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Russia articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	8	17	29	30		1	85
FL	2	4	6	2			14
FM					90		90
A	2	3	11	7			23
GA	28	38	117	226		2	411
B	218	294	508	723		209	1,952
C	350	606	1,190	2,733		690	5,569
Start	448	1,552	6,508	14,347	1	2,353	25,209
Stub	11	235	4,142	45,316	3	3,586	53,293
List	69	93	407	3,111	35	186	3,901
Category					21,125		21,125
Disambig					243		243
File					466		466
Portal					25		25
Project					140		140
Redirect			32	772	1,236		2,040
Template					4,263		4,263
NA				7	5		12
Other				1	132		133
Assessed	1,136	2,842	12,950	67,275	27,764	7,027	118,994
Unassessed			1	440		1,584	2,025
Total	1,136	2,842	12,951	67,715	27,764	8,611	121,019
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 474,634			Ω = 5.49

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Category Split could use some help!

cross-posted to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Soviet Union.

Hello all, There were a few categories that came up at Categories for discussion. According to the desicon reached here, the following cats are supposed to be split:

This discussion closed a month ago, and as you can see, there is still some work to be done. I don't feel that I know enough to help with this split, so I'm reaching out. :) If anyone can spare a few moments to help get this done, it would be appreciated. Спасибо! ^Avic_ennasis @ 18:54, 1 Adar II 5771 / 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Kaliningrad Oblast

There is currently an argument at Talk:Kaliningrad Oblast#Foundation date as to when Kaliningrad Oblast is established. I postulate that the oblast was established in April 1946 and given its present name in July 1946. An anonymous editor interprets the April date as the date the territory of the oblast "joined the USSR" (whatever that means), and that the oblast was actually established in July. The source in the article does not support that point of view, and neither does the Charter of Kaliningrad Oblast (a link to which I posted on the talk page). Additional input would be appreciated, as the anon is obviously not going to stop with the reverts to restore his/her opinion.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 27, 2011; 14:43 (UTC)

OK, never mind. Hopefully this is now resolved.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 27, 2011; 15:45 (UTC)

Romanization of Russian guidelines

A discussion is currently underway about the fate of the romanization of Russian guideline, which is one of the main guidelines in the scope of this WikiProject. The former WP:RUS guideline has been split into WP:ROMRUS (romanization) and WP:NCRUS (naming conventions), but there are several finer points on both pages that are still under debate. There are several threads open on both talk pages and additional input will be very welcome.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); July 1, 2011; 15:15 (UTC)

Romanization of Russian guideline, cont'd

A straw poll is currently being conducted at Wikipedia talk:Romanization of Russian#Closing straw poll regarding the future fate of the romanization of Russian guideline. The administrator handling the closure would like to determine whether the page needs further work, can be marked as WikiProject Style Advice right away, or should be sent for further consideration by the community to mark it as a full guideline. Your opinion on this matter would be greatly appreciated. There is also a comment section should you be inclined to elaborate on your selection. Thanks.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 9, 2011; 13:47 (UTC)

Our WikiProject in the Signpost

WikiProject Russia is scheduled to receive some Signpost coverage in the December 19 issue. To that effect, the participants are invited to answer a few interview questions here. You don't need to answer them all, but the more are answered, the more material the Signpost editors will have to work with. I should note this is an exciting opportunity for our WikiProject to receive some coverage and, hopefully, a few recruits as a result! Even if you contribute to WP:RUSSIA only occasionally, if you have anything to say, please don't hesitate to post a short comment.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 22, 2011; 19:59 (UTC)

Can an expert on the subject please look at the article on The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Moscow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour This article about the cathedral currently in the news due to the Pussy Riot trial contains odd (to me) and unreferenced statements about influence of Freemasonry: "The first finished architectural project, by Aleksandr Lavrentyevich Vitberg, was endorsed by Alexander I in 1817. It was a flamboyant Neoclassical design full of Freemasonic symbolism. ....In the meantime Alexander I was succeeded by his brother Nicholas I. Profoundly Orthodox and patriotic, the new Tsar disliked the Neoclassicism and Freemasonry of the project selected by his brother." Can this be true? If it is accurate it should have references, if not it should be removed. Can someone who knows about this look at the article?Smeat75 (talk) 13:46, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Loskutnaya

I started an article requested by an editor on the Russian Wikipedia. The Loskutnaya article needs some extra info, but I could only find so much with English sources. WhisperToMe (talk) 12:23, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Which district?

I started Embassy of India School Moscow and found that its location is 10/2 Ulitsa Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya (4th and 5th Floors), Kievskaya,Moscow - Is it in Kiyevsky, Moscow? Or does the address refer to the proximity to Kiyevskaya (Moscow Metro)? Which okrug and district is it in?

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 20:27, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It reflects its proximity to the metro. Kiyevsky, Moscow is in a different part of the city.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:50, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Ah, ok. Which district is the embassy school located in? WhisperToMe (talk) 11:43, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It should be Dorogomilovo District--Ymblanter (talk) 13:44, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - It is.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 27, 2012; 14:09 (UTC)
    - Thank you so much! WhisperToMe (talk) 22:26, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible

This is a newly created article which has been poorly translated from Russian (I had to move the article as it was originally called Personal annalistic vault) and it desperately needs help from someone with knowledge of Russian history and/or literature. NtheP (talk) 20:40, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kosovskoye Lake

Could someone please look at this? It was created a long time ago. Someone tagged it for CSD. Is it Russian? Ukrainian? Something else? Misspelled? Non-existent? I'm not gonna CSD it unless I know it does not exist, etc. Thanks Dloh cierekim 02:04, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd CSD it; it's useless. There are several lakes by this name in Russia (all over the country; this one seems to be the largest), and if there's one in Ukraine, I was unable to find it (although, admittedly, I only did a perfunctory search). Without further information it is impossible to determine which one was meant. And it's not like it can't be re-created later when more information surfaces. Alternatively, you could ask the author of the original stub, who is still somewhat active in Wikipedia.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 5, 2012; 13:14 (UTC)

File:Urals blank map.png

File:Urals blank map.png has been suggested that it isn't free and should be deleted -- 76.65.131.248 (talk) 20:50, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Image needed for Borders of Russia

This article desperately needs an image (map). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 20:05, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of The Hobbit (1985 film) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Hobbit (1985 film) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Hobbit (1985 film) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article..

This film is the Soviet ballet-style adaptation. MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:28, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For the record: The article was improved and eventually kept.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Russian language references

I have come across a significant number of articles on Russian subjects, such as Verkhovazhsky District, which have very large chunks of illegible references. I would remark that most of them have publishers' names and also dates in Russian; some, such as {{Ru-census}} have both Russian and English terms for the publishers (viz: 'Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service)') that I believe are unnecessary. Could I request that some amongst you go through these articles and put as many of these into English as possible, and strip out the unnecessary native names? If you have a list of such terms and their equivalent translations that can be applied to more than one article, I could write a script that could save some repetitive and non-standard translations. Thanks. -- Ohconfucius ^{ping / poke} 04:54, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the Census templates have already been taken care of to everyone's satisfaction (if not exactly to the letter of the guidelines), but as to the other ones, please note that since the sources being cited are entirely in Russian, so are the citations. The English translation is added only as a courtesy to the readers; it most certainly is not required by the guidelines. You should be happy that someone even volunteers to provide the translations of any kind, when doing so is very much optional (and time-consuming!). What's more, for the information referenced with the Russian-language sources, most of the time there are no English-language sources of equal quality, and while that's unfortunate, it does not diminish the quality or importance of the foreign-language sources in any way.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 5, 2012; 17:56 (UTC)

White Terror

I made some comments on the talk page for White Terror (Russia). I don't mean to step on any toes here, because I know on the internet that Russian topics inspire a lot of passion and vitriol, but the article is in a terrible state. Besides the grammatical and stylistic inconsistencies, there are major problems with impenetrable and ridiculously biased sources that present absurd figures and anecdotes. The "whites" committed atrocities, but you don't need to cite the Bolsheviks to overstate the point (to put it generously). I would have placed a template on the top of the page but I have no idea how that even works anymore. Thanks for your consideration. InformedContent (talk) 09:14, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Berlin victory parade in 1945/1945

Perhaps some Russian language sources can be found to help expand the Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 and clarify the potential mislabeling of photos as described at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Wrong_commons_description.3F_1946_Allied_Victory_Parade_in_Berlin ? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 21:37, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Geology of Russia

The article Geology of Russia was suddenly expanded with a machine translation of a Ukranian article, with a far from satisfactory result. Some members of WikiProject Geology have been working to improve it, but we could use some help with the translation. RockMagnetist (talk) 20:35, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I watched the article, the best is to post translation request on the talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:44, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yakuts Americans

The Yakuts from the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, east Russia, could be considered people from "Middle East" (Yakuts are not Russian Europeans because they are of the east of Russia, in Asia)?. I believe the Yakut American should be put in some template related with this group for that they are more easy localized in the articles of ethic groups of United States and, because they are culturally Turkish, I believe more appropriate to include in the template "American Middle East". I would wanted to get their views on the incorporation of the American ethnic group to that template.- --Isinbill (talk) 10:34, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

IgroMir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IgroMir

so i made this article about the gaming expo in russia moscow which has at least 100,000 visitors and so its the third largest in europe. I translated the it from the russian article but how can i put the logo from the russian article into the english article? http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Файл:Igromir_logo.png --Shokioto22 (talk) 13:51, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]