Talk:Oleg Haslavsky

Bad ISBN

Because it is causing a Checkwiki error #73: "ISBN-13 with wrong checksum", I removed the ISBN from the entry:

Олег Хаславский. На пышном берегу. — Красный Сулин: Сулинполиграфсервис, 2014. — 248 с. — ISBN 987-5-904839-09-3.

I have tried unsuccessfully to locate the correct ISBN on the Internet; there are not many references to this publication. Knife-in-the-drawer (talk) 17:24, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

It was a mix up, a typo, the second and third numbers were mixed up, I did correct the mistake as I happen to have a copy of this book (I took the number off the printed book). You can go ahead and see that the sum check of the new number is fine. Olhasl (talk) 21:17, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

WP:External links

I have removed multiple links from the EL as they do not comply with the guidance on links. An encyclopaedia has no real interest in the location of libraries that may hold books of an author. That is readily findable by people searching their local library catalogue. — billinghurst sDrewth 06:44, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

If the location of libraries holding books of an author is no concern of an encyclopaedia, then why also the fact of books being available at public libraries is also no fact? Some would think that it would mean some validation of an author's contribution. Are published books then useful for a Wiki page, or may also be omitted? Interestingly enough, I was following this very page and from the very beginning there have been factual errors such as wrong dates and even false ISBN numbers, so whoever created this page to start with obviously does not have a clue about what they are writing. Even the nationality of the author was wrong initially, and yet the page is now closed to external editing, so the very same guys who did everything upside down to start with will be continuing working on it.

I have a suggestion: if this page is close to edits so nobody can add actual facts anymore, then why not to close it down altogether? Because if one rolls back to the "checked" version of the last December, one can with the same success call it a day and delete it. Either people who started the page have no idea about the author, or they deliberately mispresent the information. Whoever is the admin/creator of this page, they are not able to make a good article out of it, thus the best case would be erasing it instead of protecting it from actual facts. Wpfkhdy (talk) 08:07, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2022

Somebody deleted links to different libraries where the works of this author, Oleg Haslavsky, can be found. Then follows the deletion of the phrase that the books can be found in various libraries because there are no more references available, so what is coming next, deleting the list of books? I suggest that either we return the list of libraries, or allow editing so one can put references in near the statement about books being presented in various libraries. What is the point to delete any evidence of books being available? That seems as vandalism to me. If there is only deletion of content with no possibility to add references, that means that somebody wants to erase evidence and misrepresent the author. If that was not the intention, it should be possible to allow constructive changes instead of restricting access to the page.

That is, please change:

"He never sought publication of his poetry. The first representative publication took place only in 2008 in the Moscow Journal «Corostel. Provincial letters».[9] After two books published in Russia,[5][10] Oleg published four books in London, which, sadly, appeared already after his death.[11][12][7][13] The biggest collection of Haslavsky's literary works can be found in "Kaleidoscope", a mix of poetry, poetic translations and prose.[11]"

to

"He never sought publication of his poetry. The first representative publication took place only in 2008 in the Moscow Journal «Corostel. Provincial letters».[9] After two books published in Russia,[5][10] Oleg published four books in London, which, sadly, appeared already after his death.[11][12][7][13] The biggest collection of Haslavsky's literary works can be found in "Kaleidoscope", a mix of poetry, poetic translations and prose.[11]" Today, books of Oleg haslavsky are available at numerous libraries around the world" (REFERENCE - see below a list of)

Or return references to Haslavsky's books in libraries as was in previous versions:

" BOOKS BY OLEG HASLAVSKY IN LIBRARIES'

• Books by Oleg Haslavsky on SCRIBD

• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Russian State Library, Russia

• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Boston Public Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Fisher College Library, Boston, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Meadville Public Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the San Francisco Public Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Benson Memorial Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Paso Robles City Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Amherst County Public Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Forest Lakes Community Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Douglas County Libraries, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Oakland Public Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Carpinteria Community Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the St. Louis Public Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Public Library of Pima County, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Malden Public Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Austin Public Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Arapahoe Libraries, Englewood, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Jefferson County Public Library, USA
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, USA

• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Ajax Public Library, Canada

• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in the Whitby Public Library, United Kingdom
• Books by Oleg Haslavsky in eLibrary of Haslavsky Foundation, London, United Kingdom

" Wpfkhdy (talk) 07:00, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: See WP:ELNO and the talk page section immediately above. Cannolis (talk) 08:01, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Disruptive editing: facts about nationality being mispresented

Disruptive editing: deliberately hiding biographical facts goes against Wikipedia rules and purpose. Oleg Haslavsky had double nationality and worked in both Russia and Israel. Whoever tries to delete any information about Haslavsky's Israeli affiliation attempts to mispresent the author's biography. Such disruptive behaviour should be restricted. 194.230.147.120 (talk) 06:11, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Sporadic deletions are inacceptable

There are couple of "anonymous" editors for this page who sporadically delete facts about Oleg Haslavsky such as his nationalities, references to his printed works, and biography facts. Deleting information cannot be considered constructive editing, when no fact-checked text is being introduced and the only reason to edit is to erase text which others have worked on.

I would not speculate about the reasons behind distorting facts, but definitely going around Wiki pages and deleting text with no actual reason goes against Wiki rules and purpose.

May I also suggest that before editing any page those aspiring editors learn some English or whatever language they make corrections in? The Russian people behind some of the IP addresses involved in creation, or rather ruining this page, seem to have no English skills whatsoever and, therefore, do not find anything better to do than deleting information they barely understand. Russian trolls on Wiki ? 194.230.147.119 (talk) 11:25, 4 February 2023 (UTC)