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Topic milestones Date Process Result June 12, 2007 Featured topic candidate Did not promote with articles Belarus, Flag of Belarus, My Belarusy, National emblem of Belarus, Hero of Belarus and Belarusian Republican Youth Union June 5, 2007 Featured topic candidate Promoted with articles National symbols of Belarus, Flag of Belarus, My Belarusy and National emblem of Belarus Current Status: Featured topic

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Belarus To-do: purge Contents 1 Early history 2 Working definition 3 Vital improvements 4 Potential improvements 5 Possible additions Early history The early history of Belarusian ethnos probably must be written in several articles split into periods. It is weird to see in the {{History of Belarus}} items like Kievan Rus and Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Although I understand that there is little evidence of Belarusian self-identification in these times, so the identification may be only territorial/tribal. Dzied Bulbash (talk) 17:11, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Working definition

The working definition seems to be "the three symbols of the Republic of Belarus as a sovereign state as defined by the Constitution of Belarus". --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 16:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Vital improvements

The topic satisfies current criteria, and no vital improvements are needed to maintain status. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 16:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Potential improvements

The GAs could be promoted to FAs. The only non-FA is the lead article. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 16:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Possible additions

The following articles could potentially be added:

• List of flags of Belarus and List of Belarusian Coats of Arms
• Belarusian heraldry is somewhat related
• Belarusian referendum, 1995, which saw the introduction of the new national symbols approved, and Constitution of Belarus (already FA), which discusses this subject also
• Flag of the Byelorussian SSR and Anthem of the Byelorussian SSR, the Soviet flag and athem
• Pahonia, the coat of arms in 1918 and from 1991 to 1995
• Pogoń Litewska, Druck coat of arms and Trubetsky coat of arms were coats of arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which incorporated Belarus

- rst20xx (talk) 15:57, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

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