User talk:Kirill Lokshin

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Problem with user ScienceApologist

Hello

It seems you have earlier voted against user ScienceApologist regarding his actions. Could you please check the conversation on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Extraterrestrial_hypothesis#Total_overhaul_needed and give help if possible. I have never seen such an arrogant and shameless censorship on Wikipedia.

89.27.11.114 (talk) 13:38, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Musa Qala

Hi Kirill! could you take a look at the info box on this article. The inclusion of casualties in this case seems to be somewhat messy, with differing claims for casualties of different nationalities by different factions! Parts of the main text refer to casualties and reports of different claims, but having numerous referenced claims in the infobox as well does not seem the right way to go! Richard Harvey (talk) 14:47, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Time to call a referee

There's a dispute between myself and Kurt Leyman about the content of Fiat M11/39 article, and in order to avoid it escalating into an edit war, I'd like to ask your opinion about the matter.

The question is, whether or not, a sentence "Thus, the initial enthusiasm of the Italian tank crews (which, after having only the L3 tankette, was quite understandable), rapidly cooled." should be included in the article. We have discussed about that (in Finnish, because it's our native language), and Mr Leyman's opinion seems to be that it's PoVish, and in order it to be retained, the source of it should be clearly defined.

Personally, on the other hand, I believe it should still be in the article, because for me it seems plausible that it's based on interview(s) of former Italian tank crew members, and may well be (although I have no way to prove it) from Nicola Pignato's Italian-language book listed on the references. Also, if interpreted too strictly, any subjective statement (such as "the troops had a good morale when they went to attack") could be considered as PoVish and their exclusion would leave too much information out.

Läyhä (talk) 15:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Randall and Hopkirk

HI Kirill I;m extremely disappointed that I spent hours uploading title images for all the episodes for the series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) yet User:Maxim deleted them all without even telling me -I am furious they were at least 50 images and I spent a lot of time on them -this is destructive however much he uses #10 as an excuse. They all had detailed rationales apparently all that was missing was the title -which could have been easily saved in minutes. I fear he may block me in my protest -please can you do something asap thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 22:45, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Now he keeps reverting my messages [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Maxim&action=edit&undoafter=179854637

Wat, no XMAS wishes yet?

User:Piotrus and friends, in the midsts of Wigilia, wish you to enjoy this Christmas Eve!

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays Kirill Lokshin. Have a Happy New Year !

^{Rlevse:) (T/C)}

Something I could get into

Thank you for your greeting upon my entry into the Wiki Military History Project. I've recently earned my BS in Military History and it is my life's goal to advance history in any and all capacities, be it teaching, researching....and that's about it, I guess.

I know very well that Wikipedia's entries on my favored topic (French Revolution and Napoleonic Era) are very complete, but this is my very first foray into Wiki editing and I would relish any opportunity to enhance it's historical entries any way I can. To that end, I would like to ask you in what ways I can contribute. Thank you for your time.

APZachariah (talk) 13:22, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Consistency - state names

Hi Kirill. I'm sure this was discussed numerous times, but I tried looking through your large archives, and considered looking through the Project archives also, deciding that that would take too long.
The current state of things is that on the Eastern front articles 'Germany' is misused, as is 'Russia'. I have come across articles that refer to both states in this way although one was of course (by Wikipedia definition) German Reich, and the other was Soviet Union (or USSR). In addition for the German Reich the names 'Third Reich' (this being the propaganda term) and 'Nazi Germany' (this being the post war term) are also used. The actions of these states were by German Reich and Soviet Union, except where ideologies are involved in which case they were by the ruling political parties, which were of course the Nazi Party and the Communist Party. Where military actions are being described it should say Wehrmacht (or Luftwaffe, or Kriegsmarine, or Waffen-SS) and Red Army (or the Red Fleet, or Soviet Military Air Force (VVS/PVO)). At no time should these actions be referred to as being undertaken by either the 'Germans' or the 'Russians' in the collective, or alternatively the 'Soviets', or the 'Nazis', except where the Soviets refers to a collective action or decision by the Soviet republics, and the Nazis refers to an actual group of members of the Nazi Party.
Is it possible to promote this as a Project-wide consistency policy because I do not want to get into this discussion over every page I visit as part of the Eastern front work I'll be doing?--Mrg3105 (talk) 21:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Reactivate publication departement

We should possibly reactivate the publication departement. Greetings Wandalstouring (talk) 16:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

The lecturer of this [1] has linked it to almost every possible page in wikipedia. I have deleted the links since there are quality problems, but it has potential and he seemed interested in editing wikipedia. It would be a good starting point for a podcast or presentation. Wandalstouring (talk) 16:53, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Moving Military of the Soviet Union

'Military of the Soviet Union' is a wikiinvention. Would you please move it to Soviet Armed Forces, as I cannot?- needs an admin. That title seems to be more legit. Happy Christmas Buckshot06 (talk) 23:34, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Kirill. 'Military specialist,' as you probably know, was a term used for the Tsarist officers that the Red Army initially decided to use. So it's redirected there only for that specific meaning of the term. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:19, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Smolensk (2nd)

Hi Kirill, you may want to reassess this article since I think it needs a bit of work still to ne called FA grade.--Mrg3105 (talk) 08:19, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

More categories?

Hi Kirill. I can't see to work out how to create new categories. In any case, I need one for Category:Military communications|Military railways. Could you do the honours? Cheers--Mrg3105 (talk) 09:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Random portal component

I saw that you answered a question on the "Random portal component" template talk page, so maybe you can advise me. I maintain the Portal:Philately and have added the template to the "Stamp of the month" section but I am confused as to how to determine what will be the current selected sub-pages being displayed, if any. Right now it is displaying page "1". It looks fine for now and maybe when I have added more pages they will all work. BTW how do I limit the amount of sub-pages references on the archive page here which are now 50? I only intend to have about 12-15 sub-pages rotating about once a month but I also don't see any way to decide on the rotation rate. I reply where I post, so please reply here. TIA ww2censor (talk) 04:09, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm? The bulk of the portal doesn't seem to be using random rotation at all; and, if you're planing to explicitly schedule things on a monthly basis, there's no reason for it to. Just transclude the appropriate month subpage directly.

As far as archives are concerned, you can just delete the extra archives, presumably? Or perhaps I'm not understanding the real question here. Kirill 04:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

When I gather enough appropriate articles I will likely use random rotation for the "Selected article" and "Biography", maybe more, but I was starting with the one section for which I have most data right now and will try to fill that out first. So the questions are:

• How do I control when the rotation takes place or what dictates the time interval?
• Can I decide which page will be displayed now, or at a specific time?
• How do I get rid of the the unnecessary 35 sub-page sections with redlinks on the this page?

Thanks for the quick reply. ww2censor (talk) 05:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)