Talk:Olga Mostepanova

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography: Sports and Games

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography
	Sports portal This article is supported by the sports and games work group.

Gymnastics Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Gymnastics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Gymnastics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GymnasticsWikipedia:WikiProject GymnasticsTemplate:WikiProject GymnasticsGymnastics
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Soviet Union Mid‑importance

	Soviet Union portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Soviet Union, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Soviet UnionWikipedia:WikiProject Soviet UnionTemplate:WikiProject Soviet UnionSoviet Union
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Russia: Sports & games Mid‑importance

	Russia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Russia, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of Russia on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.RussiaWikipedia:WikiProject RussiaTemplate:WikiProject RussiaRussia
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the sports and games in Russia task force.

Women's sport: Gymnastics

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's sport (and women in sports), a WikiProject which aims to improve coverage of women in sports on Wikipedia. For more information, visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.Women's sportWikipedia:WikiProject Women's sportTemplate:WikiProject Women's sportWomen's sport
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Women's gymnastics task force.
	This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool because one or more other projects use this class. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the `\|auto=` parameter.

Untitled

Latest comment: 20 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

I changed "Baraksonova" to "Baraksanova", although I'm not 100% sure... Gymnast.ru and "Whatever happened..." "votes for Baraksanova". And googling for "Irina Baraksonova" returned five results, while for "Irina Baraksanova" it returned 158 results. Of course, such a "Google research" is not reliable — "a" in her last name maybe just a wide-spread mistake. Hence, if I was wrong to change it in the article, please, revert my change. Cmapm 18:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

I think it's fine. When some of the Russian names get translated to English, there are often variations--ie. Chorkina instead of Khorkina, the different spellings of Turischeva, Nellie vs. Nelli, etc. It makes sense to use the most common and widely accepted. Namaste, Mademoiselle Sabina 20:49, 20 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your opinion. BTW, Turischeva is a separate issue: her first and last name combination has so many variations, it's difficult to count all possible ones :) Cmapm 21:14, 20 April 2006 (UTC)Reply