User talk:Mmhrycak

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Again, welcome!--Riurik(discuss) 02:52, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Name wars
Welcome to Wikipedia. Would you be interested to adding content to the articles and writing new ones rather than the name wars? --Irpen 20:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Allow me to join in welcoming. There is a reason for Irpen's question.  I suspect that you are just another user who notices the "wrongness" of Kiev and goes to task to correct it.  That's admirable, but futile.  I hope you stick around and write an article or two about something you care about and related to Ukraine (or how about copyediting?).  Visit the Portal:Ukraine for more information.  Feel free to ask any questions.  We would love to have you.--Riurik(discuss) 03:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Why is it futile? Judging by your name, i would guess that you're Ukrainian but your response as well as attitude toward my editing gives me the impression that Russian. Ukraine was suppressed under Russian rule for over 300 years and when it finally got recognition, the Russians effed things up by misspelling then many Ukrainian names, such as Kyiv. They spelled it Kiev, which is not only wrong but ugly too. There are many Ukrainians out there that work everyday to promote and shine light upon Ukraine to get it's name out there. However, there are people out there, Russian-enthusiasts like you, that continue being an obstacle and ignore us Ukrainians. You don't have power over us anymore, so quit trying to regain it. One thing you can do is leaving my editing alone and stop resetting it back to the wrong spellings. If you do then, do pizdy z toboyu and i will report your arrogance and abysmal attitude. (Mmhrycak (talk) 16:13, 12 January 2009 (UTC))
 * Just as Russians have no right to dictate how to spell things in Ukrainian, Ukrainians have no right to dictate how to spell things in English. Please abstain from making edits such as this one.  Thank you.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:03, March 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Regarding this, what are you talking about??? You are welcome to criticize Russians or any other group till cows come home; just remember that Wikipedia is neither a propaganda tool nor a forum; it is an encyclopedia that is held to certain criteria and abides by certain rules.  One of such rules is WP:UE, which states that all articles should be titled with a name that is most commonly used in English.  For the capital of Ukraine, such name is "Kiev".  Now, I understand how you don't like it and how you would like to see that changed, but the consensus of the most extensive community discussions has so far been that the Kyiv spelling cannot, as of today, be considered "most commonly used in English".  That is the only thing that matters in this encyclopedia.  Now, you, as an individual, are welcome to rally all you want to nudge the world's English-speaking population to switch to using "Kyiv", but please do it either offsite or onsite within the behavioral norms established here.  If you and your colleagues are successful, I assure you Wikipedia will follow and switch the spelling (in fact, I personally truly believe that it will eventually happen, although probably not in the next several years or possibly even decades).  Stubbornly changing the spelling in the article today with no regards to the results of numerous past discussions will not get you anywhere and might even get you blocked.  My sincere advice to you is thus to spend your free time more wisely&mdash;there are mighty plenty of Ukraine-related articles which are in abysmal condition; you might as well lend a hand and improve them instead of conducting silly revert-wars with dozens of other editors you disagree with (many of which are, by the way, Anglophones and Ukrainians, not Russians).  With that, I rest my case.  Sincerely,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:15, March 11, 2009 (UTC)

May 2008
Hi, the recent edit you made to Much Ado About Nothing has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Maria Difranco (talk) 17:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. — Zerida   ☥   17:30, 22 May 2008 (UTC)