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Sorry my poor grammar (I was outraged to meet Russian propaganda in a historical article, russians trying to turn history in the way they politically requiring “As he noted on his talk page, aside from not approaching this entry maintaining a neutral POV” all the historians in Russia have to improve their authoritarian country reputation Im biologist, not interested in history, have very little amount of free time right now but in a few weeks (2-3) think I would be responsible to improve this article.) I edit as fast as I can Stillrockwood 00:01, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm afraid that jumping in and trying to rewrite the article is not going to win any war on propaganda from any side. There are many 'interest groups' promoting their POV in the Russian, Polish and Ukrainian entries in English Wikipedia. Over many years, this has prompted the non-Slavic editors to intervene (rightly) to prevent abuse. There are many of us who are native or near native English speakers slowly working on the relevant pages in order to correct the non-neutral material and references. You will have to entrust us with the job.
ПС Зі мною можете свобідно по українському обговорювати справи, але я дотримуюсь лише по англійському тут писати. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 01:21, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Well, I've started at the top, we'll see what consternation ensues. VєсrumЬа ►TALK 02:15, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I followed your breadcrumbs earlier in the day. I like where you're going with it! It's actually reading as coherent information without falling into political traps or endorsing any specific ideology. If anyone wants to engage in contemporary politics, there are plenty of other articles where they can flex their political muscle/views. True, the Wikipedia policies demand a balancing act of sorts, but not to the point of the content overload or redacted to the point of being non-existent/nonsensical. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:56, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Main page RFC

Hi there. I just noticed this edit, in which you removed several valid comments from an RFC, including my own. Perhaps you were editing an older revision of the page? If so, you might want to read Help:Edit conflict. I assume you didn't mean to do this, but this was rather annoying to have to deal with (now some good points have gotten less attention they should have), so please be more careful in the future. Thanks. — PinkAmpers&^{(Je vous invite à me parler)} 05:00, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

My apologies, PinkAmpersand. I see what you mean. I must have inadvertently edited from an earlier version on the fly. That's definitely inexcusable sloppiness on my behalf. I'll make certain to double-check that I'm in the current version. I'm sitting myself down in a corner with a dunce cap on. Thanks for being so understanding and not assuming that it was intentional. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:51, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Adam Mickiewicz in WP:RUSSIA

I think it is likely outside the project scope. He never wrote in Russian, and he did not consider himself Russian. If you'd like to remove this from the talk, please go ahead. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:48, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Ah, then I need to apologize as well, I misunderstood your actions too, and as post removal tickles my anti-censorship sensor in the wrong way, I can overreact on this. What I meant was that if you are talking about the inclusion of AM in the WPRUSSIA scope, I do think that's not correct, and so if you'd like to remove the WPRUSSIA template from AM talk, go ahead. The Cabal Approved image is an old joke on my page, 5+ years old, I am sure, nothing personal in any way. Now, I am still not sure what were you referring to in the original post, as AM page the last time I checked has no Russian person categories...? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:44, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

All categories at the bottom of Talk:Adam Mickiewicz come from the templates at the top of the article. Removing the templates removes the associated category. Most categories come from corresponding WikiProject assessment templates (see WP:ASSESSMENT). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:54, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Always glad to explain those things. The assessment have many cool functions: they generate reports like this, this or this. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:55, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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Teahouse talkback

Hello, Iryna Harpy/Archive 2. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:58, 12 June 2013 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).

Also, Welcome to Wikipedia! Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:58, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, also, for your amusing, kind and informative remarks at the Teahouse. I picked "Melbourne" for my example because I saw it as an unambiguously Australian term, even more so than "Sydney", though I am sure that the word is used in the English speaking world outside of Australia for something or another. I had in my thick skull the dim notion of Melbourne as capital of something or another, and falsely assumed it was your whole country. Given that it once was your national capital, and that it still is the capital of Victoria, and that you live in Victoria, and that you were gracious and upbeat about it, I count myself as very fortunate indeed.

I live in California, and our capital is Sacramento, a city that is popular to mock, but which I like. Only 15 kilometers from where I live is Benicia, California, a charming little city which was, briefly, the capital of California during our Gold Rush.

For some reason, I have ended up working on several articles on Australian topics, though I have never visited your kangaroo-ridden country, with Hong Kong being my closest approach. None of these articles mention kangaroos, alas. Joking aside, I have almost always had positive interactions with Australian editors, this one included. Please do not hesitate to let me know if I can be of any assistance to you whatsoever. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:16, 14 June 2013 (UTC)