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Out with the old...

For 2014: Wishing you a Healthy, Happy and Fulfilling NEW YEAR! Shir-El too 19:35, 23 December 2013 (UTC) (image: NASA Mars Rover, sunset)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Katowice historic train station

Piotrus, I'm guessing you never saw the suggested alternate hook here. Can you comment on whether it's accurate and supported? (The nomination still hasn't been reviewed, which is true of ten of the nominations on that date.) Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:52, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi, it's Viviane here! Thought I should send you a message so you can know my username ViSampaio (talk) 01:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 December 2013

I have a problem with wikipedia editing

There is a problem. I am kind of upset. I was working on Globalization of wine translating English to Korean for the wikipedia class. and I checked and tried to edit more next day and it has been deleted WITHOUT NOTICE. I left a message to the person who deleted it. I had referneces(two where it came from is wikipedia because I translated from there. how should I put the references if I got the information from English wikipedia?) hope you answer me back, thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GaHee Park (talk • contribs) 08:11, 30 December 2013 (UTC) --GaHee Park (talk) 17:13, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/와인의_세계화

this is the final second assignment of Wikipedia class(Globalization of wine). I left a message again and I all translated of the English wikipedia to Korean. furthermore, the working on Hanok article editing grammatically missed has been edited ; ) When you confirm this talk page, could you please answer me back as soon as possible? yap, not only the wikipedia edits are important, but also the GRADES being 'UPGRADE'is VERY important to me because the last day of final editing grades are today Dec. 31 ;) thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! --GaHee Park (talk) 17:13, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


I am really sorry to bother you

I am really sorry to bother you. Is wikipedia's final edit isn't enough to get more grade? Please, I hope.you answer soon thank you. Even though it is annoying please consider the condition that the final marking grade date it until today in Korean time it is 4:18pm now. Thank you--GaHee Park (talk) 07:19, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

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Reply

Hi, this is in reply to your e-mail (which I'm replying to here because I prefer not to use e-mail for privacy reasons, see my user page).

I'm sorry to say that I've had very little experience with the process you mention, and I've also not been following the issues and editors you mention, except to the limited (and, luckily, ever-diminishing) extent they end up being discussed at WP:AE. Because of this, I do not think that I can give you useful advice in this matter. I would also prefer not to involve myself in the process, as this might compromise my ability to respond to future AE requests concerning this topic area.

Best regards and happy editing,  Sandstein  19:07, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Jack Tuszyński

Since when did chairman of a University be considered to fail WP:Academic guidelines if it meets criteria #5?--Mishae (talk) 19:19, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Progress on our Wikipedia Project

Bringing an update about my progress on the past days: I have been making edits on diverse wikipedia articles about varying topics. Some of them were choose and others i have found as articles that needed more attention on the wikipedia. I have been trying to collaborate in different ways and have practiced different types of editions to get more familiar with them, such as: fixing references or reflists; uploading images for a article; expanding sections; working on infobox sections; removing biased text; making texts more concise; adding coordinates; translating some sections of pages from portuguese-english and the other way around; and others.

So far i have made 13 contributions on the English Wikipedia + 9 on the portuguese one (that you can check here https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Contribui%C3%A7%C3%B5es/Fredderico18). I Know that haven't finished the 40 edits as planned but will do so till this weekend. I plan on doing half of the edits on the english wikipedia and the other half on the portuguese one. Thanks! Fredderico18 (talk) 17:54, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Progress on the Wikipedia Project

Until now, I have made 25 edits on English Wikipedia and 5 on Portuguese Wikipedia (it seems my contributions in portuguese don't appear in my english page, so here is the link for quick reference https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Contribui%C3%A7%C3%B5es/ViSampaio). I have mainly worked on articles of my interest doing minor edits, adding links, correcting typos and adding sources. ViSampaio (talk) 07:33, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Tim Cumming wiki bio

Hi, Tim Cumming here. The page was put up by one of my publishers, John Knight of Pitt St Poetry in Sydney, Australia. We have met once, at the launch reading of the book of mine he published, Etruscan Miniatures, so while he is my publisher, we have no personal connection at all. I have added some links to reviews and work online, covering the poetry, painting, and film work. Is this enough to stop the page being deleted? I hope so.83.244.234.228 (talk) 17:14, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Dear Tim, you may want to review Wikipedia:Autobiography, Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (it is usually best to start contributing to Wikipedia by editing articles that one has no personal involvement with), and comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Cumming. The best way to prevent the article from being deleted would be to add references that discuss you (interviews, essays, analysis), second - of your work. Also, please see Wikipedia:Notability (creative professionals) for other ideas of what may constitute a good source. I also want to apologize - it is not pleasant to have to listen to others discussing whether one is "notable" or not. Unfortunately, encyclopedias have to hold such discussions regularly, and on Wikipedia we do it more or less publicly. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 17:39, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Polskie GA

Witaj! Zauważyłem, że masz na koncie wiele zgłoszeń artykułów do GA. Przypadkowo natknąłem się na dwa artykuły, które według mnie mogą być godne tytułu GA - Constance, Duchess of Wodzisław oraz Arthur Szyk. Czy możesz je ocenić i ewentualnie zgłosić do GA - osobiście na EnWiki, się tym nie znam. Pozdrawiam! Kobrabones (talk) 22:32, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 January 2014

GPS Coordinates explaination already there

I just found that on the link that you sent to me it already explain how to extract the coordinates on the way that i discovered. By the way, thank you for the snacks! Fredderico18 (talk) 13:55, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!

Hello Piotrus, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition began on 1 January. There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:17, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Holidays tend to intrude

Been busy with the holidays and cooling off after getting rather torqued. I'm not surprise at recent actions, I did ask the admin to include me on the ban since the recent comments were directed at me. Ajh1492 (talk) 20:59, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Swedish Nuclear Weapons Program

Hi Piotrus, thanks for your DYK suggestion, I think I've created the Template but I'm not sure - would you mind looking at it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_December_26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Swedish_nuclear_weapons_program

Thanks DMattis (talk) 03:54, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

National symbols of Poland listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect National symbols of Poland. Since you had some involvement with the National symbols of Poland redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). John Vandenberg (chat) 14:20, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Inchdrewer Castle

Hi, thank you for reviewing the DYK nomination for Inchdrewer Castle so promptly! I've now moved the draft of George Ogilvy, 3rd Lord Banff to main space. It's pretty short so if you get the chance would you consider also doing the necessary to review that as it's been added to the original nomination. I hope you don't think I'm being cheeky by asking? Kind regards. SagaciousPhil - Chat 15:42, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at the nominations again, it is very much appreciated! I do like DYK and feel it's a fantastic platform for both new and experienced editors, especially as it gets more eyes looking at articles that may otherwise languish in obscurity. I'm a very slow and ploddy type editor - I have to work for weeks/months on drafts in my user space - so, attractive as the Wiki Cup is, it's probably not something I would be up to competing in. Good luck with it, I do sometimes have a peak to see how people are doing with it! SagaciousPhil - Chat 12:24, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
Sometimes I do remember to add them to the Stats - or someone kindly does it for me. I think the best result was for James Ferguson (Scottish politician), which I expanded from a very small stub and eventually managed to take to GA. It had over 18,000 views as a non lead DYK in January 2013. Udny Castle was fairly high up the DYK stats figures in September; October was a good month and both Jamie Fleeman and Crimonmogate achieved good viewing figures; and then in November Wellington Suspension Bridge also managed to get some attention. Udny Mort House scraped through onto the stats in December as well, despite running through the night in the UK. I go through fits and phases as sometimes I spend a lot of time just doing reviews at DYK instead as I find reviewing enjoyable and informative. SagaciousPhil - Chat 13:09, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Prince of Wales F.C.

I've changed the hook for Prince of Wales F.C. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 13:15, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Omi Shrine

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Vladislav Yakovlev

Hello, I am the user working on the article about the above person and I have read your message. I still do not understand why the article has been marked for deletion since I translated it (partially) from the Spanish Wikipedia, the sources are official and independent (European Broadcasting Union, where this person works, and the contests he organizes) and this person has a relevant position. The format might be improved indeed but I am not a Wikipedia expert and I am still learning.

Even another user uploaded a picture of him to the website, which is the one I used: that gives an idea about the relevance of this person and his role.

There are few sources about this person since the projects he has lead are quite small and it is challenging to find more information from reliable websites (and in English).

I do not know if this is the right place to contact you, but I would like to check this out and make it approved.

Thank you. Lprincon (talk) 23:34, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi again, sorry if my first message sounded a bit "strict" but I did not know how to address you and I was quite stressed with your message. I have added extra link from other independent sources and public broadcasters. I hope it helps. Thank you again. Lprincon (talk) 23:57, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Oct–Dec 13 Milhist reviews

 Military history reviewers' award 
By order of the Military History WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, Good Article, A-Class and Featured Article Candidate reviews for the period October–December 2013, I am delighted to award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. During this period you undertook three reviews. Without reviewers it would be very difficult for our writers to achieve their goals of creating high quality content, so your efforts are greatly appreciated. AustralianRupert (talk) 04:30, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Kielce Bus Station

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DYK nomination of Katowice historic train station

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Request about proposed deletion of article: Michał Safianik

Dear Piotrus, Kinldy help me to improve Wikipedia biography about Michał Safianik. I managed to add citations, and in my opinion I have done all necessary work to convince Wikipedia to not delete this article. Please let me know when and how finish this disscussion.

Thank you in advance! Ula Urs8721 (talk)Urs8712 —Preceding undated comment added 17:09, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 January 2014

DYK for Kielce Bus Station

The DYK project (nominate) 17:36, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Galabin Boevski delete

Here is a brief list of sources with their internet editions, who are presenting the book

Bulgarian national newspapers: 24 hours: http://www.24chasa.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=2670458 Monitor: http://www.monitor.bg/article?id=412292 Trud: http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=2670436 Duma: http://duma.bg/node/68951

TV Here is interview with the author of the book Ognian Georgiev at the morning show of Nova TV – one of the national TV stations in Bulgaria. Starting from 54 minute from 11 January http://play.novatv.bg/program/sbudise

Radio Here is interview with the author at the national “Darik” radio station with one of the most popular radio announcers Nikolay Kantchev. Here the author was asked if he plans to translate and to Publish the book in Portugal and he answered that probably first it will be published in Germany, because Boevski competed in a German club years ago. http://radio.dariknews.bg/?page=audio&id=231490

The book is published in Bulgaria just 20 days ago after the huge interest of the arrest and sentence of the Olympic champion Boevski 2 years ago, which was noticed by the news around the world from Europe to New Zealand — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celibat (talk • contribs) 19:06, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

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Hello. Thanks for your kind comments on the article I’ve wrote on Józef Karol Konrad Chełmicki and thank you for your suggestions. Since I am new with Wikipedia, and if you think the article has some quality, I would be very thankful if you could promote it and make the necessary insertions and links you suggest so that article gets the visibility it deserves. I also hope that if the article gets attention, more people will add more data and improve it.(e.g. I cannot find literature in English on Chełmicki noble ancestors)Otripeiro (talk) 16:57, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Léon Letort

Thank you Piotrus, I am flattered by your comments about Letort. I usually add talk page templates but on that occasion I simply forgot. I used to forward articles to DYK, but almost 12 months ago I ran into two editors who seemed to pathetically enjoy wielding their little trace of power by withholding approval and demanding levels of referencing that are not commensurate with dead Frenchmen from 100 years ago. (I had exhaustively trawled through French newspapers accumulating snippets etc.) So yet another editor lost interest in Wiki due to the egos and hubris of a few, in my case for about 6 months. Although I have recently started creating good little articles again, (I only ever create good stuff :) ), I decided that I don't have the energy for DYK, I am not here to argue, I am only interested in wring good sentences, good subjects and good grammar. Thus Léon Letort, Émile-Louis Letord and René Couzinet remain hidden under a bushell. If you want to propose them I will be flattered, and may even become enthused about DYK. I know that Couzinet is not finished, but it's a good start about an interesting, forgotten man, exactly what Wiki was invented for. Many regards, If you think it is worth it I will get embroiled in submitting to DYK, I am getting more enthusiastic every word I write. Flattery - it's like a drug :) . Regards Chienlit (talk) 16:59, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Noble families by nationality

Noble families had nobility status in certain feudal entity which is different from modern day nationality. Therefore Noble families by nationality category does not make much sense. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 15:29, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a nation state which is a 19th-century European phenomenon. Noble families are phenomenon which is basically connected with pre-19th century feudal entities. It is wrong to group noble families using nationalty criteria. Please revert your edits that nationalize medieval noble families and seek wider community consensus before you proceed.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 16:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
  • No, you did not explain why you disagree. You wrote that you agree with me and justified further nationalization of noble families with necessity to group Category:Noble families using nationality criteria only because you believe it is something "we" do. It is not something we do.
  • you pointed to CfD although I am not concerned with your creation of this category but with your edits in which you categorize predominantly feudal noble families with post-19th century nation-state criteria. That would certainly be a major change which should be discussed first per WP:CAUTIOUS policy.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 20:01, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Please be so kind not to continue with edit warring and nationalization of nobility without gaining wider support for your actions.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 20:43, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
It was you who edit warred (diff). Don't "warn" people you'll report them, that's simply pointless threatening, and is unlikely to lead to collegiate or positive results. You try sincerely to work things out, and if that fails you seek help, through reporting if necessary, but you don't threaten people to report them. That shows a battleground mentality and casts doubts on your desire to actually work things out, as it reads as "my way or I'm telling!" Be done with your hostile behavior, and try to AGF and work with your fellow editors.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 20:47, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Edit warring "occurs when editors who disagree about the content of a page repeatedly override each other's contributions, rather than trying to resolve the disagreement by discussion". That is what you did with this diff. It is interesting that you opted to edit war although you agree with me. You don't have to continue with nationalization of nobility. If you still have intention to continue with it please follow WP:DR.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 21:04, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Its not about two of us getting on the wrong foot. Unnecessarily personalization is not constructive. Your statement that you started a wider discussion about our dispute is incorrect. You haven't started wider discussion about our dispute because I did not propose deletion of category you created. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 21:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

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Anti-Katyń isn't Katyń denial

Anti-Katyń isn't about the Katyń denial. I'm sorry but I don't understand your postion. Maybe you mean the relativisation? Xx236 (talk) 08:49, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Opposes

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Review article Hafiz Muhammad Fazal Azim Taha

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DYK for Omi Shrine

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Talkback

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Request for peer review

Hi Piotrus, I'm trying to make the List of notable people under Five Eyes surveillance a featured list before Feb 11 so that we can include it for our project (Wikipedia:Surveillance awareness day). As time is running short, could you help me do a peer review? That would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

-A1candidate (talk) 22:58, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Elizabeth of Bosnia

Hi! I have added/copy-pasted citations to the family tree. Although I'd argue that citations are unnecessary for the same reason they are unnecessary in the lead (the section being a summary rather than new information), I think you are right in thinking that some editors might complain about it, so it is better to play safe. Cheers, Surtsicna (talk) 17:32, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

I am not sure if you read the message, as I see you have edited after I had sent it. Would you mind ticking the family tree issue as resolved? Thanks, Surtsicna (talk) 13:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 January 2014

DYK for Irena Jurgielewiczowa

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Katowice historic train station

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Problems with user Sobiepan, again

First I, later user JorisvS, later I again, reduced the size of the graphic by Sobiepan. "Editing comments" is one but Sobiepan have no right to destroy the layout of page, too large graphics and separating lines are unacceptable. Size of Sobiepan's graphics have been reduced (graphics are not removed), separating lines can not exist because it is written posts directly to that text. We both (I and JorisvS) thoroughly explained what was going on. Sobiepan can not be subordinate, makes it difficult to discuss. Sobiepan did it, mass introduces templates POV to articles Lechitic languages, Slavic languages, West Slavic languages, Silesian language... We with him can not cooperate, his behavior more and more like trolling, making confusion. I can not cope. I want to constructively discuss, Sobiepan just bothers and exacerbate the matter. Franek K. (talk) 12:24, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

... and again, again again [1]. Franek K. (talk) 12:28, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Academic imperialism

Hi, you know much more about sociology than I do, so perhaps you can have a look at Academic imperialism and see whether it is more than an expression just used in a single article? Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 17:45, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Silesian language

I see that you are an experienced user and former administrator. However You partly supported (as a comment) no neutral option - dialect. I would like to show you one thing. Between linguists, sociolinguists, linguistic organizations, people who use the language, politicians there is no consensus for status language or dialect. We all agree with the fact that the case of Silesian is complicated. This is fact. Accordance with the core content policies of Wikipedia: Neutral point of view, Wikipedia must to be neutral and can not show only one side. Change the name of the article on "dialect" violates the fundamental principle of Wikipedia and can not be changed. But, user JorisvS presented an interesting option - Upper Silesian". This option is full neutral, this is ideal compromise, the name does not refer to a dialect or language and should not offend anyone, both supporters - dialect and language. You support this compromise? Franek K. (talk) 22:43, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Active Wikipedians

Hello. Your project sounds interesting, please let me know how I can help. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 13:56, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I've changed my e-mail setting, you can now e-mail me via WIkipedia. Boleyn (talk) 15:40, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Kazania sejmowe

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Piotruś

Piotruś rozumiem Twoje zdenerwowanie i doskonale zdaję sobie sprawę z tego, że artykuły obecnie przeze mnie pisane pozostawiają wiele do życzenia. Problem w tym, że od dłuższego czasu piszę je na kolanie, na komputerze pozbawionym polskich znaków i w wielkim pośpiechu. Nie mam tyle czasu co dawniej i te artykuły siłą rzeczy są niedopieszczone. Bardzo przepraszam, staram się jak mogę, ale naprawdę to cud że jeszcze coś piszę. Pozdrawiam i nie denerwuj się. Nie robię tego na złość. Tymek (talk) 06:19, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Fuck peer review, again

  1. Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties
  2. Wikipedia:Peer review/Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties/archive1

I've listed the article Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties for peer review.

Help with furthering along the quality improvement process would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

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Hi, Piotruś. Thank you for your input in my article. I'm doing it first time in my life and it seems to be not simple but I'm learning. Can you give me, please, some advices how I can improve it without deletion of the article? Will it be sufficient to change the article for just BLP instead of Accademics? Regards, Joanna

Re: Invitation

I would. The only limitation is that I don't use communication channels other than wiki pages - I hope that's fine with you. GregorB (talk) 11:39, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

I'd have no problem with answering here. In fact, I've already briefly outlined some reasons for my semi-retirement, and I could provide additional info. GregorB (talk) 11:58, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
Here are my answers...
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Q 5: no (not even close :) )
Q 6: 2 ("return to your peak activity levels")
Q 7: As I've already mentioned, I provided a brief explanation of my semi-retirement. I've put in almost 1300 edits per month over nine years. I feel that editing on this level is a bit like professional sport: one can only play so many matches. So, it's beginning to hurt and I can't ignore it. I also have the feeling (again, like some pro athletes do) that I've been missing out on certain things in life, and that changes are a good thing. GregorB (talk) 17:59, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Chopin GA

Thanks for your comments, to which I have responded on the talk-page. Best, --Smerus (talk) 14:55, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Invitation

I would be delighted to take part in your survey. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 13:03, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

I would prefer to have the questions posted to my user talk page. Many thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 19:42, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Here are my answers: Qu 1. 3; Qu 2. b; Qu 3. yes; Qu 4. Disillusionment following petty squabbles or lack of praise for a job well done. I hope this helps and thanks for the invitation. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 23:04, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

meta

Hi Piotrus - I went ahead and replied to you on Meta. Also, heh, the essay your meta userpage links regarding Poles reminds me a lot of some of my experiences in recent naming discussions... Best, Kevin Gorman (talk) 00:44, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

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Hey Piotrus-- I know you from your work at the Intelligence task force of Military history. I and a few others have been trying to start up Wikipedia:WikiProject Mass surveillance. We're trying to gear up for an editing drive.

I've never run a wikiproject before-- we could use the advice of an expert. Would love to have you on the team. --HectorMoffet (talk) 10:28, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

E-mailed survey

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  • I would like to see more transparency as well as something about the ethical justification of the survey. I simply can not supply any of the requested information at this juncture. Snowman (talk) 09:01, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
  • I would appreciate that the remaining discussion on this topic is on this page, so that any interested editors can see correspondence about your survey here. I do not see transparency on how this survey is associated with WikiMedia. There is no transparency about the statistical analysis or any other sort of analysis of the data. I do not see any discussion nor a consensus on how or why the survey was set up. There is no information about where the data is going to be seen. There does not appear to be an option to submit any data anonymously. I am unclear about any financial or academic gains that could be gained by the organiser or organisers of the survey. I am disappointed that you appear to fail to understand the ethical implications of collecting personal data in your reply you gave me on my talk page. In the UK you need to apply to be registered to keep a database of personal data and there are associated fees payable to the UK government. The UK government sets standards in law for keeping a database of personal details. It is not obvious to me what country you are working from nor how you are dealing with the legal requirements of keeping a database in your country. Snowman (talk) 13:57, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Academic imperialism

Hello, I have answedered you here - Sietecolores (talk) 14:37, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

TASIM

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"Re: Deletion Marzanna Farnicka"

Piotruś, I will be very greatfull for your help. I was creating my article watching this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_P._Fry I had a few more "chapters" but someone changed it because it was to detailed. Maybe you can give me some advices how to improve the article - can be in polish maybe then it will be more understandable for me. And yes I have completed Wikipedia:Tutorial but maybe I should do this again. Joanna Rogowska (talk) 16:10, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for Academic imperialism

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DYK for Academic imperialism

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Chopin master template

I'll see what I can do.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

REPEATED VANDALISM, THIS ACCOUNT NEEDS TO BE BLOCKED

Hi Piotrus, the article Generation War has had about 10 edits in the last day which are ALL VANDALISM (VERY OBVIOUSLY) by someone who identifies himself as JosefShevchenko. These edits have been reverted one-by-one, but this continuous vandalism is absurd. As an ADMINISTRATOR, do you know of a procedure for Wikipedia to block this vandallism?Prospero10 (talk) 16:43, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your encouragement. Will keep your suggestions in mind for future contributions. Doewiets (talk) 17:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Jozef Pilsudski Institute of America

Hi Piotus. Thanks for offering help for the Jozef Pilsudski Institute of America. We are looking for Pl speakers to help out remote and local. Do you have people located in New York at all? We are looking for some local volunteers to help adding their archival materials to WP. OR drohowa (talk) 17:40, 29 January 2014 (UTC) you can also email me at [email protected]

Re: Email

Hi Piotrus. I haven't received any mail from you since January 14. Please resend. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 23:36, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Very strange. They seem to have vanished into the ether.
I received the message you resent today (from 17 January). Will act on it shortly. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:41, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
I got the message from January 17 (which you resent on January 27). Could you resend the other message as well? I apologize on behalf of my ISP. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:39, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
The others are not important, they were primarily asking if you got any others :) It's probably not your ISPs fault, but your email provider. You may want to switch; gmail is pretty popular.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:45, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Treaty of Bytom and Będzin

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Silesian

There is a chance to end the conflict: Talk:Silesian_language#If the name with the words of dialect, language, Polish are POV, what the name of the target. Please vote, which option is better according to You. Regards, Franek K. (talk) 19:30, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

"Re: Deletion Marzanna Farnicka"

Piotrus, I have put my article do the sandbox and I will try to improve it slowly. Also the idea with starting with polish wikipedia is interesting. Thank you for your help. Joanna Rogowska (talk) 20:01, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, but ...

I appreciate your including me in your survey, but I'd rather not, frankly. I might feel differently if it was anonymized, but then again, I might not. Thanks for your kind words.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Photos from prezydent.pl

If I remember correctly, photos from the prezydent's website, like these [2] are free to use on Wikipedia, right? Volunteer Marek (talk) 08:58, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Upper Silesian Railway

Thanks to you for your contribution Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

De-prod

Just a courtesy note as requested to say that I've de-prodded Back to the Klondike.Optimist on the run (talk) 16:52, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

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Hey Piotr! Thanks for the reminder! Now i did it. I don't find to remember somethings related about how i entered the bug, but did as best as i could and hope that it helps improving the tutorial, because it's pretty good already! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fredderico18 (talk • contribs) 05:58, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

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Hello Piotrus, it looks that in June 2013 you searched for help with this and now I have the same problem. May I ask if you have found any solution? The responses at various message boards aren't very helpful. Thanks for any advice. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 07:53, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you many times for your help, Piotrus. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 12:01, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Edit Gordon Watkinson page

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A kitten for you!

I changed the date (hidden category) for notability on Przemysław Frasunek, not because I think he's notable, but because it appears in the backlog, which makes more work for sysops. Please don't revert it, please. For teh kitteh!

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DYK for Żywoty świętych

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DYK for Devotional articles

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DYK for Katowice historic train station

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see talk page on Durkheim

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About Fast interrupt request‎

Thanks for the help there, Piotrus! It certainly does have "insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject", and I'm certainly one of them. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:05, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

RfA

FYI. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:17, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Kitten

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MS Morska Wola

Jeśli możesz rozwinąć, to będzie świetnie. Ja z tego co mam w ręce więcej "nie wyduszę" :( - o handlowych mam tylko Piwowońskiego Byłoby w sumie mieć polski statek w tutejszym czywieszu :)--Felis domestica (talk) 19:08, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

WW II reader feed back numbers

The numbers can be found by hitting the "reader comments" link at the top of the WWII page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ArticleFeedbackv5/World_War_II?ref=article&filter=featured Most of the user complaints were similar to what I also considered as problems with the WWII article. The text is ver dry; just chronologically listing the order of military campaigns, and shying away from presenting the true brutality of the conflict. In fact, as an example; the WWI article does a very good job of showing all aspects of the war; from military engagements, to the civilian casualties.

When I started to edit the WWII page a few days ago. There was not single picture of Stalin, Roosvelt, Concentration Camps, and still no image of a Swastica (that got removed). The article just lists facts without any consideration of scope. The section War breaks out in Europe (1939–40) started out by saying: "On 1 September 1939, Germany and Slovakia invaded Poland". Really, that just might be a deliberate blurring of event details. Yes, the Slovaks did invite, but when stated in such a way, a reader who is unfamiliar with the events of WWII might think that both countries were equal belligerents; and this is the problem with this article, no context is given. no clear separation between aggressors and victims, and the most difficult subject matter explained in a encyclopedic language with out any context. --Factor01 (talk) 21:18, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

  • Please excuse my rant, on this subject; but I'm trying to illustrate the issue to an admin that might help in this matter. The original problems with the WWII article were serious (some fixed now); when I first Iooked at the page a few day ago, it not only had issues related to context, but also with historical inaccuracy. As an example; in the Aftermath section there was a map of the world with European colonies; and a caption describing the colonial collapse resulting from WWII. That is just historical ignorance! WWII did not create an immediate the collapse of European colonies they lasted for another 20 - 30 years. But, there was no map of the newly formed Communist Block in Europe (until I added it); and this event was the direct result of the WWII. I also, tried to add a few images that might help the reader correlate a few concepts by placing historical insignia next to the relevant pictures, and included some striking pages from Wiki Commons such as: The Bataan Death March, SS shooting, British,-Indian Troops, and US-Filipino resistance, to create a true picture of the conflict. But, those items got removed because the page was "too crowded". Not so! Again, sorry for the rant!
Imperial eagle of German National Socialism, with a swastika in a wreath of oak leafs
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DYK for Floriańska Street

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Thank you for the baklava

It was delicious. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 18:02, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, thank you for that. --John (talk) 18:07, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Recent RfA

Thank you for the message, and for the balaclava. I am sincerely sorry that the RfA did not work - yes, I know you withdrew, but it was clearly and unfortunately going to fail. It is sad that some editors appear unable to forgive and forget even after five years. You might think about trying again in 6 - 12 months? --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:37, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

I meant baklava; a slip of the mind! --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:37, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
A cookie for a baklava... Epicgenius (talk) 02:24, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

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of RfAs and kittens

Piotrus, sorry the RfA didn't go as it should. I think you would make a fine admin. I supported you last time, and your behavior in this RfA directly addressed the concern I expressed the last go-round. I was just waiting for a long-enough passage of time so I could fully express this. Then the whole "kitten-kanvass kerfuffle" came up, and I felt that my vote would only generate more unhelpful controversy. You know this already, but all RfAs generate an unreasonable amount of scrutiny, and because you've been so highly active for so long and don't shy away from heated topics (although why some of them are so contentious baffles me), your RfAs are exponentially worse than average, so perhaps the only safe thing to do on Wikipedia during your next RfA is to answer the questions and forget the rest of the project. Anyway, thanks for what you do here, and please accept my moral support. Regarding the kitten itself: thanks! I love kittens. AfC is far and away the most difficult and unrewarding thing I do around here, and even though those recent actions were just to pick some low-hanging fruit, I appreciate the encouragement. Take care, 78.26 (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 14:22, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Re: Mexican Native trout

DYK is on the agenda. I've got all the stuff to expand. Created the article in response to on-going review of Rainbow trout at FAC. Thanks. --Mike Cline (talk) 13:38, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Just put up the DYK:
Thought you might like to listen to this podcast.
Good discussion of Mexican native trout in 1st 5 minutes. I'm going to try and contact Dr. Neely for some imagery. --Mike Cline (talk) 17:10, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
Got a positive response back from Dr. Neely this morning with a promise of help. He's a little concerned about revealing on-going research as he's been scooped before, but I explained the basics of WP use of published sources. Hopefully he'll come through with some images and he's promised to help identify some other individuals that might be willing to contribute. --Mike Cline (talk) 15:24, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Still have some work to do, but it should be robust enough at this point. --Mike Cline (talk) 16:45, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Civility Barnstar
I was impressed with the mature decorum you displayed during the Rfa you subjected yourself to...withdrawing as things started to get silly elevated you above the nonsense. Good show! MONGO 04:04, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Good luck next time. Oh, and it's nice to see Ghirla still has feelings for you, don't you think? :) //Halibutt 13:39, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
I didn't even get to spend any time giving thought to the RfA itself! However, I'll willingly do so some time in the future. -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 14:37, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
It's the first time I added a non-existent page to watch list :) //Halibutt 23:28, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Normative social influence/GA1 in Wikicup

Hi there,

Just to let you know that I've removed the GAR points for Talk:Normative social influence/GA1 in the Wikicup as although you were quite right to quickfail it for the reasons you gave, the scoring system says for the cup that "Only reviews of a sufficient length will be counted; quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points." Sorry! Miyagawa (talk) 11:42, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Stanisław Salmonowicz

Thanks from the DYK project and me Victuallers (talk) 15:58, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Peter Kiolbassa

Did You Know that Peter Kiolbassa, the first Polish American to serve as Chicago's Treasurer, was nicknamed "Honest Pete" for refusing to collect interest on financial decisions made in office?--Pola.mola (talk) 01:06, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

I got your message. I'm sorry, I have no idea what to do from here. My feeling was that you knew and just wanted a rough idea of what to put up on the Do You Know page. If you want to run with it, I would be much obliged. Otherwise, I'm lost in this process.--Pola.mola (talk) 19:21, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Daedongyeojido

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the pie :)--Cattus talk 19:36, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your welcome

I occasionally do some minor edits to Wikipedia articles if I look something up and see mistakes, but if I ever find the time to spend more time on the site I'll be back for some advice.... :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivanevian (talk • contribs) 22:27, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorry about the RFA

Hey Piotrus sorry about the recent RFA. Try not to take it personally, pretty much everyone knows the RFA process is broken. I noticed most of the Opposes were because of giving out WikiKittens (viewed as canvassing) which I think is pretty much the dumbest thing Ive heard there in a while and because of the desysopping back in 09, which is so old, it doesn't even show up in the User rights history. So IMO both arguments are essentially meaningless opposes. Better luck next time. 108.45.104.158 (talk) 22:56, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Repeated Edits by Maxim Musson seem designed to advertise his 'racial nationalist' neo-Nazi website

Hi, Piotrus,

A user called Maxim Musson, whom you have greeted to Wikipedia, has made seven (7) edits to the article Generation War to insert his own review into the body of the article.

Maxim Musson's review ia taken from a website called 'Western Spring,' which is an anti-immigrant and neo-Nazi website, to which Musson has made extensive contributions. The review is obviously designed to advertise the website.

To see what 'Western Spring' promotes, the article 'Repatriation,' at [[3]] advocates the 'compulsory repatriation of non-White immigrants' to the UK. 'Das Buch' at [[4]] about Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' says that Hitler 'sets out beliefs and tells his story in a readily appreciable manner.'

Musson is entitled to his views. But I believe a Wikipedia page with about 1000 to 4,700 daily readers should not be used to provide publicity for a small, insignificant, neo-Nazi political group.

Maxim Musson has made repeated Edits to put his 'review' back into Generation War

In my opinion, Maxim Musson should be blocked.Prospero10 (talk) 19:58, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Saw this passing by. I've removed Max's self-promotion. And underneath it all the site is White (always in capitals) purity advocacy trash. VєсrumЬа ►TALK 22:13, 13 February 2014 (UTC)


Hello again, Piotrus. (I realize that in greeting Maxim Musson you were not endorsing his contributions)

Thanks for your message, and the reference to Wikipedia:RS. Actually, I think the relevant section is WP:SRS

The repeated edits by Maxim Musson, where he has repeatedly inserted a review WRITTEN BY HIMSELF for his neo-Nazi website into the text of the Wikipedia page Generation War, violate the most basic Wikipedia policy. These reviews express HIS PERSONAL OPINION.

WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A BULLETIN BOARD FOR POSTING PERSONAL OPINIONS.

The issue is not that he is expressing a neo-Nazi viewpoint, which is what his 'Western Spring' website represents. The issue is that Wikipedia pages ARE NOT A PLACE FOR POSTING PERSONAL OPINIONS.

I believe that Maxim Musson needs to be blocked.Prospero10 (talk) 14:45, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

CORRECTION: I meant to say above that Musson violates Wikipedia:SPS Prospero10 (talk) 15:20, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


The Unnecessarily Rude and Hostile Interventions of Prospero10 and Others

Hello Piotrus, I am rather disconcerted by the rudeness that I have been shown by Prospero10 who edited out material that I had inserted into the Generation War article without any reference to me. I would have thought it polite, if he has an issue with the material inserted, for him to have at least discussed his concerns with me first. Had he done so, I would have realized what was happening and would not have attempted to reinsert the material which to me seemed to disappear without explanation. I thought I had simply made a mistake in the way I had made the edit which meant that the material inserted was not retained.

I have attempted to make just two insertions into the article, without removing or deleting anything anyone else has written. You see, I am a very democratically minded person and I am not concerned that others may express views that differ from mine, unlike Prospero10 it would seem. I am comfortable with a plurality of views - diversity is a strength, don't forget!


The first insertion I attempted to make consisted of the following: "In a Western Spring review Max Musson stated: "Where ’Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter’ breaks new ground, is that it is a major German TV series, broadcast internationally to widespread acclaim, which depicts the plight of the German people sympathetically, not attempting to ‘whitewash’ the German war record, but merely presenting a balanced and objective view in which the German people are not unfairly demonised. The fact is that the conduct of modern warfare, in which entire nations are mobilised in support of the war effort, almost always entails the commission of atrocities by both sides, both against enemy combatants and enemy civilians. War is after all a ghastly process in which two protagonist groups commit atrocious acts of violence against each other with the intention of terrorising their opponents into submission. How could anyone expect this to be waged in an entirely civilised manner and in accordance with peacetime standards of conduct?

"It is now time for the reputation gained by the German people during WW2 to be rehabilitated and ’Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter’ represents a welcome step along that road."

This insertion is not qualitatively different to the pre-existing reviewer's opinions expressed. Furthermore, it is a very balanced and conciliatory opinion, which I don't think any objective person could take offense at. Why is my opinion as a reviewer less valid than the opinions expressed by the other reviewers featured in that article?


The second insertion that I made was of an external link to the review that I have written of the Generation War series. It was inserted among a number of other external links to reviews written by other people. Why is an external link to my review objectionable, whereas the external links to other reviews are not?

Prospero10 seems to be motivated by a desire to censor the content of that article in order to exclude viewpoints expressed by people he chooses to denigrate as 'neo-Nazi'.


Prospero10 cites other articles on the Western Spring website in order to support his intolerance. He cites an article entitled 'Repatriation' in which I merely describe the successful immigrant repatriation policies employed by the Israeli and Saudi Arabian governments and conclude that the employment of similar policies here in the UK would therefore not necessarily result in international opprobrium. Does Prospero10 believe that Israel and Saudi Arabia are neo-Nazi states?


Prospero10 also cites an article that I wrote commenting on the recent surge in the online sales of Mein Kampf. Similar article featured on the Daily Telegraph website, and on the Guardian website, does Prospero10 believe these too are neo-Nazi websites?

Mein Kampf is often characterized by other reviewers as 'unreadably turgid' or 'crazed rantings', I merely pointed out that on the contrary, the book 'sets out [Hitler's] beliefs and tells his story in a readily appreciable manner', which is true. I don't state that Hitler's viewpoint is valid, simply that it is clearly expressed.


Prospero10 states, "Musson is entitled to his views", but clearly he does not think this, because in the very next paragraph he states, "I believe that Maxim Musson needs to be blocked". It appears that Prospero10 does not believe in a plurality of opinions and does not realize that diversity is a strength.

He goes on, "But I believe a Wikipedia page with about 1000 to 4,700 daily readers should not be used to provide publicity for a small, insignificant, neo-Nazi political group". Would his opinion differ if Western Spring represented a large significant 'neo-Nazi' political group? I don't think so, and therefore the size and significance of Western Spring is immaterial to this discussion. The nub of this issue is simply that I have expressed views that Prospero10 wishes to suppress and censor and you might like to consider whether it is appropriate for Wikipedia to have as a moderator someone who is apparently so undemocratic and intolerant and so ready to condemn and block without any prior discussion.

I would appreciate it if someone would discuss these issues with me instead of simply berating me in a prejudiced and condemnatory manner. Maxim Musson (talk) 17:40, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Sure, the core issue is that you cannot add content to a Wikipedia article and cite yourself as a source. SeaphotoTalk 17:56, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


Why not?

Who posted all of the other quotations and external links? ... could it possibly be the authors of the sources cited?

Should I find a third party to add the material that I have attempted to insert? ... would that make it acceptable?

NB. You are still not explaining yourself properly, you are just firing statements at me. What's the matter, don't you people do communication in a civil manner?

If you stopped being so adversarial and started to hold a conversation, we might get somewhere. Maxim Musson (talk) 20:29, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

To answer your question why not, it is because Wikipedia is supposed to be composed of quality information from reliable sources. Your blog does not constitute a reliable source. I base the determination on these guidelines WP:SOURCES. Unsourced or poorly sourced material can be challenged and removed at any time. If you feel the other statements in the article are not reliably sourced you can remove them. If you want to insert material citing a third party source, that still needs to meet the criteria of reliable and verifiable, so changing your screen name or making a post in a forum and then citing will not do. Above all, try to avoid point of view pushing, as Wikipedia is not a soapbox. If you have some time, you might want to read a page that explains the core values of Wikipedia, the Wikipedia:Five pillars I hope this explains and helps you in your editing. SeaphotoTalk 01:36, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Guys, I am afraid I don't have time nor will to mediate. I recommend you consider formal Wikipedia:Mediation or another step in the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. And please, don't revert, or blocks will be handed per WP:3RR. Chill out and talk this through. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 20:52, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Intervention Would Produce A Speedier Resolution

With all due respect Piotrus, three individuals have ganged up in order to censor without consultation, two small insertions that I have made, which contain no inaccurate, insulting, inflamatory, or libelous material, but material which is not qualitatively different from that already there, except that it adds another viewpoint to the range of viewpoints already expressed. I don't believe there is need of a lengthy mediation process here (although I will resort to it if need be) as Alex Bakharev, Seaphoto and Prospero10 have made no attempt to substantiate their claims. Whenever I have asked them to explain they have declined to do so and simply fired another unsubstantiated accusation at me.

The article on Generation War consists of a review of the series 'Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter' (UMUV), with a variety of views expressed, the views of third parties who have themselves written reviews for various publications and websites. These views as I say are qualitatively no different from the one that I expressed. Furthermore, the review that I wrote of UMUV, a link to which I inserted in the external links section, is expressed in moderate terms, that is qualitatively no different to the other reviews linked to, except that it provides as I have stated, a further viewpoint.

Unless my three detractors above can show that the insertions I have made are qualitatively different from the material already there, I believe you should rule that their behavior is unreasonable and that my insertions are admissible. As for Prospero10's earlier attempts to belittle the Western Spring website, I would point out that it holds an Alexa ranking that is at least comparable to any of the mainstream UK political party websites and gets between 900 and 2400 views each day. Furthermore, I wonder whether any of the three detractors have themselves viewed UMUV and if not, in what way are they fit to criticise my review?

We can end this matter quickly and simply now, or we can engage in time consuming mediation, which I will win because I am obviously right in all of the assertions I have made. Maxim Musson (talk) 07:08, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Maxim, no administrator can rule on a content dispute. But what we can rule on, is our policy on WP:COI, that nobody should insert a reference to their own book, article, review, or web positing, regardless of its merit. You can only suggest it on the talk page, and leave it to others whether or not to use it. Really, that particular point is very simple: if the consensus is not to include it, it is not included, and you will only hurt your own interests by arguing otherwise. Piotrus has good reasons to not want to deal with this, and I do not think it is a good idea to ask him further. DGG ( talk ) 23:48, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to User Study

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DYK for Zbigniew Bródka

The DYK project (nominate) 16:01, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

"WikiProject assessment tags for talk pages" message

Hallo Piotrus, I spotted that message, left by you, on the talk page of a fairly inexperienced editor. I've never seen this kind of a message before, and I think it's a bit heavy for such an editor - especially as it makes no attempt to point them at any list of possible Wikiprojects. I've never heard it suggested before that an editor creating a page has any sort of responsibility to add talk page banners to notify appropriate Wikiprojects. Wikiprojects are probably a bit of a mystery to many new users, and I think I'd have found that message very confusing if I'd received it myself in earlier days. PamD 16:41, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Article creation for Southern Sociological Society

Hi, Piotrus. I created a draft for my first article about Southern Sociological Society. Would you mind having a look? You can find it here. Thanks for the help! Sladelellock (talk) 17:46, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Ok, Piotrus. I took your suggestions into consideration and submitted my article for review. Thanks again. Sladelellock (talk) 17:09, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor Newsletter—February 2014

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Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some small changes to the user interface, such as moving the reference item to the top of the Insert menu, as well as some minor features and fixing bugs, especially for rich copying and pasting of references.

The biggest change was the addition of more features to the image dialog, including the ability to set alignment (left, right, center), framing options (thumbnail, frame, frameless, and none), adding alt text, and defining the size manually. There is still some work to be done here, including a quick way to set the default size.

  • The main priority is redesigning the reference dialog, with the goal of providing autofill features for ISBNs and URLs and streamlining the process. Current concept drawings are available at mw:VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog. Please share your ideas about making referencing quick and easy with the designers.
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Looking ahead: The link tool will tell you when you're linking to a disambiguation or redirect page. The warning about wikitext will hide itself after you remove the wikitext markup in that paragraph. Support for creating and editing redirects is in the pipeline. Looking further out, image handling will be improved, including default and upright sizes. The developers are also working on support for viewing and editing hidden HTML comments, some behavioral magic words like DISPLAYTITLE, and in-line language setting (dir="rtl").

If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 04:21, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Genocide definitions, Definitions of pogrom and Definitions of fascism for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Genocide definitions, Definitions of pogrom and Definitions of fascism are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genocide definitions until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Oncenawhile (talk) 09:49, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

O-lay

Hello Piotrus, with regards to your "delete" remark for O-lay article I have added a few more references, Please, adviseJanfromholland (talk) 10:42, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello Piotrus, :My idea is that by reverting to websites and articles that give the subject "O-lay" and the text within the subject sufficient backup, the references help to understand the subject better. By adding the page http://www.oasisinteractive.com.my/uat/saag/spiral_lay.html I am hoping to take away the idea that the subject is an advertisement in disguise because this was one of the first comments made on the subject(a specific company's approach disguised as an article). The page reverts to an independent company using the method and by adding the http://www.marin.nl/web/file?uuid=d08172fa-f2b3-43a7-9227-b1d30b2f1ce2&owner=eca1a513-2db9-44d6-b749-b924eb501dea I wanted to show that serious research (not mentioned in the article, but the research must have cost millions of dollars) has been done on the subject, furthermore with the http://folk.ntnu.no/zhiliang/Zhiliangs-Papers-in-PDF-format/ZZ-C063-2009-OMAE-Large%20Scale%20Tests%20of%20Strain%20Capacity%20of%20Pipe%20Sections%20With%20Circumferential%20Defects%20Subjected%20to%20Installation-Induced%20Plastic%20Strain%20History-Nyhus.pdf I was willing to give evidence on the phrase that strain hardening is a serious mechanism with reel-lay, which doesn't exist when applying the O-lay method.

Since I am a newby to the wikipedia community and not so familiar with the complete set of guidelines I might be wrong. However for the offshore industry the methodology described is very simple but advanced and I believe it should find its place in the encyclopedia. So, if the references are not sufficient for keeping the article alive I have to find more/ other references.

Now I need your advice. What type of references are required to keep the subject in the encyclopedia.Janfromholland (talk) 16:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

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Welcome to WIKISOO

Hello and welcome to the Writing Wikipedia Articles course (#WIKISOO)! We look forward to meeting you in the first class on 25 February (Americas)/26 Feb (Asia/Australia). By now you should have received an introductory email with some details about the course. If you can't find it, there's an archived copy of the email at this link.

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Your GA nomination of Jan Zamoyski

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jan Zamoyski you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seabuckthorn -- Seabuckthorn (talk) 00:10, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Surreal Barnstar
In recognition of your years of high quality and enjoyable contributions to wikipedia as a whole and the Pittsburgh project specifically. Market St.⧏ ⧐ Diamond Way 22:00, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

RE: Thanks for my Polish contributions and info about Wikiproject Poland

Hi there,

Thanks for your thanks on my edits. I've got a major interest in Poland - I've married into it and I'm curious about my new location.

I'll keep an eye on the Wikiproject Poland. I don't claim to be the world's best sub-editor (I've worked with those - I'm only using what I know of my native language) but I'll try to work my way through pages needing some work. I just learn as I go along - and I like that the Polish space on (English) Wikipedia isn't too ruthless (I like how there's pages for little things - so there's always the potential they might grow if people know more).

I'm also not an expert at Wikipedia itself - I just learn as I go along. I'm notoriously bad at sources (given that my main source here is a Google Translation of Polish Wikipedia) and I"m ever thankful of the Wikipedia Reference Generator for making my life easier.

Like I said, I'll try to work my way through your list of pages needing cleanups and see what I can add. Hopefully it makes a small difference!

Scott

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Escottf (talk • contribs) 16:03, February 14, 2014

---Thanks again, I'll pop into the Warsaw Wikipedians eventually - often in Warsaw during the week but fighting inertia to get there in the weekends ;) Escottf (talk) 13:48, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

And thanks for the medal! Escottf (talk) 14:20, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Category:Social class in Poland

Thanks for your message Piotrus! I'm afraid I can't take credit for the category, though. It was originally made by User:Sobiepan, but I moved it from "Social class in the Poland". I'm not very knowledgeable in the subject, but I'll definitely be keeping an eye on it, as I found the articles listed there pretty interesting! Thanks --Kateshortforbob talk 16:24, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jan Zamoyski

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The Signpost: 26 February 2014

SMT Software

OK, restored and AfDed Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Should we add a "former power plants" section to the list?

Hi, you asked me if we should add a "former power plants" section to the List of power stations in Poland...maybe it would be helpful if we considered power station lists more generally. I have been thinking about guidelines or thresholds for inclusion. To help me with my thinking I started adding some hydro and gas turbine plants. As it stands with what we have (and I know that's not the complete list) we have a total capacity of 38 GW and a maximum facility size of 5 GW. Applying two (very arbitrary) criteria of 0.05% of the total, or 5% of the largest facility, leaves us with a threshold of around 200 MW. I am sorry but I just can't see myself getting interested in a power station of 200 MW when you have 38,000 MW across the nation, and something two hours down the road is nearly 30 times the size! If you do want to include these older plants, I would prefer the term "Decommissioned"...but don't write your friendly local Halemba off just yet. I see from Google Maps that there is still coal on the stockpile. --Graham Proud (talk) 14:56, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

LOL! I did some more reading (of your references so updated the "decommissioning". One of the photos from Google Maps shows one of the cooling towers being dismantled. I have only ever seen concrete cooling towers, so to see this structure was amazing!--Graham Proud (talk) 15:24, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Roman Dmowski

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
  2. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
  3. United States WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Re:Roman Dmowski

Hi Piotrus; I'm afraid the article isn't really eligible, both because it was nominated last year and because the changes you've made this year are on the smaller side. A quick look through suggests that it's a great article, but I don't think it's really eligible for WikiCup points. Thanks, J Milburn (talk) 10:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

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Different from email above. — Revicomplaint? 17:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Blue Army peer input request

I'd like to ask for third party assistance on several issues regarding the Blue Army article. In particular the greatly over-expanded Controversies section, which was significantly enlarged to include big chunks of text dedicated to subject matter not directly associated with the Blue Army. Also, I would like to point out that most Wiki article admins control the size of content as not to have one user come-in and dump larger amounts of text in one section, and in the process completely shift the balance of the article, by creating un-due weight issues by simply over expanding one section.

Redundant statements re-emphasize similar points: (the two phrases are only one sentence apart).

  • many ethnic Ukrainians and Jews generally see its conduct during the war in a negative light.
  • As a result, Jews perceived Haller's Army as particularly harmful to their interests.

Overstating wrongful claims; as those made by historian William W. Hagen. If his claims were soundly disproven, why include them? More importantly why does the paragraph go into such detail about the events of the pogrom when the Blue Army was not even there in the first place? Also, as noted by historian Edward Goldstein, the Blue Army was accuse of several pogroms; that they had nothing to do with, so Hagen's wrongful accusation is nothing unusual. Finally, other editors proposed to remove the text in the past.

The Blue Army was wrongly accused of committing the Lviv Pogrom of 1918. Historian William W. Hagen claimed that after helping to capture Lviv, some army units together with Polish civilians, engaged in three days of violence against the Jewish and Ukrainian inhabitants of the city, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths.[29] But the army's participation in the pogrom is highly disputed, and according to the Cambridge History of Poland, when the Lviv Pogrom actually took place the Blue Army was still in France fighting on the Western Front. Also, it has been documented that the first units did not reach Poland until the spring of 1919, nearly five months after the actual pogrom had happened.[30] The Kronika Polski lists 14 April 1919 as the start of the first transports form France to Poland,[31] and historian Kay Lundgreen-Nielsen stated that the first units of the army did not leave France until 15 April 1919; its departure having been delayed by opposition from Britain and the United States.[32] Thus, requiring a special protocol before the Blue Army was allowed to return home to Poland.[33]

Over emphasizing individuals not directly linked to the Blue Army. The entire paragraph about Hugh S. Gibson, and his opinions about the Jews are completely irrelevant to our topic. Also, the American envoy did not come to Poland to look after Haller's troops. Finally, his reporting on the "food riots" is also not directly related to this article, as the events primarily occurred during civilian unrest, and not done by the army.

The United States sent an envoy to Poland, Hugh S. Gibson, a man who stood out for his antisemitism.[25] Hugh Gibson along with Dr. Boris Bogen, who was the general director of European relief operations of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), were tasked by the United States Government to investigate the situation.[26] Throughout their stay in Poland, Gibson and his colleagues ridiculed Jewish traits, customs, and appearance.[25] The official report sent back to Washington stated that many of the newspaper reports in the American press had been inflated, and Gibson himself wrote in his correspondence that he was concerned about separating fact from rumor. In his investigation, Hugh S. Gibson also addressed the issue of "food riots", and after investigating the circumstances reported that an even larger number of Christian shops had also been ransacked, thus disputing the claim that all the violence was strictly a product of anti-Jewish sentiment. Gibson also claimed that Zionists were conspiring with Berlin; according to historian Carole Fink, Gibson emphasized Jews' "social, economic, and ideological transgressions" and described the victims of the pogroms as "exploiters." [27] Gibson also expressed the opinion that Jews in Poland ought to "reform themselves" and assimilate into general Polish society.[28]

Since, we have had problems like this in the past regarding the Blue Army page; I ask that we all come together to finally create a fair and balanced article. Again, your input on this issue would be greatly appreciated. --COD T 3 (talk) 02:44, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

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Greetings and felicitations. Given the elaborateness of your user page, I don't think your a spammer, but spam is the partial effect of one of your edits to the combined oral contraceptive pill article. -_-;;; I reverted the portion of that edit that added to the article's "External links" section, but thought you'd like to know.—DocWatson42 (talk) 08:21, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you for your time,

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WIKISOO Week 3

Hi Piotrus, we look forward to seeing you in class in a few hours. We look forward to seeing you in class in a few hours. Here's the link to our Week 3 class page and to the live webinar.

PLEASE NOTE: If you're not in the USA, please double-check the class time. We have gone on Daylight Savings Time (also known as Summer Time) in the USA, so for some of you the class time will be an hour earlier. (If your country goes on Summer Time in the coming weeks, you will want to check again!)

This week we are going to start off with some basic review of all we've covered. So if you've been feeling behind or confused by all the details, we'll make sure we've got your questions answered before forging ahead! See you soon, -Pete (talk) 16:31, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

A simple question

Hi Piotrus, you have any idea who these poets are, please:

  • Pieśń Dziadka Mroza (na głos i fortepian), wiersze I. Nechody
  • Piosenka dla dziecka na fortepian, wierzse L. Zymnogo
  • Piosenka dla dziecka na fortepian, wiersze M. Prygary
  • Piosenka na chór dziecięcy, wiersze M. Rylskiego
  • Pisnia kursantskych brygad, wiersze I. Arturowa
  • Rewe ta stogne Dnipr szyrokyj, wiersze T. Szewczenka

Thanks Krenakarore TK 15:04, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Please, be specific!

Can you explain exactly what you want in this edit? The check in note doesn't say. Maury Markowitz (talk) 17:49, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

A citation for what? What are you asking for clarification on? Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:44, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
which part of the paras? They make several statements, and I believe all of them are covered in the existing cites. Maury Markowitz (talk) 21:24, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Just read it top to bottom. Didn't tell me what statements you are asking about. It did, however, demonstrate that it doesn't say anything remotely like what you seem to be suggesting it does. So again, can you provide guidance, or is this as I suspect, that you didn't really read the article, the references, make the GF effort to see if the material in question was already referenced, or even read the page your admonishing me to read? Maury Markowitz (talk) 01:56, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
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