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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by Schwede66 talk 17:51, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
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Vertical flag of the USSR.
- ... that Source: Boris Yeltsin came into power on July 10, 1991?
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Created by 342rfawrfarefarwf (talk). Self-nominated at 18:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Soviet Union; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Unfortunately the article is not eligible for DYK as it is not newly-created, it was not expanded at least five times, and it wasn't promoted to Good Article status within the last seven days. In addition, no hook has actually been proposed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 18:33, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
"CCCP\" listed at Redirects for discussion
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The redirect CCCP\ has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 30 § CCCP\ until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer1234qwer4 18:54, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 10 December 2024
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Link Head of State Mikhail Gorbachev to article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev in right column. Dbinoj (talk) 04:36, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's already linked in a prior mention under Leader. Per MOS:OVERLINK we tend not to repeatedly link each mention of a person or article Cannolis (talk) 04:54, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2024
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This is Congress and not Soviet 2A02:2378:108E:9EA5:84:B762:A05:B9DE (talk) 19:30, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. LizardJr8 (talk) 19:49, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
In regards to government
editIt's complicated to open this up with words; so I'll instead show it on the right.
Soviet Union | |
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| Government | Federal Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic (under a Stalinist dictatorship) |
It stands to reason that the time when Stalin ruled as dictator should be highlighted. My only problem is that exactly when it can be considered that Stalin became a dictator is complex, and since having a sub-government like that requires a date, something has to be decided upon.
I've decided upon four dates as proposals:
- 1928, after the United Opposition was expelled from the Communist Party and Trotsky's exile
- 1930, when "open criticism of Stalin ... was virtually non-existent"
- 1934, precursor to the Great Purge
- 1936, the start of the Great Purge
- 1938, when the Great Purge was completed
Please let me know which date you think would work best. I would vote myself for 1930 or 1928. TheodoresTomfooleries (talk) 07:41, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
- We need specific citations to reliable sources justifying any periodization we use anywhere in the article. Remsense ‥ 论 07:43, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
- This seems excessive for this context. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:57, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
Typo
editCPSU not CPCU 2404:4402:1E38:B600:F5D1:2EF:3053:EF69 (talk) 05:18, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
Fixed Remsense ‥ 论 05:26, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
