User talk:Ioakinf

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[edit] Welcome!

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Again, welcome! --Ghirla -трёп- 09:31, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: War-campaign-battle struture

I think there are two issues to consider here:

  • How are the topics covered in published historical works? We shouldn't be inventing new ways to organize material, really.
  • How sensible is it to split by campaigns, regardless?

(Keep in mind that "campaign", when used in the pre-modern era, is generally understood to mean a single season of campaigning—usually early spring to late autumn. Thus, a long war may contain a number of campaigns, but that doesn't mean that it would make sense to split articles up along those lines; an article presenting only a single year worth of narrative is generally devoid of context and difficult to understand.)

In your specific case, though, I see no problem with articles like Viking raids of 1017, etc., mainly because these raids are never termed "wars" in hitorical literature; but this is a terminology issue, not an organizational one. These raids aren't "campaigns" within a larger war; they're just raids, without any well-defined surrounding conflict.

Hope that helps! Kirill Lokshin 16:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, I would suggest having the actual discussion on the talk pages of the relevant articles, and leaving a note at WT:MILHIST asking for comments on said talk pages. Kirill Lokshin 18:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Russian literature

Hello! I noticed that you reverted my edit that added Ayn Rand to Russian literature. Rand is a prominent Russian author and philosopher in the 20th century, may you please state reasons that she should not be mentioned as a figure in Russian literature? I understand that she wrote in English, but so did Vladimir Nabokov. Thanks! WooyiTalk to me? 18:52, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, that explains much. I'm currently reading Pnin for a school project. :-) WooyiTalk to me? 19:26, 20 October 2007 (UTC)