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thanks

You can email me first at JMCollectables@yahoo. Com ==1== sorry I don't see the email address the coin is on my fb page..I'll keep trying. Maybe because I'm using a mobile and not a PC I'll open my PC and try there. The coin is very beautiful and to find this article it would compliment your edit here on wikipedia . hi alaexis I have a coin minted in potosi Bolivia dated 1661/ a pPhillip 4th royal strike. I'lltry to send you a picture of the coin. TThere very few and the american numismatic association can't believe one exist! They don't even have one in their collection. What is an email address so I may send you a picture to compliment your article?

Hi! This is very interesting. To send it to me please use the "Email this user" link in the Tools menu in the left part of the screen. Alæxis_¿question? 20:01, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

The Treaty of Sèvres

Could you please provide the source for this:

“ The Treaty of Sèvres of 1920 granted Georgia control over eastern Lazistan including Rize and Hopa. However, the Georgian government, unwilling to be involved in a new war with Turkish Revolutionaries, did nothing to take control of these areas. ”

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Maps

I think that the 2 maps to the right should not be used at all in this article or anywhere else in the en:WP. Here are the issues with them:

1. There are factual errors in them, along with territories actually controlled by Georgians it shows as Georgian territories that were assigned to Georgia according to the Treaty of Sevres, but were never controlled by DRG, such as modern Turkey's Black Sea coast with towns of Rize and Hopa. This very article says:

“ The Treaty of Sèvres of 1920 granted Georgia control over eastern Lazistan including Rize and Hopa. However, the Georgian government, unwilling to be involved in a new war with Turkish Revolutionaries, did nothing to take control of these areas. ”

2. Both are not in English (1st - French, 2nd - Georgian), and would be thus hard to understand for an English-speaking reader

3. The quality of both is below satisfactory, in case of the upper map no captions can be discerned.

4. The name of the lower map (Territorial losses of Georgia after the Russian red army occupation in 1921) fails NPOV, as not all these losses happened "after" or were caused by Soviet occupation, i. e. Sochi region.

Also, the territories DRG actually controlled were not controlled simultaneously: for example Sochi region was lost by Georgia in May 1919, while Batumi and Lori region were only incorporated in 1920. Both maps fail to clarify this to the reader.

We can discuss the pros and cons of the old map here, but if it comes from Robert H. Hewsen's "Armenia: A Historical Atlas" (2001), page 236, as claimed here, then I don't see any NPOV or RS problems with it, and in terms of readablity and clarity it's clearly superior to the maps to the right. Alæxis_¿question? 09:47, 28 June 2011 (UTC)</ref> Thanks in advance, Abkhazian1 (talk) 10:03, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

SSR Abkhazia

Do you have any recollection why the (correct) name "Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia" was changed to Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia? If we look at the heraldry from 1921, we clearly see "Сов. Соц. Республика Абхазия". So what happened here? And do you think we should try to rectify the situation by a couple of judicious redirects? --Zlerman (talk) 15:57, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

When did Abkhazia start having ministers?

Do you know when Abkhazia started having ministers? Was it with the 1994 constitution, with the 1992 constitution or were there also ministers in the Soviet time? (I believe there is sometimes mention of 'ministers' during that time but I'm wondering whether they weren't officially named something else, like 'chairman'.) I'm asking because of the numbering with respect to the Prime Ministers and Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Defence. sephia karta 13:30, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok, but that leaves the question as of when we should start counting. I mean, for the Foreign and Defence Minister posts, it seems straightforward, since they were created at a certain point, but other minister posts have existed for much longer, and I think we want to be consistant across the board. And in 1992, constitutionally it was still the Abkhazian ASSR. So I would propose that either we find a date that we take as starting point (this could be the 1994 constitution, the end of the war, the beginning of the war, the 1992 constitution or any other date), or we leave out the ordering all together for ministers. The beginning of the war could be a good point, because it seems that during the war, a lot of these institutions were created. Do you know whether there were also Prime Ministers during the Soviet area or whether also that post was created only during the war? sephia karta 12:52, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

The problem is the following: you say that we shouldn't include Soviet era ministers when counting, and I tend to agree. But when do we start counting then? For the Minister of Defence it may be easy, since that post was only created in 1992, but, who was the 'fírst' Minister of Justice? That's what I was adressing. sephia karta 18:18, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I didn't know that, I had assumed that most non-Georgian ministers from before the war simply retained their posts. Was there really such a clear cut, where during a couple of months (or weeks) the government was without ministers? (This is what I understand when you say "I suspect that most of the ministers were appointed much later, in 1993."sephia karta | di mi 14:16, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Transnistrian Flag

Alaexis,may I suggest to you that you revert yourself regarding the Transnistrian flag. It is the practice of wikipedia to use the civil flags and NOT state flags, see Germany for example, thsi si the main reason for you to change. BUT, also the use of the hammer and sickle is pushed by Transnistrian haters, who believe that this old flag has an ecomonical negative impact on the economy there. There is some truth to this. On the other palm It can be argued that such anti Transnistria practices only serves to bond Transnistrians even closer together. Tommyxx (talk) 15:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Abkhazia

I've responded to you on the Abkhazia talk page. Regards Ijanderson (talk) 17:59, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I've responded again. Regards Ijanderson (talk) 20:01, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Nikita (Mkrtych) Simonian

His article says he is from Krasnodar Krai, does he have any links to Abkhazia?sephia karta | di mi 11:01, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Thank you, Alaexis. Happy holidays to you too. --Kober^Talk 12:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Alexis, please see my message to you at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Geography_of_the_Former_Republic_of_Serbian_Krajina#Hey_Alaexis Thanks, and Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.86.116.250 (talk) 06:53, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Mukhamed Kilba

Hi, thanks for the well wishes, and a belated happy new year and merry Christmas to you as well!

I was searching the internet for references regarding the beginning and end dates of the Abkhazian ministers of Defence, and I reached the conclusion that Mukhamed Kilba, who is listed at the Russian Wikipedia, never was Defence Minister. The only news reports I could dig up said that a government source reported this, and the Caucasus Knot added that this was being denied by Prime Minister Nodar Khashba. Furthermore, there is a Caucasus Knot news report from January 2005 which quotes Eshba as Defence Minister, and another news story which mentions Eshba as Sosnaliev's predecessor.

Basically what I wanted to ask from you is whether it seems likely to you that Kilba never was Defence Minister, or whether you have information to the contrary. Thanks! sephia karta | di mi 01:42, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Abkhazia maps

Hey Alaexis, here's something that may come in handy for you. http://gallery.abkhazworld.com/#4.0 - 4 pages of multiple numbers of maps of Abkhazia from many sources and many years. To get the full-sized image, simply remove ?width=XXX&height=YYY from behind the .jpg filename. Hope there is something useful for you in here, as most of them look like they can be uploaded to commons. --Russavia ^Dialogue 15:02, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Просьба

Просьба помочь со статьёй о русском языке. Она номинирована в хорошие, однако обнаружились некоторые недостатки, которые необходимо срочно устранить. SkyBon^{Talk\Contributions} 14:32, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Gagra

Hi. Honestly, Aleaxis, do you really think that the certain БОНДАРЕВ, мастер спорта СССР по туризму, and published by “Физкультура и спорт” is a reliable source on the sensitive and complicated topic such as the Abkhazian typonymy?--Kober^Talk 15:12, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll update the link, but the problem here is not Bondarev's bias, but his reliability as a scholar. And why am I supposed to find the "source where Bondarev must have taken his toponymy section from"? I think it's up to you. --Kober^Talk 15:38, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Ссылки на журналиста

Можно ли ссылаться на журналиста, не указывая, где были опубликованы его слова? См. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_of_Georgians_in_Abkhazia#cite_ref-DKholodov_40-0 Apswaaa (talk) 21:57, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Червонная также не дает ссылку. Из того, что у нее написано, не понятно, кто именно совершил эти действия. Разве это не основание, чтобы удалить эту цитату?

В статье есть и др. ненадежные места. «UN Security Council passed series of resolutions in which is appeals for a cease-fire and condemned the Abkhaz policy of ethnic-cleansing» — нет ссылок на резолюции. «The reports included a detailed description of how the separatists played soccer with the heads of dead Georgians on the field after the executions in Gagra» — нет ссылки на доклад.

В статье Часто ссылаются на книгу Червонной, но не используют этот документ http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/26795. В нем в частности говорится:

35. ...After the Abkhazianforces had taken Sukhumi, most Georgians living in the region between theGumista and Inguri Rivers tried to flee before the arrival of the Abkhazian forces. Some others who stayed behind were reportedly killed when the Abkhazians took control of villages and cities in Ochamchira region.

50. The victims included members of all ethnic groups inhabiting Abkhazia.

51. Both Georgian government forces and Abkhazian forces, as well as irregulars and civilians cooperating with them or enjoying their acquiescence, have been responsible for such human rights violations.

52. ...There are indications, in the latter connection, that during the administration of the area between the Gumista and Inguri Rivers by Georgian government representatives, a large number of Abkhazians had left. Conversely, entire regions, such as Gali and Ochamchira, have now been deserted by almost all of their Georgian (Mingrelian) population, which had constituted a large majority there, and most Georgians also appear to have left Sukhumi. On the basis of the information collected, the mission was not in a position to ascertain whether it had been an actively pursued policy of the authorities of either side, at any time, to clear the areas under their control of either the Abkhazian or the Georgian population. Only further careful investigation and evaluation can establish the relevant facts in a conclusive manner. Apswaaa (talk) 11:48, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Editing survey

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Title Namimg

I noticed you mentioned the naming of Mitrovica on the talk page, could you please give your opinion at Talk:Kosovska Mitrovica#Mitrovica? Regards

You Russians are so 'sovietic' even after 20 years. If you ask for sources to prove something that is so obvious like the very bad infrastructure from Transnistria. You just waste my time. --Ghimpu Moldova 1 (talk) 19:52, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh no you didn't! :)

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Due to your Abkhazia Edits

I thought you might find this article interesting: http://artofwar.ru/s/shaturow_m_s/beseda.shtml HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 22:27, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

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Socket puppets and so on

Hello Alaexis, I saw that you are or were active about the analysis of socket groups and other abusing (neonazi direction) of Wikipedia (see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Biophys&curid=7477194&diff=234534573&oldid=234505037#HUMAN_RIGHTS_WATCH and the group: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_HanzoHattori ). I saw in the corresponding articles that a user is active in the same directions and using the same methods, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Miacek (even has the "and his crime-fighting dog" in his signature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Lia_Looveer#Fled_to_Nazi_Germany like the refered socket puppet). Perhaps it is useful for your work. Greetings. --Larsenat (talk) 14:26, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Искажение источников

“A terrible find has been made by the local residents of the mountains of Abkhazia, near the spot where clashes with the sea-born landing troops (attempting to cut the Ochamchire-Sokhumi highway) had taken place..Pieces of a human body were hanging on long wires from tree..Those were remains of two skinned Georgian men..It is not only soldiers that are killed. In the same woods, near one village there I found a corpse of a pregnant Georgian women. She had been raped and disemboweled”. Червонная таким образом цитирует Холодова: "Страшную находку обнаружили местные жители в горах Абхазии на Черноморском побережье, там, где недавно шли бои с морским десантом, пытавшимся перерезать магистраль Очамчира -Сухуми... На дереве на проволоке висели куски человеческого тела... двух освежеванных людей ... Режут не только солдат. В тех же лесах в одной из деревушек нашли труп женщины. Она была беременна. Ее изнасиловали и выпотрошили. В статье же Холодова (МК, 1993, 29 июля, с. 3) написано: «Установить национальность двух освежеванных людей так и не удалось — обезображенные трупы не имеют национальности». — Apswaaa (talk) 20:37, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Я думал написать об этом, после того как в моем распоряжении будет вся статья Холодова. Я плохо знаком с правилами Вики, но разве газетная статья является надежным источником? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apswaaa (talk • contribs) 19:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Почему, газетная статья - нормальный источник. Ну и потом, достаточно несоответствия между книжкой и текстом, который на неё ссылается, чтобы поднять вопрос, а статья - это уже подтверждение. Alæxis_¿question? 19:46, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Ссылки на книгу без указания страниц, ссылки на газету без указания номера — это нормально? Apswaaa (talk) 20:16, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

На газету без номера - нет. На книгу, если она выложена в интернете - да, подразумевая что она выложена без искажений. В данном случае трудно себе представить что на abkhazeti исказили книгу таким образом. Alæxis_¿question? 07:40, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Я не об искажениях. Там ссылаются на книгу Червонной без указания страниц. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apswaaa (talk • contribs) 19:55, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

А, в статье. Ну если ты сомневаешься в чём-то на что такая некачественная ссылка, то можешь попросить уточнить страницу на talk page или поставить в крайнем случае. Я так делаю по крайней мере, и жду после этого некоторое время перед тем как предпринять что-то. В данном случае, когда книга Червонной выложена, легче самому проверить, имхо. Alæxis_¿question? 21:10, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Там на англ. вариант книги Червонной ссылаются. Не нашел его в сети. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apswaaa (talk • contribs) 01:46, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Re:2010

Thank you, Alaexis. Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to you too. --Kober^Talk 13:36, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

new year wishes

Thank you, that came as a really nice surprise! I can only say that I wish the same for you, and that I hope that you will continue to have time for your high quality contributions to Wikipedia as well. :-) sephia karta | di mi 16:24, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

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В этом году мы хотим выделить еще редакторов Википедии на русском языке, так что я нахожусь в процессе планирования поездки в Россию и интервью с редакторами.

Если Википедия положительно повлеяла на Вас или на кого-то из Ваших знакомых, или у Вас есть что-то интересное сказать о Википедии, я бы очень хотел услышать об этом!

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Албанское восстание в Македонии, 2001

Выскажите пожалуйста своё мнение по теме. Большое спасибо. --Модернист (talk) 17:06, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Operation Lentil (Caucasus)

Left a message about a couple of things that are totally missing from the article. --Niemti (talk) 18:09, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

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Парень хватит уже, ну надоел. Your revert gives nothing new, so stop provocations and your dishonourable reports -_- --Balakhadze 14:55, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for the message. Its been fun doing it, I studied Soviet Abkhazia for my MA so am quite familiar with the topic, and wanted to have the article reflect that. Hoping to have it in good enough shape in the next few days to send to GAC and then FAC, so see what happens. Kaiser matias (talk) 22:38, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

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POV pushing?

Your last edit in Abkhazia article looks like POV pushing, despite that the infobox already had several reverts with arguments that the RFC hasn't finished yet and it's controversial you still made disruptive edit. Please be more restrained and constructive. --Ⴂ. ႡႠႪႠႾႠႻႤ★ 16:33, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

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Below is the feedback I got from an IP editor who must have spent quite a lot of time to go over hundreds of my edits. This is kind of flattering so I'll leave it here for the time being. The funniest part is that my removing of pro-Muscovite propaganda cliches from the articles about Pskov and Novgorod is also considered as deleting text critical of Moscow. Alaexis_¿question? 11:38, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

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You deleted text critical of Moscow.

You claimed that "The proper way to change the established wording in such an article is to propose it on the talk and seek consensus". Although the established definition for Abkhazia was "territory", you falsely claimed that you were reverting to the stable version. You asked another editor to discuss the changes while actually you were the first to aggressively push the Russian POV that Abkhazia is a republic without any discussion and consensus. You argue that you "cannot claim that something that was widely reported (in connection with the topic of this article) is non-notable". It is well known that Abkhazia is little more than Russian-occupied territory. Yet you apparently treat the international recognition of Abkhazia as part of Georgia and the Russian occupation as non-notable.

[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It is fascinating that you find persecution of Russians notable, but there is barely any edit in your history which would include information about oppression of non-Russian minorities by Russia and Abkhazia. Oh wait! You did not forget to mention persecution of Russians in Chechnya.

You eliminated the anti-Russian information that ties of the Pskov Republic with Moscow proved fatal for Pskov. The problem is that you demonstrated your non-neutrality by labeling information critical of Moscow as "propaganda".

You changed the official name of Sokhumi to Sukhumi. However, the lead paragraph says that Sukhumi is the Russian name. Sokhumi is the official name in Georgia. The Abkhaz name sounds entirely different. You again demonstrated your bias by choosing the Russian name over the Georgian one.

You objected to the removal of the negative information about the Wahhabis, the enemies of Russia. Have you ever objected to the removal of the information critical of Russia?

You inserted criticism of the expansion of NATO (adversary of Russia) towards Russia. But you did not insert contradicting information about the positive effect of NATO membership on the Eastern European countries.

You changed the text in such a way that positive information about Syrian government's 2016 distribution of food is now placed ahead of negative information about Russian friend's 2015 blockade of food supplies for civilians.

You called Abkhazia "independent country", which is a minority Russian POV. 188 out of 193 UN members do not recognise Abkhazia as independent and many argue that Abkhazia is entirely dependent on Russia.

You objected to the term "conquered" describing Russian actions. This suggests that you deny illegality of the Russian invasion of independent Georgia and the forcible Sovietization of the country.

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You deleted the negative information that Abkhazia is occupied by Russia.

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You removed positive information about Chechen fighting against the Nazi invaders and instead inserted seemingly negative information about Chechen fighting against the Soviets with a false claim that "the presence and brave acts of Chechens in the Red Army during WW2 is already mentioned".

Considering your pro-Russian bias, it is confounding that you do not edit the articles related to the Ukrainian conflict and rarely edit articles on the Syrian conflict. Both conflicts are hot topics for other Russian nationalistic editors. This suggests that you may have some ulterior motive for your Abkhazia-related activity.

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Your addition here was removed again here as not per consensus. I couldn't find such discussion, so I restored. See what happens next. Cheers Jim1138 talk 20:35, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

@Jim1138: Thanks! Would be great if you could comment on the talk if you have specific suggestions/compromise. Cheers! Alaexis_¿question? 19:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

I would think there are other sources for the secret cables release. Spiegel, does appear to have a bit of a credibility problem. I don't really have time to weigh in on the talk page. My apologies. Cheers Jim1138 talk 20:58, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

No worries. Alaexis_¿question? 22:11, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

@Jim1138: I suggest you revert your edit. There is a clear consensus among four editors on the article talk page against POV-pushing. If you look at the above sections, you will notice that concerns have already been raised over this editor's pro-Russian views. 2604:2000:1281:4368:195B:322F:3DFA:C5B2 (talk) 04:19, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Disagree. Suggest you read wp:consensus and wp:NPA. Jim1138 talk 04:28, 16 November 2018 (UTC)