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Section sizes Section size for Holodomor (46 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 6,577 6,577 Etymology 4,152 4,152 History 14 83,760 Scope and duration 4,985 4,985 Causes 3,967 24,617 Low harvest 1,254 1,254 Collectivization, procurements, and the export of grain 6,378 6,378 Discrimination and persecution of Ukrainians 11,617 11,617 Peasant resistance 1,401 1,401 Regional variation 1,862 1,862 Repressive policies 683 23,772 Preceding the famine 7,675 7,675 During the famine 9,576 9,576 Near the end of and after the famine 5,838 5,838 Torgsin system 1,865 1,865 Cannibalism 2,929 2,929 Ukrainians in other republics 642 6,533 Kuban and the North Caucasus of Russia 5,312 5,312 Kazakhstan 579 579 Aftermath and immediate reception 1,933 1,933 Death toll 15,250 15,250 Genocide question 8,069 8,069 Soviet and Western denial and downplay 2,406 2,406 In modern politics 6,780 29,191 Government recognition of Holodomor 22,411 22,411 Remembrance 154 21,909 Ukraine 4,549 4,549 Germany 1,484 1,484 Canada 5,136 5,136 Poland 1,453 1,453 United States 6,329 6,329 On film 1,281 1,281 Vatican City 532 532 Holodomor memorials 991 991 In culture and the arts 29 2,148 Cinema 1,165 1,165 Literature 845 845 Theatre 109 109 See also 711 711 Notes 9,904 9,904 References 35 35 Bibliography 105,091 105,091 Further reading 150 23,562 Declarations and legal acts 406 406 Books and articles 23,006 23,006 External links 6,770 6,770 Total 304,285 304,285

Inclusion of Kazakh Famine under See also

I think a link to the Kazakh famines during the same time period would be helpful in the See also section. 2800:150:15B:1829:F07D:DBBD:5D8E:F08B (talk) 18:38, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

It was already mentioned once in the article, but only in the context of Ukrainians falling victim to it, and it's easy to overlook. So that request sounds reasonable and I've added the link. Gawaon (talk) 14:25, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

"While scholars are in consensus that the cause of the famine was man-made"

Per WP:RS/AC, "a statement that all or most scientists or scholars hold a certain view requires reliable sourcing that directly says that all or most scientists or scholars hold that view". I'm not seeing this sourced anywhere. Can somehow source this or can it be changed? Thanks.Stix1776 (talk) 07:26, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

It's explained in the paragraph following the sentence you quote, and in more detail in Causes of the Holodomor. Some historians believe that it was "deliberately engineered", while others think it was an (unintended) "consequence of rapid Soviet industrialisation", and a third position is that both intentional and unintended factors came together. However, no serious historian seems to suggest that the famine was entirely or primary due to natural reasons (such as a severe drought) – hence the "consensus". Gawaon (talk) 08:36, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

So no source says it's "consensus", per WP:RS/AC? It seems that Wheatcroft and Tauger disagree that it's man-made, which explicitly speaks against "academic consensus".Stix1776 (talk) 16:21, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Hold up consensus isn't unanimity. Tauger is the only one who thinks it was natrual. Wheatcroft (and davis) are the ones who dispute his methodology. Not to mention they say explicitly that policy was the cause of the famine —blindlynx 17:00, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

I've added a citation from Andriewsky 2015 historiography. The relevant section is:

Historians of Ukraine are no longer debating whether the Famine was the result of natural causes (and even then not exclusively by them). The academic debate appears to come down to the issue of intentions, to whether the special measures undertaken in Ukraine in the winter of 1932-­‐33 that intensified starvation were aimed at Ukrainians as such. —blindlynx 17:25, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Plus the article states: "Wheatcroft notes that the Soviet extension of sown area may have exacerbated the problem, which Tauger also acknowledges." – So even Tauger seems to agree that the famine was partially man-made. Gawaon (talk) 18:58, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

I've added another source. That said tauger is the only scholar who argues that its causes were natural and it is wp:undue to privilege one scholar out of all of the people working on this—blindlynx 21:43, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

@Blindlynx, would you mind putting a page number and quote with that source, because I'm unable to find what you're saying. The article I'm reading starts with "1".

In regards to Andriewsky, he literally states "Historians of Ukraine" as the beginning of the sentence. The article is about how historians of Ukraine treat the issue of the Holodomor. If you want to write "historians of Ukraine" in the lead, I'm fine for it. But nothing states academic consensus as stated in the lead. We're going to ignoring WP:RS/AC?Stix1776 (talk) 12:10, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

571 of the published page 5 of the pre-pub the first paragraph of the 'TERROR BY HUNGER' section. How on earth is historians of Ukraine being in agreement about an event in Ukraine's history not academic consensus? Especially given that the academic debate is not about this but the intentionallity of the famine and everyone researching this sees it as a result of government policy to some extent—blindlynx 15:09, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

So if we very selectively pick the country the scholarly consensus originates in we can make the "scholarly consensus" fit our own views and write the article accordingly? The scholarly consensus in Russia and China is that it wasn't man-made, how about we start of the article with a link to their consensus? In Romania the scholarly consensus is that Vladimir the Impaler was just defending his country and wasn't particularly evil, despite impaling a whole lot of people, how about his article begins with that consensus?

Perhaps it's better to form a consensus of all historians who've made major research into the issue instead of this political selectiveness. 2A02:AA1:1648:A346:55D7:DE77:732B:565A (talk) 02:46, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Tauger disagrees with other scholars about the size of the harvest. It seems that when he questions the term "man made" he is disagreeing with the position that the famine was intentional. TFD (talk) 12:52, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Well, but if so that would only show that he misunderstands the meaning of "man-made". An unintentionally man-made famine would still be man-made. Gawaon (talk) 13:46, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

He's mostly arguing that the human causes of the Holod don't set it apart from other most famines as most have similar levels of human causes—blindlynx 16:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Whether he understands the term correctly or not, he agrees that it was man made within the definition provided in this article. So that seems to mean there is a consensus, just disagreement over intention and whether ethnic Ukrainians were specifically targeted. TFD (talk) 16:17, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Exactly—blindlynx 17:00, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

@Blindlynx, I added the quote to the source. Is this the correct quote? If not, can you please update it.Stix1776 (talk) 04:44, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!—blindlynx 15:08, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Guys, I think the causes on the side of the article are not causes

Yeah, that's about it. They're not causes, but international reactions. AccomplishedTale7 (talk) 12:21, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

I don't know what you mean. The causes listed in the infobox are:

• Industrialization policy during the First Five Year Plan
• Whether it was intentional is debated by scholars

What point are you disputing? — The Hand That Feeds You: 21:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot to say i changed that after seeing this —blindlynx 21:53, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Ah, well, that'll do it! — The Hand That Feeds You: 21:55, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

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