User talk:Piotrus/Archive 34

Request to modify Remedy 11A) at Eastern European mailing list
Informing you of my request here. Best regards, P ЄTЄRS J V ЄСRUМВА  ►TALK 20:12, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for PWS-3
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bachorza manor
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Kapyl
-- Cirt (talk) 18:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Zbigniew Babiński
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DYK for 1938 rename of East Prussian placenames
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 12:03, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for PWS-4
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 06:05, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 July newsletter
We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants (,  and ) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by, who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Planning has begun for the 2011 WikiCup, with open discussions concerning scoring and flags for next year's competition. Contributions to those discussions would be appreciated, especially concerning the flags, as next year's signups cannot begin until the flag issue has been resolved. Signups will hopefully open at some point in this round, with discussion about possible changing in the scoring/process opening some time afterwards.

Earlier this round, we said goodbye to, who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by. We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 22:44, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Adminship renewal, reconfirmation and other proposals
Hi, I wonder, where do you exactly stand on those issues? There have been a number of failed proposals, and like many others, I do think there are actually fundamental changes needed for the sysop process. My ideas on that are still too vague and such changes will not pass in the near future anyway.

However, I've been thinking recently that perhaps some less fundamental changes can still be suggested (to adopt a very 'peacemeal' line, then ;-)). Wikipedia has been developing rapidly, and what was acceptable for the community in 2004 or 2005, may no longer be. It was usual for people with 3000 edits to become a sysop in 2004, it's no longer so. One would pass with 14 votes in favour, one no longer does. The community's expectations of an administrator have fundamentally changed in the meantime. Who easily passed a RfA in 2004, might now never more succeed in that process. Given that it is now much more difficult to pass the RfA, it gives a bias against newer contributors. And we don't want an account equipped with sysop tools in 2003 after 300 (!) successful edit to get hijacked and be used for vandalism.

Some sysops have become inactive, some have completely lost touch with the wikireality. Yet they are equipped with considerable powers that in the Wikipedia's generally rather anarchical structure make much difference. Even though the periodical reconfirmation of sysops has not received enough support, sth should be done about it. It might seem odd, but perhaps one could propose a more non-recurring, not to say one-time approach. My gut feelings are, that sysops elected before 2007 should generally be re-confirmed. My idea would be to fix the date (yes, seemingly arbitrary, but so what). Some further clauses can perhaps be applied (in my vision by the formula: inactivity -, having being blocked in the meantime - , ascertainable successful work at articles + and perhaps a few other terms/conditions) so that one wouldn't have to reconfirm some of the more uncontroversial ones.

But for the rest, in all honesty: if someone passed with 14 + votes or even if one has passed in 2007 with 51 + votes after 2 failed attempts and very few article writing makes me suspicious as to the possible sysop qualities.

Perhaps getting rid of the (old) ballast might just as well open the way for those who in the eyes of the community are capable (in current conditions) of successfully fulfilling the tasks we expect sysops to do. Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (t) 18:05, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up
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Prod v. speedy of Battlegroup Modern and WWII rules.‎
Hi, I notice you added a speedy tag to the above page. I wasn't sure when I nom'd it whether it was speediable or not, and decided against it because I couldn't tie down one single category that it came under. Does it fit a speedy category? If so it would me to fine tune my future nom-ing of articles to know what category this kind of thing comes under. Or is this a case of WP:Ignore all rules? --  role player 14:10, 3 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Why, what counts as "old generation" in Wikipedia terms? --  role player 14:18, 3 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm certainly noticing that in recent years I'm having to double-check myself a lot more frequently over my actions, and having to jump through hoops that were never there when I started in 2003. I have never been a fan of bureaucracy for bureaucracy's sake, which is probably why I'm not an admin and do not want to be.  So what do you get for seven years' service to the community?  Is there an award? --  role player 14:32, 3 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Woohoo!!! --  role player 14:40, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

DYKs
I have 34 DYKs as for now. :) Proud of having such a record. :) - Darwinek (talk) 14:57, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Great Divergence
Oh ya, do you happen to have some sources regarding the "world-systems" theory and the effect of the industrial revolution in putting Europe ahead? This is what I feel the article currently lacks. It would be very helpful if some additional information on that could be added. Anyhow, I've responded to your quote on the talk page (keep in mind agriculture is as important to premodern economies as oil is to saudi arabia) and I'd all be for a friendly debate if you wish, but let's not put it on the talk page. And replying to your earlier comment about japan and the middle east, it seems that the middle east was pretty much devastated after the Mongol invasions (and unlike China didn't recover), while Japan had developed somewhat (and also engaged in relatively substantial trading, especilaly to China). However it was the least of the four cores mentioned by Pomeranz. Regards.Teeninvestor (talk) 20:23, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Can you please add that source to the article? And when I referred to a debate, I meant a friendly debate between editors on the merits of the theory. From an editing persepctive obviously the theory must be included as an academic viewpoint (I have no intention of not including it, lol). Oh ya, you talk about the "long 16th century" as the point of divergence, but according to my knowledge Gunder Frank, a world systems theorist argues against this and believes that the 19th century was the divergence point.Teeninvestor (talk) 20:33, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

pl:Socjologia w Polsce
Zgłosiłem ją do DNU. Bluszczokrzew (talk) 14:39, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK query
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DYK nomination of Stefan Jaracz Theatre
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DYK for Republic of Ostrów
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DYK for Władysław Wawrzyniak
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DYK for Christian population growth
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Thanks for the star!
Piotrus, thanks for the star! I appreciate it. Hope all is well. CrazyPaco (talk) 17:29, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I won't be able to make the meet-up as I currently reside in San Francisco. CrazyPaco (talk) 17:33, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Max Weber - Featured article review
nominated Max Weber for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Tom B (talk) 18:35, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Ivan Ziatyk
Hello, your nomination for Ivan Ziatyk at DYK has been reviewed and an ALT was provided. Please see it there, thanks --NortyNort (Holla) 03:47, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Copyvio issues
In 2004, you introduced a sentence to the The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. 'In the end, the study of Protestant ethic, according to Weber, merely explored one phase of the emancipation from magic, that disenchantment of the world that he regarded as the distinguishing peculiarity of Western culture.'

This sentence is quite close to that from a book - 'Thus, the study of the Protestant ethic merely explored one phase of that emancipation of magic, that disenchantment of the world that Weber regarded as the distinguishing peculiarity...' from this book .

That copied sentence remains there. Could you please remove or reword it.

I'm really sorry to say this, because User:Moonriddengirl, everyone's favorite and most overworked editor, would end up saddled with much of the work, and I know my motives may not be the purest due to our previous conflicts, but I think it's time to open Contributor copyright investigations on your contributions. Without knowing what the usual threshold is - the above was added in 2004; you performed multiple copy-pastes in 2005 and 2006 -Talk:Władysław_Sikorski, WP:Featured_article_review/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920), taken from, Talk:Renaissance_in_Poland. Novickas (talk) 21:27, 16 August 2010 (UTC)


 * It's good that you've acknowledged these problems as they were brought to your attention...but you did make some thousands of contribs between the first and last ones identified above (2004 to 2006). I think it's important to note that these are only the ones I have found thru featured article reviews and a couple of other articles I found by surfing articles relating to LT. So I would still think an investigation is necessary, but have posted to MRG's talk page about it. When to cut off the investigation, not sure; I think User:Irpen brought it up at an arbcom proceeding at some point; by his diff at an arbcom proceeding, you did this in 2008. The investigation might be stoppable after some date is found on which you publicly (or privately, if someone wants to step forward with that) acknowledge the problem. I seem to remember you doing so during 2009. It will be a massive problem anyway but some sort of evidence to that effect would probably be taken in good faith as a stopping point and would reduce the workload. Novickas (talk) 22:41, 16 August 2010 (UTC)


 * That it should be left to the copyvio workers to decide - completely agree. Novickas (talk) 22:52, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism histmerge request

 * The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism (book) to The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism: article The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism (book) does not exist, as deleted or as undeleted. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:08, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

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GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive invitation
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DYK for Ivan Ziatyk
Courcelles 12:03, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Neoclassical architecture in Poland
Hello, your nomination of Neoclassical architecture in Poland at DYK was reviewed and comments provided. --NortyNort (Holla) 01:37, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I notified him. By the way, I am curious, is it WikiProject Poland that places all of the Polish/Jewish article nominations at DYK?
 * Well, I have enjoyed reading the Polish articles. I think Poland's history and people, particularly during World War II, have often been understated and misrepresented in society. It's like some people would never know how courageous the Poles were under such circumstances, especially under both spheres of the Eastern Front. I think people would be surprised to know that they suffered more and fought harder than other European nations.--NortyNort (Holla) 12:06, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced Articles
Always something to do at WikiProject Unreferenced articles, current focus is Category:Articles lacking sources from October 2006, the total count of Category:Articles lacking sources is 280,000. Jeepday (talk) 23:00, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

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AutoEd glitch?
Hi Piotrus! Just a quick note to explain my edit following yours... after your recent edit (diff)to History of Slavery, I restored (diff) a year "(c.450?)" that had been mistakenly converted to "(ce0?)" (with the number 0). Thought you might like to know in case this is a glitch with AutoEd; I'm not familiar with the script and I'm unlikely to be in the near future :-). Thanks!

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 * Done.
 * -- Joren (talk) 19:01, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

PiÅ‚awa listed at Redirects for discussion
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WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw IV Waza listed at Redirects for discussion
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DYK for Łomża Ghetto
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Proposed deletion of Status class


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WikiCup 2010 August newsletter
We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.


 * Pool A's winner was . Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare.
 * Pool B's winner was . Awarded the top score for featured articles this round, Casliber writes primarily on natural sciences, especially botany and ornithology.
 * Pool A's close second was . Awarded the top score for featured pictures this round, Sasata writes primarily on natural sciences, favouring mycology.
 * Pool B's close second was . Awarded the top score for good articles and topics this round, ThinkBlue primarily writes content related to television and film, including 30 Rock.
 * The first wildcard was . Awarded the top score for did you knows and valued pictures this round, TonyTheTiger writes on a number of topics, including baseball, American football and Chicago.
 * The second wildcard was . Someone who has helped the Cup behind the scenes all year, White Shadows said "I'm still in shock that I made it this far" and writes primarily on Naval warfare, especially U-boats.
 * The third wildcard was . Awarded the top score for featured lists and topics this round, Staxringold primarily writes on sport and television, including baseball and 30 Rock.
 * The fourth wildcard was . Entering the final eight only on the final day of the round, William S. Saturn writes on a number of topics, mostly related to Texas.

We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. only just missed out on a place in the final eight. was not far behind. was awarded top points for in the news this round. contributed a variety of did you know articles. said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to, who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them here and here. Thank you to for these.

Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list.

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WikiCup/2011 signups
Hey, we changed the rules for flags a little in an attempt to avoid drama, so historical flags are no longer allowed. You are, however, welcome to choose the same flag someone else is using. Could you possibly choose another? — Preceding unsigned comment added by J Milburn (talk • contribs)


 * The discussion, now closed, is here. It was advertised on the WikiCup newsletter, and the rules are noted promintently on the signup page. These general rules were useful precisely because they stopped us making arbitrary distinctions- is Nazi Germany offensive? Probably. The Soviet Union? Confederate America? People have tried to use both of them already this year. Exactly the point of these rules was to try to stop all the fighting, controversy and endless discussion concerning flags that took place last year. J Milburn (talk) 15:50, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * North Korea would be fine. To give a rather silly but relevant comparison, North Korea is playable on sports video games. Yeah, they're not very liked in the west, but America isn't very liked in plenty of places too. Al-Quaida and the like would not fall under the current rule (perhaps the wording should be changed) and, if they did, would be a good example of why I added "The judges reserve the right to remove any flag deemed inappropriate". J Milburn (talk) 16:03, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

overlinking
Brito wouldn't need so much work if you'd familiarise yourself with WP:OVERLINK. Way too many wikilinks. Rd232 talk 17:33, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Pilsudski by Kossak portrait.jpg
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WolterBot replacement feedback
Hello Piotrus...I've written a BOTR and wanted to get some feedback as to whether the listing (and table) it produces suffice. I'd also be willing to do a test run on a wikiproject or 2 of your choice. Cheers!Smallman12q (talk) 23:53, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Mikołaj Błociszewski
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DYK for Jordan of Laron
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DYK for Heu-Aktion
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Proposed deletion of Rafał Wnuk


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DYK nomination of Ignace Poretsky
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submarine Doris
It's a good article, the only improvement I can think of is maybe adding another source or two plus adding beam and draught in the general characteristics section of the infobox. Dr. Loosmark 10:14, 5 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Dimension were: length 62.48m, beam 6.2m, draught 3.99m. Source: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. Also she carried 60t of oil. Dr. Loosmark  10:38, 5 September 2010 (UTC)


 * There must be some big error there. The Gross register tonnage is volumetric measure of space used to measure available space for cargo in merchants. Displacement is the weight of the ship used for warships. Dr. Loosmark  16:03, 5 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Yup. Dr. Loosmark  16:07, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I noticed that the majority of French subs use the pendant number rather than the launch year in the name, see here:. I am skeptical about it however since none of my sources even mention the pendant numbers. Dr. Loosmark 12:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Ana on Katyn
Hello, Piotrus, it's been a while but I feel sure you will remember me. :-) I retired from Wikipedia ages though keeping active in all sorts of other ways.  For the past year I've been working on my Ana the Imp blog, which focuses chiefly on historical and cultural subjects.  A couple of days ago I watched Katyn the movie directed by Andrzej Wajda.  I've now added a review to my blog which I thought you might be interested in http://anatheimp.blogspot.com/2010/09/story-about-lie.html  The very best of luck from she who was once known as Clio the Muse (talk) 19:01, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:RSNB listed at Redirects for discussion
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DYK for Dresden–Görlitz railway
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WP:SUP
I do indeed know WP:SUP but when I looked, it seems like there hasnt been much activity. I put a notice on Online Ambassadors. But Ill put one on SUP as well.Thelmadatter (talk) 00:27, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, I put my school Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City, on the list of active projects. I will be introducing the concept of working on WP today in class, with the first assignment of registering and creating their userpages. Thanks for helping out!Thelmadatter (talk) 11:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ignace Poretsky
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WikiCup 2010 June newsletter
We're half way through 2010, and the end of the WikiCup is in sight! Round 3 is over, and we're down to our final 16. Our pool winners were (A),  (B, and the round's overall leader),  (C)  and  (D, joint), but, with the scores reset, everything is to play for in our last pooled round. The pools will be up before midnight tonight, and have been selected randomly by J Milburn. This will be the toughest round yet, and so, as ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Though unaffiliated with the WikiCup, July sees the third Great Wikipedia Dramaout- a project with not dissimilar goals to the WikiCup. Everyone is welcome to take part and do their bit to contribute to the encyclopedia itself.

If you're interested in the scores for the last round of the Cup, please take a look at WikiCup/History/2010/Round 3 and WikiCup/History/2010/Full/Round 3. Our thanks go to for compiling these. As was predicted, Group C ended up the "Group of Death", with 670 points required for second place, and, therefore, automatic promotion. This round will probably be even tougher- again, the top two from each of the two groups will make it through, while the twelve remaining participants will compete for four wildcard places- good luck everyone! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17

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DYK for Franklin Brito
-- Cirt (talk) 06:03, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Business English students in Mexico
Hi.... I have a (partial) list of my students up on my userpage. Some have not been keeping up with the work grrrrrrr Anyway. Most of those have already figured out how to request adopters but feel free to check these guys out.Thelmadatter (talk) 12:03, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

The Milhist election has started!
The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.

With many thanks in advance for your participation from the coordinator team,  Roger Davies  talk 19:30, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Question
Hey Piotrus,

I hate to bother you, but a suspicious account User:Brownspite has accused and tagged my user page for sockpuppetry. He obviously has not followed policy or protocol. My response to him on his talk page is here. I'm asking your advice as an experienced administrator as to the best way to proceed so my account name is not dragged through the mud unnecessarily. Thank you. CrazyPaco (talk) 21:43, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks Piortrus. I'll give him a little time for him before ANI to reverse his accusation per the message I left for him on his talk page. He may be a newbie and not understand how things work. CrazyPaco (talk) 21:52, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That is true, although he didn't submit a sockpuppet or checkuser investigation as I believe would typically be done. I'm going to be away from Wikipedia this weekend, so I figured I'd just leave it for a couple days since I wouldn't be able respond to any questions at the AN. In your opinion, would this be a best posted at the main AN or ANI if it doesn't resolve itself? I'm assuming that I'd leave the tags up until then. If you think I should proceed immediately with AN/ANI, I will do so. I've never had to do this before. CrazyPaco (talk) 00:11, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. I have listed the incident at ANI. Before I leave, if it hasn't been resolved, I will leave a note about being away. CrazyPaco (talk) 00:42, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Re: Vilnija
Per your request I looked into my edit from last spring and reverted all the way back to late Dec. 2009, which as I note in the edit summary appears to be the last stable version of the article. Hope this helps. Jusdafax  21:17, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Uniforms ...
Hello Piotrus. Hope you are well. Quite possibly you won't know the answer to this question, but if that is so then I'm sure you'll know who would know. This picture was apparently taken in Rzeszów. It says the people in uniform are German police, but most of them do not appear to be wearing German Order Police uniforms. Do you have any idea on what uniform the three in the background are wearing? Could it be some sort of Schutzmannschaft uniform? Was there a special uniform for the SA in the General Government? Your help will be much appreciated! Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:59, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Homagial Crown
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Would you mind adding a journal article to Academic_studies_of_Wikipedia
You can find the article link and related thread at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine. Thanks in advance! ---kilbad (talk) 23:23, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Are my instructions correct?
I am trying to get members of WP:POLAND to help with the recent mess, does that sound right? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 16:32, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That looks great, Piotrus! Thank you so much! :D The one change I would suggest: given this contributors history, we have to presume that any creative text he has added was copied from somewhere. Basic information, like "Soandso was an athlete who did this" is probably okay, but I have yet to find a full paragraph that this guy added that did not infringe. (Many of his articles don't have full paragraphs. He did a lot of stubs with tables.) If you could ask them to "if in doubt, take it out" or rewrite it, that would be fabulous. And I very much appreciate your pitching in. :) We can use all the help we can get. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Done! :D --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:43, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Removal of section heading blank lines and spaces
Hi Piotrus: I'd like to point out that your AutoEd changes to articles, such as this one in Telegraphy are actually regressive, making it harder for other editors with small monitors to properly edit in a cluttered edit box, as well as presenting issues for various spell checkers. Please refer to this MOS guideline on blank spacing/blank lines which states:
 * • Spaces between the == and the heading text are optional (==H2== is equivalent to == H2 ==). These extra spaces will not affect the way the the heading is displayed to readers; however, in the edit window, the spaces tend to be more compatible with browser spell-checking software.
 * • A blank line below the heading is optional; but do include one blank line above the heading, for readability in the edit window. (Only two or more blank lines above or below will add more white space in the public appearance of the page.)

Many years ago software writers habitually removed blank spacing due to the ancient very high cost of memory, which also resulted in the systemic removal of '19' from years stored in memory (e.g.: 1967 stored as only '67', thus saving two bytes). In the present day with ultra-low cost memory available, such byte-saving techniques are trumped by the need for more accurate, stress-free editing (and I'm willing to donate more to WP to that end!). I hope you'll be able to assist with improving Wikipedia's articles in this respect by allowing blank space and blank line insertions to persist. Best: HarryZilber (talk) 14:03, 24 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Never having used an automated editor, I couldn't say whether it was software bug; I suspect that the deletion of blank spaces in the section headings was programmed by someone unfamiliar with that part of the MOS and the related editing issues. Best: HarryZilber (talk) 15:49, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Discussion
Hi Piotrus. Although I disagree with your suggestion to bring new sanctions, this does not really concern me. Having an indefinite topic ban on the SU-related topics (and EE subjects are related), I can not be involved and would not comment any more. Good luck with your amendment! Biophys (talk) 20:33, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

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calle general franco photo
Hello Piotrus!! I am new to online publishing, and I am an "examiner" for examiner.com. I am writing a brief article about Franco's lingering presence in Spain, and as far as I can tell I am allowed to use your image. Only now, I am not sure how to properly attribute it, because I can't find your real name anywhere! Would you mind lending me a hand? Thanks a lot! Renee Christensen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.218.156.233 (talk) 19:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

it's me again

oh my!! this is so complicated! damnit. i realize how stupid i look. i envy your computer wisdom. seriously. 87.218.156.233 (talk) 00:32, 29 September 2010 (UTC)renee christensen


 * Dear Renee,
 * I am not sure which photo you refer to (and I am pretty sure I never took a photo of General Franco), but I have good news for you: almost all content on Wikipedia can be easily reused, see Reusing Wikipedia content. All images on Wikipedia will state their terms of use on their image page. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 00:56, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

oh! this photo isnt yours? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Franco_Calle.JPG  thanks so much! 87.218.156.233 (talk) 10:21, 29 September 2010 (UTC) renee


 * Ah, that photo is mine. The license details are underneath; my name, as you can see from my signature, is Piotr Konieczny (please also credit the host, Wikimedia Commons). Thanks, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 15:16, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tamaulipas massacre
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WikiCup 2010 September newsletter
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DYK for Frédéric Chopin's illness
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Signature
Hi! Could you please consider simplifying the signature? It seems to be a bit overwhelmed as talk link, for example, is not readable on the green background. The frame is also displaced down what is not good for formatting. Thanks, Artem Karimov (talk | edits) 18:04, Today (UTC+4)
 * Not sure what you mean about the frame; talk does look readable to me. But if you have alt suggestions, you are more than welcome to suggest them. See also here. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 15:17, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
 * What I was trying to say is that your signature is offsetted down. As for the testing range the signature number 1 appeals to me the most as it is unencumbered by the wiki-code and is the best readable of all (but, of course, it is not my business, just an outsider's opinion ;)). Artem Karimov (talk | edits) 15:25, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

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re:Newsletter question
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Thank you
...For the welcome message. I am new to Wikipedia, but I love doing stuff on Eastern bloc countries and the Cold War in general. Depenaille (talk) 17:50, 7 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Are you from Poland. I love Poland!  Especially the women! Depenaille (talk) 17:50, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey again people
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 * Oh agent Starling you think you can dissect…with this blunt little tool? – Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs. 

…I changed my format again. MuZemike, I can see you editing Filter 361. It won’t work (see above quote). FYI, today’s language is French.

You guys really need to work on Wikipedia’s defense mechanisms. I have hit up the French, German, Portuguese, Simple English, Spanish and Russian versions of this project.



Going on about my day now…

-Dépenaillé- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Depenaille (talk • contribs) 18:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

E-mail contact
Hi Piotrus, you asked me to e-mail you some months back about my questions regarding Wikipedia. I can't find an e-mail on your user page, can you point me in its direction please? TIA! Podagrycznik (talk) 13:36, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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WP:VPR
Hi Piotrus. Thanks for bringing this up. We serious need to  do  something about  it -  it's been bothering  me for a long  time already. A discussion now needs to  be coordinated somewhere other than at  the VP; Please keep  in  touch. --Kudpung (talk) 05:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

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Semi-protection of social class
I've only protected it for 6 months as this is the first time the article has been protected. A high proportion of the edits seemed to be vandalism or reverts, so to be honest I expect that soon after the six months expires the article will be semi-protected again. Nev1 (talk) 18:23, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Student discussion
Hi Piotrus,

I am working with the Wikipedia Policy Institute through Georgetown University and I mistakenly thought I was supposed to go live as I wrote. The project as a whole will update at the same time in a few weeks. The page still exists in my sandbox and I will be adding more. Your input is greatly appreciated. I am still new to wikipedia. You can see my sandbox from my profile page, correct?

Thanks

Hec7 (talk) 23:19, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey,

I talked to my professor and she agreed to go live now. Thank you for the push. I will still be adding and improving in the next couple of weeks. I'll work on the lead.

Hec7 (talk) 18:46, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hec7 (talk • contribs) 18:43, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Piotr Słonimski
I tweaked your hook at T:TDYK. Check to see if it meets your approval. I okayed the hook and the DYK nomination. Nice article! Binksternet (talk) 03:34, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

How's your Online Ambassador experience going so far?
Hi ,

We're starting to get into the busy part of the semester for Online Ambassadors, and we want to check in and see how you're doing, what your opinions about where we are now, and any feedback you may have.

Please answer these questions either on my talk page or send them to me by email.

1. How many mentees are you currently working with?

2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?

3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?

4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?

5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?

6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?

7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?

8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?

Thanks for your feedback! --Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 19:29, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Clan Wolf
sorry, meant to say "historical battletech" in place of "official", and the link "includes a map" is also a broken link (website for sale) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.83.16.147 (talk) 01:08, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Piotr Słonimski
The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 201 Schutzmannschaft Battalion
The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 24 October 2010 (UTC)