompted by my innocuous starting of Kharkov Governorate.

Anyway, while your attention to all these articles is most welcome, you might be most interested in the Volhynian one which is in a dire need of attention. --Irpen 20:09, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure I am up for it but right now I have very little time on my hands...sluzhba--Kuban Cossack 13:12, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * If you can add to this article which I started some months ago, that would be great. I appreciate your watching the Soviet partisans also, and any expansion of that would be great (I'm unable to spare the time now) as it came in for some criticism as part of the discussion in Talk:Armia Krajowa.--mrg3105 (comms) ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 00:46, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Happy Easter
Happy Easter! Hope all is well with you and your loved ones. See you around. --Irpen 08:14, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Воистину Воскресе! --Kuban Cossack 15:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Ukrainian Revolution of 1918
Hi. There's nothing to merge. Ukrainian Revolution of 1918 is a copy-paste fork of Makhnovism, which article will remain. If you disagree with the title, please vote to delete, so we will not have to keep deleting copies of it in the future. —Michael Z. 2008-04-30 14:54 Z 

ro-Odesa
That was put in there remind Romanians of their great victory in taking Odessa.--mrg3105 (comms) ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 15:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Some Nacionalists no keep adding Cities in English language and writing in Ukrainian lang. See English Dictionary and this. --80.249.229.48 (talk) 17:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Victory!

 * Hey thanks a lot! Its too bad I have zero time right now on my hands, but that should change by the end of may... --Kuban Cossack 19:27, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Ukrainian victims of Soviet repressions
Dear Kuban Cossack, The original category for victims of Soviet repressions includes victims of Stalin's Purges, exiled dissidents, and survivor's of the Siberian GULAGs. I simply have selected those who were born in Ukraine and who experienced death or persecution at the hands of the Soviet State, either at home or abroad. This includes the likes of Isaac Babel, who was born in Odessa, but wrote in Russian. As for Simon Petliura, he definitely experienced persecution and therefore belongs on the list. I have long been suspicious of whether his assassin was really a "Jewish Nationalist" as opposed to an SMERSH agent, but as I cannot prove anything, my supsicions are neither here nor there. I have created a number of other categories, classifying victims of the Soviet State by religion and nationality. You may be interested to learn that I have linked articles about Cossack who were persecuted or executed. There is also a category for Soviet victims who were Eastern Orthodox Christians. Kingstowngalway (talk) 12:15, 15 May 2008 (UTC)