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Section sizes Section size for Wagner Group (39 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 33,187 33,187 Origins and leadership 1,124 12,536 Yevgeny Prigozhin 4,955 4,955 Dmitry Utkin 5,370 5,370 Konstantin Pikalov 1,087 1,087 Organization 7,653 24,833 Recruitment, training, techniques 9,844 9,844 Units 12 7,336 Rusich unit 3,777 3,777 Serb unit 3,547 3,547 Relationship with the Russian state 18,020 23,545 Wagner Group rebellion 5,525 5,525 Activities 543 66,780 Ukraine 1,012 27,564 Crimea annexation and War in Donbas 10,825 10,825 2022 invasion of Ukraine 15,727 15,727 Belarus 7,075 7,075 Syria 8,012 8,012 Africa 4,256 21,238 Sudan 4,109 4,109 Central African Republic 5,260 5,260 Libya 3,580 3,580 Mali 4,033 4,033 Venezuela 2,348 2,348 Possible activities 24 8,514 Moldova 962 962 Nagorno-Karabakh 5,043 5,043 Serbia 680 680 Other 1,805 1,805 Casualties 19,595 19,595 Sanctions 8,799 8,799 Plane crash 3,962 3,962 Far-right elements 6,769 6,769 Awards and honors 9,079 9,079 Post Yevgeny Prigozhin's death 3,580 3,580 Notable members 719 719 Citations 29 29 Further reading 4,105 4,105 External links 1,192 1,192 Total 227,224 227,224

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Add Asia to the list of continents where there have been operations, as Syria and parts of Russia are in Asia. IrisArgo (talk) 22:25, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Jamedeus (talk) 22:35, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In the Serbia section of "Possible activities" it says "being training" when it should say "being trained". AshtonWest032 (talk) 17:01, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Jamedeus (talk) 18:18, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I remember the patch of a skull in a sniper reticle being prominently displayed on the article in the past. Was it removed due to copyright reasons? Surely it'd fall under fair use, right? It baffles me that the older and more notorious design wouldn't be shown anywhere on english wikipedia, let alone the dedicated page. EnzarelX (talk) 03:50, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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TenshiPT (talk) 12:59, 16 June 2024 (UTC) At the final category (Post-Prigozhin's death) there's a sentence that says: "Wagner is officially becoming a unit of Rosgvardia...The entire structure, methods of work and commanders remain the same.", there's supposed to be "an unit of Rosgvardia" not "a unit of Rosgvardia"[reply]

 Not done: a unit is correct, an is only used when the next word begins with a vowel sound (regardless of whether the letter is a vowel or not). Unit begins with the consonant sound Y like a university or a universal truth. You only need an when the U makes a vowel sound like in an umbrella. English is a very weird language. Jamedeus (talk) 01:29, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]