Talk:Bolotnaya Square case

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This is a highly problematic, poorly sourced page, with serious BLP implications. It should be significantly improved using sources like these: [1], [2], [3]. My very best wishes (talk) 18:02, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

More sources: [4], [5] My very best wishes (talk) 18:39, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

• Most detailed description. My very best wishes (talk) 19:32, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Numbers in article (different traditions re. writing of numbers).

In the second paragraph, it says "More than 1,3 thousand...". What is really meant by that? 1.3 thousand = 1300 or 1,300? If that is the case, why not just write 1300 or 1,300, like usual in English? So there for sure won't be any doubts or misunderstandings amongst readers as to the real number of witnesses? This is something that can cause misunderstandings, since the use of decimal marks is different from one country/area to another.

In English, a period mark (".") is used as the decimal mark, while the comma (",") is used to separate large numbers, e.g. a 4 digit number as "1300" to "1,300", which means that for many, the use of "1,3 thousand", may be confusing (plus for most it is a very unusual way of writing a number at all, right?). In some countries/areas, a comma (",") is used as the decimal mark though. In much of Europe, Southern Africa and Latin America, periods ("1.300") or spaces ("1 300") are not used as the decimal mark, but instead used to separate large numbers (for more information: See e.g. Wikipedia article Decimal mark). The different use of such marks may cause confusion when writing numbers here on Wikipedia, e.g. if the author is from one of the above mentioned countries/areas where numbers are written in different ways than is common in English. However, since this is English language Wikipedia, I gather that the most sensible way to write numbers, is in the English tradition, so that if the number of witnesses is 1300, it should have been written as either 1300 or 1,300 ("1.3 thousand" is uncommon, isn't it? Please correct me if I am wrong)? If this is the case, I think the text should be edited.

I did not want to edit it though, out of respect for the author and also in case _I_ am somehow misunderstanding. I tried researching the number of witnesses online, but had no luck. Maybe the original author or someone else who knows more about this case, can edit the text for clarity while adhering to the English tradition regarding how numbers are written?

Thanks a lot! :) Peapeam (talk) 12:56, 2 March 2014 (UTC)