Talk:Russia in the Council of Europe

This article was nominated for deletion on August 7, 2015. The result of the discussion was delete.

Russia Low‑importance

	Russia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Russia, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of Russia on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.RussiaWikipedia:WikiProject RussiaTemplate:WikiProject RussiaRussia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Europe Low‑importance

	Europe portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Europe, an effort to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to European topics of a cross-border nature on Wikipedia.EuropeWikipedia:WikiProject EuropeTemplate:WikiProject EuropeEurope articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

International relations Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject International relations, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of International relations on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.International relationsWikipedia:WikiProject International relationsTemplate:WikiProject International relationsInternational relations articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Politics Low‑importance

	Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

A fact from Russia in the Council of Europe appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Russia joined the Council of Europe in 1996, "no serious observer believed that it met the criteria for membership"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Russia in the Council of Europe.

Wikipedia

Did you know nomination[edit]

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.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 07:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(

Comment or view
Article history

)

... that when Russia joined the Council of Europe in 1996, "no serious observer believed that it met the criteria for membership"?
- ALT1: ... that during its membership, Russia showed "persistent and clear disregard of the values and aims of" the Council of Europe, including by invading and occupying other member states?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Boris Johnson Is A Fucking Cunt

5x expanded by Buidhe (talk). Self-nominated at 07:37, 28 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Sources found in the article contains the direct quotes in these hooks. I prefer ALT0 since it's shorter. Riley1012 (talk) 20:01, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

this, unfortunately, also falls under the scope of hooks on hold per the DYK RfC on Russia/Ukraine. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 09:32, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- RfC is done, but since Russia was just expelled from the C of E, I think we should wait a few days to a week before promotion, get this news cycle out of the way. The article still seems to be undergoing heavy editing. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 20:03, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - theleekycauldron There has been some editing, but not edit wars or disruption. My understanding is that normal editing is not a reason for refusing DYK. (t · c) buidhe 20:18, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Buidhe: I suppose not, but I don't think it's wrong to wait a couple days when the subject of an article is affected by the news cycle of a recent event. Just to stay on the safe side. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 20:24, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note that I am passing this nomination as it is stable and meets the DYK criteria as per previous review. 97198 (talk) 07:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

42 out of 47?[edit]

The article currently says: "On 25 February 2022, a day after Russia invaded Ukraine, 42 of 47 member states voted to immediately suspend Russia's voting privileges in both PACE and the Committee of Ministers. The only country besides Russia to vote against was Armenia; Azerbaijan did not attend and Turkey abstained." If 42 of 47 states voted to suspend Russia, that means that 5 states did not vote to suspend Russia (either voting against, absent, or abstaining). We have Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey accounted for among those five. What was the other country? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:07, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Metropolitan90 The meeting was officially confidential but information is leaked, possibly not all the information on votes. I agree that the numbers don't add up but I see no alternative but to rely on the sources that are available. (t · c) buidhe 03:15, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the following sentence to the article: "The fifth country that did not vote to suspend Russia has not been identified." --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:39, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]