Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia

Russia articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 9 16 28 33 86 FL 2 4 6 3 15 FM 96 96 A 2 3 13 12 30 GA 27 38 118 235 4 422 B 224 308 545 857 291 2,225 C 374 660 1,350 3,284 919 6,587 Start 425 1,524 6,499 15,441 1 2,715 26,605 Stub 11 224 4,043 45,795 3 3,560 53,636 List 70 99 450 3,319 35 303 4,276 Category 22,143 22,143 Disambig 261 261 File 478 478 Portal 26 26 Project 140 140 Redirect 1 5 625 2,029 2,660 Template 4,467 4,467 NA 5 1 6 Other 1 1 110 112 Assessed 1,145 2,877 13,057 69,610 29,790 7,792 124,271 Unassessed 1 1 117 1,135 1,254 Total 1,145 2,878 13,058 69,727 29,790 8,927 125,525 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 488,454 Ω = 5.45

Kadyrovites screwed up

See Talk:141st Special Motorized Regiment#Screwed up. --Altenmann >talk 04:34, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

FAR for Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

I have nominated Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 20:33, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714#Requested move 30 April 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714#Requested move 30 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:11, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Scytho-Siberian world#Requested move 29 April 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Scytho-Siberian world#Requested move 29 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 14:09, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Yaropolk Iziaslavich

Yaropolk Iziaslavich has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 19:06, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Image discussion (2025) at Talk:Second Cold War

Link: Talk:Second Cold War#Consensus on "event" to warrant images or infobox. George Ho (talk) 21:38, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Białystok

Białystok has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 00:47, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Discussion Re: Lead Image for Andrei Gromyko

There is currently discussion going on concerning the lede image for Andrei Gromyko, a page within the scope of this WikiProject. If you are inclined to participate, please feel free to share your thoughts on this thread. Emiya1980 (talk) 05:57, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

The World Destubathon

Hello. Project members are invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. If you are interested in winning some vouchers to help you buy books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for your project, sign up if interested.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:30, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:East Slavic naming customs#Requested move 21 May 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:East Slavic naming customs#Requested move 21 May 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 13:04, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:East Slavic naming customs#Requested move 21 May 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:East Slavic naming customs#Requested move 21 May 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 13:05, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Rayok

The article Rayok has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and unimproved for over 15 years. It might have existed, but was it really notable?

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Good article reassessment for Oleg the Wise

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Good article reassessment for Andrei Rublev (film)

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Proposed deletion of Sports-Concert Hall Almaz

The article Sports-Concert Hall Almaz has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and unimproved for 15 and 1/2 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. Run of the mill, small stadium used by amateur teams.

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Nomination of Sambalut for deletion

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Bearian (talk) 15:37, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Infobox discussion

See discussion at Template talk:Infobox person#Subordinate countries in infoboxes. Absolutiva (talk) 22:58, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

The DCWC is back!

The Developing Countries WikiContest Gold Belt Buckle

WikiProject Russia, the Developing Countries WikiContest will be returning for a second year, and sign-ups are now open! The contest will run from 1 July to 30 September, and the objective remains the same: improve as many articles relating to developing countries as you can to help fight systemic bias on Wikipedia.

In other news, we have a new face on the coordinator team this year: last year's sixth-place finisher, Arconning (talk · contribs)! The coordinators would like to extend a sincere thanks to Ixtal (talk · contribs), who is leaving the team, without whom the contest would not exist. After feedback from contestants last year, the scoring rules are undergoing some modifications; the new rules and a summary of the changes made will be posted to the contest talk page shortly.

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page, use the {{@DCWC coordinators}} template, or contact one of the coordinators: Arconning (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove this talk page from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 12:15, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Abraham Goldfaden

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Schism of the Russian Church

Здравствуйте. A user is making substantial edits to Schism of the Russian Church, an article which has passed GA review. The edits seem to be well-placed so far, but I would like to invite editors with a better understanding of Russian history, especially Russian religious history, to keep an eye on it, especially since the editor has expressed an interest in re-writing the entire page. An extra set of eyes would be appreciated! ThaesOfereode (talk) 23:11, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Seems alright. Alaexis_¿question? 20:34, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Yes, so far I agree. I'm more concerned with getting eyeballs on for the potential rewrite is all; I don't have the background and I would hate for a bad page to be tagged as a GA. ThaesOfereode (talk) 00:48, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Was "burlaw court" a name for a comrades' court?

The article on Sergei Yesenin says he was tried by a "burlaw court". That phrase links to the article Comrades' court, though there's no mention of it there.

Wiktionary and the OED tell me that a "burlaw court" is a form of local court in Britain which has been obsolete for over 200 years. Searching the web, I find only discussion about Wikipedia's use of the phrase. Is this a standard name for comrades' courts? If it is, there should be a citation. Marnanel (talk) 11:35, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Fixed. Alaexis_¿question? 11:40, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Nord Stream

Was redirected here from the milhist project. Posting the same query. I recently reverted some changes at Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 which claimed that the project is dead i.e. tenses were changed to the past tense. I was further reverted again. From what I can tell the project is still largely up beyond the damage near Denmark i.e. the line itself is largely intact. Would appreciate some clarification. Gotitbro (talk) 18:32, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

I guess it is dead in the sense that there is no gas in the tube, all the contracts have been stopped, and at this point it is difficult to imagine under which circumstances the gas would flow again. Ymblanter (talk) 20:47, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Blackmailers (band)

The article Blackmailers (band) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and unimproved for more than 13 years. Tagged for Notability concerns for almost 2 years. No other language has any article from which to translate.

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Proposed deletion of Monument to Fyodor Ushakov (Rostov-on-Don)

The article Monument to Fyodor Ushakov (Rostov-on-Don) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and unimproved for more than 7 years. Tagged for Notability concerns for more than 4 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. We are Not a memorial. The Ukrainian article might be a start.

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Requested move at Talk:Supreme Hockey League#Requested move 4 July 2025

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Requested move at Talk:Nikita Pustosvyat#Requested move

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Proposed deletion of Russian Squash Federation

The article Russian Squash Federation has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced for 13 years. Tagged for Notability concerns for 3 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate.

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Requested move at Talk:Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine#Requested move 3 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine#Requested move 3 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 06:55, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

RfC: Omission of Russian SFSR from biographical infoboxes

As I discussed from Template talk:Infobox person#Subordinate countries in infoboxes, should we propose not to include "Russian SFSR" (or other Soviet republics) from biographical infoboxes what Mike Novikoff recommends per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Most edits are made to Vasily Utkin, Oleg Gazmanov, Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin. Absolutiva 02:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Survey

• No unless we include |citizenship=, or the subject held Soviet citizenship throughout their life. See MOS:INFONAT. Thedarkknightli (talk) 03:32, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

• No bar to inclusion. (Summoned by bot) I honestly don't see the argument for excluding under WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE; this information that might be useful to the average reader at a glance. Complex cases might require extra care with the question of nuanced labels or even omitting the field in certain cases, but I don't see that there is any value to a blanket ban.
  That said, there's a more generalized procedural hurdle here that bears mentioning: per WP:Advice page, no result in this space is going to represent binding consensus on all of the involved articles. At best it will be a rule of thumb recommended by this WikiProject. You will still need to get local consensus on each involved article on which the issue arises, without being able to point back to this discussion as a valid reason to obviate further discussion. If you want a binding consensus for all affected articles, you will need to make a WP:PROPOSAL or host a discussion on a relevant WP:PAG or WP:MOS talk page to add verbiage to an existing guideline.
  And while I'm at it, I think it's worth noting that I'm not sure how binding MOS:INFONAT is, considering that the relatively recent discussion in which it was created: 1) had a wide range of perspectives, 2) had no formal close, and 3) had all of a dozen participants (fairly weak consensus even if everyone in that discussion agreed on the best approach, which they very much didn't, as is evident from even a quick review). I think someone really went over-WP:BOLD in rendering their interpretation of that discussion into the MoS, and I expect it could easily be challenged (especially given how awkward, complicated, and idiosyncratic the added section is). I'd be careful about relying on it during even more complicated discussions in the area of nationality and infoboxes--at least for the immediate future. SnowRise ^{let's rap} 04:13, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

  See here for non-consensus addition to Template:Infobox person/doc, before it was removed as explained: this is almost undiscussed, yet currently an IP user populates it all over the place citing this doc as a valid reason. In particular, Moscow is the worst of possible examples (much like NY City), and linking an SFSR is contrary to MOS:GEOLINK. Absolutiva 06:22, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

• Exclude RSFSR at least for such obvious cases as Moscow and Leningrad (or their respective oblast). Everybody knows it's Russia, and it always has been. Diving into the purely formal details of the USSR's structure is unnecessary then, it gives no additional information in the context of a biography, and only distracts from the biography itself. Smaller and less well-known places may indeed require some extra care, but then again, remember that RSFSR alone is just too broad, it could be anywhere between Kaliningrad and Vladivostok, so the region such as Sverdlovsk Oblast should be specified for things like Butka, and that might be recognizable enough. Plus these smaller places (or their lesser-known regions) will usually be wikilinked.
  To summarize, RSFSR is either redundant (for major cities) or not enough anyway (for smaller ones). — Mike Novikoff 20:50, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
• Agreed entirely with Snow Rise. With regard to "exclude" rationales, I would say that Soviet "republics" are potentially akin to US and Australian states, Canadian provinces, and UK traditional/ceremonial counties or current unitary council areas (depending on period): they may be useful to include sometimes (in an infobox or otherwise), but are insufficient on their own. That is, under no circumstances should "USSR" be omitted when applicable, because RSFSR, etc., are meaningless to about 99.9% of our readers. However, as additional detail they may be useful to some, since they will link to a regional article that narrows down the location in a large and culturally diverse country or meta-country or however you like to think of the USSR and its CIS successor. I agree this is going to come down to consensus on a per-article basis. A Soviet statesman of national and international renown is apt to be thought of as Soviet/Russian by our readers, from an encyclopedic perspective, but a Kirghiz or Tajik or Modavian or whatever poet who was critical of the Soviet regime is more likely to be notable as Kirghiz or Tajik or Moldavian or whatever and may have even personally rejected a Soviet or Russian label. In short, avoid one-size-fits-all "solutions" because they generally solve nothing and create new problems; all are rarely actually fit one size.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:23, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
• Comment - Would recommend consistency, concerning all Soviet republics. But the treatment of the Baltics, makes that difficult. GoodDay (talk) 08:14, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Axis of Upheaval#Requested move 24 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Axis of Upheaval#Requested move 24 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 12:00, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Poyushchie vmeste#Requested move 20 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Poyushchie vmeste#Requested move 20 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 07:22, 25 July 2025 (UTC)