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Bruno Jasienski's German roots

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DYK nomination of Children’s Memorial Health Institute

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DYK for Children's Memorial Health Institute

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Battle of Radzymin (1920) - forthcoming TFA

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Fighting near Radzymin

The Battle of Radzymin, a key part of what later became known as the Battle of Warsaw, took place during the Polish–Soviet War (1919–21). The battle occurred near the town of Radzymin, some 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Warsaw, between August 13 and 16, 1920. The first phase began with a frontal assault by the Red Army on the Praga bridgehead. The Soviet forces captured Radzymin on August 14 and breached the lines of the 1st Polish Army, which was defending Warsaw from the east. Radzymin changed hands several times in heavy fighting. The Russians wanted to break through the Polish defences to Warsaw, while the Polish aim was to defend the area long enough for a two-pronged counteroffensive to outflank the attacking forces. After three days of intense fighting, the corps-sized 1st Polish Army under General Franciszek Latinik managed to repel a direct assault by six Red Army rifle divisions at Radzymin and Ossów. The struggle for control of Radzymin forced General Józef Haller, commander of the Polish Northern Front, to start the 5th Army's counterattack earlier than planned. Radzymin was recaptured on August 15, and this victory proved to be one of the turning points of the battle of Warsaw.

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Some halibut for you!

Some halibut for you
Great to see Battle of Radzymin make it onto the main page. Please enjoy these fine fish in celebration! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 12:55, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

 Polish people and battles
Thank you for quality articles on Polish people like Witold Pilecki, on battles like the Battle of Radzymin (1920), on the Katyn massacre, and for "This user is a person, and nothing else matters." - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for great map

Hi Halibutt, I just stumbled upon your very beautiful and informative infographic map of the Partitions of Poland. Just wanted to say thanks and keep it up! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valentinywiggin (talk • contribs) 11:46, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Prosba o zgode na wykorzystanie grafiki.

Szanowny Panie, zwracam sie z uprzejma prosba o udzielnie zgody na wykorzystanie fotografii Pana autorstwa:

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Zdjecie (z zaznaczeniem autorstwa) bedzie zamieszczone w programie spotkań w ramach miedzynarodowego projektu naukowego Our Mythical Childhood…Classics and Children's Literature Between East and West, ktore odbeda sie na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim w dniach 23-26 maja 2013 r. Szczegolowe informacje o projekcie znajduja sie na stronie: http://kamar.domeczek.pl/OMC%20www/Our%20Mythical%20Childhood.html. W programie zostana tez zamieszczone stosowne podziekowania dla Autorow materialow graficznych.

Zostawiam swoj adres e-mail do kontaktu: kucharski.michal@ibi.uw.edu.pl

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Sikorski's tourists

Would you happen to have any sources? I can't find a single good Polish source discussing this term. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:30, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and have some pierogi!

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Emilia Plater

You may want to check out this article, now in the Good Article review process. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:22, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Wacław Król is unref'ed. If you translate it from pl wiki I suggest a note in the edit summary. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 22:12, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Article creation

Hi Halibutt I dont knowe if youre aware of this, but there is an excellent template for aviation article creation at Template:WPAVIATION creator, which uses the latest layouts and specifications templates and removes a lot of the slog of inputting basic article code. Check it out!--Petebutt (talk) 05:00, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PWS-22 & PWS-23

Hi Halibutt, Excellent to see more polish aircraft articles, but there seem to be some issues with these two:

  1. The subject matter hardly warrants such detailed articles
  2. A single article to cover both would be sufficient as they were VERY closely related and differed mainly in size and engine arrangements, i.e. merge them.
  3. A variants section to explain the differences between the BN3, and T variants.
  4. Try to use your own prose instead of parrotting references.
  5. Avoid adding superfluous details, such as the various competing aircraft which should only get fleeting mentions at best.

Just some suggestions, but if you look at the articles again objectively you may see my points.

Good luck and carry on writing articles.--Petebutt (talk) 15:41, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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You might be interested in what is to offer here!--Petebutt (talk) 11:03, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Mauthausen-Gusen[edit]

Re: this edit; could you add your source to the article as well? //Halibutt 14:10, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I didn't know how to go about it, since it is from 1. Reimer's individual 'german wikipedia ' pages, and they told me not to cite wiki as a source. I can add the other source from French if that is acceptable. I presume it must be translated into English for en. wiki. YoursValleyspring (talk) 18:15, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]


1. Guido Reimer (* 31. Juli 1901 in Ronsperg; † unbekannt) war ein deutscher SS-Obersturmführer und Kommandeur des SS-Sturmbanns im KZ Buchenwald sowie Leiter der Spionage- und Sabotage-Abwehr im KZ Mauthausen. de.wikipedia, Guido Reimer

2. Krebsbach, Eduard (SS, Standortarzt à Mauthausen de 1941 à 1943, puis commandant du camp de Kaiserwald près de Riga) : capturé en 1945 ; dépose en 1946 dans le procès de Mauthausen ; condamné à mort par un Tribunal américain à Dachau le 5 mai 1946 ; exécuté à Landsberg le 28 mai 1947. (french)

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/gusenmed.html

Dr. Eduard Krebsbach Between October 1941 and Autumn 1943, he was Chief-Physician of the SS and the Police at Linz, Steyr, Wels and KZ Mauthausen-Gusen. He was the first to start mass-execution of ill and unfit prisoners by heart-injections. So he was nicknamed "Dr. Spritzbach" (Injection-Doctor) in the camps. In January 1942, 732 Spanish inmates and 571 Soviet inmates were exterminated by heart-injections at KZ Gusen Concentration Camp. In general, heart-injections were given at KZ Gusen Camp two times a week until April 1945. The career of Dr. Krebsbach ended at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen when he shot Josef Breitenfellner, a young man from Langenstein-Village who served in the German Army at that time and was home for vacation. Krebsbach shot this German soldier May 22, 1943, on vacation from his private house because he was disturbed by Breitenfellner and his friends. Due to this crime, Dr. Krebsbach was moved from KZ Mauthausen-Gusen to KZ Warwara where he led the selections along with the liquidation of that camp in August 1944. Later, he worked as the Inspector for Epidemies in the occupied countries of Lettland, Estland and Lithuania. The following SS-Doctors refused to give heart-injections at KZ Gusen:

3. Heim, Aribert (médecin SS, Mauthausen, pratique la vivisection sur des êtres humains) : impuni, serait encore vivant à la fin de 2005, vivrait aux Canaries. (french)

http://d-d.natanson.pagesperso-orange.fr/devenus.htm

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edits

Sorry, it would not let me add the links for some reason to my two footnotes, 23 and 24. re: edits to en.wikipedia.org, Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp. Thank you for suggestions...Valleyspring (talk) 18:38, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

23 ^ http://d-d.natanson.pagesperso-orange.fr/devenus.htm 24 ^ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/gusenmed.html

Translation

Hi, I wonder if you could help me with a translation from Polish to English. Just titles of classical compositions, not a long list. It's important, thanks. Krenakarore TK 11:08, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks man, I do need some help. You can translate it right here, I'll pick it up later. These are titles of Viktor Kosenko's compositions. They're originally in Russian and Ukrainian. I received this translated to Polish from a soprano in Krakow. If you know what they mean, it would also help as well. I thank you once and once again. Krenakarore TK 11:43, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You did very well. It helps knowing that those are mere transliterations. I know the guy who can do that. Hail hail Halibutt...:) ! Krenakarore TK 06:25, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Katerynivka

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVIII, July 2013

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Permission to use Photo

I work for the Friends of Israel, a Christian-Zionist organization. We are publishing a new biography of a woman named Halina, a Christian Holocaust survivor who loves the Jewish people and fought in the Polish Resistance. We would like to use the photo entitled "File:Uprising kotwica.jpg." found in Wikimedia.

Can we get your permission to reprint the photo in our book? If so, please let me know of possible fees connected with it and how you would like it credited.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Thank you for your recent articles, including Katerynivka. When you create a new article, can you add the WikiProject assessment templates to the talk of that article? See the talk page of the article I mentioned for an example of what I mean. Usually it is very simple, you just add something like {{WikiProject Keyword}} to the article's talk, with keyword replaced by the associated WikiProject (ex. if it's a biography article, you would use WikiProject Biography; if it's a United States article, you would use WikiProject United States, and so on). You do not have to rate the article if you do not want to, others will do it eventually. Those templates are very useful, as they bring the articles to a WikiProject attention, and allow them to start tracking the articles through Wikipedia:Article alerts and other tools. This can help you too, as the WikiProject members will often defend your work from deletion and try to improve it further. Feel free to ask me any questions if you'd like more information. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:10, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Rzeczpospolita_1920.png - Katowice and autonomous Silesian Voivodeship joined Poland in 1922 and not before!

Hi Halibutt, I have found an error on your maps regarding Poland (II RP) between 1918 and 1922. Katowice were incorporated into Poland on 22. June 1922 (when polish military came in, rest of area in July). Especially the maps on Polish–Soviet War are affected - at that time autonomous Silesian Voivodeship did not exist and it's area was beyond Polish borders. So please correct the affected maps accordingly. Regards! --Beschu (talk) 22:09, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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If you can finish it (see comments there) we can feature it on the front page. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:57, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYKs don't have to be finished; but they need to be nominated in a roughly complete form within five days of creation/expansion. So if you can expand the section to such a point you can remove the template (doesn't have to be finished, just roughly complete), it can be DYKed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:36, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Kamienie na szaniec

You may find my newest to-be-DYKed-soon article of interest. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:50, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Question

For you at Template:Did you know nominations/Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:10, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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PFK revert

You reverted this, commenting that it "was illegal". How was the factory equipment illegal? This should be explained. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 11:47, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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CzerniHów, czerniHowskie

Cześć. Na Twoich mapach Rzeczypospolitej Trojga Narodów znajduje się błąd ortograficzny (a jednocześnie rzeczowy - istnieją też Czernichowy pisane przez ‹ch›) - ukraiński Czernihów pisze się przez ‹h›, nie przez ‹ch›! Pozdrawiam, Ryba g (talk) 15:26, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXXXXX, September 2013

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re: Nazi crimes against the Polish nation

You chose a difficult one for your first review. I'll see if I can add anything; IIRC this article was intended as a split from WW2 general one, on he level similar to Holocaust in Poland (one deals with the Jews, one with the non-Jews). The concept is notable, but I haven't looked at the article in loooong time. Might have time on Friday. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 16:15, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Last will and testament of Tadeusz Kościuszko

Since you c/e much of the article about TK, you may be interested in this new subarticle. I am attempting to split all controversial/undue info about the will from TK article into this new one - it is a major topic at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tadeusz Kościuszko/archive1. Comments appreciated, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:23, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Battle of Warsaw (1831)

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The Bugle: Issue XCI, October 2013

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The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class
For your recent resumed activity on Polish topics, including getting Battle of Warsaw (1831) to GA, I, Piotrus, award you The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:17, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Maly drobiazg a cieszy

[1] - when translating pl wiki articles with geo coordinates, it's just takes one minute to add this useful snippet of info. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:59, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk:Nazi crimes against the Polish nation/GA1

This is a reminder that you have a GA review to complete... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:21, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Second reminder. PS. You may also want to comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Treblinka extermination camp/archive1. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:46, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia article traffic statistics - Battle_of_Warsaw_(1831)

15 peoople per day or so. Not bad - 5,000 each year... think about circulation numbers for an average print historical magazine.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:38, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

11th Hussars

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Jewish cemeteries of Warsaw

Could you help clean up that mess? I cannot identify which Polish wiki articles the sections on "Praga Cemetery" and "Nowa Jerozolima Cemetery" may refer; I'd like to at least stub if not DYK all Jewish cemeteries in Warsaw. Pl wiki at pl:Cmentarze żydowskie w Warszawie lists pl:Cmentarz żydowski w Warszawie (Radość) and pl:Cmentarz żydowski w Warszawie (Bródno). I guess that the Praga ones refers to Bródno... sigh, a mess, as I say. Hopefully you being the expert on Warsaw will be able to clean this up; I'd be happy to help with DYKing resulting content. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:59, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue XCII, November 2013

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DYK for Maurzyce Bridge

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The Bugle: Issue XCIII, December 2013

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Talk:Nazi crimes against the Polish nation/GA1

Halibutt, Poeticbent continues working on his Treblinka FAC to the exclusion of this nomination—even though the FAC closed a week ago, concentration remains on working the article so a new FAC can be opened in a week's time, at which point even more work will be needed to address issues raised by the review.

I think, under the circumstances, it's best to close what is now the oldest ongoing hold—82 days and counting—and let Poeticbent nominate again when there's time to work on the GAN, since the issues you've raised remain unaddressed. Aside from editing the first Germanization paragraph on December 12, Poeticbent hasn't touched the article since October 16. Can you please post to the review page? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:18, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Polish 1st Armored division

Hello Halibutt,

I see you are active on the Polish Military team. I am trying to find original sources on the 1st Polish Armored division and its role in closing the Falaise Pocket in France in August 1944. For example, is there an official history and/or are the battle reports available somewhere?

If you can help me I'd greatly appreciate it!

Thanks, David Davidsullivan317 (talk) 20:29, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bug River etymology

Hi, I've just wiki-organised the article Bug River and found your name origin information on the talk page. Do you have references for your information? it would be great to include etymology in the article. Manytexts (talk) 23:29, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014

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Trembowla

Hi, dear Halibutt. I'd like to attract Your attention to the issue that Trembowla is in the wrong place on Your maps. YOMAL SIDOROFF-BIARMSKII (talk) 04:44, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Poland Newsletter • January 2014 • Issue II

WikiProject Poland Newsletter • January 2014 • Issue II
For our freedom and yours

Welcome to the second issue of WikiProject Poland newsletter, the Monitor (named after the first Polish newspaper).

Our Project has been operational since 1 June, 2005, and also serves as the Poland-related Wikipedia notice board. I highly recommend watchlisting the Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland page, so you can be aware of the ongoing discussions. We hope you will join us in them, if you haven't done so already! Unlike many other WikiProjects, we are quite active; we get close to a hundred discussion threads each year and we do a pretty good job at answering all issues raised. Last year we were featured in the Signpost, and our interviewer was amazed at our activity. In the end, however, even as active as we are, we are just a tiny group - you can easily become one of our core members!

In addition to a lively encyclopedic, Poland-related, English-language discussion forum, we have numerous useful tools that can be of use to you - and that you could help us maintain and develop:

  • we have an active assessment department. As of now, our project has tagged almost 83,000 pages as Poland-related - that's an improvement of over 3,000 new pages since the last newsletter. Out of which 30 still need a quality assessment, and 2,000, importance assessment. We have done a lot to clear the backlog here (3 years ago those numbers were 1,500 and 20,000, respectively). Can you help assess a few pages?
    • assessing articles is as easy as filling in the class= and importance= parameters on the talk page in the {{WPPOLAND|class=|importance=}} template. See here for a how-to guide.
  • once an article has an assessment template, it will appear in our article alerts and news feed, which provides information on which Poland-related articles are considered for deletion, move, or are undergoing a Good or Featured review. Watchlisting that feed, in addition to watchlisting our project's main page, is a good way to make sure you stay up to date on most Poland-related discussions.
  • you can also see detailed deletion discussions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Poland (which is a good place to watchlist if you just want to stay up to date on possible deletions of Poland-related content)
  • we have also begun B-class quality reviews on our talk page, and if our activity increases, hopefully we will be able to institute our own A-class quality reviews. As of now, we have about 500 C-class articles in need of a B-class review. If you'd like to help with them, instructions for doing B-class reviews are to be found in point 10 of our assessment FAQ. In addition to this automated list, you are also encouraged to help review articles from our B-class reviews requested list found here.
  • also, those articles will be included in our cleanup listing, which allows us to see which top-importance articles are in need for attention, and so on. We have tens of thousands articles in need of cleanup there, so if you ever need something to do, just look at this gigantic list. (I am currently reviewing the articles tagged with notability, either proving them notable or nominating for deletion; there are still several dozens left if you want to help!).
  • did you know that newly created Poland-related articles are listed here. They need to be reviewed, often cleaned-up, occasionally nominated for deletion, and their creators may need to be welcomed and invited to our project if they show promise as new authors of Poland-related content.
  • we are maintaining a Portal:Poland
  • automated Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Popular pages lists the most popular Poland-related pages from the previous month(s)
  • Breaking news: we are looking for a Wikipedian in Residence for the New York City area. See Wikipedia:GLAM/Józef Piłsudski Institute of America for details.

This is not all; on our page you can find a list of useful templates (including userboxes), awards and other tools!


With all that said, how about you join our discussions at WT:POLAND? Surely, there must be something you could help others with, or perhaps you are in need of assistance yourself?

It took me three years to finish this issue. Feel free to help out getting the next one before 2017 by being more active in WikiProject management :)

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Proposed deletion of Midrasz

The article Midrasz has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This unreferenced articles as written fails WP:V and WP:N requirements.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 17:04, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

your maps need upkeep, let me.

Halibutt, you are alive! Thank my lucky stars. Some of your maps need fixing or updating and I was hoping you had the original files I could use instead of hacking what is on commons. Please tell me you are willing to spend some time on this important, neglected maintenance, or at the very least, hand off the goods. Zdrufko, -- Mareklug talk 12:57 am, Today (UTC−6)

Some baklava for you!

I am fresh out of wiki kittens; please accept this cake as a thank you for your support and thoughtful comments during my (now withdrawn) RfA. What doesn't kill me... Cheers, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:30, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

About Halibutt

re-posted from user talk:Mareklug#About_Halibutt in its entirety (the section) for transparency, and to meet the user's own wishes regarding factoring correspondence dialogue on user pages that involve him. --Mareklug talk 09:10, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, he is still somewhat active here. But regarding your comment for him, I recommend you either leave it on his talk page or WP:ECHO him, I'd be surprised if he (or most other voters) would come back to the check for replies to their vote. Would you? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:29, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I would, since I am a megalomaniacal show-off, hellbent on alienating sensitive people, when I am not influencing the less coruscant (I am trying very hard not to say, the dul^H^H^H). But that is just me, Piotrze. ;) Danke for the advice. --Mareklug talk 10:55, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me precisely which maps you mean and I might be able to find the original. It all depends on what maps you are referring to. I believe I uploaded the original xcf files of the early maps to commons, so they are there. The newer svg maps are also there, but I might have some different versions at my PC. Let me know the details and I hope I might be able to help. //Halibutt 12:06, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, but the precise telling will have to wait. I am swamped, and did not budget any time for this, merely ejaculated :) at the sight of you my surprise and need. The maps of Poland, historical maps, are the ones that need to be the best originals you can lay your hands on. I remember having had to alter some texts on the map, or range of colors, or introduce a new color to the legend... stuff like that. --Mareklug talk 14:21, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
First of all, next time you try to reach me, drop a line to my talk page. I don't visit yours regularly.
Secondly, you either refer to the 18th century maps of Poland or the 20th century maps of Poland. The earlier are made in GIMP and the source file is available for all to use. Sadly, most clones of my maps were made by people who preferred to use MS Paint and modify them by painting with their mouse. And I can do little about it. The 20th century map however was made in vector format from the beginning, and it's much easier to edit and correct. //Halibutt 23:31, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I had in mind the 18th century maps. I will try to manage with what is on Commons for those. Incidentally, I am aware of the pl wiki custom of replying on the responder's user talk page, and so on, without rhyme or reason, but I was following the local custom (en wiki) which embraces the much saner keep-it-all-in-one-place-and-thread approach. When replying to you, however, I will copy the answer to your talk page, as you wish. Thank you for your maps and for taking the time to tell me about them. Zdrufko, -- Mareklug talk 09:10, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • P.s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halibut You realized all along, I trust, that your handle is a misspelling, a rather droll one, of the fish? Were you punning on purpose on the word "butt"? W znaczeniu "tyłek"  ;) -- Marek

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I am writing a book on Polish immigration, focusing on a group that emigrated generally from the Rzeszow area to northeastern Pennsylvania. They all became coalminers. I am including a section on the history of Poland, and the reasons the compelled them to leave their homeland. Your map of the partitions of Poland - Partitions of Poland.png (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Partition_of_Poland), I would like to include it in the book, though I would like to include it in black and white. Would you grant permission for this use?

Regards,

Martin Novak

PS - My grandfather, Jan Andrzej Nowak came from Maćkówka, and grandmother from Kolbuszowa Dolna

Novakm15 (talk) 02:19, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]