Talk:Alpha Group

message: How is it that there is no citation at all in this paragraph?
However, by the time Alpha arrived, one of the hostages had already been killed. Through a network of supporting KGB operatives, members of the task-force identified each of the perpetrators involved in the crisis, and once identified, began to take the relatives of these militants as hostages. Following the standard Soviet policy of no negotiations with terrorists, some of the hostages taken by Alpha Group were dismembered, and their body parts sent to the militants. The warning was clear: more would follow unless the remaining hostages were released immediately.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.46.123.98 (talk) 22:40, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Just a question

message: There is also an Alfa_squad. What's correct?
Enrico 22:02, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming problem

message: Hello, regular editors of Alpha Group! I switched the style of the reference section to use the 'cite book' template. If this annoys you, feel free to revert it. EdJohnston 02:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Used 'cite book' template 

message: (See subject heading)69.246.154.150 (talk) 17:55, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where the deuce are the citations? 

message: I guess one could simply write Operation Storm-333 rather than "«Шторм-333» (English: "Storm-333")". Are any guidelines about that?Biophys (talk) 19:24, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:COMMONNAME and WP:ENGLISH, I guess. I'd say, if it's bluelinked, use the link's name. if it's not - use a transliteration. --Illythr (talk) 22:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Russian abbreviations

message: *2008 South Ossetia War
*Civil War in Tajikistan
*East Prigorodny conflict
*War in Abkhazia
*Invasion of Dagestan
*Russo-Georgian War
Provide sources before re-adding any of them. --Niemti (talk) 02:08, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious conflicts from the infobox 

message: The name and the captions are only identyfying these individuals as "spetsnaz". --Niemti (talk) 12:47, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly, there's no proof/evidence. It's armed men wearing unmarked uniforms, indentified only as "spetsnaz fighters".  --Niemti (talk) 20:29, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The picture is original research 

message: Hello All, I am Wikishagnik, a member of GOCE. While trying to edit this article to manage its tone and language, I came across the following problems
* The article uses prose like On the orders of Yuri Andropov, it was hoped that and terms like thwarting. Although this is appropriate for textbooks and formal letters, it may come across as stuffy and formal on a Wikipedia and may not be comprehendible for many users. 
* The article is not structured according to WP:MOS
For these issues, I would like to understand if this article is copied from some other source and is supposed to match the
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I make will dramaticaly alter its structure and tone to make it comply with WP:NPOV. Would there be any objection to that? Please go through the appropriate policy before responding. Thanks and regards -Wikishagnik (talk) 04:34, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, so if I change the language and prose to a more american english version, would that be OK? -Wikishagnik (talk) 02:30, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

text: Oh man, we have now this Alpha Group and another Alfa Group. I realize, they are somehow related, but it sounds strange... My very best wishes (talk) 05:07, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: There's "about" now in the article for Alfa Group (and for Alpha 66, a leftist group of anti-Castro Cubans). --Niemti (talk) 16:20, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request from a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors| GOCE]] editor 

message: He's indeed a fraud, but I remember reading about it back in 1990s already. (The friendly-fire hit APC exploded and its fragments killed and wounded several Alfas.) --Niemti (talk) 16:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Giduck 

message: The current article gives two accounts of how the hostages were rescued. The first one is cited by a reference called "Davies pg108" which looks bogus to me.  I'm removing this source and marking this as requiring a reference. I suspect it is an urban myth and should not be on wikipedia  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.68.50.215 (talk) 04:16, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  1985 Lebanon Diplomat Hostages 

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message: Why Dont You Guys Care About the "DEATH" Of A citizen ..  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.245.251.147 (talk) 20:00, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Question