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September research newsletter

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Your comment on the Wojtek page

hi you said you'ed love to help with the Wojtek project? did you mean it, if so can you indicate how and in what way. are you the same person https://www.facebook.com/piotrkonieczny — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lambrook (talk • contribs) 11:36, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Outreach

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DYK? Nomination Review

Hello Piotrus,

Could you please review this DYK? nomination of mine?--Template:Did you know nominations/Historical polling for U.S. Presidential elections. If not, that's okay, but for some reason it has been several days now and no one was able to review this article (it needs a new review). Thank you very much. Futurist110 (talk) 01:56, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

GA reviews

I was just reviewing the WP:GAN page, and noticed you have several articles nominated. I'm not sure about the propriety of proposing a quid pro quo, but...well, that's what I'm doing. I was one of the editors involved in building the page Chen Guangcheng, which was nearing the end of its GA review when our reviewer mysteriously (and somewhat disconcertingly) disappeared. That was a month ago. I'm wondering if you might have time to pick up where he left off. I would gladly review an article on Polish history. Let me know if you're interested (and no worries if you're not). Homunculus (duihua) 05:55, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Let me know if there's one in particular you'd like to have reviewed. Homunculus (duihua) 18:16, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 September 2012

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DYK for Officialese

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Interface: a journal for and about social movements for deletion

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Clarification

Can you clarify if you have any connection to the topic of Interface: a journal for and about social movements, and Laurence Cox. Google suggests yes. IRWolfie- (talk) 22:51, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Online Ambassador Inquiry

Hello Piotrus. I'm the instructor for a section of students at Ball State University in Indiana USA who are beginning a collaborative research project on Wikipedia for our Introduction to Digital Literacies class. I've been teaching with WP since Spring 2011; from my user page you can see a few example projects highlighted. We are currently in need of an online ambassador to advise several class groups on selecting topics and putting articles together: this means there will be four or five topics for an ambassador to assist with. Might you be interested in helping us? You can see the project timeline in my user area project subpage.

I have gone through the appropriate channels and application documents with the Wikimedia folks in charge of education programs, but have not heard back in nearly two weeks (I've emailed Jamie Mathewson twice). But time is getting short and we must begin—thus I'm taking the liberty of contacting potential ambassadors directly. Thanks for your consideration and good luck with your projects! –Webster Newbold (talk) 16:31, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Piotrus. If I can't find other another ambassador for my second section I'll look you up again. Best,Webster Newbold (talk) 20:21, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Note

Nice citation work as to the Nazism and Nazi Germany articles. Not an easy task. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 19:06, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Apology

Sorry about the post I wrote you in the Tadeusz Kosciuszko page. I wrote it when I waas tired so I didn't notice it wasn't you who wrote the post, but it's not really an excuse. I felt offended because the guy said Belarusians didn't exist then, and he also said Koscuiszko didn't consider himsellf Belarusian or spoke Belarusian (which is a lie because he said he isa Litvin, which means Belarusian, and he wrote his parents in Belarusian). I'm half Belarusian (and half Polish) and Kosciuszko is kind of a hero for me so hearing those stuff offended me, but again, there is no excuse while you should be told that you don't know this or that because you weren't even the one who wrote that comment. Danton's Jacobin (talk) 17:25, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for IRevolution: Online Warriors of the Arab Spring

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for 1999 F-117A shoot-down

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Reliable Source Help

Thank you for your advice and concern about the reliability of the sources on the Ithaca Bakery article.. We have recently contacted the owner of the company, who -for the history section- provided us with information in the form of Word Documents of speeches he has given in the past. We don't plan on including the information word for word, since we don't want the page to be promotional, but there is valuable historical information included which we would like to use. However, we aren't sure how to go about citing this document - do you have any advice/suggestions? Tpn22 (talk) 17:40, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

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How to avoid content deletion

Hi, I'm part of Prof. Leshed's class at Cornell University. My group was just wondering if you have any tips to avoid content deletion after submitting additions to our article. We're editing the Brick Lane Market page. Heres a link to our talk page User talk:D4n2elle/BrickLaneMarket. Thanks! Joey236 (talk) 21:45, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the assistance! We should be about ready to submit the article tomorrow, but you can see what we have so far on our talk page (link above). Joey236 (talk) 22:59, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Social engagement

Yngvadottir (talk) 00:04, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for the help on the Brick Lane Market/Truman Markets page. I'll be sure to take out the "Introduction" header when the page is published! D4n2elle (talk) 05:23, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Request for Observer Feedback also from Cornell University Comm3460 Class

Hello, we are also a group from Professor Leshed's course and we are working on an article about Incentive-Centered Design. We have moved the contents of our article to the actual Wikipedia page for the topic. Could you please take a look at our article and provide your endorsement so it does not get nominated for rapid deletion? Thank you! Rr442 (talk) 03:11, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Professor Leshed introduced our class to your User page as our Online Ambassador to our Wikipedia projects. I am expanding the Cornell Big Red wrestling article that already exists on Wikipedia. We have found many sources, mostly from Cornell but also from major newspapers that discuss the History, Notable Alumni, and other information regarding Cornell wrestling that will greatly add to the existing page. Could you please look at our page and the including Talk that has the discussions on it and provide any feedback before we submit our changes to the actual page? Thank you! User:mvr24/Cornell Big Red Wrestling Mvr24 (talk) 17:38, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

London Victory Celebrations of 1946

Hi Piotrus. I restored the improvements you made at London Victory Celebrations of 1946. The page bans do seem draconian, but Sandstein probably meant well when he imposed them. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 19:46, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Appealing the page ban for yourself seems like a good idea—you hadn't edited the page since 2007 and weren't part of the 2010 dispute. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 20:02, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Looks good. You probably ought to notify Sandstein as a courtesy. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 21:52, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Cornell University Assignment - Comm 3460

Hello!

We are working under Prof. Leshed's Online Community class. She asks us to reach out to you to see the development of our page. If you could be so kind to take a quick look at it and offer your comments, we'll be extremely appreciative. --JP Comm (talk) 02:01, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jfn41791/WomensOversizedFashionintheUnitedStates#The_1990s

Hello!

My professor, Professor Leshed, has given my class your username for assistance with our group project. A group of fellow students and I are looking to create a page about Employee Resource Groups for our assignment. We have some discussion so far on User talk:Tpr37/proposal. We were wondering if there was a specific person we could contact about help with editing/discussion/keeping the page up once its posted. Do you have any advice or suggestions? Thank you so much!

Cu mn354 (talk) 23:29, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

To keep the topic up, you may wish to expand on User_talk:Tpr37/proposal#Topic to show why the topic is noteworthy. See the general requirements at WP:GNG. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:09, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Good idea, I copied it to the students' draft discussion page. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 19:00, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestions! Cu mn354 (talk) 19:23, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

We have posted our article Employee Resource Groups. We would love if you could take a look at it for verification purposes! Thank you so much for all of your help. Cu mn354 (talk) 17:00, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Online Communities

Hi Piotr. Most of these articles are looking quite nice. Could you have a look at File:CTB Logo.jpg, though. It will probably be moved back from Commons to Wikipedia and tagged as fair use. Cheers, —Ruud 19:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

And the images on Employee resource groups seem to have come straight from Google Images... —Ruud 19:27, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Copyright law of South Korea

Casliber (talk) 00:06, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Survey pilot?

Hi Piotr, Might you be interested and willing to help pilot a survey by a colleague at Syracuse University on the motivation of contributors to Wikipedia? Thanks, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 22:00, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. Yes, the request is to take the survey (I took it myself last night). It is available at: https://survey.ischool.syr.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=88M39mm. There's a place at the end for comments/ feedback to the survey team. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 18:05, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

GA reassessments

Hi Piotrus. I notice you have a few reassessments open. I thought I would remind you of them in case you have forgotten, they seem to have been open for a while. They are Talk:Kiev Offensive (1920)/GA1 and Talk:Vilnius Castle Complex/GA2. Regards and thank you for doing quality control on our Good articles. AIRcorn (talk) 03:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Definately delist Vilnius Castle Complex, an article cannot be good with that many {{cn}} tags. Personally I would remove all but the most blatant (i.e those with controversial or likely to be challenged statements) and add a {{refimprove}} as it is a bit overkill, although that has nothing to do with GAR. Same goes with the Kiev offensive although it doesn't appear as bad at first glance. Basically all you need to do is write Delist on the review somewhere, then remove the link to the reassessment from the talk page and update the {{article history}} template. It has been long enough now that no one is likely to fix it anytime soon, especially if the main editors, wikiprojects have been notified. Let me know if you need a hand with any of the technical stuff. AIRcorn (talk) 06:28, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Just a few little fixs , , and . AIRcorn (talk) 22:03, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for World War II looting of Poland

Yngvadottir (talk) 16:04, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Ursuline Academy

Thanks for the investigation! I asked you pretty much immediately after the place received National Register designation, and it hadn't yet been added to our list. I had no clue that it was already PHLF-designated, so I didn't know that we already had the image. Nyttend (talk) 17:38, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Dhimitër Mborja

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DYK reviews

Piotrus, were you planning to come back to any of these reviews that you initiated, or should we look for new people to finish them off?

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• Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Takano

Please let me know here what your plans are. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:25, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

If you're approving these, by which I assume you've done the remaining review steps, please include the appropriate tick, and at the beginning of your comment rather than the end. It's much easier to see by those people who subsequently promote the hooks to the prep areas if it's the first thing visible on the left edge. (Without a tick, it doesn't show up on the queue list in the approved count per day.) Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:21, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Charles Johnson Pharazyn DYK

Thanks for the review. The Charles Johnson Pharazyn DYK needs the formal tick mark, though. Schwede66 18:10, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Changing a STUB-CLASS rating, and changing a LOW-IMPORTANCE RATING, for PESA SA article.

Hi, Piotrus!

I have two easy questions for you, relating to the article PESA SA, where I just posted a greatly expanded and re-written article - essentially, a totally new article: QUESTION (1) How does one change a STUB-CLASS rating? (The former article was indeed STUB-CLASS, almost nothing; my new article is almost too detailed. My new article is mainly a translation of the Polish Wikipedia article Pojazdy Szynowe PESA Bydgoszcz, plus an expanded end section. Not just about railways, the Polish and new English articles touch on Polish history and politics since 1851). The new article is definitely not STUB-CLASS. Looking into the Wikipedia 'Manual of Style,' I couldn't even find a definition of 'Template' - it talked about doing things with templates, rather unclearly, without telling you what a template is. As far as I can tell, a template is something involving text placed between curly brackets: {{......}}. So, in PESA SA I deleted a line near the end saying class="assess-stub " style="color:inherit; background: #ffa4a4; text-align: center; " | Stub, and that message no longer appears at the end of the article. But I don't think this is the proper solution.

QUESTION (2) Who changes an IMPORTANCE rating? PESA is now the largest rail equipment maker in Poland, and looking at comparable firms, the article MTU Friedrichshafen about a comparable-size firm in Germany is rated MID-IMPORTANCE, while the article on the largest German maker Bombardier Transportation is rated HIGH-IMPORTANCE. Thus PESA SA should be at least MID-IMPORTANCE. Explanatory Note, why I upgraded the article: on September 19, 2012, PESA signed a contract worth up to $1.5 billion with Deutsche Bahn - an enormous contract, with the very fussy Germans who usually buy only from German firms. On September 19, TRAFFIC STATISTICS for the English article PESA SA jumped from normally about 50 up to 555, and on Polish Wikipedia TRAFFIC STATISTICS for 'Pojazdy szynowe PESA..' jumped from 200, up to 1169.Prospero10 (talk) 19:01, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Re: question

Piotr, what exactly would you like me to do at Template:Did you know nominations/The ScareHouse? Propose a new ALT hook? Poeticbent talk 17:05, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

File:Warsaw Arsenal 1938.jpg

Hi, I note you uploaded this media, would you mind expanding the fair use rationale so it addresses ALL 10 points of WP:NFCC?Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:28, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

If you think it should be deleted (your comment on my talk page) then feel free to tag it, i thought I'd ask though :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:12, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

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File:Antoni Heda IIWW.jpg

Hi, I note you uploaded this media, would you mind expanding the fair use rationale so it addresses ALL 10 points of WP:NFCC? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:04, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

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File:Gotrex and Felix hardcover.jpg

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Brzesc Litewski i Okolice

Drogi Panie Piotrusiu, Dotarlem do Pana adresu patrzac na to, skad pojawily sie w Wikipedii wiadomosci o sowiecko-niemieckiej defiladzie w Brzesciu Litewskim. Wyglada na to, ze ma Pan wiecej ode mnie czasu i zainteresowania aby zajmowac sie takimi rzeczami. Prosze zatem aby zwrocil Pan uwage na to, co ten artykul mowi o relacji miedzy polskim wojskiem a Armia Czerwona gdy wkroczyla w polskie granice. Polscy zolnierze (tak naprawde, oficerowie) dostali jasny rozkaz od swojego Wodza Naczelnego: "z Sowietami nie walczyc" [tymi slowy, nie pamietam daty i numeru rozkazu, ale jestem pewien tresci, i doslownego brzmienia: "z Sowietami nie walczyc"]. Ja jestem daleko pod kazdym wzgledem (miedzy innymi dlatego ze mieszkam bardzo daleko od Warszawy), ale skoro Pan jest --jak sie wydaje-- blizej, to sugeruje zeby spojrzal Pan uwaznie na to, co w Wikipedii mozna o tym przeczytac i zredagowal w tym i wszystkich innych haslach Wikipedii. Zdroweczko, Jaroslaw

O co tez tu chodzi z owymi czterema tyldami? Ale skoro trzeba, to podpisze czterema tyldami. Grzdacz (talk) 00:56, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

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Polish-American vote

I have no idea how to put this into the DYK page. I will keep adding info, but if you can help me or post it on, I give you all the permission and best wishes to go ahead.--Votevotevote2012 (talk) 01:24, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

if you could, I have a recommended line:

Did you know... ...that in 1944, FDR made a pledge in Chicago one week before the presidential elections to uphold the Atlantic Charter relating to Poland--and after he won over 90% of the Polish-American vote, he gave in to Joseph Stalin and allowed Poland to be taken into Soviet rule after World War II.

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DYK for Onufry Zagłoba

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polskie PD

Dzięki za zaproszenie do współredagowania tego nader dla polskich wikipedystów ważnego elementu wiki-commonsowego puzzla.

Bardzo jednak żałuję, ale po pierwsze nie dysponuję ani dostatecznie precyzyjną wiedzą prawniczą, ani dostatecznie obszerną bibliografią w zakresie prawa autorskiego (polskiego i amerykańskiego) - bo oba trzeba brać pod uwagę, nie mówiąc o prawie byłych naszych zaborców - by poczuwać się do prawa do odpowiedzialnego zabierania głosu. Po stronach i podstronach Wikimedia Commons przewijają się całe tabuny samozwańczych znawców i pseudospecjalistów, którzy najczęściej robią mniej odpornym uczestnikom projektu wodę z mózgu swoimi własnymi definicjami (jeden z moich nieżyjących znajomych takie dodawane "od siebie" określenia i sformułowania, bądź interpretacje,miał zwyczaj nazywać smakowitym słowem odsiebięciny). Widziałem Twoje starcie z jednym z tych młodych (?) gniewnych sprzed paru dni, zresztą to ono najpewniej stało się jedną z przyczyn podjęcia się przez Ciebie próby uporządkowania tego tematu.

Ja nie chcę i nie umiem się do grupy "gniewnych" ani "specjalistów" zaliczać (młody zaś już od dawna nie jestem), więc pozwolę sobie pozostać tylko skromnym obserwatorem. Swoje uprawnienia admińskie na commons trzymam w dolnej szufladzie, rzadko ją otwierając, najczęściej w okolicznościach nie budzących wątpliwości.

Na to wszystko nakłada się jeszcze brak dostatecznej zdolności porozumiewania się po angielsku (zwłaszcza w zawiłej prawniczej nomenklaturze), co przekłada się oczywiście na brak pewności siebie w wypowiadaniu się w tym języku i prowadzeniu polemik.

Pozdrawiam serdecznie Julo (talk) 17:38, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Map ideas

At WikiProject Poland, could you get someone to make a map of the proposals in the Treaty of Marienburg and the Treaty of Radnot ? The latter is an especially interesting "what if" of history - it would have been a 17th century partition of Poland between Sweden, Brandenburg, Transylvania, Lithuania and Ukraine. Afaik no such map exists, anywhere. This is what WP is for. TIA am running away back into semi-retirement now! -Chumchum7 (talk) 18:14, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Stanislaw Zulkiewski GA

Masz czasem dostep do Nagielskiego?  Volunteer Marek  06:56, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

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Tadeusz Kościuszko revert war

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I might have to do that if he continues. Thank you :-) Danton's Jacobin (talk) 18:40, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

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Chinese bronzes

For information, & likewise of course. Johnbod (talk) 16:36, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Advert tag?

Hi,

You have tagged Spencer Stuart with an "advert" wiki-tag? Can you please explain why? Ottawahitech (talk) 19:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

New picture of Ernest Pike

Hi Piotrus, I have found a new and much better picture of the tenor Ernest Pike that shows a full portrait of him. This picture has been scanned from an early HMV record cover dating from about 1908. We must presume that the original copyright holder must have been HMV or its predecessor the Gramophone & Typewriter company, but there is no author on the photo. So in the UK - with an unknown author I presume that it is now out of copyright as it is over 70 years since publication. In the U.S it will be out of copyright anyway as it was published before Jan 1 1923. In fact it should be out of copyright everywhere as it was published more than 100 years ago. I have tried to upload this, but the upload wizard is not working for me. I have tried 2 computers. Is there a problem with uploads at the moment or can you help/advise me? Richard J Myers (talk) 14:42, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

--- The problem is that the "local upload" is not working - it connects then says it is uploading, then never completes the upload. The upload wizard talk shows that others have the same issue.

So I have tried the wiki commons upload which does work - but does not have any settings for UK copyright!. nor is there anywhere to set the PD-UK-unknown. I tried putting it in a licensse field and it will not accept it. So I don't know what to do. Either:- 1. The local (US and UK) wizard needs to be be fixed or/ 2. Can you explain how I upload UK pictures to the Wiki Commons which appears to be for US pictures only or do I assume that if it is out of copyright in the UK that it is also out of copyright in the US.

Richard J Myers (talk) 17:48, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi again, Its all sorted - the uploads were working all along, but the uploader did not say when the upload was complete. Also - I coudn't find the files uploaded because the file name given by the uploader was what I thought was the full length description string! So the file names are quite long but this is no bad thing - I have found them at least. I now know (with help from the forum) that I can check all the files I have downloaded from a user contributions page or a file list page. Finally, when I release the new article, if I let you know when - could I ask you to check it to make sure it is OK - will probably be in 1 or 2 days time? Thanks for your help. Richard J Myers (talk) 17:28, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi, The potential new picture (which has been scanned by me) for the revised Ernest Pike article is:

"The tenor Ernest Pike standing in front of a Sheraton gramophone.jpg"

This picture would have appeared in about 1908 on record covers for the Zonophone/HMV grand opera series of records which Pike sang on. The photographer is unknown and it would have been first published in the UK probably in around 1907. So the question is whether HMV can still claim any copyright as a company? You should be able to accesss the uploaded photo (not yet added to the article). I would appreciate it if you could review whether I can add this to the article without any issues and if necessary amend the copyright info attached to it. The last Pike photo I uploaded caused a lively discussion - I would prefer it if this one was more peaceful! I do think this is an excellent photo of him which is entirely relevant to the article as very few pictures of him exist at all and the photo on the existing article is a very poor picture of him. Thanks in advance for your help. 208.85.2.68 (talk) 14:35, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Richard, is that you? If it is, as I said before, this is PD, use the templates I linked on your talk, and of course add the above info about the source to the description of the picture. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 17:06, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi - Yes sorry it was me and I didn't sign. A link to the photo I have uploaded is given below. Can I ask you to check if the licence looks OK for this. If not - how do I add the licence commons:Template:PD-UK-unknown now to this picture?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ernest_Pike_standing_by_a_Sheraton_gramophone.jpg

Richard J Myers (talk) 17:52, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi again, I've managed to add the UK licence now as you suggested. Thanks.

Richard J Myers (talk) 21:18, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus, And I have now published a completely revised and enalrged version of this article with more detail and better inline citations - proper lead parapgraph etc. What would I have to do to make this a "Good" article now?

Best regards Richard J Myers (talk) 21:34, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for the advice - I will look into these things. I have now added the old picture back into the operatic recordingd section. I have already uploaded a better resolution version of this and will replace the picture with this when I have attached relevant licensing info.

Regards Richard J Myers (talk) 22:04, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien

I beleive to have addressed your concerns. Thanks MisterBee1966 (talk) 06:40, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing again! I left another comment MisterBee1966 (talk) 16:09, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Multiple edits on Ernest Pike

Hi Piotrus,

I have to ask - why do so many edits have to be made to articles that I have written? Wikipedia is full of badly written articles with no proper references and no-one seems to do anything about these. Let's look, for example at the: Peter Dawson (bass-baritone) article. This has no inline citations at all and few proper references at the end of the article and Peter Dawson is more important than Pike. Dawson is not even tagged as a problem article - and it should be. Yet when I write a good well-referenced article in clear English and put in decent references - they have to be taken out. Why do not all the people who have to make so many edits to my one article focus on articles like Peter Dawson, Stanley Kirkby etc. instead?

Yours frustrated Richard J Myers (talk) 09:28, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I know you must be busy - but I would like to be able to sort this out - thanks -- Richard J Myers (talk) 16:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus,

Thanks for reply. I will accept your answer that it is not because there is a serious issue with it. With regard to archiving the my talk page - I had no idea that there was a way of doing this other than occasional manual deletion of expired topics. -- Richard J Myers (talk) 16:34, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Piotrus, in some of the paragraphs, the same ref was repeated over and over, when the whole paragraph was referenced to the same, or a couple of, references. So, we don't need to keep restating the same ref. We can see, for example, that in the first paragraph under "Operatic recordings", all of the references are to one source. The paragraph had the ref six times in a row, and I have reduced it to four times, which is still overkill. As you noted to Richard, we are trying to help him. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:00, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. You cannot be saying that you think this ref must be repeated SIX times in the same short paragraph, which has no other refs. Surely four times is enough. The two consecutive sentences will not be split, because they both refer to the same recording. Please take a closer look at the text. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:54, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Wrocław

Polish city of Wroclaw comes to terms with its German past

http://news.yahoo.com/polish-city-wroclaw-comes-terms-german-past-174953190.html

Isn't it amazing that it's taken nearly 70 years for this (largely) untold story to come 'out' in mainstream Western media?

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The ScareHouse

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Sejmik

Hi Piotrus. Sejmik has been promoted to B class. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 10:49, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I thought about the article structure as I reviewed it. I moved a few sentences around to improve the flow (I hope). I think the structure is probably fine the way it is, unless you want to break the history section into subsections. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 04:25, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus. I responded to your question on my talk page about this article with another question. At the time, I did not check the status of the article before replying, so I had assumed that it had been nominated at WP:GAN. I see that it has not been nominated. P.S. General sejm is now a GA. Pyrotec (talk) 21:28, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

World Court Page

Hi! I'll send you an email in case I didn't do this right, but hopefully you get this message. I think my page (World Courts of Women) is ready to go, at least for a first draft. I'll add more to it once it's up. Can you take a look and make sure it's okay? And let me know how to make it an actual page? Then I can do the nomination thing if you think it qualifies for that. Thank you for all of your help!

Bjduncan1024 (talk) 01:14, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

I didn't send an email once I saw you had replied to my message. Sorry for the email from Jackie - she is anxious to get this posted and thinks I have been taking too long. Fortunately, I think it should be ready to go now. She's not as interested in nominating it for the main page, so if that doesn't happen, it's okay. I just want to get it posted.

I don't have an option to move it. Can you move it, or do I need to submit it for review? Thanks!

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DYKs

Feel free to nominate if you like. Renata (talk) 17:21, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Berlin Victory Parade of 1945

The DYK project (nominate) 16:05, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for New York City Victory Parade of 1946

The DYK project (nominate) 16:05, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Casualties at Kircholm

What's your opinion on the casualties suffered at Kircholm I stated at the Talkpage, as I see you wandered through there? Imonoz (talk) 17:06, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Sebastiano Montelupi

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Sreten Asanović

Please could you clarify more precisely which part of Biography should I change. And please give me just a little more time to edit the text. Asanovicsimo (talk) 15:24, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Al Jazeera effect

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Polish-American vote

Hi! the page is growing, and I would like people on the Polish-speaking portal of Wikipedia to know about it. How can a translation request for Polish-American vote be made?--Votevotevote2012 (talk) 22:26, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Sejm of the Grand Duchy of Posen

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I have a feeling some parts still needs to be fixed. Please confirm (or correct me if I'm wrong). Lajbi ^{Holla @ me • CP} 17:16, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Hello. Since we have been collaborating lately on this project, would you mind assessing/translation checking the article of Ignacy Tłoczyński‎, a page you contributed at the very beginning? Lajbi ^{Holla @ me • CP} 14:27, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Hello again. I guess I'm done fixing what you've pointed out. Lajbi ^{Holla @ me • CP} 19:22, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

I think you can take a look at it now. Lajbi ^{Holla @ me • CP} 12:08, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Roberto Bandinelli

Hi Piotr. DYK nom at Template:Did you know nominations/Roberto Bandinelli. Cheers. Poeticbent talk 17:19, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm back

So what' the problem with the one article? Ajh1492 (talk) 20:35, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for joining WikiProject Freedom of speech! :) — Cirt (talk) 03:00, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Re: your earlier stub

Just to let you know, I do not wish, nor intend to DYK this architectural structure, because of the sorry state it is in after a court battle. Nothing to be particularly proud of I guess. Poeticbent talk 19:43, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

CUE logo

Hey, in 2006 in article about Cracow University of Economics you have uploaded logo of the Cracow Academy of Economics. Since 2007 the school has status of university and the logo is not up to date. The new one can be found on the official page of CUE.

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DYK for Poland–Spain relations

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DYK for Al Jazeera effect

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Proposed deletion of Jacek Inglot

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Stefan Czarniecki

I have started the review for Stefan Czarniecki. Albacore (talk) 15:39, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

A Mega Award

		The 200 DYK Nomination Medal
		DYK is known for awards but I think the person who nominated 1,000 of other people's articles is the real star. I bet many haven't spotted that there is a DYK nominations award. OK you've created some articles but there is only one word for editors who nominate the work of others two hundred times. Respect. Victuallers (talk) 22:31, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Polish American vote, Polish American map.jpg

Hey Piotrus, hope all is well. I've been having some power shorts here at home, so hopefully this hurricane will subside soon.

I know we talked last about translating the page, and I am actually very excited about the page's development. It looks good and it is growing better everyday. I'm especially happy with a map I created, File:Polish America map.jpg which makes the Polish-American page look and more engaging. Between the two, I think we'll have no trouble baiting a polish-speaking wikipedian into translating some info. It certainly doesn't have to be the whole thing, but between the Poland portal and the Polish wikipedia, I think we can get someone interested. What do you think?--Votevotevote2012 (talk) 05:01, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

I don't know the portals, I have no idea how to manuveur that or who to talk to to make an impact. Basically, since I speak no Polish, think of yourself as my only real link to the Polish wikipedia at present.--Votevotevote2012 (talk) 05:40, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

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ZoSia Karbowiak Biography

We have worked very hard to obtain additional information, links and credibility. We are hoping to build this page over the next few years. I am hoping you will remove the mark for deletion and give this page a chance to exist. She is a brilliant song writer and lyricist and her career has only begun. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulhus15 (talk • contribs) 10:46, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Natural disasters DYKnom

I've addressed your comments; feel free to take another look! Thanks your your help, LonelyBoy2012 (talk) 20:51, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 October newsletter

The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:

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DYK for Conflict (process)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research - External Links

Thanks for the welcome Piotrus! I saw the revert you made, but I am not sure why it was made. As I am new I would like to know, so that I do not make the same mistakes again. I read the guidelines for what types of external links should be avoided, but did not think my link fell under any of those categories. Will await your reply, thanks!

Tami Allen (talk) 00:33, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zosia Karbowiak and barnstar

I see you've commented on the AfD discussion for Zosia Karbowiak. Was your reply a comment or a !vote? It isn't particularly clear if it's a comment or a !vote. Can you please clarify that on the discussion page? Thank you and happy editing. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:58, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Oh, and since it appears you are doing quite well in DYKs, I would like to award you this barnstar:

		The Original Barnstar
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re: External Links

Thanks for the tips! I will contribute more next time I make an edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tami Allen (talk • contribs) 15:47, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Why Die for Danzig?

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GA review for Scipione Piattoli

Hello Piotrus. I just completed a detailed GA review Scipione Piattoli for GA status. The article was fun to read and I learned a lot from it! The review page is here. Cheers, Madalibi (talk) 03:27, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

I just promoted the article to GA status, one more flower to add to your opulent boutonnière. Keep up the good work! Madalibi (talk) 01:49, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

You are very welcome. If you have time and you are interested, you are also welcome to take a quick look at Shunzhi Emperor of China, an article I just submitted for featured article (my first FAC). It would be wonderful to receive your comments on any single section, just to see if the prose makes sense to readers who may not know much about Chinese history, though I cannot presume that this is your case, of course. Anyway, the review page is here. It was nice being in touch about the Piattoli review, which taught me a lot about Polish history. Cheers, Madalibi (talk) 09:51, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your review. I think I just finished addressing your concerns. Let me know what you think! Cheers, Madalibi (talk) 06:48, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

FYI

You tagged Cornell Concert Commission with a notability tag, so you may be interested in this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cornell Concert Commission.--GrapedApe (talk) 04:31, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK

Hello! I've reviewed both of the articles at Template:Did you know nominations/Sejm of the Estates. Great work on the articles. The first one is good to go, but there is a minor issue with the second article. Cheers,--xanchester (t) 17:27, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick response. It's ready to go now. Both articles are well written, I enjoyed reading and reviewing them.--xanchester (t) 20:44, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Fumanekile Gqiba

Thanks for taking a look at the DYK nomination for Fumanekile Gqiba. I have responded to you at the DYK template: Template:Did you know nominations/Fumanekile Gqiba. Thanks again! NearTheZoo (talk) 03:04, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sejm of the Estates

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DYK for Sejm of the Land

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The contents of article on Tadeusz Kościuszko.

Hello. Please be advised that the information, which continues to be inserted by Belarusian users in the said article, appears incorrect. I wanted to highlight same, but the changes were reverted only before applying protection. I've given my response & rationale in the Talk section on the page of user "Danton's Jacobin". As I'm not a registered user, I'd be obliged for your assistance in getting a neutral contents of that article. Thank you. 93.107.76.37 (talk) 19:58, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

The contents of article on Sonel.

Yellow Pages? OK, but can somebody show me Yellow Pages, where is company's history etc.? Or show me difference beetween the side about Sonel and the side about Megger or Fluke - for me, it's discrimination, that is the EN wikipedia's place for the British and US Companies, and there is no place for Polish company. (jagokogo) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jagokogo (talk • contribs) 07:55, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Sucrose gap

Thanks for your review of this DYK. Could you take another look? Thanks Illia Connell (talk) 20:40, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Apollo 11 lunar sample display, Apollo 17 lunar sample display

You lost me on your concern. The lead to the article reads

The Lunar basalt 70017 is a moon rock gathered in 1972 by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the Apollo 17 mission near their Apollo lunar lander from the valley of Taurus-Littrow on the moon.

Can you be more specific or reword your concern. I'll try to fix, if I knew what the problem is.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 23:27, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

What I mean is that this article should use the alt (1.1 gram) name in the lead, and that there should be a reference to at least one source that uses this term to refer to this rock. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:37, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

The lead to the article now reads

The Lunar basalt 70017 is a moon rock gathered in 1972 by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the Apollo 17 mission near their Apollo lunar lander from the valley of Taurus-Littrow on the moon and divided into 1.1 gram pieces.

The DYK article Lunar basalt 70017 is supported by sources #1, #2, #3. Reference #2 of "Where are the Moon Rocks" says The Apollo 17 gift rocks are slightly larger and weigh about 1.1 grams. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

The hook has been changed to show Lunar basalt 70017. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:11, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Would it appropriate for you to remove now Please add alt name (used here) to the lead, reference it as the alt name, and ping me again for a re-review. Thanks!--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:17, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Would you like to Review Apollo 11 lunar sample display also? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:38, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

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Ōtsu references

Piotrus -- thanks tremendously for your reorganization of the reference at Ōtsu, Shiga‎. I've never seen that arrangement and it'll declutter my future articles. Prburley (talk) 02:35, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

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Silesia

I need you help and advice. My friend ask me for support. On the article 'Silesia' somebody, maybe even he created table expressing history of the land. I think it is good - very informative. There a two editors, Rsloch - it seems to me does not like the clear history in table since have an German nationalistic inclination. The table is nothing more than simplification and clarification of the text, but can be dislike by some who think Germans has any rights to this region. Second person is Dominus Vobisdu, who also has somewhat strange POV, probably only pretending to be an American. I do not think the table is any controversial, since the text is not contradicted - rather clarified. Could help?. I could start logical discussion, but I am not specializing in the Silesia subject, and the two people react very agresyvely. It does not promise resonable responds funded on logic.--Burham (talk) 19:20, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

I did not found any prohibitions or "bad style" indication regarding tables. Could enlighten me? Any way thank you for your writings.--Burham (talk) 18:55, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, I found one, but probably it is not what you would expect. It is in lead to article 'Table' :). But I will search further. Take for consideration the word 'pervasive' in this article. I learn to use table in my works also very early, since they are 'pervasive'. In complicated info it make subject clear and easy to remember. --Burham (talk) 22:18, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I will not copy results of my search regarding table in leads. It is TOO BIG. I ask you to read the results on my talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Burham#re:_Silesia--Burham (talk) 04:56, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Thus I understand that, although 1) there is no prohibitions regarding using tables in lead, 2) I show you that there exists many table types in lead, You figure out it is "common sense" not to use table in lead. Well I do not understand the so call "common sense". Any way thank you for exchange opinions. I will do what I consider the best for the reader - it mean clarifies the true, and expose blur demands and magnification nationalistic believes.--Burham (talk) 00:12, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

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I understand and appreciate what you're doing here , but you've added about 30k of code to a 150k article, which will eventually crash its parsing (the article will give blue screens when trying to save edits). There is also a redlink in ref. 219. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 03:14, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Sigh .. I hope you don't take all these developments close to heart. Yes, isolating refs from the text has pros and cons (many are not obvious; for example, the citation bot, which often runs semiautomatically, has an elevated chance of breaking refs if they are isolated into the reflists), and no reference system is preferred. It is always frustrating to have your time wasted over this, but this is wiki, and I've been reverted on that too :-D. Note that the code size is an important factor (server connection varies in space and time, even if you have a fast PC). You could likely reduce it in your cleanups by optimizing the reference names and fields - every minute detail is important if you work through an article with 300 refs. Materialscientist (talk) 04:49, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Loading time is nonlinear with the code size. It also depends not only on the nominal code size but also on the number and "weight" of transcluded templates, on the local connection speed, and the condition of wikimedia servers/databases; thus there is no clear "danger" threshold. Above about 170k the article becomes unmanageable for several reasons: (i) takes to long to load a diff and revert vandalism, as a result, editors often revert an edit which is already in the past (because of delay); (ii) saving an edit takes too long and gives a wikimedia blue screen; (iii) even experienced editors start breaking the code because their browser/server mishandles uploads. Materialscientist (talk) 05:18, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Semihemidemibarnstar

I am awarding you my semihemidemibarnstar for suggesing that HotCat be more widely available. I didn't know why I had this capability when it appeared on pages I was recently editing. I've been editing some US military categories lately, and have found it very useful. Dziękujemy. Lineagegeek (talk) 17:03, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Nice editing on Tadeusz Kościuszko

Great job on the early life section, it looks amazing now! Now I see what they mean when they say when they took about Encyclopedia standards :-) I looked on how you edited the references to learn how to do it right! Danton's Jacobin (talk) 17:58, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK submission including a Gibraltar-related article

Piotrus, I wanted to let you know that, as your submission involves the island of Gibraltar, it will have to go into the special Gibraltar area and received two reviews along with all the other hooks about the island. I'll be moving it shortly. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:32, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Leonid Raikhman

I rescued this from speedy A7. On the basis of my very elementary knowledge of Russian, he's both interesting and important, one of the Soviet Jews in the KGB who foolishly thought Stalin wouldn't turn on them. The Polish seems by far the better documented article, & I do not know Polish. Do you think you'd have time to work on it? DGG ( talk ) 04:46, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Arbitrary formatting changes

Please stop arbitrarily changing the formatting of references in articles. You've cited Wikipedia:Citing sources#Avoiding clutter on quite a few talk pages such as at Talk:United States, so I don't think I need to point out that it says that "articles should not undergo large scale conversion between formats without consensus to do so". Please stop trying to change the formatting without a consensus to do so. You've done this on a few dozen articles and have been reverted by multiple editors, please get a consensus before you try to do this on other articles. Thank you. - SudoGhost 00:58, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

You cannot change the formatting like you're doing, per Wikipedia:Citing sources#Avoiding clutter, the very thing you've been citing as cause to do it in the first place. If you continue to do so, it will be reverted, as it has been by multiple editors every time you do it. Every time you've started a discussion requesting a consensus to change the reference formatting, nobody has agreed with you. That doesn't mean just stop discussing and do it anyways. Drmies made a suggestion about starting a discussion in a centralized location; I think that's a good idea, and if there's a consensus for what you're doing then I won't blink an eye at it, but until then there's plenty of discussions pointing out why you shouldn't be making those edits, and the very guideline you're citing says not to do it as well. You've made bold edits and they've been reverted, and your guideline says not to do it in the first place unless there's a consensus; I think now would be a great time to discuss it somewhere centralized instead of keeping at it. I understand that you put work into changing the articles like this, but for the sake of everyone not wasting effort I think now it needs to be discussed since it's known that this is a disputed action. - SudoGhost 04:36, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Casimir Pulaski

Looking at Casimir Pulaski, it looks like all the other references are in the LDR format and had been since you changed it back in May, and that your change today was bringing others references added since then in line with this. Since it was changed months ago and the article has been worked on significantly since then it doesn't make sense change it back to the pre-LDR format. However, in the future please discuss it and get a consensus before making this change on any future articles. If that's what the consensus wants, I have absolutely no objections, but all I'm asking is that you follow the guideline you're citing, that's all. I can't revert my own edit since someone else edited it after that, and I don't want to mess up their edits too, so I don't know how you want to handle that, but I can mess with it and try to revert my edit, or if you want to do it I'm not going to undo it, just let me know if I need to undo it manually or something. - SudoGhost 05:37, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Actually don't worry about it, I'm going manually combine your edit with his edits. - SudoGhost 05:41, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

...and  Done. Would you mind double-checking it to make sure I didn't mess anything up? - SudoGhost 05:52, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Kościuszko

Hi :-) That sounds good actually! I like what you suggested. The only thing is, I think the term Lithuanian should redirect to Lithuania and not to Lithuanians because when you look at his family tree you can see he actually probably didn't have any Lithuanian origins, as in the Baltic ethnicity. Danton's Jacobin (talk) 18:12, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I edited some things in the Early Life section. Do you think how it looks now it's good enough? Danton's Jacobin (talk) 18:22, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

It makes sense, but I think we can actually use Belarusian nobility, because that's what actualy feets his definition. When you read it it fits perfect his family! I think Ruthenian origin is the only origin he had as far as we know (though I would not be surprised if he had a bit of Polish blood as well. It someone would write a work about his family tree that would be really interesting), but I'm pretty sure he didn't have Lithuanian roots. The reason is because in the Great Duchy Belarusians (or Ruthenians) were the majority, the offical language Ruthenian. Most of the ruling families in Lithuania came from Ruthenian origin (Chodkiewicz family, Sapieha family), so the Ruthenians didn't see the need to marry Lithuanians due to the fact they would not gain anything from that (it was different in the Commonwealth, where Ruthenian and Lithuanian noble families wanted to mix with Polish families due to the fact the Polish families had more prestige and power). Danton's Jacobin (talk) 19:46, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

That's quite true what you said, it needs work, but I still think it fits more, for the reason that the article Ruthenian nobility talks about all the Ruthenian nobility from the Great Duchy of Lithuania, which means Belarusian and Ukrainain. The article Belarusian nobility is more specific the geographic sense. What it talks about is the Ruthenian nobility which lived in Belarus: "Noble people on Belarusian lands (Belarusian: шляхта, szlachta) were usually of Slavic (Ruthenian) origin in the east or of Baltic (Lithuanian in historical context, Litvin) origin in the west of the lands of what is now Belarus.", which shows they are sensitive to the idea that back then those were Ruthenians living in Belarus (though those Ruthenians are now called Belarusian).

Though to be honest, I'm quite flexible about this issue because I think it's the same thing so whatever is used is fine :-) I don't think any ethnic group has so much problems with defenition like the Belarusians. After those lands were taken by the Great Duchy the Ukrainans and Belarusians were one group called Ruthenians, then they became Litvins, then Russia changed it to Belarusians, and the way they see themselves changed over the years. Most Belarusians today see Russia as the natural friend, but originaly they were actualy literally running the Great Duchy in the Lithuania and were an integrated part of the Commonwealth. Danton's Jacobin (talk) 23:19, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ruthenian nobility

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WT:MED

WT:MED thread that relates to a student you are an ambassador for (I assume!). Best. Biosthmors (talk) 21:40, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Thread name nutrition transition. Biosthmors (talk) 21:41, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

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		This barnstar is awarded to User:Piotrus for his work improving the Tadeusz Kościuszko article. The article had a lot of revert wars between different groups trying to claim Kościuszko, and the quality of the article was far from what it should be, but through the efforts of Piotrus, who edited most of the article to look neutral and reliable in terms of what references to use, the article is getting really close to the FA level. Danton's Jacobin (talk) 23:36, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Place of Birth

Hi :-) Hope you are well! The funny part is, even in the Russian Wikipedia they have the Polish name is brackets, and in the Belarusian Wikipedia they don’t even have an article about this place. This place was a folwark near the town of Kosava. I found in some official websites in English from Belarus writing the area name as Merechevschina, the problem is, it’s actually how they pronounce it in Russian. The way to pronounce it in Belarusian would be Merachoushina, but when I write it like that on Wikipedia we get no results so I think we should take the Russian one due to the fact it’s the name even the Belarusians use (though I have to say, it’s irritating to think Belarusians say it like that because Belarusian was oppressed). Danton's Jacobin (talk) 12:07, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Done :-) Danton's Jacobin (talk) 12:15, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Ruthenian nobility

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Missing articles

I have a reason why i'm responding only here (where we can continue). The tool is here. It isn't the most perfect tool for searching missing articles, but at least for me it is good enough. But sometimes it doesn't work with some Wikipedia or category and it maybe won't get data from big cats (like Category:Living people). So enjoy! --Edgars2007 ^{(talk/contribs)} 19:36, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it has great potentinal. Over time, I'll look at filling in the gaps for missing Polish films, actor and director articles. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 09:59, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

WRN

Regarding : March would indeed have been a bit further back than our usual scope, but if it has only just been published, why not. Perhaps it can even be combined with the coverage of his other paper. BTW, your other texts are now at the draft page, thanks! Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 20:53, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

1919-1921 Sejm

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DYK for Sulima Uprising

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i want twitter

my name is amiliselwe i forgot my password — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.177.0.241 (talk) 14:13, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Himmler

No need to expand here as if the Slavic victims were somehow not as important. Tobby72 (talk) 15:28, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Legislative Sejm (Second Polish Republic)

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Completed

The review has been completed, the article passed. I've been a bit busy since mid-month with other things, and was unavailable for a few days last week, but my lateness was far from acceptable and I apologize for it. dci | TALK 02:38, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

College and university dating

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Christmas in Mexico

I used to do that a lot, but now I find it to be a chore and rather spend my time writing articles than arguing over little changes 15 people want before it has the "honor" of being on the front page at the bottom for six hours.Thelmadatter (talk) 17:39, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

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Bugle interview

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DYK for Produsage

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Credit for photograph

Hello, My name is Hannah, and I am a student worker at the Joseph Moore Museum at Earlham College in Richmond Indiana. I am working on a display on honey bee dance language for the museum, and would like to use your photograph "Red flower alongside a road." What name should I attribute the photograph to? I would be happy to send you a copy of the finished product if you would be interested in seeing it. Thanks! Hannah Rose hbrose12@earlham.edu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.28.32.114 (talk) 19:39, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

I assume you refer to File:Red flower alongside a road.JPG. You do not need to ask for my permission as the file is using a free license, but thanks for asking anyway :) You can use my nickname Piotrus. Please observe the requirements of a free license (as in, you'll need to state that the image is freely licensed in addition to attributing me). See more at commons:Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 19:54, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Magnates

<sigh> I know. I am editing in 10-minute chunks. While there is tons of books on the subject, I think I let the experts do this. My goal was to disambig "magnate". By the way, among nearly thousand links to magnate I bet 90% are about Polsih ones. Is it worth of effort to make page moves? Staszek Lem (talk) 22:25, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

P.S. not to say that with my skills it is better to write about obscure subjects, such as Złota Tarka. Staszek Lem (talk) 22:27, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Lux Veritatis

Napisałem mały stubik o fundacji, ale chyba wiele takich jest na en-wiki. Nie za bardzo rozumiem, dlaczego miałby być usunięty. Nie wiem również, którego z kryteriów Fundacja nie spełnia, ponadto nie wiem, gdzie dyskutować na ten temat i w związku z tym co poprawić. Strony en-wiki linkowały do Fundacji Lux Veritatis zanim powstał ten artykuł, gdyby nie to nigdy do głowy by mi nie przyszło pisać. Ale jak już napisałem, to proszę nie usuwać. Wizikj (talk) 22:56, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Ale ta organizacja nie ma statusu Non-profit. Wizikj (talk) 00:13, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Spiegelman's use of pigs

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Hi so I've found some more reliable sources for the Prusi Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prusi , and I was wondering I you can help with how to do the citations using the Wikipedia system. Just tell me ho to cite. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.195.192.15 (talk) 16:21, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Please see the various guides at WP:CITE. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 18:47, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Advice Polack

Hi Piotrus, could you help with Talk:Advice Polack#Identity of person responsible. I am concerned I am missing something in translation. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 12:34, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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• News and notes: Wobbly start to ArbCom election, but turnout beats last year's
  At the time of writing, this year's election has just closed after a two-week voting period. The eight seats were contested by 21 candidates. Of these, 15 have not been arbitrators (Beeblebrox, Count Iblis, Guerillero, Jc37, Keilana, Ks0stm, Kww, NuclearWarfare, Pgallert, RegentsPark, Richwales, Salvio giuliano, Timotheus Canens, Worm That Turned, and YOLO Swag); four candidates are sitting arbitrators (David Fuchs, Elen of the Roads, Jclemens, and Newyorkbrad); and two have previously served on the committee (Carcharoth and Coren). Four Wikimedia stewards from outside the English Wikipedia stepped forward as election scrutineers: Pundit, from the Polish Wikipedia; Teles, from the Portuguese Wikipedia; Quentinv57, from the French Wikipedia; and Mardetanha, from the Persian Wikipedia. The scrutineers' task is to ensure that the election is free of multiple votes from the same person, to tally the results, and to announce them. The full results are expected to be released within the next few days and will be reported in next week's edition of the Signpost.

• Featured content: Wikipedia goes to Hell
  Eight articles, four images, six lists, and one topic were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.

• Technology report: The new Visual Editor gets a bit more visual
  The Visual Editor project – an attempt to create the first WMF-deployable WYSIWYG editor – will go live on its first Wikipedias imminently following nearly six months of testing on MediaWiki.org. A full explanatory blog post accompanied the news, explaining the project and its setup. Once a user has opted-in, the editor can handle basic formatting, headings and lists, while safely ignoring elements it is yet to understand, including references, categories, templates, tables and images. At the last count, approximately 2% of pages would break in some way if a user tried the Visual Editor on them; it is unclear whether any specific protection will be put in place beyond relying on editors to spot problems.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Human Rights
  In celebration of Human Rights Day, we checked out WikiProject Human Rights. Started in February 2006, the project has grown to include over 3,000 articles, including 12 Featured Articles, 3 Featured Lists, 66 Good Articles, a large collection of Did You Know entries, and a few mentions "in the news". The project monitors listings of popular pages and cleanup tags. We interviewed Khazar2, Cirt, and Boud.

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Ways to improve First Battle of Warsaw (1794)

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Königsberg

Piotr, I'm in danger of getting really annoyed with Volunteer/Marek over his POV editing of Königsberg. Any suggestions? Sca (talk) 15:18, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Martyrios Bagin

Hello, just letting you know I removed the prod from the above article as it was previously proposed for deletion. Thank you. Rotten regard 18:42, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your efforts in improving Tadeusz Kościuszko. Keep up the good work, as always, Piotr! Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 18:46, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Monument to the Ghetto Heroes

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Proposed deletion of Downtango

Hi there, Piotrus

Thank you for your message. Yes, I am a newcomer here, but I checked out all the guidelines before submitting my first pages. I will go through them again, though, since with every edit I see that writing Wikipedia articles is not exactly a piece of cake.

Anyway, I do not really see how the Downtango thing is less notable than, say, GetRight which has an article on Wikipedia. Could you elaborate?

Thanks, Epater (talk) 15:36, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

This Month in Education: December 2012

This Month in Education – Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2012 Headlines wikiArS initiative in Catalonia Pilot Project "Wikipedia in University", Coquimbo, Chile Editathon with the Digital Humanities Winter Institute and the University of Maryland Some Statistics from the Czech program: explosion of new projects Fall 2012 summary Tecnológico de Monterrey- Campus Ciudad de México NCA conference highlights Wikipedia initiative Sample syllabus brochure revamped Student's article featured the psychology of music preference on main page Ambassadors in Cairo hold many student workshops Brazil student creates important chemistry article Articles of Interest in other publications To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

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Category Freemasons proposed deletion

Hi, as you were a contributor to a previous DRV on the Freemasons category there is another deletion discussion on this. JASpencer (talk) 16:49, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	At least one editor in the Wikipedia Education Program identified you specifically as being a helpful editor! Thanks for being so welcoming to a newbie! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 20:29, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Just read another lovely comment: "I think that the most useful resource for me was the online ambassador Piotr. He knew what he was talking about!" :) JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 22:30, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of First Battle of Warsaw (1794)

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The Signpost: 17 December 2012

• News and notes: Arbitrator election: stewards release the results
  Seven days after the close of voting, the results of the recent Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) elections have been announced by two of the four stewards overseeing the election, Mardetanha and Pundit. Of the 21 candidates, 13 managed to gain positive support-to-oppose ratios, and the top eight will be appointed to two-year terms on the committee by Jimbo Wales, exercising one of his traditional responsibilities.

• WikiProject report: WikiProjekt Computerspiel: Covering Computer Games in Germany
  In the past year, we've tried to expand our horizons by looking at how WikiProjects work in other languages of Wikipedia. Following in the footsteps of our previously interviewed Czech and French projects, we visited the German Wikipedia to explore WikiProjekt Computerspiel (WikiProject Computer Games). The project dates back to November 2004 and has become the back-end of the Computer Games Portal, which covers all video games regardless of platform. Editors writing about computer games at the German Wikipedia deal with unique cultural and legal challenges, ranging from a lack of fair use precedents to the limited availability of games deemed harmful for youths to strong standards for the inclusion of material on the German Wikipedia.

• Discussion report: Concise Wikipedia; section headings for navboxes
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• Op-ed: Finding truth in Sandy Hook
  This week's big story on the English Wikipedia is obviously the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (which, by the time you read this, may be renamed 2012 Connecticut school shooting). Quickly created and nominated for deletion not once but twice, and both times speedily kept, the article saw the expected flurry of edits (a look at the history suggests an average of at least one a minute over the first day and a half) and more than half a million page views on the first full day.

• Featured content: Wikipedia's cute ass
  Four articles, three lists, and five images were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week, including a picture of a three-week old donkey (also known as an 'ass').

• Technology report: MediaWiki groups and why you might want to start snuggling newbie editors
  MediaWiki users (including Wikimedians) can now organise themselves into groups, receiving recognition and support-in-kind from the Wikimedia Foundation. The project, backed by new Wikimedia technical contributor coordinator Quim Gil, has seen five proposals lodged in its first week of operation. The idea of MediaWiki groups mimics that of Wikimedia User Groups.

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Battle of Żownin

That was actually a mistake... should have passed on Coverage and Accuracy. Is now fixed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FrigidNinja (talk • contribs) 20:38, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Battle of Żownin

Hello! Your submission of Battle of Żownin at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! caknuck _° needs to be running more often 08:33, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

I'd be more than happy to help you copyedit the article. Please let me know if the alternate hook I wrote is acceptable. Thanks, caknuck _° needs to be running more often 08:35, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Simon Harley on British battleships and Nick-D on the French Resistance Interview: Five editors discuss some less-represented areas of military history Op-ed: Ian Rose looks back on 2012

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The Signpost: 24 December 2012

• News and notes: Debates on Meta sparking along—grants, new entities, and conflicts of interest
  As part of its new focus on core responsibilities, the Wikimedia Foundation is reforming its grant schemes so that they are more accessible to individual volunteers. The community is invited to look at proposals for a new scheme—for now called Individual engagement grants (IEGs)—which is due to kick off on January 15. On Meta, the community is once again debating the two new offline participation models—user groups (open membership groups designed to be easy to form) and thematic organizations (incorporated non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work on a specific theme within or across countries). In a consultation process on Meta that will last until January 15, the community will be discussing WMF proposals for a new guideline on conflicts of interests concerning Wikimedia resources. The draft covers COI issues for both volunteers and organizations across the movement.

• WikiProject report: A Song of Ice and Fire
  This week, we spent some time with WikiProject A Song of Ice and Fire, which focuses on the eponymous series of high fantasy literature, the television series Game of Thrones, and related works by George R. R. Martin. The project was started in July 2006 and has grown to include 11 Good Articles maintained by a small yet enthusiastic band of editors.

• Featured content: Battlecruiser operational
  Seven articles and two lists were promoted to 'featured' status this week, including List of battlecruisers. The article covers all of the battlecruisers—which were a type of warship similar in size to a battleship but with several defining characteristics—ever planned or constructed. The last British battlecruiser built, HMS Hood, is pictured at right.

• Technology report: Efforts to "normalise" Toolserver relations stepped up
  Efforts were stepped up this week to sow a feeling of trust between the major parties with an interest in the future of the Toolserver. The tool- and bot-hosting server – more accurately servers – are currently operated by German chapter, Wikimedia Germany, with assistance from the Foundation and numerous volunteers, including long-time system administrator Daniel Baur (more commonly known by his pseudonym DaB). However, those parties have more recently failed to see eye-to-eye on the trajectory for the Toolserver, which is scheduled to be replaced by Wikimedia Labs in late 2013, with increasing concern about the tone of discussions.

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Thanks

Thanks for this edit. For the life of me, I just could not figure out how to word it correctly. From you edit, I now seem my mistake (not focusing on the holder term). Happy editing. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:11, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Human rights movement

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thanks for the welcome!

Hi Piotrus

thanks for the kind welcome, the creation of my user page, and the guidance and offer of help - much appreciated! I'm currently just doing basic copyediting at the moment, but hope to do something more constructive down the line Jj in sydney (talk) 12:10, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Reki Kawahara as a notable author?

I do not wish to criticize your actions, but your recent edit to the Accel World page, linking Reki Kawahara with the reason that Kawahara is a notable author seems a bit off to me. Could you please, if it is not too much effort, explain to me as to why you believe that Kawahara is notable? As far as I am aware, he has also written the Sword Art Online Light Novel, but I personally doubt that he is notable enough for that sole reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CuleX (talk • contribs) 13:02, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Replying to your reply ("I think he is notable, in fact I will stub him right now :) Reason being, he is a published author of several recognized works, some of which even got adapted for TV (anime). See also WP:AUTHOR. PS. He also has article on ja, de, fr and chinese wikis."), I would say that having articles on any wiki but ja alone makes him notable enough. I would like to deeply apologize for forgetting to sign my previous post as well; I am a rather oblivious man. CuleX (Talk | Contribs) 14:47, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Belarusian nobility

Just a heads up; in your nomination rationale you say I think this article should be deleted and redirected but of course that's not possible. I agreed with your nomination and !voted accordingly, however it's not entirely clear what it is you wish to do with the article. It would be a good idea to clarify that before the AfD closes. Cheers! §FreeRangeFrog^croak 19:48, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Battle of Żownin

Good day! I completed my copyedit of Battle of Żownin and signed off on the DYK nom. Thanks, caknuck _° needs to be running more often 00:58, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

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JPL engineers and managers

Leaving the requested ping to let you know that Template:Did you know nominations/Jack James (rocket engineer) is ready for another look. I still need to do the QPQ reviews of another DYK nomination, but am waiting until I know if I have to do one or two. Carcharoth (talk) 23:27, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm still a bit stuck on the precise wording of the hook. What I am going to do is do two DYK reviews tomorrow, and then, if you don't mind, I will post to WT:DYK to flag up the second article that needs a review (as that is easy to miss) and see if anyone else is willing to come up with a better hook. Carcharoth (talk) 02:38, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Final ping to let you know that the QPQ review requirements have now been met. If you could also make clear at the nomination whether you have reviewed and checked the second article, that would be great (I think this would count as a second QPQ review for you on another DYK nomination). Thanks for the review and your help with this. Carcharoth (talk) 17:13, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Siege of Zbarazh

I started reviewing the above article. I find that the hook text is not specifically referenced in the article. The last section could mention the dates. I have done some minor editing.--Nvvchar. 05:01, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Cyber Terror Response Center

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The Signpost: 31 December 2012

• From the editor: Wikipedia, our Colosseum
  In the impersonal, detached Colosseum that is Wikipedia, people find it much easier to put their thumbs down. As such, many people active in the Wikimedia movement have witnessed a precipitous decline in civil discourse. This is far from a new trend, yet many people would agree that it all seemed somehow worse in 2012.

• In the media: Is the Wikimedia movement too 'cash rich'?
  A recent, poorly researched and poorly written story in the Register highlighted the perceived "cash rich" status of the Wikimedia movement. ... The Telegraph and Daily Dot, among others, have alleged that there are multiple links between the WMF, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, and Kazakhstan's government, which is, for all intents and purposes, a one-party non-democratic state.

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter
  On 27 December the Wikimedia Foundation announced the conclusion of their ninth annual fundraiser, which attracted more than 1.2 million donors. The appeal reached its goal of US$25 million, even though fundraising banners ran for only nine days.

• Technology report: Looking back on a year of incremental changes
  In the first of two features, the Signpost this week looks back on 2012, a year when developers finally made inroads into three issues that had been put off for far too long (the need for editors to learn wiki-markup, the lack of a proper template language and the centralisation of data) but left all three projects far from finished.

• Discussion report: Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy
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• Interview: Interview with Brion Vibber, the WMF's first employee
  Brion Vibber has been a Wikipedia editor for nearly 11 years and was the first person officially hired to work for the Wikimedia Foundation. He was instrumental in early development of the MediaWiki software and is now the lead software architect for the foundation's mobile development team.

• Featured content: Whoa Nelly! Featured content in review
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• WikiProject report: New Year, New York
  This week, we're celebrating the New Year from Times Square by interviewing WikiProject New York City. Since December 2004, WikiProject NYC has had the difficult task of maintaining articles about the largest city in the United States, many of which are also among the the most viewed articles on Wikipedia. The project is home to 22 Featured Articles, 7 Featured Lists, 32 pieces of Featured Media, and a lengthy list of Did You Know? entries.

• Recent research: Wikipedia and Sandy Hook; SOPA blackout reexamined
  Northeastern University researcher Brian Keegan analyzed the gathering of hundreds of Wikipedians to cover the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy. ... A First Monday article reviews several aspects of the Wikipedia participation in the 18 January 2012, protests against SOPA and PIPA legislation in the USA. The paper focuses on the question of legitimacy, looking at how the Wikipedia community arrived at the decision to participate in those protests.

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Milhist

Piotr, I haven't seen you around Milhist as much since I started an argument with you about your comments about referencing. If I contributed to making reviewing unpleasant, I'm very sorry, and I'd like to see you back, soon. You're one of our best editors on Eastern European topics. - Dank (push to talk) 17:38, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Henri Brocard

Just a reminder that Talk:Henri Brocard/GA1 is still open. AIRcorn (talk) 11:00, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

You were looking at the wrong instructions. Left details at WT:GAR. AIRcorn (talk) 12:21, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Asked at the source AIRcorn (talk) 04:43, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Pytanie

Cześć Piotr, czy mogę się Ciebie poradzić w sprawie artykułu o Polsce na en-Wiki? Napisałem kilka dni temu artykuł na polskiej Wikipedii o pomnikach granic getta ] Jak sądzisz, czy jest on dostatecznie ency i byłby ciekawy dla anglosaskiego czytelnika? Mógłbym go w całości przetłumaczyć na angielski. Zauważyłem, że te pomniki i tablice budzą bardzo duże zainteresowanie osób z Polski i zagranicy, zwłaszcza jeżeli ktoś interesuje się II wojną światową. Natomiast ich lokalizacja, nawet w obrębie jednego upamiętnienia (ludzie dostrzegają tablice, ale przeoczają już żeliwne płyty w chodniku, albo odwrotnie) to czasem małe wyzwanie, i nie wszyscy zdają sobie sprawę, że jest to fragment większego projektu. Z góry dzięki za odpowiedź. Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Ursynowa --Boston999 (talk) 18:10, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Hej, dzięki. Podeślę Ci link, jak będzie gotowe. 3maj się, --Boston999 (talk) 22:22, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Withering away of the state

Mifter (talk) 12:05, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK - Stanislaw Barcewicz

Thanks, Piotr. I'm aware of DYK, and have had a fair few, the last one in June.

One reason I've not been active in DYK since then is the rule that an editor has to earn the right to self-nominate, by first reviewing a certain number of other editors' nominations.

But that rule seems to be no longer in place. Am I right in saying it's no longer a rule? -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 19:24, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Sikorski's death controversy

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for 1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Sam Ficken

Cats added. Spasibo. Buggie111 (talk) 21:31, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 07 January 2013

• Op-ed: Meta, where innovative ideas die
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• WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Episode IV: A New Year
  The dawning of a new year offers both a fresh slate and an opportunity to revisit our previous adventures. 2012 marked the fifth anniversary of the WikiProject Report and was the column's most productive year with 52 articles published. In addition to sharing the experiences of Wikipedia's many active projects, we expanded our scope to highlight unique projects from other languages of Wikipedia, and tracked down all of the former editors-in-chief of the Signpost for an introspective interview ... While last year's "Summer Sports Series" may have drawn yawns from some readers, a special report on "Neglected Geography" elicited more comments than any previous issue of the Report. Following in the footsteps of our past three recaps, we'll spend this week looking back at the trials and tribulations of the WikiProjects we encountered in 2012. Where are they now?

• News and notes: 2012—the big year
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DYK for Siege of Zbarazh

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DYK for Battle of Żownin

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Graphs: thank you & questions

Hi Piotrus, Thanks for the graphs on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sociology. I have simple questions for each regarding what exactly we are seeing. The questions are on the respective talk pp. of the three graphs. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 15:58, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your clarifications! Regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 20:36, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Ely and Littleport riots of 1816

Hi. Thank you for your comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Ely and Littleport riots of 1816/archive2 which were very much appreciated. I opened the review on 30 December. One of the reviewers suggested changing the article title which I arranged on 6 January 2013. I'm not sure how you found the review but I suspect something is broken arising out of the move. I have requested the mover help me fix it. After it is fixed, I will respond to your excellent comments --Senra (talk) 22:49, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Ely and Littleport riots of 1816/archive2

Just in case you are surprised to see other comments appear before yours on this page: the article was recently moved from Ely and Littleport riots 1816 and there were earlier comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Ely and Littleport riots 1816/archive2 (wihout the "of"). Senra asked me for help and I decided the simplest solution was to copy your comment to the bottom of the old page and move the whole thing to the new title. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:58, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Battle of Dubienka

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Proposed deletion of Radical Pedagogy

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The Signpost: 14 January 2013

• Investigative report: Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat
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  On January 16, voting for the first round of the 2012 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year contest will begin. Wikimedia editors with 75 edits or one project are eligible to vote to select their favorite image featured in 2012. ... On January 15, the foundation launched its latest grant scheme, called Individual Engagement Grants (IEG).

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  The Wikidata client extension was successfully deployed to the Hungarian Wikipedia on 14 January, its team reports. The interwiki language links can now come from wikidata.org, though "manual" interwiki links remain functional, overriding those from the central repository.

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DYK for Battle of Dubienka

Harrias ^talk 16:03, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Dyngus Day

I wonder if you would be interested in collaborating on an article on Dyngus Day? I've made a start at User:Prioryman/Dyngus Day but if there's anything you can add from Polish-language sources that would be much appreciated. Prioryman (talk) 00:30, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

That should probably be under Śmigus-dyngus. Although it may be the case that "Dyngus Day" is the Polish-American version of the Polish-Polish Smigus-Dyngus day. Also, I'm not sure who this Melton fellah is, but the water-pouring (that's the "smigus" part) is not limited to guys doing it to girls (if anything, it's supposed to be the opposite!) - but generally, the water-pouring is done to anyone who doesn't pay a "ransom" (that's the "dyngus" part, which may be a German connection). Often it's a way for kids to get candy or treats from their parents and relatives. Melton's probably talking about some particular regional variety or something. I'm also pretty sure that there was no Slavic diety named "Dyngus" (definitely not "Dygnus"), although Polish Wikipedia says that some 16th century writer put a "Dyngus" in a "List of Devils from Poland".Volunteer Marek 01:06, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice! I've added a lot more info to the article, so please feel free to take a look and give some feedback if you wish. I've taken out about the bit about the deity, as I've not been able to verify it from other sources. Prioryman (talk) 18:17, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

By the way, it would be helpful if you could check the Polish text I added - you guys use a lot more accented characters than I have on my keyboard. :-) Prioryman (talk) 19:02, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

You missed a single dash, but other than that the Polish text's good. One thing you should be careful with is the poems. I don't have the book by Silverman, but there's some chance that these may be copyrighted, in which case the translations would be copyrighted as well. If these are folk poems/songs and PD then there's no problem. On the other hand, if these are Silverman's translations that could be a copyvio as well (I'm not 100% sure ow it would work in this case). Without seeing the original, the translations make sense.Volunteer Marek 19:28, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

They're quoted from a 1951 book (the Sula Benet source cited in the article) and yes, they're folk poems. Prioryman (talk) 19:37, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

The thing is, the translation could be copyrighted, even if the original is in public domain.Volunteer Marek 19:52, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, the translation would be copyrighted. I believe it is the usual thing - the copyright lasts 70 years after the translator's death. Sigh. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:40, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

However, if you have the original Polish folk PD text of the poem you could do your own PD translation (or me or Piotrus could do it) and that would not be copyrighted. It's a little silly but that's how it works. It's like if there's some data out there and somebody makes a chart of it and puts it in a book. You can't take the chart from their book and put it in Wikipedia, it's copyrighted. But you can take the underlying data, put it in Excel and make your own chart, and put that in Wikipedia. Same sort of thing.Volunteer Marek 18:48, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

COOP

Hi Piotrus. I noticed your participation on the COOP project and that you have an impressive number of GA/FA articles. I am trying to adopt the practice of standardizing on GA-quality work where I have a COI and wondered if I might request your services from time to time to provide feedback on articles that I want to bring up to GA, but may not be quite ready yet. CorporateM (Talk) 15:53, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

It's not in article-space yet, but I think this proposed draft is getting close to GA. One of my concerns is that in order to follow DGG's feedback to add a detailed version history, I had to use some iffy sources like conference papers, but they may actually be very appropriate sources for the topic and given what they are used for. I am on the fence about it.

The original draft was promotional, so we actually dialed it back to something more neutral. ;-)

Of course your welcome to comment on the request for article-space as well as what it still needs to be GA ready if you have an interest in doing so. One thing I want to do better is finding editors that have a genuine interest in the area I'm working on, so it's less of a burden for them to collaborate. CorporateM (Talk) 17:06, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

No problem. I'm also working on one on a social media management software, but not sure if that's close enough to your area of interest; being on the sociology rather than marketing and technology end of things. CorporateM (Talk) 21:57, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

This is the social media management software I was referring to. It's hard to avoid promotionalism when the article is a product. I'd welcome any thoughts on what it needs to reach a GA mark if you have time and interest. CorporateM (Talk) 13:56, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Poverty in South Korea

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The Signpost: 21 January 2013

• News and notes: Requests for adminship reform moves forward
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• WikiProject report: Say What? — WikiProject Linguistics
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DYK for Welfare in South Korea

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Franciszek Lewiński

Hello, I would like to really get hold of the person who added the article below on wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_National_Government_(November_Uprising)

I have noticed that my great grandfather is listed here and his name is a link, but when I click on his name there appears to be no further information on him. I am really interested in finding out more about Franciszek Lewiński and would like to contact the author of this article to see if they can help me in my genealogical enquiry. Franciszek Lewiński was my great grand-father I would be everso greatful if your help would lead me to further information on him.

I thank you very kindly and look forward to hopefully receiving contact details (e.g. email address) for the author.

Thank you Paul Lewinski

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_National_Government_(November_Uprising) > > > Polish National Government (November Uprising) > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > Jump to: navigation, search > Polish National Government of 1831 was a Polish supreme authority during November Uprising against Russian occupation of Poland. It was created by the decree of the Sejm of the Congress Poland on 29 January 1831 to assume the competences of the Polish head of state in the aftermath of another decree - of 25 January - deposing tsar Nicholas I of Russia from the throne of Poland. > > The government concentrated on the issues related to the fight with the Russian Empire. In August the government of prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski resigned facing loss of support and radicalization among Warsavians and Czartoryski was replaced by Jan Krukowiecki. After capitulation of Warsaw the government was taken over by Bonawentura Niemojowski. After the government went into exile, it passed its powers to general Maciej Rybiński. > > Presidents: > > a.. prince Adam Czartoryski 30 January-17 August 1831 > b.. Jan Krukowiecki 17 August-7 September 1831 > c.. Bonawentura Niemojowski 7 September-25 September 1831 > d.. general Maciej Rybiński 25 September-9 October 1831 (not a president per se, but a legal successor) > Others: > > a.. Stanisław Barzykowski > b.. Alojzy Biernacki > c.. Aleksander Bniński > d.. Leon Dembowski > e.. Kajetan Garbiński > f.. Antoni Gliszczyński > g.. Andrzej Horodyski > h.. Joachim Lelewel > i.. Franciszek Lewiński > j.. Gustaw Małachowski > k.. Teodor Morawski > l.. Izydor Krasiński > m.. Teofil Morawski > n.. Franciszek Morawski > o.. Wincenty Niemojowski > p.. Andrzej Plichta > q.. Wiktor Rembieliński > r.. Jan Olrych Szaniecki > — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.18.76.101 (talk) 18:59, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Dear Paul. Wikipedia articles have many authors. You can see them in the history tab (see Wikipedia:Article history) and through this useful tool: . I have just translated some information from the Polish Wikipedia article; you can see who the authors were there in a similar fashion. While Polish Wikipedia has a better coverage of Polish topis, it still does not have an entry for Franciszek Lewiński. You can find some information in books (see ), and your best best may be the corresponding entry from the Polski Słownik Biograficzny (my list at User:Piotrus/List_of_Poles/Krzesinski-Lichtarowicz indicates he has an entry there). If you obtain a scan of his entry and sent it to me, I could try to write up an English bio for him; otherwise I am not sure when I will have an opportunity to obtain it myself (I already have a long to-do list). You could also contact somebody who has access to PSB, such as User:Picus viridis, through note that Wikipedians are not your friendly neighborhood librarians and we don't really fulfill requests other than for people who intend to contribute to Wikipedia (so if you don't intend to write for Wikipedia, I'd suggest you use an interlibrary loan or such to obtain the PSB entry). I hope this helps. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:26, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Virut

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Warsaw Ghetto boundary markers

Cześć Piotr, w nawiązaniu do naszej wcześniejszej rozmowy - skończyłem tłumaczenie tego artykułu. Posłuchaj, czy mógłbym mieć do Ciebie serdeczną prośbę? Mógłbyś zerknąć . Czy według Ciebie wygląda mniej więcej OK? To mój pierwszy taki artykuł na en-Wiki. Z góry serdeczne dzięki za pomoc i wszystkie uwagi--Boston999 (talk) 09:28, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Hej, dzięki - opublikowane. Masz rację, ale artykuł jest raczej nietypowy, bo dotyczy zbioru pomników, trudno jest opisać to inaczej. Co do źródeł, to wszystko ma potwierdzenie w 100% w fundamentalnej pracy Engelking i Leociaka o warszawskim getcie i w dołączonych do niej 3 mapach, no i w oryginalnej treści samych tablic, opublikowanych w pozycji bibliografii #2. Cytowanie kilkanaście razy tej książki IMHO nie wyglądałoby zbyt dobrze. Dlatego nie będę zgłaszał do DYI, wielkie dzięki za tę sugestię. Zastanawiam się jeszcze - jeżeli artykuł jest w 95% tłumaczeniem z pl-Wiki, ale to ja jestem jego autorem, to czy powinienem na en-Wiki umieścić template Translated page?--Boston999 (talk) 17:33, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Joel M. Charon

The article Joel M. Charon has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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September Eleven 1683

Hello, I was wondering if you would reconsider this comment; I think it is bitey. Would you mind withdrawing it? I've already messaged the editor to explain WP:NF and WP:GNG. Erik (talk | contribs) 20:54, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Sigh. :) I have to say I don't think that tone works either. The IP has not commented since, so I think it is unfair to suggest that the editor's rationale is, "I don't like it." Maybe he/she thinks that these reviews are not enough per WP:NF (which is why I have explained how WP:NF works in conjunction with WP:GNG on the user talk page). To me, the person is basically saying, these sources are not enough sufficient to establish notability, and the reason is unclear. Maybe it's a certain reading of WP:NF, for all we know. Erik (talk | contribs) 13:19, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Michael G. Santos

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The Signpost: 28 January 2013

• In the media: Hoaxes draw media attention
  On New Year's Day, the Daily Dot reported that a "massive Wikipedia hoax" had been exposed after more than five years. The article on the Bicholim conflict had been listed as a "Good Article" for the past half-decade, yet turned out to be an ingenious hoax. Created in July 2007 by User:A-b-a-a-a-a-a-a-b-a, the meticulously detailed piece was approved as a GA in October 2007. A subsequent submission for FA was unsuccessful, but failed to discover that the article's key sources were made up. While the User:A-b-a-a-a-a-a-a-b-a account then stopped editing, the hoax remained listed as a Good Article for five years, receiving in the region of 150 to 250 page views a month in 2012. It was finally nominated for deletion on 29 December 2012 by ShelfSkewed—who had discovered the hoax while doing work on Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs—and deleted the same day.

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• WikiProject report: Checkmate! — WikiProject Chess
  When we challenged the masters of WikiProject Chess to an interview, Sjakkalle answered our call. WikiProject Chess dates back to December 2003 and has grown to include 4 Featured Articles and 15 Good Articles maintained by over 100 members. The project typically operates independently of other WikiProjects, although the project would theoretically be a child of WikiProject Board and Table Games (interviewed in 2011). WikiProject Chess provides a collection of resources, seeks missing photographs of chess players, and helps determine ways that Wikipedia's coverage of chess can be expanded.

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WikiCup 2013 January newsletter

Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader ( Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:

• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score for an article, with the good article Hurricane Gordon (2000). Again, this is a repeat of last year!
• Buggie111 (submissions) was the first to score for a did you know, with Marquis Flowers.
• Spencer (submissions) was the first to score for an in the news, with 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
• Status (submissions) was the first to score for a featured list, with list of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) was the first to score for a featured picture, with File:Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg.

Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.

This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:

• Ed! (submissions) was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
• Hawkeye7 (submissions) has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
• HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.

Also, a quick mention of The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?

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. 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 (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:57, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Cultural conflict

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

RE: Peacekeeping maps

Have you seen File:UNpeacekeeping.svg? It appears to be what you are looking for. ResMar 23:05, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Magnates of Poland and Lithuania

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

The contents of article on Sonel.

OK. Może na dzień dobry, skoro dyskutuje 2 Polaków, proponuję przejść na język polski, choćby dlatego, że nie umkną żadne subtelności.

Co do strony - zwracam uwagę, że ktoś tutaj chce być bardziej chyba papieski od papieża - otrzymuję ostrzeżenia, że artykuł nt. firmy Sonel, stworzony przeze mnie na en.wikipedia.org nie jest poprawnym artykułem, ale informacją (reklamą?) w stylu Yellow Pages.

Nie mogę się z tym zgodzić.

Po pierwsze - treść. W artykule przedstawiłem informację, jakich nie przedstawia się w książkach telefonicznych - historię firmy, produkty dawno wycofane, ale takie, które trwale zakorzeniły się w środowisku osób związanych z energetyką, produkty charakterystyczne oraz to, czego nie widać (linia produkcyjna itp.).

Po drugie - dyskryminacja. Tworząc artykuł wzorowałem się głównie na artykule dotyczącym firmy Megger - moim zdaniem jest on bardziej "Yellow pages" niż mój artykuł, zawiera bowiem, oprócz rozbudowanej (ponad 100 lat istnienia, Sonel jedynie 20) historii choćby takie rzeczy, jak linki do dystrybutorów - podejście zupełnie handlowe.

Po trzecie - demokracja. Zastanówmy się w takim razie, idąc Pana tropem, co jeszcze należałoby usunąć z Wikipedii. Na dzień dobry widzę artykuły dotyczące podobnej branży - na przykład Fluke Corporation, Megger. Dalej - również (wg Pańskiej logiki) bardzo "Yellow Pages" są artykuły na przykład Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, Škoda Auto, Volkswagen... Idąc tym tropem dochodzimy do haseł takich jak Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Lukoil, później Procter & Gamble, docelowo również na naszej liście znajdzie się Disneyland. Każde z wymienionych przeze mnie haseł jest firmą (kompanią, koncernem, korporacją); od firmy przeze mnie opisywanej różnią się wielkością oraz umiejscowieniem - są to firmy międzynarodowe, których centrale mieszczą się w GB, USA...

I tu dochodzimy do sedna sprawy. Najwyraźniej komuś (i to Polakowi!) przeszkadza, żeby w angielskiej (= międzynarodowej) wersji wikipedii znalazły się informacje dotyczące firmy z Polski, która nie zajmuje się produkcją jajek, ale posiada coraz bardziej ugruntowaną pozycję w branży pomiarowo - energetycznej.

Czekam teraz na rzeczowe argumenty z Pana strony - bowiem czasy, kiedy Murzyn (przepraszam - Afroamerykanin) nie mógł wsiąść do autobusu w Alabamie dlatego, bo był czarny, skończyły się kilkadziesiąt lat temu.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jagokogo (talk • contribs) 5:22 am, Today (UTC−5)