User:Halibutt/Archive 15

RfC Halibutt
Your behavior will be under scrutiny here: Requests for comment/Halibutt. M.K. 23:07, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Summary of my contacts with Durova
I believe this should be explained somewhere. Since posting comments at Durova's talk page is considered a violation of all wiki laws, I will do it here. Hope nobody minds. Let's set some things straight then.


 * 1) On October 31 I reported M.K on WP:PAIN for what I consider a serious offence.
 * 2) Durova asked me to provide links and diffs, which I did
 * 3) Durova explained that the scope of WP:PAIN is only clear insults and threats, while he/she did not interpret M.K's actions as such, which is why I asked for clarification.
 * 4) In response Durova posted a comment which was not a response to my question, but from which it was clear that he/she misunderstood my words.
 * 5) I then posted a clarification and asked Durova, whom I considered to be an expert on the subject of WP:NPA of her interpretation. However, my comment was removed shortly afterwards, which is why I posted a short notification at Durova's talk page
 * 6) Initially there was no response to my questions (which were valid), so I took the liberty to specifically ask for a response. After all where could I ask for WP:PAIN's interpretation if not at WP:PAIN's admin?
 * 7) That's when the hell broke lose. Instead of replying to my questions, Durova suggested that posting my questions at his/hers talk page equals disrupting Wikipedia. As I remove all sorts of accusations and threats from my talk page so I did with that one, but soon afterwards Durova finally replied to my original questions, for which I thanked him/her. I received even more explanations, which is more that I could have asked for. However, he/she also stated, that he/she could no longer extend an assumption of good faith toward claims you might make in some future dispute. I responded in kind and stated that I'll think twice before I trust your judgement in the future, which is pretty much the same.
 * 8) I also asked how should I interpret Ghirlandajo's comment, in which he suggested I'm a (check WP:DICK for yourselves).
 * 9) However, despite the fact that it was Ghirlandajo to offend me and I was merely seeking advice from one of the admins responsible for WP:PAIN, Durova accused me of breaking the rules (including WP:POINT, WP:CIVIL, WP:AGF, and WP:NPA).

Now then, I agree. It is me to blame for the fact that Ghirlandajo directed me to WP:DICK and suggested I'm a (check for yourselves). It is me to blame for the fact that I was seeking advice with the admin. It's entirely my fault that I remained friendly and informative throughout all of my contacts with Durova. And I should definitely be blocked for that. I'm also hereby warning myself: should Ghirlandajo offend me once more, I should be blocked indefinitely.  // Halibutt 19:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Arriba Halibutt
Dear Halibutt:

Just by accident, in the Appleseed talk page I had notice about the voting from admin.. Unfortunately it was too late. It was finished. I would be very happy to support you as well as you help me when I suffered a persecution like in pl:wiki some time ago. This kind of voting should be more promoted as the financial admin. are. Anyway, here is my "moral" support.

Hasta pronto, amigo mio. Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin 19:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Fellowship award
Dear Halibutt, I would like to add to your awards the following:

- Image:BoNM-Poland-ribbon.png|none|80px|Polish Barnstar of National Merit- from - User:Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin|Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin - Because friends support each others. Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin 20:45, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Escadrille
Hi Halibutt, can you tell me what is the difference between an air force squadron and an escadrille? I found categories for both (Category:Polish Air Force escadrilles and Category:Squadrons of the Polish Air Force), and I don't know if they're redundant or not. Appleseed (Talk) 16:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I think that answered it. I asked because I was wondering if we were justified in having both categories (based on your answer, we are), and if one should be a subcategory of the other (I think the answer is no, because even though a squadron is composed of escadrilles, the category structure gets funky if you place the latter inside the former). Appleseed (Talk) 18:04, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Warsaw Uprising
Hi. I guess I was concerned less about the content than the fact the editor was sourcing it from OR. But looking at the article, I note it cites very few sources for the bulk of the information it contains. It'd be hard to know where to start dropping the fact tags. It might be better just to flag it unreferenced. --Rrburke 15:07, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for you reply. You wrote, "there are more such tasks pending." For this and another several hundred thousand other articles.  It can seem daunting.  --Rrburke 17:22, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Warsaw Uprising
In reply to your note. First, the recollections of those old heroes from WWII must have been a tremendous experience for you. as to my father: he started flying with 300 Squadron when he escaped from Switzerland (Polish infantry)by way of France, Andorra, Portugal and finally Gibraltar in 1941. He then switched to 301 where he spent the rest of war years. He started as a gunner/radio operator on Wellingtons and then ended up as a navigator/bombadeer on Halifaxes, Liberators and as a navigator on dakota DC3's. Most of his missions were over France and Germany through early 1944 I think.

When 301 moved to Brindizi as No. 1586 Polish Special Duties Flight, he flew over Yugoslavia a few times and then exclusively over Poland, mostly night drops in the country to the AK and then flights over Warsaw during the Uprising. Most of these Polish flights were solo (not as a squadron) and, believe it or not, involved landings with a DC-3 on fields made up of clover (which the AK found out could support a heavy aircraft).

In the end he totalled 80 missions (20 with 1586), was awarded the Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valorous (x4), British DFC and Air Force Cross and some other stuff, and French Croix de Guerre (for exploits as part of Polish infantry division in france in 1940). --Vumba 01:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps I should start work on the Sqn 301 page with the info I have. --Vumba 17:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Mapa dla polskiej Wikipedii
Witam :) Wiem, że od dłuższego czasu nie działasz na polskiej Wikipedii, chciałem jednak spytac czy nie miałbys czasu stworzyć jednej mapy dla nas. Muszę przyznać, że mapy Twojego autorstwa naprawdę robią wrażenie, a zarazem chwilowo na plwiki nie miamy nikogo mającego czas i znającego się na rzeczy. Chodzi o mapę Polski w czasach Bolesława Chrobrego do artykułu pl:Historia Polski (do 1138). Oczywiście jeśli jesteś zajęty czymś innym, to nie będę się narzucać :) Serdecznie pozdrawiam, Gardomir 15:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Ru-sib
Halibutt, please understand that linking to Ru-sib undermines the integrity of en-wiki. See user talk:A4 for discussion. Even if your instincts tell you to oppose everything done by Wikipedia's "Russians" based on the general principle, delinking the ru-sib has nothing to do with Russian Chauvinism and has everything to do with the integrity of Wikipedia, which I know you cherish. Please give it a thought. --Irpen 07:09, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I have absolutely no idea what you're bragging about.  // Halibutt 08:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I am talking about this edit of yourself. You link to the hate-speech site that promotes xenophobia, obscenity and ethnic hatred. If you want to know more, visit user talk:A4 (you can skip the Ukrainian text there, if it is difficult for you to read. I tried to conduct as much of the discussion in English as possible). I don't know what motives brought you to that article, the interest to the topic, Ghirla-stalking or an email request to join a revert war but as a Wikipedia enthusiast, I don't suppose you appreciate its being linked to hate sites. --Irpen 18:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Coat of Arms of Piast Dynasty
Dear Halibutt:

I would like to publish your image (found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PB_Piast2_CoA.png) on the cover of our newest manuscript. I work with a scholarly journal, the Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, and request your permission to publish this image with a credit line reading:

Coat of Arms of Piast Dynasty, by Halibutt in Blender and GIMP, Wikipedia Commons. Licence can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License.

My job at the Center for Russian and East European Studies (www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/), at the University of Pittsburgh, is non-profit and we publish in-house. Because we print only in paperback, including the entire GNU Free Documentation Licence will take up too much space, and I hope you permit me to instead use the above credit line (or another that you suggest).

Many thanks,

Vera Dorosh, Editorial Assistant, The Carl Beck Papers, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Russian and East European Studies, cbpapers@ucis.pitt.edu

Poster
Hi Halibutt, I recently came across an image of a Soviet propaganda poster. It depicted a Soviet soldier kissing his "Ukrainian-Belarussian brother", a peasant. I can't remember if it was related to the Polish-Soviet War or the September Campaign. I can't find it now. I don't suppose you have seen it? Appleseed (Talk) 01:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Here it is. Irpen removed it from the article, although I'm not sure why he thinks it's "almost porn". Appleseed (Talk) 15:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

pl wp
Hi Halibutt, you wrote on Irpen's talk page that you're not a big fan of pl wp. I'm curious--why? Appleseed (Talk) 21:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The writing may not be great, but I don't think it's half as bad as en. But your point is well-taken. I hope they can work out their problems. Cheers, Appleseed (Talk) 22:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

translation requests
Image:17 sent 1939.jpg - babelfish is worthless as usuall.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 13:56, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

"oppression" towards Georgian royal dynasty...
Would you like to check a situation where certain persons (see e.g ) are pushing towards POV that Georgian princes were not noble enough to marry Russians otherwise than as morganatic consorts. Contemporary evidence of course is conflicting, as are later treatises (because there exists precisely two contrary POVs) - but- surprise surprise - some are wanting to erase other side's references away from the article. Are you surprised? Shilkanni 14:41, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * (personal attack by Ghirlandajo removed by  // Halibutt as per WP:NPA)
 * And I see this as an interesting comment to take to WP:PAIN, if somebody feels offended...--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 18:43, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Piotrus, if you again feel like looking for a pretence for a Ghirla's block, you report him yourself and sign the report with your own name rather than sneakily incite others, like you did earlier. I find it very sad that seeking for the opponents' blocks is becoming your favored tactic. --Irpen 18:52, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe that's a wrong diff, but I don't see anything out of bounds in it... "I believe Lethiere's edits should be reinstated." is a perfectly OK sentence. -- Grafikm   (AutoGRAF)  19:41, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I see that I have been misrepresented to you. I do not believe that the Mukhraneli were dynastically unequal to the Romanovs, during or after the Russian Empire. I do believe that they were treated as legally unequal by Nicholas II in 1911. But that decision was reversed by Vladimir Kirilovich in 1948. Nicholas II made one decision, and Vladmir, in the claimed capacity as emperor de jure, made another -- and cited specific research as the basis for that reversal. There are simply no contemporaneous sources that considered the 1911 marriage equal, and there is enormous evidence that it was not considered equal. This issue has been extensively discussed, but after the Frederiks Memo was published in the West in the late 1990s (it was an intra-dynastic communication, not published during the Empire), no serious historian any longer disputes that the Bagration-Mukhranskys were only allowed to inter-marry with Romanovs on a non-dynastic basis at that time. I personally believe that they were unfairly treated by Russia in defiance of the Treaty of Georgievsk, but Wikipedia should state how the family was viewed then -- and now, rather than project current views backward. As for "anti-Georgian", a quick glance at the argument that raised this issue will show you immediately who has been making up all kinds of reasons to invalidate the dynastic claim of the Vladimirovichi pretender Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, whose rival bases his opposition on the argument that the family of Maria's Georgian mother, Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Moukhransky, was not dynastically equal to the Romanovs when the couple married. Lethiere 00:49, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

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Retract warning
I'm more than a little bit tardy about this, but I retract the last warning I left on your page. Mea culpa. Durova Charg e! 14:46, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

3nd AFD nom for List of Battlefield 1942 mods
You may be interested in the List of Battlefield 1942 mods AFD. Bfelite 14:07, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Małopolska (prowincja Korony Polskiej
prośba, jeśli nie zajmę wiele czasu bardzo proszę o wykonanie mapki do nowego art. na pol. wiki pl:Małopolska (prowincja Korony Polskiej), dziękuję, 15 dec 2005, 22:50 czasu polskiego

"…las partes eran buenas y El Todo, mucho mejor"
Muy estimado amigo:

Me tomé la libertad de unificar tus excelentes trabajos Infobox PolishCoA y Template:PolishCoA structure sobre los cuales tu te refieres a otros de Emax y lo edité bajo el nombre de “Template and Infobox PolishCoA FULL structure”.

Por cieto, me aseguré que los créditos fueran del o los verdaderos creadores de ambas ediciones: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology/PolishCoA.

Parece que se lo consideró oportuno, puesto que al loco Roger le gustó mucho y de inmediato lo ascendió a WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology/PolishCoA.

Pensaba comunicarle esto en forma análoga a Emax, pero… “faltó con aviso”. Le estoy escribiendo a Piotr también pues sospecho que no fue ajeno a ambos trabajos.

Un abrazo. --Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin 18:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Need an editor
Battle of Konotop is listed as part of the Polish-Russian Wars in the Polish wiki. The article has stirred up some heated disputes. You seem to have profound knowledge of this topic so your help would be welcome. Wandalstouring 20:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Poniendo los puntos sobre las íes.
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology/PolishCoA

--Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin 12:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Wesołych Świąt
Cześć! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! Have a nice holiday time. - Darwinek 19:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Translation
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XMAS gift
Lots of good intentions flying around, but not much in the way of useful stuff. Here is a nice template I found to organize your ever-growing collections of awards :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 13:55, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Wesołych Boże Narodzenie
Wesołych Boże Narodzenie my dear Hali

--Jadger 20:29, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

So much for the season of goodwill!
So much for the season of goodwill! Would it be possible to tone down your user page message slightly. I don't recall you reporting death threats by Ghirla, so my guess is that that claim is slightly overblown. Perhaps you can come up with something more accurate? Would you like to join Piotrus and Ghirla in having Durova mediate your complaints? You could get Doctor Dan involved too. All the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Since you don't seem to have time to fix it, I've done it for you. If Durova won't do, think about finding an alternative mediator. The only alternative is arbitration. Cheers, Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:46, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note. There's nothing anyone can do to unwrite the things that you mention. It would be a great loss to Wikipedia if you left, so I hope that you will stay. Please think about joining the mediation with Piotrus and Ghirla: Durova is a fine editor, not one of Ghirla's IRC fairies, and I'm sure she'd do her best to be fair to all concerned. I know you had problems before, but I'm quite sure that need not matter. Best wishes, Angus McLellan  (Talk) 10:54, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Angus here, per my comment at PAIN. We all know you have been attacked, but this is no reason to start acting like your opponents. They are used to gross incivility, you aren't, so you will only hurt yourself more and make neutral editors confused at who is at fault here. At the very least, present diffs when you are accusing people of 'death threats' (for Glod's sake...). Or just WP:DFTT - ignore them and create content. And last but not least, it's not good to lump all Lithuanian contributors in one group, you know well that we have met many reasonable and civil editors from that part of the world (DeirYassin, to name just one) - let's not look at the entire community through the prismat of few bad apples. Wesołych Świąt, pamiętaj że na każdego trolla jest stu ludzi którzy cię podziwiają...--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 19:33, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It's not true. They are warned by others, too, they just chose to ignore it. The entire civility enforcement on Wiki is in a very bad shape - but in the end, it seems to work; it appears that we will finally get Ghirla to agree to a civility parole. And if the others you mention persist in their accusations, they will be penalized as well - feel free to report them to PAIN or start DRs. Alas, if you will imitate their ways, you will also suffer. I may or may not agree with you that all of those people exhibit behavior of a 'troll', but I'll defend their right not to be called like that in public until proven guilty by a DR procedure - just as I am defending you, and I defended others (Molobo being probably my most infamous case where I insisted the rules should be the same for everyone...). So please, don't make my life more complicated and don't imitate them - please hold the 'superior moral ground', write content, and WP:DFTT. In the end, as annoying as some of those editors may occasionally be on talk, they don't prevent you from content creation. They are loud, but they are barely a footnote in history of Wikipedia, compared to you, the 168-most active editor, who should not even bother too let yourself be distracted by a bunch of editors throwing insults, dwelling on talk and doing 1% of your work in article space.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 16:14, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Let me poke one important hole in your argument. While Wiki indeed is a job where you can find some extremly uncivil collegues that are hard to punish, for each of those, there are dozens of other hardworking guys, and at least several who will pat you on your back and call you friend and 'good chap' and even give you barnstars and such. Why care about the minority? Personally I think that an important thing to make Wiki civil problem go away is to increase the power of WP:PAIN: a single incivility, after a first-time warning, should be punishable by a block. We are slowly getting there. WP:PAIN didn't exist a year ago. It may be too cautious today, but this can only change for the better - and maybe you could contribute there and help with your voice? Also, going back to the 'incivil collegues' issue: there are just a few of them. One is getting a civility parole. Others will learn or get similar treatment, until we can all work in peace. That said, I'll remind you once again that calling people trolls or even nationalists is no different from what they are doing... please, please, don't descend to their level.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 02:03, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm extremely disappointed that M.K. took this to WP:PAIN. I've left him a note, I hope he pays attention. Hope the weather in Warsaw is fine and that you are well. Nil carborundum. Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:17, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm rather extremely disappointed by your attitude, Angus. If you think Halibutt is a saint, you're very much mistaken <_< -- Grafikm   (AutoGRAF)  00:58, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:RFAR
Ghirla and Piotr have agreed to try mediation with me. JzG who initiated the arbitration request has asked the committee to give this a chance to work. If you'd like to provide input your comments are welocme at User talk:Durova/Mediation/Input. I'd appreciate if you'd append your comment at the arbitration request to allow mediation unless you really want the formal case to go forward. Durova Charg e! 23:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Greetings
Merry Christmas, Joyeaux Noël, Frohe Weinachten, Wesołych Świąt, Linksmai Kalėdos, Весёпый Рождествόм!


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A simple question
Hello, can I ask you a very simple question: are you leaving Wikipedia? (It would be great if you could limit your response to yes/no). Thanks. Renata 06:00, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Polish Navy
Trzeba poprawić ten box. Bandera MW jest nie zawsze odpowiednia w okrętach takich jak ORP Arctowski czy ORP Heweliusz powinna być bandera jednostek pomocniczych WM:. Pozdrawiam Radomil talk 12:27, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Please do not leave
You are needed here and you know it. If you have a personal conflict with a productive editor I could mediate, I would be happy to. If you are a victim of a troll I could use the admin blocking power. I just returned from my vacations and found my wiki-corner to be devastated Alex Bakharev 14:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:KUL-CoA.gif
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Poland Tag
Thank you for that information. I actually shouldn't have tagged them as needing a fair use rationale in the method I did because they were uploaded prior to May 4, 2006. That's why the tag was removed from the image pages and I deleted all the notices here. I apologize for my error. I wouldn't feel right removing the fair use tag, because the Poland tag is a little wish-washy and not perfectly clear if it alone is enough. Perhaps you could propose a change to the tag that would make it clear that it's from the Poland government which has agreed to release it under GDFL (or whatever). Then you could remove the fair use tags. If not, someone like me may come along and (properly) WP:IFD them because they don't have a rationale (and were uploaded before May 4, 2006). Thanks again for the explanation and good luck! -- MECU ≈ talk 20:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Maps
Hi Halibutt,

I like your maps, but I think there's a small mistake. You include a city called Volgograd which to me probably should be Voronesh. :)

Prezen 19:41, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

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Nuvola
Thanks, but I have already found the image that I said. Good 2007 bye! Utente:Nicolò S. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.190.133.23 (talk) 11:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC).

LUBUSZ y no LEBUS
Estimado Halibutt:

Estoy tratando que el nombre del Voivodato de Lebus en la es:wiki vuelva a llamarse Lubusz o al menos Lubus. Por eso escribí lo siguiente en la página de discusión:

„Woiwodschaft Lebus y Land Lebus son nombres germanos que solo aparecen en las wiki alemana y castellana, (no digo española), porque la catalana respeta, como todas las otras el nombre en polaco: LUBUSZ, o al menos sus derivados tipo Lubus, Lubuskia o Lubusquia.“

Hice lo propio en la it:wiki:

„Woiwodschaft Lebus e Land Lebus  sono nomine tedeschi qui non dobbiamo essere nella it:wiki. Tutti le altri rispettano il nome polacco Lubusz, Lubus, Lubuskia o Lubusquia.“

Te agradecería si adjuntaras tu protesta a la mia. Desde ya un abrazo. --Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin 05:37, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Cheers
Many thanks for enlightening answers at the Jagiello article. At all costs, please revert any of my changes wherever you wish: the article is very much yours (I found your referencing impeccable and it taught me a few things).

I've still got one or two bits and pieces on my list of jobs there (in particular—just in case you wondered—I've swept all the templates into little heaps for the time being, to make editing easier; but I intend to go through them again eventually and reinsert them next to the exact facts they refer to). qp10qp 23:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Kwestia
Witam tutaj Tymek 02:10, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Swego czasu mielismy mala sprzeczke, jezeli jestes zly to przepraszam, ale mysle ze o tym juz zapomniales bo to niewazne a kwestia jest taka ze mam ciekawy dokument, Maly rocznik statystyczny Polski wydany w Warszawie czerwiec 1939 mysle, by go uzyc tutaj w Wikipedii, ale zastanawiam sie gdzie najlepiej sa tam wszelkie dane na temat Polski miedzywojennej, warto sie nimi podzielic jestes ekspertem Wikipedii, moze poradzisz jakies tematy pozdrawiam

Welcome back!
Glad to see you back! Ale tak po znajomosci, doradzam mniej stresowe tematy niz polsko-litewska historia. Juz widzisz jak cie blotem obrzucaja :( Jestes pewien ze to wytrzymasz? Moze bys tak wiecej o Warszawie napisal? To niekontrowersyjny temat gdzie tez jestes ekspertem... A na Portal:Poland/Poland-related Wikipedia notice board/to do chocby jest prosba o przetlumaczenie pl:Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie... PS. You are the 168 most active editor of this project, despite your wikiholiday :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 19:18, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Apropos, would you consider a pleasant trip downtown to the Warsaw Public Library to snap some photos of Warsaw's (and possibly Poland's) greatest writer, Bolesław Prus? He is to be found in a jubilee portrait painted in 1897 by Antoni Kamieński, in celebration of Prus' 50th birthday and 25 years in journalism.  It's a very attractive likeness that well reflects his personality.  A full-length photograph, and another photo of his head and shoulders, would be a great asset to Wikipedia and Wikimedia.


 * Best wishes for health, prosperity and equanimity in the new year! logologist|Talk 21:26, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Hej, fajnie że się nie zniechęciłeś i jesteś z powrotem. Teraz chyba pora na wikiprzerwę dla mnie. Wiem, że była tu jakaś zadyma w grudniu, kiedy nie zaglądałem na wiki i teraz nie chce mi się sprawdzać historii, ale może daj sobie na razie spokój z Litwinami ? W każdym razie może to rozważysz ? Przyłączam się do życzeń logologista, wszystkiego najlepszego w nowym roku. i luz. --Lysytalk 22:37, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Halibutt, glad to have you back. :-) Appleseed (Talk) 00:05, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Either way, it's nice to see you here. Appleseed (Talk) 01:25, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Simple question #2
True/Fase question: Are you leaving or not? Renata 02:36, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * For crying out loud, all I am asking for is "yes" or "no". Renata 02:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I saw your comments here and there, but I could never find a straighforward and simple answer to "is Halibutt leaving or not?" So I thought I might ask you directly, but, oh well. Renata 02:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You did it to me too. And I completely disregarded it. So can you answer the question? That's all I really want. (Why is it so hard?) Renata 03:10, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Is there a way of getting "yes" or "no" out of you? Renata 03:18, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to see you leaving
Hi Halibutt

I hope the posts above and the message on your userpage don't mean that you will stay away permanently. I just want you to know that I've appreciated reading many of your articles and it would be a shame not seeing more of them. Whatever you do, take care. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 22:08, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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List of Ukrainians
Halibutt:

please stop vandalizing the List of Ukrainians. The text at the top of this list clearly states its scope:

This is a partial list of famous or notable people of who are ethnically Ukrainian, speak/write in the Ukrainian language, were important to the development of Ukraine culturally or politically, or who were born on today's Ukrainian territory. In the interest of fairness and accuracy, a minority of persons of mixed or foreign heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

Thus, acknowledging the Lviv mathematicians as Ukrainian (or Ukrainian and Polish) is within the scope and the intention of the List of Ukrainians.

You also made numerous chauvinistic remarks (e.g. attacking the Ukrainian wikipedia). Please stop this kind of behavior, as it severely undermines the spirit of this project. Behave European. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.180.67.179 (talk • contribs).


 * FYI: that anon has been blocked for 3RR and POINT violations.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 21:43, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Infobox Poland - need a helping hand == ==

Hi can you please give me a helping hand / some ideas? This box has to be updated and synchronized to a proper international standard. As you can see I did some changes to the "Infobox Poland". Please have a look at three examples: Opatowek, Kalisz and Kalisz County

1) The old infobox is wrong (powiat is not council, it is county) please see wikipedia 2) The Infobox should be much better structured / headlines... Same cheme for Infoboxes for other countries (Ex.: UK, Germany, US...) - but how can we solve the headline problem so that it fits for cities as well as for villages and districts? Can we do a kind of "if...town ...then...else district"? I will update all towns in Poland to the new Format (if we have created a nice final version) ;-) Best regards (Fujicolor 17:33, 18 January 2007 (UTC)) PS: Please have a look as example to Opatowek (Wikipedia Germany) thank you for your quick reply! ok, I did not know that there are other infoboxes for Polish Districts / villages. nevertheless, most of my comments are still true: 1) Powiat= county and not council 2) economy and other important info were missing (international standard) 3) headlines are still helpful Can you please name me a good infobox for villages / countys? maybe you can also help making a good infobox for both ;-) tx (Fujicolor 20:22, 19 January 2007 (UTC)) Hi again please have a short look at the infobox right now. Please compare two examples: Katowice as an example for a large city and Opatowek as example for a rural commune (a village called opatowek and also the commune is called Opatowek but contains 27 other villages). As I understand it works like that most times in Poland. There is a city Powiat (ex: Kalisz) and a county powiat (ex: Kalisz County) usually with the same name as the city. This Infobox should work well with it. How do you think about the box right now? What would you like to change / add / remove? Should we still make two boxes? Please give me some feedback Best regards (Fujicolor 12:57, 20 January 2007 (UTC))

1942 mods nom
You may be interested in the List of Battlefield 1942 mods AFD. Bfelite 15:48, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

linguist
I have made some comments on Piotrus's talk page that apply generally. DGG 05:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

"converting" to SVG
Hallibutt, I have been a fan of your maps for some time. I particularly like the colors that you use. Of course, your maps are wonderfully big all-inclusive ones, with detail, detail, and more detail. Mine, on the other hand, are intended to show a smaller area, or less detail within the larger area, so that they can be read alongside the article. There is certainly a need for both types of maps within Wikipedia.

Regarding converting your maps to SVG format, my suggestion is not to. First, I don't see much benefit. Most of my maps are SVG, and SVG is nice because they can easily be edited (by someone else), particularly to change the language. But the reader won't notice any difference.

SVG also has drawbacks. In fact, I will at times publish a map in PNG even if it was created in SVG format because Wikipedia won't render that SVG correctly.

And it would not be easy to convert your maps. In fact, I would say that "convert" will quickly become "re-create". I believe that there are so many articles that still need maps -- and that there are so many bad maps out there -- that we are better off creating new maps than trying to "convert" ("re-draw") the old ones. If it is critical that the PNGs become SVGs, the SVG zealots should provide a stronger justification or they should do it themselves.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. Keep up the good work. We need folks like you in Wikipedia. Don't let the %#(#%&*( get you down. Your fan, MapMaster 13:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Funny, so I totally misunderstood. : )


 * I am glad to hear you are planning on adding to your maps, rather than converting your present maps to SVG.

>>I'll think I'll try to re-create the map using one I already have as a back-up layer.<<
 * I think that this is a good idea. To be honest, I create my maps almost exclusively by hand-tracing (or rather mouse-tracing) over existing maps.  I can "import" (Ctrl+I) this or that map, trace over the parts that I want, then delete the other map/object.  I've tried the auto-trace functions within Inkscape (Shift+Alt+B), but they took me a long time for an inferior result.

>>Speaking of which, it seems to me that the Inkshape's layer management is somehow flawed. The tiny field on the bottom of the screen is supposed to show the current layer, but it seems that my objects and paths do constantly change the layer they're in regardless of what I do. Do you know of any way to make the menu do what it should - preferably in the GIMP-stylish way?<<
 * I am unfamiliar with GIMP and I'm still new at Inkscape, despite having used it for many months now. I'm not really sure what that little "Layer" box at the lower-left does.  All my objects always appear on "Layer 1".  I use the Home, End, PageUp, and PageDown keys to stack them properly.  I just learned about the Tab key, which cycles thru each object from the bottom up and is useful for finding objects that have fallen out of sight.


 * You had asked earlier about fonts. For cities and towns and rivers, I generally use Arial Narrow, which allows me to fit more words on the page.  Sometimes I will use plain old Arial, which really is the only font that Wikipedia will translate properly (in fact, it will translate every font into (plain) Arial).  I will change any other font from an object into a path (Shift+Ctrl+C).  By the way, whenever I use Shift+Ctrl+C, the path nodes are always connected, so I didn't understand your earlier question.


 * Hope this helps!! MapMaster 18:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Prosze
Pamietaj o Portal:Poland/New article announcements.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 19:08, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

"Ethnic maps"
Hi, I am replying you to your comment. I was asking about other side of the border (that some more Lithuanian speaking areas were taken to Poland then; but as I do not remember now where I saw the map, I removed my saying).

If you know (as you have intimated: And so we come up with "ethnic maps" showing no Poles on the other side of the border) some Poles who make majority in some other villages of Lithuania nobody prevents you from painting this with solid dye.

Your explantion of not-showing nowadays Polish majority beyond the once existed, past Lithuanian-Polish border is not correctly enough, I think. It suggests: one can show Polish majority of nowadays only in that territory where Poland once (in past) had a quite brief but also quite great donation to exist (that (by the way ethnic) territory of Lithuania was gotten illegitimately by Poland). There are no Poland there, you should ignore that border when representing Polish majority. And in fact, there should be two maps: one showing inhabitants who consider themselves to be Poles by 1920 and border of Poland and Lithuania, and other can be mixed: nationality of nowadays, but the border of past.

I don't agree with your bipolar statement that nationality wasn't crucial in Poland. What I've read present practically diametrically different situation. What I‘ve read was that mentioned pro-state loyality practically meant Polish nationality, any loyality was unloyality if you weren‘t a proponent of Polish language. In Poland the authorities were pro-state and didn't care much for the nationality of the inhabitants, as long as they were loyal. Well, there were no place for Lithuanian language and one who spoke Lithuanian was considered unloyal of itself; Lithuanian schools were being closed, Lithuanian and Belarusian languages was considered to be of low worth. Catholic was identified to be Pole by the government and accordingly by pressured but faithful non-Polish speaking catholics. Different wording or declarations of politicians don't change the meaning. There is the fact for example form Dziatlava (Lith. Zietela) (during Polish rule) that Lithuanian school was being delayed to legitimate and Lithuanian pupils were droven to Polish school. After a few years the school was closed at all, its stock expropriated. When Lithuanians would be heard to speak Lithuanian they would be bawled by Poles right off. This is only one example, but generally there was a trend to write Lithuanians to be Poles in the Second Polish Republic and do not tolerate Lithuanian language at all. Two quotations: Jurgis Matulaitis (about the laity): ''Hatred between the nations is most flaming here. Poles here simply do not acknowledge Lithuanians and Belarusians. [...] When one wants to preach in Belarusian for Belarusians [Belarusian speakers], they can‘t stand it, even resist''. Local Lithuanian of Šalčininkai, M. Rimpa said (in 1963): Who spoke Lithuanian then, that one was not a human. Dellijks 17:12, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

W
Hi, thanks for the support, W is present in the czech alphabet. You're right it is not used so often, but present :)  ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 22:36, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

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Interesting map template
Template:Poland Labelled Map.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 21:30, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Miodzio update: Template:Pomeranian Voivodeship Labelled Map.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 02:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Jogaila RfM
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WP:RFI discussion
I appreciated your comments in the WP:RFI discussion: "Wikipedia has a serious problem. If you violate 3RR, you're blocked almost instantly. However, if you resort to trolling, personal remarks or other types of generally disrupting behaviour, there is little that can be done to punish you or force you to change your ways. WP:PAIN does not work as efficiently as it should, nor does simple admin's conscience. I support any initiative that helps in dealing with users who make content creation more difficult - including this one. As Dan put it, absolute incivility is not to be supported - and any force that fights against it is by definition on the good guys' side."

"Trolling, personal remarks or other generally disrupting behaviour" is what I have been facing. No administrator seems to be willing to do anything that is effective in controlling this problem. The article in question in Free Republic. I thought you might like to take a look. Dino 16:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Mamert Stankiewicz, was selected for DYK!
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jadger
calling my edits vandalism constitutes a personal attack, and I would appreciate if you do not do it. what is wrong with calling an article by its actual title anyways? is it offensive if I call you Halibutt?

--Jadger 22:46, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I would like to know how you know my emotions better than I do? Also, I said it was a personal attack, you don't need to offend someone for it to be a personal attack. And as I stated on those relevant pages, they are unreferenced because those "references" that were said to state what is claimed in the articles do not actually state that. I had the references translated, and nowhere in them does it state that 7 people were murdered.

I would like to ask you again, what is wrong with calling an article by its actual title anyways? streamlining certainly isn't counter-productive as you claim. I ask you to please stop personally attacking me as you have done so again, or I will be forced to ask admin to interfere.

--Jadger 23:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC) - Sie ma Halibutt! Problems with Corvus Negris Canadiensis? (Nomina sunt odiosa.) Hope I can be of assistance. Space Cadet 00:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Good, but just in case - I got your back. Space Cadet 09:19, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Of course, and damn proud of it! What is FPS? Space Cadet 09:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I wish I knew what you were trying to say by it but I guess my limited intelectual powers allow your sophisticated comments to always go over my head. It's OK, though. It's always nice to hear from you, even if I don't understand you. Trzym sie. Kosmita z Górczewskiej

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 * This edit is vandalism: Jadger has removed a reference. Please warn the vandal, not the person who is trying to fix the damage he inflicted on our project.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 21:42, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Nice map to import
. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 21:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

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WikiProject Council/Proposals
Hi, Halibutt, you may interested in this. &mdash; Kpalion(talk) 11:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Wartburg 353
Could you please name some sources for this changes? That's the first time I hear that and it doesn't sound very trustworthy without a source. --32X 02:55, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Polish-Soviet War Campaignbox
Eh, not sure. I suppose we could do a purely chronological split by year, just to get the overall size down; but, as you said, that would be a pretty artificial separation. Is there some more natural place to split the war into multiple parts? Kirill Lokshin 13:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


 * There's no good way of implementing the show/hide functionality; it's sort of discouraged in article-space templates because it's broken for a fair number of people. (And, frankly, I'm not convinced that institutionalizing a "major battle"/"minor battle" distinction is a good idea in any case; it's another great place for disputes, particularly on a topic that's already seen its fair share of those.)
 * Personally, I don't see any problems with a chronological breakdown, even if it's not very linked thematically; but, as you obviously know a lot more about the war than I do, I'll leave actually deciding where to break it up to you. :-) Kirill Lokshin 14:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandal
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Czy mógłbyś wyjaśnić to:. Czy byłeś kiedyś karany za jakąś stronę z dowodami przeciwko innej osobie? Proszę o odpowiedź po polsku (tutaj lub na mojej stronie dyskusji). Pozdrawiam. LUCPOL 00:41, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring-wersja angielska
W niemieckiej wersji poprawiłem daty, które kwestionujesz w angielskiej. Droga do poprawienia tych dat w angielskiej jest otwarta. Pozdrawiam Elpasys --83.5.174.88 15:30, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikiprojekt: Warszawa
Dzięki za dołączenie do projektu :) Na razie rozruch - na razie kwestia uporządkowania kategorii i ustalenia zakresu artykułów. Na commons zrobiło się rozsądnie w tej kwestii - może uda się zrobić podobnie na pl. wiki. Pozdrowienia. --Hiuppo 10:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Soviet partisans
Hi. Why don't you go to that article and click that "Undo" link? Finding few friends to do the same would also be your great input. Cause I've just used my 3RR limit. You know, editwarring is sometimes the only way. Wishes, Ukrained 21:22, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Huh? Ukrained, pity you continue incivility right after you have been warned. There is no such a thing as 3RR quota. You are looking at the block and I am not reporting you only because I hope you instead do some article writing.


 * Halibutt, please join the talk page debate and explain what you feel is wrong. --Irpen 21:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Holy Cross Church, Warsaw, was selected for DYK!
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Józef Czapski
I'd be grateful if you could please have a look at this article and edit as appropriate. I am afraid that my written Polish is not good enough for me to research and add to this article further. --Major Bonkers 11:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Many thanks.--Major Bonkers 15:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Brilliant! Each time I look the article has increased in size!--Major Bonkers 17:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Rawa River on DYK for 6 March 2007
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Talk
Hi, I think you would be interested in this.  ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 18:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Filing of request for arbitration re: move of Juozas Lukoševičius to Józef Łukaszewicz
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pl:Dyskusja Wikiprojektu:Warszawa
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RFA
Why did you RFA failed (71/29/17) ? 71 to 29 is majority, isn't it ?  ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 22:21, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

About Polish clans, Polish families and Polish coats of arms
Dear friends:

If you have some extra time, I would appreciate if you can take a look to Category:Coats of arms of clans of Poland and Category:Polish nobility coats of arms images, mainly the Talk pages.

There is an Italian wikipedian, who knows nothing about Polish history and Polish szlachta and he is rearranging the categories in Category:Coats of arms of Poland

In commons he is User:G.dallorto

My point of view may have some mistakes but I would thank you very much your thought and your discussion on this issue.

As today I got few time I am sending this same message to:


 * User:Piotrus
 * User:Halibutt
 * User:Kpalion
 * User:Appleseed
 * User:Steifer
 * Wikipedysta:Mathiasrex
 * Wikipedysta:Picus viridis
 * Wikipedysta:Rozek19
 * Wikipedysta:Lorakesz
 * Dyskusja Wikipedysty:Tomorek
 * User:GeorgHH
 * User:Bastianow

If you know somebody else interested in Polish heraldry and Polish szlachta, please invite him to join this Discussion.

Best regards, my friends, and thank you by your answer to this request. --Gustavo 08:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

New interesting article
Check this out: Battle of Jarosław, and please, make it better :) Pan Wikipedia 13:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

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Good info about Žirmūnai history
Haven't you possibly discovered any interesting historical facts of the part of Vilnius which is now Žirmūnai?Iulius 15:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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Points taken
Deafening lack of sourced article-edits from the Russian-speaking editors, which has left me trying to clarify Soviet POV myself.

Piotrus asked me to help copy-edit this article. For me that is a major job and means looking into sources because only then am I likely to find the right words for these complexities. The more the objectors leave me to edit the article, the harder they will find it to water it down later, because I have added a good deal of referenced material which they won't be entitled to remove. It seems to me, actually, that the more one clarifies the Soviet POV, the worse Soviet behaviour looks. I would be genuinely interested if the NPOV objectors could bring some referenced analysis to the article that would alter its well-referenced and increasingly nuanced picture of Soviet behaviour—I like complexities and am almost disappointed that the objections remain so vague—but as you said in a different context, it's no good just talking about it, they must do the work. qp10qp 13:38, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Felices Pascuas/ Happy Easter/ Wesołego Alleluja!


Dear friend:

This is just a wish of happiness in this Easter from myself. (The Easter Egg is a kindly gift from Tomek)

Regards

--Gustavo 13:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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Your vote at Internet brigades AfD
Czesc Halbutt,

I have noticed that you have voted twice on AfD pafe for Internet brigades. Please return and delete your repeated vote along with my comment. I hope you are not trying to rig the vote? Thanks for you help. Vlad fedorov 10:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Voting
Halibutt, it seems you've voted twice here. Appleseed (Talk) 12:30, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

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ArbCom/Piotrus
Case has been started, probably you will be interested: M.K. 10:24, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Polish translation of edit summary
Hi there...

I am wondering, as someone who indcates they can translate polish, could you review the following edit summary for this diff and let me know it's general content. Based on the topic and the fact the edit reversed my editing, I believe it is likely in polish and directed at me. It is unlikely I will report it or anything, but it is always nice to know if someone is slamming you. Thanks.--User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 12:54, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for actioning the above, any help with this edit on my talk page and the ammendment's edit summary .  Thanks again.--User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 21:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Occupation of Poland (1939-1945)
Please review this article that I created by renaming and building on Treatment of Polish citizens by occupiers which was originally extracted from History of Poland (1939-1945). Piotrus has argued that the expanded scope of this article duplicates History of Poland (1939-1945) and wishes to move it back to Treatment of Polish citizens by occupiers.

I don't like the title Treatment of Polish citizens by occupiers because it sounds unencyclopedic to me. Moreover, the History of Poland (1939-1945) covers


 * 1) Nazi and Soviet invasions,
 * 2) the Nazi and Soviet occupation,
 * 3) the Nazi invasion of eastern Poland,
 * 4) the Nazi occupation of eastern Poland, and
 * 5) the liberation of Poland by the Soviets.

Occupation of Poland (1939-1945) covers only phases 2 & 4.

Do you agree that there is enough material in Occupation of Poland (1939-1945) to justify it being a separate article from History of Poland (1939-1945)?

--Richard 15:29, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Zdjecia do Powstania Warszawskiego
Czesc

Zauwazylem ze ty dolaczyles kilka zdjec do artykulu "warsaw uprising" w angielskiej Wikipedii. Ja angazuje sie w niemieckiej Wikipedii. Niedawno wraz z uzytkownikiem "Nasiruddin" skonczylismy pisac artykul o powstaniu warszawskim w niemieckiej Wikipedii, i mamy nastepujacy Problem; Okazuje sie, ze ustawa z 1952r. na podstawie ktorej te zdjecia staly sie public domain budzi wiele kontrowersji zarowno w angielskiej, jak i w niemieckiej Wikipedii. Moze ty wiesz jak to dokladnie jest i moglbys nam jakos pomoc? (Ja w niemieckiej Wikipedii jestem uzytkownikiem "Amygdala") Dzieki --84.160.157.91 06:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Interested in Purchasing Photos
Halibutt, I am interested in purchasing some of your photos related to Warsaw Uprising 1944 for publication. What rate would you charge?

please reply: bforczyk@earthlink.net

thanks

somosierra Somosierra 20:04, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

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Pics from Warsaw
Hi,

What pictures do you actually mean ? I don't remember any Warsaw pictures in my galleries (though my memory might fail me). Regards, Kpjas 08:10, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Warsaw Uprising
No, of course I don't mind. I can always go back through it after you're done.

Actually, a better approach to this might be for me to wait until you are done (or reasonable confident that you're done) with each section. That way, I don't edit something that you intend to rewrite - or perhaps cut out completely! Maybe you can list the sections that are ready for copyedit either on my talk or the article talk? Let me know what you think. Carom 13:18, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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Izydor Modelski
Hey, just wondering where you heard that Izydor Modelski was Jewish, as I see you added him to the list of Polish Jews here on Wikipedia. I happen to be his descendant and have never heard of any definite Jewish roots of my family.El cid1010 23:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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Merger proposal
I suggested to merge the articles Euroregion Cieszyn Silesia and Cieszyn Silesia, which you created. I would be glad to read your opinion at Talk:Cieszyn Silesia. Thanks. Jan.Kamenicek 21:23, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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Cześć! Zastanawiam się czemu nazewnictwo na tym obrazku tak wygląda. Wydaje mi się, że powinno być: krakowskie, pomorskie etc. A jeśli już nazwy stolic województw to Gdańsk a nie Pomeranian etc. Pozdrawiam! P.S. Na en.wiki nie mam konta, więc jeśli coś to pisz na pl.wiki user:Januszo

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Avondale, Chicago
Hi, I'm forwarding to you request to make a pronunciation sample for Jackowo and Wacławowo in Avondale, Chicago article. The original request is here.—Visor (talk · contribs) 08:19, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

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Wojtec, Soldier Bear
After your sterling work in March on the Czapski article, please could you take a look at this one? Any help gratefully received!--Major Bonkers (talk) 20:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Many thanks - much better now!--Major Bonkers (talk) 08:56, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * PS: have you seen Völkischer Beobachter (I added the quotatio and link to Czapski).--Major Bonkers (talk) 12:25, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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Warsaw Uprising
Should this be removed from FAR or do you think you can work some more? It's been up a while. Piotrus suggested I ask you. Marskell 09:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, i know you don't mean this when you ask for information on estonian etc. frontlines, but i advise you just check it with estonian people. since many speak english. I remember they have something of the kind in popular literature. Also i remember a story de old grandmother told me, that soldiers went all over europe in during or after world war one, and that estonian elements reached as far as hungary after liberating Riga. If that makes sense to you.(it does to me now). Your post makes me think that we perhaps miscomprehend the war between 1918 and 1920. Also the polish apparently give it a more general name. I personally think now the struggle against russia / bolshevism was just to much organised to speak of frontiers for estonian or latvian people, outside their own territorys, or closely beyond, wich is also what they say themselves: they stopped fighting not halfway leningrad.77.248.56.242 16:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

There was an interesting article in a prominent Polish newspaper recently stating that the photograph was taken in 1924 and was of 4 children who had been murdered by their deranged mother who was of Roma ethnicity.

Four killed Roma children tied to tree by their mentally ill mother after her husband was arrested and her Roma group dissolved. The murder took place in night of 11/12 December 1923

The alleged barbed wire are just folds in the photograph. http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/news.rol?newsId=1680 --Bandurist 01:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

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Polish Armed Forces
Hi Halibutt, I'm currently working on a project to create graphics of the structure of all the important Armies. i.e. Australian Army, German Army, Italian Army. A full listing of the finished graphics can be found at commons:Category:Military OrBat Graphics. I would also like (very much) to create a graphic of the Polish Army, especially as it is the last big Army in Europe I have not created a graphic off! I could create such a graphic immediately if someone would translate the Polish Articles about the Army into English. I tried for months now to find a Polish editor to do just that... alas, posting such a request on every page about the Polish Army on the polish wikipedia has yielded no results. Therefore I would like to ask you, if you were interested in helping me? It looks to me, that almost all information needed already exist at: Wojska Lądowe Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej and the Armies divisions pages: but i do not speak Polish and therefore I can only grasp some of the text there. i.e. the 6 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej - I understand that this is "6th Armoured Cavalry Brigade" and the structure is as follows:
 * 1 Warszawska Dywizja Zmechanizowana
 * 11 Lubuska Dywizja Kawalerii Pancernej
 * 12 Dywizja Zmechanizowana
 * 16 Pomorska Dywizja Zmechanizowana
 * Batalion dowodzenia (dowodzenia=HQ/Command Support???)
 * 1 Batalion czołgów (czołgów=Tank???)
 * 2 Batalion czołgów
 * Batalion zmechanizowany (mechanized Infantry - I guess)
 * Dywizjon artylerii samobieżnej (Artillery samobieżnej??? Dywizjon=Group???)
 * Dywizjon przeciwlotniczy
 * Kompania rozpoznawcza
 * Kompania remontowa
 * Kompania zaopatrzenia
 * Kompania medyczna (Medical Company)
 * Kompania saperów (Sapper Comapny???)

/wcześniej w strukturze istniał jeszcze trzeci batalion czołgów a pododdziały logistyczne były zgrupowane w batalionie logistycznym/ (no idea what this sentence means!)

If could help and translate the material and provide me with the units that are missing (i.e. with the Brygada Zmechanizowana Legionów) we could create the graphic quickly and insert it and the information about the Polish Army into the English articles and if I would also be willing to create a Polish version of the graphic- as I did with the Czech Army. thanks, --noclador 09:09, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help. It enabled me to create a graphic of the 12th Mechanized Division. There is still much information missing and I have some questions:


 * "bateria przeciwpancerna" - I translated it as Anti-Tank Missile Battery...
 * What does "Legionów" mean?
 * The units of the 2 Brygada Zmechanizowana, 12 Brygada Zmechanizowana & 36 Brygada Zmechanizowana are missing. I could not find this information on the homepages of the Brigades too: 2nd, 12th, 36th. Also the battalions of the 3rd Air-Defence Regiment are nowhere to be found. Do you have any idea, where or from whom we could get this information?


 * I will do the other 3 divisions over the next days and then merge them with the Support Brigades to create a complete (minus the missing units) graphic of the Polish Army.
 * I saw your 1939 map of Poland. It is one of the best maps out there! Much better than all the maps scanned and uploaded from the US-Army. I would only suggest to cut the Soviet territory- everything east of Kyiv and north of Riga isn't very much of interest. And btw: you do amazing work (and an amazing amount of work too) here on wikipedia :-) --noclador 09:49, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Polish Land Forces
I finished the Graphic of the Polish Army and added it to the Polish Land Forces article. But I have still many questions and many Brigades units are missing.


 * First I have some questions about units that I already was able to include in the graphic:
 * Is "Batalionu Piechoty Zmotoryzowanej" correctly translated as “Motorized Battalion”? ✅
 * What are: "kompania łączności", "kompania ochrony i regulacji ruchu", "kompania wsparcia".
 * I translated “Batalion Powietrznodesantowy” as Paratrooper Battalion. Correct? ✅
 * 10th Logistics Brigade: ✅
 * What does “składowania” mean? ✅
 * What does “ewakuacji sprzętu” mean? ✅
 * 23 Śląska Brygada Artylerii under the link "Struktura BA" you will find the Brigades units: What does “dra” mean? I made a Rocket Artillery Group of it… ✅
 * I translated “Pułk Samochodowy” as Transport Regiment. ✅
 * I translated “Pułk Ochrony” as Protection Battalion. ✅
 * Does “batalionów łączności” mean “Signal Battalion”? ✅
 * Secondly: there is a long list of regiments and battalions listed in the Polish Wikipedia article about the Polish Land Forces. I tried to translate these units, but I do not know where they belong to. Which command is responsible for these units.
 * Samodzielne pułki
 * 14 Suwalski Pułk Artylerii Przeciwpancernej (Suwałki) = 14th Anti-Tank Rgt..
 * 4 Pułk Przeciwlotniczy (Czerwieńsk) = 4th Air Defence Rgt.
 * 8 Koszaliński Pułk Przeciwlotniczy (Koszalin) = 8th Air Defence Rgt
 * 1 Dębliński Pułk Drogowo-Mostowy (Dęblin) - jednostka Pomorskiego OW = ???
 * 2 Inowrocławski Pułk Komunikacyjny (Inowrocław) = 2nd Signals or PsyOps Rgt.?
 * 3 Włocławski Pułk Drogowo-Mostowy (Włocławek) - jednostka Śląskiego OW = ???
 * 5 Pułk Inżynieryjny (Szczecin) = ???
 * 9 Pułk Dowodzenia(Białobrzegi) = 9th Command Btn.
 * 49 Pułk Śmigłowców Bojowych (Pruszcz Gdański) = ???
 * 56 Kujawski Pułk Śmigłowców Bojowych (Inowrocław) = ???
 * 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów (Lubliniec) = 1st Special Forces Rgt.
 * 2 Hrubieszowski Pułk Rozpoznawczy (Hrubieszów) = 2nd Reconnaissance Rgt. – is this a Special Forces unit?
 * 9 Warmiński Pułk Rozpoznawczy (Lidzbark Warmiński) = 9th Reconnaissance Rgt. – is this a Special Forces unit?
 * 4 Pułk Chemiczny (Brodnica) = NBC Rgt.
 * Samodzielne bataliony i kompanie
 * 100 Batalion Łączności (Szczecin) – jednostka Międzynarodowego Korpusu Północ-Wschód = 100th Signals Btn.
 * 8 Batalion Walki Radioelektronicznej (Grudziądz) = 8th Signals Btn.
 * 11 Batalion Walki Radioelektronicznej (Legnica) = 11th Signals Btn.
 * 5 Batalion Chemiczny (Tarnowskie Góry) = 5th NBC Btn.
 * 1 Batalion Zabezpieczenia Dowództwa Wojsk Lądowych (Warszawa) = ???
 * 1 Kujawsko-Pomorski Batalion Zabezpieczenia Okręgu Wojskowego (Bydgoszcz) = ???
 * 2 Batalion Dowodzenia Okręgu Wojskowego (Wrocław) = 2nd Command Btn. ??
 * 28 Batalion Dowozu Amunicji = 28 Ammunition Btn.
 * 3 bataliony remontowe (52, 55, 112) = Maintenance Btn.
 * 8 batalionów zaopatrzenia (75, 82, 86, 91, 95, 97, 107, 122) = Supply Btn.
 * 6 batalionów ratownictwa inżynieryjnego (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) = ???
 * ponadto m. in. 2 kompanie kontroli ruchu 2 kompanie transportu ciężkiego itp. = ???
 * Third: These are the Brigades of which I could not find any information and therefore they are only in the graphic with the Brigade icon, but all their units are missing.
 * 1 Warszawskiej Brygady Pancernej
 * 3 Brygada Zmechanizowana Legionów
 * 10 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej
 * 34 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej
 * 2 Brygada Zmechanizowana Legionów
 * 12 Brygada Zmechanizowana
 * 36 Brygada Zmechanizowana
 * 9 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej
 * 16 Pomorsko-Warmińska Brygada Zmechanizowana
 * 20 Bartoszycka Brygada Zmechanizowana
 * 1 Mazurska Brygada Artylerii
 * 1 Brzeska Brygada Saperów
 * "2 Mazowiecka Brygada Saperów" doesn’t even have a homepage…
 * 10 Opolska Brygada Logistyczna
 * 15 Sieradzka Brygada Wsparcia Dowodzenia

Can you help? thanks, --noclador 16:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, user:Radomil has helped with the first batch of questions. The only open questions in the first part are now: What does "kompania wsparcia" mean? Can I translate "kompania ochrony i regulacji ruchu" as Military Police company? --noclador 09:43, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Potez 25
Skąd jest informacja, że Potez był myśliwsko-bombowy lub używany do zadań myśliwskich? Poza tym, czy więcej polskich samolotów otrzymało sloty, czy tylko jeden eksperymentalnie? Pibwl &larr;&laquo; 20:47, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

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Poland in WWII infobox
Dzien dobry, ja z prosba o wsparcie. Trwa dyskusja, niezbyt zazarta (na szczescie) i niezbyt merytoryczna (niestety), czy w ramce na stronie WWII powinny sie znajdowac Polska i Francja. Francja jest, Polski nie ma (i nigdy chyba nie bylo?). Bylabym wdzieczna gdybys sie wypowiedzial :) - an

RM of Podlachian Voivodeship
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Since you are interested in WW2
 Very revealing article about breakthrough findings regarding Wehrmacht's knowledge about Holocaust from thousands of of secretly taped conversations in POW camps. --Molobo 20:10, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Elonka 2
FYI: Orderinchaos, who responded to your neutral at Elonka's RFA, is (as of this moment) blocked for 1 week because Mackensen concluded he/she was running two sockpuppets who also voted. Rebecca checked the edit patterns and affirmed the finding. As of this moment it's on the WP:AN board and I think she's in IRC talking to him/her. Don't know if that'll bear on your decision one way or another, but seems worth a heads up. Durova Charge! 06:11, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Halibutt, thank you for taking the time to participate at the discussion in my Request for Adminship. Unfortunately the nomination did not succeed, but please rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project.  I listened carefully to all concerns, and will do my best to incorporate all of the constructive advice that I received, into my future actions on Wikipedia.  If you can think of any other ways that I can further improve, please let me know. Best wishes, Elonka 05:37, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

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Move to Kyiv
Hello,

I am trying to change the name of the page Kiev to Kyiv. Looking through the archives, I saw that you had contributed to a similar discussion in the past.

The current discussion is happening at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kiev/naming

Please let us know what you think.

Thanks,

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Image:Monte Cassino troops.jpg
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 * I already provided the source. The leaflet is unsigned, nor is the photo. Should I invent an ISBN number just to make you happy?  // Halibutt 14:14, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
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