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I just created those two new categories. Especially Category:Immigrants to Poland could use some population. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:10, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
There are still some articles I prefer to avoid, at least till this is resolved:
Please post here when you address those issues, or just strike them out. Thanks, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:26, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Could they make the AfD process more painful? Is there a tool out there to put the right bits in the right templates? Ajh1492 ( talk) 11:08, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
I've just created Category:Italy–Poland relations and Category:Poland–Spain relations. Please help populate! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:29, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Poland contains errors and unsourced POV statements. I don't know how to correct the GDP misinformation and I'm not able to rewrite the "Kitchen" section. Xx236 ( talk) 07:59, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
The article presents only "good Poles" POV. Several articles prefer "bad Poles" POV. It would be better to coordinate the articles. Xx236 ( talk) 09:32, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
The lord "found" that Wilno region didn't have a Polish majority. Xx236 ( talk) 11:28, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
A German editor has an alternate name to "correct" and "explain" artcles as Curzon line, Expulsion of Germans after World War II and Oder-Neisse line.At first I assumed it's a new editor. Xx236 ( talk) 12:15, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
A German user has been deleting information why Katowice were attached to Poland(due to fact that majority of voters voted for Poland). I am afraid I don't know how to convince him not to engage in blanking, perhaps somebody else will be more persuasive [1] -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 19:48, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
I've suggested to remove the entry Mława pogrom instead of renaming it. The talk-page is here. -- Robsuper ( talk) 12:32, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I believe that this page redirect is linguistically redundant, as it introduces unnecessary confusion around the name "Polska" on Wikipedia. The talk-page is here. -- Robsuper ( talk) 13:50, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
See here for groups(in Polish): [12] -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 22:34, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Done See Talk:Polska Roma. It seems that the Polska Roma is the most sense. That's all. By the way, my wife's name is Roma, and of why I started this thread. This all happens by women. -- Robsuper ( talk) 13:32, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
It seems it is Polglish ( [13]). I'll add it to my articles-to-do list, seems notable :) -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:39, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
I've added a map to Battle of Grochowiska, but as you can see, it is the wrong map - modern. However, we only have three maps for Polish locations: modern, and two for interwar period (plus a bunch for voivodeships and such, see commons:Category:Location maps of Poland). We could use locator maps for Congress Poland, Duchy of Warsaw, and various stages of the PLC and Kingdom of Poland. Is there anybody who could work on those maps? Since they are just blanks, they should not be overly complex. PS. For the use of locator maps on en wiki, see for example Template:Location map Poland. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:28, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I invite everyone to share your point of view on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Catholicism#Notability of Ethnic parishes in U.S.. -- WlaKom ( talk) 12:52, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Any comments at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 January 31#FM- and TV-mast Krynice would be appreciated. There are 5 spurious redirects that are either a misspelling (by me), some partial translations from Polish, or an odd name that isn't referenced anywhere. Thx! Ajh1492 ( talk) 14:20, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I think a bot could help us a lot, see my comment here. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I tend to look favorably upon creation of stubs with potential for growth, but just forking lists without adding any meaningful content is perhaps not helpful. I am speaking of the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown, a notable subject, but currently just a list copied from Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland#Lesser_Poland_Province. Do you think we should redirect it back to the Crown article? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 21:12, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Started one here Template:January Uprising. Very very incomplete - the purpose is to collect all the articles which already exist and which should exist (so feel free to add in missing redlinks) on the uprising. Battles, generals etc. already have some coverage so should be added. Coverage of the political developments on the other hand appears to be pretty sparse so articles need to be created though links to them should be added to the navbox even before that is done. Volunteer Marek 04:26, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I need some help in sorting out Polish names in translated articles. Can someone help me with it? Here's a translation of an excerpt. What was the husband's surname, Mikorski? Or is that the woman's father's surname? What does the 'home' mean? "Ludmila Jeske-Choińska, home Mikorska, Theodore's wife" Pkeets ( talk) 03:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Here's another: "From house Klementyna Grabowska Wyga - nowska, wife of joseph, owner Łukowa". He's Joseph Grabowski and she was Klementyna Wyganowska before they married? Or is it the other way around? What does the "owner Łukowa" mean? Pkeets ( talk) 04:42, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
I felt like reviewing Category:B-Class Poland-related articles. It is an easy task; I'll describe it here for your convenience so others can do it as well in the future. B-class requirements can be found on Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Assessment - just scroll down, and click show for more info where you see the B-class. Each article with WPPOLAND template that is of B-class or above should also have the following checklist (see for example Talk:Poland during the Jagiellon dynasty for how it exactly fits within the template wiki-syntax):
If everything is yes, then the article is B-class. If not, it should be c-class (or lower). Simple, eh?
Anyway, here are the articles I felt should be downgraded.
All the others in the category has been also reviewed and I felt like they conform to B-class. On a final note, why should you care about B-class reviews? Well, articles that are truly B-class are very close to being GA, and GA is something we can be proud of as a project. In fact I plan on GA-nominating several articles from that category soon (there are two or so that seem to me need only a little push). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:24, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
I find Nazi Germany texts inacceptable as sources to history of Poland. Xx236 ( talk) 11:46, 4 February 2011 (UTC) At least the quote should be labelled "beware, Nazi Germany source". Xx236 ( talk) 12:50, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
I suggest renaming this article. The existing name does not reflect the sense of the content set out there. Here is my proposal for a new name: Distinguished_personalities_(Poland). I strongly ask to speak in the discussion. -- Robsuper ( talk) 11:29, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I think the article Józef Światło written by me a while ago is good enough for a B-class. Could somebody review it? I think the author should try not to review his/her own articles... -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 22:33, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
A couple comments . . .
Just my 2 cents. Otherwise not a bad article. Probably a Low priority article. Would like to see reference to this article in the Polish October article. Ajh1492 ( talk) 22:47, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
What is a "special ballons"? <== you spelled balloons with one "o". Ajh1492 ( talk) 20:10, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I ran the article through the peer review tool and placed the comments on the article's talk page. Ajh1492 ( talk) 23:29, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Promoted to B-Class (since I did the review already) Ajh1492 ( talk) 23:50, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Supporting our new tradition of B-class review requests, I'd like to request a review of Juliusz Słowacki, which I've just finished expanding with some online sources. In the near future I plan to use some offline sources to get it to at least GA-class. I'd also appreciate assistance from editors with good command of English to polish (pun intended) the prose :) PS. For the review, I'd like to suggest that it is posted on that article's talk page, with a short note here that somebody has started it. Of course, the more reviewers, the better. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 04:48, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I'm completely new here, so if I do something wrong, please forgive me and point me in the right direction.
I believe there is an error in a photo caption on the English version of the 'Ostrów Tumski, Poznań' page. At the bottom, the third picture from the left is captioned 'The Psaltery'.
I think this is a combination of a calque from the Polish 'psalteria' and a confusion arising from the fact that a 'psalter' is "a copy of the biblical Psalms, especially for liturgical use > (the psalter) the Book of Psalms" (the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
Despite spending a considerable length of time researching this, I cannot find any evidence whatsoever that a psaltery is anything other than a musical instrument.
I think the caption should probably read 'The Psalmodists' House', since it originally housed the twelve people whose task it was to sing the psalms throughout the night (as per the Wikipedia 'Psalteria w Poznaniu' article and a number of other sources). This would give us 'psalmodists', psalmodist being the noun derived from 'psalmody', defined by the COED as the singing of psalms or similar sacred canticles. Webster's gives: "psalmody 1. the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music. 2. psalms or hymns collectively. 3. the act, practice, or art of singing psalms. [...] —psalmodist, n."
Now, I have no idea how to edit the page - or even if I'm allowed to. I've just this minute joined, on account of this caption, in fact! So all I'm doing at the moment is opening the matter up for discussion. If anyone could guide me as to what else I should do, I'd be most grateful.
My thanks in advance.
Nereid11
Thank you!
Hi, I was actually editing a page on White Stork when I noticed this page - White Stork Synagogue - I was looking into the naming to see if it can be related (and linked back) to the White Stork page. Pages in English relate the name back to a White Stork Inn on hte site before 1829. I was wondering whether any Polish pages had any further information (like did storks nest on it and is this why the inn got the name etc.) It would be good to link from a culture section on the White Stork page. Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 13:12, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Quite many WWII articles don't discuss the Nazi genocidal system. Article Expulsion of Germans after World War II informs about "sadistic practices" in Lamsdorf camp. Articles about Nazi camps don't use such words and are sometimes much colder. The article doesn't explain, why Lamsdorf wardens were cruel after 5 years of German terror. Xx236 ( talk) 08:45, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Considering the Polish death camp controversy, I wonder what people have to say about Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka victims being listed in Category:People murdered in Poland? Also, Category:Nazi extermination camps in Poland? Should categories be renamed to use the word "occupied" like in the German camps in occupied Poland during World War II article? Perhaps we should have a template that would be appended to all such categories, clarifying that it lists crimes committed in occupied Poland by Nazi Germany? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 22:38, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
I am having some trouble understanding the differences between Category:Polish emigrants, Category:Polish expatriates and Category:Polish exiles. Currently, Category:Polish exiles is a subcat of expatriates, which is pararell to Polish emigrants, all part of category:Polish diaspora. It doesn't help that as far as I can tell, the term expatriate is not really used in Polish language. As far as I understand it, expatriate is somebody living abroad. To get there, you can either chose to emigrate or be forcibly resettled (exiled). If so, wouldn't it mean that all the emmigration categories should be subcategories of the expatriate categories, and most if not all people in categories of Category:Polish expatriates in the United Kingdom should be in Category:Polish immigrants to the United Kingdom? Ditto for most other countries (and nationalities)? In other words, aren't all expatriates either immigrants and/or (rarely) exiles? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:22, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Is there somewhere sounding like "Nirgalsh" in Poland? Chesdovi ( talk) 17:22, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
I've asked them on their talk pages to stop and requested temporary page protection. Ajh1492 ( talk) 19:47, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
It now has a week of full protection plus I've requested the Admin who helped to intervene in the wider revert war. Ajh1492 ( talk) 20:47, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#WP:MOSICON_related_Edit_War. Ajh1492 ( talk) 21:09, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Ok, Paweł Jasienica is another article I think may be B-class. It was in fact rated B-class by WP:BIO, but I changed it to start when I begun expanding the article. I think it may be B-class now. Comments appreciated. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 01:00, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
May you write Pan (title) article ? ( Idot ( talk) 04:46, 6 March 2011 (UTC))
Why is the Template:Poland topics being placed on every Poland-related page? Is it really necessary? Ajh1492 ( talk) 19:23, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
I would suggest a simpler template like (I didn't want to overwrite Danim2's template until we had some discussion):
The template would only show up on the pages included in the template. Each of the pages should have their own sidebar navigation template - most already have them, but a few are still lacking. Ajh1492 ( talk) 15:05, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
I think that Danim2's template, in its original form (evem with red links per
WP:RED), was fine for
Poland article, and
Outline of Poland. But not anywhere else. Ajh's template could be added to few more. --
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
talk 17:15, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am new at Wikipedia and have been working on a cd project of cabaret music in Warsaw (both in Polish and Yiddish) between the world wars with my friend and co-musician Beth Holmgren, who is Chair of the Slavic Languages department at Duke University here in Durham, NC. I've added a few performers to the "Polish cabarets" category, mostly drawing on the sources in Yiddish that I've been reading for Beth. If anybody would like to discuss this with me, I'm interested. Jane Peppler ( talk) 12:58, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Red links can be good because they let people know that an article needs to be created - and then people (sometimes) create them, like I just did with Artur Gold. This is a really great topic and thanks for working on it. Thanks also for pointing all the youtube videos of these guys that were recently posted. They're great. Also, it might be useful to have a "meta" article on all these musical developments in interwar Poland eventually though that would require more thorough research. Volunteer Marek ( talk) 18:01, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Interwiki is frequently useful. Xx236 ( talk) 12:18, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
I've translated it from the pl-wiki. I know that it's more fun thing than a serious article, but maybe someone would be interested in improving its poor English. Brumbrumbrum ( talk) 19:06, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia:Database reports/WikiProject watchers, we are 53rd project by number of watchers. We are just ahead of the generic countries project, and only Japan and Germany beat us from individual countries ranking :) We are also 48th project by number of changes to the pages with our assessment templates according to Wikipedia:Database reports/WikiProjects by changes, which does show we are pretty good at tagging our content and editing it. Only Russia and Albania (?) are ahead. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:26, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I am trying to improve the article Polish Jagiellon ambassadors to Turkey. But being unfamiliar with the Polish names I may misspell the names. I'd be glad if an editor reviews the names. Also I am uncertain with some of the links. Were Marcin Wrocimowski and Marcin of Wrocimowice the same person ? I linked to Piotr Zborowski. But the article doesn't give a hint about his diplomatic career. Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 08:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
Is RTCN Białystok (Krynice) eligible for T:TDYK? Ajh1492 ( talk) 01:08, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Could someone check the recent changes at Kraśnik (by Krasnik ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)), as I'm not able to tell whether they're appropriate or spammy. Thanks. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 15:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I live in Columbus Ohio, so sources of good information about Poland or Eastern Europe in general are difficult to locate. Within the past year I have found a great deal upon Wikipedia and consider the work you folks are doing to be a primary source of information; I appreciate that.
Thank you,
Mark Ritchie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.60.159.140 ( talk) 22:29, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
If Grande Prairie was JUST assessed as a B-Class article, then Białystok, IMHO, is also B-Class. Białystok may look thinner since it has 14 subsidiary articles - it would exceed the normal article length if they were included in-line.
Ajh1492 ( talk) 13:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
CountryBot has applied the Category:Article Feedback Pilot tag to Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918). Might be worth checking to see if any other WPP articles were tagged. Ajh1492 ( talk) 01:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Both of those are former GA of mine that got demoted. I'd like to get them back to GA, and as the first step I'd appreciate your B-class reviews. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:58, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I like how Adam Mickiewicz describes him as "Polish (Polish-Lithuanian)". To further that, I would like to bring to your attention the Polish-Lithuanian (adjective) article, which should be linked from "Polish-Lithuanian". I think it does a decent job at explaining the usage of that term, but it can and should be improved. Comments appreciated. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:38, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
I expanded this article and assessed as C-class. It may be B-class, or not... a bit on the short side. Your call. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:01, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Not my article, but something I came while slowly reviewing our C-classes. I soooo don't care for sports, I don't want to look at it too much, but this may be B-class. Could somebody more interested in this take a closer look? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:19, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Currently a Milhist reviewer is criticizing the article due to a heavy reliance on a single source - but AFAIK this is allowed. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:40, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Definitely B-Class. I've posted comments on the Talk page, plus evaluated it from a WPP perspective. Ajh1492 ( talk) 12:32, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
The usage of free election is under discussion, see Talk:Free election (Polish throne). 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 03:59, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
I've got problem with User:BurgererSF. He once changed all photos of Poznań Town Hall into one. It was strange change, because new photo isn't better (it has geometrical abberation that strongly deformates perspective and shape of building). BurgererSF doesn't used for now any essential argument. Insted, he is reverting photos to this one, and blanks my notes in his discusion page. Radomil talk 21:14, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
A tough nut to crack considering that User:Radomil speaks about photos he took himself i.e. the File:Ratusz Poznań Woźna.jpg uploaded multiple times as far away as timbuktu, not to mention the six articles featuring it in English Wikipedia including Poznań, History of Poznań, Giovanni Battista di Quadro, List of Polish architects, The Royal-Imperial Route in Poznań, and Poznań Old Town. I'd suggest you ease up on that self-promo thing, Radomil. No offence. Please remember, many Wikipedians make good photos. — Pawlikowska ( talk) 22:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Yes. I am author of this photo (as many others on Wikipedia). But it is not self-promotion. Look with cool eye on those two photos? Compare and please, asewer on those questions:
If You know free picture which is better, fell free to exchange it. It is possible, with using profesional wide-angle lens ("A" photo is made with use of good quality normal lens, "B" one is made with standard wide-angle lens with all his problems, like pincushion distortion). Radomil talk 23:06, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
I like the higher contrast in A and the whimsicalness of the cloud placement, but that maybe an idiosyncratic preference. The chaberek is definitely a big strike against A though (of course that would also depend on what the image is supposed to illustrate. In *some* context,the juxtaposition of the modern crude dumpster and the historical ornate building can be quite poetic). Volunteer Marek ( talk) 03:54, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
I can also see what Radomil's saying about the 'pin-cushion distortion'. B looks like someone took A, took their finger, placed it behind the image in the center and slightly pushed outward. Volunteer Marek ( talk) 03:56, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
(I also sort of like the people in the frame, gives it a more vibrant feel whereas in B it's like you can hear the wind blowing through the streets. Come to think of it, if it wasn't for the chaberek, I'd most definitely go with A). Volunteer Marek ( talk) 03:58, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
On the whole I'd go with A, though I'm not an expert either. The container is a disadvantage, but for me the people are a plus - this is a place where you get a lot of people milling around at most times of the day, and the picture illustrates that. -- Kotniski ( talk) 09:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
The composition is off on "B" - there's not enough head room for the subject at the top of the frame. It's not a dumpster in "A" - it's a shipping container. Ajh1492 ( talk) 12:26, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Look at User:BurgererSF activity... he, after I nasked for Your opinion, changed all photos without giving any reason here... (He/She also blanked his/her discusion again) Radomil talk 18:27, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
(sigh) I dread to bring this up because we might get to a heated discussions and flame-wars, but what is the general consensus on describing locations in western Poland within a historical context? Is it ...
Inquiring minds would like to know. I will withhold my opinion until after the discussion is started. Ajh1492 ( talk) 01:42, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
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I just created those two new categories. Especially Category:Immigrants to Poland could use some population. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:10, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
There are still some articles I prefer to avoid, at least till this is resolved:
Please post here when you address those issues, or just strike them out. Thanks, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:26, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Could they make the AfD process more painful? Is there a tool out there to put the right bits in the right templates? Ajh1492 ( talk) 11:08, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
I've just created Category:Italy–Poland relations and Category:Poland–Spain relations. Please help populate! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:29, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Poland contains errors and unsourced POV statements. I don't know how to correct the GDP misinformation and I'm not able to rewrite the "Kitchen" section. Xx236 ( talk) 07:59, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
The article presents only "good Poles" POV. Several articles prefer "bad Poles" POV. It would be better to coordinate the articles. Xx236 ( talk) 09:32, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
The lord "found" that Wilno region didn't have a Polish majority. Xx236 ( talk) 11:28, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
A German editor has an alternate name to "correct" and "explain" artcles as Curzon line, Expulsion of Germans after World War II and Oder-Neisse line.At first I assumed it's a new editor. Xx236 ( talk) 12:15, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
A German user has been deleting information why Katowice were attached to Poland(due to fact that majority of voters voted for Poland). I am afraid I don't know how to convince him not to engage in blanking, perhaps somebody else will be more persuasive [1] -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 19:48, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
I've suggested to remove the entry Mława pogrom instead of renaming it. The talk-page is here. -- Robsuper ( talk) 12:32, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I believe that this page redirect is linguistically redundant, as it introduces unnecessary confusion around the name "Polska" on Wikipedia. The talk-page is here. -- Robsuper ( talk) 13:50, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
See here for groups(in Polish): [12] -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 22:34, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Done See Talk:Polska Roma. It seems that the Polska Roma is the most sense. That's all. By the way, my wife's name is Roma, and of why I started this thread. This all happens by women. -- Robsuper ( talk) 13:32, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
It seems it is Polglish ( [13]). I'll add it to my articles-to-do list, seems notable :) -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:39, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
I've added a map to Battle of Grochowiska, but as you can see, it is the wrong map - modern. However, we only have three maps for Polish locations: modern, and two for interwar period (plus a bunch for voivodeships and such, see commons:Category:Location maps of Poland). We could use locator maps for Congress Poland, Duchy of Warsaw, and various stages of the PLC and Kingdom of Poland. Is there anybody who could work on those maps? Since they are just blanks, they should not be overly complex. PS. For the use of locator maps on en wiki, see for example Template:Location map Poland. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:28, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I invite everyone to share your point of view on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Catholicism#Notability of Ethnic parishes in U.S.. -- WlaKom ( talk) 12:52, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Any comments at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 January 31#FM- and TV-mast Krynice would be appreciated. There are 5 spurious redirects that are either a misspelling (by me), some partial translations from Polish, or an odd name that isn't referenced anywhere. Thx! Ajh1492 ( talk) 14:20, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I think a bot could help us a lot, see my comment here. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I tend to look favorably upon creation of stubs with potential for growth, but just forking lists without adding any meaningful content is perhaps not helpful. I am speaking of the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown, a notable subject, but currently just a list copied from Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland#Lesser_Poland_Province. Do you think we should redirect it back to the Crown article? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 21:12, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Started one here Template:January Uprising. Very very incomplete - the purpose is to collect all the articles which already exist and which should exist (so feel free to add in missing redlinks) on the uprising. Battles, generals etc. already have some coverage so should be added. Coverage of the political developments on the other hand appears to be pretty sparse so articles need to be created though links to them should be added to the navbox even before that is done. Volunteer Marek 04:26, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I need some help in sorting out Polish names in translated articles. Can someone help me with it? Here's a translation of an excerpt. What was the husband's surname, Mikorski? Or is that the woman's father's surname? What does the 'home' mean? "Ludmila Jeske-Choińska, home Mikorska, Theodore's wife" Pkeets ( talk) 03:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Here's another: "From house Klementyna Grabowska Wyga - nowska, wife of joseph, owner Łukowa". He's Joseph Grabowski and she was Klementyna Wyganowska before they married? Or is it the other way around? What does the "owner Łukowa" mean? Pkeets ( talk) 04:42, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
I felt like reviewing Category:B-Class Poland-related articles. It is an easy task; I'll describe it here for your convenience so others can do it as well in the future. B-class requirements can be found on Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Assessment - just scroll down, and click show for more info where you see the B-class. Each article with WPPOLAND template that is of B-class or above should also have the following checklist (see for example Talk:Poland during the Jagiellon dynasty for how it exactly fits within the template wiki-syntax):
If everything is yes, then the article is B-class. If not, it should be c-class (or lower). Simple, eh?
Anyway, here are the articles I felt should be downgraded.
All the others in the category has been also reviewed and I felt like they conform to B-class. On a final note, why should you care about B-class reviews? Well, articles that are truly B-class are very close to being GA, and GA is something we can be proud of as a project. In fact I plan on GA-nominating several articles from that category soon (there are two or so that seem to me need only a little push). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:24, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
I find Nazi Germany texts inacceptable as sources to history of Poland. Xx236 ( talk) 11:46, 4 February 2011 (UTC) At least the quote should be labelled "beware, Nazi Germany source". Xx236 ( talk) 12:50, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
I suggest renaming this article. The existing name does not reflect the sense of the content set out there. Here is my proposal for a new name: Distinguished_personalities_(Poland). I strongly ask to speak in the discussion. -- Robsuper ( talk) 11:29, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I think the article Józef Światło written by me a while ago is good enough for a B-class. Could somebody review it? I think the author should try not to review his/her own articles... -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 22:33, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
A couple comments . . .
Just my 2 cents. Otherwise not a bad article. Probably a Low priority article. Would like to see reference to this article in the Polish October article. Ajh1492 ( talk) 22:47, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
What is a "special ballons"? <== you spelled balloons with one "o". Ajh1492 ( talk) 20:10, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I ran the article through the peer review tool and placed the comments on the article's talk page. Ajh1492 ( talk) 23:29, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Promoted to B-Class (since I did the review already) Ajh1492 ( talk) 23:50, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Supporting our new tradition of B-class review requests, I'd like to request a review of Juliusz Słowacki, which I've just finished expanding with some online sources. In the near future I plan to use some offline sources to get it to at least GA-class. I'd also appreciate assistance from editors with good command of English to polish (pun intended) the prose :) PS. For the review, I'd like to suggest that it is posted on that article's talk page, with a short note here that somebody has started it. Of course, the more reviewers, the better. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 04:48, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I'm completely new here, so if I do something wrong, please forgive me and point me in the right direction.
I believe there is an error in a photo caption on the English version of the 'Ostrów Tumski, Poznań' page. At the bottom, the third picture from the left is captioned 'The Psaltery'.
I think this is a combination of a calque from the Polish 'psalteria' and a confusion arising from the fact that a 'psalter' is "a copy of the biblical Psalms, especially for liturgical use > (the psalter) the Book of Psalms" (the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
Despite spending a considerable length of time researching this, I cannot find any evidence whatsoever that a psaltery is anything other than a musical instrument.
I think the caption should probably read 'The Psalmodists' House', since it originally housed the twelve people whose task it was to sing the psalms throughout the night (as per the Wikipedia 'Psalteria w Poznaniu' article and a number of other sources). This would give us 'psalmodists', psalmodist being the noun derived from 'psalmody', defined by the COED as the singing of psalms or similar sacred canticles. Webster's gives: "psalmody 1. the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music. 2. psalms or hymns collectively. 3. the act, practice, or art of singing psalms. [...] —psalmodist, n."
Now, I have no idea how to edit the page - or even if I'm allowed to. I've just this minute joined, on account of this caption, in fact! So all I'm doing at the moment is opening the matter up for discussion. If anyone could guide me as to what else I should do, I'd be most grateful.
My thanks in advance.
Nereid11
Thank you!
Hi, I was actually editing a page on White Stork when I noticed this page - White Stork Synagogue - I was looking into the naming to see if it can be related (and linked back) to the White Stork page. Pages in English relate the name back to a White Stork Inn on hte site before 1829. I was wondering whether any Polish pages had any further information (like did storks nest on it and is this why the inn got the name etc.) It would be good to link from a culture section on the White Stork page. Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 13:12, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Quite many WWII articles don't discuss the Nazi genocidal system. Article Expulsion of Germans after World War II informs about "sadistic practices" in Lamsdorf camp. Articles about Nazi camps don't use such words and are sometimes much colder. The article doesn't explain, why Lamsdorf wardens were cruel after 5 years of German terror. Xx236 ( talk) 08:45, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Considering the Polish death camp controversy, I wonder what people have to say about Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka victims being listed in Category:People murdered in Poland? Also, Category:Nazi extermination camps in Poland? Should categories be renamed to use the word "occupied" like in the German camps in occupied Poland during World War II article? Perhaps we should have a template that would be appended to all such categories, clarifying that it lists crimes committed in occupied Poland by Nazi Germany? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 22:38, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
I am having some trouble understanding the differences between Category:Polish emigrants, Category:Polish expatriates and Category:Polish exiles. Currently, Category:Polish exiles is a subcat of expatriates, which is pararell to Polish emigrants, all part of category:Polish diaspora. It doesn't help that as far as I can tell, the term expatriate is not really used in Polish language. As far as I understand it, expatriate is somebody living abroad. To get there, you can either chose to emigrate or be forcibly resettled (exiled). If so, wouldn't it mean that all the emmigration categories should be subcategories of the expatriate categories, and most if not all people in categories of Category:Polish expatriates in the United Kingdom should be in Category:Polish immigrants to the United Kingdom? Ditto for most other countries (and nationalities)? In other words, aren't all expatriates either immigrants and/or (rarely) exiles? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:22, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Is there somewhere sounding like "Nirgalsh" in Poland? Chesdovi ( talk) 17:22, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
I've asked them on their talk pages to stop and requested temporary page protection. Ajh1492 ( talk) 19:47, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
It now has a week of full protection plus I've requested the Admin who helped to intervene in the wider revert war. Ajh1492 ( talk) 20:47, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#WP:MOSICON_related_Edit_War. Ajh1492 ( talk) 21:09, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Ok, Paweł Jasienica is another article I think may be B-class. It was in fact rated B-class by WP:BIO, but I changed it to start when I begun expanding the article. I think it may be B-class now. Comments appreciated. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 01:00, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
May you write Pan (title) article ? ( Idot ( talk) 04:46, 6 March 2011 (UTC))
Why is the Template:Poland topics being placed on every Poland-related page? Is it really necessary? Ajh1492 ( talk) 19:23, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
I would suggest a simpler template like (I didn't want to overwrite Danim2's template until we had some discussion):
The template would only show up on the pages included in the template. Each of the pages should have their own sidebar navigation template - most already have them, but a few are still lacking. Ajh1492 ( talk) 15:05, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
I think that Danim2's template, in its original form (evem with red links per
WP:RED), was fine for
Poland article, and
Outline of Poland. But not anywhere else. Ajh's template could be added to few more. --
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
talk 17:15, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am new at Wikipedia and have been working on a cd project of cabaret music in Warsaw (both in Polish and Yiddish) between the world wars with my friend and co-musician Beth Holmgren, who is Chair of the Slavic Languages department at Duke University here in Durham, NC. I've added a few performers to the "Polish cabarets" category, mostly drawing on the sources in Yiddish that I've been reading for Beth. If anybody would like to discuss this with me, I'm interested. Jane Peppler ( talk) 12:58, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Red links can be good because they let people know that an article needs to be created - and then people (sometimes) create them, like I just did with Artur Gold. This is a really great topic and thanks for working on it. Thanks also for pointing all the youtube videos of these guys that were recently posted. They're great. Also, it might be useful to have a "meta" article on all these musical developments in interwar Poland eventually though that would require more thorough research. Volunteer Marek ( talk) 18:01, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Interwiki is frequently useful. Xx236 ( talk) 12:18, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
I've translated it from the pl-wiki. I know that it's more fun thing than a serious article, but maybe someone would be interested in improving its poor English. Brumbrumbrum ( talk) 19:06, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia:Database reports/WikiProject watchers, we are 53rd project by number of watchers. We are just ahead of the generic countries project, and only Japan and Germany beat us from individual countries ranking :) We are also 48th project by number of changes to the pages with our assessment templates according to Wikipedia:Database reports/WikiProjects by changes, which does show we are pretty good at tagging our content and editing it. Only Russia and Albania (?) are ahead. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:26, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I am trying to improve the article Polish Jagiellon ambassadors to Turkey. But being unfamiliar with the Polish names I may misspell the names. I'd be glad if an editor reviews the names. Also I am uncertain with some of the links. Were Marcin Wrocimowski and Marcin of Wrocimowice the same person ? I linked to Piotr Zborowski. But the article doesn't give a hint about his diplomatic career. Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 08:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
Is RTCN Białystok (Krynice) eligible for T:TDYK? Ajh1492 ( talk) 01:08, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Could someone check the recent changes at Kraśnik (by Krasnik ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)), as I'm not able to tell whether they're appropriate or spammy. Thanks. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 15:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I live in Columbus Ohio, so sources of good information about Poland or Eastern Europe in general are difficult to locate. Within the past year I have found a great deal upon Wikipedia and consider the work you folks are doing to be a primary source of information; I appreciate that.
Thank you,
Mark Ritchie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.60.159.140 ( talk) 22:29, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
If Grande Prairie was JUST assessed as a B-Class article, then Białystok, IMHO, is also B-Class. Białystok may look thinner since it has 14 subsidiary articles - it would exceed the normal article length if they were included in-line.
Ajh1492 ( talk) 13:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
CountryBot has applied the Category:Article Feedback Pilot tag to Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918). Might be worth checking to see if any other WPP articles were tagged. Ajh1492 ( talk) 01:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Both of those are former GA of mine that got demoted. I'd like to get them back to GA, and as the first step I'd appreciate your B-class reviews. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:58, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I like how Adam Mickiewicz describes him as "Polish (Polish-Lithuanian)". To further that, I would like to bring to your attention the Polish-Lithuanian (adjective) article, which should be linked from "Polish-Lithuanian". I think it does a decent job at explaining the usage of that term, but it can and should be improved. Comments appreciated. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:38, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
I expanded this article and assessed as C-class. It may be B-class, or not... a bit on the short side. Your call. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:01, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Not my article, but something I came while slowly reviewing our C-classes. I soooo don't care for sports, I don't want to look at it too much, but this may be B-class. Could somebody more interested in this take a closer look? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:19, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Currently a Milhist reviewer is criticizing the article due to a heavy reliance on a single source - but AFAIK this is allowed. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:40, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Definitely B-Class. I've posted comments on the Talk page, plus evaluated it from a WPP perspective. Ajh1492 ( talk) 12:32, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
The usage of free election is under discussion, see Talk:Free election (Polish throne). 65.93.12.101 ( talk) 03:59, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
I've got problem with User:BurgererSF. He once changed all photos of Poznań Town Hall into one. It was strange change, because new photo isn't better (it has geometrical abberation that strongly deformates perspective and shape of building). BurgererSF doesn't used for now any essential argument. Insted, he is reverting photos to this one, and blanks my notes in his discusion page. Radomil talk 21:14, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
A tough nut to crack considering that User:Radomil speaks about photos he took himself i.e. the File:Ratusz Poznań Woźna.jpg uploaded multiple times as far away as timbuktu, not to mention the six articles featuring it in English Wikipedia including Poznań, History of Poznań, Giovanni Battista di Quadro, List of Polish architects, The Royal-Imperial Route in Poznań, and Poznań Old Town. I'd suggest you ease up on that self-promo thing, Radomil. No offence. Please remember, many Wikipedians make good photos. — Pawlikowska ( talk) 22:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Yes. I am author of this photo (as many others on Wikipedia). But it is not self-promotion. Look with cool eye on those two photos? Compare and please, asewer on those questions:
If You know free picture which is better, fell free to exchange it. It is possible, with using profesional wide-angle lens ("A" photo is made with use of good quality normal lens, "B" one is made with standard wide-angle lens with all his problems, like pincushion distortion). Radomil talk 23:06, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
I like the higher contrast in A and the whimsicalness of the cloud placement, but that maybe an idiosyncratic preference. The chaberek is definitely a big strike against A though (of course that would also depend on what the image is supposed to illustrate. In *some* context,the juxtaposition of the modern crude dumpster and the historical ornate building can be quite poetic). Volunteer Marek ( talk) 03:54, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
I can also see what Radomil's saying about the 'pin-cushion distortion'. B looks like someone took A, took their finger, placed it behind the image in the center and slightly pushed outward. Volunteer Marek ( talk) 03:56, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
(I also sort of like the people in the frame, gives it a more vibrant feel whereas in B it's like you can hear the wind blowing through the streets. Come to think of it, if it wasn't for the chaberek, I'd most definitely go with A). Volunteer Marek ( talk) 03:58, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
On the whole I'd go with A, though I'm not an expert either. The container is a disadvantage, but for me the people are a plus - this is a place where you get a lot of people milling around at most times of the day, and the picture illustrates that. -- Kotniski ( talk) 09:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
The composition is off on "B" - there's not enough head room for the subject at the top of the frame. It's not a dumpster in "A" - it's a shipping container. Ajh1492 ( talk) 12:26, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Look at User:BurgererSF activity... he, after I nasked for Your opinion, changed all photos without giving any reason here... (He/She also blanked his/her discusion again) Radomil talk 18:27, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
(sigh) I dread to bring this up because we might get to a heated discussions and flame-wars, but what is the general consensus on describing locations in western Poland within a historical context? Is it ...
Inquiring minds would like to know. I will withhold my opinion until after the discussion is started. Ajh1492 ( talk) 01:42, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
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