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I have been trying to figure out a few things for wiki, but one of the things I'm worried about is doing my own wiki page. It's kind of presumptious to do my own, I feel. Or arrogant. Not sure which.
Do you know anybody who might want to create a writer's stub for me for my wiki page?
Hadn't thought about e-books. There is an online version available through a subscription website. But I don't think there is any way offer access to just this book; rather, the subscription provides access to (literally) thousands of technical books. Nor anything downloadable. -- John Broughton(♫♫)21:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
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Since I can not give you all the barnstars on wikipedia, due to space issues, I give you this award. I herey give you all the barnstars allong with braggin rights for your Salad'o'meter™ --69.86.173.19 (talk) 21:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
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hi. i generally try to avoid entering into major edit conflicts around subject were i lack knowledge of the subject. For me the vital issue is; is it disputed whether AK had at some point cooperation with the Germans? --Soman (talk) 07:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Propaganda manipulation in Armia Krajowa
The text below is manipulation, it hides facts. After the quote I will write what is hidden by the author.
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However, while resisting Soviet pressure, the AK High Command and its local representatives went to extremes: They cooperated with the Nazis. The first contacts began to be established in the summer and fall of 1943, after the breakdown of relations with the USSR. In December 1943 and February 1944, Captain Adolf Pilch (pseudonym "Gora"), commander of one of the AK detachments, met with SD [Security Service] and Wehrmacht officers in Stolbtsy, requesting urgent assistance. He received 18,000 units of ammunition, food, and uniforms. During the eight months of its existence (September 1943-August 1944), the "Gora" Detachment did not engage in a single battle with the Germans, whereas it waged 32 battles against Belorussian partisans. Andziej Kucner ("Maly") ["Small"]) followed his example until he was transferred to Ashmyany Rayon by order of the AK District Headquarters. The Nazis' attitude toward cooperation with "Akovtsy" [AK members] can be judged from German trophy documents. In February 1944, SS Obersturmbanfuhrer Strauch reported: "Cooperation with White Polish bandits is continuing. The 300-strong detachment in Rakov and Ivenets proved to be very useful. Negotiations with Ragner's (Stefan Zajaczkiewicz) 1,000-strong band have been concluded. Ragner's band is suppressing the territory between the Neman and the Volkovysk-Molodechno Railroad and between Mosty and Iv'ye. Contacts with other Polish bands have been established".
First Lieutenant Jozef Swida (Vileyka Oblast), commander of the Nadneman AK Formation in the Lida District, also cooperated with the occupiers. In the summer of 1944, in Shchuchin Rayon, Polish legionnaires gained control of the small towns of Zheludok and Vasilishki, where they replaced German garrisons. For the purpose of fighting partisans, they were given four trucks and 300,000 cartridges[55]. Some sub-units of Armia Krajowa displayed great cruelty toward the civilian population suspected of sympathizing with the partisans. The legionnaires burned down their homes, drove away their livestock, and robbed and killed the families of partisans.[1]
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The text is propaganda manipulation. Adolf Pilch's actions were condemned by Armia Krajowa command as mutiny. Jozef Swida rebeled against Armia Krajowa in January 1944 and refused to accept its orders or assist in its actions. Armia Krajowa leadership demanded that he will ally with Soviet partisants, which he refused as well. He killed four AK members and was subject to trial by AK which gave him a death sentence. The quote here makes no mention of this. You will find more on Polish Wikipedia, the above persons have both their articles: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_%C5%9Awida#Proces_i_wyrok
Alledged report by SS uses communist propaganda language which makes it curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_partisans_in_Poland Communist propaganda routinely referred to the anti-Soviet Polish underground army as "bands of White Poles." According to another propaganda directive, the Polish underground was to be referred to as "the protégés of the Gestapo."[2] On 23 June 1943, the Soviet partisan leadership authorized the denouncing of the Polish underground to the Nazis. Later, orders went out to “shoot the [Polish] leaders” and “discredit, disarm, and dissolve” their units.[2]
Hej, czy nie chciałbyś może zrobić stuba z pl:Józef Baka? Jest właśnie w rozbudowie, i za parę miesięcy będzie z tego medal. Przy tym szkoda, żeby nie było w en-wiki artykułu o Takiej Postaci :), a jakbym sam to próbował pisać, pewnie wyszłoby zupełnie po murzyńsku. Pozdr., 83.6.13.111 (talk) 15:52, 3 April 2008 (UTC) (Laforgue).
Hello Piotrus, Could you please help me i really don't understand what that is not accepted with mebuy.pl. the text that you don't accept could youplease remove it and keep this information page. thank you for your support Tintin72 (talk) 06:48, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Again, i have look thru your suggestion... i have deleted some info does it still not pass the check.
it's not a advertisement of any kind... we are going to build on that... but if you delete it every time i put something there.. its pretty difficult to make it good. please could you help me to get it approved....
Tintin72 (talk) 14:06, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Very weak keep for that one. The website has relatively high Alexa rank 66th in Poland (but see also WP:ALEXA and Alexa concerns) and notable ownership—Agora and gazeta.pl. Some informations about rank in Polish blog hosting services and website notable awards (if any) should be added into the article to fill WP notability guidelines. I've tagged it as unreferenced, OR and no assertion of notability. Visor (talk) 21:50, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
GA review
I've read somewhere that the maximum duration for the hold period in the GA review is seven days. Is it a strict limit or do reviewers have some discretion to extend that period in difficult cases? You have indicated that you'll correct the Łódź insurrection article as time permits; roughly what timeframe have you got in mind? --Doopdoop (talk) 22:10, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Witaj. Wprowadziłem datę śmierci pani prof.[[2]], po czym poprawka zniknęła z enwiki, a w historii edycji brak danych, kto usunął i czemu. Potwierdzenie faktu jest np. w nekrologu Gazety Wyborczej [3], zresztą o tym wiele źródeł pisało, więc nie wiem czemu ktoś usunął i czemu nie wiadomo kto. Czy mógłbyś to wyjasnić. Jeśli możesz to odpowiedz na mój adres plwiki [[4]]. --156.17.102.70 (talk) 11:27, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Odnośnie tego. Przetłumaczyłem ile tylko potrafiłem. Przydałaby się mała pomoc - dwa zdania zostawiłem po polsku. PS. Stworzyłem ostatnio też ze 10 artykułów dotyczących kuchni śląskiej - (Category:Silesian cuisine) Jeśli znajdziesz kiedyś trochę czasu to może warto przejrzeć bo mogą być błędy. Pozdrawiam. LUCPOL (talk) 19:39, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey, it sounds to me like you need a break... I sincerely suggest you take a short break (did you notice it's spring outside?) There is more to life than wiki. Renata (talk) 03:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I saw your comment but it deals with various demarcation lines in between the phases. I put in only the final one (1923) and the border recognized to LT by RU in 1920 treaty. Renata (talk) 02:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
In March you've commented on the Armia Krajowa article, which have eventually passed the A-class review. Since then I have been steadily expanding the article (my goal is to FA it one day), but in recent days a content dispute is threatening to destabilize this article; your comments would be much appreciated here.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 01:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Whoa! I don't understand the dispute and talk page is difficult to parse because the participants there seem to be already very knowledgeable in what the dispute is. Please explain to me what the dispute is about assume (correctly) that I have no background at all in what it involves. Cla68 (talk) 04:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
The issue involves the lead. Some users want to add this information to the lead. As I explained in my large post at the bottom of this thread, such claims seem undue and fringe. For example, a similar argument would be to add claims about Free French committing war crimes (per this) to the lead of Free French article (which I'd oppose, of course), or claim about US Army committing atrocities to the lead of US Army (per Canicattì massacre, for example) and so on.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 05:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
If I were you, I'd take it to the Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard and post a link and notification about the thread there on the talk page of the article, and perhaps on the talk pages of the editors involved. The editors at that noticeboard could provide some good advice on how to approach the dispute. Cla68 (talk) 12:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Can't believe this! I'm too busy right now for WP, so can you monitor/influence this... hopefully he/she was to lazy to fix the created redlinks... leaving things more or less intact, but I find it hard to think of a 1632 article which didn't/doesn't/shouldn't reference and link to this page! Sheesh! // FrankB14:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Ping update... I think this may be the last straw, I don't have time to read current gazettes much less put up with the mickey mouse bullcrap that's come out of notability deletions. And I humbly disagree, taking such common (some might say, "sidebar") material out of a article makes more sense when it's something as complex as this series and is common to the many. The series article ought to be in the main thrust focused on the overall neohistoric synopsis, not burdened with something that is topical on it's own and acts to explain things in the many. Live long and prosper. // FrankB03:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
MOSDAB
Hi, Piotrus! Do you have any further plans regarding what to do with this thread? I don't see it going anywhere, and would hate to see it closed in this hung state. Maybe it would make sense to undo the whole revision and have its supporters to formally submit it for community's consideration instead of allowing them to quitely pass it behind everybody's backs. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:11, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Would you mind doing it? I regret to admit that the dab project folks can't stand my guts any more, so you'll have better chances of not being reverted on the spot for being, well, you :) I will, of course, back you up if need be. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
DYK
Thanks for info, but I can't make myself to create inline refs, if all article is based on one source. You can put them in places you like ;-) Pibwl←«20:33, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Polish Jews
Sorry, I wasn't aware of that. I will post a rationale, but essentially it's this: every other equivalent article is called "History of the Jews in..." (see the template at the bottom). Biruitorul (talk) 21:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Mix up
Piotrus, sorry about that, but there's a technical mix up with your edit here. Please self-revert and than put that same paragraph you copied from Talk page lower down inside the article, in section "Visual arts". The new and the old paragraph you replaced begin with exacly the same first sentence "While in Canada, Tylman pursued a career in commercial arts as an airbrush illustrator." However, the phrase "While in Canada" is used in the article twice, so it's easy to make that mistake. Sorry about having to ask you to do it again. I owe you big time. Thanks a million. Again, zero-in on the second "While in Canada...", not the first. Cheers. --Poeticbenttalk22:20, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I've tried my best to merge it in. I'm not feeling discouraged at all because of your comments, you put them down very correctly, I don't have any problems about that.
I do have a problem about how some people around here act towards others trying to do a good thing. Apparently this is accepted, which does discourage me. Wikipedia should be all about sharing and contributing, not flaming others about a few mistakes. Nice way to discourage newbies around here. It's time people act against people at that discussion page.
I was refering to the version of the article at the time I posted my comment. One sentance acknowledging that there are different views on AK in the intro seems to represent the article's content so is in line with WP:LEAD. Please note that I have very little knowledge of this particular topic, and can't comment on the article's accuracy. --Nick Dowling (talk) 11:20, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
On a related topic, I think that non-positive aspects of topics should be included in introductions when this is relevant and reflects the article's content. For instance the lead in Timor Leste Defence Force (which I recently played the lead role in bringing to FA class) is pretty damming of the military's effectiveness. If I were writing an article on the Red Army or US Army I'd include their problems as well (eg, the Soviets insensitivity to casualties and the US Army's poor record in counter-insurgency). --Nick Dowling (talk) 11:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
It was the version at the time I made my post - which from the diffs you posted was the one you prefer. Miyokan seems to have been mistaken about the version at the time I made my post. --Nick Dowling (talk) 08:43, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Congress Poland
Hi,
I was looking for someone to proof-read my re-write of Congress Poland, and you seem an ideal candidate! As I said on the talk page, it was mostly to clean up language and referencing, I did my best to base it on what was on the page but my grasp of Polish history is nil. Would you mind checking my work? WLU (talk) 14:40, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Just checking to see if the Neutrality tag refers to the issues in the lead that have recently been discussed on WP:FTN. If so, then I'll remove it. Cheers. --Folantin (talk) 14:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
OK, I've removed it because I think the current version of the lead is now sufficiently neutral. NB: I won't have time to be involved in a long debate on the talk page about any other issues because that would entail too much research at the moment. Cheers. --Folantin (talk) 15:43, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
The Vatican, Russia, Lithuania and Poland (Pius IX - Pius XII
Except for Lithuania after 1939, I pretty much finished the above article (the first round). The Russian additions were necessary because of the time before 1918. But they enlarged the article considerably. Maybe it is too long now. I am thinking of creating "mains" and adding short summaries of them. Next week.
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Movie of joint Soviet Nazi victory parade available.
I just found out that there is an actual movie of the joined Soviet-Nazi victory parade of 1939.
I am downloading it but knowing net it could be deleted. I think you might be interested.
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--Molobo (talk) 23:14, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
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I expect so, certainly in post-ancient times, but the Egyptian usage needs to be mentioned & linked - see the preceding edits with a globalize tag etc. The term is also used for egyptian ceramic masks etc, and perhaps a para needs to be added. It may occur in other cultures too for all I know - Pre-Columbian & so forth. Johnbod (talk) 22:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
The article is about the Polish ones, but it is fine to mention the other use of the term in the lead, with the most relevant link. Johnbod (talk) 22:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
After a quick look, I'm finding sources that suggest that the Polish custom is inspired by the Roman funerary art. This could be a good thing to discuss. Ling.Nut (talk) 00:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Amazing!
Hello Piotrus. You have created 1760 articles for Wikipedia![8] Amazing! There are few Wikipedians who have created more than 100 articles and I am one of them. I have created 127 articles and I know how hard it is to create an article. You have create far more than that! You have also contributed to many FAs and DYKs. You are probably the best editor I have ever seen on Wikipedia! Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 12:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
I noticed your recent deletion from the article [9]. I don't know who originally put in the sentence in question, or whether it is factually accurate, but I do know that Sid Z. Leiman (the Sidney Leiman from the article; aka Shnayer Z. Leiman) is a Professor of Jewish History and Literature and Chairman of the Department of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College; he is not a hoax. (Googling a little more carefully will yield results). I also know that he is knowledgeable about the Abraham ben Abraham question, and his research on it is extensive (see here, for example), so I wouldn't be surprised if the sentence you deleted is true and perhaps verifiable. He did deliver a lecture on this topic in 2005 (entitled "The Ger Tzedek of Vilna - Fact or Fiction"). (I don't know for sure what he concluded, but a tape of the lecture is available for sale here). Maybe the editor that added the unverified info even attended that lecture(?) ...
Anyway, perhaps more research on AbA should be done before he is definitively categorized as "nonexistent."
Chill! That link was blacklisted and was preventing editing of the article. Nothing more than that! Re first and only. For someone of that status writing "the first x" is jarring English, because "first" is an ordinal, and it's also bad because it isn't clear if what is meant is "first of a number" or "preeminent among a number". Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 17:36, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
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I find you wiki-amazing. How can you keep writing so many articles and put up with such abuse on the AK talk page? I reciprocate the award:
The Optimist's Star
The Optimistic's Star is for those who have had to put up with so much but still believed that there was light at the end of the tunnel. Ostap00:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm not saying we need to give admins more power; I'm saying we need to let them fully use the power they already have. I used to think the problem was with Admins not adminning until your comments showed me the greater problem: Admins cannot admin properly because the rest of the Wikipedia world is constantly undermining their power and crying out against supposed "abuses" when one does something they don't like. If we "educate the masses" about this behavior and why it's bad, then and only then can we stop it and let the Admins do what they are supposed to do--administer. FléêťflämẽU-T-C02:30, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
How about this, this, this, this, this, this, and this? There are others; this is just a short list to illustrate my point. These guidelines, policies, and rules work for IPs and new users, so why not Admins? If admins are to have more power (although, again, I'm saying they should just be allowed to use what they have) they should still be held to guidelines, just more stringently. It's just the same principle as a major politician or minister or pope has; people look up to them, so they should at least strive to be a little bit better than most folks. That's why Eliot Spitzer is so pathetic; not just that he had illicit sex, but that he was known for cracking down on illegal prostitution. I do believe admins should have more leeway for doing what they do; but that means they have to hold to guidelines even closer than do the rest of the masses. For sure, it's a difficult system to implement (in fact, possibly impossible), mainly because most Wikipedians think according to the current system, but if we could get it running, it would change the way Wikipedia works and make admin's jobs a whole lot easier.
The problem comes when IPs and new users feel it is their job to let the rest of us know how terrible the admins are for blocking them or deleting their pages and so forth and so on; there is no way we can ever stop this, but one solution to the overall problem may be leaving admin discipline to admins. Then we can leave both adminning and policing of admins to the admins. My main point here is this: if admins are allowed to use their tools as they ought, they should be able to remove problems within their ranks by holding each other to a higher standard than the rest of Wikipedians. FléêťflämẽU-T-C11:18, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
RE:Amazing
Hello Piotrus. Well, according to this, you have created 1761 articles and 4706 redirects. Please see List of articles creations in encyclopedic namespace sorted by date and List of created redirects sorted by date. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for adding that one. Don't know why I didn't think of doing it, but I didn't. I read Frank's excellent book back in the '70s. - Jmabel | Talk19:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello Piotrus. How are you? Piotrus, I was reading wikitruth, and I discovered this!! You are also there! I must say, you look quite different in żupan!! Ha, Ha!!
I search the image on Wikipedia and instead I found this. Is it a fake image? Can you tell me few things about the incidence? And, one more question: Are you taller than Mr. Wales? Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 14:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
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Attacks by propaganda during Soviet occupation
The attacks against AK by Soviet puppet regime are well known in research.
Likewise the communist term is too broad, Soviets opposed independent communists as well as AK. Sierakowski wrote about this in recent Europa.--Molobo (talk) 03:10, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Kielce Pogrom
Kielce Pogrom
Dear Piotrus,
Reading the article "Kielce Pogrom", I have found that the paragraph on the position of RC Church, as written now, would suggest some support of Bishop Kaczmarek to the pogrom because of aleged reaction months before for another incident. According to Kakolewski (Umarly Cmentarz) there was a report of bishop Kaczmarek sent to the US authorities regarding the pogrom and obviously no support whatsoever. Kakolewski in his book specifically points out that for some reason that report is still classified at the US State Dept. Could you edit this paragraph or can at least its misleading heading be changed? Dr ZKB (talk) 04:56, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
After about a month, what do you think about this article, notable or not? His leadership of ZHR has been referenced although neither this fact, nor the reference has not been found on Google: [10], [11], [12]. And also this reference is written by him, is it reliable? In my opinion, AFD. Visor (talk) 22:17, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello Piotrus. I want to join WikiProject Poland. I am not from Poland. I cannot speak Polish and I don't know much about Polish culture. However, I am interested in Polish culture and I know about Polish history. I would like to learn more about Poland and make contributions. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello Piotrus. Thank you for you comment. Piotrus, you have written 20 FAs. You can help. Give me suggestions to improve the article! Your suggestions will be very helpful. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Reasoning for "Oppression of Ukrainian minority in the Second Polish Republic"
I realize that the section (shortly) describes OUN tactics also. But to me that is neither the focus nor the main point of the section. The article itself also describes oppression of Ukrainians, but we don't title it that way. We could go back and forth in the background section. Where would it end? Czapliński and Khmelnytsky?... I think the longstanding article and section titles that were there before any of the disagreements were best. Change it if you must, but I think it should stay as it was. Ostap20:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
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Actually, I was looking for someone impartial to create an actual wiki entry when my book is released later this year. I've been working on some things, so I haven't been blogging nearly as much as I should. I'll try to do better.
Where, they are clearly in the Public Domain I've tended to leave them in if they link to a specfic work,
If you can point me to a link on Google's site that enables checking of the permissions
they have obtained in respect of each specific non-PD work, that would assist greatly,
otherwise I feel I am not being unreasonable in de-linking deep links to scans of copyrighted
works.
However, it's not the copyvio issue in the main issue that I was concerned about, it the issue of what I term "provider-duality", Whilst not official policy it is basicly that in citing works, the work and page should be cited, but that no single provider should be favoured. Hence the removal of links to scans on Google Books.
Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
User:Sfan00 IMG aka User:ShakespeareFan00, please self-revert your own hasty deletions of links to books.google.com especially in all Poland related articles. Your pretentious and misinformed idea of "provider-duality" sounds preposterous. Hence, your unilateral actions stemming from probable lack of understanding of what copyright is, can only be seen as disruptive. --Poeticbenttalk20:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
It seems someone already had in respect of some of them, I am reviewing the others and reverting them accordingly.. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
All links (with the exception of one article subsquently edited to include other sources) have had links restored.
In respect of why they were reinstated, someone on one of the IRC channels was able to clarify
what thier status was. :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:20, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
That's an old friend user:Bloomfield - creating hardly intelligible articles about obscure subjects (like nobility or non-existent states), never citing reliable references, using sources from 18-19th century that freely mix scholarship with fantasies, including a ton of irrelevant external links, spelling names and locations the weirdest way possible, using multiple sockpuppets to hide his trail... I spent a lot of time cleaning the mess he left in Lithuanian corner, still a lot more left (especially in Ruthenian nobility). If you see similar editing patters elsewhere, let me know. Renata (talk) 05:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
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Hi there Piotrus!
A university class I've been trying to convince to get involved in using WP in their class has today agreed to do so. In the class they rewrote the text of Religious Nationalism. I was wondering if you could have a look at it and edit it mercilessly (as the saying goes). Perhaps if you could convince others to get in on the act too that would be great.
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Sudovia
Finally! :) When I was looking trough the net I figured why you are so confused: English translations of Polish sources do translate "Suwalszczyzna" as "Suwalki Region". However, there is a much smaller Suwalki Region, that around Suwalki, Punsk, Sejny. It is small, but relevant for several reasons:
Lithuanian claims during the interwar (PL-LT war, etc.)
Nazi occupation in 1939 (known as "Suwalki triangle" in that context)
Concentration of LT minority
Note that the first "Suwalki Region" is a geographical term, while the second is political. I would consider moving current Suvalkai Region to Suwałki triangle to show that is it a very specific term and to prevent any future confusion.
Then there is the second issue: Lithuanian and Polish portions of Sudovia.
If you look in Google books, term Sudovia pretty much always refer to the times of Baltic tribes and Sudovians/Yotvingians. My suggestion would be to redirect this to the tribe name.
While looking though variety of sources I figured that the best name for the region of Lithuania is Suvalkija. For example, this official map gives Sudovia only as alternative. Note, that it is 100% Lithuanian term. Think of it as a county of Lithuania. Therefore it's wrong to assert that, for example, Sejny is in Suvalkija.
Also while looking through various resources, I did not find a single reference that would deal with both Lithuanian and Polish parts together. Therefore I wholeheartedly support creating a separate article for Suwalszczyzna.
So in short: Suvalkai Region move→ Suwałki triangle, Sudovia redirect→ Sudovians, create Suvalkija and Suwalszczyzna, Suvalkai/Suwalki Region → disambiguation.
Lithuanians don't claim the entire region. They just claim the small Suvalkai Region/Triangle. See for example, this map. Lithuanians claimed the entire thing (as Suwalki Governorate) only before 1918 but it never came to pass so it was soon forgotten. (Maybe there are some fringe extremists groups claiming half of Poland, I dunno).
Suwalki triangle is not completely exactly the same as the area claimed by Lithuanians, but it's extremely close.
Suwalszczyzna is not used in English as it is translated Suwalki Region.
The problem with these articles is that they don't have definitions - it's like one of those things were everyone knows about it, but no one writes in paper encyclopedias...
I dare you to find a single text in either language that would deal with entire Suvalkija + Suwalszczyzna. There are none because such a region is irrelevant when divided between two countries.
I was thinking about "one article, multiple section" solution but there are some issues with it:
There is no good term for all of it. "Suwalki/Suvalkai Region" does not really apply to Lithuanian side and pretty much always refer to the lands in Poland. BTW, lack of a term also shows that the combined region is not relevant.
Suvalkija needs to be a separate article to complete the series on the regions of Lithuania.
An article, discussing a variety of geographical, cultural, and political regions relevant in different historical periods, would be a complete mess & total confusion.
Actually... I just compared higher resolution maps of Suwalki Governorate and the line drawn in the RU-LT treaty of 1920... and they actually match (or very very close - I believed that the Governorate extended further south). And if this Polish map is to be trusted, it's also the extent of Suwalszczyzna. So that simplifies the issue: Suwalszczyzna & Suwalki Region is the same. I see how Lithuanian literature made it seem smaller because of shrinking LT presence there & also "Suwalki triangle" was smaller than the region. My bad.
So my amended solution looks like this: Suvalkai Region move→ Suwałki Region and expand about Suwalszczyzna, Sudovia move→ Suvalkija & Sodovia redirect→ Sudovians. Renata (talk) 19:23, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
We should still have two articles on the region:
Suwalki Region (moved, transformed, expanded, etc, from Suvalkai Region; Suwalszczyzna redirects here) - deals with the region in PL
Suvalkija (moved, transformed, expanded, etc. from Sudovia leaving Sudovia as a redirect to the tribes) - deals with the region in LT
The map is (c) and unless I redraw it, it cannot be used on WP. But I am trying to send it to you via email (it's ~10MB file), but it's breaking my gmail :( Renata (talk) 19:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
I was trying to find a source that would specifically discuss the regions, but no luck yet. When looking through a variety of sources that mention one or the other region in the passing, I noticed total mess and confusion: all terms used without any kind of consistency or logic... (including so often mistranslation of Suwałki County as Suwalki Region)... So the only reliable and on the topic reference that I know of is this map created by Vilnius University to specifically illustrate historical regions of Lithuania. As you will see Suvalkija (in yellow) extends only a tiny bit into Poland and Sejny and Punsk is actually in historical Dzukija. This map is consistent with official map by a Seimas commission charged specifically to determine the borders of the regions. So "Suvalkija" quite clearly does not apply to Suwalszczyzna in Poland.
BTW, while reading some thoughts re name change from Suvalkija to Sudovia I realized why Suvalkija is a bad name: it is of political origin when the actual Suvalkija has nothing to do with politics. It's all about peasants of 19th century, their language, clothing, food, traditions, etc. I hope you can see now why I strongly oppose the merger. Renata (talk) 05:48, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Walter Bradel
I would like to understand on what grounds you have questioned the notability of Walter Bradel? He was the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as well as a commander of a German bomber wing. To my knoweldge this makes him notable. 18:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
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Blocking help.
Czesc Piotrus,
Zostalem (moim zdaniem) nieslusznie zablokowany (see my page) mozesz mi cos poradzic jako doswiadczony
editor ?
Thanks--Jacurek (talk) 14:27, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
And if you would look what you are reverting, you would see that you are removing references from an addition made a week earlier (which you did not remove even though made other corrections) and a discussion of different views of the treaty (including the fact that Vilnius is nowhere explicitly mentioned). Therefore I revert as Lossowski is not the only opinion that's out there. Renata (talk) 03:56, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi
Thanks for recognition of my poor contribs and invitation to Polish Portal. If You don`t mind, i`ll have some questions.
Well, first of all is if i can just add my username to the list of Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland if i want to join it? Second is if You don`t mind if i`ll try to start/expand articles related to Polish-Lithuanian nobility which You listed on List of szlachta talkpage. I would like to know also if there are some standarised templates for family trees, tables etc. and is there rule about adding references? Thanks in advance.
Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikołajski (talk • contribs) 20:58, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Damn... sorry that i forgot to sign myselve Mikołajski (talk) 21:01, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again. I figured it already that i can just watch other users edits, but i was wondering if there`s some standard tree template which should be used for gentry related articles, or is there any desired by wikiprojects for Polish-Lithuanian gentry. Mikołajski (talk) 22:12, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I saw this tree, is good, but i see also that this one is used more often. Anyway, i`ll look around and for sure there will be tons of useful templates to copy-edit. Can you tell me if its possible to link commons from other language versions of wikimedia? Mikołajski (talk) 23:32, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Charles Tilly
What documentation do you have of Charles Tilly death? I couldn't find any in the NY Times, Google, etc. I know his health situation well, as of two weeks ago. Bellagio99 (talk) 23:54, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello Piotrus. Newyorkbrad has decided to leave Wikipedia. What happened? I am stunned. NYB welcomed me. Why would he leave Wikipedia? You can reply on my talk page or email me. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 08:44, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your reply. You are right: the public has the right to know why one of the top editors retired and the details of the wikipolitics behind this event. I have a right to know what happened. NYB welcomed me. He was guided me when I was new. I think you should send me an email. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 08:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
just a quick question for you, maybe you know the answer. I'm currently reading a real interessting book, titled "Warsaw 1920", writen by Adam Zamoyski and as always, wikipedia is great to check up background information. However, I have tried to find something about the "Polish 1st Cavalry Division" and there doesn't seem to be a special article about this pretty interessting unit who seemed to have played a vital role in the Polish-Soviet War. I saw your name around a lot in the history section of articles associated with this war so I thought you might be the one to ask. Is there an article and I just happened not to be able to find it? Thanks,EA210269 (talk) 13:56, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. There is a little about it in the book I'm reading, especially about its origins, it was made up from six regiments, one each form the Austrian, Prussian, Russian and French Army plus also members of the Polnish Legion, it seems, this reflects quite well the overall "colorfullness" of the Polish Army in those early years. I really don't know much about the Polish military at all and when you google "Polish 1st Cavalry Division", all you get is either the US one or the Napoleonic wars, but with the red link you left me, I might try to create a stub from the information the book I'm reading gives me and more qualified users can take it from there. It's devinatly an interesting enough unit to deserve inclusion in wikipedia! Regards, EA210269 (talk) 00:52, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I've created a stub now under 1st Cavalry Division (Polish), hopefully it will grow from there. Thanks for the Polish wikipedia links, while I don't speak a word of Polish, I could still compare a few facts and my source seems to be resonably precise. EA210269 (talk) 13:06, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Please take a closer look at that one and only source. [14] It says right up-front (in its own subhead) that "all claims are unofficial". The article and its commercially driven sponsor both stir controversy for the purpose of Internet traffic. A definite candidate for AfD unless more reliable sources are found. --Poeticbenttalk19:11, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
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Mieszko I
Since you seem to have bags of time to write articles, I wondered if you fancied taking a break from all the modern stuff translating pl:Mieszko_I, which is large and is an FA there? I have a few things on the guy if the Polish perspective there is adjudged too strong, but the vast majority of the academic literature appears to be in Polish, so it still ought to be worthwhile. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 18:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I`m not passionated about that things, but why something like poll should decide about official name of any city? Or anything at all. There even stands that name Danzig should be used to period before teuton assault and slaughter of its citizens... come on. In such case i want to rename Vilnius to Wilno before 1945, same goes for Lviv and Lwów, why not? Anyway, i don`t want any stupid fights over cityies names, but that attempts to show Gdańsk as totally unrelated to Polish history, and what`s more, to push suposed separatist tryies by that poor stubs, is not any historic, but historiographic mistake. I don`t even want to rewrite or rename that garbage, it doesn`t deserve separate article or this attention and should be merged to Free election, as i told, in section about Stefan Bathory election. But this time referrenced not by some scrap-papers describeing events from 1570... It could be also interesting to mention that Hans Winkelbruch von Koln (Gdańsk mercerines commander) had a banner with words "Aurea Libertas".
Pozdrawiam. Mikołajski (talk) 19:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
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