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On 26 February 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Cities and towns during the Russo-Ukrainian War. The result of the discussion was Moved to Control of cities during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

On 30 September 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to Control of localities during the Russo-Ukrainian War. The result of the discussion was Moved to Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

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The longitude of Metiolkine in Luhansk is wrong. { lat = "48.930", long = "39.550", mark = "Location dot red.svg", marksize = 6, label = "Metiolkine", link = "Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War#Metiolkine", label_size = 50},

It should be changed to: { lat = "48.930", long = "38.550", mark = "Location dot red.svg", marksize = 4, label = "Metiolkine", link = "Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War#Metiolkine", label_size = 0}, 帕迪沙 (talk) 09:41, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 10:08, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flags

@Shaan Sengupta Could you elaborate on the need to remove the flags to "get collapsible headers for mobile users"? I'm not seeing any noticeable difference in terms of collapsibility between sections with the flags and those without, on both the mobile website and app. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 05:18, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The difference will be visible only when the work is completed in the article as a whole. It doesn't work section-wise. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 05:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thank you. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 05:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would invite you to join me in finishing the work. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 05:21, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Flemmish Nietzsche do you know how can we change text color of Russia? It is not very nicely visible with Red background. What I can do is either lighten the colour or remove the page link and apply style="color:black;" Shaan Sengupta^Talk 05:33, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I opted for a lighter colour for Russia, let me know what you think. Apparently Wikimedia servers do not like it very much when you try to replace all the flags in one go. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 05:49, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's good. We had very limited options regarding that. I would like to know how you got rid of all that in one go? I had to do it all manually. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 05:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A find and replace extension like this works well, although I don't know if that would work on mobile. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 06:02, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! I thought there is some gadget/script here in Wikipedia. Anyways, thank you. You seem to have missed replacing some. I will do it. Good day! Shaan Sengupta^Talk 06:07, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The sections seem to be collapsed already; the only ones not set to red or yellow are settlements which are contested/in the "gray zone", which are intentionally not coloured one way. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 06:17, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, my bad. Thanks. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 06:32, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Links and Colors

Hi everyone,

I feel like, primarily on the Russia side, the combo of the links and the color is unnecessary. It is an eyesore to read with the combo of blue text with a red background. In addition, I feel this violates WP:MoS, specifically the portion about duplicate and repeat links. I didn't want to make any changes myself without approval. Thanks!

~~ -Emily (PhoenixCaelestis) (talk) 16:48, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]