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The article proclaims that Svetlana Alexievich isn't widely known in Belarus because only two books were published in Belarus and translated to Belarusian. This makes not much sense since Belarusian is a minority language in Belarus. The vast majority of Belarus speaks Russian and all of Alexievich' books have been published in Russia and are therefore also available in Belarus. The linked Kommersant article explains her lack of renown in her own country, because she's spent many years living abroad and her books are written for a western audience, not a Belarussian or Russian audience. But that article also says Alexievich is a well-known author in the Russian speaking world, but still better known in the west.
Her last book from the cycle "Voices of Utopia" [1], [2], [3]. A fragment from the book, very telling. another part of the book. My very best wishes ( talk) 21:43, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
We've removed references to Alexievich being an "ornithologist" twice now. The second time with a spurious citation from a site obviously quoting Wikipidia. Now there's a suggestion she "briefly worked on Belarus' first carp fishing magazine". The first time citing an article that never mentioned this fact, the second time a profile written after the fact first appeared in Wikipedia, so probably taken from here. Can we please have a clear, direct citation that perhaps says which Belarus carp-fishig magazine it was, and that it was the first one, before we accept this edit? And can we try to rely on actual sources for facts, not profiles which might be cribbing their information from Wikipedia vandalism? Giantflightlessbirds ( talk) 18:47, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
I would add the words she traced about herself... once she won the Nobel prize "I have three homes: my Belarusian land, the homeland of my father, where I have lived my whole life; Ukraine, the homeland of my mother, where I was born; and Russia's great culture, without which I cannot imagine myself. All are very dear to me. But in this day and age it is difficult to talk about love." These are very important not only for her but for each of us as human being... and in our world today it does not matter which country you are from and never the less: she loves, appreciates and fights what is to be appreciated for and not only blames...
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Why is she described as an "investigative journalist"? From the rest of the description, "author" seems to be more accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ketil ( talk • contribs) 10:41, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Here is a description of it in English language source: [6]. Yes, there was a threat, but given that the posting was removed from the website a few hours later, I wold say that was probably just a minor incident - for a BLP page of the Nobel prize winner. Hence undue on this page. Including this here seems to me like a content that only belongs to the page about the website, not this page, if it belongs anywhere at all. My very best wishes ( talk) 18:55, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
promote this ridiculous websiteand I don't think that that website is "ridiculous" but rather alarming if not dangerous. WP:DUE WEIGHT is shown by the good coverage: apart from the quoted sources, there's also The Times [21], Foreign Policy [22], The Nation [23], The Ukrainian Weekly [24]. Gitz ( talk) ( contribs) 19:44, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
I believe that
are acceptable. Now the section is unreadable. Xx236 ( talk) 10:25, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
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The article proclaims that Svetlana Alexievich isn't widely known in Belarus because only two books were published in Belarus and translated to Belarusian. This makes not much sense since Belarusian is a minority language in Belarus. The vast majority of Belarus speaks Russian and all of Alexievich' books have been published in Russia and are therefore also available in Belarus. The linked Kommersant article explains her lack of renown in her own country, because she's spent many years living abroad and her books are written for a western audience, not a Belarussian or Russian audience. But that article also says Alexievich is a well-known author in the Russian speaking world, but still better known in the west.
Her last book from the cycle "Voices of Utopia" [1], [2], [3]. A fragment from the book, very telling. another part of the book. My very best wishes ( talk) 21:43, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
We've removed references to Alexievich being an "ornithologist" twice now. The second time with a spurious citation from a site obviously quoting Wikipidia. Now there's a suggestion she "briefly worked on Belarus' first carp fishing magazine". The first time citing an article that never mentioned this fact, the second time a profile written after the fact first appeared in Wikipedia, so probably taken from here. Can we please have a clear, direct citation that perhaps says which Belarus carp-fishig magazine it was, and that it was the first one, before we accept this edit? And can we try to rely on actual sources for facts, not profiles which might be cribbing their information from Wikipedia vandalism? Giantflightlessbirds ( talk) 18:47, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
I would add the words she traced about herself... once she won the Nobel prize "I have three homes: my Belarusian land, the homeland of my father, where I have lived my whole life; Ukraine, the homeland of my mother, where I was born; and Russia's great culture, without which I cannot imagine myself. All are very dear to me. But in this day and age it is difficult to talk about love." These are very important not only for her but for each of us as human being... and in our world today it does not matter which country you are from and never the less: she loves, appreciates and fights what is to be appreciated for and not only blames...
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Why is she described as an "investigative journalist"? From the rest of the description, "author" seems to be more accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ketil ( talk • contribs) 10:41, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Here is a description of it in English language source: [6]. Yes, there was a threat, but given that the posting was removed from the website a few hours later, I wold say that was probably just a minor incident - for a BLP page of the Nobel prize winner. Hence undue on this page. Including this here seems to me like a content that only belongs to the page about the website, not this page, if it belongs anywhere at all. My very best wishes ( talk) 18:55, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
promote this ridiculous websiteand I don't think that that website is "ridiculous" but rather alarming if not dangerous. WP:DUE WEIGHT is shown by the good coverage: apart from the quoted sources, there's also The Times [21], Foreign Policy [22], The Nation [23], The Ukrainian Weekly [24]. Gitz ( talk) ( contribs) 19:44, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
I believe that
are acceptable. Now the section is unreadable. Xx236 ( talk) 10:25, 21 April 2022 (UTC)