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Again, welcome! abakharev 11:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Revert on List of countries by number of total troops

Could you please avoid reverting without checking sources? The number is sourced and widely accepted. At least, please join the discussion on talk page if you disagree.

I know it seems high, but so is Vietnam's, for instance; Iran actually maintains extensive Basij paramilitary reserve. It's basically a similar percentage to extensive wartime mobilizations, only in Iran (as well as in Vietnam) all potential volunteering recruits and paramilitaries are being prepared and trained beforehand. Most reliable sources report this, with exact estimates differing in range of 9-12 millions. CP/M ^comm |Wikipedia Neutrality Project| 21:54, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

S-O-U-R-C-E. Present a source you base the changes on and we'll discuss the matter. Until then, sorry, the article stays as it was. CP/M ^comm |Wikipedia Neutrality Project| 02:17, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Vote confirmation

Yes. I'm support closure of "Siberian" Wikipedia and voted for it on meta.wikimedia.org. MarkV 08:36, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Unnecessary disambiguation?

Just curious - why did you move Oleg Fedoseyev to Oleg Fedoseyev (athlete)? Are you going to add content to Oleg Fedoseyev? It's generally discouraged to include a disambiguation tag in an article's title unless necessary. —Wknight94 (talk) 03:45, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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