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Welcome[edit]

Welcome!

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  • Thanks you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Please don't vandalize. If you continue vandalizing my user page, you may be blocked from further editing. --Ghirla | talk 13:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for Polish National Government[edit]

Hello. Good work on Polish National Government, and thanks for the contribution. However, you did not provide any references or sources in the article. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a push to encourage editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. Can you list in the article any websites, books, or other sources that will allow people to verify the content in Polish National Government? You can simply add links, preferably as inline citations, or see citation templates for different citation methods. Thanks!--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 00:33, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for providing the references for this article. Could you do the same for other articles you have created?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:21, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Waterloo[edit]

Please provide appropriate references for your assertion, as it is contentious in nature. Please don't revert but use talk pages to discuss proposed changes. All the best, Ghirla | talk 10:34, 13 January 2006 (UTC) Ok even greater battle in Europe since waterloo was Battle of Olszynka Grochowska 1831, where 40 000 Poles defeated 60 000 Russians.[reply]

New articles annoucement[edit]

Since you are creating quite a few Poland-related articles, you may want to announce them at Portal:Poland/New article announcements. Also, please see the Template:Poland-stub/Template:Battle-stub - since most of your articles are stubs you may want to tag them as such.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:21, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You may be interested in joining this discussion forum.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:23, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you decide to create a user page, this page has info on nice templates to fill it up with.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:23, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects[edit]

Hello. Why are you changing redirect pages and giving new redirects to null pages? This is pointless vandalism. - Calgacus 22:38, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone (i mean some Lithuanian), deleted my new historically emended page of Władysław II Jagiełło. Mathiasrex

Request[edit]

Pretty please, when you create a new article, tell us about it at Portal:Poland/New article announcements.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 03:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Request for edit summary[edit]

Hi. I am a bot, and I am writing to you with a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries a bit more often when you contribute. The reason an edit summary is important is because it allows your fellow contributors to understand what you changed; you can think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. For your information, your current edit summary usage is 4% for major edits and 1% for minor edits. (Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in the article namespace.)

This is just a suggestion, and I hope that I did not appear impolite. You do not need to reply to this message, but if you would like to give me feedback, you can do so at the feedback page. Thank you, and happy edits, Mathbot 14:00, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WWII pics[edit]

Hi there! Mind if I asked where did you take all those precious colour WWII pics from? Is it the Bolas' collection by any chance? Halibutt 15:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maps[edit]

Hi there. I noticed you violated my copyrights several times in a row. I kindly ask you to abide by the GFDL and properly attribute those maps to their author. And no, you're not the author of those maps.

Image:Irp.jpg, Image:PodlaskieIRP.JPG, Image:PodlaskieIRP.JPG, Image:SmoleńskieIRP.JPG, Image:PodlaskieRP.JPG, Image:CzernihowskieIRP.JPG, Image:WitebskieIRP.JPG, Image:PodolskieIRP.JPG, Image:MińskieIRP.JPG, Image:MścisławskieIRP.JPG, Image:PołockieIRP.JPG, Image:PoznańskieIRP.JPG, Image:RawskieIRP.JPG, Image:Irp1635.jpg, Image:IRP3Narodów.JPG, Image:PolSwedU.JPG, Image:Irp1701.jpg, Image:RP 1686.JPG, Image:RP 1701.JPG, Image:7 yearswar.JPG, Image:UPolSzwedz.JPG, Image:PolRuswar 1792.JPG, Image:PolishRuswar 1792.JPG...

Halibutt 07:24, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still waiting for your reply. However, this won't last forever. In less then a week I will ask for all of these to be deleted as copyright infringements. Or perhaps there is some other solution? //Halibutt 19:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mathiasrex,

I reverted your edit because the Polish name (along with the Rusisan and Latin ones) are already mentioned in the 2nd paragraph of the article. Cheers, Khoikhoi 00:17, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Saints Wikiproject[edit]

I noted that you have been contributing to articles about saints. I invite you to join the WikiProject Saints. You can sign up on the page and add the following userbox to your user page.

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Thanks! --evrik 18:21, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PodlaskieRP.JPG[edit]

Hi Mathias. I just noticed a few errors in an image uploaded by you: (Image:PodlaskieRP.JPG).

The legend says that the map shows the 1635 situation, but the Danish-Swedish border is wrong. In 1635, all of Skåneland was Danish territory. Skåneland was surrendered in 1658. On the positive side: the island Saaremaa (= Øsel / Ösel) in Estonia is coloured correctly. It was surrendered in 1645. Lastly, Karlskrona (modern Sweden) was founded after the 1658 war. If you've made similar maps using the same year as basis, you might want to check them as well. Otherwise a very nice map. Regards. Valentinian (talk) 20:37, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you for your Poland-related contributions[edit]

Hello Mathiasrex! Thank you for your contributions related to Poland. You may be interested in visiting Portal:Poland/Poland-related Wikipedia notice board, joining our discussions and sharing your creations with us.

--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 19:23, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at our new article Jogaila with special attention paid to the vote. Pawel z Niepolomic 14:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Smok[edit]

Jeśli ta fotka image:Polish galeon Smok.PNG była zrobiona w jakimś muzeum, warto byłoby to napisać. Pibwl ←« 18:31, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 18 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article cursed soldiers, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

trireme[edit]

May I put this image Image:Romtrireme.jpg to Commons ? thanks fr:Discussion Utilisateur:Vincnet

Wladyslaw II.[edit]

You can look at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_talk:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II.jpg ? Tabularius

Provide the sources for your assertions, please. The Belarusian aspect of his work is well-known from the Belarusian academic literature. Yury Tarasievich 06:48, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

trzy rewerty[edit]

Złamanie zasady trzech revertów nalezy zglaszac na WP:ANI/3RR. Z innej beczki, nie wiedzialem ze istnieje marksistowska wersja powstania Fed. - przydalby sie artykul o roznych pogladach (marskistowska nie znaczy zawsze 'zla').-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  22:19, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Untagged image[edit]

An image you uploaded, Image:Schildoh.png, was tagged with the {{coatofarms}} copyright tag. This tag was deleted because it does not actually specify the copyright status of the image. The image may need a more accurate copyright tag, or it may need to be deleted. If the image portrays a seal or emblem, it should be tagged as {{seal}}. If you have any questions, ask them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- 04:25, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Image:Zbroja 1514.JPG[edit]

You've uploaded the above image to Commons. Would you please clarify on its page what museum has the armor in its collection, or should I say, where exactly was the picture taken? I'm looking for something similar for the article on National Museum in Kraków. Greetings. Poeticbent 12:14, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Kellner[edit]

I wonder if you might contact me by email, at rskellner AT cox DOT net concerning the Friedrich Kellner WWII diary. There is information about the diary on the German and English Wikipedia sites, and I am hoping to find a way to get it on Polish Wikipedia as well. I would greatly appreciate assistance. Thank you, Dr. Robert Scott Kellner, College Station, Texas

Jellybeans[edit]

You have been awarded these Jelly Beans from -The Doctor- Please, enjoy them.

Here are some Jelly beans for you. I love jelly beans as they have sugar in them and most people love sugar. But on the other hand just receiving somthing from somone else just makes you happy and also just giving this to you makes me happy. I hope to spread the jelly beans all over Wikipedia, so here, you can have this lot. Please enjoy them. (I like the lime ones.)

Editors need a bit of a sugar high too.

An apple a day keeps -The Doctor- away. Or does it! (talk)(contribs) 02:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Possible renaming of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saints[edit]

It has been suggested that the above named project be renamed Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian saints. Please express your opinion on this proposed renaming, and the accompanying re-definition of the scope of the project, here. John Carter 17:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Schildoh.png)[edit]

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RfAr[edit]

Hi, I see you added some evidence against Piotrus. I'm afraid it's too late as voting has started already. Could you check Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Piotrus/Workshop and propose a remedy (or a finding of fact) which you think may be feasible? --Ghirla-трёп- 12:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Mister Mathiasrex,

I would very much like to know from where you got the information that the great polish artist Henryk Tomaszewski has been a spy, and has even denounced his friends to the Communist Secret Police. It is a n extremely grave accuse, and it should be documented . Please send your answer to this e-mail address: mikadenku@libero.it Thank you Roberta Taddei

Copernicus[edit]

¿Why does Copernicus was not a Polish and Dürer and Beethoven were Germans? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nationalism Patrol (talkcontribs) 13:22, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citation requested[edit]

From a work you cited: see Talk:Mikołaj Hussowczyk#Quote and translation request.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  17:16, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Obrazki[edit]

Skad wiesz ze Image:Antoni Benedykt Konstanty Lubomirski (XVIII-1761).jpg jest lepszym opisem niz Image:Andrzej Mokronowski (1713-1784).jpg? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  06:05, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, skasowalem.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  22:37, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Łańcut Palace[edit]

Na commons dodalem zestaw portetow z Lancuta, ale w wiekszosci przypadkow nie byly opisane. Moze jakies zidenifikujesz... -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 17:46, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Marie Curie as a Légion d'honneur recipient[edit]

Hi. You recently added Marie Curie to Category:Légion d'honneur recipients. However, it is fairly well known that she (and Pierre) refused this distinction. I have therefore reverted your edit. If you can cite a reliable source saying otherwise, please do so -- either in the article itself, or on Talk:Marie Curie. Thanks, Hqb (talk) 14:38, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Radziwiłł - piorun czy grzmot?[edit]

Please see Talk:Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł#Lightning or Thunderbolt?. I believe Lightning is better (posted there).-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 17:57, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could you have a look at Image:Wilhelm1.jpg, please? Since the source is missing, they want to delete it. It seems that you have uploaded the original picture. Thank you! --Liberal Freemason (talk) 11:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LGBT Category[edit]

Hi, Mathiasrex! I notice that you added Jerzy Zawieyski and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz to the Category:LGBT people from Poland. They really can't be categorized like that unless a) they really are gay or bisexual, b) the article states their sexuality, and c) there's a reliable source included. Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 17:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

For creating a bunch of useful categories. May I suggest annoucing them at WP:PWNB talk or new articles section?-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I asked for input on deletion at PWNB talk, you may want to endorse my request. Regarding the law, I don't know, unfortunately; you may want to ask it there, too.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There seem to be some problem with the pictures.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 00:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Przydatne[edit]

Category:Polish navigational boxes.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 01:04, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lithuanian Seimas[edit]

Co do Template:Seimas of Lithuania, sugerowalbym stworzenie osobnego szablonu dla czasow PLC. Nazwa szablonu jest mylaca, ale takze - bylo tych sejmow kilkadziesiat jesli nie ponad 100, i nie ma co przeladowywac wielkim szablonem sejmow po 1795.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 02:28, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ano. Z np. Election sejm of 1632 (w tym jednym roku byly bodajze 3 sejmy...). No a sejmiki... -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 02:34, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 15 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (ambassador), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 14:40, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Updated DYK query On December 18, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Judeopolonia, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Royalbroil 03:48, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wisława Szymborska[edit]

Thanks for your recent, interesting edits to Wisława Szymborska. Could you please give a source for them? And please keep in mind that the tag "minor" is just for edits which are actually minor (say, a misplaced comma), not for adding claims of some relevance. Thank, happy editing, Goochelaar (talk) 00:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wesołych![edit]

User:Piotrus and friends, in the midsts of Wigilia, wish you to enjoy this Christmas Eve!

Barnstar[edit]

The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class
I, Tymek (talk) 14:04, 18 January 2008 (UTC), am awarding you this Barnstar in appreciation of your excellent work on Poland-related topics. Good job![reply]

Pytanie o IWŚ[edit]

Mam do ciebie jako znawcy historii pytanie. Pamiętam trochę informację o tym, iż pierwsza bitwa w IWŚ Polaków jako własnej strony miała miejsce gdy oddziały mające z sobą walczyć Rosji i Austrii(albo Niemiec) składające się z Polaków odmówiły rozkazu i połączyły swe siły w walce przeciw reszcie wojska. Niestety nie mogę sobie dokładnie przypomnieć szczegółów kiedy i gdzie to miało miejsce. Może ty wiesz ?--Molobo (talk) 20:09, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Mathiasrex!

You are cordially invited to participate in WikiProject Christianity

The goal of WikiProject Christianity is to improve the quality and quantity of information about Christianity available on Wikipedia. WP:X as a group does not prefer any particular tradition or denominination of Christianity, but prefers that all Christian traditions are fairly and accurately represented.

You are receiving this invitation because you are a member of one of the related Christianity Projects and I thought that you might be interested in this project also - Tinucherian (talk) 04:49, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Mazowiecki[edit]

Hello, would you like to take part in a discussion with Polish administrators regarding blocking and/or removing facts from the Mazowiecki's bio? -> [1] Greetings, Uprzejmy (pl.wiki) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.111.35.174 (talk) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter[edit]

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter[edit]

You may be interested in discussions at...[edit]

Talk:Administrative division of Polish territories after partitions and Talk:Polish historical regions.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:30, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Christianity WikiProject Newsletter - July 2008[edit]

This Newsletter was automatically delivered by TinucherianBot (talk) 09:11, 9 July 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Edit summaries?[edit]

Hi. I notice you never use edit summaries. Please do that, so that others can see what content you are adding to articles. Thanks. Fred-J 22:13, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NowCommons: Image:IPotocki.jpg[edit]

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SlownikGeo[edit]

Hello Maciej! For 2 years now I have been working on a project to translate the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902) from Polish to German (part of it goes to GenWiki and to Wikipedia). Although I use machine translation and a Polish-German dictionary (1878) there are about 10 ancient Polish expressions (1-3 words long) which I was not yet able to translate. Could I place these expressions here (or alternatively Do yo know a native Polish speaker with knowledge in German who could help me?). Sincerely Grey Geezer

Hello Maciej! Thank you very much for your offer! I put up some expressions, where I couldn't find the marked words (the codes above are reminders for myself). No rush... Sincerely Grey Geezer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.141.221.231 (talk) 17:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Whow, you're fast! Thanks a lot! Next sentences in about 3 weeks or so.. Thanx! --83.141.221.231 (talk) 19:14, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Mathiasrex, may I ask another question? Quite a few (old?) Polish village names - for example Rymiatowszczyzna, Moniatowszczyzna, Spitowszczyzna Sibitowszczyzna, Zborowszczyzna - end on szczyzna. What does that ending mean? I was not able to find it (what could bee its root?) in Polish dictionaries. Thanks very much for your help!. -- 09:08, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Andrzej Stanisław Załuski[edit]

Hello Maciej! Can you please tell, where one can find the original painting of Andrzej Stanisław Załuski you have added ( Andrzej Stanisław Załuski Bishop of Kraków, from anonymous XVIII century painting image taken by User:Mathiasrex Maciej Szczepańczyk) - the place, where it is displayed, I mean. Thank you. m.e.g. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.76.93.44 (talk) 19:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Candidates for the Polish elective throne[edit]

Hello! I've seen that you added this category to Prince George of Denmark and Christina of Sweden. Could you please add this information to their articles and include some details if possible? It's an important fact for both of the articles, since George was husband of the Queen of Great Britain and Christina was Queen of Sweden (and later a candidate for Neapolitan throne) - if they were elected, Poland would enter a personal union. It's also important to note that George could not convert to Catholicism without his wife being deposed. An interesting situation would've arisen if either one of them was elected. So, could you please write something about them being considered a possible King of Poland? Surtsicna (talk) 18:17, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jesli to bedzie czestsze, dwa wandalizmy na miesiac nie ma sensu... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:14, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Teraz sa czestsze - semi na 2 tygodnie. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:50, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HMS Northumberland image[edit]

I have removed the image you (re)added to the HMS Northumberland article, which you clearly disagree with, so I will explain my reasoning to you.

I question that the model is of Northumberland, due to a glaring problem with the ship's rig. She is shown carrying a lateen mizzen yard, whereas these were replaced by gaffs attached to the mizzen mast via jaws and parrels in the 1780s, and a short time later a boom was added for the foot of the sail. No ship launched in 1798 would ever have carried a lateen mizzen yard. Additionally the sail is shown extending the full length of the yard, a practise that had fallen out of use some time before even the 1780s, hence the eventual change to the gaff. So based on that alone, the model cannot be of Northumberland, or if it is intended to be, it is a serious error that makes it non-representative.

The hull itself contains numerous issues, the most noticeable of which being the poop deck apparently running level with the capping rail of the poop bulwark. The overall quality of the model is also not particularly great, so really it can only be called a generic model of a third rate, and is most certainly not representative of Northumberland of 1798. Martocticvs (talk) 17:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - April 2009[edit]

Re:Bad map[edit]

Point it out on the map talk page, and to the map creator. Create a better map and replace the bad map. Tag the bad map with an appropriate template. We don't really have a right template, see my suggestion here.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 16:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is to inform you that Category:Victims of Communist repressions in Poland 1939-1989, which you created, is being discussed at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_April_30#Victims_of_political_repression. Your input is welcome.--Aervanath (talk) 06:31, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Internment[edit]

Who said they were the same? Not me. NKVD Special camps imprisoned soldiers, not civilians, and so they don't qualify as interment under the definition in the article. Why should they be included in the article? - TheMightyQuill (talk) 15:11, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And don't call me a vandal. I've been a registered user for 3 years, and have made an enormous number of constructive edits to that specific article. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 15:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well of course it matters. It matters just as much as every other horrible thing done by the Soviets, or by everyone else, to those they considered criminals. The prison at Guantanamo Bay for "unlawful combatants" matters too. But we shouldn't list all of those things on the internment article, because they aren't particularly relevant. Why are Polish experiences somehow more important that all the other cases of internment included on List of concentration and internment camps that they belong in the internment article? - TheMightyQuill (talk) 22:56, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've reintroduced the Bar Confederation content. As for the Auschwitz thing, if it's true, you should include it at Auschwitz concentration camp. Personally, I have my doubts, but you seem to desire to blame everything from the Holocaust on the Soviet Union, so go try arguing it on the talk page there.- TheMightyQuill (talk) 13:56, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - May 2009[edit]

I've been working on Territorial changes of Poland trying to find links for each Territorial changes. I wondering if you know where I can find out more information about the following Territorial changes:

  • The Orawa and Spisz regions that were passed to Poland at Conference of Ambassadors in Spa, Belgium on 28 July 1920. I can't find any references on A)If they were passed to Poland and B) If they were given to Poland why were they requested by Poland
  • Can't find any references that say, "an additional exchange of territories in Orava - the territory around Nižná Lipnica went to Poland, the territory around Suchá Hora and Hladovka went to Czechoslovakia. The new frontiers were confirmed by a Czechoslovak-Polish Treaty on April 24, 1925 and are identical with present-day borders."
  • Can't find any references that for the 1948 transfer of the Village of Medyka near Przemyśl was transferred to Poland

Any help would be great -- Esemono (talk) 02:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - June 2009[edit]

I have nominated Category:People executed in effigie for treason against Poland (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for renaming to Category:People executed in effigy for treason against Poland (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:32, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please see my notes under this heading on the talk pages of "Lucas Watzenrode the Elder" and "Jan Łaski." I think you have misidentified them both as "canons" through confusion with their namesakes. In such cases, caution is recommended. Nihil novi (talk) 21:59, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarifications.
My compliments on all your fine work. I especially admire your many fine photos. Nihil novi (talk) 22:44, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Illustrations[edit]

Do you by any chance have access to a good reproduction of Maria Wodzińska's 1835 watercolor portrait of Chopin? Or of Antoni Kamieński's 1897 portrait of Bolesław Prus?

Wodzińska's portrait or a reproduction of it might perhaps be found at one of the Chopin societies or at Warsaw's "Chopin salon" on Krakowskie Przedmieście.

Photos of these portraits would be helpful for the respective articles. Nihil novi (talk) 23:30, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You have been nominated for membership of the Established Editors Association[edit]

The Established editors association will be a kind of union of who have made substantial and enduring contributions to the encyclopedia for a period of time (say, two years or more). The proposed articles of association are here - suggestions welcome.

If you wish to be elected, please notify me here. If you know of someone else who may be eligible, please nominate them here

Discussion is here.Peter Damian (talk) 17:23, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Origine du portrait de Jan Ledóchowski.[edit]

Cher Mathias,

Jan Ledóchowski est un de mes ancetres par ma mere, et je viens de decouvrir le portrait que vous avez documente sur WikiPedia. Je suis a la recherche de toute information ou document sur mes ancetre Ledóchowski plus particulierement pour la periode 1715-1880, periode agitee durant laquelle different membre de ma famille ont pris part a de nombreux evenements, et se sont beaucoup deplaces en Europe. Je souhaiterai connaitre l'origine de ce portrait, et vos sources vous permettant d'affirmer de facon certaine que ce portrait est bien celui du Comte Jan Ledóchowski ne en 1790, sortie officer de cavalerie de l'ecole de guerre de Vienne en 1807, aide de camp du Prince Poniatowski et ami du baron Claude-François de Méneval, et dont le frere Joseph Ledóchowski epousa une soeur de Marie Walewska, née Laczynska.

Je vous remercie par avance, ainsi que tout autre contributeur, de toute information que vous pourrez me faire suivre. PBMFrance (talk) 16:46, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - July 2009[edit]

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The Christianity WikiProject Newsletter
Issue X - July 2009
Project news
  • The Christianity project and its related projects currently have 76 FAs, 8 FLs, and 148 GAs. We gained new recognized content in each field, with 4 FAs promoted, 2 FLs, and 3 GAs. Congratulations and a big thank you to all those who worked on these articles!
Member news
Other news
  • I am still working on the categorization matter. With any luck, we should have some results by the end of the month. There are also some discussions regarding project related activities at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/General Forum. One issue in particular that might be addressed is possible elections of new coordinators. Anyone interested in serving in such a capacity is more than welcome to indicate as much.
Related projects news
Member contest of the month
  • The previous contests are still ongoing, because of the extreme amount of time the categorization is taking me. Anyone who can bring any of the few Stub class articles among the project's 1000 most often accessed articles by the end of July will get an award. Please see the details Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Christianity#Project challenge of the month.
Christianity related news
From the Members

Welcome to the Tenth issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.

It has been a long time since the last coordinators election. There is a lot for people to do, and I certainly would welcome seeing any individuals with an interest in such a position put themselves forward as candidates. I in particular would very much like to see some degree of "specialization" in the coordinators, so that, for instance, we might have someone knowledgable about some of the specific Christian faith traditions or other main subjects, like Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Mormonism, the Jehovah's Witnesses, art, theology, and so on. If any parties who have experience with some of our faith- or- subject-based content would be interested in being candidates, I would love to see them do so. Please feel free to take part in the discussion regading what the minimum number of category items is, and how to deal with the non-qualifying categories, on the General Forum page.

John Carter (talk) 23:26, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - August 2009[edit]

Re: Plica polonica[edit]

I didn't write that you were wrong about Christian IV. My point is that you only removed the illustration, but didn't modify the text. You shoud either remove the reference to Christian completely from the article or, better, tag it as lacking citation. — Kpalion(talk) 17:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copy & paste move and move without discussion[edit]

Two things re Laurynas Gucevičius: a) Please do not move pages by copying & pasting. It destroys page's history, which is required to comply with copyrights). b) Do not make controversial moves before asking on the talk page or going through WP:RM procedure. Thanks, Renata (talk) 22:31, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Protection[edit]

No problem! Some of my family was from Galicia and others from Wilno. :) Pats1 T/C 19:10, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Louis the Great[edit]

Hello! Can you expand (with 2-3 sentences) the "Determinant laws" section in Louis the Great article? Louis (as King of Poland) created some very important determinant Polish laws. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.44.3.44 (talk) 09:55, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

3RR rule[edit]

Warning
Warning

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. M.K. (talk) 17:17, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Know your forks[edit]

For Webster's see: Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks/Ghi#Icon_Group_International & Philip_M._Parker#Automatically_generated_books & example copyright page. Renata (talk) 12:37, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jogaila[edit]

In 1387 Jogaila was still Grand Duke. The distinction between Supreme/Grand Dukes comes into play only after Ostrow Agreement of 1392 when Vytautas comes in power. Skirgaila, who was left to rule Lithuania in Jogaila's name, is not considered a Grand Duke but just a regent. Renata (talk) 15:09, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello MR - just to let you know, I'm still pondering the best presentation of this issue. However, as a general rule, I think it best to keep content discussions at article talk pages rather than user talk pages, apart from friendly chatter or serious conduct issues. I believe this approach is widely approved.[citation needed] Novickas (talk) 03:20, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: January Suchodolski on Haitian Revolution[edit]

Mr. Szczepańczyk,

We are producing a documentary film on the Haitian earthquake, and our editors are interested in making use of an image credited to your Wikipedia account. It is a painting entitled "Bitwa na San Domingo" by January Suchodolski. We have contacted the Polish Museum in Rapperswil, and they haven't been able to provide us with the location of the original painting or the owner of licenses to this painting.

Our questions for you are: do you have a high-resolution version of your photograph available, and do you know who we would contact to license your image?

We are working under a very tight deadline, so please respond as soon as you can.

Best wishes, and much admiration for your contributions to Wikipedia,

Colin Beattie cbeattie@rainmedia.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.254.71.66 (talk) 16:20, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jan Dzierzon[edit]

Imie i nazwisko Dzierzona zostalo zmieniona na Johann Dzierzon, to jest pisownia niemiecka. Britanica podaje Jan Dzierżoń (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/175400/Jan-Dzierzon) i tak powinno byc. Rowniez tu (http://bees.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=bees;idno=5017629) angielskie tlumaczenie pracy Dzierzona podaje Dzierżon, Jan. Czy skontaktowales sie z museum w Kluczborku, albo przeczytales dowody i fotokopie w podanych pracach Brozka, Gladysza i ks. Mazaka? Pomijanie zrodel polskich jest niedopuszczalne. Ci ktorzy chca zmieniac artykul powinni uznac wage zrodel polskich wage a nie lawirowac na drugorzednych przekladach i niepelnych zrodlach. Podane tez sa wspolczesne artykuly w prasie polskiej i napisane przez Polakow. Trzeba je wniesc do tekstu. Niech chociaz bedzie widoczne ze spoleczenstwo polskie ma silne zdanie na ten temat. Podaje Ci e-mail jezeli chcesz powaznie pracowac bez udzialu szpiegow: erudra@hotmail.com. --Soujdspo (talk) 22:31, 11 April 2010 (UTC)



Bierz zawsze pod uwage ze: 1) w okresie Bismarck'a zniemczano imiona celowo 2) Poszukiwania liczbowe zapisu imion na internecie sa falszywka - autorzy wtedy i dzisiaj powtarzaja to co zostalo zniemczone i wprowadzone w pismie, clowo, przez nieuwage lub niewiedze. Jedyna droga czy jego imie powinno byc pisane Jahann czy Jan jest stwierdzenie ze Dzierzon uwazal sie za Polaka i kultywowal polskos, i tak jest zgodnie z dokumentami opisanymi w pracach Brozka, Gladysza i ks. Mazaka etc. --Soujdspo (talk) 02:01, 12 April 2010 (UTC) --Soujdspo (talk) 02:40, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Clegg[edit]

Hi there, you seem to know something about Polish heraldry. We know that Nick Clegg is the great-grandson of 'Ignaty Zakrevsky', who was a Russian diplomat in the 1890s and an attorney general in the Imperial Russian senate. 'Zakrevsky' had an estate near Kiev. Do you have any way of researching whether 'Zakrevsky' was related to Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski (d.1802) ? A family tree would be ideal. -Chumchum7 (talk) 07:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]