СолонийБурякУСпідниці

September 2022

Hello, I'm Mellk. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Mellk (talk) 14:38, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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Mellk (talk) 13:19, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

OK, you need to stop with the names, like on Zhytomyr. That edit summary didn't make any sense. At Vinnytsia, the point is that the link goes to the article Southern Bug; if you think that name is wrong, start a rename/move request on that article's talk page. The time may well be ripe for it. But I cannot let you run around and change things (without, in many cases, an explanation, and certainly without discussion/consensus) for what I think are political reasons, rather than reasons grounded in Wikipedia naming policy. Drmies (talk) 14:14, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

I noticed they put Ukrainian[1] as an official language in the infobox in Wales. I can't tell if they're being serious with these edits. Mellk (talk) 17:50, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

July 2023

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Zhytomyr. You need to stop, or I will block you, and possibly impose sanctions on your account because you are editing disruptively in a contentious topics area. Drmies (talk) 14:15, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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I didn't read Drmies's message before I sent you the welcome message. You should surely take Drmies's message VERY serious. Rsk6400 (talk) 14:21, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

July 2023

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31h for disruptive editing on a contentious topic. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text at the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  User:Ymblanter (talk) 16:58, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

@Ymblanter: I'm not sure whether the block was a bit harsh. To me, it looks a bit like "biting the newcomers". They didn't make a single edit after receiving Drmies's warning, which was caused by a single re-revert. The conflict was about the lead of Zhytomyr, which gives the name of the city in six (sic) different languages, some of them with an additional romanization. One edit plus one revert, both in accordance with MOS:FIRST, Be wary of cluttering the first sentence with a long parenthesis containing alternative spellings, pronunciations, etc., which can make the sentence difficult to actually read; this information should be placed elsewhere. - is this really disruptive ? Rsk6400 (talk) 18:02, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Actually, most of their edits were bad (I have seen the one in Kharkiv and blocked). I have not seen the warning. I am pretty sure this is one of the numerous socks of our blocked friends, but you ar right, it does not make sense to block after the warning since they have not edited. I will unblock now. Ymblanter (talk) 18:12, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Ymblanter, I don't see any socking, but what I do see, СолонийБурякУСпідниці, is a serious amount of logged-out editing. I will place a formal warning below; please heed it. Drmies (talk) 17:41, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

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Here we go again. For example, this edit. First, what is stated might be correct or might be incorrect, but the BBC article does not mention specific cities, and the second source is a primary source. This would be a bad edit even if introduced by an experienced editor. However, you may not editing in the area as the community consensus is that only extended-confirmed accounts may edit contentious topics related to Russia and Ukraine. Moreover, when I yesterday reverted this edit in Kharkiv made by an IP, you returned today to restore the edit, clearly demonstrating that you were editing logged out. In summary, 60 hours block, I will be reverting all your edits, and the next block may be of indefinite duration.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:41, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Just for the record, I have just blocked for 72h 188.163.104.39 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) which was performing disruptive edits. (And the ip went on to personal attacks in Ukrainian). This is pretty clearly this user logged out. Ymblanter (talk) 15:44, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

I also started a SPI here. Mellk (talk) 21:44, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

September 2023

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Girth Summit _(blether) 15:57, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Вічна пам'ять герою

від імені всіх українців, дякуємо вам за боротьбу проти зросійщення України, живіть та процвітайте, ніколи не здавайтеся! удачі. 45.158.247.45 (talk) 18:09, 23 September 2023 (UTC)