User talk:W

Moves

I moved the page you created from a redirect to User:W/Russian Orthodox cross because I didn’t want to get rid of your content while restoring the stable title. Please seek consensus through a WP:RM. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:33, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Information

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 14:29, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Edit war

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Russian Orthodox cross. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. --Jayron32 15:16, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's right. Kan (talk) 09:02, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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	Here you go! Kan (talk) 09:39, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Belarusian radar station

Hi. Could you talk before you rename and move articles? Thanks. Secretlondon (talk) 16:00, 30 June 2022 (UTC) And the references need to go into the article, not into the edit summary. I'm going to revert and you can do this properly. Secretlondon (talk) 16:03, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Polotsk

Please do not make unilateral changes to the name. The title is Polotsk, not Polatsk. This has been discussed plenty of times before and the consensus is to use WP:COMMONNAME for regional capitals. Mellk (talk) 19:10, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! How are you? Would you be so kind as to provide me with a link to such blatantly dubious "consensus", that stands against common sense policy of Wikipedia in the first place & even neutrality policy, as in intervenes in the laws of naming of the geographical places in Belarus. Several years ago Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus itself had to appeal to Wikimedia Ru itself, because of rampant abuse of Russian chauvinists in English Wikipedia. It is simply outdated disinformation that goes even against major American printed sources that date back as early as 2000s. Best wishes from Belarus,--W (talk) 15:01, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We use WP:BELARUSIANNAMES (BGN/PCGN romanization) if there is no WP:COMMONNAME. As WP:CYR says, If a name or word has a conventional English spelling, that is used. There is a pretty clear common name here. Regardless, the title of the page is Polotsk and not Polatsk, so there is no reason for the article to not match the title per WP:TITLE. Any potentially controversial page move should be discussed first as outlined at WP:PCM. Mellk (talk) 15:13, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You still haven't provided me with any link to the corresponding "consensus" page, that supposedly existed somewhere in the past & looks ridiculous to any third party with no agenda. The page, given above, had already been used by another Belarusian Wikipedian for discussion several years ago, where I provided American mainstream sources, including the 2004 Illustrated World Atlas by Barnes & Nobles (ISBN 0-7607-5359-8, page 149), but there was no final decision by any admin despite requests for it in the next months. Lack of enforcement of that source- & rule-based consensus is astounding, especially considering that it had even stronger arguments in support than in Ukrainian case that is now rightfulaly enforced, despite the occupied status of some of the cities.--W (talk) 15:33, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:COMMONNAME is policy and such policies reflect the consensus of the community. We also have WP:PLACE#Belarus which says: Major cities (voblast capitals) are named according to the most common English usage. All other settlements are named according to Belarus naming conventions (exceptions may be discussed case by case). Mellk (talk) 15:47, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also do not intend to debate whether something is the common name or not here. If you want to start a move discussion, please follow WP:PCM. Mellk (talk) 15:50, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just wrote above that such discussion was started several years ago, but no admin provided the formal result of it, based on its conclusions & already provided reliable sources, that had not been provided in any previous discussions. It seems that like that old discussion this one is also going in circles despite obvious available conclusions that can be made by any sound person in this Wikipedia.--W (talk) 14:47, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]