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Hi Piotrus,

Sorry to bother you, but as you are an administrator, could I please ask your help on a matter which has come up. Could you please have a look at Question section on my Talk Page. I'm not sure how to proceed. User:Marek69User_talk:Marek69 23:42, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

:Piotrus, The problem has now been resolved, I think. User:Marek69User_talk:Marek69 00:59, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Piotr,

I saw your comments on my user page about the map. I'm not sure what you mean by an English version? Only Warschau (Warsaw) has a different name in English, all the other cities and districts would be known by the native name (german in this case as the territory was occupied by germany). Or are you just referring to the map title? XrysD (talk) 21:53, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

:OK, now I see what you mean. My philosophy for map place/region names is to use the language of the country involved. This seems to be the accepted convention for maps published in the UK (where I am) for many years now.

:For me, often this involves some work if the source map is not from that country. For example the map of WWII Slovakia I did came from a German language original. So almost all the names were different from the native Slovak versions and required a lot of looking up. So for the map of the General Gouvernement, although I am a native english speaker and the majority of the population were either Polish or Ruthenian/Ukranian, the fact that it was a German administrative entity means the names should be in German.

:Having said that, I feel it would be useful to have an entry in the article that lists the cities/districts with their equivalent Polish/English names. This is what exists for most other maps I have created and seems to work well.

:I am not keen to add multiple language names to the map itself as I feel this clutters a map unnecessarily. I will however replace the German title with an English one as that makes sense. I will also correct the odd spelling mistake that I missed! I don't speak Polish, so stuff that a native speaker like you would pick up slips by me sometimes! How does that sound? XrysD (talk) 22:39, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

:: Piotr - I will implement the changes I suggested above and then we can see how it looks. I don't agree with your comment that maps on an English wiki should show English names (if they exist) first and foremost. This doctrine was abandoned many years ago in paper published atlases. All modern atlases I possess use the native-language principle I related above. This is also true in the media in general - (Bombay is now known as Mumbai, Peking as Beijing etc). I agree with this philosophy so I do not wish to change my map to use the outdated style. I do agree about map titles though so I will change this part as well as adding a section to the text that allows cross-referencing of the German names with their current Polish/English ones.

:: I will also take a look at updating the maps on the article on Administrative Division of Polish Territories. I also have detailed maps of the Ukraine and Belarus from 1941 after the Polish territories were annexed which would make up the Soviet part of the map. I have a couple of other maps that I want to finish first but as this map is rather interesting it will be high on my list after that. XrysD (talk) 14:56, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

::: Wesołych świąt i szczęśliwego nowego roku to you too! I read the guidelines on naming conventions and I agree that it makes sense for articles where space and layout are not major issues. Maps are different though in my view and readability and clarity must take precedence here. Something that having multiple names works against in almost every case. This is especially interesting (and difficult) for historical maps where the English names at the time don't necessarily reflect the ones used now. For example, Bratislava: until the formation of Czech/Slovak states this would almost uniformly have been known by its German name of Pressburg. But should a wiki map for that period show Pressburg or Bratislava? And of course it was also known as Poszony to its Hungarian inhabitants and is shown that way on Hungarian maps of the period. It is also interesting that German language maps of that era always show German names for cities/regions where they exist to the expense of any other names (as you are suggesting but using English names). For example, Klausenburg instead of Kolozsvár or Cluj-Napola. This made sense at the time, but now makes using them harder.

::: Thanks again for your kind comments on my maps. And thankyou for the offer of help for any Polish related maps that I may do. XrysD (talk) 11:31, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'm interested. I'll get to it soon. If I may ask a favour, please could you help in trying to clear some of the backlog for DYK? It's out-of-hand atm, and I could really use some assistance to clean it up. Cheers. Terrakyte (talk) 14:14, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

:Yes. Terrakyte (talk) 15:42, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

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It's late now, but I should thank you for nominating Franciszek Karpiński at WP:DYK. I created the article because I came across a link in a new article (I think one you created), that was to an article in the Polish wiki. Since he seemed like an interesting author, and to counter systemic bias I thought it worthwhile doing a little research and producing a short new article. I hope that in doing so, I didn't pre-empt something you were planning on writing later. I hadn't thought of nominating it at DYK myself, but thanks for making the effort. Regards, — BillC ^talk 00:25, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Keep your chin up. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 04:34, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I've replied to you on my talk page. - Penwhale | ^{Blast him / Follow his steps} 13:06, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

When I put "borders" not countries my intent was to be exact. Poland was a country but occupied by the three powers. Many immigrants from Germany or Russia in circa 1890 would put "Poland" as their country of origin on the ships manifest even though Poland did not exist as a political entity. People from the west Ukraine were grouped with Slovaks and referred to as "Slavonians", the term "Ukrainian" was never used. Reports from the Pennsylvania Dept of Mines circa 1900-1910 would refer to dead miners as being from "Poland" "Bohemia" or "Slavonia". The US Census of 1900 and 1910 would give the country of origin as Poland rather than Russia, Germany or A-H. The reason being that persons questioned would tell the census taker Poland. My fathers father and his brothers always referred to their country of origin as Germany or German, even though they could speak Polish as well as German. My fathers mothers family listed the country of origin as Russia in 1900 and Russia/Poland in 1910. Poland was a country in the minds of these coal miners in the US in 1900.--Woogie10w (talk) 21:43, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

::I just took another look at the ship manifest in 1890 for my grandmothers father, the captin listed him as being from Plock Russia. The records for other ships however did use Poland in many cases. Yes Piotrus, Poland did exist in 1890, but it was occupied. --Woogie10w (talk) 22:05, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

:::Yet another interesting "occupation theory"! When saying "occupied", does this mean under military occupation? Or is there some other form of occupation one can be under? -- Petri Krohn (talk) 16:55, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

::::Partitioned Poland was obviously garrisoned by military troops of the partitioners. I am not sure I understand your question? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:57, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello, my examination of the history of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Honorverse_characters, plus my memory of earlier interactions, tell me that you are one of the most prominent people to be involved in Wikipedia's Honorverse.

Please take a look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_Honorverse_characters#split_the_various_alphabet_lists_up_into_groups_of_ROUGHLY_ten_.2810.29_each.3F

Do you see any problems with this?

I'd like to be able to make quicker links to specific people on the list, and short of making an html-like "Anchor" for _EVERY_ name on the list, splitting the Alphabetical list up into ten (10) name groups seems like the least-worst route.

Do you see any problems with this?

LP-mn (talk) 01:50, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Piotrus and others-- This is a BEAR of a project. Please take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LP-mn/Sandbox (User:LP-mn/Sandbox?). I've done the letters A and B. Before I continue, I'd like to know if this will be used, or if I'm wasting my time.

LP-mn (talk) 06:04, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Piotrus-- (RESPONDING TO YOUR COMMENT ELSEWHERE)--

I am willing to do the work of splitting up the sections (User:LP-mn/Sandbox). My (other) question to you was meant to be, will my work actually be USED? I don't want to do it only to find out that others object and it gets tossed out. I have my own reasons why I'd like to make html links that get one closer to the relevant entry in the wiki list.

LP-mn (talk) 16:26, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Done. Page redesign/split up is finished.

LP-mn (talk) 03:09, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for thinking of me. Let me take a look at the article and see how I can be of service. Happy 2009! Ecoleetage (talk) 21:45, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

::Question I hope this is not a silly question, but were any classic Polish films destroyed by the Nazis during the wartime occupation? I do a lot of writing about lost films made in the USA -- Polish cinema is not my area of expertise, so I am curious to know what damage was made to the nation's cinematic heritage. I seem to recall that the original materials for the Yiddish-lanugage Polish feature "The Dybbuk" was destroyed, although the film survives because there were prints in circulation outside of Poland. I don't know if citing any lost Polish films would help that part of the article. Thanks. Ecoleetage (talk) 15:10, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words; unfortunately I did not create this article...that credit goes to someone with the screen name Swd. I have taken his preliminary work and am working to enhance it and bring it up to the standard of our own Emergency Medicine and EMS Task Force. We currently have a dozen articles on EMS in different countries (I believe Poland will be the twelfth), and our goal is to ensure that all of them reach a minimum 'B' standard or better. That is my goal in my rewriting of the Poland article. At this point, I am down to doing the inline cites and finding appropriate references. I suspect that the Polish article will end up being like the German article, in that good, credible, English language references will be almost impossible to find. I am adding them where I can, but could really use some assistance from someone who can read Polish and provide Polish language references where no English references are available. It is my intent to have the article ready for re-eval for 'B' status sometime next week, but I need those references to achieve that. Once that occurs, submission to T:DYK would be most welcome! Cheers! Emrgmgmtca (talk) 15:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

This is not the most popular name [in English]. Bolko I Duke of Schweidnitz-Jauer (or variant) is more popular [http://books.google.com/books?q=+Bolko+I+Duke+of+Schweidnitz-Jauer&btnG=Search+Books]. It also met the expectations of a large number of people about continental ducal titles. If it's the Germanoform style of the name that bothers you, then I guess can respect that given the transnational character of these rulers. But it would only be fair then, on both counts, to move Bolko II of Świdnica to Bolko II the Small. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 16:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello. Martinus Smiglecius is definitely the traditional name in English, as you would see from the article: he has been well known and written about since the seventeenth century, and there are quotations referenced. Therefore it was not a good idea to move the page. You cite the name on plWP, but that is no good as a reason here. Also I see you moved Valentinus Smalcius, without discussion. That move was also inappropriate. Charles Matthews (talk) 17:08, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello Piotrus. i'll be reviewing the article for GA status. If you have anything to tell me before the review, please tell me. Thanks, Kensplanet^T_C 17:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for informing me that I may be violating conflict of interest policies.

I started adding to Wikipedia articles on Polish literature/authors the URL of the online bibliography of Polish Literature in English Translation that I created/manage after the URL of the site had changed: I've been trying to track down any websites that link to the bibliography so that the address can be corrected. When I discovered that some Wiki articles on Polish literature linked to the site, I edited those articles to correct the address. I then decided that it might be useful to readers if I were to add a link to other articles on Polish authors/literary works as well.

This website, though it's hosted by roadrunner.com, is not a personal or profit site; it's a professional bibliography designed to be a service. The only thing it's intended to promote is Polish literature. I use the free webspace provided by my ISP rather than the website of the community college at which I'm a professor for several reasons, among which are the college's extremely limited budget and the lack of a streamlined way for me to upload changes to the college website. In fact, since community colleges don't tend to reward scholarly work (in fact, the teaching load and other responsibilities almost prohibit it), I do this on my own time, with no support from the college.

However, if my addition of the site's URL to external links sections for Polish authors/literary works is indeed a violation of conflict of interest/self-promotion policies, please let me know and I'll stop.

If you want to check out the site, you'll notice that my name appears only at the bottom of the main page to identify the author. The URL is http://home.roadrunner.com/~polishlit.

Constance J. Ostrowski

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Jakiś czas temu zapytał mnie ktoś czy nie mógłbym rozbudować artykuł o Poniatowskim w oparciu o artykuł z pl-wiki. Ale to nie jest moja tematyka i byłaby to całkowicie zbędna strata czasu. Nie mówiąc już o tym, że nigdy mnie nie fascynowało to, co się działo w XVIII w Polsce. Wolę wiek XVII, albo XIX-wieczne powstania. Zwracam tylko uwagę na to, że co niektórzy są zainteresowani rozbudową tego artykułu. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 07:26, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I want to inform you about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Vlad_fedorov that] because you filed a previous report to checkuser about this user. I probably will not be very active to focus on my work. Have a great New Year! Biophys (talk) 16:30, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

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Pietrus, there's a deletion review for Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan, with a new version at User:Exxess/Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan. I asked there for your advice about whether the revision does perhaps show the family as notable--I do not know enough to tell. DGG (talk) 16:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

: Regardless, it still seems to be more genealogical research than an encyclopedia article about a notable family (as compared to, for example, Lieven), still TMI (Too Much Information) on pronunciation and etymology of the name, etc. My two groszy based on knowledge of/comparing to notable Latvian famillies. PetersV       TALK 18:38, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

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hi

I am not experienced in Wikipedia.

I noticed you commenting the memorial photo of the Anders army on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, suggesting it be "open source"

I am involved in a project to organise a "Wojtek the soldier bear" memorial statue competition, and like the idea of the statue design being "open source"

Can you help me at all?

if yes, drop me a message, and I'll explain more

greetings from Krakow Poland

Richard Lucas —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lambrook (talk • contribs) 08:40, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

:Dear Richard Lucas, I'd love to help, and I am sure User:Halibutt, who wrote much of the original article on Wojtek, would also be interested. I think that combining an event dedicated to Polish history with educating people why open licenses are so important to that would be a great idea. I am also sure that [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna Fundacja Wikimedia Polska] will also be interested in helping and promoting that event.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:49, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

The Mongols did invade Lithuania. For the Kingdom of Bohemia, they just plundered Moravia.--Enerelt (talk) 06:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus, I filed a deletion request on Commons for your images :File:Gen Con Indy 2008 - boardgames 1.JPG and :File:Gen Con Indy 2008 - boardgames 2.JPG. Please feel free to participate in the discussion. Regards, --ChrisiPK (talk) 10:51, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

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Hey Piotr, a friend of mine needs a song translation done from Polish to English. Is there anyway you can email me at cordova829 at gmail and I can forward you the song? Thanks, Cordova829 (talk) 05:01, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Um, I don't know how to use wiki's email functions... sorry. Cordova829 (talk) 06:17, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus, I am currently working on the article Pope John Paul II with an aim to raise it to 'Good article' and eventually 'Featured article' hopefully. I was looking for a ‘fresh pair of eyes’ and for help/guidance on the article. As the article is mentioned on the WikiProject Poland I thought you might be interested in helping. So I thought I would invite you to take a look, and possibly give me your opinion(s) and advice, which would be most welcome. If you could spare the time, I would be most grateful. Cheers, User:Marek69User_talk:Marek69 16:54, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I edited the History of Poland and Prehistory of Poland templates to reflect the changed name of Prehistory of Poland. The box displays the new way under the "Poland" article for example, but the old way under the "History of Poland" article for example. I don't know what else is missing.

Orczar (talk) 16:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

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Honestly I don't recall such a thing. But wouldn't camps for Polish POWs murdered at Katyn fit the bill ?

They served no other purpouse but murder.

I do remeber that Kolyma Gulag is most often brought as example of "death camp" due to high level death rate.

You should note however that I am not as proficient in Soviet history as in the German.--Molobo (talk) 20:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

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Hey Piotrus. I've created an article on a military engagement called the Battle of Rarańcza. I thought we could work together to try and get it up to DYK standard. Terrakyte (talk) 19:50, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

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Hello Piotrus and thanks for the corrections to my articles. If was a rule of wikipedia left the original names of the persons mentioned there, sorry, my mistake. I continue to make the next articles of the Dukes of Brzeg and with the rest of Pisast Duchies (if I had time!). Again, sorry for the troubles and thanks. Aldebaran69 (talk) 20:12, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Zrob cos z tym ciolkiem Malikiem w w/w artykule, to rewizjonista bez podstaw wiedzy historycznej na temat kolaboracji z Niemcami w okupowanej Polsce. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration_during_World_War_II —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.199.65.174 (talk) 04:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

You may want to check the edits of these editors, and add references if possible:

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Thanks, should probably have been redirected to the Reeve (England). However, you prompted me to start a stub/start article. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 15:02, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Piotrus, I have this book at home, so as soon as I get back home, I will do it. Greetings. Tymek (talk) 18:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

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I tried to cooperate with the nomination and "bringing up to the standards" process at your urging, but honestly I've never believed that it would be possible to rewrite those long and somewhat unstructured articles to satisfy everyone's standards, without reducing them to triviality or investing an enormous amount of work. The reviewers want English language sources among other things. I think most of what's available in English on Polish prehistory is what I wrote here, except for journal articles on specialized subjects. Each reviewer produces a (more or less reasonable) list of things to do. After these are addressed, another reviewer produces another list, unrelated to the previous one, except that some of the problems listed were caused by the previous rewriting :).

I think the articles, as they are, convey their subject matter sufficiently well, without the need for any further approvals. My goal was to produce something (vastly) better than what I had found, not to chase some arbitrary and unstable standards. I'm also unable to work according to any timing demands, such as correcting an article within one week.

Having said that, some of the comments have resulted in improvements, such as the recent review of Poland in the Early Middle Ages by Wronkiew.

Orczar (talk) 15:13, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

No. I am a 7th grader, not Eco. Eco (according to his userpage) was a grown man. Jonathan321 (talk) 23:16, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I'll get round to it within the next couple of days, unless there's an urgent need to do it quickly? Terrakyte (talk) 01:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

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This is a great idea. Thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I'm not based in Pittsburgh so I won't be able to participate. I hope you have great participation with it. CrazyPaco (talk) 19:28, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Just take a look and add to your watchlist Feldhandler's stub in English. Another couple of an anti-Pole biased users makes nonsense changes. Dzieki. Bartek —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.42.78.192 (talk) 22:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Please provide sources for any content you post. There are no sources to support your claim about how Feldhandler died, I have posted nine sources which confirm the truth. I will be happy to locate and post yet further sources to further prove the truth if you continue to edit the article and insert your unsourced untrue statements. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.190.36.11 (talk) 11:36, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

:Both of you, please register and use the article's talk space for discussion. Thanks, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 13:53, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

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{{#if:|User:{{{2}}} has|I have}} nominated Władysław Sikorski for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. D.M.N. (talk) 16:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Before I start in on editing this, I'd like to know the basis on which one could say that either the crime is so notable that it must be included whenever he is discussed, or alternatively that its related to his true major notability, as a partisan leader. (I consider the notability due to the film as secondary to the military career, tho obviously they're connected.) DGG (talk) 23:06, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

::of course its Aron Bielski. I noticed the AfD. By the time I was about to contribute to it it was, properly, snow kept, so i didn't actually get to say anything there, but I saw the questions thee about what should be included. DGG (talk) 01:23, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Dear Piotr,

I am working on Korwin coat of arms (list of family names) and User:Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin/Heraldic clan Korwin right now and I hope to do so in w:pl, but I will do my best in time.

Regards my friend.--Gustavo (talk) 05:25, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Trochę dodałem, chociaż można też w innych miejscach, bo to wszystko z jednego źródła. Możnaby się pokusić o galerię, bo na commons są 4 zdjęcia, w kategorii flamethrower. A na konkursy nie mam czasu :-( Pibwl ←« 00:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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Seems they are only Wyborcza articles mostly. Here a couple of good ones from Rzeczpospolita

• [http://www.rp.pl/artykul/10,252550_Bielski_pomagal_Zydom__ale_tez_ich_wykorzystywal.html]
• [http://www.rp.pl/artykul/61991,252943_Opor_przed_rzeczywistoscia_.html]
• [http://www.rp.pl/artykul/61991,252943_Opor_przed_rzeczywistoscia_.html]
• [http://www.rp.pl/artykul/55362,252686_Tewje_nie_byl_gwalcicielem.html]
• [http://www.rp.pl/artykul/251214.html]

--Molobo (talk) 17:39, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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You said that if I had questions I should ask them to you. So here are a few questions I have while I wait for terrakyte to face off with the wikipedia arbitration board.

1. What is the size of the english wikipedia in bytes? This chart doesn't show it past 2006 [http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesDatabaseSize.htm wikipedia chart]. I'm just curious as to I've seen this question asked on various other sites.
2. How do I request protection for a page? (I've looked at the policies and they are very confusing and don't tell me what to do=( and so I thought I'd ask you). I would like to have the Federal Reserve System semi-protected. I believe it meets or exceeds the vandalism requirements (the irony!). Thanks again for all your help!Smallman12q (talk) 02:30, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
3. How do I properly use this template? subst:s/wnote

(How do I subsitute the text?)

1. What does this mean [Mark this page as patrolled] "to mark a page as patrolled"?
2. I would like to suggest an anti-vandalism bot that looks for language link removals...ieno:example.
3. When I use the "new section" tab, it doesn't give me the box to leave an edit summary.Is it it a glitch?Smallman12q (talk) 14:04, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
4. What does the {{divhide|article template do? I've seen it used by a lot of vandals.

Thankyou again for volunteering to fill in for terrakyte.Smallman12q (talk) 14:31, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• I have found that on [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Knights_Templar&action=history Scottish_Knights_Templar&action=history], there is a range of ip sockpuppets in use to vandalize, revert, and undo changes. I have opened a sock puppet case Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/86.136.176.9...but I do not know if this is the right approach. Could you please advise me on what to do? Thankyou.Smallman12q (talk) 19:49, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Can you comment on this onehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Leon_Feldhendler#Kopciowski_article when you get a chance. Thanks--Jacurek (talk) 21:11, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm just finishing Silesian Voivodeship; there are another 5 voivodeships to go I think. Probably another couple of months' work - unfortunately there is quite a lot of manual work associated with it, due to problems with the Polish articles and disambiguation conflicts with existing English articles. But progress is being made... --Kotniski (talk) 21:02, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, there should be some useful information in this book. I will add it on Sunday. Greetings. Tymek (talk) 06:01, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello -- on the Radwan deletion -- the point I was trying to make within the deletion debate was this article was originally found notable, then it was found not notable, and in the future it might yet again be found notable. I find it somewhat ludicrous, as I'm more inclined with moving towards inclusion rather than exclusion. The entire debate had an underlying tone of supplication to particular editors' self-appointed personal fiefs.

That being said, no hard feelings on my part. The article had nothing to do with my family. Quoting Norman Davies' "God's Playground: A History of Poland in Two Volumes -- Volume I, The Origins to 1795", page 127: "Henceforth, those numerous noble families, whose names first appear in the documents and land grants of the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, have a continuous history into modern times."

This family was a prime example of that, with proof of the above provided, and yet the article was still deleted. A tad bit myopic in my estimation, given the academic sources establishing what I consider notability, but that's Wikipedia's loss. This is not a paper encyclopedia, and I think notability is getting mired with prestige concerns.

I'm an American. My interest in Poland is its being the center of extermination on an industrial scale of human beings, revolution, and sovereignty, given the country experienced an extreme loss of sovereignty -- it ceased to exist. -- Exxess (talk) 06:26, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

hello Piotrus! How do I get in touch with you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doctor Omega (talk • contribs) 15:11, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

• I'd like to know if you're interested in adopting me as Terrakyte has left(he seemed a bit distresed about him perm ban.) He pointed you out as the person I should turn to. Please let me know if you are interested or if I should look for another adopter. I'd it appreciate very much. Cheers!Smallman12q (talk) 21:45, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I was looking at some WP:USERNAME and wanted to know what is considered appropriate and what is not.The page lacks examples.=(

1. Is having @yahoo or @gmail in your username appropriate as it advertises the site.
2. Is having curse in your username appropriate?
3. Is having a website in your username appropriate?
4. Is having a number in your name appropriate? such as Call me at 563-094?

Also what happens when a username is deemed inappropriate? Does the user still remain on the user list? Special:ListUsers

Erm an additional question: What is the appropriate template warning to give to someone who is impersonating an administrator.User talk:Chevrolet Cop

Another question...how should I report a user who claims to have hacked an account? The user is User:Curse_of_Fenric and onWikipedia_talk:Username_policy#Imposter account and he claims to have hacked User:Timelord69. I was wondering how and to whom this should be reported?

::Thanks for answering! I will have a look at the IRC channel.Smallman12q (talk) 18:53, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou for taking the time to answer my questions--Smallman12q (talk) 00:44, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

• I will have a look at the WP IRC channel, but I haven't used IRC in ages. And I don't mind waiting for a good reponse. ^.^ Thanks in advance for answering.

1. What warning do we give to people who remove warnings from their page?(Vandals who blank their own talk page).

1. What warning should I give to people who give themselves awards and then sign off for other people?Smallman12q (talk) 21:36, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

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Witaj. Czy mógłbyś sprawdzić zawartość [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=File%3AZuiderzeeworks.png&year=&month=-1 tej] usuniętej strony grafiki? Chodzi mi o ślady autorstwa pliku. Załadowałam w czasach moich początków ten plik na Commons i okazuje się, że nie podałam autora, nawet informacji o pierwotnym źródle nie jestem do końca pewna. Tak czy siak, zależałoby mi, abyś sprawdził, czy z tego loga można się jeszcze czegoś dowiedzieć. Pozdrawiam. Ludmiła Pilecka (talk) 23:36, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello Piotr.

Thanks for inspiring me, because of your wonderful crowded wikipage, particularly the top metals, I have created Wikipedia:Article_Rescue_Squadron/Hall_of_Fame#Award. I used your template as an example of what I wanted to do, and theDJ was kind enough to make it happen. Now there is {{template:ARS}} It just goes to show that we never know all of the positive influences we have on other peoples lives :)

I was wondering if I can ask you a question.

I am considering letting the larger community know about an RfC, with the following notice:

==Request for comments on articles for individual television episodes==
A request for comments has been started that could affect the inclusion
or exclusion of episode and character, as well as other fiction articles. Please
visit the discussion at
Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(fiction)#Final_adoption_as_a_guideline.

Would this be okay to post on these pages:

• List_of_Television_Episodes,
• :Category:American comedy television series,
• :Category:American drama television series

Thank you. Ikip (talk) 06:18, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Image:WikiThanks.png Thank You Piotrus so much. :) Ikip (talk) 17:22, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Would you please clarify which pages you endorsed for Ikip's notifications at User talk:Ikip#Your posts on various talk pages? Thanks. Flatscan (talk) 05:21, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Where did you suddenly get that from? Well, actually, I understand wherefrom. But do you have more?

I right away did some basic work (adding, deleting and changing internal links; standardized first sentence; deleted infobox since there are no infoboxes in this article; added category to redirect).

Thanks again. Debresser (talk) 19:59, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

By the way, I think the article on Rafael Cardones should be merged into the List of Honorverse characters. Could you initiate the procedure? Debresser (talk) 20:04, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

You showed the way, and suddenly I find that doing a merge is within reach of mere mortals as well. I put up a merge template, will now wait a week as you recommended, and then make the merge as outlined in the article you showed me. Thanks. Debresser (talk) 21:27, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

About the Honorverse template (see my talk page):

In that case I would be in favor of two templates. Although I would automatically put both of them in every article connected to the Honorverse. But my opinion remains that having two navboxes in one template is no problem. Debresser (talk) 19:34, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

There appears to be a potential need for getting others invovled in some aspects of the large number of recent edits by User:Debresser. Please see the comments at his talk page in the Reorganization of the Honorverse section. Wo far, I'm feeling a bit of a stick in the mud, as Debresser has, as nearly as I can see, done a good cleanup job in a section of WP which had been getting a bit shabby. But, it seems to me that we can't merely fall back on simple accuracy in these articles and must rely on brilliant prose, or something as close as we can come. A position I've had for some time, as you may recall from the extended slog with Treecat a while ago.

Anyway, would you take a look and stick in your own oar? Thnx. ww (talk) 00:21, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

:Nope, not the template. I haven't even looked at that, I don't think. Rather than bias your perspective with an account here, just read the last few entries in that section. Search for User:Ww, perhaps? And you might have to check my talk page in the last few sections for Debresser's messages to me.

:You know, it's annoying that conversations are so often split over two talk pages. I notice you've mostly solved this by ignoring other talk pages and using the you've got messages tag. Maybe I should adopt your solution? Anyway, let's hope this potential contrtemps goes little further. ww (talk) 01:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Please scroll through this entire chapter in Google Books,[http://books.google.ca/books?id=D7bobfzrcCoC&pg=PA475&dq=%22ESTABLISHMENT,+AIMS,+AND+FUNCTIONS%22] if you haven't done it already. Cheers, --Poeticbent talk 00:36, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

:Unfortunately, I cannot read it (page view limit exceeded) :( --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 01:02, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

::Try the basic HTML mode instead ([http://books.google.ca/books?pg=PA475&dq=%22ESTABLISHMENT,+AIMS,+AND+FUNCTIONS%22&id=D7bobfzrcCoC&output=html first page] [http://books.google.ca/books?pg=PA476&dq=%22the+establishment+of+the+police+force+went+through+various+stages%22&id=D7bobfzrcCoC&output=html the next] [http://books.google.ca/books?pg=PA483&dq=%22arrested+people+or+sealed+off+their+homes+for+not+paying+taxes%22&id=D7bobfzrcCoC&output=html and one more]). I hope this helps. It's a well written overview; but, there are other sources, so don't worry about it. --Poeticbent talk 01:37, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I stubbed him. Its pretty bad. Do you have any other info on him? Ostap 01:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't really like either phrasing. Putting aside what exactly Jewish historiography is, it's not the case that "Jewish sources" are uniformly negative. In fact I'd guess that majority are positive or neutral (just a guess). From the rest at least a good portion of them are simply confusing NSZ with AK or relying on/repeating Communist era sources (and of course some "Western" and Russian sources do the same). So in a way "some sources" is more accurate (and more weasely) ... except that both of the sources cited here are just plain factually wrong (there was no AK in 1947 etc) as I've indicated on the talk page. At the moment I think the best thing would be to remove that sentence altogether and same for those two sources. If alternate examples can be found (and there probably are some out there) then a rephrased version of the sentence (something like "A few authors, such as and ...") could be put back in.radek (talk) 02:14, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey Piotrus, were there any Poles in 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) or they were Volksdeutsche?--Jacurek (talk) 01:00, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

When you get a chance can you look at this againhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Poland#Recent_entry_-_Polish_volunteers_to_Waffen_SS_.28.21.3F.3F.29 I'm trying to confirm that but I'm not getting anywhere. Can you help? No rush.

Thanks--Jacurek (talk) 04:46, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

This is notice that I'm seeking clarification from the Arbitration Committee regarding your attempted admin intervention at WP:AN/3. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 19:20, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

:The exact location can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Request_for_clarification:_Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration.2FEastern_European_disputes here]. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 19:30, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I thought experienced Wiipedians would know better than to make unsourced statements which they themselves call "rumors" in the edit summary. I'd say, or source it with a reliable source, or remove it. Debresser (talk) 00:01, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hi Piotr, I've added four links and removed the orphan banner... I'm too busy to add more for the present, hope this is enough. I'll continue later. Thanks for your notification, have a nice day. --Vejvančický (talk) 15:35, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozef_Kuras]. I haven't gotten around to adding all the controversial stuff (sort of chewing it over in my head how best to approach it) and overall it's not finished yet.Any help would be much appreciated.radek (talk) 19:47, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I wanted to know a bit about DYK before I joined it. It seems interesting. (I mainly want to know how articles get chosen...and what DYK is all about.=P)Smallman12q (talk) 21:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

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Why are you deleting my categories on this page? Every one of these countries was mentioned in the report for extermination of their Jewish populations.Mtsmallwood (talk) 04:58, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

:don't want to create chaos. Is there something better than creating [:Category:Wannsee Conference]] ? Mtsmallwood (talk) 14:25, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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• Upon the improvement of World War I or Alexander the Great to featured article, Lead Coordinator Roger Davies has pledged to donate US$250 per article to the Wikimedia Foundation. This pledge is listed at the bounty board and will expire on 31 December 2009. The two articles are both listed at the Special Projects Department as the second and ninth most frequently-read MILHIST articles.
• Following extensive discussion, the structure of the A-Class Medal System has been changed to include three new medals: The A-Class Medal with Oak Leaves, the A-Class Medal with Oakleaves and Swords, and the A-Class Medal with Oakleaves, Swords, and Diamonds, each of which is respectfully awarded after 5, 10, and 20 groups of three A-Class Articles.
• The number of our A-Class articles grew by more than 25% during this month, compared to the total number of A-Class articles existent at the end of December.
• Following a successful RfA, Cam has been promoted to administrator.

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; Articles of note

New featured articles:

1. Alaska class cruiser
2. Bruce Kingsbury
3. Fred Moosally
4. Isaac Shelby
5. Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment
6. Operation Brevity
7. Operation Uranus
8. {{SS|Minnesotan}}
9. Stanley Goble
10. Tetrarch (tank)
11. {{USS|Iowa|BB-61}}
12. USS Iowa turret explosion
13. Woodes Rogers

New featured lists:

1. List of Second Boer War Victoria Cross recipients

New featured topics:

1. Adriatic campaign of 1807-1814

New A-Class articles:

1. Battle of Aachen
2. Battle of Grand Port
3. Battle of Kaiapit
4. Bob Chappuis
5. Dreadnought
6. Elmer Gedeon
7. George Alan Vasey
8. George Julian Howell
9. Heinrich Bär
10. James Newland
11. John S. McCain, Jr.
12. Landing at Saidor
13. List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War
14. M249 squad automatic weapon
15. Military history of Australia during World War II
16. Neil Hamilton Fairley
17. North Yemen Civil War
18. Operation Cobra
19. Operation Winter Storm
20. Operation Totalize
21. Percy Statton
22. Port Chicago disaster
23. SM U-14 (Austria-Hungary)
24. {{SS|Timothy Bloodworth}}
25. Tom Derrick
26. U-1 class submarine (Austria-Hungary)
27. U-3 class submarine (Austria-Hungary)
28. William Bostock
29. Willie Gillis
30. Yamato class battleship

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; Current proposals and discussions

• A drive is underway to identify the core topics of World War I with the aim of improving their quality before the centenary of the start of World War I in 2014.
• A Survey is currently underway to determine how MilHist's processes, logistics, and management can be improved.

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; Awards and honors

• "Military historian of the Year": the winners of the gold, silver and bronze wikis are: in first place, JonCatalán; in second place, Cla68; and in joint third place, TomStar81 and Skinny87. The runners-up in alphabetical, who each receive the WikiProject Barnstar, are: Abraham, B.S., Bellhalla, Dreamafter, Durova, Ian Rose, Nick-D, Saberwyn, Woody, YellowMonkey and Ynhockey.
• For their work improving articles through the Military history review process during the fourth quarter of 2008, Joe N, JonCatalán, Skinny87, The_ed17, YellowMonkey, Abraham, B.S., Cam, Woody, Roger Davies, Redmarkviolinist, Jim Sweeney, and Nick-D, have been awarded the Content Review Medal.
• Abraham, B.S. has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his many valuable contributions to the project as an active reviewer, a thoughtful contributor to military history discussions, a fine content contributor, and a gentleman.
• Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves for three ship articles: {{SS|Washingtonian}}, {{SS|Minnesotan}} and {{SS|Timothy Bloodworth}}. He is the first editor to receive the Oakleaves.
• Abraham, B.S. has also been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for Clarence Smith Jeffries, George Ingram, John Whittle, Harry Murray, James Newland and George Julian Howell.
• Cam has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, Operation Lüttich, and Yamato class battleship.
• JonCatalán has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for Panzer IV, Third Battle of Kharkov, Tanks in the Spanish Army, Arena Active Protection System, Operation Winter Storm and List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War.
• Cla68 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Operation Ke, Guadalcanal Campaign and USS Iowa turret explosion.
• Eurocopter has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Operation Epsom, Operation Cobra and Battle of Berlin.
• Hawkeye7 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for Neil Hamilton Fairley, Edmund Herring, Admiralty Islands campaign, Battle of Kaiapit, Landing at Saidor and George Alan Vasey.
• The_ed17 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for {{USS|Nevada|BB-36}}, Alaska class cruiser and Lexington class battlecruiser.
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Thank you in advance for any response. ^.^ Smallman12q (talk) 01:30, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

::K will do.Smallman12q (talk) 01:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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18px It looks to me like this article was deleted in a silent way.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lithuanian_partisans&diff=270538294&oldid=270385729] --Poeticbent talk 04:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Did you really mean "support block"? - this does not make sense with the rest of your comments. Agathoclea (talk) 18:07, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Today I saw all articles in :Category:Saga of the Skolian Empire and made edits as specified in my talk page.

As I wrote there, I would like to revive the article Kurj Skolia that was prodded. Could you tell me how to do that? Debresser (talk) 23:26, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I put up the request here. Debresser (talk) 10:03, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Done and article checked. Debresser (talk) 10:30, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

I am beginning an educational/college project (which I will list on the School/University list tomorrow), but I can't figure out how to create a "project page"?

Like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NRG

I know you have offered the template syllabus so I thought you might be able to answer this question for me.

Thanks.

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Thanks, thanks for the help. AEG English4994 (talk) 03:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC)AEG English4994

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What does TNC cabal approved mean? I can't seem to find a link to it on Wikipedia and noticed that you also had the little svg image.=PSmallman12q (talk) 14:10, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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--Dravecky (talk) 21:12, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

I have no objections other than this article is a total mess, and was then basically cut and past copy of various bits of articles like Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany#Holocaust in Estonia 1941 - 1944 (which I would rather see developed first, hence my redirect to that article) and Holocaust trials in Soviet Estonia. If you think you can knock this article into shape, please do, we can then make this the main article and make redirects to it from these other articles. Martintg (talk) 23:54, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello Piotrus,

I saw the word "troll" used early in my Internet career as an extension in meaning of "troll busting," which was the term for homeless-bashing in California, that led to several, highly biased, homicides.

Now I see the term used in equally biased ways as harassment, along with the word "noob."

I am about to start developing documentation extending the Scientific Method as a structural model for the Wikiversity. Key to recent versions of the Scientific Method is the need to eliminate bias.

You used the term "trolling" on the Wikiversity, and since I am going to use the word troll as an example of bias on the Wikiversity, I thought I should give you a "heads-up."

Oh, I spend most of my time on the wv, so you should respond there if you need to.--John Bessa (talk) 17:28, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

I've fixed a few things but I can't really do anything on content as I have no access to the sources!Fainites ^barleyscribs 21:27, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus, {{#if:|User:{{{2}}} has|I have}} nominated Witold Pilecki for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Tom B (talk) 16:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks!--Partisan1 (talk) 21:41, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Could you take alook at this page (Silesian tribes). It is constantly vandalised by LUCPOL and I dont really know how to stop him.

Best Wishes Opole.pl (talk) 21:42, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

:Artykuł jest niszczony przez Opole.pl. Wprowadza on te swoje polskie POVy które będę rewertował tak czy inaczej. Już i tak staram się ostatnio robić to bardziej cywilizowanie, choć jak dłużej będę musiał się męczyć z tym Opolem.pl to chyba wrócę do starych metod czyli "automatycznego" rewertowania zmian wprowadzanych przez polskich nacjonalistów. Pozdrawiam. LUCPOL (talk) 22:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Yhank you for your intervention. I would like things like this to be resolved in discussions but it is rather hard with Łukasz. As you can see everything I add is treated as Polish POV. It can be edited by Cambridge, Oxford and whatever else but in Łukasz opinion it will be still more POVish than books edited by RAŚ. I saw that once someone tried to talk to him but he wrote that he was not a real Silesian and a black man that he saw the day before on the Katowice street is as Silesian as he is. So what more can I say? He also writes above that he will again start to revert everything that some users add. It's just wrong. Cheers Opole.pl (talk) 09:07, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

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Shubinator (talk) 01:29, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I didn't know about the category "future history". I think it would be The Right Thing To Do to add the Honorverse category as a subcategory. Would you agree? Debresser (talk) 18:50, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I am still waiting for your opinion on this. Apart from that, I'll need some help here and here. Debresser (talk) 20:01, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

By the way, is there any reason (apart from a lack of time, which is a general problem with such as yourself) why you didn'y merge Coup de vitesse yet? Debresser (talk) 21:38, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

All is well that ends well. That was a little bit of Wikipedia-sanctionised fun. About the Treecat article. Yeah, big sigh. I reverted his last few edits. Not for the first time. He seems to me a person with deeply ingrated principles. Debresser (talk) 20:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Mergeed Coup de vitesse into Honorverse concepts and terminology. Had to adapt the section on Neue-Stil Handgemenge a little too. Debresser (talk) 20:23, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

When I saw the red links in that new disambig page, I thought it was vandalism. I deleted it before I saw who wrote it. I've put it back with my apologies. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 15:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

• Your mercy is appreciated, O Proconcil. ;0 --PMDrive1061 (talk) 18:50, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

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I know this editor from pl.wiki ([http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specjalna:Wk%C5%82ad/Trakt_Kr%C3%B3lewsko-Cesarski Trakt Królewsko-Cesarski]). His editions are rather OK. Only thing to do is to observe because he/she is probably connected with Urząd Miasta Poznania or some promotion agency working with our UM - so possible complications are copyright issues or POV, but for now on pl. I didn/t have any problems with her/him. Radomil talk 07:45, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Thanks for the input I have an article Paul Egger going through DYK now created 15 February so it may get onto the main page soon --Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:32, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

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--Dravecky (talk) 20:20, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus. I see that you have contributed to improving the above article, including suggesting it needed more internal links. So I've found it in the list of new articles to be wikified, and a few days ago I left a message on the talk page suggesting that a large chunk of the article - the majority in fact - is not really about military sociology, but is actually what military sociologists have to say about the armed forces. So I thought perhaps it would be better moved to Armed forces. I've had no response so far and wondered if you had an opinion. I'll also leave messages on the talk page of Armed forces and at Wikiproject Sociology. Regards. Itsmejudith (talk) 20:46, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Hellow, I need some help for using javascripts in HTML. I am trying to make collapsiple unordered lists. Please see the following unordered list. I want that if I click on "Windows", then 1998, 2000, XP and Vista will be shown; and if I again click on "Windows", then 1998, 2000, XP and Vista will be collapsed. I want to apply this to all components of the list. Please show me the structure. You can contact me to my talk page. --Amit (Talk | Contribs) 11:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

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Piotrus, I need a second opinion on a few issues I brought up at Talk:Poland in the Early Middle Ages/GA2. Do you think you could take a look at the remaining items listed under "Second review", and let me know if you think they need to be addressed, or if I'm being too strict with the criteria? Thanks. Wronkiew (talk) 17:07, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

:Thank you for your comments. Do you have an opinion about the items listed under Second review->Focus? Wronkiew (talk) 18:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Also, I think some of my comments about the lead section may have been misunderstood, and I see that section as the only one in need of major improvements before the article can be promoted. Can you take another look at it? Wronkiew (talk) 15:39, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

:Thank you very much for your help on this. Poland in the Early Middle Ages is now a Good Article. Wronkiew (talk) 08:18, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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--Dravecky (talk) 02:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi,

I decided to stay for a while in the tribal topics and I created this: Opolanie. I am myself from Opole so I decided to translate that article from plwiki (some info about the opole - form of governing I took from the apropriate article also from plwki). I would like to ask you to check my grammar and spelling which is still not as good as I would like it to be.

Best wishes Opole.pl (talk) 15:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks :) Opole.pl (talk) 16:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

The Walesa Kwas.jpg image was removed from History of Poland because of "inadequate rationale". Where do I put this rationale, that is what file do I edit to provide the rationale? Which part of the box displayed under the image in "Lech Wałęsa" article is the rationale in that case (if it's there)?

Orczar (talk) 16:04, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Please let me know why you have decided to place the "ledochowski" entry for deletion.

Also please explain why my contribution to "ledochowski" has been critisiced for not meeting "Wikipedia's quality standards". The references of the books I mentioned are freely available in public libraries (including the British Library to name just one). Also note that the references include well known and respected polish historical publications. Alexanderhalka (talk) 17:52, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

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Shubinator (talk) 22:50, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

You previously commented at Template_talk:Regions of Europe - could you please comment at User_talk:Neelix#Regions of Latvia and Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2009_March_2#Template:Regions of Europe? This template is being emulated over many articles via :Template:Europe topic. Thanks for your time, Knepflerle (talk) 01:16, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

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I've prodded Dołęga-Zaleski and Dołęga-Mycielski again, as they make no claim of notability whatsoever. I've also prodded Korab, also it may be perhaps merged to the Korab coat of arms instead? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:38, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks for the note. I didn't understand (and still dont) your reasons for "no claim of notablity", as I asked here once. If you replied to this, can you provide a link please. My basic question was, if you dont think that nobility is notable. Again, I have little interest in entering a debate with Polish editors, over troubles with Polish people, based on references that I cannot read. I only intervened, because I felt the arguments were lacking. Technically, you shouldnt re-PROD. If there is consensus with other Polish editors, I dont mind, because the AfD circuit is overloaded. Still, I would like to see a reply to my question. Thanks. Power.corrupts (talk) 18:06, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

::I now see that you don't watch other people's talk pages, I have copied my request here Power.corrupts (talk) 11:47, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

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Sorry, forgot. I am kind of in a chaotic state of mind now. Doing it right now. - 7-bubёn >t 19:08, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus,

It's been two years since I created that article and I honestly have little recollection of what my thought process was when I created it. I suspect that I was copying text from another article because I thought this was too much detail for that article. I believe the topic is encyclopedic but I agree that some parts of it read like POV and OR. I admit that I know very little about this topic. Can you help me fix it? Perhaps you could start by identifying the areas that you think constitute the biggest problems.

Thanx.

--Richard (talk) 21:06, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

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:This month has been interesting for MILHIST, as we reorganized a few departments. The Outreach Department has been replaced by the tabs at the top of our totally redesigned project page; thanks to Kirill for the design and Bellhalla for the logo. We also created the Academy, a hub for practical advice about creating, editing, and reviewing quality content. All project members are cordially invited to fill in some of the red links, and new ideas are always welcome.

:As you can see on the right, our A-class and featured content is growing quite rapidly; these numbers have now gone up by 45 for the second straight month! Great work! In addition, thanks go out to those who recently helped in reducing the A-class nominations backlog. Reviewers are still needed; if you feel up to it, please stop by and leave comments on an article—every review helps!

:Lastly, the contest results for the month: Bellhalla took the cake again with 77 points and gets the Chevrons, while Ian Rose gets the Writer's Barnstar for his 60 points. Other participants included Bryce (49 points), Cam (25), David Underdown (11), Kirk (5), Parsecboy (20), Piotrus (?), Rosiestep (3), the_ed17 (27), Wild Wolf (6), and YellowMonkey (35). 51 total articles were improved as part of this.

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1. Dreadnought
2. Edmund Herring
3. John Whittle
4. Murray Maxwell
5. {{SS|Kroonland}}
6. United States Military Academy
7. {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18}}
8. William Bostock

New featured lists:

1. List of Australian George Cross recipients
2. List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine

New featured pictures:

1. 1917 surrender of Jerusalem
2. WWI Canadian war bond poster (french)
3. WWI Canadian war bond poster (english)
4. Lexington class battlecruiser
5. Battle of Ticonderoga attack plan, 1759
6. Military College of Chapultepec, c. 1847
7. Machine gun corps, Tell el Sheria Gaza line, 1917
8. First Battle of Manassas map
9. Aftermath of Wounded Knee, January 1891
10. Ottoman camel corps at Beersheba, WWI
11. Japanese archer with targets, 1878

New featured topics:

1. Iowa class battleships

New A-Class articles:

1. Battle of Sio
2. Battles of the Kinarot Valley
3. Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
4. Clare Stevenson
5. Edgar Towner
6. Falaise pocket
7. Frank Hubert McNamara
8. Japanese battleship Musashi
9. Japanese battleship Yamato
10. Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer)
11. Keith Miller
12. Lee-Enfield
13. Military career of Keith Miller
14. Operation Mole Cricket 19
15. Powder Alarm
16. {{SMS|Moltke|1910}}
17. {{SMS|U-66|sub=y}}
18. {{SMS|U-68|sub=y}}
19. Sydney Rowell
20. U-5 class submarine (Austria-Hungary)
21. U-20 class submarine
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• On 22 February, four military history articles—all of them on battleships—appeared on the Main Page: {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18}} was the day's featured article, {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna||}} and {{Ship|Brazilian battleship|Minas Gerais||}} appeared as part of the DYK section, and {{Ship|French battleship|Danton|1909}} was one of the in the news items.
• Six articles in our scope appeared on the main page this month: Woodes Rogers (1 February), Action of 13 January 1797 (6 February), 300 (film) (13 February), Theramenes (17 February), Third Battle of Kharkov (19 February), and {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18}} (22 February).
• The main project page has been redesigned.
• Article alerts are now available both for the entire project (on the status page) and for each task force (on the task force page).
• The Military history coordinator elections, to appoint coordinators for the period April–October 2009, take place this month. If you are thinking of standing as a candidate, the schedule is as follows:

: Nomination period: 00:01 Sat 7 March - 23:59 Fri 13 March

: Voting period: 00:01 Sat 14 March - 23:59 Sat 29 March

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• Ian Rose has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Australian military history articles (including four Featured Articles, an A-Class article, and four Good Articles), his highly civil and collaborative editing, and his willingness to provide advice and assistance to other editors.
• MisterBee1966 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his contributions to seven featured lists on German military awards during the Second World War, and for contributing to four good articles and being instrumental in promoting three of them to A-Class status.
• Raul654 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his contributions to six current Military History Featured Articles, his flexibility in managing the "Today's featured article" list to accommodate relevant main-page appearances, and his generosity in providing many images for our visual library.
• The Land has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his significant contributions to the area of maritime warfare, as he has authored six of the seven articles in the "history of the battleship" series, with four of them now being featured.
• Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oak Leaves twice for six ship articles: U-1 class submarine (Austria-Hungary), U-3 class submarine (Austria-Hungary), {{SMS|U-14|Austria-Hungary|sub=y}}, U-5 class submarine (Austria-Hungary), U-20 class submarine, and {{SMS|U-68|sub=yes}}.
• Abraham, B.S. has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Percy Statton, Tom Derrick and List of Australian George Cross recipients.
• Cam has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Operation Totalize, {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Yamato}} and {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Musashi}}.
• Ian Rose has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Stanley Goble, William Bostock and Frank Hubert McNamara.
• Nudve has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for North Yemen Civil War, Battles of the Kinarot Valley, and Operation Mole Cricket 19.
• TomStar81 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for United States Naval Gunfire Support debate, {{USS|Iowa|BB-61}} and {{USS|Texas|BB-35}}.

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Hello Piotrus, have you read the manga Cobra (or are familiar with the anime)? I'm working on the article and I noticed that you have edited it in the past. I know you are an administrator and you edit various articles, some of which you don't know about. But i'm having a bit of trouble writing a plot section for series I haven't really read much off... ^_~ (but what I have read, I love!) I also don't want someone to write it unproffesionaly, so i'd like to ask and admin. Well anyway, If you have read the manga, can you please help. Thank you. : ) – J U M P G U R U ^{■ask㋐㋜㋗■} 05:24, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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Hi. First of, thank your handling this aspect of Polish history. Few people do it these days, and you work on Wikipedia will keep that history from fading like old books.

Two years ago I added articles on the Dziewanowski family to sections on Polish nobility. You removed them there's no proof of the family's aristocratic claim. I will be adding the family information again. Do not remove it. If you have any questions as to the nobility of the Dziewanowski family, check any legitimate book of Polish heraldry. Or as a short cut, google "Dziewanowski Chopin" and you'll find that the landed gentry that Chopin spent his summers with were the Dziewanowski. The search will also lead you to the family's history which ranges from the Napoleonic wars, to free Poland's first ambassador to the US, and as far back as the 1400's, where the Dziewanowskis were already one of the old noble families and part of the Jastrzębiec clan. So like I said - don't start deleting stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkunert (talk • contribs) 19:22, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus, thanks for the message. I do not really know if this article is interesting enough for DYK. After all, it was just one of many Polish divisions in 1939. Greetings Tymek (talk) 20:52, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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Hey Piotrus, could you help me out with something please. I am working on User:Russavia/DipMis (amongst other things), and I am in need of photos of the consulate in [http://www.mid.ru/zu_r.nsf/e0f3cd1a55ff248dc32571e7003f460b/2da279c6827de230c32565e800360443?OpenDocument Gdansk], [http://www.mid.ru/zu_r.nsf/e0f3cd1a55ff248dc32571e7003f460b/fd0bfe247aa70311c32565e800360442?OpenDocument Krakow], [http://www.mid.ru/zu_r.nsf/e0f3cd1a55ff248dc32571e7003f460b/ab378fc986af6463c32565e800360445?OpenDocument Poznan], and the [http://www.mid.ru/zu_r.nsf/e0f3cd1a55ff248dc32571e7003f460b/52f944d50ec6c8f9c32565e800360444?OpenDocument embassy and consulate buildings in Warsaw]. Could you possibly post this request over at :pl:Wikipedia:Zamówienia na obrazki for me. Cheers, --Russavia ^Dialogue 21:15, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks for that. After posting this on your talk page, I had the idea of jumping onto pl:irc, and they suggested that I post it to :pl:Wikipedia:Zamówienia_na_obrazki#Grafiki_r.C3.B3.C5.BCne_.28nie_mieszcz.C4.85ce_si.C4.99_w_powy.C5.BCszych_kategoriach.29, but we managed to find some editors who were on IRC at the time in all cities who said they would be able to help out. I told them I would leave the request active there, as I don't expect them to drop everything to get the photos, another editor may be able to do so before they can, and I can let them know. But thanks again for posting it. Cheers, --Russavia ^Dialogue 02:36, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

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Please join the discussion on this article you have contributed to. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 18:55, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Please remove the numbering in your nom entry, and also please trim it to 15 selections per DYK/GA/FC line. Thanks, Cirt (talk) 20:07, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

:Nevermind about the numbering part, but please make sure each DYK/GA/FC slot has the same number of entries, in other words 15 DYKs, 15 GAs, and 15 FCs in the nom/entry. Cirt (talk) 22:06, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Image:Alexanderthegreaattriplecrown.jpg (talk), am pleased to award the coveted Alexander the Great edition triple laurel crown to Piotrus. This special award recognizes the rare editor who contributes 15 pieces of featured content, 15 good articles, and 15 "Did you know?" entries. All hail Piotrus! Cirt (talk) 22:24, 11 March 2009 (UTC)]]

Your most honored conquering majesty, please accept these triple crowns with my gratitude, for outstanding editing work on this project. The community thanks you. Cirt (talk) 22:24, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Could you delete the stray (pictured) in the Charlie Chaplin hook on T:DYK? Shubinator (talk) 05:28, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

:Fixed by Anonymous Dissident. Shubinator (talk) 05:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

It is something I'd read about with great interest, but to actually edit it... probably not. Thanks for pointing it out, anyway!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:41, December 29, 2008 (UTC)

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