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[edit] Advertising the Project
I am sure there are quite a lot of Russians and non-Russians out there who could join the Project and help to get things going. If people want, I can start going around asking people if they want to join (for example, by finding Russian users by Userboxes etc.). Is this something that is worth doing? --AVIosad 23:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Featured Article Vote on Indian Standard Time
Hi in Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Indian Standard Time, I've accidentally noted similarity in names of different users participating in the vote & so I guessed that they might be from the same nationality -India. And 6/7 at the time were Indians.
I think that this is an "internal" systemic bias, since Indian articles are written mostly and only by Indian users & they're mostly likely to be the only voters on featured article nominations on India-related articles & in result, making Indian articles attaining featured article status inevitable.
(I want to note that Indians are a special exception from other nationalities in Wikipedia because most of them can speak and write fluent English & thus can participate more in English Wikipedia while other foreigners can't & thus limit their participation in fields related to their nationality/culture & making participation of other third parties more likely.)
I think that there is need for third party, especially across different nationalities. And I would like members of this project to come participate in the vote & read what I've written & what they've replied with & see the article & voice your opinions. Thanks a lot! (Wikimachine 17:04, 23 November 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Atomnaya Energiya article from 1974?
In Levinskii, Y.V. (1974) "p-versus-T Phase Diagram of the Uranium-Oxygen System" Atomic Energy 37(4):1075-6, as translated by Springer, there is a question about whether "UO3G" should actually be "UO3,G":
Please see this discussion for more information.
Does anyone have access to the original Russian journal Atomnaya Energiya[1][2]? Here is its editorial board if that helps any. Do any of your local libraries have volume 37 from 1974? If so, please post on Talk:Uranium trioxide whether the original Russian version has a comma on that top-left label or not. Thank you. LossIsNotMore 22:43, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Vernacular scripts
vote on the use of scripts--D-Boy 01:58, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Russian History Project
Hi Folks:
I'm one of a group of Russian historians who are considering setting up a WP Russian history project. Most of the members of this group are history professors, and their primary interest is to see that WP entries on Russian history are accurate and well categorized, primarily because their students use them all the time. WP has really become the source of first resort for many students, so we need to make sure it's trustworthy. The idea itself was generated on two professional listserv, H-Russia and H-EarlySlavic. The logs of the on-going discussion are there if you would like to review them.
We'd like your help (as a WP expert) and cooperation. The division between historical and contemporary articles is a natural one. We would concentrate on the former and you could cover the latter, though a certain amount of overlap is to be expected (and, I think, encouraged--I've signed up for the Russia Project).
If you are interested in knowing more about me, see Marshall Poe. You can email me at marshallpoe at gmail dt com. MarshallPoe 15:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Greetings from WPMILHIST/Russia!
I am currently rewritting Red Army and a FAC is ongoing for Russian Ground Forces which I extensively revised. If there are any material not easily available on those topics which people in this project have access to (I'm in New Zealand), please let me know. Paka Buckshot06 00:05, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
