User talk:ZimZalaBim

Armed Forces of Ukraine

Hello ZimZalaBim You changed my edit of the term "Russian Aggression" into "pro-russian turmoils". I have read your "philosophy" here and think your change is not according to it. In delicate topics as ongoing conflicts, its even more important to use a value-free, neutral language, above all in a dictionary. The term "russian aggression" expresses the perception of one side of the conflict and is not even used in well-searched conflicts of the past. In political science, there are only a few articles what even use those terms (" Language of Political Aggression" by David Matsumoto, 2013) and are in another context. The text itself goes further to the blame of pro-russian separatists and the month may 2014 is coined by the Odesa clashes, independent scientific based historical research of the events, the involvement of foreign powers, have to be done in the upcoming decades. When it comes to the invasion in 2022, the use of the term "russian aggression" can be argueably used (should be avoided as outlined), but clearly not in 2014. I think this is not how Wiki should handle it and hope you understand my change better now. Best regards from Switzerland, Fabio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabio Rüegsegger (talk • contribs) 12:31, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

I assume you are talking about this edit by an unregistered user, which was reverted two different times. I suggest making your argument on the article's talk page, which is where content discussions should take place. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 17:59, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Tagging of Carter G. Woodson Middle School

I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on Carter G. Woodson Middle School. I do not think that Carter G. Woodson Middle School fits the speedy deletion criterion R3 because it does not apply to articles and stubs that have been converted into redirects. If you wish, you may try using the full redirects for discussion (RfD) process instead. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Saw that, and didn't notice that aspect of the policy. Appreciate the note. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 18:47, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Belarus

By writing people's names in Russian in articles about Belarus, you are acting as if there is no such language as Belarusian.

We do not have to write in Russian just because government officials introduce themselves with Russian names, not Belarusian. For example, the fact that Łukašenka calls himself Lukashenko does not change that he is Belarusian and therefore his name is Łukašenka.

If we write "Aleksandr Lukashenko" instead of "Aliaksandar Łukašenka", should we write "Vladimir Zelensky" instead of "Volodymyr Zelenskyy"?? 81.215.233.216 (talk) 16:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

You should make your argument on the relevant article's talk page. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 16:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Response to sneezing

Hope you're having a good day. You edited Response to sneezing recently with the comment " trying to remove aggregious unsourced commentary/original research". One part of that was the Icelandic one. Where I did leave a source, the Visindavefur citation which is an article by Professor Guðrún Kvaran at the Institute for Icelandic Studies. In that article, it starts with "Fyrr á tímum" or "In earlier times" which applies to the entire act of using "Guð hjálpi þér" and then especially the 2 other following sentences.

I'm just wondering how I could have cited that better or set up the sentences better so they would not have been changed by you and called "aggregious" and "unsourced".

All the best. avalean (talk) 21:05, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

If I was overzealous and there was a properly sourced inclusion removed, feel free to put it back. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 21:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

It's ok. It's also about me trying to learn more. I'll fix it later on since it's not a very important change. avalean (talk) 21:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)