User talk:Galassi

Uprising

Rather than blind reverting, read the current section, which clearly and fairly discusses what the sources say, and notes the progression in terms of estimates of casualtie. Keep in mind that the unsourced and emotional descriptions of various sources cannot stay, by policy. Jayjg ^(talk) 15:58, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

There is no trustworthy source other than Magocsi. There a A LOT of anecdotal "sources" that made their way into legitimate scholarship.Galassi 16:05, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Subtelny's not reliable? Stampfer's not reliable? I understand you like Magosci a lot, but that's not in accord with WP:NPOV. The current version provides a very neutral view of what the sources say, without straying into the emotionalism you attach to the topic. It clearly shows that the estimates have come down, and that the earlier high figures are not considered accurate today. Jayjg ^(talk) 16:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

No NNPOV. Subtelny is considered as insensitive toward Jews, although a lot less than Grushevsky.

And what specifically do you disagree with in the current presentation? Jayjg ^(talk) 16:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

At this time- a few minor points.Galassi 16:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I think you will find my latest post with references interesting. It is really difficult to argue with people who consider numbers of secondary sources more reliable than works of modern academic experts... sight, this is something that makes me think again about Citizendium, where such amateur dabbling is not permitted.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  06:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree. But Wiki is closely connected to Google, and these people can do a lot of harm.Galassi 23:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Silvestrov

The Ukrainian spelling I supplied is the one used by Silvestrov himself on recordings etc. Best regards--Smerus (talk) 13:07, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Please note I provide an actual reference for this spelling. Unless you have evidence which you can reference supporting a different spelling, please do not revert this spelling. The Ukr WP does not provide any reference; however 'strict' it is, physical evidence takes precedence.I would add the Slvestrov himself suppports this spelling, but that of course would be WP:OR. Best regards, --Smerus (talk) 21:37, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

The more accepted spelling is SY-.http://www.dt.ua/3000/3760/53548/ Galassi (talk) 21:41, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Casualties

Estimates from 2002, 2004 etc. cannot be "earlier estimates", and estimates from 1988 can't be "current" estimates. To minimize conflict, avoid original research, and use the Talk: page rather than reverting. Jayjg ^(talk) 13:43, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, they can. It is called OVERLAPPING. Current runs from 1988, and earlier still get used, out of ignorance or political expediency. Galassi 13:58, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

You've violated 3RR on the page. Please revert yourself. Thanks. Jayjg ^(talk) 17:31, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and yes, I'd love it if you could send me the PDFs. Jayjg ^(talk) 17:35, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

You did it MANY times more than 3. Galassi 17:35, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

No, I'm very careful about that; please point out where I reverted more than 3 times in the past 24 hours. Not edits, reverts. Jayjg ^(talk) 17:36, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Jayjg, please list the 4 reverts here for reference - it helps users to learn to see what exactly they did wrong. Galassi, let me agree here with Jayjg: 3RR should be avoided (please read WP:3RR), Jayjg is certainly showing good faith here asking you to revert yourself instead of reporting you to WP:ANI/3RR.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  17:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC) Here they are:

1. [1]
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3. [3]
4. [4]

Galassi was kind enough to mark each of them as a revert. Jayjg ^(talk) 18:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I consider the last rv as removal of SIMPLE VANDALISM, and a smug one at that. However I promise to be careful, as I was previously unaware of that.Galassi 18:05, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

People often try to get away with reversions claiming vandalism, but it rarely washes. Warning the reader about material that has been cited but unread is rather important, since the material could say almost anything. This was especially important in this case, since you've made false claims about sources before. I would indeed appreciate it if you would send me the PDFs, you can email me from the "E-mail this use" link on my User: or Talk: pages. Jayjg ^(talk) 18:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

1. I never made a single false statement on Wiki. Intellectual integrity, you see... 2. The last one was "RVV"- i.e. Reverted Vandalism, if you care to notice. Galassi 19:29, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Historical demography of Poland

If you have any numbers about Commonwealth population that are not discussed there, I would be very appreciative if you could add them there. The current discussion led me to a wealth of interesting publications already - thank you!-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  17:33, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Panie Piotre, drop me an note to maven13c@yahoo.com and I'll send the PDFs. You see, we Jews are not all that stupid.Galassi 17:37, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I send you an email through Wikipedia account. Btw, please leave replies (or copies) on my talk page - I don't check talk pages of other editors (and if something is left on mine, I get the nice orange notification about it).-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  17:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't know how to CC talk pages.Galassi 23:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Just copy your reply to a relevant section on my talk page, or start a new section.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  17:49, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Death penalty for harboring Jews

Regarding this: the sources I've read noted Poland's uniquness in that regard. Perhaps the confusion stems from issues seen in Administrative division of Polish territories during World War II and Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany - i.e. that what you call Ukraine and Belarus where in fact territories like District Galicia, created after Barbarossa, pre-war Poland, post-war USSR? -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  22:53, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Not just Dist.Gal. the law in question was specifically designed for Generalgouvernement, but not for the annexed part POland. Galassi 02:46, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Berehynia

Hi, I noticed that you are interested in topics related to Ukraine. I would appreciate if you offered your opinion on the subject of the article Berehynia. The discussion takes place at the article's talk page. Thanks in advance. --Hillock65 11:43, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Sounds more or less OK, except that one should point out the fakeloric nature of such revivals, due to the loss of the authentic tradition.Galassi 11:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Toaff and Passovers of Blood

I have noticed only now that you have removed the deletion proposal tag from Passovers of Blood: The Jews of Europe and Ritual Murders. The problem with this article is not the fact itself that it is about a single book: this is fine in itself. The problem is with the history of this particular article, as I tried to explain in the proposal. An editor began expanding the section about the book in Ariel Toaff, another editor transferred the section in a separate article, while the first editor continued adding material in the first article. So "Passovers..." is just a partial duplicate of a section of "Ariel Toaff". This is why I proposed its deletion and why I'll propose it again in a couple of days, unless you object. Bye and happy editing, Goochelaar 13:11, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Grazie, ho appena rimosso tutto superfluo.Galassi 01:18, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Award

		For Merit - 3rd degree
		You are hereby awarded this long-overdue Ukrainian National Award "For Merit", in recognition of your extensive contributions to art and cultural entries, such as Music of Ukraine and Bandura, as well as historical subjects. Congrats.--Riurik(discuss) 08:57, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, am honored.Galassi (talk) 05:53, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Nestor Makhno

Recently, an anonymous IP removed uncited slander from this article. You reinserted the material, and put in your edit summary that you were reverting vandalism. But removing uncited material is NOT VANDALISM, and can be removed at any time. This material has been tagged as "citation needed" for four months now, a very reasonable amount of time to allow somebody to find a citation for the questionable material. If you would like to re add the material, please find a reliable source that confirms the information. Thank you. Murderbike (talk) 23:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

It is not slander, and the paragraph clearly states that the promiscuity myth (often cited) is unfounded. I have seen the proclamation in question 30 years ago, but is is extremely difficult to get a permission to reproduce from the museum that holds it. Therefore I will revert it until bettter times.Galassi (talk) 23:27, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't know what this museum has, but make sure that whatever information you provide is not only cited, but VERIFIABLE. If other editors dont' have access to whatever you're citing, it is not acceptable. This means that the information should be coming from a secondary source, such as a book, a newspaper, a magazine, or a journal article. Murderbike (talk) 23:46, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Denial of the Holodomor

Check out. See what you can make of it. This Relata person has been thowing materials out there and adding tags as well. Bandurist (talk) 14:29, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Just tell that jerk that denial IS cover-up. Galassi (talk) 14:39, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:NPA. Read it. Relata refero (talk) 17:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Lokot Autonomy/Republic

Due to undiscussed page moves I've locked the page. Please use the article talk page to find a consensus with other editors on the best name for the article. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 22:40, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Much appreciated.Galassi (talk) 22:49, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I place another warning on the user's talk page. Then, on checking his recent edit history I found he'd recently vandalized another user's page, despite several warnings about that behavior in the past. On account of that activity I've blocked his account temporarily. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 20:18, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Fedir

If you have a moment, consider suggesting Fedir Krychevsky for Wikipedia:Did you know?.--Riurik^(discuss) 03:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits to Lute

This article was cluttered with an enormous collection of links to non-notable lute players. I removed them according to the guidelines provided in WP:EL. In addition, the abbreviation "rvv" is short for "reverted vandalism"; such an edit summary is not merely incorrect but highly incivil in the case of a good-faith editor. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

I hope my most recent changes constitute a reasonable compromise. External links of the sort you were restoring can become outright spam; whereas I'm the first to admit that there may be notables out there who still deserve articles. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Great Moravia

Would you mind providing a citation for "Slovenes" that you have added to the lead of Great Moravia? It would be also nice if you could fix the grammar after your edit. Thank you in advance. Tankred (talk) 02:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

It is further down in Boba paragraph.Galassi (talk) 02:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Fedorovych

Could you add refs for the changes you made to the Fedorovych article? --Irpen 19:21, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I would. He is figured prominently in the 1968 30year War study, BUT I have to get hold of that book.Galassi (talk) 20:13, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. I couln't format inline refs though.Galassi (talk) 15:07, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Ukrainians

I already removed the questions about the photo's at Talk:Ukrainians, it seems I was wrong, however I would have liked to have heared that from you in a more constructive way. Words like:"you are so wrong" are not constructive. Mariah-Yulia (talk) 00:11, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Rurikids.

Dear Galassi,

I would like to point that "Family Tree DNA Rurikid Dynasty Project" is amateur one. There are no authoritative sources known to me that trace Rurik to Uppsalla. The link that you provided to forum is unfortunately even less auhoritative... If you don't like word "amateur" (despite it look to best describe the study you referred), let's find another word. But it is definitely not scientific study, due to faults in the methodology. Dr Bug (Vladimir V. Medeyko) 00:02, 24 May 2008 (UTC) PS. Кстати, наверное, легче будет обсуждать на русском языке :-). Dr Bug (Vladimir V. Medeyko) 00:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC) PPS: Ссылка про Ольговичей: http://www.runewsweek.ru/rubrics/?rubric=science&rid=2286 - впрочем, это широко известно. Dr Bug (Vladimir V. Medeyko) 00:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't find anything particularly amateurish about that study. And I haven't seen any scientific refutation thereof in the West. Whatever its alleged "faults of methodology"- they have to be cited, preferably in English, as the post-Soviet science in Russia is not 100% reliable.Galassi (talk) 00:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

The Family Tree DNA Rurikid Dynasty Project is not a study in the scientific sense at all. It's some random classification undertaked by the community, nothing more. Scientific studies should be published in peer-review magazines. This one is not published there, so it's not scientifically reliable. It's done by amateurs. Therefore it's amteurish. (By the way, I don't have any agenda here: for me, it doesn't really matter if Rurik has fenno-ugric root or not.) Dr Bug (Vladimir V. Medeyko) 14:26, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Flag of the Lokot Autonomy

If the Russia tricolor is not the flag of the Lokot Autonomy, than what is? Is the flag even available on Wikipedia? Volker89 (talk) 04:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

It is not known what flag, if any, was used in Lokot.Galassi (talk) 04:49, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Citizenship and ethnicity

Two months ago I requested that a citizenship and ethnicity parameters should be added to Template:Infobox Writer. I has been requested again at Template talk:Infobox Writer and I think if several users will support it, It can added. In the case of Ukrainian writers such a Gogol and others this is important. Please join me there Bandurist (talk) 17:18, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Musical Instruments roll call

Hello, this is an informal roll call of past participants of WikiProject Musical Instruments. I'd like to revive the project and start bringing some musical instrument articles up to featured article status. If you're interested in joining us, please sign your name here and we'll discuss what everyone wants to do. --Laser brain (talk) 21:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Image source problem with Image:1711kupetzky.jpg

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Frankists

You have introduced into the "Chopin" and "Mickiewicz" articles, assertions that the mothers of both have been proven to have been descendants of Frankist Jews. You cite as your evidence "M. Mieses, Polacy–Chrześcianie pochodzenia żydowskiego, I–IV vol., Warszawa, 1938." Could you please give me the respective volume and page numbers, and the pertinent quotations?

You have also introduced into the "Chopin" article an assertion that Countess Skarbek was likewise of Frankist Jewish descent. You cite as your evidence an article in the Russian-language online publication, Kaskad. Could you please tell me approximately how far down in that article this assertion is made, and would you be so kind as to quote the relevant passage for me in English translation? Nihil novi (talk) 06:20, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't have an access to the library right now. Look for word -Фигнер- in the Kaskad article.Galassi (talk) 13:15, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Exact quote- "сама графиня до замужества принадлежала к сословию мещан и была дочерью банкира Фингера".Galassi (talk) 13:37, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I have removed the text in question from the Chopin article. Please see the discussion page there for more information.

Nihil novi, thank you for vicariously bringing this to my attention by commenting on it, both here and on the Chopin discussion page. I love that you're protesting its inclusion but I believe we can protest using much simpler (and more powerful) grounds (the criteria for which I believe you'll agree are more than appropriate). I will be watching the article even more closely than I normally do to make sure the text is not reposted. It's my opinion that you shouldn't waste your valuable time debating with this person about this particular piece of text. Sugarbat (talk) 20:15, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Please accept my profound gratitude. Nihil novi (talk) 06:24, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

Why do you vandalise my edit? [5] I added interwiki and you removed it. --Dezidor (talk) 22:27, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Which edit? I didn't vandalize anything.Galassi (talk) 00:55, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Your interwiki is still there.Galassi (talk) 02:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

No, you removed cs.interwiki without any reason and later bot restored it. --Dezidor (talk) 08:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Nothing to do with your edit. I was reverting a vandal who removed the Racism category.Galassi (talk) 11:14, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Carvaggio

Thank you. I like the way that you've approached the issue of personal characteristics in a constructive and helpful way and have sought to improve the text rather than removing it completely. I think this gives a more balanced picture than relegating discussion to footnotes. Thanks again. Contaldo80 (talk) 14:52, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Frédéric Chopin

Thanks for your input on the article. I have one question, though: if we're focusing on the likeness of Chopin, do you think we should add his photograph on the top, instead? Regards, —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 16:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Not to the top. He doesn't look like a happy camper in it....Galassi (talk) 17:03, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Lol, yeah. So what do you recommend? —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 19:22, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

End of the bio section maybe?Galassi (talk) 01:21, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I should have been more specific. I mean, which painting should be in the lead? There's a discussion on the talk page here. —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 04:05, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Blue Mountain's seems to do the job very well.Galassi (talk) 11:01, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Sources

Galassi -

I think everybody knows that "Pasternak" is a name of Judaic origin. There are, however, actual questions about his background; see the talk page. Moreover, if you believe that his "ethnicity" should be mentioned in the introduction (keeping aside the fact that ethnicity is in some ways a later construct), it would be best if you gave other sources - sources that you consider reliable. Feketekave (talk) 00:44, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

1. Do not assume that anyone knows anything.

2. I see no reason not to mention P's ethnicity in the intro. It is standard in all wikis.Galassi (talk) 00:51, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

1. If you consider anything about the origins of his name to be important, add such information to the relevant section, towards the end of the article.

2. You seem not to have read what I have written. Feketekave (talk) 23:24, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

FYI, "Pasternak" is a common Ukrainian and POlish herb, and it gives no clue as to ethnic origin of a bearer of such surname. Having said that BP was an ethnic Jew with nothing "Judaic" about him, except his nose.Galassi (talk) 23:49, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Django (program)

An article that you have been involved in editing, Django (program), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Django (program). Thank you. Schuym1 (talk) 12:53, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Django (program)

It wasn't a junk edit. Please read WP:NOTABILITY, WP:VERIFY, and WP:RS. Schuym1 (talk) 15:11, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

It was also a DISRUPTIVE EDIT.Galassi (talk) 15:13, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

On Wikipedia, removing unsourced info and unreliable sources is not considered disruptive. I am not trying to act like a jerk so please stop acting like I am. Schuym1 (talk) 15:15, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

You obviously know nothing on the subject in question. I recommend that you study the tabulature and the lutes first, before getting into edit wars.Galassi (talk) 15:19, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I recommend that you add reliable sources to the article that shows notability. Schuym1 (talk) 15:21, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

If you add at least one reliable source that shows notability, I will withdraw it. Schuym1 (talk) 15:22, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I am done watching this talk page. If you want the article to be kept, read the links above and get to work on the article. Schuym1 (talk) 15:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Join me at Medzhybizh Bandurist (talk) 17:26, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

David Duke

Hello

Why did you remove my work on David Duke? I study the question Jewish Supremacy and my article was fully based upon David Duke's work and referenced to his book. Don't do it again, I have all the right to base his work under Jewish Supremacy.

Duke explains that his book is not anti-Semitic, but that it examines and documents elements of ethnic supremacism that have existed in the Jewish community from historical to modern times. And presents how nations are taking national and cultural damage when organized Jewish elements both inside and outside Israel exercise its supremacist agendas for the benefit of Israel. He defends himself with whenever a person examine and document Jewish ethnicity he falls victim to anti-Semitism. He further adds that Jewish Supremacists have greatly damaged both the Jewish and gentile world. - - Duke finds the issue important to discuss and a reason why he wrote the book. The book addresses the issue of Jewish Supremacism and how this ideology has a dramatic and increasing effect on world events. How it has reached the roots of this approach is from separate elements from the religion of Judaism. One standpoint for Jewish Supremacism is that Judaism teaches it's followers that - they are "chosen of God," which may be the ultimate expression of ethnic superiority. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicoliani (talk • contribs) 11:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Dmytro Klyachkivsky

Hi Galassi. Please read those sources carefully as in both of them Dmytro Klyachkivsky is clearly mentioned. Please do not delete sourced information. Thank you. Tymek (talk) 22:40, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Babi Yar

Hello. Could you explain a little bit more which part of my editing of the article Babi Yar was disruptive? I was trying to translate the article into Japanese and found it very hard to follow, so I tried to sort them out. I didn't think I changed the content very much, and cannot understand why it had to be compeletly reverted. --Aotake (talk) 10:14, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to write successively. I just came to make an excuse of the restoration to my version I just made. I clicked the "restore this version" link by mistake. I wanted to hear your explanation first and didn't mean to begin an edit war. Sorry for that revert and please understand that it was not my original intent. --Aotake (talk) 10:30, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

If you had read carefully, you would have realized that the "Perpetrators" section was just moved up to the beginning of the "The massacres of September 29-30, 1941" section, also incorporating the commented out paragraphs. But I will try to edit once more step by step so you can see what I am doing. --Aotake (talk) 12:04, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Pogroms and Kozhinov

Hey Galassi... While Kozhinov, not being a professional historian, is not a scholarly source at any rate, I hardly see any ground for you dubbing him an anti-semite, especially a "rabid" one. Wishing to avoid a revert war, I decided to take this question up here first. With respect, Ko Soi IX (talk) 17:08, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

kozhinov is not just rabid, but he is also a holocaust denier. a simple google search elicits quite a bit of that- http://www.google.com/search?q=%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:ru:official&client=firefox-a Galassi (talk) 17:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Have you actually read his books? Because the whole "holocaust denier" dealie that you attribute to him is based on what he views as problems with statistics, as well as certain things that haven't been decisively proven (ie. the collaboration between zionists and nazis). In dealing with pogroms, Kozhinov makes a point in using mostly jewish sources, and from those he derives that the jewish self-defence(1) against "pogromshchiki" was more succesful than is usually admitted, as well as that the government's role to suppress the anti-semitic riots has been largely underplayed in modern historiography. Of course, we should get to primary sources... but it's not that easy... (1)-Note that weapons were rather freely sold in the Russian empire. With respect, Ko Soi IX (talk) 17:50, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

I have perused several. They are pretty insufferable, and the author is pretty odious. If you ever find reliable stats of "casualties inflicted by the Jews during the pogroms"- then we would happily include such salient bits. Until then....Galassi (talk) 18:18, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Firearms: but not freely carried: "В виду встречающихся в последнее время ходатайств священников – членов Союза Русскаго Народа о разрешении им держать огнестрельное оружие, министерством вн. дел разъяснено, что ходатайство подобного рода удовлетворению не подлежат, в силу положения совета министров, утвержденного 25 ноября 1905 г. и разъяснения мин. вн. дел о том, что самое призвание священнослужителей возносить бескровные жертвы у алтаря Божия препятствует им прибегать в каких-либо случаях к оружию убийства." ~from http://starosti.ru Galassi (talk) 18:40, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Warning

If you label some author as a judaeo-masonic conspiracy theorist or proponent of blood libel theory, you should provide references to this particular athor works.DonaldDuck (talk) 12:52, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Avec plaisir.--Galassi (talk) 12:54, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Don't make fake references in Judaeo-Masonic conspiracy theory. Most of your references don't mention this conspiracy theory at all.DonaldDuck (talk) 03:23, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

They do, just rechecked.Galassi (talk) 03:24, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Help needed

I looked in one article but didn't see anything. Can you give me a diff or two to illustrate the problem? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 04:18, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

GA nom of Kosher tax

Hi -- why did you revert my removal of the article from Wikipedia:Good article nominations? I provided an explanation on the article's talk page and marked the nom as failing there, so putting it back in the nom list can only cause confusion. If you believe I acted improperly, please discuss the issue either on the talk page of the article or at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations. I have no intention of edit-warring about this, but for the moment I am going to "revert your revert" just because of the confusion it is bound to cause. (Feel free to respond here; I will watch this page.) Regards, Looie496 (talk) 20:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Please do not restore articles to the GAN page that have been failed without attempting to act on the issues pointed out by the reviewer, as you did with this edit. Also, please be careful in your edits to the GAN page as you changed the status to two other reviews at the same time you were re-adding the Kosher tax article. Looie496 is correct in saying that there is a reassessment page to which you can take articles you feel were improperly failed, or you can go to either the talk page of the GAN page or the talk page of the article. Please do not readd the nomination again without discussing it somewhere. Dana boomer (talk) 21:36, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

200YT

PLease read the Gimpelevich article before reverting.Galassi (talk) 16:14, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

If its in English I will take a look. I am no expert on this material and don't even know what the "truth" is about this. Its more about the use of POV terms like "considerable" or "widely", ect terms. Sources should specifically say this or its open to interpretation or POV. --Tom 16:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

It IS in English, and it lists MANY scholarly opinions.Galassi (talk) 16:20, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I guess that is the rub. This is one authors review that includes some analysis taken from other scholars and pieced together. The overall tone seems pretty neutral, but again, I am NO expert on this material and just stumble by. --Tom 16:32, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I am a bit of an expert, and have the benefit of having been able to appreciate AS's tract in the original tongue. It is pretty inflammatory, really.Galassi (talk) 16:35, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I have no doubt that it is. The last source you added, again, doesn't really support the material however. The author questions the intentions of AS and asks why the West media hasn't picked up on percieved anti-semetic motifs in his books. Its more of an anaylsis of other peoples view points. It sort of presents both "sides" and makes the reader think. Anyways, --Tom 16:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

As I said in the other talk, AS is considered a PHILOsemite by neonazis and ultranationalists, but wiki has rules against marginal views.Galassi (talk) 16:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Sorry for the delay in responding. The problems seems to have calmed down at this point, is that correct? Jayjg ^(talk) 01:37, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Hopefully there are grounds for cautious optimism.Galassi (talk) 01:55, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

History of Christianity in Ukraine

Please express your opinion at Talk:History of Christianity in UkraineBandurist (talk) 22:31, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Vladimir Horowitz

Great edits to the Vladimir Horowitz page! The uncovering of the birth document in Kiev seems to settle the Berdichev vs. Kiev document once and for all. Perhaps his family was from Berdichev an moved to Kiev shortly before Vladimir was born. Regarding his father's name, Samuel (with an "e") would be the standardized English spelling. I believe the Russian would be Samiliovich or something of that nature. Also, perhaps we should make mention of Samuel's brother Alexander, who was a pupil of Scriabin (and whom Vladimir strongly resembled), and how Alexander arranged the young Vladimir's meeting with Scriabin. Your thoughts?THD3 (talk) 12:26, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Normal translit is SAMUIL, the patronymic is SAMOYLOVICH. The rest would be fine, if properly sourced.Galassi (talk) 02:39, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Your most recent revert of za'atar

Please do not be so hasty to label editors as vandals. While the editor you reverted appears to have been a little keen to apply our policy on sourcing, his edit was not an act of vandalism, especially when he took the time to explain his reasoning thoroughly in the edit summary. -- Earle Martin [^t/_c] 00:31, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

That was a sneaky attempt to reclaim the spice from the Israeli clutches on the pretext of a dead url. My good will assumption level is getting a bit low.Galassi (talk) 03:02, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

And by reverting it blindly you restored the dead reference. I, on the other hand, put one whole minute's effort into it and fixed the reference.

This edit you subsequently made is unacceptable. There is talk page discussion going on regarding the location of the Hebrew translation, and for you to undo an edit that simply moved it as "vandalism" is not good enough. This is your final warning; if you make another "rvv" reversion like that to the article for anything that is not actually blatant vandalism (such as deleting content without an edit summary) you will be temporarily blocked from editing. -- Earle Martin [^t/_c] 14:58, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't do hasty. And I've been here long enough to have seen a fair amount of political vandalism. And that I like a lot less than mere expletives and blankings.Galassi (talk) 16:23, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Perov's sketch

"Disputation about Faith (a scene in a railcar)", sketch by Vasily Perov (1880)

Hello! You've commented, when removing the image from History of the Jews in Russia "rm of Perov scetch, which depicts an orthodox priest, not a rabbi". I don't know if there are any rabbis there (or, for that matter an Orthodox Christian priest). But it looks to me like the person sitting in the center left, facing to the right, is an Orthodox Christian monk; the two gentlemen in top hats on the right are Orthodox Jews (and the dress and hairstyle of at least one of them certainly looks much like you can still see in Williamsburg, Brooklyn every day); the hat-less man in the center with something that looks like a butterfly net behind him could be e.g. an ethnic German Protestant (or a really "westernized" ethnic Russian? or a very secularized Jewish person? in any event Perov may have meant him to represent an atheist of sorts, perhaps); as to the three people on the right, I can't say. So overall, I thought it was an interesting depiction of the types of Jewish and non-Jewish people of Russia as of 1880 (right before the start of the pogroms, I guess...) and their interaction. It would add some useful diversity to other images in that section, which are mostly either pictures of individuals, or cultural artefacts, or evidence of persecution. Care to restore? Vmenkov (talk) 01:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

No, these look like intellectuals-razochintsy, and their ethnic background is definitely not discernible in the sketch.--Galassi (talk) 01:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

kobza

The term "koboz" currently redirects to the above page, because it seems to be the only one dealing with and differentiating such instruments in E Europe. Therefore some notice of the E European term "koboz" - which is simply a dialectic version of "kobza", belongs on the present page unless and until you or someone else creates a page, linked to this one, giving details of such other E European instruments, or else suggests another page to which the search "koboz" ought to be linked. Please do not simply destroy material and leave a trail of useless links. Thanks Redheylin (talk) 22:27, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

You are mistaken. KOBOZ must redirect to COBZA with a C, an entirely different instrument, and a separate article.Galassi (talk) 22:59, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I do not think I was mistaken, since you have created that page since I posted but have not moved the information you deleted nor provided links to related pages. You have not supplied references to back up your contentions either. So this new page looks like a continuation of the vandalism so far. Please do the job properly or else restore, thanks. Note that "koboz" is closest to the Turkish - historically relevant.Redheylin (talk) 01:04, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

WHy don't you move that data? I've created the stub, feel free to add there anything you like. I am not an expert on Koboz/Cobza, so take it away. My area of expertise is Ukrainian music and instruments.Galassi (talk) 02:21, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

If you are not an expert on Cobza, how do you know it is the same as Koboz? If you are an expert on Ukrainian Kobza, why can you not provide reference material showing the relation of the two instruments? Either way, you are vandalising wiki. You seem to be saying that Ukrainian things must be separate from all else. That is a political POV for which you are damaging the prospects of a well-referenced music history. You have jettisoned the material and so it is up to you to find the right place for it and link correctly if you are not to be a vandal. Please do so. Redheylin (talk) 02:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

A google of kobza-cobza and romania shows that the k spelling is far more common in Romania.(talk) 02:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

[[6]] does not mention a specifically Ukrainian kobza, just that the Romanian and Hungarian may be the direct descendant of the "Northern Slav" kobza. [[7]] says the two are identical. The importance of the instrument as a national symbol is one thing - it is also said in wiki to be true of the komuz and the tamburica - but to insist upon cutting all links with history and geography is to turn this instrument into an icon of ignorance and racism. Please produce comprehensive sources and do the work. Redheylin (talk) 03:12, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Stop kvetching and do your homework. There is no letter K in Romanian - http://www.omniglot.com/writing/romanian.htm, only in loanwords. You might want to read http://torban.org for the history of Ukrainian music and instruments.Galassi (talk) 11:43, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

The link you provide shows the letter K present in the modern Romanian alphabet. The search "Kobza and Romania" gives some seven times more results than "Cobza and Romania". Kobza IS a loanword from Turkey via Ukraine according to the Romanian sources I gave. But those sources do not support your idea that Romanian kobza is "entirely different" and always spelled with C. Rather, both are designed after the oud but named after the komuz. It is hardly likely that this would happen independently in two contiguous territories. Your claim is not holding up. I am copying this discussion to the talk page and shall request other editorial input. Redheylin (talk) 18:14, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Read: "K" is FOR LOANWORDS ONLY. Rear the descriptions of both instruments. They have different shape, tunings, techniques, construction, usage, area. Look up Hornbostel-Sachs classification #, also different.Galassi (talk) 18:55, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Please respond on the talk page. Please supply references. Redheylin (talk) 19:11, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

When did the Khmelnytsky Uprising end?

Comments needed to stop edit war at Talk:Khmelnytsky_Uprising#Dates. Thanks, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 01:09, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Galassi. Sorry for having a kind of dispute with you. We have a lot of highly opinionated people here... What do you think about this? Thanks, Biophys (talk) 22:37, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Am for EMPHATIC KEEP.Galassi (talk) 23:55, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

So, we can agree on that. But why do you think this controversy deserves such a prominent place in biography of Solzhenitsyn? It did not play an important role in his life. This is basically a content fork.Biophys (talk) 02:12, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Because he was a "very complicated" individual. Slandering a colleague is not an uncommon thing, and I we have no right to censor it out anyway. Both ways: MS's opinion of AS was equally lovely.Galassi (talk) 02:26, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I believe that an opinion about AS belongs only to article about AS (and you are welcome to cite the MS opinion in proper context). However an opinion about MS belongs only to article about MS. Is not this fair and logical?Biophys (talk) 03:03, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Not really. The Sholokhov debacle was a rather huge intellectual faux-pas for Solzhenitsyn.Galassi (talk) 12:05, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I think the worst part of the article about Solzenitsyn is "Gulag's Influence" because it describes opinion of a single person as truth. The article gives a lot of undue weight to incidents of secondary importance. This man is largely known for his "Gulag Archipelago". Would you agree that article should be more focused on that?Biophys (talk) 13:17, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes. But not at the expence of the things he did to compromise his own moral integrity. Wikipedia's purpose is not in whitewashing anyone.Galassi (talk) 15:33, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

But this is also not a place to prove that someone has lost his moral integrity. Any way, criticism of a person belongs only to his own biography. OK, maybe I will fix something else in this article.Biophys (talk) 19:59, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

P.S. I forget to ask: User:Lute88 - is not it you? Biophys (talk) 21:07, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I did not see this. No further questions.Biophys (talk) 21:16, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh man, he was a Jew, was not he? There is such thing as Jewish assassins. He was one of the most famous.Biophys (talk) 22:27, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I've missed that article. He was of Karaite descent. As to the previous, I hope you saw my user page, where everything is spelled out. USercheck (disregarded) was a retaliatory act from user DonaldDuck, who regularly engages in antisemitic semi-vandalism.Galassi (talk) 22:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I realized that you was right and therefore removed my comment. This was also described in book by Birshetein ("Perversion of knowledge"). I think your edits are fine except placing too much about Sholokhov in biography of Solzhenitsyn. Biophys (talk) 02:07, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Citation

I asked you to provide direct citation (text) that support claims currently made in this article. Please also provide English translation; so other users can see what it tells.Biophys (talk) 03:38, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Listen, I believe you have serious multiple account issues. Please do not do that. You are a good contributor, so it would be pity to see you banned. No need to reply, you know what I am talking about. Sorry if this sounds frank.Biophys (talk) 14:08, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

You are mistaken. I have no "account issues". As to your edits - they verge on censorship. Citation in foreign languages ARE PERMITTED here, but I will translate some relevant bits, in due time. And so can you, BTW.Galassi (talk) 14:27, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

I am glad that you do not have this issue. It means someone else has. I will then investigate the problem.Biophys (talk) 00:11, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

I do not have any personal bias against you, but I do believe that you hold too strong opinions and sometimes support them using poor sources. Please keep in mind that WP nick names do not correspond real names of people. I have no intention of discovering real names of people who edit here, since that would be WP:Outing.Biophys (talk) 03:56, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Did you get the message about R.?Galassi (talk) 04:09, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

My email is working. I am not going to discuss this, but everything you sent to me remains your private confidential business. As about your another question, see WP:SPA.Biophys (talk) 14:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Just making sure you received it. I did save the relevant obituary at one point, but cannot find it now. 2.DD definitely fits the SPA description, thanks muchly.Galassi (talk) 14:23, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Just to make myself clear. You can send me whatever you want, but I will never reply over the email and may comment about legitimate questions and policies here.Biophys (talk) 14:39, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

'Tis clear. I sent that off-list, because that issue is a huge legal matter, and without tangible evidence in hand one might look like a paranoid conspiracy theorist.Galassi (talk) 15:20, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Editorialising?

See Talk:Pogrom#Unsourced claim Nil Einne (talk) 16:43, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Also Talk:Pogrom#Natural Nil Einne (talk) 17:01, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

R U Back

R U Back or r u doing this from honkland. Bandurist (talk) 13:46, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Two Hundred Years Together

Вы читали хоть раз те книги и статьи, ссылки на которые приводите? --Borealis55 (talk) 16:30, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I left a message to Boreali55. Sorry for my mistake about socks. But I kept my promise to find out everything about Kupredu (he is blocked by now). Looking at your last edits, I would like to ask: do you understand the difference between anti-Zionism (anti-Israel), Anti-Judaism (the religious issues) and Antisemitism (anti-national sentiment)? I am not talking about AS (who quite possibly was an antisemit in the last years of his life), but rather about Losev who was against Judaism as a religion, but not against Jews as Ethnic group. I believe such distinctions are important.Biophys (talk) 13:47, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I believe I do. Losev uses the word еврейство rather than иудаизм~in the satanic context. And he puts иудаизм in the ethnic context "Марксизм есть типичнейший иудаизм, переработанный возрожденческими методами; и то, что все основатели и главная масса продолжателей марксизма есть евреи, может только подтвердить это". Sounds pretty mean and nasty to me...Galassi (talk) 00:42, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, this statement by him was wrong. But there is a problem here. It should not be you who decides if a person belongs to "antisemits" based on statements by that person. You should have a reliable third-party source that tells: "person X is an antisemit". Would you agree?Biophys (talk) 04:49, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Ideally, yes. That's why I say that "his writing contain" certain 6things, rather than "he is" that way. Common sense.~So his statement is not "wrong", but simply indicative.Galassi (talk) 10:45, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem then. We suppose to provide some factual information rather than attach labels (like "he was an antisemit"). For example, you could say "this White Army general ordered a pogrom in the city of...", instead of telling "he belived that October revolution was a Jewish conspiracy" (the latter was nothing notable among white army officers). Or you could tell: "this philosopher claimed that Marxism originated from the Jewish Kaballah teaching" (I wonder - why?). That would be more specific and informative.Biophys (talk) 17:25, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

You are welcome to elaborate that. I am now severely jetlagged from a trip in Ukraine.Galassi (talk) 20:32, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Have a nice trip. What do you think about this? It looks like DD is back.Biophys (talk) 14:46, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

The trip was fantastic, thank you! 2. Indeed smells like waterfowl....Galassi (talk) 14:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Took me awhile to notice that DD is banned for good for keeping a dozen or so sockpuppets. Interestingly MPowerdrive, Borealis and a few other monarchists have stopped editing too!Galassi (talk) 13:12, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Pictures

Any particular reason for removing those pictures? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 20:01, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Ideally these should be in a separate article about the conflict. In such quantity the fellow who originally incerted them really has put Undue Weight onto the atrocities, which is a serious issue, but not the overwhelming UPA characteristic. I am not sentimental about the latter BTW, being form Kyiv.Galassi (talk) 23:05, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Storm

What's the short version of what's going on? --Львівске (talk) 17:49, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

No idea. There are also some feverish discussions in Polish on individual talk pages....--Galassi (talk) 21:25, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Robert Wilton

Could you translate and quote some parts of the Vestnik.com article which show that Robert Wilton is an anisemite and put them in the Wikipedia article. I tried Google translate but that diddn't work well. Juvarra (talk) 16:37, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Re. Black 100

I'm sure you're right, but it's good to have sources: most westerners who ever heard of them never heard of the Black Hundreds except in the context of antisemitism. I would appreciate if you could help. Placing the issue of inciting pogroms alongside activism against Taras Shevchenko is another issue: certainly it belongs in the article, but the question of implied priorities is at the center here. PasswordUsername (talk) 12:58, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

I've added a real contemporary source. The priorities are not endangered. As to weight: TSh for the Ukes is what king Solomon is for the Jews.Galassi (talk) 13:06, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi, you have just put the references to the "Union of the Russian People" and the pogroms. Perhaps I was not expressing myself correctly about the references when I removed them. It is unquestionable that the black hundreds were actively participating in the pogroms - it is indeed well documented (although your reference to the NY Times is rather astonishing as it is hardly an authority on Russian History). However the link between the "Union of the Russian People" and chernosotintsy needs some serious confirmation (note I am not, again, disputing it - I say it needs documented confirmation). I shall shortly be re-writing this article (completely) and I hope that your contribution will be scholarly. There is no need to go and turn an article on Russian history into a zionist propaganda or support of the fact of the pogroms - nobody in their sound mind would dispute pogroms, but the article is about a political party, not anti-semitism in Russia.--Kotovasii (talk) 19:31, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Funny you should mention "zionist propaganda". As to a "political party": URP's record testifies mainly to various anti-semitic acts, both in press and in the street. You would REALLY have to prove ohtherwise. It is known for little else, both before the revolution, as well as its current incarnation. And please, don't cite Kozhinov.--Galassi (talk) 21:32, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Re Ukrainian Polish conflict

Check out this article

http://narodnapravda.com.ua/history/4a6a9b518ccfd/

Bandurist (talk) 02:09, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Check out Władysław Siemaszko

Fair use rationale for File:Solzhenitsyn-Vetrov.jpg

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This document is in Public Domain in its country of origin (Russia). I am not sure how to change to an appropriate license.Galassi (talk) 22:06, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Tonewood

Hi. I see you're keeping busy. If you're ever bored and looking for a project, I see that there are long-standing problems with Tonewood. In particualar, some editors have complained that it is oriented too much towards guitars made in the U.S. Since I know your expertise is quite different, it occured to me that you might be able to help. It's no big deal, so don't worry if you don't have time or interest.   Will Beback  talk  06:52, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Good work. Thanks for helping.   Will Beback  talk  17:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

What's up

What's your deal? You've generally been an even keel editor in the past and have contributed well to other articles we both worked on, but your blatant biases on the JB article are a little apparent, don't you think?--Львівське (talk) 23:35, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

You've got your administrative answer re PEJORATIVE. As to bias: you have betrayed at least 2 instances of promoting canards, such as- Jews inflate their wartime casualties, and more recently- Jews ruled USSR, neither of which is corroborated by Reliable Sources, needless to say. THis doesn't quite fit the description of good faith.--Galassi (talk) 23:31, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Lucía Topolansky

Ms. Topolansky is the spouse of the President-elect of Uruguay, and I was wondering what her national origin is. Do you know anyone who could read Spanish well enough to find out? Thanks. -Jwkozak91 (talk) 18:48, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

It is unclear. Her mother is Spanish, and her father could be equally either Ukrainian or Jewish.Galassi (talk) 19:06, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Konotop

Please stop your revertings of sourced information and ignoring the discussion! --Voyevoda (talk) 08:07, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

You simply cannot keep inserting the Babulin "scholarship". It just doesn't hold water.Galassi (talk) 09:12, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Konotop

On advice and with further consideration, I think it's best to simply lock the article rather than handing out individual blocks. Edit warring is never fruitful. Please work towards consensus on the talk page. The article should reflect all sides of the issue in a neutral fashion. Please avoid making repeated reverts. In the future, ask for help or page protection sooner.   Will Beback  talk  10:03, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. Would you roll it back to the last decent version?Galassi (talk) 12:00, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Deleting source requests

Hello, please do not delete "citation needed" requests as you did here. These requests are only made to make Wikipedia a better and more reliable source of information. Such requests are not intended to directly question the verisimilitude of the claim, they only request that an independent third party confirm the claim. Wikipedia would be better served by finding a trusted source than by deleting such a request out of hand. Please have a pleasant day and happy editing. (I would recommend responding here as IP addresses tend to shift) 76.222.121.22 (talk) 06:53, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Glad to have you on board! --Ludvikus (talk) 13:58, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Notification

Hello, Galassi. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts#User:Galassi regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

Galassi, I've reviewed your recent edits, and Debresser has a definite point above. Please don't participate in personal discussions you've been asked not to, and definitely don't make comments like "a rabbi should have scruples". That is never acceptable here.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:27, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

I agree, but that particular discussion was not personal. He was canvassing for his POV, IMHO.Galassi (talk) 17:30, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

If he was, then bring it to a noticeboard. Comments like "We do things in the open on Wikipedia" are not helpful. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:32, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

I am here really for a different purpose. Sharing the knowledge of a few things I care about is one thing, but spending quality time on complaints/backstabbing would be really depressing...Galassi (talk) 19:53, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

I have moved this discussion from there to Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Galassi after your last insolent edit to User talk:Ezhiki. Debresser (talk) 17:31, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Damien Hirst

Re. your edit,[8] see Wikipedia:REFB#Information_to_include and following section for how to format refs properly. Date format should follow that in existing refs in the article. Ty 02:36, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Slovo o Polku

I don't refuse to believe it, but I honestly don't know much about transliteration of the Old East Slavic. Sorry!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:03, October 19, 2009 (UTC)

Simple - Г is transliterated as H, (a bit like in modern Rusyn and Ukrainian). That's the phonetic convention.Galassi (talk) 20:07, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Please review these proposed changes

See the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Contemporary_music#Proposed_changes_to_lead_section. Thank you. --Jubilee♫clipman 16:45, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Losev again.

Galassi, for umpteenth time, could you please stop your crusade against that respectable Russian scholar (and against me, btw, too). Your edit summary was a clear personal assault against me; besides, it's clearly a straw man argument to label all your opponents as antisemites, just because they don't support your fringe theories of this or that person being a damn antisemite.
The intellectual level of your arguments on X, Y, Z being bloody antisemites despite the extreme scarcity of the supporting evidence (only fringe theories or passing-by remarks you've managed to cherrypick) warrant a comparison with the IP troll [9], [10], who is keen on trying to emphasise Iron Guard was first and foremost a shabby club of homophobes :D. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 17:07, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

You edits show a certain Russian-nationalist whitewash pattern. As a test of your good faith I am inviting you to contribute to the Kharchikov article. Lets see how you handle that.Galassi (talk) 17:24, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Agreed on Kharchikov (is it the guy who wrote 'сегодня мы - НАШИ', dedications to heroes (!) of Riga OMON etc. ?), I'll try to contribute, on the condition that you'll let the article on Stalin's antisemitism stay on a stable version, and wait until third opinions appears. After all, it's not me who has to prove good faith and neutrality, being an Estonian who has contributed a great deal to articles on Russian politics, without any partisanship, I hope. See my contributions to 1993 Russian constitutional crisis or Albert Makashov, if you please. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 17:34, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

A good sign of good faith is not removal of sourced data. POlivanov is a serious scholar, and that will stay. You may instead expound on Stalin's and Losev philosemitism, naturally, if properly sourced.

Most definitely, Stalin wasn't a philosemite. Certainly, we both dislike commie-nazi scum. What I also oppose, is using this article on Stalin's antisemitic traits and operations as a vehicle to incriminate Losev, who you claim was a great inspiration of Stalin's! This is not much better than the modern thesis of certain Russian nationalists, who argue that Stalin, well, murdered, robbed and yet remained a true Christian orthodox person who aimed at freeing Russia of the serfdom of 'Jewish Bolshevism'. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 17:45, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

And BTW, why did you remove antisem. cat. from Kharchikov's German wiki?Galassi (talk) 17:38, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

We don't do slander here. We report what scholars say. Many historical figures have had unsavory opinions, and we merely report sourced noteworthy instances thereof. Losev was not the worst to be sure. Take Shafarevich for example.Galassi (talk) 18:35, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Unreliable sources at battle of Konotop

Hello. I have no idea whether the link you removed here is an unreliable source. Most probably is if it's a webzine. But so long as this webzine appears in an inline ref, which it seems to, probably it is better to use the {{dubious}}, {{verify credibility}}, or similar tags and/or discuss the question on the article talk page. All the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:14, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

It is too disgusting to be a source. That all refers to one "historian" named Igor Babulin who slanders Ukrainians at evry turn, claiming that they infiltrated Chechnya in order to kill Russians etc. He is considered unreliable and unacceptable on Russian wiki.Galassi (talk) 21:20, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Then shouldn't you also be removing it from the inline cites as well? But as I said, best to discuss this first. Regards, Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:26, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

I tried, but there an anon edit warrior active there now, and that would take me beyond 3RR. As to Babulin- none of his "writings" are available in English, so that discussing him would make only a pissing match. Galassi (talk) 21:30, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Uhm, you are aware that with your renewed revert of the Babulin source on the Battle of Konotop article you have broken both the planned 1RR regime (to which you seemed to agree) but also the normal 3RR, right? I'll let it pass because maybe the 1RR thing hasn't yet been put "formally" into force, and I have the suspicion the IP was a block-evading sock of somebody, but please be aware that this kind of revert is really included in what the new measures are meant to prevent. Just saying. Fut.Perf. ☼ 17:48, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Noted.Galassi (talk) 17:50, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Uhhhhghh. And right after saying this, I see you also have been breaking 3RR on Stalin's antisemitism. Now, that clearly is an unambiguous 3RR violation. And that's only counting the four identical reverts of User:Anti-Nationalist and User:Miacek ([11], [12], [13], [14]); ignoring this, which technically is actually a fifth, but where the reverted text is so obviously unconstructive I personally wouldn't normally take action (although it's not safe to rely on such edits being exempted from 3RR). Oh man. And you were previously revert-warring against Miacek just a few days ago on the same article too. Oh man, just when I thought I'd found a few people that could at least be talked with, but I can really find no good reason not to block here. 48hrs due to prior history. Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:00, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

That was a hot-headed move indeed, I'll self-revert.Galassi (talk) 18:08, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, seems I was too quick for that. I was going to come back here anyway in the next step and slam a WP:DIGWUREN#Discretionary sanctions warning about an impending general 1RR restriction on your page too. Perhaps, since you were already willing to self-revert and we were sort of talking, we can shorten things a bit and talk about an unblock in return for accepting an 1RR right away? Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:12, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

I'll take it, with the official request that you restore the deleted legitimate and cited text so it could be discussed. Anti-nationalist deletes with no chance of discussion, and that type of impatience breeds editwarring.Galassi (talk) 18:18, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, sorry, as far as I can see there are good-faith objections against that passage by several people. Though I can't read the Russian, Anti-Nationalist's argument on the talk page looks prima facie plausible, plus, if Anti-Nationalist and Miacek(!) agree on something, there must be something to it. If you want to continue discussing it, nobody is really losing out if you do so in the absence of the paragraph in the article. So, my offer, 1RR/d on all Eastern-Europe-related pages for 6 months, and please as a sign of compromise revert yourself on that page first thing when you're unblocked, for the time being. You know, the thing about impatience goes both ways. Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:26, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

ОК, even if 6mos is quite excessive.Galassi (talk) 18:39, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay then, unblocked, under the conditions laid out above. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:08, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

WP:NPOV

Hi Galassi, I am becoming increasingly concerned about your edits to our articles on Russian topics. To be blunt, I think (and I hope I am wrong) that you have strong opinions and are editing articles accordingly. WP:NPOV is central to the tenets of this project. I have discussed this with you earlier with regard to Solzhenitsyn. Although I value non-mainstream interpretations of history, Wikipedia is not the medium or forum for these IMHO. Best wishes, Graham. Graham Colm ^Talk 22:44, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

P.S. To protect Wikipedia, I am seriously considering restoring my colleague's block on your editing, because you seem very reluctant to listen to us. Graham Colm ^Talk 23:02, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't understand, frankly. Are you referring to the Solzhenitsyn infobox? What is the problem there? A lot of A.S' works were written when he was no citizenship whatsoever, officially stateless for 16 years (I was stateless for 7 years myself). There is no POV of any kind here. The POV/OR/SYNTH of Borealis et al can be summarized as "AS was so anti-Soviet that he and the word "Soviet" cannot/mustnot/shallnot appear in the same sentence".Galassi (talk) 23:51, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Blood Libel

Greetings. How does supposed human sacrifice in ancient times differ from supposed human sacrifice within jewish or christian communities? What exacly is blood libel compared to "allegation of human sacrifice". 79.102.129.44 (talk) 16:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

BL is a patent slander made to induce a discriminatory action against the blamed as a class.Galassi (talk) 18:30, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Is Khmelnytsky an Eastern Catholic Christian?

Could you tell me... is Khmelnytsky an Eastern Catholic Christian? Please write on Talk:Bohdan Khmelnytsky. --Kinno Angel (talk) 07:29, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Discrimination

You say "a haredi source is not scholarly, and cannot be reliable" Don't you see how much you are out of line with that statement? Debresser (talk) 05:59, 13 January 2010 (UTC) I have a proposal. Let's try and get bring our case to somebody we both don't know, and let him decide for us. Debresser (talk) 06:01, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

What "discrimination"? It is simple common sense to to prefer a positivist source over a metaphysical one. I will add this to your ArbCom case, if you like.Galassi (talk) 11:54, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

By all means feel free to do so. That does not, however, in any way diminish the discrimination inherent in and the logical fallcy of your assertment that "a haredi source can not be reliable". Debresser (talk) 14:52, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

What do you say about my proposal to ask an uninvolved party about our disagreement? Debresser (talk) 14:53, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I already did that, bedanckt.-Galassi (talk) 21:26, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Bedankt. Thanks for the attempt at Dutch. Debresser (talk) 18:47, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Problematic WP:BLP editing on Paolo Zamboni

Kindly refrain from attempting to assign therapeutical theories (ie: Chelation therapy) to this doctor. Articles on living individuals need to be as accurate as possible. Your editing on this article is problematic relative to a lack of accuracy as explained in in this talk. If you continue to edit in this manner you will be subject to sanctioning including blocking of your account. 87.231.131.227 (talk) 19:42, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Your last edits on this article are definitely an improvement. There are still a couple of issues with your edits that need work specifically on this article but it is good that you have taken on board what has been explained to you and have made edits accordingly. 87.231.131.227 (talk) 21:10, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Motion to dismiss or keep the Chabad editors case

Hi Galassi: A discussion has started if the Chabad editors case should be dismissed or should remain open. As someone who has been involved in the discussions leading up to this ArbCom case and presented evidence you should be informed of this motion and have the right to explain if you agree or disagree with this proposed motion and why. Please see Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Chabad movement/Evidence#Contemplated motion to dismiss. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 06:49, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Translation question

I just created Person of Jewish ethnicity. Do you know how to better translate to English Russian expression "zidovskaya morda"? I am asking because Sarnov made a point that "Person of Jewish ethnicity" is a precise linguistic copy ("calca") of "zidovskaya morda". Indeed Russian word "Litso" has two meanings: (1) face (the "morda") which is the meaning in normal folk's language and (2) a person - in the bureaucratic language. The rest you understand yourself. Thanks.Biophys (talk) 03:59, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

This is a tough one. Morda would be a muzzle or a mug. There is no commonly familiar word for zhyd in English, with the Southern word "kike" fairly obscure. Probably a "kike-muzzle" is the most logical equivalent. I doubt it is a calque though.-Galassi (talk) 04:18, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for making corrections. Then let's not mention the "calque".Biophys (talk) 20:50, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

BTW, Sarnov wrote another interesting book, "Stalin and writers", 3 volumes. 200+ pages are about Stalin and Sholokhov. There are already several books by different authors about the problematic authorship of Sholokhov (quoted by Sarnov, along with many others). The conclusion is certain and very convincing: both Sholokhov's books, And Quiet Flows the Don and "Podnjataja tselina", represent a combination of texts written by three different authors with very different styles, one of whom was Sholokhov. This is basically a consensus among independent researchers. The problem comes when people are trying to identify two other authors whose writings were used. The Krukov was obviously disproved. The most probable version: one of them was Sholokhov's farther in law, and another one (if I remember correctly) was Lavr Kornilov whoes diaries were confiscated by "reds" and never completely published.Biophys (talk) 15:07, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

I generally take conspiracy theories with a large grain of salt. [15] is pretty accurate in my opinion.-Galassi (talk) 15:15, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

What exactly did you read about this? One can easily pickup any number of refs supporting the authorship of Sholokhov in Russian newspapers. But books by professional philologists who have no reasons to take any sides tell a very different story. Same with many other controversial subjects. But this is simply a matter of sourcing and NPOV. Nothing special.Biophys (talk) 16:18, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

AfD on Communist antisemitism

Can you explain your recent edit at the AfD regarding Communist antisemitism? Regards.  Cs32en Talk to me  03:01, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Is there anything unclear about it? -Galassi (talk) 03:48, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

I think so, as you have removed content from the AfD page.  Cs32en Talk to me  03:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

A tech. error.Galassi (talk) 04:00, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

OK.  Cs32en Talk to me  04:07, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Samovar

Thank you for your contribution to the Samovar article, which had eventually helped to find an interesting real fact. It the future please be critical to sources which give pieces of information without any references or context. What happens in internet today is very similar to the game of Chinese whispers, only on a huge scale. And finding the true story is actually part of fun of writing wikipedia :-). - Altenmann >t 16:02, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Grand Duchy of Rus

Would you stop your ignorant trolling? The Grand Duchy of Rus was never ratified and that's what is claimed in the article History of Kiev. Who cares about the castrated ratification? --Voyevoda (talk) 22:32, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for the defense of historical truth. In reply, I have just written to Voyevoda:

"Talk about important facts, please. The Treaty of Hadiach was signed by representatives of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossack Hetmanate in 1658, and ratified by the Diet, in the presence of the Ukrainian delegation led by Yuri Nemyrych, in 1659. So, the Duchy of Ruthenia within the Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth was established. As a matter of fact, Russian military occupation of Kiev was illegal. I am afraid that you do not understand the principles of international law. Fortunately, I know a lot of sources, not only Russian or post-Soviet ones."

In that case, User:Voyevoda seems to be a Russian nationalist. -- Warm regards, dr Mibelz (talk) 23:36, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

A mildly rabid one at that, more so on the Ruwiki. Czesc! -Galassi (talk) 23:42, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Imagine, I have just received such a "pearl" from User:Voyevoda:

"Are you dumb? It was ratified, but in a limited version, without Grand Duchy of Ruthenia! The presence of Yuri Nemyrych doesn't change anything. I brought you a source. BTW, prof. Tairova-Yakovleva is not Pro-Russian, she was even awarded by the nationalist Victor "Failure" Yushchenko. Look here. Look here. Please, respect the rules of Wikipedia! My source is very pointed and concrete. Either you can disprove it with another source or not. Simply deleting or calling it Russian POV is surely not enough and won't be accepted.--Voyevoda"

His language and pseudo-arguments are typical for ideologists, both ignorants and illogical ones. We ought to fight against such persons in Wikipedia. -- Best wishes, Mibelz (talk), PhD, 00:06, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your vigilance!-Galassi (talk) 01:01, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi! A Russian wikipedist, Voyevoda, is still removing the most important facts and solid references, both Western and Ukrainian (not post-Soviet) ones, from the History of Kiev. I think, it is time to stop him. Do you know who is the admin of the page, and how to contact with him? -- Regards, Mibelz (talk), PhD, 11:41, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

There is no specific admin attached to the page. You can ask any of them. Try one "Future Perfect At Sunrise". Or I'll ask him.-Galassi (talk) 12:39, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Make sure you add as many citations as possible, and make comments on the talk page, as editorial behavior is greater priority here than content policing.- Galassi (talk) 12:50, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply and activity on it. I have already received the following information from Mercurywoodrose (talk) ":i dont know whats been going on, as ive only done gnomish, minor edits to this article, and have very little connection to it, but User:Alex Bakharev is an admin who has some connection to this article. I would encourage you to ask for some form of mediation, and not just try to prove your case. i have let him know you requested an admins help. hopefully you can show a neutral attitude once your block is removed. good luck, im assuming good faith here." By the way, the "Future Perfect At Sunrise" blocked me for 12 hours. - Mibelz (talk), 07:57, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Blocked

Quite some revert-warring going on over at History of Kiev, indeed. Seems you were part of it, however, and you broke your 1RR limitation. Blocked for 24hrs, and I'll see what else is needed to stop this situation from further escalation. Voyevoda has been bocked for longer. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:21, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Category:Historicist composers

Hello, Galassi - Would you be good enough to provide a concise sentence describing the inclusion criteria for Category:Historicist composers? It's not immediately apparent who should be excluded from this category. Thanks! Cgingold (talk) 13:09, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Vladimir Vysotsky

Hi, Galassi. While Vysotsky did have a Jewish father, unless one's mother is Jewish as well (or unless one converts to Judaism), merely having a Jewish dad (or any other paternal relative) is not sufficient to be considered a Jew (please see the article Who is a Jew?). Please try to use the talk page before reverting and do not revert as vandalism ("rvv", etc.) edits that are clearly not vandalism.

You also reverted this clearly-explained edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vladimir_Vysotsky&action=historysubmit&diff=359657890&oldid=359657447) without any stated justification. A cn-tag has been in place for the tensions surrounding "ethnic impurity" in the Taganka theatre since July of last year. As far as I know, anti-semitism had an ugly social presence in the Soviet Union and may have been noticeable at the Taganka, but it's a little silly to boldly assert that "ethnic purity" as such was ever a value of the Soviet Union; after all, Brezhnevite anti-semitism and the chauvinism at the time wasn't like the Nazis' doctrine.

It's very clear that any poorly sourced and disputed material may be challenged and removed. The link to vysotskiy.niv.ru/vysotskiy/monologi/059.htm, alleging that Vysotsky referred to himself as a "dirty Yid" also doesn't work. (If you look closely at the diff where this sentence was reverted, you can see that this was also challenged before, but if you can find a a link that does assert it, go ahead; disputed unsourced material doesn't just get to land back in the article after being challenged multiple times on someone's initiative.)

Having now rationalzied every single change from a-z, I'm now going to revert your changes, which quickly undid the edits I made to the article.

Since you so insist on categorizing Vysotsky as part-Jewish, I'll add him to Category:Russian people of Jewish descent (about as much as we can say about his background.) I will now ask you to stop de-escalate and stop edit warring.

Lolicon69 (talk) 16:26, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

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Caravaggio

In case you're feeling confused about what's going on at this page, with me deleting a large section that I wrote and Attilios then reinstating it: it's simply that I confused the two of you. I deleted my section on sexuality and then, thinking it was Attilios who had been protesting about it, notified him. I should have notified you, my mistake. I never actually wanted that section, I think it's far too long and not much to do with Caravaggio, more to do with modern prurience. I don't want it in. What I DO want in is those two sentences, which are about as much as the subject needs. Please don't now get into an edit war with Attilios. Let's solve this o the article Talk page if we need to. PiCo (talk) 01:20, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree with you, as this is turning into a massive WP:COATRACK. However the bigger problem is Contaldo, who apparently has done a lot of WP:OR about the middle finger misuse.Galassi (talk) 01:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Blood libel

First, I would like to point your attention to the top of your userpage; you are fairly active for being on a Wikibreak. Second, you have been here a long time and should know that the burden of proof lies with the one who likes to include something, not the one who challenges it. Third, in the United States untruthfulness is a prerequisite for a libel and thus might be part of the definition found in a dictionary. However, a libel does not have to be false in Great Britain nor much of Europe, and the word libel rather meant "a small book written with malicious intent" in the beginning. I don't know where or when the term "blood libel" originated, but I would not surprised if it originated under influence of old English rather then being affected by modern US law. So, find a reliable source that do say that blood libels are defined as being false before reverting it back. Thanks. Steinberger (talk) 10:44, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Libel is an ACT OF DEFAMATION, according to the American Collegiate Dictionary. And defamation is CALUMNY, or uttering FALSE CHARGES, in the same book. There you go. Revert yourself, per WP:3RR.-Galassi (talk) 10:51, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

That is not good enough to verify that all "blood libels" are false. Steinberger (talk) 12:49, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Only if you have the agenda to insinuate so.-Galassi (talk) 13:01, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Insinuate what? That all blood libels are true? Grow up! Steinberger (talk) 13:17, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

So, which blood libels ARE true? -Galassi (talk) 13:19, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

So if I can't provide an example of a true blood libel, then all blood libels must be false? That way of reasoning is faulty, it is called argumentum ad ignorantiam. Steinberger (talk) 14:02, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Potentially. That's the logical mess you've got yourself into.-Galassi (talk) 14:33, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Check out Polish Auxiliary Police - Bandurist (talk) 02:06, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Polish Auxiliary Police

What do you mean by "already cited"? The text completely lacks inline citations for the most part. Please restore the tag which you have removed.  Dr. Loosmark  12:54, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

There are 12 inline ci6tations in the article, last counted.-Galassi (talk) 13:49, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't matter, the first half of the article doesn't have citations. I have reported the issue to ANI board. Please comment there.  Dr. Loosmark  14:06, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Akhmatova

Galassi, please see Akhmatova discussion page. Spanglej (talk) 00:59, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Ukraine population

Exam; Year 1991. - Population 52,000,000 > Y 2009. - P 46,000,000 and 2,000,000 more Kuban Cossacks! ... 45,000,000 Ukrainians is very funny number! Best regards! --78.1.190.110 (talk) 07:34, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Richard Yary

Hi Galassi, I came across the discussion about whether Yary's mother was Jewish or not. This is a very important issue because this fact is a key argument of those who maintain that OUN(B) never persecuted Jewish civilians. The article currently reads:

"According the historians O.Kucheruk and Z.Knysh Yary was of partilineal Czech and matrilineal Hungarian-Jewish descent[1][page needed](Polish rather than Hungarian (maiden name "Pollack") according to Patrylyak[2]).[not in citation given]. Yary's Jewish descent was affirmed by the historian Z.Knysh, but denied by P.Mirchuk who affirmed that Yary was not Jewish, but was denounced as such by his enemies in OUN-M, and Knysh himself was Yary's personal enemy[3]."

I have read Patrylyak (http://www.history.org.ua/LiberUA/Book/Patr/10.pdf) and he doesn't support the theory that Yary's mother was Jewish. He writes: "Його батько був австрійським офіцером, за національністю чехом, мати - полькою (дівоче прізвище Поллак)." "His mother was a Pole by ethnicity"

Moreover, I have very strong reasons to suspect that Kucheruk in his book says the same thing, even though this book is not available anywhere on the internet. How did it happen that this Wiki article began to claim that Kucheruk's book says that Yary's mother was Jewish? Who invented this claim and how did he explain it? Has any of the contributors to this article ever seen Kucheruk's book at all? If so - why is there not even a page number given? Thanks,Ostap

—Preceding unsigned comment added by OstapBender1900 (talk • contribs) 08:57, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

I've made an inquiry to a specialist. I was told before that the surname "Pollak" is predominantly Jewish, so Partylyak could be (deliberately?) wrong on that account.

What is certain is that Jary's wife was in fact Jewish. I will also write to JPHimka.-Galassi (talk) 11:43, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, Galassi. I am very impressed by your professional response and your access to John Himka, whom I greatly admire.

Yes, there are a lot of Jews named Pollak and Pollock, but there are also a lot of Poles named that way, given that "polak" means "a Pole" in Polish. This is like many other Polish names - e.g., Kaminsky/Kmaensky - which can be either Jewish or Catholic. I am sure you agree that Wikipedia should not automatically claim Jewishness for every person named Pollak. The name itself is no evidence of ethnicity. Moreover, given that Patrylyak is the official Ukrainian Academy of Sciences' expert on OUN, I strongly suspect that he is familiar with Knysh's claims and if there existed evidence that Knysh is right, Patrylyak would have mentioned it. But that's not the main issue here.

The main issue is that I strongly suspect that Kucheruk doesn't claim that Yary's mother was Jewish, and if he mentions this possibility, then only as a reference to Knysh's claims. So, who said that Kucheruk's book says that Yary's mother was Jewish? Has any of the contributors to this article ever seen Kucheruk's book at all?

And second, our article here says "According the historians O.Kucheruk and Z.Knysh...", but there is no reference given to Knysh's book or article. Does any such reference exist, or is this pure folklore?

Also, notice that this article attributes to O.Kucheruk and Z.Knysh the claim that Yary's mother was "Jewish-Hungarian", while Patrylyak says that she was Polish. This further puts the existence and/or veracity of O.Kucheruk's and Z.Knysh's claims that she was "Jewish-Hungarian". Can we get in touch with Kucheruk or find a copy of his book?

I agree with you that it is fairly certain by now that Yary's wife grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family. Here is what Patrylyak says: "1922 року в Ужгороді Ярий одружився з єврейкою Розою Шпільфогель, яка походила з м. Перемишлян (тепер Львівської області). Ярий був у перманентному конфлікті з батьком і тому не отримав від нього спадку, його дружина теж посварилася зі своєю ортодоксальною єврейською сім'єю." In spring 1922 in Uzhgorod he married a Jewish woman Rose Shpilfohel. He was in permanent conflict with his father and therefore did not receive inheritance from him, and his wife also broke up with his orthodox Jewish family.

Here is a seemingly excellently researched biography of Yary:

http://vladko2008.livejournal.com/tag/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%20%D0%AF%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9

... О матери – Марии Поллак ничего не известно....В г.Ужгороде он познакомился с беженкой из Галиции, еврейкой Ольгой Шпильфогель, 29.10.1896 г.р., уроженкой Перемышлян. Она родилась в семье набожных евреев и при рождении получила имя Рейзель. Не желая в дальнейшем подчиняться правилам еврейского кагала, бежала из дома и родители под давлением общины отказались от нее. В 1922 году в г.Стрий она перешла в католическую веру, получив имя Эльза. В феврале 1922 года Ярый зарегистрировал с ней брак в Ужгороде. ... About his mother - Maria Pollack - nothing is known.... In Uzhgorod, he met a refugee from Galicia, a Jewish girl Olga Spielvogel, born 29/10/1896, a native of Peremyshliany. She was born in a family of devout Jews, and at birth was given the name Reyzel. Not wanting to continue to obey the rules of the Jewish religious establishment, she ran away from home, and her parents, under pressure from the community, abandoned it. In 1922, she converted to the Catholic faith, receiving the name of Elsa. In February 1922 Yary married her.

What do you think? What does John Himka say? OstapBender1900 (talk) 03:07, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

No reply yet. Himka's opinions re participation in atrocities can be seen at http://community.livejournal.com/history_ua/247529.html?nc=2&style=mine. Re Knysh: you can find Mirchuk's polemic with him fairly easily. I don't have it handy, but OUN-M repeatedly denounced Jary to Gestapo as a crypto-Jew. Re Kucheruk - I have seen the book a few years ago, and as I recall he stops short of claiming anything unequivocally (there is no certainty that he was in fact Jary), but all info must be from there, as this is the only source dealing with the subject.-Galassi (talk) 03:57, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Galassi,

First of all, I found the text of Knysh's memoirs on-line. Here it is:

http://zustrich.quebec-ukraine.com/lib/knysh/knysh_part03.htm "Yary came from an Austrian official's family. Born in 1898 in Rzeszów. His real name was German "Jagry”, Yary – ukraiinized version. There were rumors that he had traces of Jewish blood - his father could have been a Hungarian Jew converted into Christianity, and mother, of the name Pollyak, also a Jew converted into Christianity - but one cannot be certain of this. But some suspicions must have been around, because the National Socialist party offices in Germany didn't like him too much and always suspected that his Aryan origin was not entirely clean..."

Second, please forgive my criticism but I don't quite understand the follwoing: if it is false that Kucheruk said that Yary's mother was of Hungarian-Jewish descent, why is this false claim still there: "According the historians O.Kucheruk and Z.Knysh, Yary was of partilineal Czech and matrilineal Hungarian-Jewish descent"? It has been 3 weeks since we talked last, and it's still there. In fact, since there is no place to read what Kucheruk actually said and since Kucheruk couldn't have claimed the obviously false claim that Yary's mother was a "Hungarian Jew", why not omit the lie about what Kucheruk said and instead correctly describe what Patrylyak, Knysh and Mirchuk said? Would you like me to write a new version?

Also, it appears that it was you who first introduced the reference to Kucheruk into this English language article on Yary:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Yary&oldid=343360230

I suspect you did so by simply translating what somebody else wrote in the Ukrainian or Russian version of Yary article. Is it valid to attribute words to a book without seeing it and without even having a page number, just because some propagandist made this false claim elsewhere? And why is it still there, given that you know that this claim is false? Again, sorry for being critical, but I am a stickler for truth, especially in encyclopedias.

Thanks,

OstapBender1900 (talk)

WP:Harassment

Please read Wikipedia:Harassment. I accept that there is an ongoing discussion relating to the Caravaggio article; however you have also tracked and specifically amended edits I have made to the articles of Cyrano de Bergerac, Donatello, and Brunetto Latini. I am asking you politely to stop. If you do not then I shall refer this matter to the administrators. Thank you. Contaldo80 (talk) 09:19, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HA#NOT .-Galassi (talk) 13:52, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

The Black Hundred

I suppose The Encyclopædia britannica is reliable source, Isn't it? -- George Serdechny 20:15, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

BOTH singular and plural are legitimate.Galassi (talk) 22:35, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes they are. But Black Hundreds have another historical meaning. Check this or this (I suppose there were no ideas about The Black Hundred in 1885). I'll rewrite Ru-Wiki article in a few days, relying on you in the English Wikipedia. Thanks for your cooperation anyway. -- George Serdechny 05:02, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

• Done. -- George Serdechny 08:44, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

New Questions on Richard Yary

Hi Galassi,

I added a new message for you on this topic. Please take a look above.

Thanks, OstapBender1900 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:15, 28 July 2010 (UTC).

Penitent Magdalene (Caravaggio)

An editor has put a lot of work into Penitent Magdalene (Caravaggio), but I have problems with the result. Would you like to have a look? She's a nice person, no problem there, and perhaps togather we can make a little project to improve this article. PiCo (talk) 07:30, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Reznick

I looked around for some sources. See talk:Semyon Reznik.   Will Beback  talk  03:58, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Post-minimalist composers

Category:Post-minimalist composers, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Pichpich (talk) 15:00, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Aphorists

Hi. You removed this entry a while ago. I added this person because the book Tuesdays with Morrie had mentioned that he produced around 50 aphorisms after learning he had ALS. Does the evidence need to be mentioned in the specific article on the person? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 14:45, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

I am unfamiliar with his aphorisms. Are they notable? By the number - I couldn't tell. Other aphorists are really proliphic.--Galassi (talk) 03:23, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

UKRwiki

I'd be happy to help but I don't speak Ukrainian. What do you need help with? Varsovian (talk) 14:11, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

You don't want to know. Holocaust deniers from MAUP are trying to highjack the H'related articles, and have succeeded in some, it seems. There are not enough admins to deal with this, as the participating admins cannot take administrative actions against edit-warriors. My written Ukrainian is just too rusty after 30 years in the US.--Galassi (talk) 14:23, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Ukr-wiki

I give a glimpse there now and then. What is up? Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 23:18, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Check it out - http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0:Contributions/Nikkolo--Galassi (talk) 23:52, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

I apologize, but I only now noticed your answer. I, however, looked at uk:Обговорення:Табір смерті, for example, and it seems that there plenty of people on the subject and their discussion is pretty constructive. There are some good pointers even from ones who you claim to be as the Holocaust deniers (such as Nikkolo). Their contribution do not seem to be denying Holocaust, but rather clarification of certain details connected with it to avoid generalization that, of course, might be just my perception. I really could not be of any help there. Some of the suggestions provided by Nikkolo and others seem to have solid grounds for discussions and in my opinion users such as Lute are on top of it. Best regards, Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 03:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

There is more than meets the eye. Look at his Sobibor, Treblinka, Cyclon B and Holocaust edits, some may be reverted already, some not.--Galassi (talk) 22:22, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello and Response

Hi! Sure, which page are you talking about, and what do you need help with? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarikaYkrainka (talk • contribs) 23:40, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I'd have to warn you: this is a real doozy. There are 3-4 editors (Nikkolo, Helgi and Zenko Kohutyak) and at least one admin (Deineka) that are proMAUP, proBloodLibel and pro HolocaustDenial. Some of the articles are protected and rolled back, but the admins that actually edit cannot take any adninistrative actions, even with 4-6 reverts in a row. Take a look at Nikkolo recent contribs - http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0:Contributions/Nikkolo . --Galassi (talk) 01:24, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

even more discussion?

Hi. Re [16], and in particular the edit summary of "needs discussion prior". Please note that this already has been discussed extensively on the article talk page as well as other venues. See especially Kotniski's comments. In fact, if anything this has already been over discussed. If you have something new to add to the discussion then of course please do so.radek (talk) 19:14, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Galassi. You have new messages at Jayjg's talk page.
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Mazepa

Why the attacks on my edits? These are all historical facts...--Львівське (talk) 23:16, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

The tone was utterly unencyclopedic, and the position expressed was utterly pro-Muscovite. For a nice summary of the latest MAzepa research see Olga Kovalevska, "Ivan Mazepa, in questions and answers" Tempora, 2008, Kyiv.--Galassi (talk) 11:52, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Tone perhaps, but I can guarantee you that there is nothing pro-Russian about those facts. Even the Russian narrative fails to bring up his plotting efforts to preemptively side with Poland against Russia.--Львівське (talk) 15:53, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Whatever you wrote had a strong anti-Mazepa flavor, IMO. Words like "turncoat" etc.--Galassi (talk) 22:20, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Well, turncoat seems milder and ostensibly more accurate than traitor, which Russian sources seem more fond of. Mazepa chose the side he could get the best deal from. He was Peters lapdog for the longest time, and after finding out he was to be replaced (and given some cushy title but no military power) he looked into alternatives. He tried to swing a regime change in Poland so he could unite with the Poles against Peter, and when that fell through and Poland was looking threatening (and he couldn't get Russian support to defend) he sided with the Swedes to save his own skin. His own men didn't support him for the most part, and the people he was "defending" didn't support him either as the Swedes were equally as brutal to the peasant population as Russian troops. He was a political opportunist at most, and since he rigged his own election as hetman, the trend in his career held through.--Львівське (talk) 23:51, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

You wouldnt' attribute M's action to the undue influence of his Jewish supporters, perchance? Claims of "Swedish atrocities" already smack of Russian POV. You'd have to have pretty slick sources. BTW, the more encyclopedic term would be "renegade". --Galassi (talk) 00:13, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

I've read nothing about Jewish influence and Mazepa? I think the actual quote was "equally as brutal as Russian troops" and something to the extent of ravishing the countryside, killing peasants, raiding, and so on, but I might have to double check. The sources are all pretty respectable people, I don't POV push on this matter, both sides engage in blatant applied history here and conveniently leave out facts.--Львівське (talk) 18:19, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Question regarding 3 reverse/rule policy on WP

Hi Galassi,

As a veteran editor, would you look at a case of 3 reverse edits for me? What exactly is the rule, and does it kick in automatically or someone has to file a complaint? Where does one file a complaint, if so? Thanks, warshy^talk 20:09, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

It is not automatic. Some has to make a call. Where is it?--Galassi (talk) 20:14, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Please check it for me just to see if I'm right on the policy. The last round/bout of reverse editing on this issue started (here) (1st R), and then continued (here) (2nd R). I am thinking of undoing his last R and warning him that 1) He's not a registered user, and 2) His next R will incur the 3RR block sanction. I'm assuming 'he' will reverse me again, since this is not a registered user but someone that logs in anonymously with the specific purpose of doing war edits on this page/issue. If my assumption is correct, what then? Would you be willing to come in and block him out?

This, of course, won't end the war or 'solve the problem' since they can also come in anonymously from a new IP and do the same, and they probably will. I'm just curious in this particular instance if I am right, and if so, if you would back me up? Thanks for any advice. warshy^talk 20:57, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry too much about that. Unexplained and undocumnted edit like these are pranks, IMO.--Galassi (talk) 22:15, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Addition to ukrainian people's militia

I don't really understand the addition. I thought the militia was created under the OUN? How could it turn into a German police force? I'm not seeing the connection between the two.--Львівське (talk) 22:34, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Germans apparently armed it, and disarmed it a week later, repeatedly, many times over.--Galassi (talk) 01:46, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Do you have a source? I've been reading up on this subject and it's pretty gray. One author points out that the Soviet word for police was "militsiia", and "One witness suggets that Soviet Ukrainian policemen [...] left behind by the Soviets formed the first nationalist Ukrainian militsiia in Lviv at the end of June 1941." Maybe there's more overlap between this group and the aux police due to this translation, confusing militias with police.--Львівське (talk) 08:13, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

It is all in Patryljak. Read it.==Galassi (talk) 11:08, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

will do,thanks --Львівське (talk) 16:08, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Check this out

I added info to this article which is getting blanked like crazy: Carmelite Church, Przemyśl.Faustian (talk) 23:02, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

It is outside my area of expertise. Anyway, here's where Jo0doe gets material for his mis-citations: http://litera-ua.livejournal.com/12950.html .--Galassi (talk) 05:07, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Ukrainians

This is shown in the picture, dude! Afraid of facts? --Voyevoda (talk) 18:46, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Oops. Meant WP:COATRACK.

"pejorative"

I've seen it called a stereotype in texts, but do you have a source for describing it as "pejorative"? That seems to push a certain POV--Львівське (talk) 23:39, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Pejorative by definition. However the more precise qualifier is antisemitic.--Galassi (talk) 23:47, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi . Have a look at Peter Deriashnyj and help me remove the peacock terms and make it more encyclopedic so that they don't delete the article.Bandurist (talk) 03:42, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Babi Yar

You restored the duplicate paragraph:

"The crowd was large enough that most of the men, women, and children could not have known what was happening until it was too late: by the time they heard the machine-gun fire, there was no chance to escape. All were driven down a corridor of soldiers, in groups of ten, and then shot."

"All were driven in groups of ten down a corridor of SS soldiers, and then shot at the edge of the Babi Yar gorge. The crowd was large enough that most of the men, women, and children could not have known what was happening until it was too late: by the time they heard the gunfire, there was no chance to escape."

There's no point in saying this twice. Gigs (talk) 17:30, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Roman Shukhevych

You just reverted [17] my edit in this article with a comment that the decision is not binding. But the sources say that the presidential decree was annulled and cancelled. Can you please explain.--MathFacts (talk) 19:05, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Apparently that decision cannot really be implemented, because the law does not stipulate reversals, and the decision contradicts a few other laws as well. See Ukr-wiki.--Galassi (talk) 20:21, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

MF reported us over this, 1--Львівське (talk) 20:55, 30 November 2010 (UTC)