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==DYK for Torment: Tides of Numenera==
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I guess my correction would be: ''Unlike the rest of Moldavia, which became a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, these fortresses (Hotin, Akkerman, etc) <s>were annexed by the Turks and</s> came under direct Ottoman authority.'' But I am very pleased that last edit is fine anyhow.
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== Igor Smirnov as "Santa Claus" ==

Not sure why you seem to be so against the labelling of Igor Smirnov as being nicknamed "Santa Claus", it is well documented across various sources normally considered reputable by Misplaced Pages. I see that you are from Moldova, do you have some kind of nationalist/anti-Transnistrian agenda here? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 01:55, 18 April 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
: Aw, cut it out, the only one who bought into this prank was that poor EUobserver guy, but he removed it as soon as someone asked him not to copy sourceless stuff from Misplaced Pages. All the other "sources" are just copypasta from his article or from Misplaced Pages. Still, thanks goes to the original prankster for demonstrating the positive ] effect in action.--] (]) 18:13, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

== I was wondering if you could help me ==

I noticed that you put up a lot of the pictures for the Torment:Numenera website. I was wondering if you could assist me a bit in understanding the process of putting up these images. I am very new to editing wikipedia, and I would appreciate bouncing some ideas off of you. <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 15:44, 17 July 2013 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:Hi there.
:Yes, Misplaced Pages's image policy can be rather complicated, confusing and often quite frustrating. The basic point is, whenever you add *anything* to Misplaced Pages, be it text or media files, you do so under a ] that allows people to, among other things, make money of your work without owing you a dime (attribution is always required, though). Because of this you must prove that the copyright for the images is yours to give. If you're the author of the image and agree to publish it under that license, then it's pretty easy - just fill in the blanks in the form and slap <nowiki>{{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}}</nowiki> into the license field (but beware of the lack of ] in some countries, where you have to be sure that the architect of the building you've photographed died more than 70 years ago). If the image is not yours, you may still publish a few of them under the ] licence, but there are some really strict rules about that, see ]. When a photo is owned by the organization you're affiliated with (]), you can follow instructions provided ]. One more thing - if you upload images under a free license, it's best to upload them to ], so that they cam be used in other Misplaced Pages projects like, for example, ].

:On the images you've uploaded so far:
* The logos should have their resolution reduced to what is needed to display them correctly (about 300-400 pixels horizontal).
* Artwork by Billy Dee Williams - unless the current copyright holder releases the artwork into public domain, there's very little chance that the image will stay, as it is not critically important for the ] article. You can probably place it into the ] article, though.
* The 1988 and 2012 group photos will need explicit permission from the copyright owners. If they all belong to the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the simplest solution would be to add a notice on their official website stating that these images are available under the ] license. If that is not possible, all these images are going to be deleted, because photos of living people ] (since it's assumed possible to get a free photo as long as they're living). --] (]) 19:34, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

::Hey there!

::Thanks for the prompt, thorough response. I tried to put up those selfcc-by-sa tags on the images that I used, and also edited our official webpage (www.monkinstitute.org) to provide notice of the release of these images under that particular license (bottom of page):
:: http://www.monkinstitute.org/education/international/index2.php
:: http://www.monkinstitute.org/competition/pastwinnersandjudges.php
::Haven't edited the logos yet or Billy Dee's stuff, but I will keep you posted as that progresses.
::As you said yourself, the process seems complicated and confusing, but your input has been very insightful and is much appreciated.
::If you are from Moldova, your English is pretty good! Also, are you working on the Numenera project yourself, or do you know staff of the project, or are you just a fan? Just curious.
::Thanks again for your help
::] (]) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added 15:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC)</span><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
::: Thanks for releasing and adding the images! It is often quite difficult to obtain photos of contemporaries for the articles due to all the licensing restrictions. I added the weblinks you posted here to the image pages themselves to clarify their public domain status for other editors who might stop by. I can also help you transfer the free images to Commons, if you like. I see Billy Dee is a honorary chairman
::: As for my work on the ] article, well, I'm a big fan of the ], so I backed this one during its Kickstarter campaign, seeing as how it's done by many of the same guys and uses an intriguing setting that seems to fit quite well with its themes. I'm otherwise not affiliated with inXile. Not any more than any other backer, anyway. I'm still hoping to convince them to release some concept art images into public domain as you did with yours, though, since the number of fair use images in a good article is expected to be close to zero (even adding the existing ones took ). --] (]) 20:30, 19 July 2013 (UTC)


== ] ==
Thank you very much for your nice wishes. I wish you achieve your goals in 2009, whatever they are. Cheers, ]\<sup>]</sup> 00:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
] Hello, I'm ]. I wanted to let you know that one or more of ]&nbsp;to ] have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, you can use the ]. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on ]. Thanks!<!-- Template:uw-vandalism1 --> ] (]) 16:28, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
:Mmh, what's the problem with annexation? You know something I don't? O_o --] (]) 00:46, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
: . --] (]) 22:53, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
::I never saw a source claiming that they were annexed, using this term. Only claiming that they were rayahs. ]\<sup>]</sup> 02:03, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
::See the page is written in an extremely biased manner that it concocts propaganda as facts. Since the main 2 nations in the anti-communist bloc were the main English speaking nations, the literature would be aligning with them on this agenda. Just saw you have "roll-backer" status, so assuming you are doing this in good faith. I've given a detailed argumentation in the talk page of the argument. Let us see if more people get involved and whether we could improvise the article. ] (]) 16:22, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
:::Eh, they were communities under direct Ottoman governance, and part of its legislative infrastructure (taxes and stuff) for over 250 years, until returned to Bessarabia following the 1806-1812 war. If that's not annexation, I don't know what is. Of course, I may still be missing something... --] (]) 18:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
::: The article merely reflects what reliable sources say. None today support the "Nazis did this" version, thus it gets no support in the article. I didn't actually use the rollback feature in , although I admit the edit comment should have been more... detailed. --] (]) 22:20, 30 September 2013 (UTC)


== Comments/suggestions? ==
::::I wouldn't go as far as to use the word "legislative" in anything medieval, except in a number of precise cases which one can count on the fingers of one hand (such as Magna Carta, etc). I am copying below a fragment from Ion Nistor's book "Istoria Basarabiei" (pag. 91-93), which describes the life in Bugeac and the rayahs after the settlement of Nogai Tatars in 1568. I see Cantemir and others pointing to the fact that Tighina, Bugeac, Ismail (former Smil), Cetatea Albă (and later Hotin) were part of Moldavia occupied by the Ottomans, i.e. they do not regard these fortresses and surrounding villages as something outside the country. But then, it is also possible that Cantemir was a bloody nationalist :) Well, because that seems to be all I can say, on the same token 1) I think the word "annexed" is an imprecise term here and is normally used for other contexts, 2) I can not give strong arguments against it, as I am not a historian and I only go as far as piecing together sentences from different history books/papers, without being qualified to do any interpretation. So, if you have more information or simply have a stronger gut feeling that "annexed" is the word to use, I would definitively concede. No strings attached. ]\<sup>]</sup> 00:17, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
{{Collapsible boxbox|Populaţia creştină, moldovenească, ce mai rămăsese în Bugeac se bucura de autonomie administrativă. Pe ici colea, răspândite printre tătari, dar mai ales de-a lungul Nistrului şi a hotarelor bugecene dinspre Moldova liberă, se găseau sate şi cătune româneşti care răspundeau noilor lor stăpâni darea şi zăciuiala cuvenită. Dările acestea erau adunate de subaşi, numiţi şi comntrolaţi de către căpetenia superioară a Moldovenilor Bugeceni, care era aşa-numitul Iali-Agasi sau vevodul satelor creştine sau al "satelor mării", locuite de Moldoveni. Voevodul acesta era numit de hanul tătăresc, îşi avea şi el reşedinţa în Căuşani şi plîtea stăpânului său un tribut anual de 15.000 lei.


Hi, Illythr. I'd be grateful for any input on ] on my talk page. Cheers! --] (]) 05:34, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
Cu privire la populaţia romînească din aceste regiuni observă Cantemir cu durere "Această parte de ţară astăzi nu mai stă sub domnia Moldovei, cu toate că oraşele şi satele de pe lângă Dunăre până în ziua de astăzi sunt pline de Moldoveni, care se ţin de legea creştină şi rabdă tirania Turcilor şi Tătarilor. Ceilalţi locuitori sunt parte Turci, parte tătari, supuşi ascultători Serascherului". Pavel de Aleppo găseşte viaţa creştinilor în raiale, şi îndeosebbi în raiaua Ismailului, destul de "plăcută şi fiindcă omul se putea bucura de dreptate şi de siguranţă şi fiindcă dările, afară de haraciu, erau neînsemnate".


== Been busy ==
Haraciul era o dajdie pe cap, capitaţie, care trebuia să o plătească fiecare creştin din Imperiul Otoman de la 14 ani în sus. Numai trecerea la legea mahomedană putea scuti pe cineva de plata capitaţiei. În principatele române Domnul plătea haraciul pentru întreaga ţară. Femeile erau scutite de haraciu. Plata se adeverea printro ţidulă oficială care în fiecare an avea altă culoare şi pe care "ghiaurul" trebuia să o poartevaşnic la sine pentru a se legitima că e în regulă cu plata capitaţiei.


Do hope we get to explore some topics at length in the New Year! I've covered greetings in all the (for me) requisite languages on my talk page. :-) ]<small> ►]</small> 03:44, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Şi dincolo de Nistru în aşa numită Ucraină a Hanului se găseau 40 de sate creştine, locuite în mare parte de Moldoveni, mânaţi acolo de diferite nevoi. Pentru administraţia acestor sate hanul numea un hatman, care îşi avea reşedinţa sa la Dubăsari pe malul drept al Nistrului, mai sus de Tighina. Acesta trebuia să fie creştin, ca şi Iali-Agassi, sau voevodul creştinilor de dincoace de Nistru, de la Căuşani, şi să plătească hanului o arendă anuală de 8000 de lei.
: I hope so too, but this seems unlikely. I'll probably be even more busy in this year than I was in the last, keeping my activity here at a minimum of "reverting crap cropping up in the watchlist", alas. --] (]) 19:04, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


== Веселых праздников! ==
Pe lângă autonomia administrativă, Românii din raialele turceşti, din Bugeac şi din Ucraina Hanului se mai bucurau şi de o completă autonomie bisericească. Turcii nu îngăduiau ca populaţia creştină din aceste olaturi să continue a fi păstorită de chiriarhii români din Principate, dară nici fără păstorie sufletească nu puteau să-i lese. Şi de aceea ei consimţiră ca pentru aceste raiale să se înfiinţeze o eparhie proprie. Şi aşa a luat fiinţă Episcopia "Proilaviei şi a Ismailului". ], which also was a raia - Dc76].


Желаю вам всего самого наилучшего в новом году! --] (]) 03:52, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Cel mai vechi document în care se pomeneşte această "mitropolie" este un act al patriarhului Ioanichie din 2 Iunie 1641 prin care Biserica Sf Nicolae din Ismail se ridica la rangul de stavropirghie. Data înfiinţării acestei eparhii nu se cunoaşte. Având însă în vedere că Brăila a fost prefăcută în raia în 1546, iar Ismailul numai în 1595, trebuie să admitem că noua eparhie s-a înfiinţat numai după 1595. Ştim însă că în acelaşi an a luat fiinţă episcopia Huşilor, care a avut în urmă mai multe conflicte cu episcopie Proilaviei şi a Ismailului cu privire la hotarul dintre ambele eparhii. Este deci probabil ca între înfiinţarea ambelor episcopii să fi existat oarecare legătură. Putem presupune deci, cu multă probabilitate, că episcopia românească a raialelor s-a înfiinţat după 1595, dacă nu chiar în acelaşi an cu eparhia Huşilor.}}
: Дякую, вам того ж! --] (]) 19:04, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
:::::I didn't intend to add the word to the article, as I think that it would be indeed out of place for something medieval. Rather, I was expressing curiosity as to why you decided to strike that particular word, as, it describes things accurately, if out of time. Anyhow, I'm content with the current wording.
:::::PS: Of course, no patriotic historian will accept the loss of what he considers part of his country. Even more so, if such a loss was temporary, no matter how long. --] (]) 23:11, 24 January 2009 (UTC)


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::::::Yes, but I think a patriotic historian should also be historian and say what is fact, and what is his desire (in what direction that fact should be remediated). I would suspect Cantemir would not present things (too) different than what they were, for as a very educated person he also knows about the other tool: present things worse than they are to get outsiders motivated, and about many other tools/means. I would expect some modern journaist to just stretch things out of truth. Cantemir must have been able to bolster support without such low tricks.
::::::Obviously, what I just said has nothing to do :) with the word "annexed". If you would introduce it (now or in the future), i would not strike it out. ]\<sup>]</sup> 05:39, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


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In fact, note also the parallelism: Union of Bessarabia with Romania: Greater Romania,


==Thanks!==
Soviet occupation: Moldavian SSR. So, the format is not actually sugesting a subset relationship. Another place is Antiquity line. ]\<sup>]</sup> 13:17, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


Hey there!
:Ok, I'll make it a little more consistent with the rest. --] (]) 13:19, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


Thank you for emailing our institute about our pics being taken down! I must admit, after my initial foray into Misplaced Pages contributions, I have since been busy on other projects and not had time to keep an eye on the pages I had created.
::I hope I did not sound too unpolite by editting just minutes away. ]\<sup>]</sup> 13:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


Good looking out! I am glad that you saw the images had been taken down and took the initiative to email us to make us aware of this :)
:::Hehe, we're quite used to that, aren't we? ;-) --] (]) 13:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


You are correct in that the permissions were taken down in error - I think someone was doing regular maintenance and simply removed it. After speaking with our Institute's president, we have the copyright and permissions for these pictures and many others... I was just unexperienced as to how to correlate this to Misplaced Pages's requirements.
::::''we're quite used to that'' - That's the one thing I don't like if we get used to.


I am in the process of expanding the work I had previously done and restoring the pics / adding new relevant ones to replace them. I wanted to see if you thought that it was more efficient to upload pictures directly and try to explain why we have the rights to it, or to send an email with the picture to Misplaced Pages's 'permissions' board and ask them if it's OK to use it... I had done the former previously, and was wondering if this second method would make my pics less likely to be in 'dispute.'
::::By "POV fork" I meant in the case that Soviet occupation and Moldavian SSR are kept on different lines.


Thanks again,
::::I'd rather prefer the way it was (because, as I said, mainstream sources say occupation is a period - associated with presence of troops - not an event). But your edit will do (according to Obi-Wan Kenobi :-) ), since I see no point to be gained if I swing you in this template (I'd rather swing you where it matters), and your edit ''is'' fairly reasonable.
::::Another comparison: Soviet occupation to MSSR is like History of Moldavia to Moldavia. ]\<sup>]</sup> 13:35, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


Barrett
:::::In a way (one is part of the other) but not exactly - the initial military occupation lasted about a month, until a civilian government was installed by the end of August 1940. Then it was occupied by the Axis for three years (all the governors were Antonescu's subordinates), then reoccupied by the USSR in August 1944 - not sure when a civilian govt was installed there, but definitely not later than 1947. Since 1947 (latest), it was just another SSR with all the characteristics of one. --] (]) 14:14, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
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I'd say, go for the email option if you have the time. List all the images, pick the license and send the mail it from the monkinstitute.org domain address. --] (]) 01:18, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
::::::Yes, civilian ''puppet'' governments. They, puppet gvmnts, and hence the occupation, lasted till first free elections in 1990. Similarly to Iraq, where ] was 100% civilian and yet he was leading the occupation. The difference is only that Americans were not hypocritical and called things as they are. But, do not believe me, believe sources, e.g. Tismaneanu report. ]\<sup>]</sup> 14:40, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


== Do you think Tides of Numenera will be as good as Planescape:Torment? ==
:::::::Actually, the were elections into the local ]s... Besides, it doesn't work this way (unless you really-really want it to), as, with this logic, nearly every single state is an occupation regime, since it took power violently from someone else at some time in the past, installing a "puppet government" as it went. As for the US govt being not hypocritical and calling things as they are - ehhehee, take a look where the link ] leads (the appropriate White House source is still available in ) ... ;-) Besides, the US have not attempted to make Iraq their 51nd state, letting it hang in a kind of limbo. --] (]) 18:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


I love the original game - am currently going through another playthrough right now: sticking to Lawful Good (but man, can you be a real jerk as an evil TNO) and trying to max all my skills to 25 while looking for Greater Glabrezu drops in Undersigil :)
::::: BTW, I still don't get where the POV fork is. A POV fork is when the same subject has two articles written from opposing points of view. Thus, an article called "Soviet liberation of Bessarabia" would've been a POV fork of the SOoBaNB. But how can a simple timeline fix be a fork - without any actual content to cause the forking? --] (]) 14:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


Do you think the new game will be as much of a cult classic as the original? I can only hope it will give me half as much enjoyment as the original did! I didn't play PS:T until last year, and at almost 15 years old, I find it much more raw and interesting than games produced nowadays.
:::::: Right now there is no POV fork. Anyway the two articles present things - so to say - from the same (mainstream) point of view. One of them simply concentrates on the state entity, the other on the process which installed and kept that entity. Look, this case is not singular to Bessarabia/Moldavia. Ditto for other countries: same terms, same meanings. The would be POV fork, which anyway would be minor, would have come from having the two articles in separate lines, suggesting that one follows the other, i.e. there is a date by which the first ends and the second starts (which would be untrue). Now, in our case, we have roughly SOoBaNB concentrating mostly on prior to 1956, and MSSR mostly on after 1956. But mostly, not entirely. And this directly reflects the fact that military and NKVD/MGB were the most active before 1956 and were seldom after that, while civilian organization (even if coersive in many aspects) was dominant after 1956 and rarely was upfront before that. Hence, dissidents and similar aspects would still fall under SOoBaNB, while economy would still fall under MSSR regardless of the years.]\<sup>]</sup> 14:40, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


PS - who is your favorite NPC? For me; party npc = tie between Morte/Vhailor, non-party npc = Death-of-Desire, Nemelle - those girls are straight out of the Twilight Zone! <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 17:08, 6 February 2014 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:::::::Yes and no - it depends on what you consider an occupation. In case of the ], it lasts only as long as a (foreign) military is in charge (in case of Bessarabia it's probably up to 1946 or so). If you pick the politicized nationalist definition (it's occupied unless it's ours), then sure, but in this particular case, Romania happened to agree with the territorial change in the 1947 Peace of Paris, so it doesn't work either. Therefore, SOoBaNB should focus on the event of the occupation, plus its direct results (establishment of the MSSR is one of them), whereas MSSR should deal with the political entity. I think repressions and deportations should be mainly described in the MSSR article as well, they were performed by the NKVD/MGB, not the army. --] (]) 18:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
: Huh. Having played the game through about ten times, I don't think I ever saw a Greater Glabrezu down there (I know it's a valid tactic, I just never had the patience for grinding)... And anyway, I vaguely recall that there are no stat checks beyond 22 or 23 in the game and most stop at 18-19.
: On NPCs, it's really hard to pick any specific ones in a game acclaimed for NPC depth. I guess I'd pick Morte for him being the snark motherlode ''and'' a disembodied floating skull, and Fall-From-Grace for her being an interesting inversion of the worn and torn "fallen angel" trope (and yeah, ]).
: As for T:ToN, the game still in pre-production, so we can only speculate at this point. The potential is certainly there: Much of the old P:T crew is on board, seems highly engaged and has been producing really detailed updates; the ] setting is fitting for the general theme of the game, and the musical score is great so far. The main problem will most likely be over-stretching the budget to meet all those stretch goals (this is where ] sales will hopefully help out). The turn-based combat decision was also a let down for me, but I remain cautiously optimistic. --] (]) 01:18, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


== Azerbaijan Parade of Nations ==
:::::::: I think this has indeed always been the understanding when we worked on the two articles: ''SOoBaNB should focus on the event of the occupation, plus its direct results (establishment of the MSSR is one of them), whereas MSSR should deal with the political entity.'' However, NKVD/MGB were the main tool and perpetrator of the occupation (the army itself played more of a decorative role compared to them), so that artilce also includes repressions and deportations (albeit not yet developed). If we focus strictly on NKVD/MGB we are also bound to overlook those acts of repression that were taken by the communist comissars by other means than the NKVD, such as devastation of the churches, organization of the postavka that brought in the famine, etc, which are direct result of the state of occupation. But do not take my word for this, for indeed I might have heard too much of what you call "politicized nationalism" (although I hope I did not buy too much into it), take Tismaneanu commission's word for it (+ western historians).
:::::::: For more understanding at the definition of the words "Soviet occupation", please also take into consideration:
:1) there is ] which runs thorugh 1958, although there was a state Romania on the map all along, and even an independent one. There was even a ] since 1948. And there is no conflict or double covering in two or more articles.
:2) There is Soviet occupation of the Baltic states that runs from 1940 till 1991, with the exeption of 1941-44, when it was replaced by a Nazi one.
:3) look at other former socialist states in eastern Europe
:4) the article reads "occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina", not "occupation of Romanian provinces Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina". They were part of Romanian terrritory before, but they were not bound to become after, as you saw in 1991 (whether that is good or bad is a totally different question)
:5) It was not the type of government that Romania had in 1940 (i.e. to a certain extent democratic), i.e. not the one of the type that was when all started in 1940, which signed the 1947 treaty, but a puppet government of the occupying power signing a treaty with the occupying power about territory that power has already hold for years - it rings so many bells! It would be even worse than Iraq signing off ] to become a US state (worse, because current Iraqi government is as Iraqis wish, i.e. following customary muslim ways, and is in fact elected, while BaNB had no unitary gvnmnt, what was was ideological and non-elected, not to mention Soviets were deeply repressive of the population, at least until 1956)
:6) The story of BaNB ends in 1991. There is no direct link to modern politics. Oh, yes, one can ask for appologies, for preservation of memory, for preventive measures for the future, for that sort of things. But not for automatic territorial changes, or that sort of stuff. If you want territorial changes, it got to be a wide agreement and even deep desire of the population and government, no less. It has to be something at least as keen as was in Eastern Europe for joining the EU, if not much more than that. Ditto for Chernivtsi and Budjak - only if Ukraine agrees, which I don't think is a straightforward thing, if at all possible. Moldova adopted a law that everybody who was in Moldova on the day of its declaration of sovereignty automatically gets Moldovan citizenship. That includes even the former chiefs of Gulag camps. (I heard that smth like 8 of them lived in Chisinau in late 1980s). So, the story ends there, 1991. And after that, like Hamlet, "the rest is silence".
:7) There are very few things about the status of occupation to mention for 1956-1991. There is, on the other side, a lot to mention in the article of MSSR about that period, and somehow we did not get yet to improve that article. I am afraid that even central asia has overtaken us on that.
:8) It is a piece of history, and every Moldovan should feel comfortable to write and talk about that, just as all Americans are comfortable to talk about their founding fathers, which for most of modern americans were not from England at all, and were not in America at the time. Obama can use the phrase "our founding fathers", although his father is not even American, and that is absolutely ok. Why not the same in Moldova? Why should ethnic minorities feel uncomfortable with 1940 other than because of prejudices in our minds (on all sides)? In USA, France, etc, they don't even use "ethnic minorities", they just teach them the language and the history of the country and are very glad when someone brings in more heritage, because that opens more doors for possible business, technological, cultural, if not trivial tourism related opportunities. I believe the theme has been politicised out of the way. But I can understand that people who are now over 45 (i.e. those who were fully educated in the Soviet system) whould always see politics behind, that's just a fact of life, and we have to cope with it, we have to wait until in 30 years they simply die out. But those who are younger should not (ideally) have such prejudices, I think that constitutes the larger pool of readers of Misplaced Pages, so we just write for them and should in a sense ignore the prejudices of the older generation. I know, I know, again my idialism ... :)
:9) ... I knew I had one more issue on my mind, but I seem to have forgotten which was it while writting the details of the others. I owe you one for another time. ]\<sup>]</sup> 01:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
::1) Eh, that one only shows that the problem is consistent. Ideally, these articles should be about periods of history without a classifier (like ] (or even "...1941-1944"), as opposed to "Axis occupation of Transnistria") with the body of the article providing the various historical and contemporary views on that period, whereas the "occupation" articles would deal with the actual occupation events in the original, politically untainted sense. That certainly won't happen in the next several decades, though.
::2) Oooh, yees, that one. To avoid commenting on that specific case, I'll only point out the difference - the governments of those three states disagreed with what happened, and they happened to have support from the "probable adversary" of the USSR, granting their cause full legitimacy on their side of the cold war barricades. None of that applies to Bessarabia. (This is, of course, irrelevant to my original argument, but hey)
::3) I look. Do I see something relevant? Mmm, no?
::4) That's not really relevant, except, after ] what a military occupation really is, one might also argue that the 1918-1940 period was a Romanian occupation of Bessarabia (as Soviet sources describe it), seeing as how nobody bothered to ask the locals if they actually want to join Romania...
::5) Democratic? Carol's ], the ] or the ]? Anyhow, there's a huge problem with this "forced us to sign" logic. For example, take a look at the ] - they were forced to sign to lose quite a bit of that, too. Also, I'm sure Hungary (well, rather, only certain Hungarians) may have to say the same about Transylvania - which was <nationalistic pathos>], as agreed by all participants, and then ].</nationalistic pathos>
::6) Depends on what you mean by that. Further territorial changes are extremely unlikely, except maybe for the ].
::8) This also depends. I would rather strongly object to myself, or any member of my family residing, or resting in peace on the territory of Moldova, being called an occupant. ;-) I understand this is something anyone who wishes to obtain Estonian or Latvian citizenship must do, however. Prejudices don't easily disappear - they are merely replaced with others, often with an opposite "charge".
::9) No problem there, hehe. --] (]) 02:31, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
:::1)I think what you mean is "inavasion". If it is invasion, than indeed, it would only cover a month. And, that is true that Axis occupation of Transnistria would be an absolutely legitimate title for the current ]. I do however understand and perfactly agree with your good intentions when you like to see such words removed. My observation to this would be a comparison: you want neutral position in all events/theories, etc, while I want only neutral presentation (including the tone). It is like ] and ]: we can not take a neutral position (would go against mainstream scientific interpretation), but can make a neutral presentation.
:::2) about Baltics, I do not understand how Romania's agreement to Soviet terms was different from Latvia's and Estonia's (it was different from Lithuania). UK gave support to Romania saying it does not recognize the occupation. And US denounced it, too. True they did not give such diplomatic support as to the Baltics. Maybe because they considered it to be only a part of a country, and not the whole country. You see, even here Bessarabians get cheated twice.
:::4) And Sfatul Tarii I suppose was not the local representative body? The Soviets did their best to "forget" that.
:::5) National Legionary State and Antonescu's regimes were dictatorships. They were NOT the same type of regime Romania had on 28 June 1940. Yes, Carol was a traitor, and liked to be authoritarian. But the regime was not at all what came after: ther were normal aythorities before September 1940. Corrupt, but that is a totally different problem. 28 June sparked what came after.
:::6) I mean nothing by that. In fact I have a neutral POV on the question: wouldn't oppose it if everybody wanted it, but would not make propaganda for it either. Would it be better, would it be worse? I don't know.
:::8) ''I would rather strongly object to myself, or any member of my family residing, or resting in peace on the territory of Moldova, being called an occupant. (...) Prejudices don't easily disappear - they are merely replaced with others, often with an opposite "charge".'' That is exactly the problems we, Moldovans have. I see it as an indice of personal and collective sub-education and backwardness, unable to reach out. If you had someone in your family who worked for the NKVD or similar stuff, and did specific repressive tasks (I assume you are too young to have worked for the NKVD, etc. :) ), then yes, that person ''was'' an occupant. Generalizing anywhere beyond that is what gets Moldavians sub-educated. Obviously, it is a step that ''ethnic Moldovans'' should take first. Namely, to assure the descendants of those that came to Moldova after 1940 that they are not a single athom less Moldovans. So I believe I owe to do my part of it, and appologize in retrospect and in advance if somebody did/would call you so. Rest assured, in my eyes you are no less Moldovan than I am. Soviet occupation hit ''our'' country, was an evil for ''our'' nation, killed ''our'' "brothers". Just like Obama's founding fathers. :) ]\<sup>]</sup> 06:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


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:::BTW, the word occupation is used also in Russian, for example by ]::
: Yes, I noticed the in the looks too, which is why I reapplied your edit in spite of the official source saying it's Brachner. This is one of the cases where "Verifiability, ''not truth''" principle misfires. Let's hope they fix the guy's ID soon, otherwise I'm sure well-meaning editors will eventually put Brachner back in there. --] (]) 19:39, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
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::::1) Not just the invasion, but also its immediate consequences. An article about what would be in the "Aftermath" section of an article about the battle, with all the appropriate detail. In that last part you're citing the ] policy and you're correct. Note, however, that it doesn't preclude authors from choosing neutral article names wherever possible. For example, the respective articles you mentioned are not called "]" and "]".
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::::2) The Baltic governments in exile didn't agree to their respective countries joining the USSR. In this, they were lucky that the 1947 treaty didn't explicitly mention them (unlike Bessarabia etc, see "," Part 1 Article 1) as part of the Soviet Union. Then came the cold war, and with it, the ] was suddenly remembered and applied where needed.
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::::4) Certain wishes of a ruling elite need not always coincide with the wishes of the populace at large. In this case it's not really relevant, but merely amusing, as the Romanian propaganda at the time had presented the union as the will of the people, while at the same time refusing to actually ask the people about their will, knowing quite well that it won't be to their liking.
::::5) I think the Romanian Jews ] (from 16 May 1937 on, at least) - if they're counted as part of the "ruling ''demos''", that is.
::::8) ... as well as rebuilt the country from the ashes, created the entire economic, scientific and education branches from scratch, virtually eliminated unemployment, illiteracy and homelessness, and, last but not least, made its citizens proud members of a large and powerful country everyone in the world would reckon with, as well as a nice set of far-fetched but real-looking ideals to strive to. It all depends on who you ask. The current unfortunate state of affairs, however, is that you have to visit the English Misplaced Pages to see one set of facts, and the Russian Misplaced Pages to see the other. This sometimes leads to amusing situations (like ] and ]), where strictly one-sided presentation of these facts has resulted in two diametrally different articles about the same subject, with both adhering to the same rules.
::::On Kersnovskaya - she clearly refers to the actual occupation period aka «освобождение из-под власти бояр и капиталистов».
::::She also writes :
{{quote|...В дальнейшем же румыны, стремясь отрезать все пути к отступлению, стали всеми способами (в большинстве случаев – нелепыми) румынизировать насильственным путем Бессарабию и вели себя до того глупо и нетактично, что добились как раз обратного эффекта.


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Недаром говорили, что генерал-губернатор Бессарабии Чупарка заслужил орден Ленина – до того он сумел своим неумеренным шовинизмом сделать все румынское столь одиозным, что в знак протеста население стало, как говорится, спать и видеть, когда же русские наконец прогонят осточертевших захватчиков.}}
::::And that woman is not a friend of the Soviet regime, mind you. --] (]) 22:19, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
:::::2) And because of the 1947 treaty Romania could not legally claim Bessarabia after 1991. But the people of Bessarabia could and did.
:::::4) I beg to disagree it about the "will of the people". You can not make assumptions, other than what the population elected to Sfatul Tarii and to subsequent parliaments. Remember, there were 36 abstention votes, and 3 opposes as well, and those people remained politicians. They were never persecuted. The majority of the population wanted union in 1918, and so they would after. Bessarabia had members of the Romanian parliament: 35 senators and 90 members of the chamber at every single time. If the population was so against as the Soviets say, it would be impossible that there was no fraction in the parliament asking for another referendum. A couple hundred MPs and no objection! Then perhaps indeed there was none. The authorities opposed for a different reason: a referendum would have questioned the legitimacy of the 1918 act. If the Soviets would have recognised the union and ask for a referendum on transferring the territory to Russia, it would have been a different talk.
:::::5) Unfortunately anti-Semitic laws happen in democratic regimes as well.
:::::8) If you would allow, I would add my "corrections":


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Soviet occupation ''which started on 28 June 1940'' hit our country, was an evil for our nation, killed our "brothers". ''It transformed a prosperous economy into ruins, and destroyed the infrastructure. It dragged the country into World War II and more destruction. It organized famine, deported and/or and killed a substantial part of the population. However, after 1956, while keeping a undemocratic regime that persecuted human right, also'' rebuilt the country from the ashes ''it created'', ''re-''created the entire economic, scientific and education branches from scratch, virtually eliminated unemployment, illiteracy and homelessness (''homelessness whose sole creator was the Soviet regime''), and, last but not least, made ''a small portion of'' its citizens proud members of a large and powerful country everyone in the world would reckon with, as well as ''for the same group of people (Communist party members)'' a nice set of far-fetched but real-looking ideals to strive to. It all depends on who you ask: ''that small group of former Soviet apparatus, or the descendants of the people who were killed, starved, deported, abased, imprisoned, stolen from, etc, etc. which is the majority for the population. Historians write about facts, and what killing, famine, deportations were facts. Far-fetched but real-looking ideals are called dialectic materialism: the theory of saying that back is white despite obvious contradictions.''
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:::::I do not edit Russian WP. I beg to disagree that the article here is one-sided. Incomplete - yes. I did not get to write about deportation, famine, etc We also did not get to develop ]. I also want to wrote an article about the deportation of Jews in 1941-42, when Romanian authorities came back. But one-sided it may be only from the point of view of someone assuming that the Soviet system was legitimate. And I believe that is not you.
:::::As about Kersnovskaya, you might as well read the entire book, and see how her impressions changed in 1940-41. She is honest and describes everything how it was and how she perceived it, even when she was wrong. She even describes her writing on a monument. Do it today in Moldova, and you are guaranteed 5 years of prison. The book is not about Bessarabia as it is about her, how wrong she was to demand Romania to the standard of an ideal society in comparison to assuming that USSR was better. 1940 is not only a tragedy, it is also a lesson: if people knew better, they wouldn't have accepted it. If in 1950 Kersnovkaya would have been given a chance to go back 10 years, you might be surprised to her reaction, she might have wanted to take up arms. '''From a sympathiser she became a prominent dissident! That kind of radical change is what 28 June 1940 is about.''' ]\<sup>]</sup> 00:16, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
:::::: 4) I believe we did have this discussion before. From what I read from non-nationalistic and not pro-Soviet sources, the majority wanted only to be left alone and in peace - and would have preferred to stay in the Empire - simply because it has been their way for a century. The politics of "union of brothers" and "emancipation of the working class" were imposed on them externally.
:::::: 5) In that case, they're even less liberal and democratic, than the ].
:::::: 8) Heh, told ya. But some facts are off:
:''was an evil for our nation'' - ] - bad.
:''transformed a prosperous economy into ruins'' - There was no industry in pre-MSSR Bessarabia to speak of. Agriculture was reeling from the reorientation shock (but managed to go back up). The primarily Jewish-driven commerce was decimated after 1937. It wasn't totally bad as Soviet sources describe, but it also wasn't prosperous.
:''dragged the country into World War II'' - ] was a joint German-Romanian venture.
:''organized famine'' - Caused and aggravated by excessive requisitions - yes. Organized - nope.
:''ashes it created'' - it took three to wage a war in that region. No Barbarossa - no scorched earth. Plus, there was this earthquake in 1940...
:''''re-created'' - there was no significant industry or major scientific institutions in Bessarabia before 1946, when the Kishinev State University was founded. Education was also marginal (one of the main reasons behind the failure of Romanization)
:''a small portion of'' - hehe, the percentage of people who voted the Communists back in 2001 begs to differ. ;-)
:::::: So, one-sided is the one that ignores the facts that don't fit in its pre-created picture, whether that of a socialist paradise (first example) or a dominion of Hell (second example).
:::::: Kersnovkaya: Note that she , when her opinion of both the USSR and Romania had been already formed. Yes, I think I'll read the whole book (only about 50% of the first section by now) - it is quite valuable in the that she sympathises with neither side or ideology, but with the people around her. The only downside is that the book is a personal experience and thus not a scientific research, but still, that experience alone is valuable enough.
::::::As for legitimacy - it seems to bother historians more than politicians of the period in question. Motivation of the latter is always the same anyway. --] (]) 02:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


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:4) the non-educated "majority". Recall the national emancipation processes in all countries of Europe at the time. Just as later when you speak about 2001 elections you confuse nostalgia with informed political choice.
:8) you saying that soviet system might not have been an evil for everyone is like me saying holocaust was not an evil for everyone. Truth is, they were not for everyone. But for the majority they were evil, and their intersection, too. A honest person whose neighbor is persecuted is not a profiteer, but a sympathizer. ] thinking was also binary, yet it saved the earth from nuclear annihilation.
::It is a very cynic fact, but still a fact: the largely Jewish commerce in 1937 was not so decimated, as it became more non-Jewish, i.e. it brought the same revenues, but they were settling in pockets in different proportions now. The Jewish managers remained to govern their businesses until 1940, when they were expropriated by the Soviets. Why don't we ask the thousands of them deported to Siberia in 1940. Unfortunately they are dead in misery, and unfortunately nobody tends to their graves today. If Bessarabians in general were twice deceived, those people were 3 times.
::World War II began on September 1, 1939, not on 22 June 1941. And the act that led to the war was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
::Theological and Agricultural faculties of the Iasi University were located in Chisinău. Students of the licee were better educated than those that finished most universities under the Soviets until about 1960. And by the way, the elite was no longer in Chisinau in 1946. Remember the 1940-41, remember the post-war deportations, remember the famine, remember those that fled to Romania and the west? After your cities are half-empty, it is no strange fact you have no science and culture. That is not to diminish what was done good after 1950. But the people who did that should have the credit, not the Soviet power. My parents told me about many-many such people, be sure I am fully aware of the phenomenon, and I am only glad it was possible, for these people needed one extra quality: courage.
::As for the Dominion of Hell, I beg to recall John McCain: you find help where you do not expect. He found it in a North Vietnamese prison. Good people come out in bad times. People like Sakharov, Solzhenitsyn, etc. are often nobodies in democratic societies. Unfortunately. In the Dominion of Hell, the Hell needs only to govern. By contrast the governed ones have a chance to improve. While in the Paradise the governed ones have only a chance to spoil and deserve another Hell. :)
::I am not trying to get you publicly to accept some facts, I am absolutely satisfied with you only aware of the facts. It is not good if an article persuades the reader. The article should merely give the information. The conclusions are done by everyone in part and do not have to be confessed. Those that deny are vociferous. Just as we have Holocaust deniers, there are very vociferous and invent 1,000 counterarguments. Those that know the truth are silent, b/c the truth is already way to heavy. Writing about it is like living a stone with each sentence. ]\<sup>]</sup> 03:17, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
:::4) Ehehehee, informed political choice... is this the planet Earth we're talking about? :-D
:::8) ]. Not good. If by ''Evil Empire thinking'' you mean things like ], then it's actually what drove the world closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation. From one side, of course.
:::On Jewish commerce, science and industry - might need the numbers, but the difference between 1935 and 1955 is visible even without them. Some numbers are available ], though (say, do you know anything about that "приём бессарабской учащейся молодёжи в чехословацкие высшие учебные заведения..." part? Kinda odd...). The Jews were not really deceived - it was a choice between certain death and an uncertain future. The deception was perhaps making the uncertainty look nicer that it was, but pretty much anything would look like a good alternative to a death camp in Transnistria in those times.
:::Lead to WWII - or perhaps the ], or the ] (and lack of Western response to it), or the ]. By the time of M-R it was pretty clear that war will eventually break out, everyone was just trying to make it "] ]".
:::''The article should merely give the information.'' - yes, that is correct, although the ] is ]. Also it's probably best to avoid ] in a debate altogether.
::: There are facts and there are opinions. Facts are something I have no problem picking up (as long as they can be verified), but opinions are something I prefer to form on my own. --] (]) 18:21, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
:::: 4) :) I merely wanted to restate why there was support for the union: the population was influenced by the emancipation going on, and elected a political elite that favored emancipation: national, economic (land), etc. That political elite made a political choice. And that choice was opposed by a foreign power that dominated the region. In the end that foreign power grew in strength, occupied the territory and crushed the elite (executed or sent it too Gulag) to serve as a lesson for those that would dare again. But after a while that power broke on its own and the territory got independent again, yet without much "elite" this time.
::::- Personally, I think the evil of McCarthyism has been blown out of proportion. Just like that of the Inquisition. Today, everybody talks about Inquisition like something as bad as hell, even compares such abominable things as Holocaust and Gulag with it, while in fact the Inquisition barely executed 2-3 thousand people along all the centuries. Inquisition is like a toy gun comparing to the Kalashnikov of Holocaust and Gulag. But, no, I did not mean MaCarthyism when I said ''Evil Empire thinking''. I meant Ronald Reagan's strategy, and the popularity of the Star Wars movie.
::::- I agree with your assessment regarding the Munich Agreement. M-R Pact was only the turning point, when it became a war.
::::- Приоритеты развития экономики сместились в область пищевой промышленности, доля которой составляла 92,4 %. - This tells why there was no much heavy industry in Bessarabia before 1940. Understand me correctly: I have deep respect for those that created an industry in Moldova during the Soviet period. I merely remark that those were not the NKVD people.
::::- Jewish deportation (1941-42) came after 1940. It came under a dictatorial regime. In fact I plan to write an article about that one day. If you run across sources, please add some to my talk page. I have got some, but have not taken yes the time to systematize. You know how many communists and sympathizers were among the 147,000 deported? 2,000! The rest were punished for their ethnicity. Some survived, but more then half died. Not to mention that those who fled in July 1941 have lived through a very difficult 3-4 years: the Soviets were not so keen to feed people, or provide them decent shelter.
::::- By "accepting facts" (not the best choice of words, I admit) I meant such facts as: the majority of the population of Bessarabia during 1919-1940 generally supported the existing situation and had nothing against their native language being official, or against their land being owned and cultivated by themselves, or against the ability to save and invest money, to own property, to educate better the children. It is the Soviet propaganda that created the myth of desperation. The population was not dispersed, but had a normal life, with many problems, but also with ability to settle those problems in time. IMHO, anti-Semitism was one such problem. Perhaps even the biggest, or at least on a par with the eternal problem of Romanians: politician corruption. (I mean not from a modern assessment POV, but from the point of view of the population at that time.) Don't assume people laughed when Jews were deported in 1941. If you laughed, you don't tell your children and grandchildren about that. ]\<sup>]</sup> 10:58, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
:::::The "evil" of McCarthyism is that of bigotry - same as with fundamentalist religious fanatics, and, indeed, all ideologies that employ binary thinking by dividing the world into "]" and "]".
:::::The Inquisition is a symbol. Whether that specific organisation did indeed persecute hundreds of thousands of innocents or only a few dozen is now irrelevant - its image is now one of religious fundamentalism, torture and burning. Same with Communism, that is also an image of totalitarianism and Gulags (in the West), regardless of what it really is.
:::::The "majority support" is not a fact - since there never was a referendum, we'll never know for sure what the majority wanted. Thus we (and historians) are left to make assumptions based on available facts (and, of course, other opinions) - certain events and various personal accounts. So far, the relatively unbiased research I've read (such as the Soviet dissident Kersnovskaya, Petrescu and a few others I stumbled upon) does not support the notion. Quite the opposite. As for Soviet propaganda - I specifically try pick out sources that are unaffected by it - be it Romanian families who fled the Red Army or Soviet dissidents who harbor no love for the system...
:::::As for who created what in the MSSR - as I already said: USSR was a highly centralized country, so anything major (including distribution of the extensive recovery funding the MSSR had received as well as decisions to relocate some of the evacuated installations (such as the (former) Leningrad hospital) to the MSSR) was always done with approval from top party members and supervised by "товарищи на местах". --] (]) 23:18, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
:Once in a while, among the "товарищи на местах" happened to be good normal people. That however does not change the fact that the average person not sympathizing with communism had no say whatsoever, esp. if of Moldovan ethnicity, esp. if of "socially unhealthy" upbringing. (remember Solzhenitsyn's "sotsial'no blizkie" in reference to criminals?)
:Communism was bad also in reality. You know, fascism did not seem as something repulsive to the arverage not very educated german who only cared about his personal good. It is absolutely immoral to let fascism and communism be characterized by those selfish opinions: millions of people where being slaughtered, and the "average" person was complacent. That is the characteristic of totalitarian regimes. Romania, with all its corruption, was by far different.
:Referendum is a "song" Soviets sang in the west in 1918-1940, and only recalled by them after Moldova's independence in 1991. I wanted to repeat one single thing: the population of Bessarabia many times elected officials of all sort in 1918-1940, inlcuding over 200 MPs. Why those people did not demand referendum? They did not want it. They wanted positive changes, not return to the past.
:I totally agree about all other aspects you just mentioned.]\<sup>]</sup> 23:51, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
::] as an ideology (and the utopian society it describes) is quite different to what is understood under a ] in the West. It took several failed attempts to realize that it's infeasible. The ideology described in '']'', however, (that's not exactly ], btw), is quite condemnable while it's still on the pages.
::Romania? Hehe, during whose reign? ;-)
::"Song" or not, a referendum was the only way to ask the populace what it wants directly (even then, doubtful, but still better than to listen to the "servants of the people" spinning their tall tales). Besides, the fact that the Romanian officials have explicitly refused one, surprising the French and British mediators, while at the same time maintaining that they represent the "will of the people" serves as circumstantial evidence against them, and in favor of the possibility that a small irredentist group had seized an opportunity for coming to power in times of turmoil and passing its fringe ideas as the "will of the people".
::And again, the "people" as a whole are an apolitical mass that generally drifts along the currents of history, unless sufficiently stimulated by propaganda (that is, election campaigns, revolutionary enlightenment, national emancipation and other such pretty words). This seems to be especially true for Bessarabia, which has always been kind of a "sleeping province", one of the most loyal subjects of its suzerain (including Ottomans). Displeasure with the authorities would manifest only in some administrative pleas and requests, unless stimulated, whether externally or by local irredentia. --] (]) 01:26, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
:::''] as an ideology (and the utopian society it describes) is quite different to what is understood under a ] <s>in the West.</s>'' - outside Russia. In Eastern Europe, in fact, Communism has much worse meaning than in the West, even.
:::I see Karl Marx on a par with classical fascist ideologues. The kind of fascism of Benito Mussolini. Mein Kampf is definitevely worse. It is comparable only with Vyshinski's treateses about law. Hitler can be compared with Lenin and Stalin, but definitevely not with Karl Marx. Kalr Marx is like a mad scientist who makes an atomic bomb instead of a nuclear reactor, Lenin and Stalin are the generals who press the button. And I must admit I do not hold Sakharov accountable for the hidrogen bomb, on the contrary I respect him. So, yes, nazism is comparable with communism only in so far as it concerns NKVD, represive apparatus, single party command system, but definitevely not at the level of pure ideological utopia. Karl Marx called for elimination of entire social classes of people, but he did not organized any repressions himself. So yes, I agree with you.
:::any referendum would have equated to recognition of union act as void. A referendum could have been organized, though, in order to transfer the territory to the USSR, but only after the USSR recongnized the union. it's a legal issue at stake. It's a red line. Soviets knew this, and they pressed on, knowing that Romania would never accept a referendum as they requested it, hence they made the best timing and circumstances for Romanian refusal to sound as ostensible as possible.
:::Bessarabia's elite has been decimated for as long we know: after 1812 and during the 19th century - many left for Moldavia, Russification led to illiteracy, Stalin sent everybody to Gulag and/or Siberia, executed, or at best induced them to flee westward. It takes time in freedom to build new elite: it should be people like you and me. I mean we don't get involved politically, but it's not only about politics, we need thousands of people as country's economic/professional/cultural/etc "elite". So it comes back to where it started - you and me. :) also to Biruitorul, Serhio, etc. But that's it. If we (and people like us) don't get united, Moldova will only suffer, and each will eventually seek alliances elsewhere, leading to radicalization. We ought to reach to each other, there is simply no other way if we love our country and don't want it ruled by random. (ruled =/= politics, but general society-wise) ]\<sup>]</sup> 02:06, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
:::I definitively can help you achieve the early archive quota. :-)
:::you erased your own ''I oppose both, but for completely different reasons.'' I actually, too, for different reasons, not for the same reason. Because I see them as equal evils, but absolutely different evils. If one removes only one of them, it is very-very bad. There can be absolutely no compromise to fascism. Not only to the Nazi de facto, but also to the philosophical ideology. It is a sick ideology which calls for blood, already at the philosophical level. I am repugnant when people do not see it already at that level. ]\<sup>]</sup> 02:13, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
:::::On referendum - is is a very strange claim, that the ''conduction'' of a referendum will invalidate anything. Throughout the 20th century, many governments have conducted such referenda to confirm or abolish previously established laws. Seeing as how all governments present themselves as servants of the people, there's (theoretically) nothing wrong in directly asking the people whether they approve of what their "servants" are doing. It is the ''result'' of such a referendum that can void the law, if enough people speak against it, not the referendum itself.
:::::Hmm, interesting - it looks like the RSFSR gave up Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia to Poland in the ], provided that a referendum will be conducted for the locals to determine their affiliation. Need a Russian or Ukrainian text to see if this is true... --] (]) 01:41, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
::::::I wish that this year the only thing you archive are our talks, and the rest you should achieve. :)
::::::On referendum - Yes, it would have been ok to organize a referendum to validate the union. To do this practically, you'd need at least 1920, when wars were finished. But given the fact that nobody inside the country seriously asked for this, I can understand why they did not do it. Also, any referendum carried when you already control the territory would have been questioned. Now, to be entirely honest, the perfect solution would be for the west to intervene in Russia, to remove Bolshevicks from power, and then organize referendums uniformly in all former parts of the Russian Empire, starting from Finland, Poland, the Baltics, etc. Otherwise why double standard towards Bessarabia? Unfortunately, the powerful of this world act according to the "least action principle". Given that, the only alternative was for USSR to recognize the union and ask for a referendum to join USSR.
::::::However, there is one thing I strongly criticize: why Bessarabia did not have regional autonomy in form of a locally elected mini-parliament. The problem lies with the corrupted Old Kingdom politicianist elite that wanted power and money and was capable of doing politics only in Bizantine, or worse Phanariot, terms. Hence serious problems they had with Transylvanian politicians after the union. Autonomy should have had everybody, not just Bessarabia. Even to this day, Romania still only aims for that, it did not yet achieve. ]\<sup>]</sup> 21:10, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Actually, Litvinov had requested a referendum a second time, in 1924 (when the dust settled), as a condition of Soviet recognition of Bessarabia as part of Romania. It was after this second refusal did the USSR conclude that Bessarabia is under foreign occupation and began to look for ways to retrieve it (MASSR).
:::::::Ah, but the ] with exactly that goal in mind. Except for conducting referenda - they had recognized the White movement over the Red one. Didn't turn out very well, that.
:::::::As for referenda anywhere else - well, Soviet Russia signed a number of treaties recognising Finland, the Baltics and Poland anyway (even if there was a condition in Riga, it was probably dropped). But the annexation of Bessarabia by Romania was never recognized - hence the demand for a referendum. In fact, they signed a protocol "of liquidation of the Soviet-Romanian conflict" that obliged Romania to remove all of its forces from Bessarabia by May 1918, which Romania had promptly violated as soon as Soviet forced stationed at the Dniester had to withdraw in accordance with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. (the source is Soviet POV, but very detailed about the treaties)
:::::::Actually, do you know anything about why was Bessarabia stripped of its autonomy so soon? --] (]) 02:31, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::::: Aha! So, it is not about Bessarabia, it is about Soviet demands over Bessarabia. I think this is the core issue of numerous misunderstandings. If we start from analyzing what the Soviets demanded and see that Romania and the west did not made sufficient steps to apease it, we observe insuficient action from the side of Romania (did not organize a referendum), as well as from the west (did not succeed in overthrowing the Reds - to try is not enough). But also we run into Англия, Франция, Италия, Япония и Румыния подписали в Париже т. н. Бессарабский протокол, согласно которому они признали суверенитет Румынии над Бессарабией, и установили, что этот суверенитет "не может быть поставлен на обсуждение", which obviously ties the hands of Romania: whatever you say, it was much more important for Romania to have normal relations with the rest of the world than with Russia.
:::::::: But I said from early on, that Bessarabia, not Russia is the center of the issue. It is Bessarabians that chose this or that, not Romania or Russia. Russia had intervened only in 1940, without being invited by a local body or by MPs from Bessarabia, without even a mock support from inside Bessarabia. Why should Russia's demand be treated supperior to Bessarabia's choice (good or bad, it was a choice made in full awareness). The (military) treaty you mention was signed in February, i.e. before 27 March 1918 between two neighboring to Bessarabia countries. It can not possibly tie the hands of Bessarabia itself, by then an independent country.
:::::::: About autonomy, as far as I know, after the 27 November, resp. 1 December 1918 union of Bukovina, resp. Transylvania, a government was set for the entire united Romania, led by a Transylvanian politician (Alexandru Vaida-Voevod). He was too liberal for the phanariot-minded politicians that used to govern in Bucharest before. They tolerated "new Romanians" in government only becuse the circumstances made that necessary. Among other things, Vaida started a large campain of land reform, widely supported also by Bukovinians and Bessarabians, but very feared by the old ruling elite in Bucharest (recall the 1907 peasant uprising, still very fresh in mind). They tollerated Vaida's governments (there were 2 or 3 I think) for ca. 1 year, and in early 1920, a "black coalition" was formed, and General Averescu became prime-minister (similar to the one formed in Romania in early 2006 against Basescu, which lamenably failed within 1 month, but dragged the country more into politicianist discourse until last autumn). Land reform was limited and only went as far as to finish what was started. The new Constitution of 1923 was written by these people, who put the word "unitary" everywhere they could fit it into. Thus the autonomy of all three new provinces was not enshrined in the new Constitution. In return that led to a bitter division of the politics: on one side National-Liberal party of Bucharest old politicians, on the other the Transylvanian-dominated National-Ţărănist party. In 1928-1930, the latter started to gain momentum, and to sealed it they brought in Carol II from forced exile. But Carol II turned to be even worse, so they actually shut themselves into leg, so to say. That led some of them to more nationalistic discurse (for example Vaida himself - Dahn even calls him fascist, which is not true, but I don't want to argue with Dahn), others managed to escape this trap (for example Maniu). You see, you have to take into consideration the entire going ons. Bessarabia was left without regional autonomy because no other province got it, which in turn was because the old phanariot-mineded people carried the day in early 1920s. These people lost the grip on power, but it took time. Even in modern Romania you still have the continuation of the same disputes. On one side you have many politicians asking for setting up regions and more local autonomy (again, surprisingly many Transylvanians among them), on the other side you have the command-system-minded partly-communist-foprmed bureaucracy, who fear regionalization (again, surprizingly many Oltenians and other likes of them among). But unlike the interbelic period, it seem that now the movement is strictly oriented in one direction. Regionalization and greater local autonomy is inevitable, whether you bring the EU-standard pretext or not. So, my second part of the answer is: if it were not for the Soviet occupation, the rise of fascism, and WWII, we would have had autonomy for Bessarabia (with a powerful local legislative body) by 1950s. Communism only created a pause, things continue to roll today. ]\<sup>]</sup> 20:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


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It's obvious this user doesn't even read or listen. I don't know what's his reason for this, either just to destroy for serious editors and waste their time or he just haven't got anything better to do. Maybe he just revert in different articles just for the fun of it. He never makes any other serious editing. Can you please make a last try with him? ] (]) 18:28, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
:I added the stuff from the Russian wiki. The main divergence seems to be in the Zaporizhian Cossacks, which the Soviet source (with attribution to unnamed Swedish sources) says to be at 7000. As the Soveit source itself states that numbers for Swedish strength and lossed should be taken from Swedish sources, please check those that you have and verify whether there's a contradiction.
:The number of over 9,000, that is 9,234 comes directly from contemporary reports which give this number as the number of Swedish corpses found around the redoubts of Poltava only. Can the number 6,900 be directly attributed to a similar Swedish report? The preference seems to be for 6,900, therefore it should be cited first. --] (]) 20:40, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
::The number of Mazepa's cossacks and the Zaporizhians are unknown and any figure is speculations. The latest one comes from the Ukrainian historian Moltusov that suggest about 7000 cossacks altogether. Swedish sources has given much lower figures. And after the surrender at Perevolochna there were only 300 cossacks left that were killed by the Russians. Sources suggest that up to 1500 cossacks managed to cross the river with Mazepa. ] (]) 21:34, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Russian sources say that these Cossacks have deserted en masse. But feel free to correct. --] (]) 22:25, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
::::They probably did, but the question is when. I doubt there were many left when the battle started, probably not more than 3,000. ] (]) 22:32, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::Hm, that Soviet source also states that a number of Cossacks were participating in the siege and some were at the ] (although it says that the main force was at the camp). It is also very detailed in describing Swedish forces and criticises other (Soviet) authors for exaggerating numbers of Swedish troops by using Russian accounts. They have probably used some Swedish sources for the info, and it would be nice to find them in Swedish works to see how accurate that one source is. --] (]) 22:53, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
::::: "The unknown war of Peter the Great" provides an... alternative view on Peter's actions. Basically, it sympathises with the Swedes, openly criticises Peter's strategies and tends to provide Swedish estimates (including those for Russian losses) without attribution. It gives the 6,900 loss figure for Poltava, for instance. But it also provides the 10,000 figure for Cossacks at Poltava. --] (]) 23:12, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
::::::The only non-Swedes involved in the battle were the 1000 men strong cavalry of the Polish Vlachkregiment. I guess adding Polish tells more what it was than just Vlach.
::::::The number of injured and sick Swedish soldiers also vary from 2,000 to 4,000. Many of them had bad injuries from the severe cold winter.
::::::If there really were 10,000 cossacks still at Poltava at the time of the battle it does look strange they weren't used at all. But if they were deserting en masse I would guess the Swedish commanders didn't trust the few ones that were left.
::::::At least one new Swedish-Ukrainian book about the battle is planned to be released this year so hopefully some of the questions will be answered there. There have also been archaelogical excavations on the battle field during the latest summers which have found out that the main battle took place not where most old maps show but more where the Russian camp was situated according to the maps. All this should be in the new book. ] (]) 22:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


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Well, in few days i'm going to create a new article, according to Glantz, named the First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive (April - May 1944). So my move seems quite logical... --] (]) 23:16, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
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::Well, citing Glantz: ''During the almost 60 years since the end of WWII, Soviet and Russian military historians and theorists have carefully erased from the historical record any mention of the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts' '''first Iasi-Kishinev offensive''', during which the Red Army's two fronts attempted to invade Romania in April and May 1944. As is the case with so many other military operations the Red Army conducted during the war, they have done this deliberately, in the process relegating this offensive to a lenghty list of "forgotten battles" of the Soviet-German War. Following the Soviet and Russian example, German historians relegate this offensive to the "dustbin" of history by ignoring it and focusing instead on the heavy fighting that took place in the Ukraine from January through April 1944. The few exceptions to this rule are General von Senger und Etterlin's perceptive book, Der Gegenschlag, and the lecture of General Manteuffel, which, although tactical in focus, correctly concludes that Germans' successful defenses along the Targu Frumos axis actually halted "the Russians' thrust toward the Ploiesti oilfields". Today, however, more careful examination of the archival records of German forces, which were defending Northern Romania during April and May 1944, as well as recently released Soviet archival materials, not only support von Senger's and Manteuffel's contentions but also prove irrefutably that Stalin, his Stavka, and the Red Army 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts indeed intended to capture the cities of Iasi and Kishinev during the spring of 1944, and, if possible, extend their offensive operations and Soviet political influence into the depths of Romania, if not the Balkan region as a whole.'' And with this I think i've said enough. In the following two months i'm willing to post according to Glantz and other sources of lesser-importance everything regarding the First Battle of Targu Frumos, First Iasi-Kishinev Offensive, and other battles part of this "forgotten war" (for the sake of those who died in it). Hope you would respect my constructive intentions and won't be trying to prevent/disturb me while promoting them (and why not, you could even help me, as i'm starting this from zero). --] (]) 21:50, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


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:::Hi, just created ] article, how do we proceed in moving the old article to a "Second Jassy-Kishinev Offensive"? We should do this as quickly as possible, as I want to start adding links and creating the infrastructure for the new series of articles. Cheers, --] (]) 10:44, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
::::How could this operation have an official Soviet name if the Soviet authorities did not even recognize that it existed? Whereas Glantz names the operation as the "First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive", he describes it as a failed "Soviet Invasion of Romania". --] (]) 13:17, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
:::::Well, just consulted ], which clearly says: ''Multiple battles at the same place in the same year should be called "First", "Second", and so forth (as in First Battle of Zürich and Second Battle of Zürich);''. --] (]) 13:21, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
::::::I have consulted ] afterwards our conversation - all i've done was applying this guideline (it was just ridiculous to have a "First J-K Offensive" and a "J-K Offensive" in the same time). So if you have anything against it and willing to move it to another name, please use WP:RM. --] (]) 16:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


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Igor Smirnov as "Santa Claus"

Not sure why you seem to be so against the labelling of Igor Smirnov as being nicknamed "Santa Claus", it is well documented across various sources normally considered reputable by Misplaced Pages. I see that you are from Moldova, do you have some kind of nationalist/anti-Transnistrian agenda here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.6.112.154 (talk) 01:55, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Aw, cut it out, the only one who bought into this prank was that poor EUobserver guy, but he removed it as soon as someone asked him not to copy sourceless stuff from Misplaced Pages. All the other "sources" are just copypasta from his article or from Misplaced Pages. Still, thanks goes to the original prankster for demonstrating the positive feedback loop effect in action.--illythr (talk) 18:13, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I was wondering if you could help me

I noticed that you put up a lot of the pictures for the Torment:Numenera website. I was wondering if you could assist me a bit in understanding the process of putting up these images. I am very new to editing wikipedia, and I would appreciate bouncing some ideas off of you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barrett Kinsella (talk • contribs) 15:44, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi there.
Yes, Misplaced Pages's image policy can be rather complicated, confusing and often quite frustrating. The basic point is, whenever you add *anything* to Misplaced Pages, be it text or media files, you do so under a very open licence that allows people to, among other things, make money of your work without owing you a dime (attribution is always required, though). Because of this you must prove that the copyright for the images is yours to give. If you're the author of the image and agree to publish it under that license, then it's pretty easy - just fill in the blanks in the form and slap {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}} into the license field (but beware of the lack of freedom of panorama in some countries, where you have to be sure that the architect of the building you've photographed died more than 70 years ago). If the image is not yours, you may still publish a few of them under the fair use licence, but there are some really strict rules about that, see here. When a photo is owned by the organization you're affiliated with (like this one), you can follow instructions provided here. One more thing - if you upload images under a free license, it's best to upload them to Wikimedia Commons, so that they cam be used in other Misplaced Pages projects like, for example, this French Misplaced Pages article.
On the images you've uploaded so far:
  • The logos should have their resolution reduced to what is needed to display them correctly (about 300-400 pixels horizontal).
  • Artwork by Billy Dee Williams - unless the current copyright holder releases the artwork into public domain, there's very little chance that the image will stay, as it is not critically important for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz article. You can probably place it into the Billy Dee Williams article, though.
  • The 1988 and 2012 group photos will need explicit permission from the copyright owners. If they all belong to the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the simplest solution would be to add a notice on their official website stating that these images are available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. If that is not possible, all these images are going to be deleted, because photos of living people cannot be published under fair use (since it's assumed possible to get a free photo as long as they're living). --illythr (talk) 19:34, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Hey there!
Thanks for the prompt, thorough response. I tried to put up those selfcc-by-sa tags on the images that I used, and also edited our official webpage (www.monkinstitute.org) to provide notice of the release of these images under that particular license (bottom of page):
http://www.monkinstitute.org/education/international/index2.php
http://www.monkinstitute.org/competition/pastwinnersandjudges.php
Haven't edited the logos yet or Billy Dee's stuff, but I will keep you posted as that progresses.
As you said yourself, the process seems complicated and confusing, but your input has been very insightful and is much appreciated.
If you are from Moldova, your English is pretty good! Also, are you working on the Numenera project yourself, or do you know staff of the project, or are you just a fan? Just curious.
Thanks again for your help
Barrett Kinsella (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for releasing and adding the images! It is often quite difficult to obtain photos of contemporaries for the articles due to all the licensing restrictions. I added the weblinks you posted here to the image pages themselves to clarify their public domain status for other editors who might stop by. I can also help you transfer the free images to Commons, if you like. I see Billy Dee is a honorary chairman
As for my work on the Torment: Tides of Numenera article, well, I'm a big fan of the original game, so I backed this one during its Kickstarter campaign, seeing as how it's done by many of the same guys and uses an intriguing setting that seems to fit quite well with its themes. I'm otherwise not affiliated with inXile. Not any more than any other backer, anyway. I'm still hoping to convince them to release some concept art images into public domain as you did with yours, though, since the number of fair use images in a good article is expected to be close to zero (even adding the existing ones took quite a bit of effort). --illythr (talk) 20:30, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Katyn massacre

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Yeah yeah. --illythr (talk) 22:53, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
See the page is written in an extremely biased manner that it concocts propaganda as facts. Since the main 2 nations in the anti-communist bloc were the main English speaking nations, the literature would be aligning with them on this agenda. Just saw you have "roll-backer" status, so assuming you are doing this in good faith. I've given a detailed argumentation in the talk page of the argument. Let us see if more people get involved and whether we could improvise the article. Aravind V R (talk) 16:22, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
The article merely reflects what reliable sources say. None today support the "Nazis did this" version, thus it gets no support in the article. I didn't actually use the rollback feature in this revert, although I admit the edit comment should have been more... detailed. --illythr (talk) 22:20, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, Illythr. I'd be grateful for any input on this matter on my talk page. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:34, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Been busy

Do hope we get to explore some topics at length in the New Year! I've covered greetings in all the (for me) requisite languages on my talk page. :-) VєсrumЬа ►TALK 03:44, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

I hope so too, but this seems unlikely. I'll probably be even more busy in this year than I was in the last, keeping my activity here at a minimum of "reverting crap cropping up in the watchlist", alas. --illythr (talk) 19:04, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Веселых праздников!

Желаю вам всего самого наилучшего в новом году! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:52, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Дякую, вам того ж! --illythr (talk) 19:04, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

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I'd say, go for the email option if you have the time. List all the images, pick the license and send the mail it from the monkinstitute.org domain address. --illythr (talk) 01:18, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Do you think Tides of Numenera will be as good as Planescape:Torment?

I love the original game - am currently going through another playthrough right now: sticking to Lawful Good (but man, can you be a real jerk as an evil TNO) and trying to max all my skills to 25 while looking for Greater Glabrezu drops in Undersigil :)

Do you think the new game will be as much of a cult classic as the original? I can only hope it will give me half as much enjoyment as the original did! I didn't play PS:T until last year, and at almost 15 years old, I find it much more raw and interesting than games produced nowadays.

PS - who is your favorite NPC? For me; party npc = tie between Morte/Vhailor, non-party npc = Death-of-Desire, Nemelle - those girls are straight out of the Twilight Zone! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barrett Kinsella (talk • contribs) 17:08, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Huh. Having played the game through about ten times, I don't think I ever saw a Greater Glabrezu down there (I know it's a valid tactic, I just never had the patience for grinding)... And anyway, I vaguely recall that there are no stat checks beyond 22 or 23 in the game and most stop at 18-19.
On NPCs, it's really hard to pick any specific ones in a game acclaimed for NPC depth. I guess I'd pick Morte for him being the snark motherlode and a disembodied floating skull, and Fall-From-Grace for her being an interesting inversion of the worn and torn "fallen angel" trope (and yeah, Jennifer Hale).
As for T:ToN, the game still in pre-production, so we can only speculate at this point. The potential is certainly there: Much of the old P:T crew is on board, seems highly engaged and has been producing really detailed updates; the Numenera setting is fitting for the general theme of the game, and the musical score is great so far. The main problem will most likely be over-stretching the budget to meet all those stretch goals (this is where Wasteland 2 sales will hopefully help out). The turn-based combat decision was also a let down for me, but I remain cautiously optimistic. --illythr (talk) 01:18, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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According to all official sources Patrick Brachner carried the flag for Azerbaijan at the Sochi Opening Ceremony. However that is not the case. By looking at the person carrying the flag I managed to match the person to Iskender Khalilov. Khalilov happens to be the president of the Winter Sports Federation of Azerbaijan. The only problem is there is no source besides a facial match I happened to find. Here is an image of him and him at the opening ceremony . I think we have a match. How do we source this though? Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 19:31, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed the discrepancy in the looks too, which is why I reapplied your edit in spite of the official source saying it's Brachner. This is one of the cases where "Verifiability, not truth" principle misfires. Let's hope they fix the guy's ID soon, otherwise I'm sure well-meaning editors will eventually put Brachner back in there. --illythr (talk) 19:39, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

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