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Happy editing! Jay8g [V•T•E] 04:02, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Italian occupation of Corsica

Greetings, would you add a citation to Italian occupation of Corsica for your edit please? Regards Keith-264 (talk) 21:06, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I can. I'm sorry that I didn't do it immediately Lazarbeem (talk) 17:30, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bare URLs

In citations could you wrap links in some kind of citation template? WP:BAREURL. You could use the automatic reference generator in visualeditor at least. seefooddiet (talk) 03:31, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Malformed citation on decimation (punishment)

Hi. You made this edit and left an {{sfn}} error. Please reformat it not to be an error or otherwise consistent with the rest of the article. Ifly6 (talk) 16:17, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I reformat it? Lazarbeem (talk) 16:19, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I changed sfn to ref and /ref. I hope that this fixes the error. Lazarbeem (talk) 16:22, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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TylerBurden (talk) 22:39, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also WP:DUE weight and WP:SYNTH. TylerBurden (talk) 20:13, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I got one quick question though, how should I use the information from those sources on the articles that I edited? For example, this article -> https://kyivindependent.com/suicide-missions-abuse-physical-threats-international-legion-fighters-speak-out-against-leaderships-misconduct/ from the Kyiv Independent talks about misconduct in the International Legion. I originally put it on the articles Looting and War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Should I have been more specific about the events that are described in the article or should I have kept it short? Furthermore, if another article talks about the same incidents can I put it in a cite note beside the Kyiv Independent source or should I write more about the incident and put the cite note beside it? Lazarbeem (talk) 20:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really know what's going on with edits like this or this.

In the first one, you add that “Some people come to Ukraine with a motive to fight for freedom, for what is right. Others want to make money or are running from the law" to "extremism".

Not only is the fact that money is a motivating factor mentioned literally right before you placed the sentence, but I don't see what any of it has to do with extremism.

In the second one, you add this "Aguila-7" character as an example of a criminal in the legion, apparently ignoring that the source doesn't confirm him as one, nor did you make it clear that the source was about criminals infiltrating the legion, not them being purposefully accepted.

This kind of stuff seems to keep happening with the same theme, and it's starting to appear pretty WP:TENDENTIOUS. Remember that as said above, this is a CTOP, and you should be taking extra care instead of editing like you did above, apparently being more concerned with painting a narrative than actually representing the source you're citing correctly. TylerBurden (talk) 16:23, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm taking quotes from the sources provided. The "Some people come to Ukraine with a motive to fight for freedom, for what is right. Others want to make money or are running from the law" should probably have been put under the "Leadership and criminality" subsection. The only reason I put it in the "Extremism" subsection is because I thought that it would pair well with the quote from Patrick Messmer. As for Aguila-7, I put him under the "Criminals who joined the legion" subsection because the source from the Kyiv Post said, "One case mentioned was that of a volunteer from El Salvador with the call sign Aguila-7 who, following a full drone training cycle conducted at Lviv’s “Killhouse Academy,” was serving with the logistical support team for a drone unit in Kharkiv. After investigation, it was discovered that he was a Mexican who previously served with the country’s “GAFE” Special Forces Airmobile Group, several former members of which are known to have become members of the ultra-violent Zetas cartels." And lastly, I added the infiltration of the 3 former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia because the source from the Kyiv post stated, "According to Intelligence Online, citing a Slovakian security source, at least three former Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas joined the International Legion using Panamanian and Venezuelan identity documents. One was eventually identified by the SBU at a drone training center in Dnipro after his gang tattoos and accent gave him away." I put the former FARC members under the "extremist" subsection because it was a communist terrorist organization and because one of the three was identified by a gang tattoo per the Kyiv Post. If you have any advice as to where I should put all this information please do so.

Also the Kyiv post article is right here -> Latin American Drug Cartels Send ‘Volunteers’ to Ukraine for Drone Training Lazarbeem (talk) 16:35, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also to add onto the FARC stuff, it was recognized as a terrorist organization by Colombia and Brazil and is still recognized as a terrorist organization by the United States. As for the FARC dissidents, it's successor organization, I do not know if any countries recognize it as a terrorist organization. Lazarbeem (talk) 16:37, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now compare it with what you're actually adding to articles, you're making your own conclusions instead of summarizing what the sources concretely state.

"Aguila-7" was never explicitly mentioned as a criminal, it only mentioned that he was part of a unit where several former members had later become cartel members, for you this is enough to label "Aguila-7" a criminal, potentially opening up a can of WP:BLP worms as well. I'm not sure why you omitted the rather key part of the source describing that the criminals were infiltrating the unit rather than being willfully accepted either, you only added that fake passports were used. TylerBurden (talk) 19:54, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here's what I'm thinking, I'm going to completely exclude the Aguila-7 stuff, I'm going to put Lavrenyuk's quote under the "Leadership and Criminality" section, and I'm going readd the FARC stuff to the "Extremism" section. I'm also not going to make that edit unless you tell me that you're fine with it because I don't want to make another mistake. Lazarbeem (talk) 13:08, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also on the topic of contentious topics, can you do me a favour and mark the List of battles with most Ukrainian military fatalities as protected. The reason as to why I am asking this is because I don't know how to mark articles as protected and because it contains topics relating to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Lazarbeem (talk) 16:47, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an admin, you can request protection for any article you'd like on WP:RPPI, I look forward to your creation of List of battles with most Russian military fatalities. TylerBurden (talk) 19:57, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm actually planning on making that list next (it's almost as if you read my mind lol) Lazarbeem (talk) 13:01, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, like with the list for Ukraine, it's probably going to need to be marked as protected due to "current events" Lazarbeem (talk) 13:09, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for creating this list. I look forward to your creation of List of battles with most Turkish military fatalities. Kajmer05 (talk) 14:26, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A cup of tea for you!

Thank you sincerely for your contributions! :) x RozuRozu • ^tea _cups 04:02, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Lazarbeem (talk) 13:10, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Simonm223 (talk) 14:51, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Lazarbeem (talk) 14:54, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I want to ask for something.

I want to ask for something. I saw your edits. I wonder if I asked you to create an article, would you do it? Unfortunately, the articles I want don’t get created because I don’t know how to make them. Ömereditss (talk) 21:24, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What's up? Lazarbeem (talk) 11:33, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If I asked you to create battle articles, would you do it? Ömereditss (talk) 14:06, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which one? Lazarbeem (talk) 14:07, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be okay if it’s about the Russo-Turkish wars? Ömereditss (talk) 14:18, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What about them specifically? Lazarbeem (talk) 14:37, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you create battles that are not on Wikipedia? Ömereditss (talk) 14:47, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes I do. Is there a specific battle you want me to create an article for? Lazarbeem (talk) 15:19, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah

Siege of Beyazet (1829)

Battle of Dervish Cevan Ömereditss (talk) 15:27, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can do that but it will take awhile Lazarbeem (talk) 17:43, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okey no problem Ömereditss (talk) 17:59, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for taking so long. I've been busy with irl stuff and have been having a bit of a hard time translating the Russian language sources. can I publish what i have and then we both work on the article? Lazarbeem (talk) 21:17, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah Not Problem NEMURO (talk) 15:01, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok here it is Siege of Beyazet (1829) Lazarbeem (talk) 15:06, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Poorly explained removal of sourced content

In this edit you claim to be removing "information related to other units", however every single source there cited includes mention of Shkval units and their performance.

If you are trying to make the argument that the article should only cover a Shkval Battalion connected to a specific brigade, that makes no sense, the article title is simply Shkval Battalion. TylerBurden (talk) 17:09, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The picture in the infobox is the patch of the 59th Brigade's Shkval Battalion and the person listed as the commander is the commander of the 59th Brigade's Shkval Battalion so I assumed that the article was only referring to that Shkval Battalion. If that article is meant to represent more than one Shkval Battalion a few changes should be made Lazarbeem (talk) 17:20, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Otherwise, maybe the article should be renamed to something like: "Shkval Battalion (59th Assault Brigade)" Lazarbeem (talk) 17:21, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You shouldn't be basing that on pictures, you should be basing it on the article title, the content and the sources that support it, which quite clearly shows that is not the case. TylerBurden (talk) 17:36, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with that is that the current article title is used by multiple battalions. Is there a solution we could work out so that more people don't get confused? Lazarbeem (talk) 17:45, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe a move, since sources appear to describe it as more of a type of unit associated with multiple brigades each with their "own" "Shkval" unit, for example two recent sources here and here describing a Shkval unit connected to the 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade. I can agree right now it's a bit confusing as it appears kind of like a single battalion.

Something like "Shkval unit" or similar perhaps. TylerBurden (talk) 16:21, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As I mentioned above, maybe something along the lines of "Shkval Battalion (59th Assault Brigade)" for example Lazarbeem (talk) 17:12, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But then we're limiting it to one brigade. Are there enough sources to create separate articles for each unit? TylerBurden (talk) 17:28, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Most likely though they'd probably be in Ukrainian Lazarbeem (talk) 17:32, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]