I have a suggestion. I think in one of the Eastern Europe arbitration cases it was suggested that some kind of noticeboard for EE matters/conflicts be established. I don't know if such a thing exists, but it clearly isn't working. I think we really need such a common board with a more limited task of sorting out non-encyclopedic, politically motivated stuff like
eSStonia,
Putinjugend etc. It would make sense finding a consensus concerning such stubs and establish a threshold on notability. Every encyclopedia would need this. Thoughts? Alternatively, if someone wants to continue setting up political battleground stubs, I'd list here long overdue
Ansipism,
Putin-Dobby,
IlveSS,
Obamajugend,
Dorogoy Leonid Ilyich («Дорогой Леонид Ильич»),
Näksip,
Nikita Kukuruznik, all of which have at least quite a number of google hits. My vote for Putinland is delete, as it's simply non-notable.
Pan Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (
woof!) 09:39, 29 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Some of these are silly, but some aren't. Obamajugend, for example, is a real wacky
conspiracy theory.
ΔιγουρενΕμπρος! 14:52, 29 January 2009 (UTC)reply
The taboo policies prohibit me from discussing this in public. If you still want my thoughts, send me an email.
ΔιγουρενΕμπρος! 23:34, 29 January 2009 (UTC)reply
I think it's a great idea. I suggest setting up a subpage to decide upon standards for articles such as this.
Pocopocopocopoco (
talk) 03:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Merge/delete the lot. We are here to develop an encyclopaedia, not to engage in advocacy for our own agenda. But I will not support merging of say
eSStonia, without the merging of the other articles. Only then will the bullshit stop. --
RussaviaDialogue 21:56, 3 February 2009 (UTC)reply
With regard to
Putinjugend, I think it would suffice to have a sentence in the article
Nashi mentioning this neologism. Wikipedia should not be news wire.
ESStonia is unfortunately more widely used by Russian public, however, the title is inherently unsuitable for an encyclopedia. E.g. a section in
Anti-Estonian sentiment would be OK.
Phone Call to Putin is supposedly “widely known in Russia″, however, no proof for such an assumption has been presented. An article on
Alexey Mikheyev and the court decision would suit, I think.
The Phone call to Putin had an easy solution, for it was simply an article about a particular court case, rather than the neologism itself. In my opinions others also have an easy solution of merely deleting them all. However, it seems like not an option here, so I would argue for creation of an article devoted to pejorative political slang/jargon/neologisms, with esstonia, putinland and possibly many others as particular examples rather than standalone articles. It would be hard however to keep OR, in particular SYNTH, out, but I will try to look for suitable references. (
Igny (
talk) 22:26, 31 January 2009 (UTC))reply
I agree with eSStonia and Putinjugend. Putinland and Putinism should be merged/redirected to
Vladimir Putin. The two list articles should probably be deleted, add your comments
here regarding those two.
Pocopocopocopoco (
talk) 04:32, 2 February 2009 (UTC)reply
I have redirected
Putinland to
Vladimir Putin and
Putinjugend to
Nashi (youth movement). Instead of taking Putinland back to AfD and having it deleted, and although the term is highly unlikely to be a search term, it is directed to the subject of its article. Putinjugend to Nashi, as the very few sources which refer to the term do so in an overwhelming number of cases in referring to Nashi; but even then it is a not a widely used term and has to be dealt with as per
WP:UNDUE in the Nashi article itself.
RussaviaDialogue 16:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)reply
These lists are valid, however, they are presented in such a way that paints a POV that indicates Putin is behind all of them. Considering the authors behind them I am not surprised however, and I will qualify this, in that look how those murdered between 1991-1999 are completely ommitted; I began adding some of the early 1990s ones. It is a verifiable fact that more journalists were killed under Yeltsin than under Putin, including
Paul Klebnikov, who was actually pro-Putin (yet, this doesn't stop people such as
Edward Lucas from blaming Putin for his death too ha). If people were more interested in helping to develop an encyclopaedia rather than engaging in advocacy, and presenting all information and POV from the get-go, then this list wouldn't be questioned as it is now, and people such as myself who come along to try and get this balance wouldn't have to do so (and be called pov-pushers). That's my opinions on these lists (and on this area of editing in general). --
RussaviaDialogue 21:55, 3 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Actually
Military personnel killed in Russia could be quite a good list. If you look at
List of Heroes of the Russian Federation, every single one of these are notable people (although most don't yet have articles). However, not all military people who are killed are notable, but such a list could include their name (not necessarily wikilinked), along with other "bio" info such as date killed, what campaign (if valid), what award they received (if any)...in fact I would limit such a list to those people who have received one of the various state awards, such as Medal of Valour, etc. It would be a bloody long list, and would take an immense amount of research to complete, but with strict criteria for inclusion in the list, it could actually be a very valid list and totally encyclopaedic. --
RussaviaDialogue 15:46, 5 February 2009 (UTC)reply
I have a suggestion. I think in one of the Eastern Europe arbitration cases it was suggested that some kind of noticeboard for EE matters/conflicts be established. I don't know if such a thing exists, but it clearly isn't working. I think we really need such a common board with a more limited task of sorting out non-encyclopedic, politically motivated stuff like
eSStonia,
Putinjugend etc. It would make sense finding a consensus concerning such stubs and establish a threshold on notability. Every encyclopedia would need this. Thoughts? Alternatively, if someone wants to continue setting up political battleground stubs, I'd list here long overdue
Ansipism,
Putin-Dobby,
IlveSS,
Obamajugend,
Dorogoy Leonid Ilyich («Дорогой Леонид Ильич»),
Näksip,
Nikita Kukuruznik, all of which have at least quite a number of google hits. My vote for Putinland is delete, as it's simply non-notable.
Pan Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (
woof!) 09:39, 29 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Some of these are silly, but some aren't. Obamajugend, for example, is a real wacky
conspiracy theory.
ΔιγουρενΕμπρος! 14:52, 29 January 2009 (UTC)reply
The taboo policies prohibit me from discussing this in public. If you still want my thoughts, send me an email.
ΔιγουρενΕμπρος! 23:34, 29 January 2009 (UTC)reply
I think it's a great idea. I suggest setting up a subpage to decide upon standards for articles such as this.
Pocopocopocopoco (
talk) 03:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Merge/delete the lot. We are here to develop an encyclopaedia, not to engage in advocacy for our own agenda. But I will not support merging of say
eSStonia, without the merging of the other articles. Only then will the bullshit stop. --
RussaviaDialogue 21:56, 3 February 2009 (UTC)reply
With regard to
Putinjugend, I think it would suffice to have a sentence in the article
Nashi mentioning this neologism. Wikipedia should not be news wire.
ESStonia is unfortunately more widely used by Russian public, however, the title is inherently unsuitable for an encyclopedia. E.g. a section in
Anti-Estonian sentiment would be OK.
Phone Call to Putin is supposedly “widely known in Russia″, however, no proof for such an assumption has been presented. An article on
Alexey Mikheyev and the court decision would suit, I think.
The Phone call to Putin had an easy solution, for it was simply an article about a particular court case, rather than the neologism itself. In my opinions others also have an easy solution of merely deleting them all. However, it seems like not an option here, so I would argue for creation of an article devoted to pejorative political slang/jargon/neologisms, with esstonia, putinland and possibly many others as particular examples rather than standalone articles. It would be hard however to keep OR, in particular SYNTH, out, but I will try to look for suitable references. (
Igny (
talk) 22:26, 31 January 2009 (UTC))reply
I agree with eSStonia and Putinjugend. Putinland and Putinism should be merged/redirected to
Vladimir Putin. The two list articles should probably be deleted, add your comments
here regarding those two.
Pocopocopocopoco (
talk) 04:32, 2 February 2009 (UTC)reply
I have redirected
Putinland to
Vladimir Putin and
Putinjugend to
Nashi (youth movement). Instead of taking Putinland back to AfD and having it deleted, and although the term is highly unlikely to be a search term, it is directed to the subject of its article. Putinjugend to Nashi, as the very few sources which refer to the term do so in an overwhelming number of cases in referring to Nashi; but even then it is a not a widely used term and has to be dealt with as per
WP:UNDUE in the Nashi article itself.
RussaviaDialogue 16:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)reply
These lists are valid, however, they are presented in such a way that paints a POV that indicates Putin is behind all of them. Considering the authors behind them I am not surprised however, and I will qualify this, in that look how those murdered between 1991-1999 are completely ommitted; I began adding some of the early 1990s ones. It is a verifiable fact that more journalists were killed under Yeltsin than under Putin, including
Paul Klebnikov, who was actually pro-Putin (yet, this doesn't stop people such as
Edward Lucas from blaming Putin for his death too ha). If people were more interested in helping to develop an encyclopaedia rather than engaging in advocacy, and presenting all information and POV from the get-go, then this list wouldn't be questioned as it is now, and people such as myself who come along to try and get this balance wouldn't have to do so (and be called pov-pushers). That's my opinions on these lists (and on this area of editing in general). --
RussaviaDialogue 21:55, 3 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Actually
Military personnel killed in Russia could be quite a good list. If you look at
List of Heroes of the Russian Federation, every single one of these are notable people (although most don't yet have articles). However, not all military people who are killed are notable, but such a list could include their name (not necessarily wikilinked), along with other "bio" info such as date killed, what campaign (if valid), what award they received (if any)...in fact I would limit such a list to those people who have received one of the various state awards, such as Medal of Valour, etc. It would be a bloody long list, and would take an immense amount of research to complete, but with strict criteria for inclusion in the list, it could actually be a very valid list and totally encyclopaedic. --
RussaviaDialogue 15:46, 5 February 2009 (UTC)reply