Derianus

Regions of Ukraine

Hi Derianus. I don't understand why you're redirecting Regions of Ukraine to Oblasts of Ukraine. The Administrative divisions of Ukraine article covers the Oblasts, plus the autonomous republic and the two cities with special status. Could you explain your reasoning for changing the redirect? Howicus (Did I mess up?) 02:07, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Because "region" is the English word for the oblasts. See Talk:Oblasts of Ukraine#Requested move. Compare

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Derianus (talk) 02:17, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

That makes sense to me. Thanks for explaining. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 02:19, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

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Please provide evidence for your claim at Talk:Grodno Region. Derianus (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

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Please provide evidence for your claim at Talk:Raion. Derianus (talk) 04:48, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

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For your continued disruption (not the move review, that's fine), I'm imposing a topic ban for six months against all articles involving Eastern Europe, broadly construed. You remain free to communicate at Wikipedia:Move_review#Oblasts_of_Ukraine. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 22:13, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

It's been a while since I've seen you around, Tobias, though from the looks of the case page it seems you've been quite busy. You know perfectly well how to appeal your ban, and I implore you to do so instead of continuing to sock and have all of your edits reverted as a result. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:51, 2 November 2014 (UTC)