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Noam Cohen (31 May 2022). "Wikipedia acts as a check on Putin's false view of history". The Washington Post. Since the Russian invasion, the English Wikipedia articles about the historical figures and topics Putin invoked have been racking up pop-star numbers. The article about Stepan Bandera, a far-right leader of Ukrainian nationalists before and during World War II — whom Putin sees as an evil force guiding Ukraine even today — has been viewed a million times since the invasion.
The phrase “On June 23, 1941, one day after the German attack on the Soviet Union, Bandera sent a letter to Adolf Hitler arguing the case for an independent Ukraine” has no reference. The two references provided in the next sentence do not contain any evidence of the existence of such a letter. I suggest deleting this sentence or adding the necessary reference. 178.54.169.188 (talk) 09:59, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I do not have access to the full article and can not verify your statement. However, you yourself in your (second) revert said that the sources are not reliable. Ymblanter (talk) 10:40, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They obviously think otherwise. In addition, if your claim is that Stepan Bandera was not Nazi collaborator, it is hardly tenable, as it was discussed here zillions of times. Ymblanter (talk) 11:29, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks for the explanation. I still find it interesting that there is a grandson of Bandera who picked up the award. Mhorg (talk) 12:10, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless to what this single source says, one can not define him as a "Nazi" in the lead per content on the page. Not only he was not Nazi, but he was arrested and imprisoned by Nazi, among other things. In addition, first phrase is hardly the best description of him, even without "Nazi". Ruwiki does a much better job here, i.e. "украинский политический деятель, лидер и организатор украинского националистического движения на Западной Украине". My very best wishes (talk) 14:08, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
level-5 vital article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
