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[edit] Disclaimer

If you came here to accuse me of anything, offend me or suggest my parents were commies - think twice before you post anything here. //Halibutt

[edit] Ludendorff Bridge

Hi, I believe this edit was yours. For the sake of the pl-challenged among us, could you elaborate on the source? Does it meet WP:RS? Other published sources seem to use other explanations, so we need extraordinary evidence.216.239.88.90 (talk) 06:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Block notice

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for violating the three-revert ruleat Republic of Central Lithuania. Please be more careful to discuss controversial changes or seek dispute resolution rather than engaging in an edit war. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below.

Stifle (talk) (trivial vote) 10:48, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bot activity

I was going over the list of bots and noticed that Halibott (talk · contribs) has not edited in a very long time. Is this bot still active and if not, would you object to it being de-flagged? Please post your comments to Wikipedia_talk:Bots/Requests_for_approval#Dead_bots since this is a rather widely-posted message. MBisanz talk 06:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pytanie co do IWŚ

Mam do ciebie jako znawcy historii pytanie. Pamiętam trochę informację o tym, iż pierwsza bitwa w IWŚ Polaków jako własnej strony miała miejsce gdy oddziały mające z sobą walczyć Rosji i Austrii składające się z Polaków odmówiły rozkazu i połączyły swe siły w walce przeciw reszcie wojska. Niestety nie mogę sobie dokładnie przypomnieć szczegółów kiedy i gdzie to miało miejsce. Może ty wiesz ?--Molobo (talk) 19:58, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] This book might be interesting.

M. Wardzyńska, Sytuacja ludności polskiej w Generalnym Komisariacie Litwy, czerwiec 1941- lipiec 1944, Warszawa 1993--Molobo (talk) 00:27, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Because you are still here

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. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus

[edit] Battle of Murowana Oszmianka

Updated DYK query On 21 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Murowana Oszmianka, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 18:48, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Let me just say: hearty thanks for your support of my bid, and here's to the next try! Biruitorul (talk) 00:06, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dzięki

Za odpowiedż o Kaniowie.--Molobo (talk) 22:48, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair-use image

I tagged a non-free image you uploaded, Image:Ak preps.jpg, with an orphaned fair-use tag because in the firearm article the fair-use claim is not valid. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 01:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Move request for Dąbrowski's Mazurka

Hi, since you participated in a discussion on the previous request move, you may be interested in that Dąbrowski's Mazurka has been nominated again for a move to either Mazurek Dąbrowskiego or Poland Is Not Yet Lost. You are welcome to state your opinion at Talk:Dąbrowski's Mazurka#Requested move (second time). — Kpalion(talk) 23:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:SGGW_logo.png

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[edit] Image:UML_logo.png

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[edit] Image:UL_logo.jpg

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[edit] Unclear statement in Blue Police

Please see my comment here.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I win

Not even you can boast of that :D [1] --Molobo (talk) 17:36, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Download if you can

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. [2] --Molobo (talk) 23:13, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lack of outside support in the Warsaw Uprising

IIRC, you wrote good part of that few years ago.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 00:26, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Szmul Zygielbojm

Thanks for the improvements to Szmul Zygielbojm. I have a question about the Wikilink to Borowice that I hope you can answer.

Borowice is a disambiguation page. Do you know whether Zygielbojm was born in Borowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship or in one of the "other places called Borowice"?

Thank you. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 20:29, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. This seems to confirm that Borowica in the Lublin Voivodeship is correct. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 22:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Discussion you might be interested in

Wikipedia:RD/H#Anti-Semitism_during_the_period_of_the_Nazi-Soviet_Pact. --Major Bonkers (talk) 10:58, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Akademia_Obrony_Narodowej.gif

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[edit] Talk:1st Cavalry Division (Polish)

Perhaps you can help answer several questions there? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 04:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Monte Cassino troops

Thank you for the Image:Monte Cassino troops.jpg which I have added to Edward Szczepanik after inadvertently using another source that had a deletable image-caption. Please let me know if there are any problems with my use. Tom Szczepanik (talk) 11:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

Hi, i would like to ask you if i can use your maps, of course your signature will stay. Pozdro
Mikołajski (talk) 22:09, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for permission. I just wanted to be fair and ask (it`s your work after all). Don`t worry, i only want to change colours here and there. Since i`m not the master of Adobe PS (rarher Corel), i think that MS Paint will be ok:) Mikołajski (talk) 00:01, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Don`t uderpreciate Paint, it`s a primitive tool, but in right hand it can draw something like this :) Anyway, at now i only want to fill some fields, like in this picture, which is confuseing, looks like PLC gained Livonia and east Ukraine from Muscovy in 1618 (no to mention lack of description), and that`s featured article... come on. Mikołajski (talk) 09:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, but it`s not as detailed as it should be if it goes for Polish-Muscovite war (1605–1618) or other events, simply i just want to have your permission to edit that maps and to use them in accurate, historical context. Map in that war-template isn`t showeing which area was aquired in war and which belonged to PLC already.
Btw. Shouldn`t be Estonia also marked as "area lost etc."? After all Zygmunt III Vasa as a Swedish King promised it in Pacta Conventa, and after Karl of Sudermania rebel, it was officially annexed (for a brief period, but still). Mikołajski (talk) 11:14, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hurra, thanks once again. If i`ll want to make some bigger edits and need that lyers, i`ll let you know. Mikołajski (talk) 11:43, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Golota

I've reopened this discussion here.--Vintagekits (talk) 10:32, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Translation required.

Hi Halibutt,

Can you help with Wikipedia:Translation/Evidence, or suggest someone who can ?

(See Wikipedia:Help desk#Status of a requested translation - again.)

I would be happy with a literal translation of techinical terms, rather than a full ontological translation.

Peet Ern (talk) 07:40, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

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