User talk:Илья Драконов/Archive

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March 2015

Hello, I'm Kashmiri. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you to keep your own political opinions off Wikipedia. kashmiri ^TALK 21:43, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Please stop attacking other editors, as you did on User talk:Ymblanter. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Alex Bakharev (talk) 01:59, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

I noticed that you have posted comments in a language other than English. When on the English-language Wikipedia, please always use English, no matter to whom you address your comments. This is so that comments may be comprehensible to the community at large. If the use of another language is unavoidable, please provide a translation of the comments. For more details, see Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. It is OK for users with very low command of English to politely ask for help using languages they might know better. It is not OK for a user who self-assesses his language proficiency as en-5 to use another language on this wiki to harass other users. Alex Bakharev (talk) 02:03, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

• I can speak how i want. Dont use sanctions against me. Russia is the best country in the world. I am Patriot of Russia. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 16:21, 2 March 2015 (UTC).
• Alex Bakharev, для вас переведу. Не надо мне тут санкций. Передайте своим коллегам, что я не нарушил не одного правила. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 16:29, 2 March 2015 (UTC).

• This is an English Wikipedia, please read WP:SPEAKENGLISH, you are required to follow the rules here. kashmiri ^TALK 23:45, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

• Ok. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 08:27, 3 March 2015 (UTC).

Please do not add or change content, as you did to List of active rebel groups, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:47, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

• Iryna Harpy, what about this? Ilya Drakonov (talk) 08:07, 23 March 2015 (UTC).

1) You added them to the "Groups which control territory" list. 2) Per the most recent news, Abdul Rauf was killed in February, and that, "Islamic State controls swathes of Syria and Iraq and has a small but growing presence in parts of Afghanistan." Small but growing presence is not equivalent to any form of control of territory in Afghanistan. Unless you have a more recent reliable source suggesting otherwise, they cannot be included (although there is an argument that they could merit inclusion in "Other groups"). That would require starting a new section on the article's talk page in order that other editors form WP:CONSENSUS that a recognised 'small presence' merits inclusion. We need to be careful in order to avoid WP:CRYSTALBALL and WP:RECENTISM. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:11, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

• I see. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 16:39, 24 March 2015 (UTC).

August 2015

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Your recent talk page comments on Talk:Belarus were not added to the bottom of the page. New discussion page messages and topics should always be added to the bottom. Your message may have been moved by another user. In the future you can use the "New section" link in the top right. For more details see the talk page guidelines. Thank you. Iryna Harpy (talk) 06:14, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

• Iryna Harpy, it was an answer to an unsinged user question. It was not me, who asked about the Kiev time. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 06:39, 7 August 2015 (UTC).

Aha, my apologies, Ilya. Yes, I see what's happened. The section was added back in 2011 and left unsigned, meaning that it won't get archived automatically. I've now found the that date of the entry and used Template:Unsigned to add the date of entry. Once a signature and date stamp are added, the section will be picked up by the bot for archiving. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Iryna, no problem:) Ilya Drakonov (talk) 08:50, 8 August 2015 (UTC).

Teahouse invitation

Hello! Teahouse, you are invited to join other new editors and friendly hosts in the Teahouse. It's a great place to meet people, ask questions and learn more about Wikipedia. Please join us! Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:59, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

• Iryna, thank you! Ilya Drakonov (talk) 07:01, 14 August 2015 (UTC).

Пожалуйста! It's much better to get information from more than one editor. All editors have their own interpretation of good practice, but Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy. In this way, you can get feedback from more than one experienced editor. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:42, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Iryna, you know Russian? Ilya Drakonov (talk) 03:54, 15 August 2015 (UTC).

Yes, I do. I haven't had any call to speak it for many, many years, so I'm terrible at trying to speak or write in Russian because I mix it up with Ukrainian. I can read it well and translate from Russian to English, though. It's useful for many of the articles I work on because I cite check sources in Ukrainian and Russian, plus can do so in Polish (although Polish takes me longer simply because it's not written in Cyrillic). I used to be okay at Belarusian as many friends of the family spoke Belarusian, but I really struggle with it now. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 06:42, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Iryna, you can ask me for any help in Russian, Ukranian or Belorussian! Russian is native for me, and my great-grandmother is Ukranian, so I know all East-Slavic Languges:) Feel free to ask:) Ilya Drakonov (talk) 07:24, 15 August 2015 (UTC).

Thank you. That's greatly appreciated! I'll keep it in mind. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:49, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 05:55, 16 August 2015 (UTC).

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• Anastasia, thank you! Ilya Drakonov (talk) 03:55, 15 August 2015 (UTC).

Congratulations!

		The Russia Barnstar of National Merit
		Thank you for your articles about Russian Railways and railway stations! Ilya0103 (talk) 14:54, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

• Thank you! I will continue to work on them. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 15:13, 27 August 2015 (UTC).

Congratulations!

		The Railways Barnstar
		Thank you for your articles about railways and stations! Ilya0103 (talk) 15:30, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

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• Fut.Perf., delete it, please. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 18:30, 6 September 2015 (UTC).

WP:PERM/A

Sorry if it isn't obvious, but please use the "Add request" link to make a request. Thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:01, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

• I'm sorry, ok. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 15:09, 18 September 2015 (UTC).

User:MusikAnimal, made it. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 15:14, 18 September 2015 (UTC).

Notice

Hi Илья Драконов, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions.

Your account has also been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also:

• Wikipedia:Reviewing, the guideline on reviewing
• Wikipedia:Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
• Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators. Swarm ♠ 17:36, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

• P.S. Your articles look good! Thanks for your contributions! Swarm ♠ 17:37, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Swarm, thank you, sir! This is a surprise! Best regards, Ilya Drakonov (talk) 18:41, 18 September 2015 (UTC).

Thank you!

		Ukrainian Barnstar
		Thank you for your articles about Ukrainian Railways and stations! Ilya0103 (talk) 07:50, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

• Thank you! Hope to make a lot more good articles! Ilya Drakonov (talk) 07:53, 20 September 2015 (UTC).

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