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Julia Sand DYK? nomination

I approve of your alternate hook for this DYK? nomination of mine -- Template:Did you know nominations/Julia Sand. Also, I think that I cited everything that I needed to cite by now. I'm not sure if you still want to let someone else review this DYK? nomination of mine, so please let me know what you think about my revisions and improvements for this article. Futurist110 (talk) 00:34, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

An article you previously added a Prod to, Stephen Melamed, was deleted. The deletion was contested at WP:REFUND and has been restored. GB fan 17:31, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Category:Organizations based in Vilnius

Category:Organizations based in Vilnius, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Tim! (talk) 07:21, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

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Agata Materowicz article

Dear Sir Peter,

I have, like you Polish background, but my home time is Australia – Sydney for the last 20 years, but currently I am in Europe- travelling around.

I deeply regret, you are trying to delete the article of Agata Materowicz on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agata_Materowicz

From my point of view I included the amount that would be enough to cover mainstream sources requirements for the article, and one additional I added today http://www.lodzkie.pl/wps/wcm/connect/lodzkie/departamenty/Kultura/Stypendia/

I read about you Big involvement in Wikipedia, and also I realised you are teaching students at the University. So you knowledge about IT or Wikipedia is Far above... my knowledge. I am an accountant finished my degree at Sydney University, so I am not IT. This is my first article on Wiki and currently I am doing Polish version- work in progress, but my lack of knowledge limiting my efforts. Simply, I don't know how to add additional language... and at the moment you want to delete my english version.

Would you please consider to change you mind and remove the tag? I would be very grateful.

I also wonder if you can give me any advice how to improve the article and avoid unpleasant surprises.

Regards

Danuta Kruszewska email: danutakruszewska@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiciatycia (talkcontribs) 10:30, 2 June 2013 (UTC)


Dear Peter,

Thank you very much for your understanding. I believe I have lot to study to slightly improve my knowledge about Wiki, how to avoid unnecessary problems and follow Wiki rules. I wish to join the classes you are teaching at Uni.... I am sending to you some examples of Materowicz publications:

Books:

1. Agata Materowicz, Etyka w mediach vol.7: Swiat norm a codziennosc’, article: Przyklad naduzycia praw autorskich przez dziennik Życie Warszawy. ISBN 978-83-62625-02-4, online edn. 2010, publikacja Scriptorium. URL: http://www.scriptorium.net.pl/?sekcja=autor&opcja=autor&id=94

2. Prof Anna Sieradzka, “Peleryna, tren i konfederatka: O modzie i sztuce polskiego modernizmu”, published by Zakad Narodowy im. Ossolinskich (January 1, 1991) drawings by Agata Materowicz , ISBN-10:8304024535 and ISBN-13: 978-8304024533, URL:http://allegro.pl/sieradzka-o-modzie-i-sztuce-polskiego-modernizmu-i3131730163.html

3. series of children books “Groszek”, for eg: Wojciech Wejner, “Groszek.Zwierzęta na wsi”design and handmade figurines Groszek by Agata Materowicz (postacie Groszka.), Publisher Poznań : Podsiedlik, Raniowski i Spółka, 2001, ISBN: 83-7212-757-3, URL: http://w.bibliotece.pl/books/50f73068f7f74a20a6993b8075b77b18/

4. Wikipedia: Anna Jantar, In memory of Anna Jantar, 1983- music club, 1984- exibition, URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Jantar

Thank you once again for your understanding. Regards Danuta Kruszewska — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiciatycia (talkcontribs) 20:44, 2 June 2013 (UTC)


Dear Sir,

Thank you for your replay and explanation.

Regarding your question. I would classify this person to the group #2, as the artist who creates her work in many different ares as photograph, book illustrator -drawer, FIMO sculptures maker and caricatures maker, animation figurines maker, painter. At the moment she is developing new technology to produce animation figurines/ puppets for Stop Motion Animation. Her mentor, I would say, this is the best word to describe their partnership is prof Skrobecki , who designed and produced all of the puppets for the animation of “Peter and the Wolf”, directed by Suzie Templeton. This production was awarded the 2007 Oscar for “Best Animated Short Film”.

Dear Sir, I would like to follow Wikipedia rules and obtained more accurate and reliable sources:

1/ Children Books:

“Marzenia Muchomorka” 2010, ISBN 9-788393-171705 „Groszek – Pierwsza książka przedszkolaka”, 2000- ISBN 83-7312-395-0 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum

„Groszek poznaje dzikie zwierzęta”, 2000,  ISBN: 83-7341-707-9                                      
„Groszek, zwierzęta na wsi”, 2001, ISBN: 83-7212-757-3                                                   

„Groszek wśród dzikich zwierząt”, 2002, ISBN: 83-7341-708-7

„Groszek, zwierzęta w lesie” , 2002,  ISBN: 83-7341-706-0 

2/ Art Catalogues Co-author “Strzemiński 2012 - Sztuki Piękne, Projekt”, 2012, ISBN 978-83-63141-09-7 “Ja Tu I Teraz”, 2013, ISBN 978-83-63141-17-2

3/ Biography Dzbeńska-Karpińska Marta. “Matki mężne, czy szalone”, Published by Centrum Myśli Jana Pawła II, 2012, ISBN 978-83-60853-22-1

4/ Polsat TV program about Materowicz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1sP3HBk3A

5/ and another TV VOT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30jDbBE3jw8

and

6/ Video interview with Materowicz made by Natalia Kukuska, this video is part of EMI DVD „Zycia mala garsc memories of Anna Jantar and Jaroslaw Kukulski,2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkihwc0q6fY&list=UUI5EKSuemmWw3i80hpMAgEA&index=3

        • This DVD has been selling by EMPIK

http://www.empik.com/zycia-mala-garsc-koncert-dedykowany-annie-jantar-i-jaroslawowi-kukulskiemu-various-artists,p1063225658,muzyka-p

I hope this time I satisfy your requirements. Once again I would like to thank you for guiding me through this process. I really appreciate your every single comment.

Regards Danuta Kruszewska — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiciatycia (talkcontribs) 20:47, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dear Sir,

Thank you for your response. I am gathering reliable data , so the required information will be sent to you tomorrow.

Regards Danuta Kruszewska — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiciatycia (talkcontribs) 22:28, 4 June 2013 (UTC)


xxxxxxxxxxx Dear Sir.

As promised I am sending to you detailed information about books and catalogues.

1. “Marzenia Muchomorka” a/ third party done: poetry written by poet, and printing and binding done by a printing company

b/ Materowicz done

Design and handmade of FIMO sculptures, scenography and arrangements and their photographies. Art/graphic design( text with photos) and process , text edit and correction, preparation of the book layout including (edit , slop/ends cutting), adequate edge margin, all other adjustment, bitmap resolution check, converting to printing format, computer coordination with the printing computer to achieve colour saturation of the final product

2. all Groszek books design and handmade of FIMO sculptures, scenography and arrangements, taking pictures of them, correction and necessary adjustments of those photos, and adjustment to the text

3. Ja tu I teraz in polish/english/italian 40% of catalogues photos made by others 60% Materowicz own photos text by prof Wagner and the rest of the work made by Materowicz: Art/graphic design( text with photos) and process , text edit and correction, preparation of the book layout including edit , slop/ends cutting, adequate edge margin, all other adjustment, bitmap resolution check, converting to printing format, computer coordination with the printing computer to achieve colour saturation of the final product

4. Matki mezne I szalone Coauthor of the text relating to her ( Materowicz). Part of the book is about Materowicz

5. Etyka w mediach vol.7: Swiat norm a codziennosc’, article: Przyklad naduzycia praw autorskich przez dziennik Życie Warszawy Materowicz is the author of this article.

6. “Peleryna, tren i konfederatka: O modzie i sztuce polskiego modernizmu” All book drawings made by Materowicz

7.Art Catalogues Co-author “Strzemiński 2012 - Sztuki Piękne, Projekt” Materowicz is coauthor of this catalogue, including Text, photos, art/graphic design( text with photos) and process , text edit and correction, preparation of the book layout including edit , slop/ends cutting, adequate edge margin, all other adjustment, bitmap resolution check, converting to printing format, computer coordination with the printing computer to achieve colour saturation of the final product.

Uff.... I am not an expert in a book production process.

Thank you for your help.

Regards Danuta Kruszewska — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiciatycia (talkcontribs) 22:30, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

xxxxxxxxx

Dear Sir,

Ive done some extra work.. Generally: galleries display Materowicz arts, photos of her arts, and extra sources. I think I should meet Wikipedia requirement this time.

Regards Danuta Kruszewska — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiciatycia (talkcontribs) 21:38, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Disappearance of Henry Borynski

Thank you for taking an interest in the article, it would make a great DYK for the 50th anniversary of his disappearance. Incidentally, I hope to get my 50th DYK this year, but its great that you encourage people like that. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 17:39, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Jan Dekert

I've begun the review of Jan Dekert and would like your thoughts on a few points. Thanks for your work on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 21:33, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

I still have one question for you there, and then this should be ready to pass. Thanks, -- Khazar2 (talk) 19:05, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Adam Mickiewicz‎ 'bias' complaint

Hmm, I'm wondering why the Adam Mickiewicz‎ page is listed under dozens of Russian categories (such as Russian Writers, history, etc.)... Do you think they may be confused as to who they are and who they are not? Strange people, strange people... --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:47, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

I think you've misunderstood what I'm saying... entirely. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 07:10, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps, but I don't like to post on talk pages of editors who remove my comments. As such, I don't see how we can continue this discussion in talk space, if you are willing to remove yours or mine comment from either talk page. If you have something to say, I suggest you do so on the article's talk page. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:45, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Apologies, Piotrus. I think there's been a serious misunderstanding, on my behalf, of what you were trying to convey. I took your adendum, "If you'd like to remove this from the talk, please go ahead." as meaning that you wanted me to remove it from my own talk page, then thought you were referring to your own talk page. No, I don't remove anything on talk pages, nor do I make any edits, comments, suggestions without a notation as to why. I was taken aback by your "This has been cabal approved" stamp & didn't know whether it was an accusation directed at me as a slap on the wrist. Your comment on my talk page has been reinstated. I hope we can wipe the slate clean and resume cordial relations. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:12, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm glad to see that we're back on track. I suspected the stamp was a joke but, then, one never knows. I have to admit that I'm a bit wary of tampering with categories without feeling fully equipped to do so. I was actually hoping you could direct me to policy information regarding what is considered to be within the scope of what basically amounts to a watchlist. I was quite disconcerted to note an enormous number of categories on the AM talk page that did not seem to be justified by any stretch of the imagination on EN Wikipedia. I've also noted the same of a number of other biographies (aside from Polish notables). No doubt this subject has been broached before and you'd have some idea of arguments and outcomes. Any assistance regarding unwarranted 'categories' would be appreciated. Dziękuję bardzo. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 07:02, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for pointing me in the right direction, Piotrus. This should keep me occupied for a while! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 01:11, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I've seen that categories are very useful just for going through areas of interest in order to find out where I can help to clean up an article or work on a stub. I'm more concerned about categories being applied that really have no reason to be there encouraging people to come in and vandalise pages or start up disputes on the talk page. As I've noted, I'm going to have a little perusal of the policies surrounding questionable categories... just as a matter of interest. Again, many thanks for your assistance, Piotrus! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 10:33, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for your work to bring Jan Dekert to Good Article status. -- Khazar2 (talk) 10:48, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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Translate

Could you put the Polish language tag on this File:Mickiewicz - rekopis Ody do mlodosci.jpg Commons photo description and put an English translation? Thank you. I put it in the lead slot of a DYK prep.PumpkinSky talk 01:03, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Christianization of Bohemia

The DYK project (nominate) 16:32, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Congrats on persevering with Jan Karol Chodkiewicz GA nomination. Great work. Tomobe03 (talk) 10:08, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

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Rush Wimberly article

Thanks, Piotrus, for the help with the Rush Wimberly article. I had a conversation several years ago with that gentleman's grandson. I used all the info I could find, and I can't do library research on this. I could not find a suitable hook for this article, at least not yet. Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:14, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

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tak trzymaj

witam,

chcialem tylko powiedziec, ze pierwszy raz w zyciu zaczalem czytac dyskusje nt artykulow na wiki. Cieszy mnie, ze nie tylko bojowe nic-nie-rozumiejace buce walcza i krzycza, ale ze tez jest ktos taki jak Ty.

po prostu chcialem powiedziec dziekuje i powodzenia w Twoich badaniach i wykladach o wikipedii! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.0.117.8 (talk) 17:14, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

To professor Piotrus

Hello professor, I`m HaeYoon Sung I edited some articles. Please check, my edits. Thank you.--HaeYoon (talk) 11:37, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

To professor Piotrus

Hello professor, I'm Jung Hyun Lee I already done some article and posting blog. Please check my extra assignments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LEE JUNG HYUN (talkcontribs) 13:53, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Battle of Kozludzha

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Heizer

Since the topic of neutrality is going to have to lead to an off-topic discussion, I want to write it directly to your talk page. The Armenian Genocide is not a controversy on Wikipedia. The general consensus as to the factual bases of the Armenian Genocide makes it uncontroversial and therefore we as Wikipedian users may use the term whenever and however we want. If the Genocide was presented as a controversy on Wikipedia, the article wouldn't be called "Armenian Genocide", rather it would be called Armenian Deportation or something. I've had many many DYK's where the Armenian Genocide term is used. There was no problem. Proudbolsahye (talk) 17:24, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Please do. Proudbolsahye (talk) 17:56, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Battle of Nauplia (1822)

The DYK project (nominate) 03:08, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

How should we describe the Nazi genocide of Polish and Jewish population in Silesia during Second World War?

Since you commented on this subject I would welcome your opinion[1]

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Re Featuring your work on Wikipedia's front page: DYKs

Hello Piotrus, thanks for your comments - at the moment I ma not sure if the article Bernard Maciejowski is ready for a lot of exposure, still there things to improve and update. But if you could be so kind and willing to add it to the list then please do so. Many dziekuję :) DarioTW 14:33, 29 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarioTW (talkcontribs)

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Hi. Just a note that I've moved your thread from the "Thanks"-specific subpage, to Wikipedia talk:Notifications#Good idea, few suggestions, and answered it there. HTH. –Quiddity (talk) 20:54, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Re: cite your sources

As you well know I usually do, unless I merely translate the article from Polish wiki. Is there any specific article you mean? //Halibutt 21:49, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Must've hit Ctrl+S too early, that's all. //Halibutt 01:22, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
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Could you please check this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Fram http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Achinger_coat_of_arms

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Saurkraut dishes

I forget the name, but did you see that someone created a new separate article on the Hungarian (I think) version of the cabbage dish (I can't remember the name off the top of my head :)? I think the two should be merged. Take care. Candleabracadabra (talk) 23:13, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

I imagine you haven't seen the latest comments on this nomination, pointing a way forward out of the current logjam. It would help to have your take on the matter. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:11, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor

Hi Piotrus,

I know you've been offwiki for a couple of days, but I'm hoping to catch you when you're back, and also to find any other Polish speakers who happen to be watching this page. WP:VisualEditor is probably going to be turned on for the Polish Wikipedia on 29 July 2013, which is three weeks from today. There is about four sentences of information about the software change at pl:Wikipedia:VisualEditor. About 20 editors there have tried to use it. I'm worried that the appearance of the new editing system will be confusing and frustrating for them, especially if there are no help pages on the Polish Wikipedia.

On the other hand, there are partly completed translations at Mediawiki: mw:Help:VisualEditor/User_guide/pl, mw:VisualEditor/Portal/pl, and mw:Help:VisualEditor/FAQ/pl. These need to be finished, checked, and copied to the Polish Wikipedia. Do you have an interest in helping with the translation? Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 17:51, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the link to the Babel page. I hadn't found that yet.
I hope that your trip is a pleasant one. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:46, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

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Congratulations on the GA status of the Mickiewicz article!

Wonderful to see that it's been, deservedly, recognised as a Good Article. Great work! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:49, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Polish-language help

Could you help with a potential language issue? WP:AN#Request_to_salt_:_Kopex involves someone who's been causing a bit of a mess, but one of the participants in the discussion has observed that the mess-maker is active at pl:wp and has suggested that the mess-maker may not be comfortable in English. Nyttend (talk) 02:33, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Commons reply

I replied at :http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Piotrus#Skyrim before I noticed that you don't log there often.--Canoe1967 (talk) 15:59, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Help!

Man, I need your help ! I've been revising Kosenko's compositions and received a dissertation from a soprano in Krakow. The titles are in Russian, with translation to Polish, but not even Google is capable of helping me decipher this. I'm sending it all to a Russian wikipedian too, 'cos I need the most accurate translation if possible. I removed everything that's not necessary. Please, you can make it right here and I'll pick it up later. Thanks, Krenakarore TK 10:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Saying no, isn't offensive...:) ! Thanks. Krenakarore TK 10:44, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Is Activity in Decline?

I do a lot of editing on two or three other non-wiki sites, and there are only so many hours in the day. If I do work on these other sites, then I would do less on wiki.

I do a lot of spelling corrections on wiki, but if I spot something more significant (on the Watchlist, or a page with a spelling error) where I might do more than this, then I will do so; write some text, add a link, etc.

Searching for spelling errors is an alternative way of going though pages using the "Random article" function. Fixing spelling errors does of course gain credit in the hall-of-fame.

Overall, I find wiki most rewarding.

There are a few special functions that I would like to ask to be done, if only I knew someone to do so. For example: search and count a particular word mentioned in the "contributions" function. Tabletop (talk) 11:32, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sejm of Congress Poland

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Sejm of Congress Poland you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:24, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Since I have Jedruch's Constitutions, Elections, and Legislatures of Poland I'll also perform the GA reviews on Sejm of the Land, Sejm of the Estates, and Sejm of the Grand Duchy of Posen. I am curious to know why the word sejm has been used in the article titles instead of using an English word like congress or parliament? I have noticed some cases where the term has been transliterated as seym, thereby complicating matters. Chris Troutman (talk) 03:08, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Talk pages/assessment tags

Hej, jestem jeszcze początkującą kontrybutorką, niezbyt pewnie poruszam się po talk pages i mam kilka głupich pytań odnośnie wiadomości na mojej stronie ;)

  • Stworzyłam już kilkanaście stron, ale do tej pory nie tworzyłam do nich talk pages (w kilku przypadkach stworzyli je inni użytkownicy, którzy np. weryfikowali moje artykuły). Czy robi się to ręcznie, dodając kolejną stronę o nazwie "Talk:Tytuł_artykułu", czy jest jakiś szybszy sposób?
  • Czy jest jakiś szybki sposób przechodzenia z artykułu na jego talk page, tak jak można przechodzić pomiędzy zakładkami Read, Edit i View history? Nigdzie nie widzę takiej opcji... Już znalazłam :)
  • Czy do każdego nowego artykułu powinnam dodawać talk page, nawet jeśli np. pozostanie ona pusta? Nie wiem, jakie są tu zwyczaje. Np. dodałam dziś artykuł Eska Rock i zastanawiam się, czy powinnam sama stworzyć stronę Talk:Eska Rock, czy zaczekać aż ktoś to zrobi? ;)
  • Najczęściej dodaję strony związane z muzyką - wykonawcy, płyty, single. Zastanawiam się, czy jeśli chodzi o assessment tags, mam sama dodawać np. "WikiProject Songs", "WikiProject Albums"? I czy np. dodając artykuł o zespole Kim Nowak, powinnam jeszcze dodać "WikiProject Poland" i/lub "WikiProject Warsaw"? Im więcej, tym lepiej?
  • Pod jaki projekt można podpiąć np. Eskę Rock?

Przepraszam, jeśli trochę namotałam ;) Będę wdzięczna za pomoc :)

Mayast (talk) 19:28, 16 July 2013 (UTC)


Bardzo dziękuję za rozjaśnienie sytuacji :) W takim razie będę się starała dodawać talk pages ;) Tą zakładkę po lewej w końcu dojrzałam, no cóż, ślepota nie boli? :)
Mayast (talk) 19:50, 16 July 2013 (UTC)


Zastanawiam się nad jeszcze jedną rzeczą: na jakiej zasadzie mogę sama określić klasę ważności artykułu? O ile w przypadku Coke Live Music Festival czy Eska Rock nie mam wątpliwości, że są start-class, to np. Do I Wanna Know?, Kim Nowak i Muchy (band) z opisu klas bardziej pasują mi co najmniej do C. Czy mogę sama przypisać je do tej klasy, czy ktoś inny powinien zweryfikować te artykuły? Jak to się odbywa?
Mayast (talk) 20:22, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject assessment tags

Hi Piotrus, thanks for the reminder. I normally do add the project boxes once I've finished the article, but I have several on the go right now and hadn't got round to it. I'll add them earlier in the translation process in future. Cheers. Bermicourt (talk) 20:08, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

I've made what i believe is the change you requested, and replied there.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 21:42, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

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Dear Piotrus, how are you? I put the list of surnames entitled to use this coat of arms in the proper place. I hope the reference should well done (I forgot many "wiki-tricks")... Anyway, the article :List of Surnames That May Use The Jastrzębiec Coat Of Arms became unnecessary. May you delete this article for good? Trzymajcie się i jestesmy w kontakcie. --Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin (talk) 08:36, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Piotr, a question: I was just looking at the entry on Henryk Sienkiewicz. Somewhere, I don't remember where — perhaps in Heart of Europe — I read that Sienkiewicz's novel about the Teutonic Knights was actually intended as a veiled commentary on the post-Napoleonic Russian occupation, rather than a historical account of the Teutonic Order. I didn't see that notion mentioned in the article. Can you enlighten me on this?

Dziękuję. Sca (talk) 14:00, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Here's what Norman Davies says about Sienkiewicz:
"Sienkiewicz's declared intention of krzepienie serca, of 'raising people's spirits' by [through] stirring tales of the Swedish Wars, the early Christians, or the struggle against the Teutonic Knights, could not fail to revive his readers' resentments against current political oppressions." He doesn't seem to mention Russia specifically, though, at least not here.
A few pages later, Davies writes that in Sienkiewicz's day the Teutonic Knights, with their (to Poles) "sinister" black crosses, were seen in Poland as "simply the champions of Evil," while Sienkiewicz's character Zbyszko in Krzyżacy "is fighting for the Good." Ergo, history writ black and white.
I can send you cites if so desired. Sca (talk) 15:37, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The article Sejm of the Grand Duchy of Posen you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sejm of the Grand Duchy of Posen for comments about the article. Well done! Chris Troutman (talk) 15:46, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sejm of the Land

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I responded to you on the DYK talk page. I'm not an admin and no one is entitled to an image just because they added it to their nomination. What I did is a common practice and the important thing is promoting hooks, which would be hard to do if every editor's hook with an image had to be added. SL93 (talk) 12:03, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

It is also against the rules for a reviewer to approve their own hook. SL93 (talk) 12:15, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for A Polish Nobleman

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Thank you

Thanks for your note about citing Google books. Very helpful. Capitalismojo (talk) 04:16, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Medieval Town of Toruń

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University of Pittsburgh library project

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Survey

Hi Piotr. To be honest, my reasons for not having got back to you are the same as my reasons for having reduced my edit count recently; I just don't have the time. Feel free to send me the questions though and I'll see if I can squeeze you in. – PeeJay 20:06, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

No, that's OK, I'll send you an email now so you have my address. – PeeJay 20:36, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi from me as well, Piotr. I do plan to respond ... just got your message today (been busy with other stuff -- will say more in my response). All the best -- and thank you for taking the time and trouble to do this. It *is* important to know. Antandrus (talk) 00:54, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I am sorry I will not be participating in the survey (though it is a worthwhile project); two of the reasons I have contributed less are my computer not working as well as it used to do and a feeling that too much of my time goes into Wikipedia. (Also I have not enabled wikimail.)--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 11:34, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Battle of Zieleńce Assessment

Piotrus,

I didn't assess "B1" of the B-class criteria so I left it as "no". Over the past few weeks, there have been quite a few article's requesting certain "Bx" assessment, I only did "B5" as you can see. I'm hoping that someone else could come along and assess the "B1" of the B-class criteria of the Battle of Zieleńce. Adamdaley (talk) 00:17, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Subpage

Sorry about this. I meant to save it on my own subpage, but didn't realize I was on the wrong tab! I loved how it looked, and wanted something similar on my userpage. Best regards,--Typing General (talk) 02:12, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

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User:Zombie433

Hi, I saw your message on User talk:Zombie433. Just for information: this user was indefinitely blocked nearly three years ago. His edits were not particularly helpful. --Jaellee (talk) 15:55, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

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An easy one

Re User talk:Jagged 85#Request to take part in a survey, the user has a reduced level of activity because they were indefinitely blocked in September 2012 for creating extraordinary amounts of damage to the encyclopedia (see WP:Jagged 85 cleanup). Any list of editors with a large edit count and reduced activity probably includes a number of similar, although much less dramatic, cases. Johnuniq (talk) 11:57, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Sorry I missed this below. Your point about the danger that the survey can be skewed to become garbage in / garbage out is well taken. SteveMcCluskey (talk) 13:16, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Second Partition of Poland

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Survey request

Hi,

I recently saw your survey request on Jagged 85's talk page. Jagged 85 was banned by the community after a long history of disruptive editing and will probably not be able to respond to your survey. --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 03:09, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Yes, and I mentioned that above at #An easy one. I have been watching this page to see if there was a response, even if just an acknowledgement. My greater fear is that people like Jagged will respond to the survey, and the WMF will end up with tables and graphs "proving" that Wikipedia should be more welcoming and all-inclusive, when in fact the problem is that the now-blocked users were not eliminated far earlier, before causing so much disruption that sapped the time and energy of good editors. Johnuniq (talk) 03:25, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
@User:SteveMcCluskey, @User:Johnuniq. Thank you for the note, I certainly realize some editors left because they were banned. Nonetheless they have the right to present their side of the story; hardly all bans were uncontroversial - or correct. While I personally agree with you that we often take too long to act, we also do way to little to mentor or help editors to prevent various negative outcomes, from bans to much more common wikistress and withdrawals. Still, bans represent a small fraction of the overall percentage of editors whose contributions declined, so I wouldn't worry about them skewing the result significantly. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:39, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Old City of Zamość

The DYK project (nominate) 06:34, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

If you genuninely believe that this should be an article in its current state then would you please do the project a favour and turn the opening paragraph into something approaching readable English so that it's not a completely useless article. Perhaps move it to a title that actually means something as well --Jac16888 Talk 15:59, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

@UseR:Jac16888. If I had time, I would do it. I don't, and the article being a mess is no grounds for blanking. We should leave it be so somebody can eventually clean it up. At least they'll start from this rough draft. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:23, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
A mess is a massive understatement, if the article is of any use whatsoever as a "rough draft" then it should not be difficult for you to quickly rewrite the opening paragraph. If not then do the project a favour and restore the redirect--Jac16888 Talk 12:29, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
@UseR:Jac16888 Do this project a favor and make sure you respect our deletion policies. You should never do sneaky deletions like the one you did before. If you disagree with me, AfD is that'a'way. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:33, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
So in other words you're saying that you're perfectly willing to keep an absolutely terrible article around on the offchance that some future hypothetical person might possibly maybe fix it, but have no intention of making an effort to do so yourself? It's called a WP:REDIRECT, and there was nothing sneaky or against policy about it, I would have hoped somebody with your experience would be aware of such a thing--Jac16888 Talk 12:39, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
@UseR:Jac16888 I don't have time to wikilawyer on WP:BLAR. An experienced editor like yourself should knew that what you are doing is bordering on abuse of WP:REDIRECT and deletion policy; you are removing notable, referenced content. Either way, I consider the issue closed here (again, if you want to continue this, go to AFD). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:57, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Nino Konis Santana National Park

QPQ done for Template:Did you know nominations/Nino Konis Santana National Park.--Nvvchar. 17:37, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK-Good Article Request for Comment

Polish American Attorneys

I understand the deletion issue. I feel the association is historically very relevant, and easily would meet criteria if I could find more information regarding active/past litigation it has been involved in. It's not easy, considering that it goes by a few names, none of them high profile. If you can find some links on that, please forward them my way. Otherwise, I have no reason to oppose the current deletion movement.Pola.mola (talk) 01:55, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Survey reply

Note: The vast majority of my edits involve categorization work. I have created very few articles but many categories.

Question 1. Chose one answer which BEST describes the reason you have reduced your contributions: a) because of new commitments - family and community volunteer work c) other (please elaborate): Also seeking the right kind of categorization work that needs to be done.

Question 2. Do you agree with the following statement (YES or NO): a) some of the most stressful moments in my life were related to my involvement with Wikipedia No, although there have been some occasions where I strongly disagree with a person's opinions about categories or the structure of an article, and I have found it a bit difficult to look for arbitrators.

Question 3. On a scale of 1-5, how likely are you to start contributing again (or return to your peak activity levels)? (1=Never, 5=Definitely, it's just a matter of time)

4, already working more but I am still involved with outside activities.

Question 4. If you would like to elaborate on the reasons you reduced your contributions, dispute that claim, suggest reforms to Wikipedia that would make it a better place for you to edit, or provide any other comments (including links to Wikipedia pages), please include them below:

Nothing at this time. Jllm06 (talk) 21:24, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Another survey reply

1. a 2. No 3. 3 4. N/A Severo (talk) 16:55, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 July newsletter

We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Canada Sasata (submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today, London Miyagawa (submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by Poland Piotrus (submissions), Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 23:33, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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Battle of Tursko

Thanks for the DYK, as I am guessing you are responsible for it. Tymek (talk) 18:50, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Editor survey

Wondering if you have had much response to the editor survey you send out to those who were once very active but no longer are? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 12:23, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

In Response to Proposed Deletion or Richard K. Lublin

Piotrus,

In regards to your previous comment - "The article Richard K. Lublin Teaching Award has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern: This article fails to satisfy WP:N criteria: no coverage in mainstream media, self-references"

Thank you for bringing these concerns to my attention. I have removed the self reference Richard K. Lublin link (http://www.richard-lublin.com/richard-k-lublin-lawyer.php). Can you please define credible mainstream media coverage? This article contains many credible sources to Duke Today, YouTube, and other wiki pages. Please recommend action to be taken to remove proposed deletion.

--Firstexperience (talk) 19:33, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Unreferenced Photographs at 125th Pennsylvania Infantry

All photographs have been vetted by licensing protocols at Wiki Commons, but by context, I infer that 'unreferenced' means that something additional is required. Would transfer of the source and licensing info from Commons to a citation in the hosting article make them 'referenced'? Or does 'referencing' mean something else?Donaldecoho (talk) 13:08, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Some issues have arisen with the nomination. If you are able to get internet access, please stop by. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:39, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

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Replies at How to cite a book without page numbers?

There are now two replies to your question. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 11:18, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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Nomination of Kenneth A. Bollen for deletion

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Kościuszko page

Aye there Piotrus, it's been a while. I left a support on theFeatured article candidates page. Upon review of the Kościuszko page I'm about to add an introductory sentence to the American Revolutionary War section, because that section starts right off by jumping into details with no general introductory sentence. Every well written section needs to have 'something' in the way of an intro'. However, I don't know right off where to find a citation for this general statement so you might want to get in there and provide one. (Btw, whatever became of the Rosetta Barnstar I awarded you? Don't see it on your user page.) -- Gwillhickers (talk) 16:30, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

@[[User:Gwillhickers: I have a user page info backlog, last time I updated it in March. I appreciate the award, just didn't find the time to display it or other I got since :) I will, I am sure. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 16:42, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Btw, ref [24] in the War in the north section is now invalid. You might want to look into that also. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 16:46, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Assault on Danzig (1627)

Hello, I just wanted to mention that I de-PRODded Assault on Danzig (1627), which is NOT the same as Battle of Dirschau. The date is in August rather than May, as was clearly specified in the two articles. Swedish sources for the latter battle specifically mentions that the king was wounded "again". Tomas e (talk) 16:59, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Pomoc przy korekcie do artykułu o Kaszëbskô Jednota

Witam Panie Piotrze, Obecna wersja to runda druga. Już raz próbowaliśmy utworzyć to hasło. Jednak zarzucano nam, że stowarzyszenie istnieje za krótko, hasło nie jest encyklopedyczne,że za długie/za dużo samo reklamy, że brak dokonań, itp. itd. Koniec konców zostało usunięte. Więc po dłuższej przerwie spróbowaliśmy "krótko i na temat" Teraz Pan napisał, że niewystarczająco długie jest to hasło. Jako, że my sami stawiamy dopiero pierwsze kroki na Wiki a Pan ma doświadczenie, to czy mógłby Pan zasugerować co i jak należy dodać? Z góry dziękuje. Sebastian/Dolmaczera 22:46, 13 August 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dolmaczera (talkcontribs)

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Image links

Not at all - and good to finally meet you this weekend! Andrew Gray (talk) 14:48, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Polish question

Alex ShihTalk 00:03, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Artur Boruc article/review

Thank you for looking over the Artur Boruc article. I've now added the two required references. I've already tried to find verifiable sources for the PL wikipedia info on Boruc's early life/career, but without success.
Anyway, thanks for checking over the article, and if there are any further changes you feel would be appropriate, feel free to let me know. ShugSty (talk) 02:27, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

projects/assessment tags

Thanks for the info on the assessment tags. I previously assumed that it was for the people who actually are members of a project to decide whether they want that specific page included in their project.Drow69 (talk) 10:48, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash

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Otaku GA

Just a heads up that I am still awaiting your reply to whether or not any issues remain. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 02:47, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

  • If you want, I can maybe help with your GA. This may seem unusual, but here's the ref for Victor Cazalet, who died and was found still strapped in his seat.[2] Other issues are relatively minor and I'd be happy to assist - I know your time is valuable, but I would like for you to take a peek at otaku and with your approval, help fix up your article. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 18:17, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Toruń Castle

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Industrial Union of Donbas

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Working on it. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 16:40, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

All fixed. Please, check back to follow up on it. ISD is one of the biggest companies in Europe and it cannot fail notability. It is also one of the biggest political players in Ukraine, ignoring it means simply to be lead into confusion. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 16:58, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Dont really understand how it still fails to show notability, however, I did provide some additional information. Please, check back to see it. Also there is a special information portal on metallurgical industry news in Ukraine which constantly talks about ISD (www.ugmk.info). Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 14:13, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

vocabulary question

Hi Piotrus, you speak Polish natively, right? Maybe you can help me with this:

Nasz Jaśleń jest do tego chętny Staje na czele i wiedzie nas
"our Jaśleń is willing(ready, eager) to stand at the head (in the forefront, vanguard) and to lead us"

Google translate, and indeed google altogether, fails me completely at Jaśleń. This supposedly translates "Mutz", a peculiar Swiss dialectal word for "bear". I imagine the author tried to come up with a similarly dialectal expression. Perhaps you can figure out what it is?

best regards, --dab (𒁳) 18:08, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

@User:Dbachmann: So first of all, this seems to be part of a two-verse poem/song. Jaśleń is certainly an invented name (person's), etymology may be tricky. Jaś = Johnny. Leń - lazy. If there's any other meaning, I am blanking at it (w/out googling it, eat least). Let me know if you need more help, I'd also suggest asking at WT:POLAND and @ notifying users Poeticbent and Nihil novi. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:14, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
Thank you. No I think I can see what happened here, the meaning conveyed seems to be that "even the laziest among us is eager for battle" or something like this. Thanks for your help. --dab (𒁳) 06:10, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

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WP:FOUR RFC

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DYK for Anton Krasovsky

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DYK for Raid on Brandenburg

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Otaku

The Otaku GA is still waiting for you, please do not forget it. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:15, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Battle of Warsaw

Thanks for the DYK nomination, but it was much premature. I'm working on it, but it would take time to finish it properly. So far there's little on the actual battle there. //Halibutt 00:26, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Fixed that, if only temporarily. //Halibutt 07:10, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
Ok, the first part of the article (down to and excluding September 7th) is pretty much ready. I'll add more info later as minor sources come, but the main thread of the story is there. Could you read it in your spare time?
The to-do list includes extending the detailed story all the way to September 8th, notably including the details of September 7th fights and some more info on what happened on other, less important fronts. I will also include more sources to corroborate what my main source says (not that there were that many monographs of this battle anyway). Probably I will also write a tad more on why the hell did Polish commanders want to surrender from the very start. In any way, I guess I'd like to push it the way Warsaw Uprising (1794) went - that is up towards FA. I guess in a couple of years it will be de-featured again, but what the heck.
Oh, and congrats on your "Kamienie na szaniec" :) //Halibutt 10:36, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Kosynierzy

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Kościuszko

While reading Gardner's bio of Kościuszko (linked to in external links) I came across a few items that seem important enough that are missing in the article. I know the Kościuszko article is still undergoing an FA review but still feel these things ought to be added. What are your thoughts? -- Gwillhickers 16:45, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

In my travels I came across two publications in the public domain that cover Kościuszko rather well that I thought you might find interesting. They're available for download in their entirety in PDF form: (Note: Don't click on the red 'EBOOK-FREE' box, instead hover over it and then click on 'Download PDF'.)
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DYK for Battle of Warsaw (1831)

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Talk: Donghak Peasant Revolution

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DYK for Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna

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Your GA nomination of Józef Zajączek

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AfD Mohamed Temam

The books you reference are just a listing of Algerian Artists. In fact the second book is just an updated 2011 version of the 2006 list. It seems someone decided to create articles on everyone who got listed in the book, which of course covers anyone who meets the Algerian Artist qualification. Caffeyw (talk) 08:46, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Your comments on my talk page vs. your comments on Battle of France

I have left almost exactly same reply on my own talk page, in response to the nice messages you left there, once I discovered your quite different commentary on the talk page of Battle of France. To wit...
I don't understand your apparent two-faced approach to communicating with me, Piotrus. While you are polite and enthusiastic in this comment here on my talk page, on the talk page of the Battle of France article your comments can be interpreted as hostile, dismissive and uncouth (ex. raging that you are "fed up" with my actions, when I have no idea who you are, and to the best of my recollection, have never interacted with you). Will this be your standard means of communicating with me in the future? Because if so, I'd prefer to have no contact with you whatsoever, as the lack of civility in your doublespeak is off-putting and the disrespect and hostility you manifest away from my talk page, after having left two nice, civil, respectful messages, creates an uncomfortable and schizophrenic virtual climate in which I do not feel safe interacting with you. Azx2 20:56, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Template:LGBT in Japan

Yaoi has nothing to do with LGBT. Yaoi is culture of the heterosexuals. It is inappropriate to write in Template:LGBT in Japan. ヤオイ(Yaoi)は1970年代の日本で、異性愛女性に生み出されたものです。ja:森鴎外の娘のja:森茉莉が、書いたのが一番最初ですが。基本的にヤオイは異性愛者の文化です。ゲイ男性の多くはヤオイは読みません。

Yaoi was produced in Japan of the 1970s by a heterosexually oriented woman. It is Mori Mari first to have written. Yaoi is culture of the heterosexuals. Most of gay men do not read Yaoi. It has nothing to do with the culture of LGBT. Yaoi is a cltures of the heterosexuals, by the heterosexuals, for the heterosexuals. It isn't related topic. Yaio is an imaginary product of the hetero woman. It is different from the real homosexual. source:「オトコノコのためのボーイフレド」(1986,Japan)P72[3].--Leoxaq (talk) 03:06, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Million Award

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Hi

Hi Piotrus, I did not know that you were watching my talk page (well I do now). I did mention you by name, but it was not a request for you to do a GAN review, it was suggestion that perhaps one of your nominations could be reviewed. Pyrotec (talk) 17:02, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for that information. I did not know about Echo, now that I do I'll have to be more carefull about linking names. But just to return to the early point of mine. For background info: I tend to review nominations that interest me and/or are in a topic that interests me and might have been sitting in the nomination queue for some time. I've reviewed two of your nominations in the last twelve months and you do seem to have a long wait for reviews. The rest should be fairly clear from the thread on my talkpage (otherwise you can ignore it). Pyrotec (talk) 17:21, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

awards

I replied on my talk p. DGG ( talk ) 03:10, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

I expect you will sendit to AfD . DGG ( talk ) 00:19, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 August newsletter

This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:

  1. Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer who has contributed on topics of military history and physics, including a number of high-importance topics. Good articles have made up the bulk of his points, but he has also scored a great deal of bonus points. He has the second highest score overall so far, with more than 3000 points accumulated.
  2. New South Wales Casliber (submissions), another WikiCup veteran who reached the finals in 2012, 2011 and 2010. He writes on a variety of topics including botany, mycology and astronomy, and has claimed the highest or joint highest number of featured articles every round so far this year. He has the third highest score overall, with just under 3000 points accumulated.
  3. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 WikiCup champion, who writes mostly on marine biology. She has also contributed to high-importance topics, seeing huge numbers of bonus points for high-importance featured and good articles. Previous rounds have seen her scoring the most bonus points, with scoring spread across did you knows, good articles and featured articles.
  4. Canada Sasata (submissions), a WikiCup veteran who finished in second place in 2012, and competed as early as 2009. He writes articles on biology, especially mycology, and has scored highly for a number of collaborations at featured article candidates.
  5. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), the winner of the 2010 competition. His contributions mostly concern Naval history, and he has scored a very large number of points for good articles and good article reviews in every round. He is the highest scorer overall this year, with over 3500 points in total.
  6. Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions), who is competing in the WikiCup for the second time, though this will be her first time in the final. A regular at FAC, she is mostly interested in British medieval history, and has scored very highly for some top-importance featured articles on the topic.
  7. London Miyagawa (submissions), a finalist in 2012 and 2011. He writes on a broad variety of topics, with many of this year's points coming from good articles about Star Trek. Good articles make up the bulk of his points, and he had the most good articles back in round 2; he was also the highest scorer for DYK in rounds 1 and 2.
  8. Scotland Adam Cuerden (submissions) has previously been involved with the WikiCup, but hasn't participated for a number of years. He scores mostly from restoration work leading to featured picture credits, but has also done some article writing and reviewing.

We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: Poland Piotrus (submissions), Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions), Michigan Dana boomer (submissions), Prince Edward Island Status (submissions), United States Ed! (submissions), Florida 12george1 (submissions), England Calvin999 (submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.

This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.

Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 05:45, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Piotrus, I screwed up. The original version of this newsletter stated that you were in the final, because I interpreted a message on J Milburn's talk page as Adam Cuerden wanting to withdraw, when he was really hoping to purposely tie with you so both could advance. Unfortunately, this isn't possible—there can be only eight in the final round. My deepest apologies. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:12, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations!

The Military History A-Class Medal
On behalf of the coordinators of the Military History WikiProject, I hereby award you the A-Class Medal for your outstanding work on Stanisław Koniecpolski, Tadeusz Kościuszko, and Casimir Pulaski. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:40, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Józef Zajączek

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DYK for Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów

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DYK for Bible of Queen Sophia

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Wikicup

Erg, this is the most stressful I've seen a friendly competition get.

As for the FA, though, I'll gladly help out with that, and your GAs, moving forwards, whatever happens with this collossal mess. But not tonight: I'm getting a massive headache from this, and am just going to spend some time away from Wikipedia for a bit. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:29, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Want to see what my first FPC nom will be this month, by the way? Puck of Pook's Hill. See the gallery at the bottom? It took about a day to scan and prepare all of that, a couple more days and I'll have all 20 ready to nominate as a set. 700 points if it passes. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:55, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Y'know, I honestly wouldn't mind so much, but I won a scholarship to Wikimania, so I feel I should pay back by trying to win the Wikicup, thus giving Wikipedia lots of high-quality content. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:57, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
I have one cleaned and prepared so far. Lost my glasses this morning, and only found them later this evening, so... it's been a rough day already (I really can barely see without them). Here's what they'll likely look like cleaned. Might lighten the paper a bit. File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 1.jpg

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DYK for Kamienie na szaniec

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Kamienie na szaniec

Hi Piotrus , in editing this article, I have a question over the quote (under 'Significance): main Polish narratives of the Second World War, appealing to sentiments of national heroism as well as contributing to symbolic self-victimzation. (my emphasis)

Is this actually the English word used in the quote, or is it your translation? In this context I can imagine that self-sacrifice might be more appropriate as it has more noble connotations, whereas self-victimization sounds more horribly masochistic. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 01:58, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

@User:Bahudhara: As you should be able to see in the linked source, this is the actual English word used. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:40, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
I see what you mean - I had suspected that the quote might be from a more complex critique (I have to admit that I hadn't checked the actual reference before writing my comment to you). It seems to me that it might be difficult to explain this complexity of interpretation in the WP article (which at present is a bit too sparse); this might be addressed by making the reference to the source stronger.
N.B. The link that you provided above goes to the preview of the book in the Korean version of Google Books, which doesn't show page 242; however, the reflink in the article in the English version of Google Books, does. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 13:04, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Action provided to the wikipage

My action concerning the discussed wikipage was very small. I have removed double-space, corrected the English language in a very few places, added wikilinks and categories. The page was created neither by myself nor a related organization/person. It is remarkable that the object is non-academic, therefore the wikipage should considered in the category of non-academic rather than academic notability. The references provided by the creator are reliable, objective evaluation of the object is strictly based on the previous activity. Possibly, few references, such like personal webpages, should be re-considered. I believe that it will be much more helpful either suggest possible modifications or apply the best possible modifications immediately.

Regarding your suggestion to write articles on Wikipedia, I am not a suitable person for that activity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laglinka (talkcontribs) 10:32, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

@User:Laglinka: the appropriate place for this discussion is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lukasz Glinka. Please read the Wikipedia:Notability (people) for a relevant policy. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:17, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

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help requested

I am teaching a Global and Cultural Perspectives class at Duquesne and assigning Wikipedia edits again. Do you have a moment to look over what I did in the past and add any insights to make this a better project?

Thanks! Ellen Isumataq 04:08, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

http://www.ellencavanaugh.com/2012/10/28/assigning-wikipedia-entries-for-a-college-classroom/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellencavanaugh (talkcontribs) 04:08, 6 September 2013 (UTC)


Hello peter :)

Hello Peter! I'm taking your class again. So I started to edit Wikipedia again :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhtpgus90 (talkcontribs) 07:32, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

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Juliusz Słowacki

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Explicit semantic analysis

Hi. I saw this article at AfD, Explicit semantic analysis, and thought you might have some insights given your work with research. Just a thought. –Quiddity (talk) 17:36, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

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Peter,

Thank you. I have requested a Request the "instructor" user right on the Education. I assume that is what you meant by "register with Wikipedia Education Program." I will wait for a reply before attempting to set up course page. Isumataq 04:18, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Professor, if you find a response is not forthcoming, you can contact your Regional Ambassador, Richard Knipel. After getting approval, your next step is setting up the course page. Duquesne University isn't on the Institution list, yet, so you'll be led through the process to add it. Thank you for including Wikipedia in your course plan and joining our Education Program. Chris Troutman (talk) 05:17, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Right!

Things have calmed down a bit for me. What would you like me to review or copyedit? Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:11, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

@User:Adam Cuerden: thank you for stopping by! I listed a number of articles that are in the GAN review limbo at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, plus the Kościuszko article - would appreciate comments at FAC on whether you think it needs further copyediting. Oh, I just finished expanding Ryszard Siwiec and GANed it minutes ago. Let me know if you have anything that could use c/e, comments or reviews! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:14, 9 September 2013 (UTC)


My first talk

Hi Piotr, thank you for writing on my talk page. I am kind of practicing now about how to use talk page, so please feel free to correct me if I am using it in a wrong way. It's been fun learning about Wikipedia!!!--Db9023 (talk) 06:53, 10 September 2013 (UTC)


Yay! I can come back to your talk page more easily by clicking 'reply'. I thought I would reply on your comment on my talk page by clicking the button, but it drew me to here. Anyway, I've just succeeded in uploading my picture on an article and I am so excited!!! It feels great and I would like to upload more pictures which I've taken during my trips. --Db9023 (talk) 07:17, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

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Hello peter

Hello professor, I'm member of group 3 :) Also I edited 'Seoul National University' because I found an interesting article. This is my editing [4]. Is this right that I post a diff of my edit to your talk page?--Dhtpgus90 (talk) 11:15, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Polish–Russian War of 1792

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DYK for A.B. Dobrowolski Polar Station

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Battles of Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów

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Here is notification about compulsory assignment until Week3

Hi teacher. This is byung do jung of Hanyang University. I would like to notify about my compulsory assignment till week 3

According to guide line, we have to do some thing as an assignment.

1. Created a Wikipedia account - Already, i have an account.

2. Finished the Wikipedia Tutorial and the Wikipedia:Training/For students (Incl, Sandbox) - Yes! I did it.

3. Enrolled at our course at Education Program:Hanyang University/ English Readings in Information Sociology: Understanding Wikipedia (Fall 2013) - I already enrolled in during last class.

4. Made at least one constructive edit to a Wikipedia article - Made an link on Biarum article

5. Make a constructive comment to a Wikipedia's article discussion page - Write comments on Vale Drug Store

6. Joined a group (that includes adding yourself to the linked section below) - I made an group with Ga-Hee, Park. But we are now talking about theme of new article on wikipedia. If we get a conclusion, we will notice to you. Pleas check it for proper theme of this symester.

7. Informed the course instructor (Piotr Konieczny - User:Piotrus (User_talk:Piotrus) about your account name, which group you've joined and the edit(s) you made - My account name is "Byung do jung" and I am a group number one.

Byung do jung (talk) 07:28, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Testament mój

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

History of Poland

Although I keep working on it, I think the article is reasonably complete. Orczar (talk) 12:34, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

I do all of job that I have to do. Even though it is my first using the Wikipedia, this work is so interesting and funny!:)
I edited an article written about Siheung-si. Because I live in Siheung, and I know about Siheung-si more than any other citys.[[5]]Here is the my edit.--Donghwan Seong (talk) 18:14, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Template loop

Hi there! I have nominated an article for deletion, but I do not see it in today's AfD log. Also a "template loop" has been detected in it. I think I have messed sth up... Can you help? Maksymilian Sielicki (talk) 10:53, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Everything seems to be working now fine. Maksymilian Sielicki (talk) 17:24, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Kosciuszko refs

Ping! -- Gwillhickers 18:58, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Robotics assessment

Hi

Unfortunately, the Robotics project does not use C class for assessments. Chaosdruid (talk) 20:26, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Polish–Prussian alliance

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Your GA nomination of Sejmik

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DYK for Resistance movement in Auschwitz

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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Thank you for your note on this article. I sometimes submit articles for DYK, although I used to submit more. I generally limit them to articles I think are quite unusual. Somehow this one did not seem to me to qualify, although she did have an interesting life. I wish there was a better free picture and more information available online. Perhaps there are sources in Polish... Aymatth2 (talk) 11:14, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Stephen Báthory

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Rominten

Thanks, I'm a little hesitant as the whole article is based on a single offline source. However, if you think it should appear at DYK, feel free to nominate it. HerkusMonte (talk) 15:28, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Solntsev

I have Nominated the article for DYK. Please check the hook Alex Bakharev (talk) 02:23, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Max Weber discussion

I remember you were involved with the GAN work to improve the Max Weber biography. Have you seen the recent IP additions and my reverts? I have started a talk page discussion about Weber's politics in the 1910s. If you are interested, please surf over to Max Weber#Weber's political progression 1890–1920. Regards – Binksternet (talk) 02:39, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Propaganda of success

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Roman Dmowski

Very nice work on this important article. I made a few small changes in style. Rjensen (talk) 16:00, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

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