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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
Unfortunately the article is not eligible for DYK as it is not newly-created, it was not expanded at least five times, and it wasn't promoted to Good Article status within the last seven days. In addition, no hook has actually been proposed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 18:33, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were NEVER part of the Soviet Union
Why does the article insist on naming these three sovereign states as having preceded the USSR and succeeded it when they were never legally a part of it, but rather illegally occupied by it? Basically only criminal Russia today claims that they were legitimately part of it. At the very least, the infobox should make it VERY clear that these three are considered to have been illegally occupied by the USSR and don't consider themselves as neither predecessors, nor successors of the USSR.
Also, the sentence "In August 1991, Latvia and Estonia immediately declared the restoration of their full independence (following Lithuania's 1990 example)." is rather simplistic history and makes it look as if Estonia and Latvia truly followed Lithuania's example when getting rid of the Soviet rule. The real timeline of events was far more complicated and all three had declared Soviet rule to have been legally null and void from the start in early 1990, in a rather short timeframe. Estonia had even been the first to declare sovereignty from the occupying USSR. I suggest this sentence be revised - the word "example" should be changed to "declaration". 146.255.183.23 (talk) 17:18, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It stands to reason that the time when Stalin ruled as dictator should be highlighted. My only problem is that exactly when it can be considered that Stalin became a dictator is complex, and since having a sub-government like that requires a date, something has to be decided upon.
I've decided upon four dates as proposals:
1928, after the United Opposition was expelled from the Communist Party and Trotsky's exile
1930, when "open criticism of Stalin ... was virtually non-existent"
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Unfortunately the article is not eligible for DYK as it is not newly-created, it was not expanded at least five times, and it wasn't promoted to Good Article status within the last seven days. In addition, no hook has actually been proposed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 18:33, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
The redirect CCCP\ has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 30 § CCCP\ until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer1234qwer4 18:54, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's already linked in a prior mention under Leader. Per MOS:OVERLINK we tend not to repeatedly link each mention of a person or article Cannolis (talk) 04:54, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. LizardJr8 (talk) 19:49, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
Fixed Remsense ‥ 论 05:26, 16 December 2024 (UTC)