Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ukraine/Archive 6

Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive 1 to 8 February 1944
Hi, I'm a graphic worker and I have been working on this request Map of the 4th Ukrainian Front advance during the Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive 1 to 8 February 1944 which was requested by. Unfortunately I lost contact with him so the request is not complete. At the time when I lost contact we were working on day 6 out of 8 so it's pretty close. It's one file for each day in SVG. When requested it was intended for this article here Nikopol%E2%80%93Krivoi_Rog_offensive. I would really like to complete it as there is a lot of time and effort invested in it both from the requester and me.
 * So I'm asking if there is anyone here that has the knowledge and possibility to work with me and help completing and finish those maps. It would really mean a lot for me and hopefully also for that article. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:20, 19 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi what king of interaction you envision and what knowledge you would need?--Ymblanter (talk) 20:04, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * @Ymblanter thanks for responding.
 * The source map image "4th Ukrainian Front situation map 1 to 8 February 1944 northern half.jpg" given in the original request has as was predicted been deleted from commons now. There is a small problem then as I can't link to it as an "information" source but maybe you know where it, or a similar map can be found.
 * This source map image is big 141510*10698 px and here is a scaled down version just to show you. If you can help me I can email you the full image. Here is a part of the image in 100% so you can see what it really looks like.
 * The source map image is just used for information and that I'm allowed to do with any map, image. The background image is created from OSM which is a "free" source that I can use like that.
 * Here is a PNG rendering of the SVG file for Day 6 as it looks now. Of course I will show you all the others also if you accept this.
 * The things I need help with is to check my drafts towards the source image and your knowledge about this battle. I have some difficulties to really see what is what and as I have zero knowledge about this battle I can't really interpret the difficult and not so clear parts. Also Kges1901 had the theoretical knowledge about this battle and I hope you also have that.
 * So checking my drafts, guiding me what to change, anything that improves the maps etc.
 * I haven't looked at the maps I created for some time and I see now that I create maps nowadays in what I think is a better way so I will change things like visibility and other things, that would mean that I would need you to check all of the day maps. Hope this doesn't scare you of. I would mean a lot for me if you can help me and I hope the maps can be of use somewhere, thanks. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 21:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * No, unfortunately I do not have any understanding or knowledge about the battle. Russian is my mothertongue, and I could help parsing the maps, but for the knowledge of the battle you probably are better off at WP:MILHIST (or wait until someone responds here).--Ymblanter (talk) 22:07, 19 November 2021 (UTC)


 * @YmblanterYes, could you help me with those two things:
 * Could you help me parsing the map for day 6 (almost done), 7 and 8. Send me an email and I will send you the source map image.
 * Could you search and see if you can find that source map image or a similar, high resolution. I think it would be easier for you as you can search in Russian and hopefully you know of places that keep material like this. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 10:16, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * @Ymblanter Could you please respond if you will help me with your part of knowledge or not, just so I know, thanks. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:29, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, too much work in real time. Let me check in the weekend the original map (I am a Commons administrator so I should be able to get it from there) and come back to you.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:29, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * @Ymblanter It was not my intention to push you. Here is the deletion request if it helps you. I have used image search to try to find it or a similar but it's hard when I can't search in Russia. I use it as Information so anywhere a map can be found is OK, it's doesn't have to be free or uploaded to commons.
 * Take your time, I just wanted check with you. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:47, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Rename articles about uezds for consistency
I’m proposing renaming every article in the form of, for example, Akhtyrka Uyezd → Akhtyrka Uezd, to match the spelling of the renamed main article Uezd. Please discuss at talk:Uezd. —Michael Z. 22:17, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Suggestions to Russia–Ukraine relations
Hello, I've recently added a section regarding the 2020s & the escalation of tensions between the two countries, and I would appreciate feedback from you guys. Feel free to contribute any information that you may have, as I cannot read Ukrainian nor Russian, so perhaps your domestic news sources could provide another perspective. Cheers Obama gaming (talk) 01:09, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion
I opened this discussion to see what we can do about the categories which pertained to the abolished districts of Ukraine. Whereas obviously everybody is welcome to comment there, some level of familiarity with the category system on the English Wikipedia is desirable.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:54, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Discussion about article "Ukrainian crisis"
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Ukrainian crisis, which is about an article that is within the scope of this WikiProject. --Heanor (talk) 09:42, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I have initiated a Request for Comments to point Ukrainian crisis to a disambiguation page. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:13, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Please help me
Greetings,

Hi, I am User:Bookku, my expectations to get expanded Black sea related articles failed miserably. I am expecting and requesting at least some help in expanding the article Draft:List of erstwhile slave trading townships with regions surrounding Black sea. In next steps I wish to have a proper map showing erstwhile slave trading townships across black sea.

Thanks and warm regards

&#32;Bookku, &#39;Encyclopedias &#61; expanding information &#38; knowledge&#39; (talk) 09:55, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Spelling in History of Kyiv
Please help find consensus at Talk:History of Kyiv. The question is whether the article text should use the spelling from its title. —Michael Z. 16:32, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Grajda
Hello, I recently created a draft for Grajda, a type of farm house dwelling found in the Hutsul region. Any help would be appreciated. Thriley (talk) 20:48, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

RfC - Should NATO be displayed in the infobox as a support belligerent providing indirect military aid?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#RfC_-_Should_NATO_be_displayed_in_the_infobox_as_a_support_belligerent_providing_indirect_military_aid%3F

Maxorazon (talk) 09:51, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

What are Russian readers viewing on Wikipedia today?
Other than the Main page, the top 25 articles by page views are almost all about current events; see the table at WP:VPM Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 21:44, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Battle of the Stugna River
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Battle of the Stugna River that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him &#124; talk) 21:13, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis
I recently created the article for the 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis. This is of course a rapidly evolving crisis. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 04:09, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
 * good topic. thanks! a lot of Ukrainians are all over the Europe right now. --VenrAmD (talk) 07:55, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

New articles needed for Ukraine?
I saw a banner about the need for editors to help with articles about Ukraine. I would be happy to help out, but I haven't been able to find that notice again (you know, like the ones that appear periodically for donations).

Do you know anything about this project?–CaroleHenson (talk) 01:52, 3 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I just saw the screen again, with a link to this page.–CaroleHenson (talk) 05:20, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Petro Franko
I just did a bit of work to this article and it seems he's relatively important in Ukrainian history. I wondered if someone in the project wanted to rate it for importance, I don't feel qualified to do so. Further improvements would also be welcome. CT55555 (talk) 23:55, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Ukraine
Think we should work on this article together Ukraine ...needs lots of care. As of now its full of unsourced info and full of excerpts that dont allow us to monitor changes to the article and has many subpart references we normally dont use in country articles. Best get as many eyes on this considering whats going on. Moxy - 17:24, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Oleksandr Irvanets
I recently created a draft for Ukrainian poet Oleksandr Irvanets. Any help with translation would be appreciated. Thriley (talk) 04:54, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

"Ukraine Wikiproject" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Ukraine Wikiproject and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 10 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 05:16, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Template:User for Ukraine
This is trivial given the current "situation", but I've created a new userbox at Template:User for Ukraine. My wish is for all Ukrainians to stay safe, healthy, and free. Yours aye, Buaidh  talk e-mail 02:42, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Please also see Template:User Слава Україні. Yours aye, Buaidh  talk e-mail 21:56, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

2021 Ukrainian coup d'état plot
The article for the 2021 Ukrainian coup d'état plot was recently created. Any help by members of this project would be appreciated. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 09:09, 27 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I have lived in Ukraine all my life, I constantly watch independent Ukrainian and Russian media news, I always follow deputies in social networks who often talk about the domestic political scene and I even have a friend who is an official and I have never heard of any coup d'etat in 2021 GoldNotGod (talk) 21:46, 8 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I haven’t looked at this article but based on my recent reading it seems that Zelenskyy, British intelligence and American intelligence all alleged (two different) coup plots by (two different) media moguls in late 2021. It’s tangentially related to what I am working on but I haven’t been able to nail down the details yet. Look at Viktor Medvedchuk and Rinat Akhmetov for more details. Both denied the allegations, and I am confused about why Akhmetov would be involved, but British intelligence seems to think he was and I don’t know enough to have an opinion Elinruby (talk) 06:14, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

How can i Join?
I want to join :) 2ofthe22ofthe2022 (talk) 14 March 2022 (UTC))
 * Just add your name to this list, and you're a member! Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 09:10, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Title advice needed
Advice for renaming at Talk:2022 Chernihiv bombing is needed, especially from people familiar with Ukrainian culture and language. Boud (talk) 15:25, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Mykola Kravchenko
Note, fake russian propaganda on the article about hero Mykola Kravchenko. Please help to delete "neo-Nazi" fake from it. 46.211.24.239 (talk) 14:36, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * This is what reliable sources say.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:53, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Move close request: Disinformation in the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
Can someone please close Talk:Disinformation in the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis? (P.S. It's an easy one.) Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 00:14, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Zelensky or Zelenskyy
Looking for wider feedback on how we want to romanize the name of the Ukrainian president (Зеленський). As he is much in the news and is referred to across many articles, we should come up with one spelling, and stick to it. Both "Zelensky" and "Zelenskyy" are seen in highly reliable sources, which is not surprising as there are a dozen or more systems for romanization of Ukrainian; and in particular, the two i-like letters at the end, can be romanized in many ways. Further background on this is available at the earlier conversation.

This ngrams search points to the spelling "Zelensky" taking off around 2014. We can't be sure without further examination that these apply to the Ukrainian president, however the invasion of the Donbas occurred in 2014, so very likely it does. On the other hand, ngrams searches books exclusively, and there are far more articles from news websites than in books, and they show a different story. A wild-card web search for shows three variants  in the top ten results. In the top 50, I counted: yy=15, y=15, iy=5. Interaction between Google exact search and wildcard search can be tricky; here's a slightly different formulation that provides a different picture, with more -yy results:.

Any way one searches, the suffix comes out last (and also looks more to me like Russian romanization than Ukrainian romanization), and I think we can drop that one from consideration. Which leaves us a choice between "Zelensky" and "Zelenskyy". Thoughts? Mathglot (talk) 07:28, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * In adding links to this discussion, I discovered this RM at Talk:Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and this one, which resulted in the "Zelenskyy" version, so I don't know if that makes this moot or not. I never saw those RMs, but they appear to have been sufficiently well-attended. Mathglot (talk) 08:29, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Another reliable source, The Guardian, consistently uses used "Zelenskiy" . Certes (talk) 11:47, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That one is weird: surname romanized from Russian, following the given name from Ukrainian. —Michael Z. 16:14, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The Guardian is now using "Zelensky", though that otherwise reliable newspaper is notorious for typos. Certes (talk) 12:16, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * It seems that he has used both (according to ), but I'm not seeing anything "recent" with a preferred spelling. There seem to be a lot of claims at wikidata:Q3874799 presented as well. — xaosflux  Talk 14:23, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * We should use the spelling from the main article title which was recently determined by consensus, unless there’s a reason to do otherwise, as we can infer from WP:OTHERNAMES. Barring that, Wikipedia’s default romanization per WP:UKR, corresponding to the Ukrainian National system, would be Zelenskyi, which fact is missing from the discussion above.
 * Wikidata has alternate spellings derived from Ukrainian and Russian by multiple romanization systems, to capture many possible search strings. —Michael Z. 16:22, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

"Editors: The AP is changing its style for the transliteration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s name effective immediately. Previously, the AP spelled the name with -iy at the end, Zelenskiy, in line with the spelling on an English-language webpage used by his campaign when he was running for office. Since then, Zelenskyy has adopted a transliteration with the -yy ending to his name for official use. This also is the English-language spelling used by most governments and government organizations, including the U.S. government, the European Union and NATO. In general, the AP rule is to use the name by which a person wishes to be known. In this instance, Zelenskyy wants to be known using the -yy ending to his name when transliterated into the Latin alphabet from Cyrillic. We recognize that other news organizations have simplified the spelling to Zelensky in their publications, but AP’s choice of Zelenskyy respects the president’s preferred spelling."
 * There was a 9 April 2021 update to the AP Stylebook that specifically addressed this matter. It reads as follows, though I regrettably don't have a publicly accessible link to the actual update.

Given this, it seems to make sense to standardise on 'Zelenskyy'. If the AP has verified that Zelenskyy himself prefers 'Zelenskyy', that should be sufficient grounds for using said spelling on Wikipedia. RGloucester — ☎ 16:26, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * If all of them are used by reliable sources, I suggest allowing them all or at least listing them all whenever needed. Wiki Emoji &#124; Emojiwiki Talk 23:55, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * +1 to this (pending verification), we should certainly defer to a BLP's preference for how their name is transliterated, once they have made it known. — xaosflux  Talk 00:04, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * based on this discussion I am mildly in favor of Zelenskyy if he himself and the AP stylebook use that. But I do not claim any expertise at all in transliteration or Wikipedia policies thereupon. As an editor heavily involved in this particular article I am happy to standardize on whatever the consensus is. Using both according to the source is not an option within this article, as one editor has a definite opinion about this and keeps changing Zelensky to Zelenskyy. I am fine with this if we decide that’s correct. The article isn’t primarily about Zelenskyy, but he does get mentioned quite a few times, and there is a section about his various speeches and addresses to legislatures. Elinruby (talk) 06:02, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * As the unnamed editor alluded to by Elinruby who "keeps changing Zelensky to Zelenskyy," I have done so to standardize the Ukrainian president's surname in conformance with Wikipedia's BLP Volodymyr Zelenskyy. If there is consensus to impose a different spelling on Russian information war against Ukraine, I will be happy to change all occurrences in that article accordingly. Repszeus (talk) 06:15, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * thank you for clarifying your position Elinruby (talk) 06:19, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I hasten to add that I did not change spelling in Bibliography or References, as I believe those should remain unaltered from the original sources. Repszeus (talk) 06:24, 18 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Please also see the principles enshrined in MOS:ARTCON. Articles should be internally consistent in their use of a spelling of Zelenskyy's name, and as far as I can tell, there is no reason to deviate from the spelling used by our main article on the subject. Of course, quotations and citations should be left as they are. RGloucester  — ☎ 15:52, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Linguistically speaking, there is no reason whatsoever to spell it Zelenskyy. It has no distinctive function. The Ukrainian ending has no English sound "i" (like in the word machine) at all – that's the irony. It is confusing and unnecessary. It is also inconsistent with other surnames that are read the same but are spelled "y" (not "yy"). Britannica and BBC did it right. The transliteration should be adapted to the target language. I urge you to rename it to Zelensky. Language is my profession and seeing Zelenskyy hurts my eyes. Lingcro (talk) 20:51, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Linguistically speaking, I suggest you learn about romanization of Ukrainian. The spelling Zelenskyy corresponds to the BGN/PCGN systemic romanization, in which y is used for both letters и and й. (But the derivation of the spelling is mostly irrelevant to the topic of which to use in an article title.) —Michael Z. 21:27, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Lingcro, I have to agree with Michael Z here. An appeal to the English sounds isn't really relevant. There are multiple romanization systems for Ukrainian, not to mention other things that come into play such as the majority of reliable sources (which may override the romanization tables; not sure what MOS has to say about that), as well as the preference of a living person for the spelling of their own name, which may also override what seems like the otherwise "logical" choice. But as someone who uses language in your profession, you know that language is anything but logical. As for "Tchaikovsky", he was not Ukrainian, and in any case, Russian romanization styles in the 19th century may well have been different. Mathglot (talk) 03:44, 19 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Linguistically speaking, most of the letters in the English surname Featherstonhaugh (pronounced /ˈfænʃɔː/ FAN-shaw) have no distinctive function, yet that's how people with that name spell it. Largoplazo (talk) 10:59, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

This conversation seems pointless: please let me know if there’s a reason not to close it. We use the article title’s spelling. If there’s a reason to change it, please file a WP:RM at talk:Volodymyr Zelenskyy. —Michael Z. 21:32, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Michael Z, whether you write it Zelenskyy or Zelensky the English reader will still read it the same way. It has no distinctive function in English whatsoever. Lingcro (talk) 21:34, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's not an argument. The surname is not English thus it doesn't have to fit any function in English. Super   Ψ   Dro  22:20, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

I am sure you don't spell Tchaikovsky as Tchaikovskyy. It reads the same as the Ukrainian surname of his grandfather. Lingcro (talk) 21:37, 18 March 2022 (UTC)


 * What is the distinctive function in English of the letter T in that? (In a certain context I would spell it Chaikovskyi, but not in a Wikipedia article.) —Michael Z. 03:36, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * None in English, but it has a function in French, to distinguish the nonexistent "tch" sound in French (as in English "chair") from the "sh" sound (as in "shy"). "Note &#91;a&#93;" at the Tchaikovsky article gives some background on this. Mathglot (talk) 03:56, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Note: the previous closure of this discussion has been undone. Details at your UTP. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 03:14, 19 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I believe the two recent RMs linked above offer enough of a consensus in favour of 'Zelenskyy'. Having a third discussion on this in the space of two months seems counterproductive to me in light of the snowballed closure of the latest RM. —Legoless (talk) 12:45, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I certainly don't disagree with your first sentence, as this discussion tends to support the previous RMs. But it was opened as a discussion, not a proposal; some of the points raised may end up being reused as supporting material for any future RM, should there be one. But I hardly see it as counterproductive to anything; it's been a worthwhile discussion, and may (or may not) continue to be. It's already been closed once, and you're a second voice stating that it is counterproductive, and I wouldn't stand in your way if you requested closure; I just don't see why you'd want to while other editors of good faith feel it worthwhile to comment.

Given that both the -y and -yy forms are well established in media, why not let his own current spelling of it and the form in which it appears on his passport (Zelenskyy) be the tie breaker? Largoplazo (talk) 10:52, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Why isn't the Russian version of the man's name also in this article, at least in parentheses? He's a Native Russian speaker and his actual name is "Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelensky". It's important to at least mention that in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.193.69.7 (talk) 19:45, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


 * In his condolence letter of about a week ago to the family of American filmmaker Brent Renaud, written in English on official Ukraine President letterhead (in Cyrillic font), he signs his name as Volodymyr Zelenskyy (in Roman font). This letter should still be found online fairly easily. Given that he uses the "yy" construction, I think we should follow his usage for the pagename, and provide alternate spellings as redirects. Milkunderwood (talk) 09:50, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I tend to agree with the IP suggestion immediately preceding, that his native language being Russian, his birth name and an explanation would be useful to include in the article. Milkunderwood (talk) 09:50, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

How to spell the name of Kyiv in the article Odessa
Hi. Please help resolve a dispute at Talk:Odessa. —Michael Z. 00:16, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Far-right politics in Ukraine
The articles Far-right politics in Ukraine and Russian separatist forces in Donbas are in need of attention. Two or three editors keep deleting any mention of far-right politics among Russian separatists - yet the article is called "far-right politics in Ukraine", and Donbas is recognized as part of Ukraine by all states except Russia. Far-right politics in Ukraine also seems to cherrypick sources; it includes some biased wording; and many sentences are written in poor English (possibly translated from the Russian version) with lots of needless wordiness. Attempts to fix this have been reverted by the same two editors, and unfortunately the article hasn't got much attention from other Wikipedians. ~Asarlaí 12:29, 22 March 2022 (UTC) Update: the same editors are now repeatedly deleting mention of far-right politics from Russian separatist forces in Donbas as well, with the incorrect claim that it was "original research" or "rumor". ~Asarlaí 15:42, 22 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Wrong. See how:
 * What you term as "poor English" is sufficiently sourced to this English language source.
 * It makes no sense to mention the titbit (WP:SYNTH) you collected about "far-right politics among Russian separatists" from outdated media sources on a page called Far-right politics in Ukraine. Your logic would mean that Bangladeshi nationalism and Pakistani nationalism are same just because they were one country before. Segaton (talk) 14:59, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * All of the Donbas is legally recognized as part of Ukraine, by all sovereign states except Russia. No state recognizes Bangladesh and Pakistan as the same country, so that argument doesn't work at all.
 * As I said, the article also includes biased wording (such as "notoriously") and unneeded wordiness (such as "The translation of the philosophy into living reality finds its way to the public", which is gibberish). Content might be sourced, but if you were a native English speaker you could see that many sentences are not written in proper English ("In the same time", "caused by raise of informal youth groups", "keeps to classifies right-wing terrorism", etc). It also cherrypicks details from the sources. ~Asarlaí 15:33, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The two of the sources your text largely relied on are Researchgate and WashingtonPost but both of them haven't used the term "far-right"/"far right". Just because you consider their nationalism to be "far right", doesn't mean Wikipedia will do the same because WP:VERIFY is important and the information must be exactly backed by the source.
 * Note that this is encyclopedia, and is supposed to maintain WP:NPOV. Who controls Donbas at this moment? Russia. So whatever happens in Donbas and in Russian territories is none of the concern for a page specific to Ukraine. Segaton (talk) 16:04, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * No, there were at least six separate reliable sources supporting the text. All of them use terms such as "far-right", "extreme right", "ultra-right", "ultra-nationalist", "radical nationalist", "extreme nationalist", "national-socialist", "fascist" and/or "neo-Nazi" to describe these Russian groups. Even the two sources you named! Anyone can check this themselves. So that's another argument that doesn't hold up.
 * For the third time, Donbas is legally recognized as part of Ukraine, by all sovereign states except Russia. Even Russia recognized it as part of Ukraine until a month ago, and these articles aren't only about this very moment. You're arguing that Donbas should never be treated as part of Ukraine (now or in the past) because its occupied by Russia at this moment. That's anachronistic and taking a pro-Putin POV.
 * Also I'm well aware of Wikipedia policies, having been editing for twelve years longer than yourself. ~Asarlaí 17:47, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * As Asarlaí points out, WP:NPOV requires occupied areas of Ukraine to be considered part of Ukraine. Information on Donbas is therefore relevant to the article. —Legoless (talk) 19:18, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Asarlai, they use those terms to describe Ukrainian groups, and the Russian groups which they have mentioned either don't actually exist or they are too non-notable.
 * Wikipedia can't treat Donbas as Ukranian territory and talk exclusively about "Russian far-right" on an article called "Far right politics in Ukraine".
 * Not only there is a dispute between Ukraine and Russian geography but Politics and Separatist insurgence are two different things. They can be same only if the separatist insurgents have political power but in this case they don't have any. Segaton (talk) 01:50, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The entry explains "Far-right politics in Ukraine refers to the actions, organizations, and beliefs of the far-right in Ukraine." By your logic, the whole article should be deleted, because far-right groups do not have any political power in Ukraine and the article is mostly about the 2-percent Svoboda party or about right-wing military units (which also do not hold any political power in Ukraine). And if you claim that these Russian groups don't actually exist, you are just acknowledging that you did not check the sources.KastusK (talk) 05:51, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Segaton, I'll deal with your arguments one by one:
 * (1) "Wikipedia can't treat Donbas as part of Ukraine" - well as I've said three times already: every state apart from Russia treats Donbas as part of Ukraine, and so did Russia until a month ago. The articles aren't only about this very moment. Wikipedia goes with the majority of the sources.
 * (2) "the Russian groups don't actually exist or they are too non-notable" - well they do exist, because they're mentioned in many reliable sources. The sources show that some of them are very influential. The idea that they're "non-notable" is only your opinion. The same could be said of some Ukrainian groups.
 * (3) "Politics and Separatist insurgence are two different things" - the separatists are fighting for political goals, like any separatist insurgency. By your logic, a lot of the far-right Ukrainian groups should also be deleted because they're not politicians. ~Asarlaí 11:44, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Strongly support inclusion of this material. All RSs consider this part of Ukraine, and excluding it creates a serious skewing. BobFromBrockley (talk) 12:13, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Re The two of the sources your text largely relied on are Researchgate and WashingtonPost but both of them haven't used the term "far-right"/"far right". The "ResearchGate" source [Natalia Yudina: Russian nationalists fight Ukrainian war. In: Journal on Baltic Security (de Gruyter). 1, Nr. 1, 2015, S. 47–69. doi:10.1515/jobs-2016-0012], by an expert on the far right, does in fact say "ultra-right", which I think is obviously synonymous. BobFromBrockley (talk) 12:13, 25 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Strongly support inclusion of this material as well. -- Sonic Y (talk) 06:36, 26 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Please also consider this removal of material sourced to academic books and papers by User:Mhorg. His edit summary is plainly wrong and puzzling as he seems to rationalize his edit by reference to an opinion piece in The Nation. As for his claim that the academic sources (e.g., The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right) say "the opposite" let us look at the first source just to explain that the editor is clearly mistaken. The source (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190274559.013.30) directly supports every sentence. If you can fault the content for anything then it's that the rendering was perhaps too close to the academic sources given. I have restored much of the content deleted by Mhorg but encourage other editors to keep an eye on further attempts by Mhorg to remove content purely because it doesn't align with his favorite opinion pieces or his view of the topic as suggested by his edit summary. -- Sonic Y (talk) 06:36, 26 March 2022 (UTC)


 * It's certainly okay to add text and sources to the article, but it's not respectful to reverse the entire article. If you want to add another point of view you can do it, keeping the other points of view in the article. Currently the article lacks plurality of points of view. Also, Lev Golinkin's article was declared unreliable by the community?--Mhorg (talk) 23:22, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * "If you want to add another point of view you can do it, keeping the other points of view in the article" - Segaton has been doing the opposite of that. They have deleted content about far-right Russian nationalists over and over (see 22 March I, 22 March II, 23 March and 29 March). Yesterday they deleted it again saying there had been no discussion, even tho' they've taken part in the discussion right here. Also, could you show me where Lev Golinkin's article was "declared unreliable by the community"? ~Asarlaí 09:14, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

I took this page off my watchlist because Asarlai kept throwing his own personal views over what his own sources said. A good rebuttal against Asarlai's edits was made by another user when he provided this expert source which makes it very clear that there is no involvement of Russian National Unity (a banned organization) in this separatism but somehow, Asarlai is trying to spread this misinformation by relying on Ukrainian SBU which is called unreliable by the experts in this field. For this reason as well as the apparent WP:OR I have removed this problematic claim here which hasn't been backed by the source. Also, we should avoid providing coverage to any groups that fail WP:NOTABILITY i.e. don't have own wikipedia page. Segaton (talk) 09:29, 31 March 2022 (UTC) Further, I have tagged a paragraph that falsely asserts these separatists Russians as "far right" when the both added sources made no mention of a "far right". Segaton (talk) 09:44, 31 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the ping.
 * If there was an actual claim about "Russia far right" revival in 2014, then we would be having sources more than just those from 2014-2016, depending on Ukrainian sources.
 * It is possible that they may have been wrongly considered by some Ukrainian sources to be "far right" but in actual they are just pro-Russian militias.
 * Now if you read this recent article by New York Times you would see that it also makes no mention of a "far right" in Ukraine just like the 8 years old Washington Post article was used by the OP made no mention as well.
 * Now when you read Lessons from Russia's Operations in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine you would find that these militias of Russia are not treated as anything more than "nationalist" or "separatists" or "pro-Russian".
 * Now that we know that there is no consensus that they are a 'far-right' militas, I would also ask that why they have to be labelled "far-right" when there is no evidence that they engaged in the promotion of a far-right ideology?
 * Wikipedia relies on context, see WP:CONTEXTMATTERS. If we have outdated news and Ukrainian sources say something and academic sources say something else then we can't present a flawed understanding of the subject on a controversial subject like this one. ArvindPalaskar (talk) 09:39, 31 March 2022 (UTC)


 * In my opinion also the lede (of Far-right politics in Ukraine) has been overturned excessively, almost as if to demonstrate that there is no far-right problem in Ukraine, contrary to what can be read on reliable sources. Mhorg (talk) 10:00, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that the lead is indeed bad. It needs to be succinict and some part of the lead should be moved to section.
 * I was reading the source provided by SonicYouth above which does not call Russians are far-right. The most used source IFRI (p.27) claims Russian separatist to be "largely right wing, conservative and xenophobic in character", than "far right". I think the section Far-right politics in Ukraine because the sources does not support the label "far right" per my comments above. Similarly, we should also remove Far-right_politics_in_Ukraine because it is talking about the "hate crimes", "antisemitism", and other off-topic concerns that are not directly relevant to the topic in question. See Far-right politics in the United Kingdom which describes how this article needs to be organized. ArvindPalaskar (talk) 10:17, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Segaton, now you claim the information comes from the "unreliable" Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). No it doesn't, not one of the references is from the SBU, and anyone can see that for themselves. All of the sources use terms such as "far-right", "extreme right", "ultra-right", "ultra-nationalist", "radical nationalist", "extreme nationalist", "national-socialist", "fascist" and/or "neo-Nazi" to describe these Russian groups and note that they've been involved with the separatists. All of them are reliable sources and most of them are academic sources - again anyone can check that. The Washington Post article you keep bringing up is only one of the sources used. It does mention far-right groups: "the Eurasianist Youth inspired by the Fascist and neo-Eurasianist geopolitician Alexander Dugin ... the national-socialist Slavic Union". All of the sources used say that Russian National Unity have been involved on the separatist side. Some of those sources note that it's a Neo-Nazi group, which again anyone can check for themselves. Segaton and Arvind, if you have a source that goes against the other sources, then do what Mhorg suggests: "If you want to add another point of view you can do it, keeping the other points of view in the article". Also, notability isn't an issue. All of the groups have articles, and even if they didn't that wouldn't prevent us naming them. ~Asarlaí 10:37, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * SBU is unreliable and we can't use outdated sources from 2014 or 2015/2016 since they have been already debunked by this source. Even if you want to reject it all, then still, the only source you have used which slightlyl supported your text is IFRI (p.27) which claims Russian separatist to be "largely right wing, conservative and xenophobic in character", than "far right".
 * I also agree not to provide coverage to non-notable groups that lack their own article. Wikipedia writes only about notable things, keep WP:UNDUE and WP:NOTNEWS in mind. ArvindPalaskar (talk) 11:50, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * To answer "if you have a source that goes against the other sources, then do", I would say that we happen to including multiple point of views only when the subject is open to more than single interpretation such as Evolution theory, but not when the one point of view is either outdated or is a victim of WP:RECENTISM. As the time passes by we started to depend on more recent, more detailed and more reliable sources. And that is the case here. I also agree that IFRI (from 2016) is not conclusive about Russian separatists being far-right and in fact that is your only source. Unless you are trying to tell that all separatists groups are "far right" then Moro National Liberation Front, Balochistan Liberation Army, Mombasa Republican Council and others must be "far right" as well, but they are not because separatism doesn't mean "far right". Segaton (talk) 12:25, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Arvind and Segaton, I've already answered these arguments, you're just repeating yourselves now.
 * Arvind, if this one source of yours contradicts all the other reliable sources, then add it to the article alongside the others. That's what we do on Wikipedia. Instead you've yet again deleted content about far-right Russian nationalists altogether, claiming its "misrepresentation of sources". That's blatantly untrue, as anyone can check for themselves and see - the wording matches the sources.
 * Segaton, your argument makes no sense whatsoever. You say we can't use sources because they're "outdated" and "not conclusive about Russian separatists being far-right". The sources very clearly say that far-right Russian nationalists were involved in the early years of the Donbas War. The wording I added says far-right Russian nationalists were involved in the early years of the Donbas War. There's no misrepresentation.
 * You both seem to be ignoring the arguments and working together to repeatedly delete content you disagree with. I'm pinging, , , , and I'll be requesting admin involvement if this stonewalling and repeated deletion of content for spurious reasons goes on. ~Asarlaí 13:16, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you say something beyond "repeatedly delete content you disagree with"? WP:UNDUE, WP:RECENTISM and WP:RS has been already cited and you haven't addressed your misrepresentation of sources. Segaton (talk) 06:20, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

, your source does not debunk anythere the fact that neo-Nazis are involved on the side of the separatists. The author simply says that there is not enough evidence, but as one can see from the edits of Asarlaí and others there are way more reliable sources than just the SBU. I agree with Asarlaí to request admin involvement as this is an attempt by two users to censor any information about far-right forces on the pro-Russian side in this conlict, despite a lot of reliable evidence.--KastusK (talk) 13:48, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Why don't you name those "reliable sources than just the SBU"?
 * Your sources don't mention any involvement of "Neo-Nazis". Cite those 'reliable evidence' that you have got. The only sources that you have added so far, Researchgate and WAPO, this book do not even mention "Neo-Nazi" or "far right", while IRFI as mentioned above, is not supportive of your content.
 * Falsification of sources just to push the terms like "Neo-Nazi" and "far right" in Russian context will only invite sanctions on you. Segaton (talk) 06:20, 1 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I forgot to note that think tanks like this source are considered self-published and unreliable per multiple consensus on RSN. They should not be used. And not when we have more reliable and recent sources saying opposite. ArvindPalaskar (talk) 06:53, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * That is NOT AT ALL what those discussions say. Please don't falsely misrepresent discussions, since that involves falsely misrepresenting other people's statements. A few more attempts like that and we're looking at sanctionable behavior here.  Volunteer Marek   09:09, 1 April 2022 (UTC)


 * It's outrageous what's going on . As also said, these two editors are seemingly working together to censor information about far-right forces on the pro-Russian side in Ukraine. They're repeatedly deleting content for reasons that are blatantly untrue. They're repeating the same false claims and ignoring the rebuttals from other editors. They claim to have a source which "debunks" all the other reliable sources, but have ignored invites to add it to the articles. After deleting the content, Segaton has been getting the page protected to prevent it being re-added.
 * In Segaton's latest deletion, their sixth in a week, they falsely claimed it was WP:OR. Even tho' their reasons for deleting are blatantly untrue, and even tho' consensus here is against them, I can't repeatedly revert myself it or I'll be edit-warring.
 * Just to prove that their claims of "WP:OR" and "misrepresentation of sources" are untrue, I'll post the content here for everyone to see:

Far-right nationalist groups played an important role among the pro-Russian separatists, arguably more so than on the Ukrainian side. In the early years of the conflict, leaders of the separatist militias were closely linked to the neo-Nazi party Russian National Unity (RNU) led by Alexander Barkashov, which has recruited many fighters. A former member of RNU, Pavel Gubarev, was founder of the Donbas People's Militia and first "governor" of the Donetsk People's Republic. RNU is particularly linked to the Russian Orthodox Army, one of a number of separatist units described as "pro-Tsarist" and "extremist" Orthodox nationalists. Neo-Nazi units include the 'Rusich', 'Svarozhich' and 'Ratibor' battalions, which have Slavic swastikas on their badges. 'Rusich' is part of the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary group which has been linked to far-right extremism.

Some of the most influential far-right activists among the Russian separatists are neo-imperialists who seek to revive the Russian Empire. These included Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin, first "minister of defence" of the Donetsk People's Republic, who espouses Russian neo-imperialism and ethno-nationalism. The Russian Imperial Movement, a white supremacist militant group, has recruited thousands of volunteers to join the separatists. Some separatists have flown the black-yellow-white Russian imperial flag, such as the Sparta Battalion. In 2014, volunteers from the National Liberation Movement joined the Donetsk People's Militia bearing portraits of Tsar Nicholas II.

Other Russian far-right groups whose members have joined the separatist militias include the Eurasian Youth Union, the banned Slavic Union, and the Movement Against Illegal Immigration. Another Russian separatist paramilitary unit, the Interbrigades, is made up of activists from the National Bolshevik (Nazbol) group Other Russia.


 * ~Asarlaí 11:01, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Notice: There is continued discussion here, and the issue has now been brought to the dispute resolution noticeboard as well. ~Asarlaí 11:28, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Anyone good at summarizing history?
As discussed here the history section of Ukraine needs to be shortened, which is obviously a tough job so I did not volunteer. Maybe you? Chidgk1 (talk) 12:18, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Battle of Chornobayivka
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Battle of Chornobayivka that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him &#124; talk) 07:12, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Viburnum opulus
OnViburnum opulus § Cultural meaning, we say "Kalyna is often depicted on Ukrainian embroidery: ritual cloths and shirts" and "a berry cluster is today an insignia of the Ukrainian Army". Can someone suggest good images depicting these things, please? The whole section also needs more sources. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:58, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Borodianka massacre
I've translated Draft:Borodianka massacre from French, but it still needs a fair amount of work to be mainspace-ready, as in several significant aspects it falls short of the sourcing/verifiability expectations for this topic area. I'm going to be travelling the next few days, and I may well find the time in there to whip the draft into shape, but also might not, so if anyone else would like to take a stab, by all means please do. Furthermore, there's a number of quotes in it that are English translations of French translations of Ukrainian quotes. In some cases I may be able to find existing uk→en translations in RS, but in others, I might not be able to, so, independent of whether anyone here is inclined to work on the draft sourcing-wise, it would be great if a Ukrainian speaker could take a look at those quotes and cut out the middle-man. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 19:47, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Deportation of the Ukrainians in the Soviet Union
Hi! Can someone check my draft, please, and add it to the main namespace? I didn't know about the current access levels, could've made a couple of edits and create it normally. Meh :) — Morfal (sup) 21:14, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Kharkiv National Academy of Municipal Economy name in English
Hi, could a Ukrainian speaker possibly advise on Talk:Kharkiv National Academy of Municipal Economy? Obviously many Ukrainian speakers will be busy at the moment. TSventon (talk) 09:46, 15 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Tried to help there. BR. — Morfal (sup) 14:32, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Oi u luzi chervona kalyna
Please could someone fluent check the translation of the lyrics on Oi u luzi chervona kalyna? Various sources say the last line is "Hey, hey, rise up and rejoice", but we do not show this. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:55, 11 April 2022 (UTC)


 * In the English translation the last verb "rozveselymo" (future tense: [we will] cheer up (the Ukraine)) is shown as "cheer up" earlier in the line, with the word order changed from the original, according to the English grammar. I think it's a better translation than "hey, hey, rise up and rejoice", which would mean "[you should] cheer up" as opposed to "[we will] cheer up [the Ukraine]", which would skew the meaning. — Morfal (sup) 14:40, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Jack Mills (music publisher)
This is an interesting subject I would be happy to have help with from anyone interested in Ukranian Americans and muaic in partocular. Thanks! FloridaArmy (talk) 16:17, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Nonexistent navboxes
Hi, all, I've been in the process of removing nonexistent navboxes related to governments of Ukrainian Prime Ministers. These have the navbox format but as part of the article. I've already removed all links to "Government of Leonid Kuchma". As of now, I've spotted two more types of navboxes being displayed within the article and will remove them. Please be on the lookout for more I haven't detected from my latest edit history. I've already informed the user who had been adding these back three years ago on how to create navboxes. Thanks. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:06, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Environmental impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
I recently created the article Environmental impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Any help with expansion would be appreciated. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 22:58, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Gonzalo Lira
The article Gonzalo Lira needs some more eyes. For those not in the know, this YouTuber, residing in Ukraine, promotes pro-Putin conspiracies about Ukraine and is now claiming to have been held by the SBU for a week - which is cited on our article to the Cyprus Mail.--Ermenrich (talk) 13:16, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Also relevant: WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard.--Ermenrich (talk) 13:30, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Timofey Sergeytsev
I have been working on an article Draft:Timofey Sergeytsev on the author of What Russia should do with Ukraine does anyone want to help with it? Immanuelle 💗  (please tag me)  02:53, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Andriy Biletsky
Note, there is fake russian propaganda in the article about Andriy Biletsky. Some russian editors describe him as white supremacist (!), instead of nationalist. And they try to add the article to Nazi categories. Please help to delete the russian fake. 92.113.168.56 (talk) 12:33, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Not sure why you call BBC "Russian propaganda".--Ymblanter (talk) 18:55, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Ukrainian Insurgent Army war against Russian occupation
This article could use the assistance of Ukrainian, Russian and/or Polish speakers. Thank you Elinruby (talk) 09:50, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Update
The Associated Press has released more information regarding the Mariupol theatre airstrike, please help update the article accordingly. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 13:21, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Ukraine invasion module map
The map really needs more contributors- it's difficult for just a few people to keep it updated. A source I recommend is ISW. --Firestar464 (talk) 07:25, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Torture of Russian soldiers in Malaya Rohan
Torture of Russian soldiers in Malaya Rohan could do with some eyeballs on it, and checking the references - it feels like the text is stretching what references there are but I leave it for others to decide.Le Deluge (talk) 23:41, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Cyril Hovorun
I recently created a draft for Cyril Hovorun. Any help translating his article from Ukrainian would be appreciated. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 03:45, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:AutoMaidan
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:AutoMaidan that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 03:28, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Nemiroff
The page for Nemiroff vodka reads like it's just copy from the company - needs cleanup, and possibly some inclusion of the nationalized history under the Soviets if possible. Kdalgleish (talk) 11:00, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Village level census data
I can find district level data from this page. I see some archived versions of censuses are from a sub-domain of here but i'm struggling to find those pages. I also see this page is being cited in some references. Is there a method for finding the population of individual villages? Preferably in English, my Ukrainian doesn't go beyond being able to pronounce the letters. Thanks, Zindor (talk) 20:59, 15 May 2022 (UTC)


 * This one seems indeed to have the 2001 population of every village. You need to click on "Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення", then on "Кількість наявного та постійного населення сільських населених пунктів (1,2,3,4) (1989(12.01))", choose the oblast you are interested in, find what you need in the left column (they are not alphabetically ordered, to make things even worse) or search for the name with "Пошук" (probably all caps but I am not sure) and hit the blue button. If we are talking about one or two specific villages, I can do it for you, but if you want every village one would need a bot probably. Ymblanter (talk) 11:13, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, so i can get to here and i've selected for instance 'Херсо́нська о́бласть'. Am i looking next to the sub-district or the village, which in this case is Чулакі́вка village, and is that in the dropdown column or immediately below 'Херсо́нська о́бласть'? I see every column has oblast above it and i'm confused. I can probably get used to this system but i'm limited to picking out individual words until i become familiar with the contextual language. Zindor (talk) 14:46, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The population of Chulakivka was 3009 in 2001. The interface is not exactly user friendly, but this is what I have done to get there. Chulakivka says that it is in Skadovsk Raion, Chulakivka rural hromada. However, what you need to know is what raion it was in 2001. This information is not in the article, but I added it some time ago to Skadovsk Raion (even though some people think they know better and keep removing it from the articles). Before the 2020 reform, it was in Hola Prystan Raion. What I have done then was to scroll the left column till Hola Prystan Raion (it is alphabetic in raions), then below found Chulakivka, selected it and pressed the blue button. Ymblanter (talk) 15:11, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you, i understand it now. Zindor (talk) 22:32, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Now i understand the Ukrainian version i stumbled across the English one lol. Not sure how to get the 2001 data out of it though, seems to just contain 1989. Zindor (talk) 22:21, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * No, it has both (two different lines) Ymblanter (talk) 17:54, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

New category "Entities controlling Crimea"
FYI, Category_talk:Entities_controlling_Crimea was just created. I think the category has problems, please join the discussion at Category_talk:Entities_controlling_Crimea NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 15:17, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Lendians & Cherven Cities & Przemyśl

 * The reliable sources and POV of Ukrainian historians & arhcaeologists are disputed and/or removed by an editor from articles on Lendians, Cherven Cities and Przemyśl, which are related to the Polish-Ukrainian border dispute, an issue which mention was also removed from the latter article. If you would like to take a look, especially if have experience in articles related to history and geopolitics, would be much appreciated.Miki Filigranski (talk) 19:24, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Categories by raion
Category:Categories by raion of Ukraine mostly contains categories by old raions. We may convert these categories to new raions for sure, but alternatively we may merge them to oblast level. The oblasts are generally not too big (mostly 1-2 million people) and the oblast category trees are already much better expanded than the raion trees. Thoughts? Marcocapelle (talk) 09:13, 27 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I watch only one page on this project, but I came here to suggest... whatever you think is best, because my guy's one of two people in the cat, while there's plenty in . But if oblasts make more sense, cool. It probably just needs someone (maybe someone who knows the difference between a raion and an oblast, i.e. not me) to be BOLD and start making the category mergers. The bots should clean up most of the article pages after. SamuelRiv (talk) 17:53, 23 June 2022 (UTC)


 * For a start the people by raion categories have now formally been nominated at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2022_June_24. Marcocapelle (talk) 12:33, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Naming conventions (Ukrainian places)
At Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Ukrainian places), we are discussing two possible changes to the way we name articles on Ukrainian places. The first change is (I think uncontroversially) to include the oblast name in cases where an ambiguous raion (e.g. Mykolaiv Raion) is used to disambiguate. The second change is, in order to make article titles shorter and more in line with their Ukrainian equivalents, to remove the oblast from the title in cases where the raion alone is sufficient to disambiguate but the oblast alone is not: for instance, Dubliany, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast and Dubliany, Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast would become Dubliany, Lviv Raion and Dubliany, Sambir Raion.

If you would like to contribute to the decision, please join the discussion. — (talk) 21:34, 15 June 2022 (UTC)


 * @AlphaMikeOmega thank you. I don't know what is better. Both variants are good.  IgorTurzh (talk) 16:16, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Kramatorsk infobox images
Please see the Talk page for the Kramatorsk article. I have left a suggestion concerning the infobox images. Thank you and best wishes. --Frans Fowler (talk) 08:26, 21 May 2022 (UTC)


 * @Frans Fowler all the pictures are from Kramatorsk. IgorTurzh (talk) 16:19, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

help with page
Hey, I've created a wikipedia page Draft:Rentberry Inc. which has Ukrainians among its founders. Just wanted to share it and ask for any help. --Korozia (talk) 10:41, 20 June 2022 (UTC)


 * @Korozia it looks okay. enough reliable sources, criticism, reviews, etc IgorTurzh (talk) 16:27, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Changing occupied Ukrainian cities to DNR/LNR or Russia
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's noticed this, but either Russian trolls or well-meaning editors are changing various occupied cities in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts to DNR/LNR or even Russia in short descriptions and info-boxes, for instance here and here. Russia is obviously wrong but I suppose DNR/LNR could be debatable, depending on whether we go with de jure or de facto control (and even then the DNR/LNR don't really control them, Russia does). Do we have a policy on this?--Ermenrich (talk) 16:17, 25 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I’ve noticed this too. Also, the articles for the DLNR republics now have up-to-date battle maps serving as proxies for location maps, and demographical population figures have been replaced with dubious numbers based on news reports of killed and displaced. In my opinion, infoboxes should reflect the generally accepted state of things, or gazetteer-type data, and not serve randomly as a proxy for day-to-day news reports where they are available.
 * More specifically, towns are being occupied by Russian or combined Russian-proxy forces and having Russian flags hoisted. DLNR do not have specific borders – even their constitutions do not specify them – and reliable sources show their de facto territory that was “controlled by Russian-backed separatists,” or “Russian control before February 24,” or whatever occupied for seven years, including in recent battle maps, if they even show them at all. —Michael Z. 17:44, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Where I see this, I revert on sight. The information that a city is occupied can be in the article (not in the infobox), provided reliable independent sources, with a very high reliability threshold, are given, can be added to the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:37, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * A lot of the infoboxes currently include something like "Ukraine (de jure)" and "X People's Republic (de facto)". Is there consensus for removing the "de facto" designations from the info-boxes as well?--Ermenrich (talk) 17:54, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I have seen that inserted into the hierarchy of political subdivisions in an infobox, so it looks like, for example, the city of Brianka is in Luhansk Oblast, which is part of “Luhansk PR,” which is part of Ukraine, and the automatically generated short description reads “City in Luhansk PR, Ukraine.” This is misuse of the template, and wrong.
 * The infobox should reflect stable, uncontroversial facts and statistics. —Michael Z. 19:03, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I do not think there ever was consensus to add these de-facto designations to the infoboxes. Ymblanter (talk) 19:08, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Yana Barinova
Hi, I require help with reviewing the UA-EN translation of the article about Yana Barinova. I believe it to be crucial for prominent Ukrainian figures to get exposure in English Wiki and would appreacite help with this draft. Thanks! Kikochka1202 (talk) 14:23, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Request for Comment relating to Dnepropetrovsk maniacs
A Request for Comment has been made at which may interest members of this WikiProject. –– FormalDude   talk   09:27, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Patrick Lancaster
The pro-Russian YouTube "journalist" Patrick Lancaster recently got a a Wiki page. Given the serious misinformation this guy peddles - including spreading faked Russian videos of Ukrainian atrocities, as detailed in reliable sources - this article needs some eyes and expansion.--Ermenrich (talk) 20:28, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I might add there are is one article about him on Vice and a mention in an NBC piece on pro-Russian "influencers". Does that meet notability? The other source (which I've removed as a tabloid) was The Daily Mirror which just mentions some of his reporting from the Kherson region.--Ermenrich (talk) 20:38, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * There is currently a discussion on deleting the article.--Ermenrich (talk) 13:35, 4 July 2022 (UTC)


 * FYI, someone is trying to white wash Patrick Lancaster as we speak. Back up in keeping this nonsense out of the article would be appreciated.—Ermenrich (talk) 11:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Based on his editing history, I’d say there’s a good chance that the editor doing the white washing,, is a known sock. Look familiar to anyone?—-Ermenrich (talk) 12:24, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I did not remove the statement that "he’s a pro Russian propagandist", instead I moved it into a "сriticism" section which you removed along with many other credible and reliable sources. What is your excuse for deleting the BBC? Look at the last edit I posted.  This  removing the statement that "he’s a pro Russian propagandist" lie needs to be retracted. stop the personal attacks. 666hopedieslast (talk) 13:11, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * You changed the lead to say Patrick Lancaster is a YouTuber who has vlogged from Donbas since 2014. Lancaster's videos have been featured by mainstream media outlets and has contributed to The Telegraph and Sky News.. I invite anyone to look at what that BBC source (from 2017!) actually says about him, namely: Phillips works with a third pro-separatist video maker - American-born Patrick Lancaster. Lancaster also describes himself as an independent journalist. At any rate, you need to hold this discussion at the article talk page.--Ermenrich (talk) 13:16, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Ihor_Bohachevsky
Article Ihor_Bohachevsky nominated to deletion. Please, help. --Alex Blokha (talk) 11:08, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello I made comments on the deletion page. 666hopedieslast (talk) 13:18, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Map of controlled areas by Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic and Ukraine People's Republic
Hi

We need a reliable map for Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic and Ukraine People's Republic Panam2014 (talk) 05:08, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Russo-centric Cossacks article
Our article Cossacks is currently very Russo-centric, with a strong focus on the Cossacks as a "Russian" military formation. The importance of the Cossacks for Ukrainian national identity (including a mention in the national anthem) is barely touched upon. When it discusses the current Russo-Ukrainian war, it only mentions Russian "Cossack" units, when several Ukrainian units are named after Cossacks or the Sich, etc. This strikes me as a major oversight and something I wanted to draw project participants' attention to.--Ermenrich (talk) 15:10, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

AFD of interest
There is an AFD in progress which may be of interest to this WikiProject: Articles for deletion/Russia's War Crimes House, regarding an article about an exhibition near the World Economic Forum in May.

Relatedly, is there a general article about art, monuments, memorials, museum exhibits, etc. that interpret the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict, whether balanced or POVish on either side? I wonder if this article might be merged into, as a possible resolution of the AFD. Or is other coverage of examples that might be combined to make a more general article? Please feel free to comment at the AFD. --Doncram (talk) 23:06, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Russian vs. Ukrainian personal name forms
I've noticed that Kirill Stremousov is listed at the Russian form of his name, has his Russian name first, and uses the Russian transliteration of his name in the article. The same is true with Denis Pushilin. Shouldn't the Ukrainian name be used/be first? They're Ukrainian citizens, even if they are "separatists". Do we have a policy on this?--Ermenrich (talk) 20:12, 5 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Only WP:COMMONNAME. Ymblanter (talk) 21:07, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Also see Naming conventions (people). Russian and Ukrainian names can have multiple romanized versions anyway, and do not necessarily use the same conventions we default to.
 * For living or recently deceased people we should probably consider their self-identification in English if they have one, although I can’t find a specific guideline about this. Biographies of living persons does apply to article titles. —Michael Z. 21:44, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has an RFC
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. – LordPickleII ( talk ) 14:46, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Hoptivka
This small community or place has been in the news. I think someone should start a stub for it. Please advise. Bearian (talk) 01:15, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Kraken Regiment
I recently created this article, it is one of the volunteer regiments active in the defense of Ukraine, I would like to expand it but am unable to find more reliable English references on it. If anyone has reliable sources on it be it in English or another language I'd appreciate the help, things such as an image of their logo would also be good for the article. TylerBurden (talk) 23:48, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Good idea! Bearian (talk) 01:16, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 13:05, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:92nd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:92nd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 13:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Ukrainian nationality law
I wanted to draw attention to some concerning POV edits to Ukrainian nationality law. Please see my discussion and contribute if you would like. Knr5 (talk) 12:30, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Republics of Russia has an RFC
Republics of Russia has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. This deals with Donetsk and Luhansk, so is may be of interest to members of this wikiproject. Furius (talk) 16:42, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Azov Battalion has an RFC
Azov Battalion has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EnlightenmentNow1792 (talk • contribs) 16:18, 10 April 2022 (UTC)