Talk:Laurynas Gucevičius/Archive 1

Laurynas Gucevičius or Wawrzyniec Gucewicz
Google shows 25 English language hits for Wawrzyniec Gucewicz and 17 on Laurynas Gucevičius. That in itself would not convince me to move this article, but Google Print recognizes only the WG name  (3 hits). He is also linked under his Polish name from Polski Słownik Biograficzny (User:Piotrus/List of Poles/Grodecki-Hoscki) and WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Hotlist of Art & Architecture/G2. PS. There are no Google hits for 'Laurynas Gucewicz'. Without limiting ourselves to English pages, we get 235 hits for LG and 260 for WC. I'd tentatively suggest moving this article to Wawrzyniec Gucewicz, there may be some issues I have overlooked. It would be quite useful to know what name did he use himself - i.e. was he polonized?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 15:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh Piotrus, just stop it. The number of Polish people is ten times larger than Lithuanian, and your google hits just don't count in this case and are ridiculous. Laurynas Gucevičiuss was from Lithuania, he was pure Lithuanian and the first professional Lithuanian architect. His works are in the territory of current Lithuania and some in Belarus. He means much more to Lithuanian heritage than to the Polish. Your Polish language sources will tell you he was 'Polish' architect, but don't always believe what they say 100% :). As the starter of this article I strongly object to the move to Wawrzyniec Gucewicz. The redirect is enough. --Juraune 21:14, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed with Juraune M.K 20:57, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * As I have stated above, the above calculations are done solely on English language page - not on Polish or Lithuanian. I certainly agree that due to Poland's size, the Polish POV is much more visible then the Lithuanian one, and certainly various Polish sources tend to overgeneralize 'Polish-Lithuanian' as 'Polish'. However the question remains what was the language that LG/WG used: did he speak in Polish and write his name as Wawrzyniec Gucewicz, or did he speak in Lithuanian and sign himself as Laurynas Gucevičius? It is a fact that in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth majority of educated people were polonized. Was he an exception? If so, then it's all well and good, but please, can you privide a source for that?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 21:16, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Dear Piotrus, Gucevicius was granted to be called a noblemen, this indicates that he was not a pure noblemen (and as a rule not pure noblemen kept their ethnical ident.) besides if I not mistaken I saw somewhere that his name was already lithuanzied version of that time. And i believe (if my memory correct) he spoken and polish too as well as Lith. M.K 21:29, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If he spoke no Polish, I sincerly doubht he could have worked as an architects for the magnates. Anyway, it seems to me beyond any doubht that he was a citizen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, with more ties to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania then Crown of the Polish Kingdom. I certainly have no objections to listing him as Polish-Lithuanian. The issue at hand is whether we should use here the Polish or Lithuanian version of the name. The fact that there are more Poles then Lithuanians, which certainly favours the propagation of the Polish variants, is not an issue here: we are not making a more 'political correct' world, but an English encyclopedia. According to the Naming conventions, we should use the version of his name as used by majority of the English sources. However as I have shown above, none has a significant majority, thus we cannot decide his correct name based on it's use in English sources. The only way to break this deadlock, as I see it, is to find documents written (or at least signed) by him and see what was the name he signed with (and if possible, what was the language he habitualy spoke in and wrote with).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 00:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I think it is quite a silly idea because at that time Lithuanian last names were not well developed and stabilized. Besides, his family is not exactly nobility... so flip a coin. Much less painfull :) Renata 01:55, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, certainly he did not sign his name with the post-1918 Lithuanian version of the Lithuanian grammar, did he.  // Halibutt 17:56, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * But he wasn't Polish. Under Soviet Union I used to sign my name in Russian, so what? Juraune 18:12, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * But he wasn't Lithuanian either :) I agree with Renata here, though I also agree with most of the authors out there who - be it right or wrong - consider him a Pole... Anyway, in my new version of this article both names are bolded in the first sentence so there is not much of a problem there I guess. The only problem I see is the title of this article, but I could back down on this one, just for friendly atmosphere's sake. 212.76.57.103 (bah! it logged me out -  // Halibutt) 23:47, 18 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Uh, Halibutt, and after that you'll say again, you're not nationalist. I do especialy like when someone states, that Gucevičius was Polish: with link that points to "Poland (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska (help·info)), is a country located in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) to the north." If you'd put Polish-Lithuanian, I'd agree. But it seems you put it only in the places,where you want to hide your true intentions:) Grand Poland Ueber alles?--Lokyz 08:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Dear Lokyz, there is no reason to abuse others and mummble about nationalism. You know pretty well that the nationalities where not that obvious then, especially when we talk about Polish/Lithuanian one. Every educated person knows that Lithuanian nobles/educated people of these times considered themselves as Lithuanian but in fact were completely polonized, used this language, traditions, even lived in Poland and when their progeny was to decide where they want to stay: reborn Poland or Lithuania, they chose massively Poland.
 * The fact is, they used Polish as their language and AFAIK Polish written names and became part of the Polish tradition, culture - and people. Yes, Mickiewicz started his work with "Lithuania, my mother country" but everything he wrote was in Polish. Similarily Miłosz. Lithuanian nobles underlined this fact but again - they spoke Polish and took this tradition...
 * In case of Copernicus rationale of Germans (and other anglo-saxons) was that the most probably his first language and tradition was German although he proved to be a fathful subject of Polish monarchs. Here mr. Gucewicz/Gucevičius not only spoke Polish and was Polish-Lithuanian subject.
 * I don't know how we should call this situation - he was Lithuanian and such a description can be used in Polish AFAIK but not in the 20th century meaning of a nation but of the background - his and his family's. It should be worked out on the Wikipedia somehow as Western World historians are not too eager to make it fair and reliable (I still remember one Aussie here who was pushing his POV as "neutral" while he simply lacked basic facts about Central-Eastern Europe).
 * So how to describe the situation briefly is an open thing for me. However, it's not the case with the name and refering to this man using modern Lithuanian name, "forgetting" about polonization etc. and presenting that as neutral. The fact, that Nitzche had some Polish decents and argued havily that he was a Pole doesn't make him Polish although there is such a country like Poland. :) Mr. Gucevičius/Gucewicz had fairly stronger links with Lithuania however his nostalgy to Lithuania as a mother country - like in the case of Mickiewicz and many others - is not a sufficient reason for the present state of the article.
 * Greetings, aegis maelstrom δ 12:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Gucevicius/Gucewicz is not a case of Adam Mickiewicz, he wasn't born noble, and got his nobilitation in 1790, so he was over 40 then. He signed his surname as Montrym-Gucewicz. Montrym is also a surname of Lithuanian origin, initials would be M-G. I found a photo of a drawing made by him in a monograph by Eduardas Budreika "Verkių rumai", where Stanisław Poniatowski, not a King, but Gucevicius/Gucewicz contemporary wrote on a drawing of this architect: 'd'une Maison ... Campagne pa... Gucewicz Architecte Lithuano...s" (sorry, I couldn't completely comprehend the handwritten French) So, how about: "Don't do to Lithuanians, that you do not want do be done to you by bad Aussies in Copernicus case. It is a pitty that the articles concerning Poland-Lithuania biographies end-up as a 'fight over the bones of a dead man'. If Lokyz had to argue with you, instead of Halibutt, who regularly "edits" every mention of Lithuanian identity, there would be no "abuse of others and no mumble about nationalism", I am sure. Best respects, Aegis Maelstrom, your comment here is like a whiff of a fresh air. Juraune 07:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Eduardas Budreika should provide the full translation of the note. Use it in article ;) M.K. 11:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Uhuh - nationalities not obvious, and that is not a problem for some editors to point out, that Gucevičius was Polish in modern sence, and he knew abut Polish Nation in modern sence.
 * As for "Every educated person" - I'm educated too quite well, just from you i did hear that Lithuanian rulers were so barbaric, they didn't had theyr own customs and had to take them form Polish colleagues.
 * reborn Poland or Lithuania, they chose massively Poland would you please show at least one example? In the article it is clear written, taht Gucevičius was liwing and working in Lithuania (even by nowadys terms), or am I not educated enough and miss something?.
 * Mickewicz here is not the case. I've told my opinion about him further.


 * Either you forgot or intentionally not mention that, following your "Lithuania" argument at the other talk page, I agreed with you. So what is your problem here? Lithuanian is ok, Polish is not? Don't get it.  // Halibutt 15:01, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, you see - he was not born in nowadays geographical location of Poland neither in kingdom of Poland- so it's not ok:)--Lokyz 15:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I wonder, what makes you think that his declaration that he subscribes his works to his Polish brethren did in fact mean Polish-Lithuanian brethren or even Lithuanian brethren? Or did I understand the source wrongly?  // Halibutt 15:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Name of the (lost at the time) state:) And waht makes you think, that he subscribed all his works to modern Polish republic?--Lokyz 10:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Not the Polish republic, but the "Polish nation" (narodowi polskiemu). At least that's what is written in the book I cited as a reference for that statement.  // Halibutt 13:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * At the time meaning of "narod" was inhabitants of certain state, in this case - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.--Lokyz 14:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * So the Polish nation was All inhabitants of the PLC, while the inhabitants of GDL were Lithuanians? Strange. Besides, note the date of his death...  // Halibutt 07:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Halibutt, you are doing original research with surnames, and I warned you not to do so. Suggest you editing articles on topics that you consider yourself to be a renowned speciallist of. Juraune 08:19, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Nope, it's not me to do original research. The Latin name is provided by the author of that Lithuanian article and it's Masul, not Masiulis. Whether modern Lithuanians render the name in such a way might be interesting, but not really relevant.  // Halibutt 18:47, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Rimša states, that his name was Masiulis. He is professional historian. You are not. So you do original research not Jaraune. And Rimša is not wrong, he just have much more expirience in reading original documents than you do.
 * Another one thing - ethnic Lithuania is widely recognised as such, and you state it is speculation:) You do believe what you like, not what professionals say. And that makes any cooperation with you just impossible - because you simply deny facts that you don't like.--Lokyz 19:11, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * So, does actually Rimsa state that if the Genitivus Singularis of a word is Masulis, then the Nominativus Singularis of that word is Masiulis? That would be a sole case in the history of the Latin language, which - btw - is quite long. And how about that guy's wife? Does Rimsa state that the surname Masulowa is actually Masiulisowa, but written differently? How about that? I wonder what is Rimsa's explanation for the fact that the name he uses is completely different then the one he cites in the Latin document himself. Anybody care to translate the relevant part? Might be funny...  // Halibutt 23:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * There is no Masul family name in Lithuania - neither Polish, neither Lithuanian. As for Masulowa it is cleraly denotation of wife, not proper family name. I've allready told you in a different place how such "contemporary" names are born - Polish speaking people did not bother to spell name correctly only, just approximately "by the sound", and relying only on phonetics when writing words of other languages is very misleading. In many cases writing of one man's name could be completely different in every attempt.
 * And I think you know that, it is just a good place to play game called "contemporary spelling". The real proof is family name "Ziekonaycia" written properly it would Žėkonaitė or Žekonytė, and this is clweearly recognisable Lithuanian form of unmarried girl by -aycia suffix(her father name woould be similar to Žekonas or Žekonis). To proove that, someone needs to go and check the records book at Migonys church. But this would be a job for historian, not wikipedian. And Rimša is one, and I'm absolutely sure, he's done his job properly. So I'm quite sure, that in the book are more mentionings of other form of Masiulis or (Masulas), taht led to this reconstruction.--Lokyz 23:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Which is exactly what I wanted to hear: the original name mentioned in the document is Masul and Masulowa (lit. Masul's wife). Perhaps Rimsa states some explanation for his reconstruction of what would the name Masul look like in modern Lithuanian, but we don't know that. What we know is that in his short article he quotes the document, in which the Masul family is called that way, and not as Masiulis, Masulisis, or with any other similar name. And Ziekonaycia does not appear in that fragment, nor does it even loosely resemble the name of Masul, so it's not relevant here.
 * Why do you switch back to the invented name then, when there is no source for that, while there is a source to call him Masul - and quite a serious one, as birth records usually followed one's declaration rather than some official documents?  // Halibutt 05:19, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The church usage of the Latin language has a feature not to decline surnames but Latin or Greak ones. Note, that surnames are not declined even in the case, when they are declined in their original language, e. g. Polish or Lithuanian. The tradition had come from usage of Jewish names in Vulgata. There are many examples of such usage in older books. Thats why we have Catherinae Masulowa instead of Masulowae in the case the surname were declined. Consequently, the masculine surname was Lithuanian. But even in the improbable case, that Halibutt is right, and Masulis in the inscription is in the Genitive case (when Masulisowa in Nominative), that wouldn't mean the contrary, that the surname is not of a Lithuanian. It's very easy, living for example in Poland or in US, not to know, what Lithuanian surnames are, and to conclude that the wife of Masulis had to be Masulis-owa. Poles use surnames of Lithuanian origin this way, but in modern Poland. Everybody however, who lives (or lived) in Lithuania knows, that this -is is not a suffix but nothing other than an ending of Nominative. Masul would seem like a common surname of Lithuanian Poles, but it is essentially the same surname as Masulis (genetives are Polish Masula (from Masul) and Lithuanian Masulio (from Masulis)). If somebody declines a word, it's very natural to add an ending after the stem and not after other ending, isn't it? That's why Masulowa and the possible (but almost impossible in the context) Genetive Masulis. But, if Masul can mean person of any ethnicity, Masulis (what is evidently indeclined in Latin form of surname) is an argument that the person however was Lithuanian, because he apparently used the ending -is, while Polish -speaking Lithuanians /Lithuanian Poles usually changed Lithuanian ending of the Nominative to the Polish zero ending.


 * I agree, that the presence of ending of the Nominative in Lithuanian makes some problems, that are comparable with problems of Latin language. For example Poles use Horacjusz, but English usage is Horace, while the true name was with an ending '-us' (not '-usz' and not the zero). But the English usage is not an argument, that Horace wasn't a Latin. The same way, possible usage of Lithuanian surnames with zero endings aren't an argument that proprietors of the surnames weren't Lithuanians (many Lithuanians that had zero ending surnames in their documents before 1905 corrected it after). Linas Lituanus 20:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


 * What do you think about Dukakis surname? What would be a Latin verson for Dukakis's son? Would it be 'Dukakis' or 'Dukakisis'? Do you know the fact about Lithuanian surnames, that maiden and married women have different endings? Please give your version of Masul's wife? How about the father of Ziekonaycia in Latin? If you give your versions, we might move forward one step on this one. Juraune 17:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Why do you switch back to the invented name...there's something to laugh about. Aren't all names "invented" at some point? It's just a matter of who invented what name and when. Kind of like the invention Wit Stwosz, but you won't be having have a debate about that "invention", soon. At least not with Halibutt. Dr. Dan 11:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * No need to be so cocky 'bout Stwosz fella. He's on the List of Poles, that's enough of proof for me. Gotta trust the list. Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 05:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Linas, at last a serious discussion. First of all, Poles call the Horace Horacy rather than Horacjusz. The latter is an uncommon first name, in itself being a form of the first name of Horacy (slightly more natural in modern Polish, both being in turn localised versions of Horatius).
 * Now let's get back to Masul and the babtisavi infantem nne Laurentium patris Symoni Masulis et Matris Catharinae Masulowa de villa Migance. The meaning of Baptisavi infantem nne Laurentium is of course clear. Following the advice of Jpbrenna I'd translate the Symoni as a D or Abl of III decl. rather than plain G. This would explain Catherinae as a Dative too, rather than G. Masulowa is a plain Polish name (or rather a surname of some origin, with a plain Polish suffix), left in its original form in N. However, Masulis seems to be a pretty clear case of a G in III declension. If the root was Masulis, then the III declension G would be some mysterious Masulisis.
 * Besides, even if we treat Symoni Masulis as an improbable case where the first name is declensed, while the surname is left in N, then there is no way to extract the name of Simonas Masiulis out of it. There's no i in the root of the surname anywhere, so no idea where did the people get Masiulis out of our Masulis. Even if the N of the name was indeed Masulis, which is highly unlikely, then there is no way to make it sound Masiulis. And the y in the first name would rather suggest the Polish contemporary name of Symon (modern Szymon; Symon, Symoni seems the case here) rather than Simonas. Finally, I have no idea how come the de villa Migance got changed into the de villa Migonys. The modern Lithuanian name of that place is simply not even mentioned in the original document.
 * The way I see it, the name is usually Lithuanized to Simonas Masiulis the same way other names are Lithuanized in Lithuania, regardless of the origin of the person. Viljamas Šekspyras, Andžejus Leperis, Lešekas Mileris... to name but a few modern examples. My grandfather's surname would be put down as Jurgis Kazmirkievičius in Lithuanian, eventhough the guy was named Jerzy Kaźmirkiewicz and his ancestors were of Ruthenian rather than Lithuanian origin (the -icz, -ich, or -ić endings are clearly Slavic and are preserved in modern patronymics in Russian, for instance). Anyway, the Lithuanized name is then used as a proof of the person's nationality. You know, the good old I write his name in Lithuanian, so he must be Lithuanian fallacy. And from that document the Lithuanian version of the name cannot be simply derived.  // Halibutt 12:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * No one has suggested that writing someones name in Lithuanian, makes them Lithuanian. Nor that writing the name Jerzy Waszyngton makes George Washington, Polish. Dr. Dan 12:23, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * And now let's get back to Gucewicz. I was perfectly happy with the original form of Polish-Lithuanian architect. Apparently the guy was using his Polish name and spoke Polish, which by no means he was not of Lithuanian origin. There's no way we could determine that. However, a complete Lithuanization of the article on his biography is out of the question. The same goes to the recent actions by Dude, who simply decided to delete all mentions of the fact that the guy is considered Polish outside of Lithuania - and was considered a Pole even by his contemporaries. Not to mention his own last will, in which he clearly referred to Polish nation rather than Lithuanian. He might have meant natione Polonus gente Ruthenus or natione Polonus gente Lithuanus, but we simply do not know that.  // Halibutt 12:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * More oyxmoronic logic? ...clearly referred to Polish nation...He might have meant...but we simply do not know that. Dr. Dan 12:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hallibutt: "The same goes to the recent actions by Dude, who simply decided to delete all mentions of the fact that the guy is considered Polish outside of Lithuania". No I didn't. "Salami, salami, boloney. Guzewicz is a Polish." is not a that, kind of source, that is very useful or proofs anything. If you would provide source saying "Guzewicz is considered a Polish, BECAUSE this and that", in that case it would be a different matter. BTW I am also perfectly happy with "Polish-Lithguanian" or "Lithuanian-Polish" architect. But complete Polonization of Guzewicz's late daddy is out of question. PEACE. It's time to start sorting things out and to remove this edit protection. Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 16:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Hallibutt:"There's no i in the root of the surname anywhere, so no idea where did the people get Masiulis out of our Masulis". So bearing in mind that surname "Masul" is virtually nonexistant (not speaking about fellaz from Mossul, Iraq) and surname "Masulis" is very popular among Lithuanian Americans, it seems that you have proven either: Gucevičius was of Kurdish-Arabian ancestry OR that his fathers surname was Masulis. Cheers mate. Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 16:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Precisely: there's no I in that root, so there is absolutely no chance someone might've derived such a surname out of the surname actually used in the source. Since there is a similar Lithuanian surname, some guys decided to fix it accordingly to prove that they were actually Lithuanians (so was Shakespeare!). Also, you should decide whether you support the name of Masulis or Masiulis, I'm getting a tad lost here.  // Halibutt 19:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That's rich. Masulis old spelling, Masiulis new spelling. So the choice is between old spelling and new spelling. If you can't understand how Masulis and Masiulis are related, try to look for Ziekonaycia. You might find one in parallel world, where the Germans bear surnames Stwosz, where 97 percent of population of Kupiskis is Polish, so everyone born there is aparently Polish (especially PEASANTS), where the Lithuanians do not exist (and never existed at all).  Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 03:54, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Wake up, it's morning now. As to what you wrote above, does it mean that Masiulis is not the name of the guy who was a parent of Gucewicz but rather a similar modern Lithuanian name? Or did our Masul actually change his name during his lifetime? Any documents for that, or is it yet another of my inventions?  // Halibutt 06:15, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * "If the root were Masulis", says Halibutt. Masul-is is the whole word, and it can't be a root. Masul-is may be in Latin Genitive, although it's hardly believable, but why do you prefer the Genetive to the Nominative, when the feminine counterpart is in the Nominative? The next question: Why do you think, Lithuanians add this -is or -as or -us ? To make words more Lithuanian? Apparently a nonsense. -is / -as or -us are masculine Nominative endings in Lithuanian.  So Masul- is the root (the part before the ending or, better, the inflexion), whenever you are right or I'm. If modern Poles or Russians decline Rimas - Rimasa - Rimasowi, it doesn't mean that scribes in the 18th century did so. Linas Lituanus 16:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

 Hope there will be no more Halibutt's amateurish original research of surnames. There's what google search brings for every reader of English: 1. Stuoka Gucevičius Laurynas 75 pages as for today. 2. Gucewicz Wawrzyniec 29 pages. Juraune 14:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Problem?
I notice the ending of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurynas_'Gucevi%C4%8Dius'

and it is a bit worrying :(
 * This is not a major problem - the browsers can't display the symbols, but they understant them when they are inputed. You'll see the same problems in various articles using Polish, Lithuanian or other 'strange' letters.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 22:02, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * yup, but making in adress bar Laurynas_Gucevicius would be better M.K 22:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * We would have to lose the 'č' for that, and I do object to englishizing names. Make it Polish or Lithuanian, but don't invent a new English variant - that's my rule (for names that have no obvious/common English spelling, of course).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 22:58, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * not in articale itself! M.K 23:14, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


 * The link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurynas_Gucevicius also brings there, so there is no problem.
 * A, yes I see now. in this case there is no problem. And it is good!M.K 08:08, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * A redirect, you mean? Certainly all articles using non-standard letters should have them.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 14:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Classicism and Neoclassicism
I see that some guys here don't know the meaning of "classicism" in English. Not only do they confuse it with Neoclassicism, but are prone to reverting edits of superior editors adn swelling the article with peacock terms. I'm leaving this article at their mercy in disgust. -- Ghirla -трёп-  11:20, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The comments which you did not liked was made by the author of the articale . and I belive that you as such "superior" editor shuold know that if author who wrothe whole text himeself is makeing mistkes report and produce your opinion and not such as "silly" comment in summary. this is a main principles of wiki. inform main author not me.M.K 12:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello Ghirla. There is no need for harshe words here. In fact, I stumbled across that problem and Your reverted correction. Things don't seem to be so easy. As a person, who is indeed no expert on periods, I looked this up in the German wikipedia, for which I translated this article (thanks Juraune for Your work) and found in Klassizismus Hauptsächlich aber wird als 'Klassizismus' eine Epoche der gesamten Kunstgeschichte im späten 18. Jahrhundert und frühen 19. Jahrhundert (etwa zwischen 1770 und 1830) bezeichnet, welche die (vor allem griechische) Klassik zu erneuern versuchte. which reads roughly classicism ist mainly seen as the period of art history in the late 18th and early 19th century (about 1770-1830), that tried to revive (chiefly Greek) classic. Neoklassizismus (Kunst) says: Neoklassizismus (seltener Neuklassizismus) ist eine eklektizistische Kunstrichtung, die sich gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts innerhalb des Historismus entwickelte. ~= Neoclassicism ist an eclesticistic direction of art, that developed during the end of the 19th century as part of the historism movement. I also found out that the English wikipedia is not that clear in dating these periods. There might be differences in English and continental use. But since the original author explicitly used the words Lithuanian classicism, this terminus seems valid in my eyes. Best regards --Gf1961 12:11, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello Gf1961, it should be noted when classicism came to Lithuania; the formulation Lithuanian classicism is pointing to it, but I see to some "superior" is is not understandable. But he could look in some catalogs of Vilnius and he would see the same I recomend to see/buy "Vilniaus Architektura" there are and Russian explanations too ( sutable to "superior")M.K 12:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Vielen Dank, Gf1961. I really appreciate Your work and your comments there. I moved the sentence left by Ghirla to a section of an article were the style of the architect is discussed, since in my oppinion, his sentence is formulated very clumsy and doesn't fit as the first sentence of the encyclopedia article. As my dictionary shows, the word "proponent" is "a defender, someone who is offering something", while as much as I know Laurynas Gucevicius didn't offer his style to others, and he was an architect, not merely a propagator of particular architectural style. Juraune 06:35, 19 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Ghirlandajo for the explanation of the "peacock language". Now I really agree with you on that. And you really understand about styles of architecture. Drama of songs is when a poet becomes a playwriter and writes a play Juraune 11:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Photo
There is this photo on flickr which could be used here. Renata 17:27, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I would like to add present day photos of Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius Town Hall and maybe Verkiai Palace. These buildings do not differ much from the days of the architect. Juraune 19:03, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Copyediting
I made some general edits to smooth out the English in the article, and where possible, tried to rewrite sentences so as to de-emphasize his exact nationality, since I can see that there are claims that he is both Polish and Lithuanian. Hopefully both sides will agree with my edits. --Elonka 19:26, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... Thanks for the copyedit. On the other hand I don't see why we should not mention his nationality if it seems to be 100% clear to all except the Lithuanian author we have in the list.  // Halibutt 03:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I have no strong preference on it, but it seems that if there are multiple sources which differ as to whether he should be declared a "Polish" architect or a "Lithuanian" architect, that it makes sense to either re-cast the opening sentence to indicate that he is both, or to simply omit specific mention of his nationality in the opening sentence, but include other verbiage elsewhere to show that he is claimed by both. Maybe like, "Most Western and Polish scholars refer to him as being Polish, though after the breakup of the Soviet Union, some Lithuanian scholars also began declaring him as primarily of Lithuanian ethnicity." I think that would actually make for a stronger article, to represent the differing views, rather than us trying to make a determination as to the one "best" answer for Wikipedia. --Elonka 18:15, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * He was considered as Lithuanian already in interwar republic (1918-1940), two monografies stating the same appeared in 1954 and 1965. It is conflict of Polish only tradition and moderns research.--Lokyz 19:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Who were the authors? Would it perhaps be more appropriate to say: "Gucevicius was born in what was then known as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and modern scholars differ as to whether Gucevicius should now be considered "Polish" or "Lithuanian". --Elonka 22:01, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Autor is given among references - i.e. Budreika.--Lokyz 23:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Seems a fine solution. Indeed, the Lithuanian authors seem to be pretty alone in that.  // Halibutt 03:07, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * If you want it, i could go to library and make a full list of Lithuanian bibliography and historiograhy on Gucevičius. It would take some time tough, and trust me - it would not be a pile of books. As for Lithuanians are alone - no suprise, as "educated Lithuanians were Poles" assumption still works. Only it just began to reverse in example of usage in English books name of for Jogaila example. More to come:)--Lokyz 11:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Indeed, some western authors started to refer to Jagiello under his Lithuanian name when referring to his "Lithuanian" period. However, I'm not sure how does this example apply here. Besides, there's no need to prove that Lithuanian authors believe everyone born in what is now Lithuania was a Lithuanian. What there is to prove however is that their assumptions are backed up by anything but their own beliefs.  // Halibutt 11:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Do you call international renovned historians liars or dreamers? That's not very nice of you:) As for "Lithuania now" - it hadn't changed location from the days of Kingdom of Lihuania, so it's quite obvious, people born here, are Lithuanians:)--Lokyz 11:53, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * What do you think of the way the nationality question is handled at the Adam Mickiewicz article? --Elonka 16:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Elonka, this is not the case of Adam Mickiewicz, and nationality cannot be handled like in Mickiewicz article. The main difference is nobilitation was bestowed on him when he was over 40, and there is no 3-side dispute. Juraune 18:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It's contraversial - especialy, because speaking about his beliefs, and his famous "Litwa, ojczyzna moja" there is no mention of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Even in Commonwealth there was this feeling of separate loyalty betwen "Korona" and "Grand Duchy (Poles and Lithwins respectively). Even Pilsudsky called himself Litwin, but there is not and I'd doubt ever will be mentioning of this. That's because in most cases Polish means Poland, and everything, that has Lithuanian roots with a little help of our friends soon becomes Polish-Lithuanian, on the werge to becoming completely Polish:) it's a three hundred years tradition, so it's dificult for some nations to accept other point of view:)
 * As for personaly me - I have not seen, that "many" modern historians think of Mickiewicz as an Lithuanian, rather than Litwin of Ruthenian (or Belarus) ethnicity. But on other hand I do think, that Mickewicz works are also heritage of modern Lithuania, like also of Belarus (not only Polish and Poland).--Lokyz 09:34, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

King question
As the article is currently written, it says that Laurynas received a scholarship from King Wladyslaw August Poniatowski. I don't have access to the references, but could someone please doublecheck this, as I'm unaware of a king by that name. Is it perhaps meant to refer to Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732-1798) ? --Elonka 19:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure, a silly error.  // Halibutt 03:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * And, an understatement. Dr. Dan 23:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * How so? Is the name of Stanisław any more respectable than the name of Władysław?  // Halibutt 02:57, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Of course not, but it's not any reason to give errors respectability either. Dr. Dan 23:40, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I still fail to understand why a silly error in someone's first name is an understatement, but perhaps it's just me. EOT.  // Halibutt 07:37, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It's the so called silly error, not the name, that's the understatement. EOT, tambien! Dr. Dan 01:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Halibutt, which of the refs given by you mentiones this scholarship? Juraune 16:28, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It was clear before someone spoiled half of the references and deleted the other half. Just refer to some previous version and you'll see that. Wait, I'll post the links myself:, .  // Halibutt 19:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Nationality Question
You Lithuanians are way overboard. Granted, you would like to have a Lithuanian architect, so do you have to take one away from the Polish architects' category? There are currently 23 entries (actually 22, with a duplicate) in the category. You should be ashamed of yourselves. What next? If you get your way, you'll probably want to steal these Polish architects from the list: Bartolommeo Berrecci, Francesco Florentino, Giovanni Battista di Quadro, Santi Gucci, his brother Mateo Gucci, Domenico Merlini, Bernardo Morando, Gustav Adolf Platz, Eberhard Rosemberger, and Tylman van Gameren. Can't you stop trying to deny your neighbor's right to their cultural history, for pete's sake (just an Anerican slang expression, Piotrus)? Dr. Dan 18:11, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Where is the list you refer to? Apart from the fact that all of the articles refer to those guys as Polish-Italian architects (most of them have spent their entire life in Poland, with Polish citizenship, Polish sponsors and so on), that list has little to do with this article on Gucewicz. Judging from this list, Dan did not have a clue either.  // Halibutt 20:53, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Sure, clueless, as usual. At the bottom of each article on the men in question is the Category:Polish architects. Feel free to check it out. Clueless, aka Dr. Dan 01:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

List for Halibutt: Category:Polish architects
 * Thanks for the link. Now could you possibly tell me what do these guys have to do with this article? All were architects, but that's about it.  // Halibutt 15:48, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Work harder, look through the list carefully and you will find out. Dr. Dan gives you food for thought, but you have to chew it on your own. Juraune 16:20, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


 * A nice way of putting it, Juraune. My friend loves to bring in the most unusual metaphors, analogies, and links into various discussions, all of the time. Somehow when it becomes convenient, he likes to pretend he doesn't understand what others are talking about, when they do the same, and will call them clueless and so forth. But my remarks are not exclusively for his benefit, and the other participants can judge for themselves the merits of the argument. Most people who are familiar with the region and its history and demographics, know the truth in regards to these matters. I'm more concerned with informing those who are unfamiliar with the facts, than to convince hopeless, biased cases. Dr. Dan 16:57, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * If you consider me a hopeless case and do not see what's the problem with the current version of this article then what the heck are you doing here, at the talk page devoted to Gucewicz? Dan, it's not a chat or forum, it's an article talk page. We're here to write encyclopaedia and discuss article content, not to reform, inform or conform with anyone. Also, we're not seeking the truth here. We're seeking knowledge, as evidenced in sources. If truth is what you seek - go and buy yourself a bible, or a communist manifesto, or any other book dealing with The Holy Truth. And leave Wiki talk pages to those who actually try to write this encyclopaedia.  // Halibutt 17:37, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, but it is me who wrote the major part of this article and you, Halibutt, just piled references of little relevance, converted the format into some php code, unscrutable with simple editing tools, then edited as you pleased with the clear intention to prove that the guy was 'Polish' and with disregard to most of other editor oppinions. Juraune 19:36, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

And leave Wiki talk pages to those who actually try to write this encyclopaedia. Ha, ha, and the "Truth be Damned"! I see that every day in the world-wide telecommunications media. The nice thing about Wikipedia is it allows different perpectives to be presented, and sometimes even the truth trickles through, when one gets lucky. Dr. Dan 17:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Juraune, Citing sources and Verifiability are official policies here. Don't blame me for that. Also, I wouldn't be so sure you were the one to write most of it. Which does not change much as none of us WP:OWNs this article.
 * Dan, thanks for sharing your thoughts on the telecommunications and media. It was really relevant to this article. You might want to check WP:NOT to see that WP is not a soapbox, nor a blogspace. You might also want to take a look at WP:VERIFY to discover that The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth.. 'Halibutt
 * But No original research doesn't apply to YOUR original research of Gucevičius fathers surname, oh no you had to push the way YOU read "Symoni Masulis" (hello original research). Didn't you. You was asked CITE, CITE, CITE English, Polish, Russian, or whatever article, just ONE article where surname of Gucevičius' father is read as Masul, but no you've said "I read it that way, that's enough for ME". So things started. Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 11:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Proper citation, as per WP:CITE is already there. A reliable (at least for you) Lithuanian article mentioning the original birth record, in which the fathers' name is mentioned in its original form of Masul. Symon Masul, to be precise. Not Masiulis, not Masulisas, not Masiulisis, not Masiuliskiene, but Masul. Is the article not enough?
 * Also, a number of references to refer to him as Polish were also there - until you decided to delete them. Halibutt
 * For the tenth time. Source says: "Symoni Masulis", to read surname in Genitive is YOUR interpretation (it can also be read in Nominative as in Katherinae Masulowa). Cited author is giving different interpretation (Masiulis). But no. YOU know better, "author is WRONG", you said and decided to delete citation, and replaced it by YOUR interpretation (No original research HELLO!!). How many more times we will have to go through this? As to: "Also, a number of references to refer to him as Polish were also there - until you decided to delete them" Who? Masiulis? Books cited by you say nothing about "Polishness" of Masiulis, PEASANT (not szlachcic), from KUPIŠKIS.  Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 13:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Translation is not interpretation. The rest of the article is in Lithuanian, should we get some external source to support that the translation from Lithuanian is true and not just someone's interpretation of Lithuanian text? Nope, Dude.  // Halibutt 11:01, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * And what is this, Halibutt? How come you preparing archives for move to WG, when the compromise is not achieved? Why you created this archive of nonexistant article? Juraune 19:58, 8 August 2006 (UTC)