User talk:SaintPaulOfTarsus

RSN discussion

Hey SaintPaulOfTarsus! I went ahead and opened a discussion on RSN for the verification of "battle of Kherson" discussion. I pinged you in it, but I wanted to give you a courtesy link to it here as well. Cheers! Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Verification of a phrase. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 16:38, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Compliments @WeatherWriter SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 23:45, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Pre-emptive protection

There really isn't a need to request the protection of pages like 92nd Assault Brigade (Ukraine) preemptively. If there is no actual disruption on the pages many admins will decline these. Elli (talk | contribs) 22:17, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi, regarding 92nd Assault Brigade (Ukraine) please see relatively recent unsourced additions and changes by IPs here, here and here for instance. Edits like these are very frequent on Ukrainian military unit pages leading to totally unverifiable lists of sub-units but I will be sure to include diffs in future requests. Appreciate the advice. SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 00:27, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll protect that page given this reason (in general, even a minimal reason is fine for this topic area, but requesting a ton of pages with no reason makes it kinda difficult for admins who watch RFPP). Elli (talk | contribs) 02:50, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Elli, understood. I can see how it looks like I requested those pages pre-emptively or for no reason, but nearly all of them have very similar recent unsourced edits made by IPs in the same range. I have no problem adding the diffs to the requests to demonstrate that to administrators once I have a free moment. SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 03:12, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Serbian wiki

How are you doing? I am writing to you just to inform you there is a discussion going on in the neighborhood, on the Serbian Wikipedia. A certain user is complaining about his mistreatment on the English Wikipedia. He is says his articles about Russian children killed in Donbas (Alley of Angels) was deleted a long time ago for no reason at all. You know this guy. He goes by the name of Baba Mica. A really temperamental fella, I can tell. You is quite pissed off.--Владимир Нимчевић (talk) 20:11, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Greetings Vladimir Nimčević. I am aware of the user, though I do not recall us interacting often. I was not a participant in any of the discussions mentioned on the Serbian Wikipedia, including that of the Alley of Angels (I would have opposed its deletion), so I would suggest that you message some other users who may have been more familiar with this person. Regards SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 01:26, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

They moved the discussion here. Baba Mica is angry and expects justice. :) --Владимир Нимчевић (talk) 14:55, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

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Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 01:41, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Compliments for the introduction. SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 01:57, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

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