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Potential merge target[edit]

Instead of a dedicated article, the Russian Wikipedia covers this topic within its broader article on partisan counter-movements against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine—ru:Партизанское движение в России и Белоруссии (2022)—and we could potentially do the same if there isn't enough to determine independent notability of this one group. czar 02:33, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

By way of update, it now has its own Russian article: w:ru:Боевая организация анархо-коммунистов (up for deletion) czar 20:27, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

National-anarchism[edit]

The presence of national-anarchists in an anarcho-communist organization is a bold claim given the incompatibility of the two ideologies. I think a reliable source is needed to confirm this. Charles Essie (talk) 17:06, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I originally added "nationalism" in the minority section due to a mention in this Meduza article of an interview with a member of BOAK, stating that due to the decentralized nature of the organization there were nationalists present although in the minority despite the contradicting ideologies, yet with shared goals Glakes (talk) 20:19, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, but that doesn't necessarily mean these nationalists are national-arachists and the Meduza article doesn't refer to them as such. National-anarchism has a very specific definition as evidenced by its own Wikipedia article. Charles Essie (talk) 04:15, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adding an ideology[edit]

According to their telegram they said they practice Partisan Anarchism. I don’t know if that’s just a synonym for guerrilla anarchism but if it isn’t please add it. Mr. Mesa (talk) 13:17, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Popular Front" documentary and other news articles?[edit]

Despite being about half a year old, the interview of BOAK partisans done by the documentary group "Popular Front" was only cited once on this article briefly, in spite of it being the only video interview (that I know of anyway) done directly in-person with the partisans of the group, and with much of the material being completely left out, I think this is a great mistake, mainly because those interviewed give much more highly relevant information about their organization, such as their reasons for rebelling, their connections with other partisan groups (including non-anarchist groups), as well as their utilization of both everyday materials and stockpiling of firearms to be used in partisan activity, etc. The podcast done with researcher Tom Lord which further discusses and analyses the group also might be worth writing about in the wikipage. As for interviews of BOAK done by email and text, the news network known as "Workers' Liberty" has also reached out to them (Russia’s anarcho-communist rail saboteurs) I also found other interviews of BOAK done by more mainstream newsgroups, such as Newsweek ('Fully-Fledged Revolt' Against Putin Is Near, Russian Anarchists Say), (Meet the Russian Rebel Groups Waging War from within Putin's Own Borders) and WIRED (The Telegram-Powered News Outlet Waging Guerrilla War on Russia) which also might be worth writing about in the article, (and lets not forget the two militant wire articles Anarcho-Communists Claim Explosive Sabotage of Russian Rails Connecting to Belarus and Russia's BOAK Partisans Act to Undermine Moscow's War on Ukraine).

I am not even really asking for you people to help me in this endeavor, I just want to make sure I get the green light by the wider Wikipedia community to make sure its completely okay to add them as citations in the article, or if there are any citations you might not want me to add, as from my perspective these sources all seem to be very vital in explaining the inner-workings of the partisan movement, and much of it hasn't been reported on within the wikipage. 72.53.87.227 (talk) 04:32, 02 August 2023 (EDT)