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Wikipedia Stories Project
Hi!

My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.

I'm scouring user pages looking for inspiring, motivating and interesting stories of how Wikipedia has affected the lives of people. I'm asking questions like "How has Wikipedia changed your life?", "What's the most interesting story you have about Wikipedia?" and "Has Wikipedia ever surprised you?"

Last year, we used the annual fundraiser as a way to show the world who it is who actually writes Wikipedia. We featured editors from Brazil, Ukraine, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, India, United States and England. This campaign was a huge success, resulting in the most financially successful fundraising campaign ever. It was also a campaign that stayed true to the spirit of Wikipedia, educating the public that this free top-5 website is created by volunteers like you and I.

This year we want to highlight more Russian-language Wikipedia editors, so I am in the process of planning a trip to Russia to interview editors.

If you or someone you know (or have heard about) has been positively affected by Wikipedia, or have something interesting to say about Wikipedia I'd very much like to hear about it!

Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project, or if you know someone else with whom I should speak.

Of course, if you have any questions or concerns, please ask! I will answer as soon as I can. I apologize for any poor translation of this letter, I am using Google-translate. I hope it makes you laugh :)

Thank you for your time,

Victor Grigas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

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Привет!

Меня зовут Виктор, и я рассказчик с Wikimedia Foundation, некоммерческая организация, которая поддерживает Википедию. Я хроник вдохновляющих историй сообщества Википедии по всему миру, в том числе и читателей, редакторов и доноров. Истории совершенно необходимы для любой некоммерческой органицации, чтобы убедить людей поддержывать наш проект, и мы знаем, что у людей, которые строют и используют Википедии есть много, что рассказать!

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Victor Grigas (talk) 00:01, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Notice of Biographies of living persons noticeboard discussion
Hello, Potorochin. This message is being sent to inform you that a discussion is taking place at Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. You are not mentioned directly, but your edit diff is. Jim1138 (talk) 08:47, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Jim1138, for your message. I support your idea to protect this article and posted my comment at this discussion as well. --Daniel (talk) 10:37, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:39, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

1RR on syria related article
This and this edit constitute two reverts in a 24 period on an article related to Syria or ISIS. As the template that appears when you click "edit"

''All pages related to the Syrian Civil War and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are currently subject to active community sanctions. The attached page falls within the scope of these sanctions.

''Editors are subject to a one revert per twenty-four hours restriction when reverting logged-in users on all pages related to the Syrian Civil War and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, broadly construed. When in doubt, assume it is related, and don't revert.''

I'm not going to report it since, well, that'd be sort of petty, but thought it prudent to make sure your aware of the restriction.Volunteer Marek (talk) 01:15, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Panama Papers
Hi Potorochin

Thank you for your edits on Panama Papers, which have been thorough and well-cited. However, my reading is that you are drawing some inferences not supported by the references, and moreover, making implications--while also made by the source documents--that are unnecessarily inflammatory and unduly credulous to the POV of the writers of the reference material. While no doubt the references are reliable sources, they are by nature exposés, and contain innuendo in addition to the hard fact. My view is that it is simply bad practice (even if within policy) to further such innuendo rather than parrot that POV. There will doubtlessly be other articles (especially given the recency of the revelations) that will make the countervailing arguments about the uses of offshore companies, and eventually the tone of the encyclopedia article will be forced to take more balanced view. Why not start now?

Thanks Bongo  matic  02:40, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * BTW have no issues with your more recent edits. Thanks. Bongo  matic  02:41, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comment. I tried to add some important pieces of information into that article. After you request, I will try to provide this info as close to the source as possible. - Daniel (talk) 02:51, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Noted with thanks. My own approach with respect to this sort of situation is not merely to hew to the source, but to avoid duplicating the more POV comments in the source material. Bongo  matic  02:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Panama Papers
You should stop your nationalist defense. Wikipedia is about neutrality and frankly, you are being a nationalist soapbox with the removal of information relating to Vladimir Putin. Take some time and use Google to search "panama papers Putin".

Winterysteppe (talk) 02:27, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

, You know what, im gonna not deal with the article. I think you know better. Winterysteppe (talk) 03:40, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

ANI Notice
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Winterysteppe (talk) 02:34, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

WP:3RRNB report about you
Here. My very best wishes (talk) 18:25, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

A bit of well-intentioned feedback
May I give you a bit of well-intentioned feedback? I think you could benefit from taking a step back from your (probably legitimate) concerns about the Panama Papers content and think about the editing process for a moment. I do not give two pennies about the Panama Papers. Nevertheless you and I have been in contact for less than 24 hours and you have already accused me of lying and sockpuppetry. You have also repeatedly described the editors you disagree with as your "opponents." No offense but this is not a helpful approach to editing. Please remember that we're all here for the common goal of improving the encyclopedia and that it's always good practice to collaborate, assume good faith, avoid a battleground mentality, and reduce tension whenever possible. This is not just about being "nice"; it will also make you more effective. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 16:54, 7 April 2016 (UTC)