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Happy editing! I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 15:57, 23 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Shwabb1. Thank you for your creation of the redirects to the Crimean Tatar names of places in Crimea. This message I put above is just to let you know that wikipedia has some specific rules related to the Russo-Ukranian war that are not in place on other pages. The most notable of these is that generally one needs to be an extended confirmed user to work in this space. You didn't do anything that has caused issues in that I have patrolled your redirects; however, I would advise against making more of them until you have hit extended confirmed user status. Sorry to be a bit of the bearer of bad news, but please keep up the good work and once you hit that extended-confirmed status, feel free to start making these redirects again because they are helpful. Best! TartarTorte 13:24, 2 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Alright, thanks for letting me know. But I have to note that these are not just names in another language - they are | officially used by the Ukrainian authorities since 23 August 2023 instead of the Soviet names. Shwabb1 (talk) 15:26, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Most certainly! I have no opposition to the creation of these redirects as a concept and once you hit ECU, I'd more than encourage you to continue creating these redirects as they are helpful. I was just noting that per WP:GS/RUSUKR, it seems that you cannot continue to create these redirects until you hit 500 edits. Have a great rest of your day! TartarTorte 17:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

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all hromadas with their administrative seat in a rural settlement are settlement hromadas?
Hello! You wrote that not all current hromadas with their administrative seat in a rural settlement are settlement hromadas. But when I look into uk:Список_територіальних_громад_України I see otherwise that all current hromadas with their administrative seat in a rural settlement are settlement hromadas. Do you know any hromada with its administrative seat in a rural settlement which is rural hromada? Aldij (talk) 10:59, 15 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello. The list is incorrect. AHBot automatically moved every hromada with its center in a rural settlement to settlement hromada in Ukrainian Wikipedia, but that is not the case in real life. This has already been discussed at Talk:Urban-type settlements in Ukraine. The name of a hromada is based on the name of the local council (law) rather than the status of the settlement. One example that was pointed out is Kamianyi Mist rural hromada (as indicated on their official website).
 * Before the abolishment of urban-type settlements, there were two types of rural populated places (villages and rural settlements), and the councils of either would be called village councils (and the corresponding hromadas therefore were rural). Meanwhile, the councils of urban-type settlements were called settlement councils (and the corresponding hromadas were settlement). When urban-type settlements were abolished, their status merged with rural settlements - but the councils of pre-2024 rural settlements remained as village councils, while the councils of the "new" rural settlements remained as settlement councils. Shwabb1 (talk) 11:31, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hm, it is more complicated that I thought. Maybe you are right. Thank you for the detailed answer! Aldij (talk) 11:52, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You were right about former rural settlements, they are now gradually becoming villages, see and . Aldij (talk) 12:15, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That's interesting, I think this is a good solution to this confusing mess. Shwabb1 (talk) 12:34, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:Rus' settlements
This category is for settlements founded by Varangian Rus, not settlements first mentioned hundreds of years later, or settlements founded by Khazars, Slavs, etc. Mellk (talk) 05:14, 6 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Why? There's no description. The linked categories on Russian and Ukrainian Wikipedias are different: the former shows former cities that existed on the territory of Rus' but do not exist anymore, while the latter shows all cities that existed on the territory of Rus'. I decided to interpret the English category the same as the Ukrainian category as the Russian one explicitly mentions the word "former" in the name. Shwabb1 (talk) 10:10, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It is a subcategory of Category:History of the Rus' people. Rus people were Varangians originally. "Rus" when referring to a region also has many different definitions, so I do not think it is a good idea to categorize it this way. Mellk (talk) 10:47, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It is true that the word Rus' originally referred to some Varangians, but later the name was adopted as an ethnonym for people of the Kievan Rus' as the "original" Rus' people got assimilated, so the name is still somewhat vague. To avoid confusion, should there be a separate category for cities of Kievan Rus' then? Shwabb1 (talk) 11:10, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I do not think we have any categories for cities in former countries. This category is more to do with archaeological sites, so it falls under Category:Archaeological sites in Ukraine etc which falls under Category:Archaeological sites in Europe by country. Mellk (talk) 11:19, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, thank you for clarification. Shwabb1 (talk) 11:34, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem. Sorry if I was not very clear at first. Mellk (talk) 11:38, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I have added a hatnote to make this a bit clearer. Mellk (talk) 10:54, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

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