Talk:Oleg Mityaev (general)

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"Major general" in Russian forces is an OF-6, not an OF-7.[edit]

I think it's really important to recognise that the Nato designation of "Major General" is an OF-7, whereas in Russia it's an OF-6 – corresponding to British brigadier or an American brigadier general.

cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_general#cite_note-3

(20040302 (talk) 12:03, 17 March 2022 (UTC))[reply]

Deletion[edit]

I think in a few months/weeks, this page should be deleted. Except for his death, Mityaev isn't notable otherwise. It would be smarter for this to be a merge article or a redirect - however, since he's in the news, I think we should be fine keeping it for now. Réunion (stylised) - (talk to me) 20:39, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Is vs was[edit]

@Baxbox is insisting that we should not use the past tense was as we cannot know positively that the man is alive and well (diff), saying France24 said it is impossible to verify he died (link to that article). That source says the number of four generals is impossible to verify, rather than this claim specifically. I think we should use "was" given the weight of evidence, no rebuttal; but provide that it has not been verified yet in the body. This being consistent with List of Russian generals killed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Solipsism 101 (talk) 15:11, 6 April 2022 (UTC) (Or rather, cannot know positively that the man is not alive and well Solipsism 101 (talk) 19:23, 6 April 2022 (UTC))[reply]

As long as there is no verifiable source stating he is dead, past tense is inappropriate as he is possible a live breathing person. Russia didn't rebut any of the supposed deaths, they ignored these claims entirely, and only some time later there was video of some of these generals coming out meeting people after they died according to Ukraine.

Maybe, it could be possible to frame this in a tenseless manner, but you can't present that this person is dead when he is possible alive. Baxbox (talk) 07:14, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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