Talk:Mariupol

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Removed "splendid". It is actually a stinky (literally) heavily-polluted Soviet industrial city. And somebody please add it to the lists of important ports.AlexPU

  • I'm sure AlexPU meant former Soviet industrial city. Otherwise, he is quite correct. --Coreyjahns 04 March 2006 (UTC)
  • In the industry of Donetsk area densities of Mariupol - 37.5%, in Ukraine about 7%. does not translate well into English and appears not to make sense. I recommend someone provide further explanation or removal. (For what its worth, I can tell you Donetsk is a nearby city, much larger than Mariupol, that contains the airport one would use if travelling to Mariupol. Additionally, Mariupol is generally known to be included in the Donetsk region or oblast (I believe the proper term is called oblast), in the similar way that the USA has cities within counties.) --Coreyjahns 04 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Mariupol is an area of compact residing of Greeks. There is a climatic resort. Likewise, this phrase has not made the trip to English very well and the meaning has been lost. I recommend someone provide amplification or removal. --Coreyjahns 04 March 2006 (UTC)
  • IPA transcription is based on Russian, not Ukrainian pronunciation of the name. Why? --HectorVK 14:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
The name of the city is pronounced exactly the same in both Russian and Ukrainian. With respect, Ko Soi IX 07:16, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup badly needed

To be quite honest, the language for the most part is simply ghastly, as is the lack of references throughout. And some of it just borders on incoherence. "Today Mariupol is the second city on value in Donetsk oblast..." - can someone please explain to me what that means? Is the author referring to the city's economic output or some other characteristic? The list of names of the city in two dozen different languages seems redundant - the InterWiki bar on the left of the screen does the trick just as well if not better. And lastly, some of the sections need to be either trimmed considerably or aggregated into separate articles, as this one is starting to sprawl too much. Anyway, I'll do my best to contribute and clean up, but others should pick up some of the pieces as well. - Agorboun 19:10, 11 August 2007 (UTC)