Talk:Yekaterinburg

When I passed through Yekat about 10 years ago, there was a moderately interesting museum with some spectacular ironwork. Does anyone know enough about it to write a "See" item? I don't. -- (WT-en) Bill-on-the-Hill 19:38, 23 Sep 2005 (EDT)

To Guide

How close is this article to being a Guide? It looks like a bit more Geo is needed. And should there be a listing for "Mafia Cemetery"? Is it safe for ordinary visitors to go to? Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:45, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

This travel guide fails to introduce constructivism buildings from 1920's, which are by far the main point of interest in the city. In fact, there are no descriptions of individual sights (do you know what's interesting about the "Dam on the Iset river"? and about the "Building of the HQ of Mining plants"?), so this guide is not even usable, and it is as far from reaching Guide status as any other article on any destination in Russia. Some of the cafes are closed or renamed, as far as I can remember from my last stay in Yekaterinburg in September. The flight information is completely outdated.

Regarding the "mafia cemetery", you can see such monuments on nearly every cemetery in a big Russian city, so it was either a bad joke or a highly non-educated way of seeing the city.

By the way, the Russian article has tons of useful information about Yekaterinburg, even if that article is not in a very good shape and remains on my to-do list for improving. --Alexander (talk) 14:11, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

I can't read Russian, so I won't be able to help in translating that information. Thank you very much for addressing the quality of this article. Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:19, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

I can't read most of the languages spoken on the planet, but it does not prevent me from taking information from Wikipedia's in all possible languages, including, for example, Armenian with its totally incomprehensible characters. I really don't see any problem here. Google Translate is good enough for understanding the content, and the rest is your own creativity anyway. --Alexander (talk) 14:26, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

You have a point, but I'd still rather someone with more familiarity with the city or the history of Constructivism or some Russian knowledge did the work, while I concentrate on other things. Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:39, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Flawed editing and inappropriate locking

The article has been locked from editing by an administrator so as to prevent his flawed edit being corrected. He has not entered a conversion on any talk page about either the lock or the edits. This relates to the following edit:

The use of Southeast Asia is correct rather than southeast Asia according to:

• Common use. (South East Asia is also common, but outside this discussion)
• Wikivoyage’s own use, see
• The OED (the definitive English dictionary), see

The flawed edit (southeast Asia) was made with an edit summary referencing Wikivoyge’s guidelines on the use of capital letters. However, this guideline supports the use of Southeast Asia: ‘They are capitalized only when they form part of a proper name, such as Northwest Territories or South Korea.’

Comments and questions:

• The article should use the recognised use of S not s.
• Why is an administrator abusing his ability to lock an article to force the incorrect use of capitals?
• Why does an administrator lock a page without entering into discussion with other editors, and with one who explained the valid reason for his edit?
  • This edit violates WV:Capitalization. The correction was explained, and you chose to edit war. It's the report. Ibaman (talk) 01:40, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
    • You did not explain. You simply provided a link to a policy which demonstrates your edit (Lower case s) violates the policy, see earlier comments. However, to summarise the policy states a capital letter is used as part of a proper name, and this is Southeast Asia according to both Wikivoyage and the OED.

You know, your rhetoric, and your insistence on enforcing British spelling all over, read really familiar, and smell of block evasion. Ibaman (talk) 01:46, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

I do not understand your recent comment. It appears to be a straw man argument. Please keep to the topic, which is about the use of Southeast Asia.

Done. Argue on Wikivoyage talk:Capitalization if you like. Ibaman (talk) 01:55, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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The original file of the new one is a featured picture on Commons today. ---SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 12:57, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

They look equally good to me. Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:39, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

IMO a banner of Yekaterinburg should include the City Pond. Banner 1 doesn't. Regards --A.Savin (talk) 14:33, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

I would defer to you on this. Thanks for giving your opinion! Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:46, 29 January 2022 (UTC)