A fact from 3 May Constitution Day appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 July 2011 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that May 3rd Constitution Day, among the most important Polish holidays, was banned in the former communist state, the People's Republic of Poland? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/July.

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In Anglophone countries such as the United States, the equivalent of the Polish " święto" is not " holiday" but simply "day" — e.g., " New Year's Day," " Martin Luther King Day," " Memorial Day," " Independence Day," " Labor Day," " Veterans Day," " Thanksgiving Day," " Christmas Day."

Thus the English equivalent of "Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja" would be "May 3rd Constitution Day."

"May 3 National Holiday," by comparison, is opaque in the extreme.

English-language equivalents of foreign terms are often paraphrastic rather than metaphrastic. Example: " Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów" is rendered in Wikipedia not literally (metaphrastically) as "Republic of the Two Nations" but descriptively (paraphrastically) as " Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth." Nihil novi ( talk) 08:29, 12 July 2011 (UTC) reply

Thank you, that seems convincing, so I moved the article to May 3rd Constitution Day.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:18, 12 July 2011 (UTC) reply

A very interesting article. I have a few comments and suggestions.

Infobox

• The caption should say "the Constitution", not just "Constitution"

Background

• Consider moving note [a] before the numbered footnotes
• Consider adding 2010 to the photo caption

Celebrations

• "this day, free from work": Is Constitution Day a paid holiday? Please clarify
• List of dignitaries: consider using semi-colons to clarify (title, name; title, name; etc.)
• "known as Polish Constitution Day": Try to clarify. Consider "The holiday has been a focal point of ethnic celebrations of Polish-American pride in the Chicago area, where it is known as Polish Constitution Day, since 1892."
• "prominent guests nationwide": consider "guests of national stature"
• "lobby": consider "ingratiate themselves with"
• Kennedy doesn't seem to be mentioned in the sources
• In general, the sources for the last paragraph are not of the same quality as the rest of the article
• Consider adding 2007 to the photo caption

—  Malik Shabazz  ^Talk/ _Stalk 05:29, 14 August 2011 (UTC) reply

Thank you for the review, most issues done. Kennedy is mentioned in this ref: [1]. And yes, the sources for Polish-American issues are poor; I am however not seeing anything better. -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:30, 14 August 2011 (UTC) reply

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