Editor of the Week Honoured Editor of the Encyclopedia The Original Barnstar The Women in Red Barnstar The Barnstar of Diligence
I created this account in December 2015, but didn't start writing articles until a bit later. In terms of editing philosophy, I am a preservationist - just because something isn't heavily written about in English on the internet does NOT mean the it's not notable. And unfortunately, lots of topics that significantly exceed our notability requirements do not have articles simply due to the lack of English-language internet coverage.
If you want to make yourself very useful, help find the originals to some of these pre-1946 newspaper clippings. I hope to find better quality versions of the public-domain images to add to commons. And please do sign this photo request petition.
List of books I need
I need page numbers for certain quotes from the following books to include in citations, since the online previews that show some parts of a book rarely include page numbers. The list is in order of importance.
Dospanova, Khiuaz (1960). Под командованием Расковой: воспоминания военного летчика (in Russian). Alma-Ata: Kazgoslitizdat. OCLC7366140. (for biography of Khiuaz Dospanova)
Героини войны: Очерки о женщинах - Героях Советского Союза. Moscow: Politizdat. 1963. (for multiple articles and copyright calculation of photos)
Semin, Georgy (1955). Севастополь: исторический очерк (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. OCLC713789151. (for Crimea-related articles)
Books I have that you might need
Need the page numbers for a specific section of a book? Or need to confirm if something cited from a book is actually stated in it? Feel free to ask about these books:
Besschetnov, Yevgeny (2000). Звезды в ладонях: документальная повесть о дважды герое Советского Союза Амет-хане Султане (in Russian). Simferopol: КАЖН. ISBN5778005261. OCLC76815419.
Cottam, Kazimiera (1998). Women in War and Resistance: Selected Biographies of Soviet Women Soldiers. Newburyport, MA: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. ISBN1585101605. OCLC228063546. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Noggle, Anne (1994). A Dance With Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN0890966028. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Sakaida, Henry, (2003). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN1841765988. OCLC51779412. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Bykov, Mikhail (2014). Все асы Сталина. 1936 - 1953 гг (in Russian). Moscow: Yauza. ISBN978-5-9955-0712-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Simonov, Andrey; Chudinova, Svetlana (2017). Женщины - Герои Советского Союза и России. Moscow: Russian Knights Foundation, Museum of Technology V. Zadorozhny. ISBN9785990960701. OCLC1019634607. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Simonov, Andrey; Bodrikhin, Nikolai (2017). Боевые лётчики — дважды и трижды Герои Советского Союза. Moscow: Фонд «Русские Витязи», Музей техники Вадима Задорожного. ISBN9785990960510. OCLC1005741956. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Shkadov, Ivan (1987). Герои Советского Союза: краткий биографический словарь I, Абаев - Любичев. Moscow: Voenizdat. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Shkadov, Ivan (1988). Герои Советского Союза: краткий биографический словарь II, Любовь - Яшчук. Moscow: Voenizdat. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Seidov, Igor (2010). Советские асы корейской войны. Moscow: Фонд содействия авиации «Русские витязи». ISBN9785903389353. OCLC970400945. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Yevstigneev, Vladimir; Sinitsyn, Andrey (1965). Люди бессмертного подвига: очерки о дважды героях Советского Союза (in Russian). Moscow: Politizdat. OCLC619061954. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Few or no google results in English DOES NOT EQUAL non-notable topic.
A secondary source is no good if it contradicts all primary sources and other secondary sources.
WP:DUH! - The statement "So-and-so was featured on a (value) postage stamp of (country)" does not merit a "citation needed" tag when an image of that exact stamp is in that section of the article.
Barnstars should be for users who correct inaccuracies in articles, create and/or find needed photos+multimedia, expand stubs, copyedit poorly-written translations, and write new articles on topics that merit coverage. Issuing them for things like creating redirects, assessing articles, categorization, and humor devalues the awards and over-values less important editing.
If the only freely-licenced photo(s) of someone or something is absolutely useless for the purposes of the article (ie, if it is de minimis, far too damaged to be restored to a point of usefulness for visual recognition, or doesn't show their face from an angle sufficient for recognition), fair-use is OK.
Do not redlink topics that will not meet notability requirements; this will confuse the newbies a lot.
The phrase "Lyalya Nasukhanova was the first Chechen woman pilot" clearly means that she was the first woman of Chechen ethnicity to become a pilot. It should NOT be changed to "Lyalya Nasukhanova was the first woman pilot of Chechen decesent", because that changes the meaning to implying she only had some Chechen heritage. Flipping out over the phrase "Lyalya Nasukhanova was the first Chechen woman pilot" over perception that it somehow secretly means she was the first woman pilot in a fictional independent Chechenya is silly. (This didn't happen to Lyalya Nasukhanova's article, but a nearly identical situation happened to a different article)
"Translated from Russian Wikipedia" at the bottom of a page is NOT a substitute for in-line citations. WP:CIRCULAR forbids sourcing just from other Wikipedias without checking real sources.
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of the quality of your work. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)
The Original Barnstar
Thanks for your contributions relating to aviation. Keep up the good work. Hope you will spot more of these. Thanks, Greenbörg(talk) 15:22, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Honoured Editor of the encyclopedia
For your great devotion and contributions on Wikipedia TheMightyGeneral (talk) 15 January 2018
For your contributions on Heroes of the Soviet Union, especially on the lists of recipients and creation of new articles Kges1901 (talk) 21:51, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your source note on "Stalin's Falcons" and its errors.. Buckshot06(talk) 08:06, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
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This user is a preservationist who believes Wikipedians should avoid agressive non-notability deletion and advocates that the notability rule be amended to specify that any subject with some historical value can merit an article. Details here.
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