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Guidelines on including Russian spelling for location names?

Are there any specific guidelines, policies, or precedents on whether or not I should include the Russian spelling of location names? If I'm creating a new article on a village, for example, should I include "Something (Ukrainian: щось; Russian: Что-нибудь) is a village..."? Thanks! – Primium (talk) 18:03, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The relevant guideline is WP:NCGN, according to it Relevant foreign language names (one used by at least 10% of sources in the English language or that is used by a group of people which used to inhabit this geographical place) are permitted. Of course "relevance" is somewhat subjective. I would add the Russian name either if it has been commonly used in English (like Odessa) or if the locality has been occupied and annexed by Russia in which case the Russian name is clearly used by the inhabitants. Alaexis_¿question? 19:38, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Alaexis. Thanks for your response. So the assumption is that occupied territories will inevitably be inhabited by Russian speakers? – Primium (talk) 21:57, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite, the assumption is that this is the de facto official language there, so the documents issued there and local news would use the Russian name. The reason we include alternative names is to help the reader find more information about the topic should they want to do it.

Russian speakers live also outside of the occupied territories, actually before the Euromaidan it had the status of a regional language in most of Eastern and Southern Ukraine [1] (see Russian_language_in_Ukraine#Russian_language_in_Ukrainian_politics for more details). Alaexis_¿question? 07:24, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. I was assuming it was determined by the local authorities, but I was confused about this case, because Russia's local authority is not recognized by many nations and certainly not by Ukraine or even necessarily the inhabitants. Thank you for the clarity and resources! – Primium (talk) 19:39, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Sloboda#Requested move 22 May 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sloboda#Requested move 22 May 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 10:16, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Historical background of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine

Historical background of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Rsk6400 (talk) 13:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Andriy or Andrii?

I've created an article for Andrii Hnatov. I notice that quite a few sources also transliterate his name as "Andriy Hnatov" (and I've also seen "Andriy Gnatov" and "Andrii Gnatov" used in several places). Which is correct? Or are there multiple different transliteration systems that are equally valid? — The Anome (talk) 12:33, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a government created [[2]] page to check for correct spelling. Correct spelling is Andrii Hnatov. Ceriy (talk) 12:44, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine has an RfC

War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. JDiala (talk) 21:27, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]