User talk:James343e

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My friend, since you're not familiar with the Red Russians and White Russians, you should read some basic history on Wikipedia: w:White movement, w:Russian Civil War. And don't make statements like this when you're ignorant; it's annoying. Thanks. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:24, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

You're the ignorant one (and it's annoying) if you ignore the general reader will associate White Russian with race. And my statement was quite right, "white Russian" has no other meaning than an allusion to race, the term "White Ruthenia" is an archaism that has lost its meaning in current usage.

More about White Ruthenia being an archaism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Ruthenia

If you want, you can talk of "Russians of the White movement" rather than "White Russians".James343e (talk) 10:49, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

I'm happy with your current edit, but Ruthenia is quite different from Russia. The White Russians were identified as those who supported the deposed emperor (which I replaced with czar). I agree that your current edit is clearer, but only because I guess there are a lot of silly people who, like you, assume even when the text contradicts it that "white", even when capitalized as part of a name, always refers to skin color. Do you think members of the Russian and later Soviet Red Army all had red skin or painted their faces red, or do you think our readers would? That would be an equivalently silly assumption. I'm content to drop this because you ultimately made a constructive improvement, but my remarks stand 100%. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:10, 23 July 2020 (UTC)