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I have proposed Language Reviews site on area51 - site for language learners wanting to get feedback on their language usage from experts, native speakers. Code Review for natural texts.

If you are interested in practicing foreign language and think that such a site is a good fit for Stackexchange network then, please, follow the proposal on area51. Thanks!

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Apr 18	comment	How severe was the 1943 Bengal Famine? Wikipedia article on a matter has references to several different estimates. If you want to ask for evidence regarding Churchill's reaction then I believe you can come up with better title. Something like: `Did Winston Churchill vetoed food supply offers to Bengal?` Anyway, aforementioned article references several sources for this one too.
Apr 16	comment	Did Pythagoras visit Judaea, Arabia, and/or India? +1. Nice answer. Do you plan to provide an English translation of this excerpt?
Apr 8	comment	Are there any good sources on the history of the name for Kazakhstan? @David in Kazakh latin used before Cyrillic alphabet "kazakh" was written as "qazaq", and "Kazakhstan" as "Qazaqstan" (generally `q` was used for `қ`). I believe that changes in English spelling are smaller parts of major changes in spelling of pretty much all of toponyms in Kazakhstan. Actually, "қазақ" sort of matches russian "кхазакх" and english "khazakh", but non of these is a perfect match, so there probably was a decision to stick with more established option
Mar 5	comment	Is this true that the Soviet Army soldiers had no helmets in the beginning of WW2? @jwenting `movie is based on fact` great assumption, I can't wait to see answers on stackoverflow and programmers.SE based on Swordfish. `the personal recollection of survivors` Again if you can link to any kind of such memoirs (soviet soldier fighting against Germans with bare hands) feel free to post it. This discussion went too far without any factual evidence.
Mar 5	comment	Is this true that the Soviet Army soldiers had no helmets in the beginning of WW2? @jwenting I hope you understand that Enemy at the Gates is not really historically accurate movie? I think that you need really strong evidence to support claims like that.
Mar 5	comment	Is this true that the Soviet Army soldiers had no helmets in the beginning of WW2? @jwenting Nice point. I was answering OP's question: `soviet army soldiers had no helmets`. My point is that regular army was equipped with helmets in 1941. I'll try to find sources on production numbers. If you have references on helmet shortage during mass mobilization be sure to post them here.
Mar 5	comment	Which nations have armed prisoners and sent them to war? @jwenting agreed. My point was that `there were no wounded...` line sounded too absolutist to me.
Mar 5	comment	Was it Stalin behind the idea of universal elections in the USSR? What kind of answer do you expect here? Alternative elections were not implemented and government position on them was pretty much clear. Do you expect somebody to bring some kind of personal interview with Stalin regretting unfulfilled dream of universal elections? I believe in its current form question is not answerable.
Mar 4	comment	Which nations have armed prisoners and sent them to war? @jwenting I assume it's an answer for Anixx's comment. I have to say that I agree that regime in penal units was extremely harsh and mortality rate (is it a suitable term?) was very high. But considering shtrafbats, I found references in support of amnesty for hospitalized soldiers. I don't have any statistic on number of such occasions, though (at least one example from quick google search). Also, "wounded" and "turning back in hopeless situations" are different categories.
Feb 4	comment	How has Chinese GDP as a percentage of world GDP changed over time and why? I believe that Song's success must be attributed to the earlier period. Before continuous jurchen and mongol invasions. Also, I would be happy if China Whisper's article showed some references. I feel awkward every time I notice USD in historical approximations.
Jan 9	comment	Is there any country where the founder of the nation is no longer respected? @Anixx OP requested "founder of the nation", which is not clear, but for me movement against inner powers (communist party(politburo), monarch, dynasty, monarchy itself, dictatorship) is more of a political change than a foundation of the nation.
Jan 8	comment	How many hours per day did a Sumerian farmer sleep? `electric lighting resulted in people staying active after dark`, `it was too dark to work, and slept` What about using firelight? Firelight is not suitable for industry and field jobs, but craftsmen and peasants could stay effective after sunset. Am I understanding this correctly?
Jan 8	comment	Is there any country where the founder of the nation is no longer respected? And in case we accept political reformators, Hitler makes much better example as a "founder" of Third Reich
Jan 8	comment	Is there any country where the founder of the nation is no longer respected? Russia was one of the soviet republics. Yeltsin signed the agreement of USSR dissolution. At the moment of signing, he was already a president of Russia. Yeltsin certainly was a leader of political reforms, but I wouldn't call him a "founder" of modern Russia.
Jan 8	comment	Is there any country where the founder of the nation is no longer respected? Legacy of every historical figure may be questioned. I don't think that Ataturk is widely disrespected in Turkey. Could you give some references?
Nov 29	comment	What was the basis for the Nazis to support various ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union and elsewhere over the majority populations? examples and references on `scanty or improvised ethnic groups` would be appreciated.
Nov 29	comment	What was the basis for the Nazis to support various ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union and elsewhere over the majority populations? @Anixx that only means that Tsar army also used ethnic separation. By analogy, Cossacks and Russians were frequently used to suppress rebellion among Turks.
Nov 29	comment	What was the basis for the Nazis to support various ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union and elsewhere over the majority populations? ethnic/racial separation is one of the typical aspects of Nazi policies. So, is it really suprising that Nazis tended to separate different ethnic groups?
Nov 29	comment	What was the basis for the Nazis to support various ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union and elsewhere over the majority populations? Question is too broad IMHO. You've managed to mention 13 different social/ethnic groups. That leads to the number of open-ended statements. Is there any chance that you would concentrate on specific privileges gained by specific ethnic groups?
Nov 29	comment	What was the basis for the Nazis to support various ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union and elsewhere over the majority populations? `they supported %ETHNOSNAME% against %ANOTHERETHNOSNAME%` What does it really mean? Can you add some references to support statements like this?