User talk:Alexander Davronov

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I have a question for you.

Did the Russian mafia exist in the 1920s-1970s and if not, why not? (199.116.102.120 (talk) 22:23, 2 November 2021 (UTC)199.116.102.120)

Well in terms of many modern legal systems hardly I can imagine any organized groups during post-civil war of 20s when the country was basically rising it up from ashes or when 30s' mass repressions brought the whole nation to its knees just before being torn apart in WWII of 40s... Later in 50s and 60s the communist party was a major "mafia" group which basically ruled everyone and everything. Except of cases like Soviet fur mafia (mostly fabricated) I dunno any real crime groups. Soviet regime of 60-90s considered a mere commercial trading as a crime so we can't reliably classify such cases into classical mafia... AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 22:42, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

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Hi there! I noticed your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fayat Group. Welcome to the world of non-admin closures! Please remember to sign your closing statement, though.

I would recommend using a gadget like Wikipedia:XFDcloser, which automates the process and takes care of those little details. Good luck! -- Aervanath (talk) 20:18, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 20:21, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

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Essay

Hi, I recently read your essay and I love it! I've been the victim of some of my articles deleted by deletionists. I don't understand the pride they have for deleting content from Wikipedia. Today, I stumbled across deletionism's opposite, inclusionism, and I 100% believe in this "wikideology" (I made that word up). Anyway, I just wanted to stop by and say hello. Happy January! Dswitz10734 (talk) 19:59, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi. I'm glad to hear that mate!
I'd say that the deletionits abuse their privilege to remove (un)sourced materials because they simply can. Essays don't work and fundamental rules are loose. Wikipedia fools many of us into wasting our valuable time, but doesn't explicitly tell that there is little guarantee material survives. Given all that, like many did before (e.g. Matt Britt) I will consider to dial down my activity here in the near future and will probably retire completely later. I would advise you to do so as well. It's horrible that such a huge project which basically monopolized the internet, didn't hardwire the rules in such a way that nobody can bend them. Thank you and Happy New Year! AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 10:31, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

It's funny we just talked, because the deletionists are after me again. I'm going to take your advice and enter unofficial semi-retirement. I got a lot of fire after I said that Wikipedia was biased, I got a lot of fire after I made pro-neutrality edits, and here we are with the deletionists after another of my pages. I haven't stopped a single speedy-deletion; and at this point the AfD is just full of pro-deletion editors. Dswitz10734 (talk) 14:53, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Please be aware of WP:CANVASS if you are still not. Secondly, I would suggest you to follow procedures specified by WP:DEPROD. Even though this won't prevent someone from making an WP:AFDHOWTO-based proposal in the future, for now it may be helpful. I would suggest however to bring more WP:RS into Candace (show) if you can to support its notability. Otherwise it isn't worth pursuing it to keep. My best. AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 17:06, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Piping format

Hey, I noticed you tend to add <nowiki/> tags when "[[link]]<nowiki/>ing" something, which is a nonstandard means of affixing. Standard is just <nowiki>[[link]]ing<nowiki/>. You also have piped links in accidentally deceptive ways, such as a usage of <nowiki>[[carbon monoxide poisoning| asphyxiation]] on Fur farming, which WP:SURPRISE-ingly points away from the actual asphyxiation page. Just a heads up, you may want to avoid those issues, all of which are summarized on WP:PIPELINK--Cerebral726 (talk) 18:09, 27 January 2022 (UTC)