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Poles in Caucasia

Hi there. I’ve just found an interesting passage in one Georgian source about the Polish infantry brigade active in Georgia during the Russian Revolution. The information is rather scarce and somewhat confused. According to this source, the provisional Transcaucasian government (Commissariat) allowed local Poles to create an infantry brigade in November 1917. This formation cooperated with and was partially sponsored by the Defense Ministry of the newly established Democratic Republic of Georgia until being disbanded under German pressure in June 1918. In May 1919, its personnel under Colonel Makarewicz were allowed to leave for Poland. They were pompously seen off to the North Caucasus where they joined General Szeligowski (Szeligorski?)’s division and returned to Poland and took part in the defense of Warsaw in 1920. It would really be interesting to know more about this. Any thoughts?--Kober^Talk 08:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I'd suggest reposting this at WP:PWNB; User:Halibutt comes to mind as particularly knowledgeable in that area, so you may want to copy it to his talk page, too. PS. Have you read Prometheism article? It may be relevant.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 17:55, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Piotrus. Thanks for your advice. I'll try that. Prometheism may be relevant, but not directly related to that birgade, imo. --Kober^Talk 14:52, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Battle of France Good article reassessment

This article has been reviewed as part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force for GA sweeps. I think the article currently doesn't meet the requirements of the Good article criteria concerning sourcing. Although the article is well-sourced in many areas, other areas are lacking. I have listed the article at Good article reassessment to get a better consensus on the article's status. Issues needing to be address are listed there. Please join the discussion to see how the article can be improved to prevent delisting. If you have any questions about the reassessement, leave me a message on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Regards, --Nehrams2020 (talk) 02:04, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Infobox Polish Navy

Template:Infobox Polish Navy has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Bellhalla (talk) 12:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Poland and weapons of mass destruction

Hello. Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles needs your help. Poland and weapons of mass destruction has been lacking references since June, 2006. Could you please take a minute out of your busy day to help add sources? Thanks for your time. Viriditas (talk) 12:54, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme

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FAR: Virtuti Militari

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Soviet-German WWII operations

The longstanding and inclusive debates about naming Soviet-German WWII operations have been consolidated into one discussion, with a proposal to move 36 articles. As the outcome of the discussion will probably resolve this, all interested editors are urged to comment here. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 10:08, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

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Greater Poland Uprising (1848) nominated for deletion

The article Greater Poland Uprising (1848) has been nominated for deletion. Editors who wish to comment or vote on this nomination are invited to do so in the AfD discussion. Nick-D (talk) 06:51, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Rename proposals

Hello. There are proposals here and here to move many Soviet military equipment articles.--Patton^t/c 14:10, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

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Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 12 September!

Many thanks,  Roger Davies ^talk 04:12, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Just a reminder but, with about 18 hours to go until nominations close, you'll need to get your skates on if you're thinking of standing as a coordinator. The election is based on self-nominations, so please don't be shy in putting your name forward. The last elections will give you an idea of what to expect.

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 Roger Davies ^talk 06:43, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Soviet invasion of Poland

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Test your World War I knowledge with the Henry Allingham International Contest!

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WP 1.0 bot announcement

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Milhist outreach at Wikimania 2010

This year's Wikimania takes place in Gdansk, Poland, over the weekend of 9-11 July (details). Would you be interested in attending and helping prepare a Milhist presentation, explaining how our project works for the benefit of other editors from other wikis? It is also a great opportunity to meet up with other Wikipedians and Milhisters, and explore the city itself a little. This will be of particular interest to Milhist members living within easy travelling distance of Poland, though it is bound to attract interest from others living further away. This is at early discussion stages at the moment but we only need five or six people to make it happen!

If you might be able to help, or attend, please sign up HERE.

Thanks,  Roger Davies ^talk 09:17, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

London Victory Parade of 1946

This is a British military history article with a Polish aspect, among other aspects. Please come and take a look at the article and see the work that has been done over the last month. Input as well as comment on the extent of our success at achieving WP policy and guidelines is requested. Ideas for next steps most welcome. -Chumchum7 (talk) 22:41, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Peer review for No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando now open

The peer review for No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK₀₀₄ 05:07, 21 April 2010 (UTC)