Talk:Bolesław II of Poland

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was no consensus. Haukur 16:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move request

Bolesław II the Bold to Boleslaus II of Poland. We do not use nicknames without extraordinary reasons. I propose the systematic name for this king. (He was one of the rarer monarchs of early period who was a recognized King). First name should be written in English, not in Polish. This was a medieval monarch, no one cannot claim that Boleslaw is precisely his original name spelling, spelling was not so established at that time. Marrtel 18:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Poll

Write Support or Oppose and an optional one-sentence reason. Longer parts of opinions then below at discussion.

• Support. As nominator. Marrtel 18:42, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose So far I have seen the user opposes names based on opinion that they were made by "Polish nationalist minority"[1]. Such rude comments should be outside of wiki and certainly not a basis for changes.--Molobo 19:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. The current title is bad, but I don't like the latinization/pseudo-anglicization "Boleslaus", which is not commonly used. john k 20:03, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
  • What are "pseudo-anglicizations"? AjaxSmack 03:04, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

    A supposedly anglicized form which is actually a name not any more familiar to English speakers than the original name. Anglicizing "Jan" to "John" makes sense; anglicizing "Boleslaw" to "Boleslaus" doesn't so much. I've never met anyone named "Boleslaus". john k 10:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose. There's no need to change, but I'd prefer Bolesław II of Poland (or even Boleslaw II of Poland) to the proposal. Dpv 20:27, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. The man is well known by his epithet, the Bold or Szczodry. Angus McLellan (Talk) 20:32, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. Boleslaus is a bad latinization, Bolesław is much more popular (see stats above). 'the Bold' is much more informative and popular then 'of Poland', see above stats too.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 21:50, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Weak support/Comment I haven't been heavily involved on the use of cognomens in Wikipedia, especially with Polish monarchs, but I've seem very few instances of early monarchs with first names in one language and cognomens in the other. I support a move to the appropriate anglicization of the first name, seemingly Boselaw II of Poland. Charles 21:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support. A tough one indeed. There is more than one "Boleslaus II" in history and there's no reason the Polish one reigns supreme. Therefore, a qualifier is needed on his name and ordinal. If a nickname, why not move Boleslav II of Bohemia to Bolselaus II the Pious? Or any other king to his nickname instead of "of Kingdom"? For consistency across Wikipedia, Boleslaus II of Poland is better than the current title and while there may be a better title than that, it has not really been propsed. Just because ordinals can be confusing does not mean we can always avoid them: see Guaimar III of Salerno and Guaimar IV of Salerno. Also, as to Molobo's comments, while the notion of a "Polish cabal" and the accusations of "Polish nationalism" are less than good faith, I would say, it is not a good reason for voting against a proposal that the proponent has expressed such views. And finally, I hope to have proded a discussion on the larger issue of Polish monarchic nomenclature in general at Talk:List of Polish monarchs. Srnec 02:57, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support per WP:Use English. AjaxSmack 03:04, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Polonising names in English Wikipedia without regard to the age is getting unhealthy. Then Lithuanian Jogaila gets the "most correct name" according to the Piotrus, Władysław II Jagiełło. Juraune 06:34, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. KonradWallenrod 07:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Piotrus and Co will never understand that this is no Polish wiki. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 12:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Orionus 12:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support It does say "use English" in the guidelines after all... Gryffindor 15:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• 'Weak support. The English is Boleslav. Septentrionalis 16:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support change to either Boleslav or Boleslaus as I have seen both used. Use English. Robert A.West (Talk) 19:04, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support Use english, and not "Thomas à Becket" or similar creatures, as just corrected by me.--Matthead 22:29, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support, per other comments. - Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 00:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. logologist|Talk 01:16, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. -- Anatopism 03:01, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. A wholesale systematic approach is needed, instead of separate votes on each individual monarch. - Mattergy 07:17, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Weak support Only because "Bolek" was not an option. I like Bolek and Lolek. Dr. Dan 13:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose Radomil talk 15:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. The name as it is currently spelled is acceptable to me, as it is reflective of usage in major English-language reference works. In 1979 Encyclopedia Britannica he's Bolesław II the Generous (with an "also known as" Bołeslaw II the Bold). Sokol's Polish Biographical Dictionary has him as Bolesław II (The Bold). Online Britannica has him as Boleslaw II, with bynames as Boleslaw the Bold and Boleslaw the Generous.[2] --Elonka 18:23, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support--Aldux 20:51, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support: use English. Jonathunder 07:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• SupportJay32183 18:39, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

Remember, please, that he has three viable nicknames, not just "the Bold." Perhaps someday one of the other nicknames will surpass "the Bold" in usage, but he will still be "of Poland". Srnec 02:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.