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Mis Uszatek

Thank you for helping out with the Mis Uszatek article. Your help is always appreciated by me. Tymek (talk) 18:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Khovansky

Hi there, Piotrus! I've just created the Khovansky and Buturlin dab pages. I hope it'll help to avoid confusion. KNewman (talk) 20:20, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Double DYK!

Updated DYK query On 12 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thaddeus Radzilowski, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:06, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On 12 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Forced labor in Germany during World War II, 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.

Congratulations on both! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:09, 12 February 2008 (UTC)


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Auschwitz gate brama 1940s.jpg

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latest DYKs

Updated DYK query On 13 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Independent Operational Group Polesie, 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.

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Updated DYK query On 13 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Juliusz Wertheim , which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

-- Best regards Victuallers (talk) 11:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

location of photo of black bird

Hi. I can't identify Image:Black_bird_on_grass.JPG, but if you add the place where it was taken (at least the continent) to the description, that will help people who can. If it's Poland, I'm betting on the Blackbird. Thanks. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 16:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


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TKS

These 6 TKS what were bought by Estonia were modified and not the same 1 to 1 Polish tankettes. The article should be separate from the Polish TJKS article. There were only 3 tanks types active in the Estonian army officially although several other types were used by the Estonian Legion and soldiers during the WW II among the Axis.

I will expand this article as soon as i get more books and data. The current article had to be translated ffrom my own native language and it took a bit time. Also im busy with the university - i can add more text and stuff with images on saturday and sudnay as during the week ive no time unfortunately. Just give it a little time till the end of this month and when it isnt done by 1.03 its up to you what to do. okey? Karabinier 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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Bolesław Prus

Hello Piotrus. How are you? Please look at the article Bolesław Prus. You have made some really good contributions for Wikipedia. Please make some contributions for the article Bolesław Prus. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 09:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello Piotrus. Thank you for your contributions. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Battle of Kushliki

Hi there, Piotrus! The location is known as Kushliki (Кушлики). Will you move the page to Battle of Kushliki? And it was Ivan Andreyevich Khovansky, not Ivan Nikitich, who commanded the Russian army (I corrected the link and added one more Russian commander to the infobox). KNewman (talk) 20:30, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

  • Hi again! The funny thing is that both of the Khovanskys - Ivan Andreyevich and Ivan Nikitich - fought in this war. Ivan Andreyevich took part in the Battle of Kushliki, and Ivan Nikitich - in the Battle of Malchami in 1660, defeating the Polish army. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KNewman (talk • contribs) 06:08, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Award

The Featured Article Medal
I award "The Featured Article Medal" to Piotrus for promoting several articles to the Featured Article status. Your contributions are simply outstanding. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:25, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Message by Masterpiece2000

Hello Piotrus. I noticed that you were responsible for promoting the article Max Weber to the Featured Article status. Good job! The article Bolesław Prus is good enough for GA status. However, to promote it to the FA status, your help is required. And, thanks for your advice on the talk page of Prus. And, one more thing: Why don't you request for bureaucratship? You are good enough to become a bureaucrat. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, Piotrus, I don't think you are controversial. You are one of the best editors on Wikipedia. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:49, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Battle_Isle_1_screenshot.png

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Your comments will be appreciated

There is a discussion going on whether the Zaporozhian Sich was indeed destroyed. Your comments in this matter will be appreciated. Thanks. --Hillock65 (talk) 16:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Battle of the Dukla Pass

Looks like a good start. Your aftermath mentions the key point that the length of the German resistance spelled doom for the Slovak uprising. You might wish to ask users mrg3105 and Buckshot06 to look at it as well, they are quite well informed on eastern front topics. --W. B. Wilson (talk) 19:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Piotr. Thank you for starting this article. I will have a better look at it later. I'm not just interested in the Eastern Front, but intend to document all its strategic, operational and some of the more important events in Wikipedia. The list for the first two categories currently runs to a couple of hundred articles of which some 40 are currently covered somewhat by Wikipedia.
Your Dukla Pass article is a valuable addition to the understanding of the Red Army's East-Carpathian strategic offensive operation which included two operational operations: the Carpathian-Dukla offensive operation and the Carpathian-Uzhgorod offensive operation.
My suggestion is that all articles need to give the reader a context in which the event took place. In this case the primary responsibility for the strategic offensive in the Carpathian Mountains was that of the 4th Ukrainian Front, and the Dukla Pass was one of six passes that were forced during the strategic offensive. The Dukla Pass was an important operation in that it sought to use surprise by employing forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front (left or southern "wing") and a rapid switch of troops from the southern "wing" of the 4th Ukrainian Front to the northern wing in the breakthrough at the neighbouring Lupkovsky Pass. However the Dukla Pass was not a success and the breakthrough came at the Uzhok and Veretsky passes in the directions of Uzhgorod and Mukachevo.
The Krasno - Dukla - Krayna Polyana - Svidnik highway was the shortest route into Slovakia, but also a very difficult one. The opposition was also fairly good, consisting of many mountain units of

Armeegruppe “Heinrici” (Stab PzAOK 1).

I think one of the problems I see immediately is that many of the mentions you made in the article refer to tactical objectives, but the formations in the Order of Battle are operational or strategic. As always a good map would help the reader, and we (there are several people working on the project) are going to be exploring different tools to generate good quality maps for the articles.
Below is a suggested standard structure for article taxonomy based more on the military terminology, and incorporating a way of describing an event that follows a more military event structure.
  • ‘’’Introductory briefing’’’ (unnamed) – a short, one paragraph of no more then seven average length sentences, description of the article addressing the question when, where, who, why, larger context, significance, and outcome.) Using Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Essays/Describing conflicts would be helpful here.

+Contents (here)

  • Role in the conflict – describes role of the event in the larger conflict. A war also has a context in a larger conflict since it usually evolves from non-armed forms of conflict such as social, cultural, political and economic conflicts.
    • Campaign situation – this describes the event in terms of a war's theatre campaign.
    • Strategic situation (as required) – this describes the event in terms of the campaign where an operation is the event
    • Operation situation (as required) – this describes the event in terms of the operation where a battle is the event
    • Battle situation (as required) – this describes the event in terms of the battle where an event describes a part of a tactical battle
  • Decision making – after assessment of the situation comes the decision-making process that seeks to change the existing situation through securing of initiative by offensive action.
    • Goal of the operation – to change the situation one needs a situational change goal
    • Objective of the battle – at the tactical level the goal is called an objective
    • Side A intelligence – the first step is to gather understanding by the attacked (A) of the defender’s (D) capacity to resist
    • Side D intelligence – usually anyone suspicious of an attack will also gather intelligence on the likelihood of an impending attack
  • Planning – after the intelligence is gathered, planning starts
    • Side A – description of planning should begin with a) organisational description, b) logistic arrangements, c) personnel availability and abilities, and d) technology to be used.
      • Forces involved – organisation of forces and their structural description (in modern times described as tables of equipment of organisation and equipment) need to be given
    • Side D
      • Forces involved
  • Description of the Campaign/Strategic operation/operation/battle – this is the core part of the article. All military events have phased sequence that can be divided into:
    • Initial attack – describes initial execution of the plan
    • Progress of the offensive – describes success or failure of the plan
    • Decisive action – describes the instance when the plan has the greatest chance of success or failure, or the attempt to correct the divergence from the plan
    • Final commitment – any attempts to secure success or prevent failure of the plan
    • Outcomes – comparison of end result with the planned result of the event plan
    • Statistics - duration, breadth of front, depth of operation, participants, equipment, casualties, losses, etc.
  • Consequences – the impact of the outcomes on events that follow, but which are not part of the above-described plan
    • Immediate effects – immediate effects that include changes in a) organisational description, b) logistic arrangements, c) personnel availability and abilities, and d) technology to be used.
    • Effects on future planning – describe effects on the planning in the larger scope of events
  • Myths – often popular rendition or beliefs about the event that are either partly or completely false, or presented for the purpose of propaganda
  • Memorials – a means of post event commemoration of the event
  • Popular culture – depiction of the event in popular culture and media
  • References – page reference in an authoritative source used to research the article content
  • Footnotes – explanatory notes for points made in the article
  • Bibliography – sources used for the compilation of research on the article
  • See also – other Wikipedia articles related to the event
  • Online resources – other online sites that relate to the event or its larger context
  • Further reading – other sources not used for the research of the article but recommended to the reader
The purpose of the article structure suggested above is not to straight-jacket the authors and editors, but to enhance consistency of presentation throughout the project’s assortment of articles to the reader, and to enable the future editors to be more focused in the editing process by providing more focused sections in the article structure.
I also see that the Czechoslovakian Corps doesn't have an Article! Do you understand Russian? If you do, this [1] is a good site to use for information to start such an article.
Look forward to your future contributions on the Eastern Front--mrg3105mrg3105 If you're not taking any flack, you're not over the target. 23:40, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

article

Thank you for the link to that article. I haven't gotten to it yet, but it does look interesting. Ostap 19:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Shame on me!

Dear Piotr,

I am re-starting my works on Wikipedia. Unfortunately I started with a mistake in a Category naming. I wrote "Historycal" instead of "Historical". I already fixed it changing to Category:Historical Polish coats of arms, but it is necessary to delete the Category:Historycal Polish coats of arms. Shame on me!

By the way, thank you for remember me in Christmas. I am going to take profit of your Coats of arms' pics in your gallery in Commons again.

Best regards. --Gustavo (talk) 02:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

--Gustavo (talk) 04:50, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Siege of Brest and Soviet unit naming conventions

Hi Piotrus. Good work on the Siege of Brest article. Just wanted you to know, as per some WPMILHIST discussions, the naming convention for Soviet units is now Xth Rifle Division (Soviet Union) or just simply Yth Self-Propelled Heavy Gun Regiment - no 'Soviet' in front - if it's a unique unit. There is actually already an article for the 6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union). Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 02:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

The original article is at samsv.narod.ru and is in the sources and references section at the bottom; I expanded it with other data - maybe if you could you could clean up the translation a bit. I'll take a look at the talk page. Buckshot06 (talk) 03:19, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
I've linked the commander's name of the 6th Rifle Division and referenced it, but not translated it - my transliterations are not 100% and you're probably better to do it than me. Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 22:29, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

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DYK notice

Updated DYK query On 18 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Józef Szczepański, 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.

Congratulations! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 05:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain

Hello

On side of your article, we can read a text under a picture.

In this text about her mother, we can read a mistake.

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, was daughter of Isabel de Valois (Elisabeth de Valois), and not daughter of Isabella of Bourbon.

thanks

Patrick AUZAT-MAGNE [patrick.auzatmagne(at)gmail.com] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.164.150.107 (talk) 22:37, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Poland-artist-stub

As was discussed when it was proposed, in the current scheme used for Wikipedia categorization, "artist" refers only to "visual artist". Thus musicians and writers are not proper subcategories. I have corrected that.Caerwine Caer’s whines 04:38, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Battle of the Dukla Pass

Updated DYK query On 19 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of the Dukla Pass, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 05:36, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Defense of Brest Fortress

Updated DYK query On 19 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Defense of Brest Fortress, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 12:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

of course

yes, please do send me the slides--and tell me about the talk. DGG (talk) 20:06, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Piotrus,

Thanks for your encouragement re my work on the Kwapiński entry, which you began.

As you'll notice, I've since fixed up some of my errors errors and added a timeline. Your Katyn article, etc. have been helpful.

I'd like to do some more work on it before putting it out as T:TDYK. Although Wiki isn't suppose to include original research, it's hard to write something coherent without doing so. Western ignorance of Poland during the war is of course great. That includes me, until very recently. As a professonal researcher, I hope that this article will do something tiny to redress this epistemic injustice, which is linked to moral, political and historical injustices. (I don't wonder that counterfactual history is one of your interests.) As I'm in London often, I may try to find post war information on JK, incl. a visit to the embassy. I do hope that his last 19 yrs were not sad, that he had his family with him.

Personally, I have very little knowledge, and bare connection, re Poland. My late first wife was daughter of a Filanowicz, a family that had gone from the mines of Poland to those of Minnesota. One of our daughters married a Jankowski, whose father lived in Poland during the war. Why was I so pleased to find your JK stub? I'll now only hint: the Clipper.

Btw, here are some unrelated remarks re Wiki & JK:

  • 1. I find that Wiki has lots of articles on 20th C Poland--notably re WWII. Could you, with your expertise, corral these into a common site?
  • 2. I'm doubtful that the mayor of Lodz when the Wehrmacht arrived was in fact our JK, given the official bio. put out by the London Poles--hence of the photo. Also, the German Wiki gives that mayor an alias!
  • 3. I adore Lem--thanks for the info. on his imaginary reviews. But I've found English transl. very hard to get. The Lem article fails to give the publishers of the ones that exist. Could you ask the person who works on the Lem to add these--or even ISBNs of them?
  • 4. When I've done a bit more on the JK entry, I'll ask you to split the refs and fns, and to check it over, if you'd be so kind. I find Wiki's instructions here, as elsewhere, hard to find or bewildering. And I do have a day job.

Cheers, Alethe (talk) 16:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Francopol

Napisanie tekstu o Francopolu to jest jakiś pomysł. Udało mi się zebrać trochę materiałów, może znajdę chwilę w ciągu najblizszych tygodni. Pozdr91.94.59.8 (talk) 18:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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Naming conventions (use English)

Hello Piotrus. I'm still in favour of banning Diacritics from English Wikipedia. Articles like Lubomir Visnovsky are an 'eye sore'. GoodDay (talk) 21:45, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:Castle in Ogrodzieniec - 59.JPG

Your photographs are getting better, but I notice that many suffer from low contrast. With a quick edit your pictures will look much better. I recommend using photoshop, but GIMP is free and almost as good for all but advanced users. With a couple minutes of tweaking the Curves on your image, I made the lighting much less flat.

Before: After: --Calibas (talk) 06:46, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


Found a decent YouTube video that explains it in Photoshop. The curves command works nearly the same in GIMP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORM6AZY19pw

Takes a bit of practice to get good at, but the S-curve he explains works well for most pictures. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions. --Calibas (talk) 04:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Marika Michalowska

If you could provide an opinion on this article in the AfD, that would be very helpful. It'd also be good if you or anyone else could provide assessment of the Polish language sources, given that I can't read them due to not understanding Polish.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 23:52, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello Piotrus. Thank you for your note. English is my second language and I speak little French. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 02:36, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, I never thought about the Babel templates. I will add them in future. Thanks for the suggestion. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:01, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Ravel (clothing company)

That's OK, I've noticed it has beed prodded. I created this article a long time ago when I wasn't aware of the notability requirements and in fact I was considering to nominate it for deletion myself for some time. Thanks for the note though. Jogers (talk) 11:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Kwapiński entry (as a professor I favor keeping diacriticals in English Wiki texts)

Piotrus, thanks for your help on this--particularly your confirmation of his Lodz president position. Odd that the govt-in-exile bios excluded it. I hope to add something to his postwar account. I hope that that brave man survived psychologically. The 'Poland...1939-45' article is, as you suggest, the gateway. I'm considering a diagram that would show this, then link the many Wiki articles on persons & events, so that readers can find background and follow connections, acc. to interest. In that connection, your article on Katyn shows much work & is very well presented. With the film soon to get Ac. Award publicity, it's a good article to recommend for background.

Also thanks for the tips on editing; when finished, I'll post, as you suggest. And for tips re Lem. Alethe (talk) 11:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

List of Honorverse characters

Nie wiem czy sprawdzasz listę obserwowanych, ale List of Honorverse characters zostało podane do skasowania. Widziałem że więcej niż kilka razy wypowiedziałeś się na stronie dyskusji tego tekstu więc może masz jakąś idee jak można by uratować ten tekst. Bo przyznam że tak jak teraz to jest w jednym miejscu tak gdy zostanie usunięte może się "rozpełznąć" w postaci małych substubów. PMG (talk) 12:34, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

without having the least idea what was just said above, I'm glad to find you interested in these articles. DGG (talk) 06:08, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Curious

Piotr,

Dzien dobry. Re your comment today at Talk:Expulsion of Germans after World War II, I'm curious about your view of my recent critique of the first two paragraphs of the article. Sca (talk) 20:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Request_for_clarification:_Digwuren

ArbCom are about to apply discretionary sanctions across EE. Martintg (talk) 21:28, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Sword of Saint Peter

DYK czy nie DYK... w każdym razie na pewno wymaga sprawdzenia angielszczyzny, a sam miecz ciekawostką jest niezłą. Radomil talk 14:45, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Images

Hi again. That pic of you in a żupan at your userpage got me to thinking, do you know of any images related to Polish traditional textiles that might become feature-worthy? Wikipedia:WikiProject Textile Arts is doing a featured portal drive and I've been doing a lot of image restorations lately. Drop me a link if you know of some images that have potential. Must be at least 1000 pixels on a side and high quality files (good focus, no .jpg artifacting). It's all right if there are dust and scratches; that can be fixed. DurovaCharge! 20:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Kwapiński #3

Thanks much for your communication about my expansion of your valuable stub. I've added a bit more, re timeline & note on UNRRA flight on Boeing 314 Clipper (where he met my family), of which history seems ignorant. I like to think of JK's sitting in that wonderful luxury, after his trials in Europe. This includes images & links to images, including Polish children with UNRRA aid. I've not finished the refs/notes protocols, which I still find opaque. (However I have two conference addresses to write now.) Thanks for helpful info. about the mod. Poland organization that exists on Wiki. What I might attempt sometime is a two or three space graphic, a la Tufte, of the articles. I do hope in NYC & London to get more info. on the postwar Kwapinski. I appreciate the poignancy of your comment there. Thanks to your work on Wiki, I can make a small contribution to some historical justice.Alethe (talk) 14:47, 26 February 2008 (UTC) PS: More cheery, I've just enhanced the images at the end of my Blackfriars Street Bridge article.

User:Avala and his Serbian POV misrepresentations on Kosovo's recognitoin by governments

Please consider taking interest in the deletorious and Wikipedia-damaging edits of User:Avala in the context of Kosovo's recognition by other governments. In a word, he surmises stances of individual pro-Serb politicians for official stances of countries, and portrays them as such. Any corrections of this OR are met from his side by wiley Wikipedia lingo accusing the others, including me, of vandalism. Some points of departure are: his talk page, my talk page, the history of the article about international reaction to Kosovo's independence proclamation, where he unfairly attempts to paint me as a vandal, by pasting a blanking vandalism warning on my talk page, after I and other editors have been removing his untrue portrayals of facts all day today. Surely he has contravened the 3RR rule by now, acting alone. He is an administrator on the Serb Wikipedia, and his guile and use of wikipedia bullshit to serve his own ends is especially galling. Ditto on Commons, where I know you don't have an Adminship, but are an active user, and could take part in respected discussion in the Village Pump on this subject (under 26 February 2008). Thank you, and Best Wishes, --Mareklug talk 01:02, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

This user Mareklug, is throwing accusations at me for no apparent reason. I have sourced my edits and he removed them. I added to that article that one member of Bosnian tripartite presidency said Bosnia will not recognize Kosovo and then added that presiding member said presidency has reached consensus on this issue that Bosnia will not recognize Kosovo. User Mareklug removed these edits and said I was twisting truth even though there were and still are all the sources under references - International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence. I reverted his edits several times as blanking of sourced information is nr.1 on how to recognize vandalism list. I hope you will understand that this user hasn't been constructive and has tried to remove the sourced information without giving solid reason why, only by attacking me (even on national basis calling me Mr.Serb etc.). He claims my edits are untrue even though I gave three sources (third source is regarding Republika Srpska decision to block any recognition initiative) and removed them all. Now it's the question what we are looking for here - sourced information or removing content based on personal beliefs what the situation is like. --Avala (talk) 01:15, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

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DYk

Updated DYK query On February 27, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jakub Wejher, 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.

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Eh oh

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Help! Image:Leon Trotsky.JPG

Hope 2008 is going ok for you. I came across Image:Leon Trotsky.JPG. Interesting image. Do you have any idea if it might be public domain? Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:09, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I guessed that might be it, but now I know for sure! Thanks again, Angus McLellan (Talk) 19:40, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

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Hm, still waiting for the double century of articles :) Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 06:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Civil war in Lithuania (1700)

From my (very limited) reading on the subject, it seems that the entire war was just one battle. There was a long conflict between the families, yes, but not armed conflict. My suggestion: move the article under the battle name (because two aticles would be repeating same stuff anyway). Renata (talk) 02:21, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

So do you object moving under battle name? Renata (talk) 17:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Outside Context Problem encounters Outside Context Problem

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Kwapiński #4: DYK

Piotrus, thanks for your recent grooming of the opening of this. Congratulations on your DYK award: Is it too late to put the article up for DYK? I've been slow off the mark there, since--as earlier noted--I've been working on the Blackfriars Street Bridge entry some more: adding photos, improving text--but then, as a hole was recently broken in its deck, discovered it, reported to city, bridge closed, tv interview etc.--while I'm writing an invited address elsewhere.

I'm enjoying the wikitraffic counter. Hope to get the Kwapinski going in hits, somehow. People need to know of the man, but more of modern Polish history. Cheers, Alethe (talk) 15:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Ivan Rohach

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Yaropolk Izyaslavich

Is there any reliable Polish language material on this guy? Seems like the kind of guy Polish historians might have been interested in, so I just wondered. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 08:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Web sources I think should be avoided as much as possible, esp. for difficult medieval topics. What I was actually after was input from yourself [or another Polonophone user] using respectable printed sources. I thought, for instance, that they might contain more material regarding his upbringing and/or mother. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 12:54, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

wikitraf

Thanks for the DYK advice. Re wikitraf, I meant [[2]] Notice the spike on traffic after local tv gave me a soundbite on the bridge, where I mentioned the Wiki entry Alethe (talk) 17:12, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Tłumaczenie z litewskiego - YB

Niestety moja znajomość litewskiego jest na tyle znikoma, że nie podejmuję się tłumaczenia. Spróbuj może wśród wikipedystów deklarujących jego znajomość pl:Kategoria:User lt. Masti (talk) 19:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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Kwapiński DYK hooks

Thanks for shortening. It's only by the good luck of Ancestors.com making landing manifests available recently that I was able to identify JK on UNRRA flight. We now know from that that at 58 he was of medium height, had blue eyes and white hair (no wonder). Ironic that he states that he's not been in prison. I've been wondering if a light sepia tone to coarse-screen photo of him would improve it. Given great luck, I may get another--& postwar info.-- over the next year, either from the Polish Arts est. in NYC, around w. 30th, or in London. Cheers, Alethe (talk) 02:46, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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Radziecki traktor odpowiedział ogniem rakiet w stronę Chińskiego myśliwca po czym powrócił do bazy ;]

[3] Amusing, reminds me of the old times ;]--Molobo (talk) 08:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Kwapiński interest

Though it take over six decades, it seems just that the activities of this brave man be helped out of obscurity by the little boy he sat on his lap during much of the Clipper flight from Trinidad to the UNRRA conference, because he reminded him of his grandson. Two years after release from Siberian prison, with years of bitter disappointment right ahead, that flight on the most luxurious airliner ever must have been something his mind went back to.

This little effort is made possible by the web: identifying him from the passenger manifest, then finding your stub already in place. I know little of Poland, but, given the ironic, continuing epistemological pincer attack on its history from west as well as east, the fifth Wikipedia principle should be invoked against the first, and I plan to do a bit more research. All this is part of a separate longer work, connected to that flight. Btw, its west Atlantic pilot turns out to be author of a book on Pan Am, Horace Brock, and I await my c. to see whether he mentions the flight. Thanks, Alethe (talk) 12:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On March 5, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Toruń Fortress, 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.

Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 03:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On 5 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Daniel Case (talk) 21:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Operation Straw Poll

Hi, since you took part in the discussion about renaming this article, you may be interested in participating in a most evil poll to determine the public opinion on the naming issue. --Illythr (talk) 20:02, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Twierdza Poznań

Heh.. żebym to miał czas.. po Polsku skończyć nie mogę ani Twierdzy, ani pl:Bitwa o Poznań (po dodanej tabelce uczestników widać, że kilku elementów w artykule na en: nie ma), ani nawet serii pl:Historia Poznania... czas... cenny materiał :) Radomil talk 23:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Civility warning

Dear Piotrus, I see you recently posted a warning on my talk page for my posts on several discussion pages. Yes, I have been uncivil. I get irritated that there are users on Wikipedia how are blatantly pushing their POV. Worse, several of them appear to be cooperating in this effort. I am disappointed to see that others have found it necessary to file a complaint about you collaborating with Moloko, one of the more active POV pushers I have come across so far. He is one of the individuals with whom I most certainly was uncivil, and deservedly so. I sincerely hope your intentions are in the right place. Ubudoda (talk) 03:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

School and university projects

Piotr,

I’ve been trying to do some work with my students, under Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects. Your Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/Piotrus_educational_boilerplate has been extremely useful (congratulations, very well done) and I was about to create a new page using Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/your_course_name. It was then that I noticed that there is no category associated with that page. I looked up an example (Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/ENTO_431) and again no category.

My questions are:

Shouldn’t pages Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/your_course_name have a category?

If so, in your opinion, which one?

What relation should that category have with Category:Wikipedia_related_projects ?

Any thoughts you might have about this will be greatly appreciated. If this has been already discussed somewhere, please direct me to those discussions.

Sincerely,

Virgilio A. P. Machado

vapmachado talk.cw 23:42, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

re

You get to go to Timothy Snyder lectures? I'm envious. I'm away from sources right now, but I'll look into the archduke article. Thanks for asking. Ostap 03:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

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Image:Sam2006.jpg

Image:Sam2006.jpg - tutaj powinno być fair use ? PMG (talk) 17:44, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Franciszek Kamieński

Thank you for the page move on this article! I had just used what the IPNI reference had listed to make a very rudimentary stub and hadn't realized the odd name structure. Thanks again. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 02:50, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On March 10, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Karol Szajnocha, 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.

Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 07:35, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On 10 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Operation Himmler, 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.

--Royalbroil 13:54, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

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ESRB re-rating of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

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Your DYK nomination for Pope Pius XII Church policies after World War II was successful

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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 23:14, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

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help required

I'm looking for a help to create an article about Polish antisemitism in 1968. I would be glad if you could help me translate this article [4] ande help establish the historical truth, as you allways do. thank you.--Lokyz (talk) 21:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Just so you know, I found WP:ACST very helpful and I wanted to thank you for putting it together! It must have taken an immense amount of time! Awadewit | talk 15:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

  • They should pay for you to go just to update it! :) Awadewit | talk 16:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Oh, yes, I meant the Foundation - sorry I wasn't clearer. My parents are my financial backers this time. By the way, have you submitted a paper yet? I thought the process was a bit onerous. In English, we usually just send an abstract. There was so much to fill out for this! What is it like in Sociology? I'm worried that the Wikimania organizers are not going to accept my proposal because it is just a proposal. I didn't have time to write a whole paper. Another difference - we in English rarely ever submit entire papers, unless it is for publication. I tried to make my proposal look as serious as possible, but I just don't have much to say yet - my data is still being collected. :) *sigh* I've only been rejected from one conference (and that was on something far afield from what I do) - it would be funny if my second was Wikimania! Awadewit | talk 17:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • You'll see me on the CFP talk page going - a whole paper? What? We all should have banded together. I know others... :) (The first? That is so sad.) Awadewit | talk 00:58, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Too bad today was the last day for submitting papers! You should just submit the abstract. That's what I did and I know other people who did that. Besides it is easier to get funding when it is already accepted. Awadewit | talk 01:05, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
  • BTW, you were on my bibliography. :) Awadewit | talk 01:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Belated and deserved

The 200 DYK Medal
sorry that this is a bit late, but you are deserving of the 200 DYK medal!! Obviously your name and reputation is well knowm. Do have this award and wear it with pride. Your fellow DYK'ers salute you -- Victuallers (talk) 19:43, 15 March 2008 (UTC)|Talk]]

AK question

I have a little question involving syntax on the AK page. In English, should it be written "the AK" or just "AK"? Example: "General so-and-so became the head of AK in 19__" or "General so-and-so became the head of the AK in 19__". It seems the page currently lacks consistency. Ostap 02:41, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. Right now it looks like both with and without "the" are used fairly often throughout the text. It's no big deal I guess, just something that caught my attention. Ostap 03:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Nazi-occupied or not title

If you want my opinion on this, I'd say I can't see it making any significant negative difference. It is out of line with the Estonia article, true, but two users on that page seem to prefer the new name, and presumably have a reason. Generally, if the title difference is insignificant and there is opposition to one, then you might as well go for the one with no opposition. I'd say on balance the new title might be safer, as the old one (and this may be behind the objection) omitted the "guilt" of Germany's famous rulers in the period while perhaps implying more significant Lithuanian "guilt". Fairly or unfairly, I think it may appear to some you were trying to push the latter if you insisted on the omission, now that it's been instituted, of "Nazi-occupied". That's just the way these things work sometimes. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 18:29, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

The thing you'd need to know is if the people with those articles on their watchlist would object. I'd venture to guess that because "Nazi-occupied" has been instituted, if you want to restore article conformity, your path of least resistance would probably be moving all the others. Just my guess. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 18:39, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I'll be honest, Piotrus, I went from not caring to opposing a return of the move to not caring again. Paul B made a good point on the talk page, though the talk page therafter still indicates there are concerns. My main thought is that if so many users don't like it, then why bother fussing? Both titles amount to the same thing to a Scottish guy. I am surprised though Molobo didn't move it back after I deleted the redirect! Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 19:39, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

bad news

There is suspicion that you are part of the Ukrainian cabal. Uh-oh. Ostap 03:13, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Prussian Nights

Updated DYK query On 18 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Prussian Nights, 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.

Gimmetrow 04:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Poland/Ukraine relations

Two weeks ago when the "foreign relations of Ukraine" template was created, I instantly noticed that the Poland article was missing. I went to find it, and there was none. Now you have beaten me to this article. Ostap 08:25, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Ypatingasis būrys

I'd like to say kudos to you, even though I disagreed with you on the interpretation of the source. Now that the question of OR is evidently resolved, I'm going my merry way again. But I wanted to let you know that your follow-through in posting Zuroff's response was appreciated and admired. Whatever the history may be there and on other articles (it's obvious even to an outsider that there is considerable bitterness on multiple sides on this talk page, and since it evidently crosses multiple articles and pre-existed my encounter with some of you at Sejny, I can't presume to know its origin), it speaks very well of your integrity. :) I hope you all find some path to amicable cooperation, as I can't imagine it's at all fun to work in such an emotionally charged environment. Cheers. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:47, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Armia Krajowa

I'd be happy to help with a copyedit, although it will have to wait a couple of days because I am a bit busy at the moment.--Jackyd101 (talk) 17:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 19 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Lithuania, 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.

--Royalbroil 01:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Althought I am deeply saddened by everything related to the Holocaust, I appreciate that people like you are willing to write about it. Thank you. Royalbroil 01:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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Hiya, Piotrus!

Regarding the death-camps/deathcams.org domains, while I dislike the concept of removing perfectly valid sources, we do have some issues that need to be hammered out before one or the other of those can be allowable.

Firstly, they both claim that the other is infringing on their copyrights. As we don't link to infringing material, without knowing which party is correct, we're unable to link to either source.

Secondly, they're wanting Wikipedia to be some sort of "Internet Court" and decide which of these are legal. Obviously, this is a bit outside our bailiwick.

Lastly, as this issue affects more than just English Wikipedia, I'd like to suggest that you start a meta:RFC page where all involved can discuss the issues. If you know of others that are affected by the decision, you may wish to involve them as well.

If there are any questions you'd like answered or need any other help, please let me know. ~Kylu (u|t) 20:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Your idea works absolutely fine for me, Piotrus. I don't have any desire to ruin the pages, but I did see an issue with another user editing the page and discovering that they couldn't save due to an obscure bit of text that they may not be able to find. The cites are fine to recover as you see fit, though I might suggest that the uncited links at the bottoms of the pages be left alone until the parties involved get things ironed out.
If you have any questions, again, please ask. I've noticed that some of our users (even admins!) are hesitant to ask when there is an OTRS ticket involved, as if it's some secret society of Wikipedia insiders: While I may not be able to relate the details of those tickets, I'll certainly try my best to make sure there's transparency in the process!
Also, the talkpage add-a-section gadget? Um, thank you for the kind thoughts, but I think I'll pass for now. I did, however, remove the edit-box from my talkpage header. If anyone wants to edit it, they can peek at the page source to see where it's transcluded from: Either that or continue to confuse my visitors with the odd placement! Dzieki! ~Kylu (u|t) 15:40, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Halibutt block for 3RR

I've noticed that on March 12 you've blocked User:Halibutt for 3RR violation at Republic of Lithuania. Could you link the 3RR report that led to this block, or in the absence of thereof, the 3RR violation? I try to mentor Halibutt, and would have tried to talk to him if I had noticed it sooner.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

You will find it in the history of Republic of Central Lithuania between 16:44, 11 March 2008 and 10:12, 12 March 2008 (UTC); the report was at 3RR Archive number 68.
As he was edit-warring with you, I would have thought you had noticed it. Stifle (talk) 22:05, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

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 recently nominated. 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)

Re: Official question

For this moment, I'm not ready to be a WP administrator. Firstly, I haven't got enough time to work as admin and secondly, I have lot of things to do as user. My English language skill is not advanced and still make many mistakes. Thanks anyway for such question, maybe I will think about that someday. ;) Visor (talk) 19:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 22 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Zamość Uprising, 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.

--Wizardman 02:20, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Górki

It is not a disambig, though; it is a set index article. If you want to format it as a disambig, be prepared to see all of the red links removed as per this. The point is to have references one way or another; I think a set would be much easier for you to take care of. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:48, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I was as surprised as the next guy when I was pointed out that clause a while ago. I was even more surprised when I found out how many people it took for that clause to come into being. I do understand the intents behind the revision, and the only reason why I did not complain (apart from the lack of time) was because set index articles provided means to achieve pretty much the same result as dabs with red links had allowed for before the above MOSDAB revision. It is still highly annoying, though, especially considering how no one bothered to verify just how many pages would be harmed by overzealous dab-cleaners hell-bent on sticking to the letter of the guideline at the expense of everything else. Oh well... I'm going to leave the Górki situation to you (there's not much I could do beyond bringing the page to the attention of Polish editors anyway); I trust you'll take good care of it from now on. Just don't let it get merged into Gorki :) Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:03, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
It is, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to explain it to the "cleaners". This is probably the tenth or so time I run into a situation like this, and every time it takes days and kilobytes of explanations until the opponents finally "get it" or label me as a nasty case and leave.
Anyway, thanks for submitting the modification proposal. Hopefully it'll get somewhere.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:20, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

V award on Awadewit's page

Great minds think alike – I actually made that award after listening to the podcast about her. Cheers. – Scartol • Tok 19:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 24 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Polish-Ukrainian relations, 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.

--Maxim(talk) 19:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot transfer of entities

Na razie bot ma przerwę - nie mam czasu zajmować się wszystkimi operacjami ręcznymi jakich ten proces wymaga. Będę próbować usprawnić bota tak, aby proces odbywał się bardziej automatycznie. Wówczas będzie można przenieść wsi z pozostałych województw (Dolnośląskie jest już zrobione, wszystkie polskie gminy są też, ale bez składowych wsi).

Mam jednak dalej idący pomysł - uważam że przydatna byłaby baza danych istniejąca poza konkretnymi językowymi wikipediami (coś w rodzaju commons), zawierająca dane liczbowe i inne strukturalne dotyczące poszczególnych osób, miejsc itd. To ułatwiłoby m.in. przenoszenie informacji między językami, a artykuły mogłyby zawierać informacje połączone z bazą, tak aby np. w przypadku śmierci danej osoby, nowych danych o liczbie mieszkańców itp. można raz zaktualizować bazę i artykuły we wszystkich językach byłyby zaktualizowane automatycznie. Nie wiesz przypadkiem czy coś takiego było kiedyś sugerowane? Gdzie najlepiej pójść z takim pomysłem? Zacząłem przygotowywać odpowiednią propozycję na User:Kotniski/wdb. Pozdrowienia (świąteczne opóźnione), Kotniski (talk) 09:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Template

Hi Piotr,

Could you please take e few minutes to look at my user pager. To the right of my picture and above the list of contents it's "Template:TOC-scrolling" If you click on it, this page will open: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:TOC-scrolling&action=edit&redlink.

On that page you'll find that "03:47, 23 September 2007 RyanGerbil10 (Talk | contribs) deleted "Template:TOC-scrolling" (Deleted per TfD at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 September 14)"

What happened? Why was the template deleted? Has it been replaced?

Best regards,

vapmachado talk.cw 17:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

History of Jews in Poland FAR

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Pope Pius XIII and Poland

Thanks fo your nice note on my talk page. I agree with many of your points on my start-up article. Regarding your main question: The Vatican of Pope Pius XII certainly did not ask Poland to give in to German demands. The Vatican position was clear on this: no mediation on border disputes by the Vatican unless both sides ask for it. However, the Vatican asked for flexibility of all sides to the effect, that a meeting of the five nations becomes possible, and thus war be avoided. Some of this stuff (starting with Puzyna) is really interesting, but deviates too far from the topic. Don't tempt me. -:)) Please feel free to contribute wihtin the context Pope Pius XII and Poland.

--Ambrosius007 (talk) 20:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

-- Hi

Yes, I would be delighted to work together with you. My knowledge of Polish history is must smaller than my interest in it. Give me a few days to work something up from the Vatican side, and you bring in the Polish side. does this sound okay?

--Ambrosius007 (talk) 21:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

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Voltaic Labour Party

Witam! Właśnie robię w pl:wiki artykuł-listę Partii Pracy na świecie. Mam mały dylemat z partią historyczną z Burkina Faso - Voltaic Labour Party. Mógłbyś mi napisać co to znaczy "Voltaic"? TR (my talk) 14:55, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

No tak - Górna Wolta. Dziękuję i pozdrawiam! TR (my talk) 21:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

RE: AE request

Piotrus, I don't think it's a good idea for you should be block-shopping so soon after having your 3RR block overturned. Whatever temporary victory that might bring, the sense of injustice created could not be good for wikipedia. Remember, the purpose of the arbitration was to defuse tension and promote co-operation. In future, could I suggest that if you are having problems with Lokyz or any other east-central European editor you talk to him/her about it first? That would look better, and thus be better, for reconciliation than appearing to stack diffs until any appropriate moment and then pouncing. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 04:22, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I have asked Lokyz to be more diplomatic in future, and will hope he recognizes its importance. In the link you supplied I see the normal bickering and banter on both sides. Reconciliation attempts that are carried out with the exclusive goal to show that the other party is in the wrong are bound to fail, as I'm sure you'd recognize. I am also sure you concur that a block here, as in your 3RR, would do nothing but create resentment and hinder content creation. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 04:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

New Barnstar

Can you make an adopt-a-user barnstar of kindness so I can give it to my adopter for fixing my talk page? Tell me if and when it's done on my talk page. Mm40 Your Hancock Please Thank you. —Preceding comment was added at 20:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Stanisław Krysicki

Jeśli faktycznie był oficjalnie liderem ZHR to według mnie może go to ratować. Problem w tym że nigdzie takiej informacji nie znalazłem. Gazeta.pl podaje, że "działał w harcerstwie, organizował obozy letnie" i to wszystko, żadnej wzmianki o pozycji lidera. Google też milczy. Moim zdaniem należałoby poprosić autora artykułu o źródło tej informacji i jeżeli okaże się, że takiego źródła nie ma albo popełniono błąd w tłumaczeniu, to artykuł nie spełnia wymogów WP:BIO i zdecydowanie AfD. Co o tym sądzisz? :) Visor (talk) 22:40, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Scrolling TOC

Piotr,

I would appreciate if you could send the code. It's for my user page.

Sincerely,

vapmachado talk.cw 20:50, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

RE: Battle of Berlin

Taken care of. Regards, SGGH speak! 00:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

prawa autorskie

W tym miejscu dość dawno pytałeś się o prawa autorskie do różnych kasowników, biletów, etc. NIe sądzę, by chodziło tu o jakiś konsensus wikipedystów, a o sprawę stosowania prawa, dlatego napiszę. Otóż

  • po pierwsze nie stanowią przedmiotu prawa autorskiego (PD) materiały urzędowe. Materiałem urzędowym będzie zatem to, co pochodzi od urzędu lub innej instytucji państwowej, bądź dotyczy sprawy urzędowej, bądź powstało w rezultacie zastosowania procedury urzędowej (z wyroku SN) - więc te przedwojenne materiały także, o ile są urzędowe (dotyczyć to może samorządów, poczty, kolei państwowej, sądów, etc.), są PD.
  • po drugie pod rządami ustaw z 1926, 1935 i 1952 nie stanowiły przedmiotu prawa autorskiego fotografie lub "utwory wykonane w sposób podobny do fotografii", co do których nie uwidoczniono zastrzeżenia o objęciu prawem autorskim i rokiem. O ile ustawa z 1952 mówi o "uwidocznieniu na utworze", gdzie uważa się, że wystarczy notka w książce, o tyle ustawy z 1926 i 1935 mówią o "wyraźnym uwidocznieniu na odbitkach". Należy też pamiętać, że obecne prawo autorskie jest retroaktywne, tzn. obejmuje ochroną 70-letnią dzieła po śmierci autora lub publikacji utworu anonimowego, które były chronione wcześniej, tzn. te, którym towarzyszyła nota copyrightowa.
  • po trzecie A w odniesieniu do dzieł anonimowych majątkowe prawa autorskie wygasają 70 lat po pierwszym rozpowszechnieniu, chyba że podany pseudonim nie pozostawia wątpliwości, kim jest autor,
  • po trzecie B majątkowe prawa autorskie wygasają 70 lat po pierwszym rozpowszechnieniu też wtedy, gdy prawa autorskie przysługiwałyby na podstawie dzisiejszej ustawy pracodawcy, gdyż utwór był stworzony w ramach stosunku pracy - w granicach wynikających z celu umowy o pracę i zgodnego zamiaru stron (czyli w ramach "normalnej" pracy, jaką wykonywał w danej firmie twórca)
  • po czwarte jeszcze inaczej wygląda sprawa z zaborczym prawem autorskim obowiązującym do 1926 r., tutaj jest dość wyczerpujący artykuł na temat fotografii w tym prawie.


Także trzeba poszukać takich dzieł, które w którymś punkcie zakwalifikują się pod PD. Oczywiście z mojej strony nie jest to porada prawna, ale dobra rada. Pozdrawiam Adolf Warski (talk) 03:40, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Resistance Movements in WWII

Hi, Piotrus. I've just returned from vacation and am busy catching up with questions that I missed on Humanities. Are you still interested in this? If so, I may be able to offer some assistance. I suppose you can either post it afresh, or we can discuss the matter on my talk page. Regards. Clio the Muse (talk) 03:52, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Vatican and Poland (Pius IX - Pius XII)

Well, I followed your good advice, take a look. Unfortunately I lost somehow the texts for Popes Leo XII and Pius XII. enough for today.(Go to "Pope Pius XII and Poland.", Background, main

--Ambrosius007 (talk) 17:14, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

"Poland felt safe" You write, " Polish-British and Polish-French alliances should probably be mentioned here".

This is an interesting topic which would go way beyond this article. Winston Churchill, for example reports, that the the British guarantee for Poland covered its exisence and independence, but not its present borders. While he most definitely opposed German aspirations, brutalities and agression, he also whips Poland (specifically Foreign Minister Colonel Beck) in his memoirs, for first supporting the separation of Slovakia from Czecheslovakia, and, following this, the "shameful attitude towards the liquidation of the Czecheslovak State" and the annexation of Teschen, "for which they soon were to pay" (348) Therefore, there was sufficient confusion at the time regarding the concret meaning and content of these alliances, which, while truly intersting, extends beyond our article.(W. Churchill, The Gathering Storm, Prague, Albania and the Polish Guarantee, p.340 ff) What is your view?

--Ambrosius007 (talk) 09:30, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Naming debate at Sněžka-Śnieżka

As a participant in the last, unsuccessful bid to change the name of this article, you should be advised of a new debate to move the article about Sněžka-Śnieżka. Your views on the current proposal would be especially welcome. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 05:35, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Stefanski

Thank you! I took the liberty of using some of the sources you left on the talk page while expanding the article (great job merging the Polish and Romanian ends of the matter!). On the other issue: alas, I have limited email access, and it would take me a while to answer (plus, I'm not sure I gathered what this is all in reference to). I was away on a longish trip, and am just now getting back to a two-week long backlog. Once I get the chance, there'll be more on this. Sorry about that, and please feel free to contact me on any issue - I'll try my best to address them all. Thank you again. Dahn (talk) 07:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 31 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dubingiai massacre, 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.

--Wizardman 13:01, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

You have been chosen

You have been chosen to help us with Article Zygmunt Kurnatowski. Article Zygmunt Kurnatowski, Major General of army of Polish kingdom, is needing immediate attention. Please correct Grammar, etc. if possible. We put our trust in your abilities. THANK YOU!!! --69.86.173.19 (talk) 21:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Why are you calling in further Polish editors?

I thought we were having a constructive discussion at Talk:Bloody Sunday (1939). Now my watch-list just told me that you are involving further Polish editors.[5] Wouldn't the more proper approach have been to ask for a neutral 3rd party opinion instead if you were unhappy with where things were going, or at least to also ask at least one German editor with known interest in such topics to contribute? Just asking --Stor stark7 Talk 21:18, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes I see, as you say he commented on the Polish version of the article, in 2005.[6] It's only natural that you ask him to participate in or discussion. I hope the contributions by Xx236 will be helpful to our discussion--Stor stark7 Talk 21:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

AWARD

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For your work in articles pertaining to Royalty and Nobility, especially Zygmunt Kurnatowski. I hereby award you The Barnstar of Royalty and Nobility. --69.86.173.19 (talk) 21:48, 31 March 2008 (UTC)