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A Barnstar for you!

The Biography Barnstar
For your creation of Debbie Blair, she might be missing, but not forgotten, thanks in part to you.  InsertCleverPhraseHere  04:28, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
  • Thank you, Insertcleverphrasehere. Please take a quick glance at Category:Missing person cases in Canada which was the basis for me to select that particular title. Apparently, the phrase "Disappearance of" is well featured there. My point is, contrary to Wikipedia:Article titles policy guideline the article (as it stands) says absolutely nothing about her life in general and therefore can easily be misunderstood as insufficiently written.
  1. Disappearance of Julie Surprenant
  2. Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff
  3. Disappearance of Nathan O'Brien, Kathryn Liknes and Alvin Liknes
  4. Disappearance of Cédrika Provencher
If you don't mind, I actually prefer the original title, unless you can convince me otherwise. Thanks for your consideration, Poeticbent talk 04:51, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
Sure. Feel free to technical request a move back, or I'll do it when I get back from dinner. It has the WikiProject Biogrophy banner, which is why I though it was meant to be a biography. In any case, fantastic article.  InsertCleverPhraseHere  04:59, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Sambor Ghetto

Hi, I want to promote this with the image, but I'd like to confirm who's who in the picture first. According to the Yad Vashem site, it sometimes seems Alojzy is the black-haired one, and sometimes that he's the short, blondish one. Are you able to confirm who's who? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:16, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I see you're right. He has a distinctively wide, curvy hairline in all the pictures. So in Image 16 of 25, Yad Vashem, being a Hebrew-speaking site, is identifying "Feliks and Alojzy Plewa" right to left, without saying so. I'll revert my changes on the picture captions. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 00:28, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
Thank you, Yoninah. Pleasure working with you, as always. Also here, Alojzy is with family but without his brother: at Yad Vashem archives. Poeticbent talk 00:34, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
Yes, I saw that. Thanks. Yoninah (talk) 00:38, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Post war FRG

You may find this of interest [1]--Woogie10w (talk) 10:25, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for sharing, Woogie10w. The ramifications of these new revelations about the postwar history of NSDAP membership in West Germany would be very hard to underestimate.

... prawnik Christoph Safferling powiedział w rozmowie z „Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, że w szczytowym roku 1957, 77 proc. kierowniczych stanowisk w Federalnym Ministerstwie Sprawiedliwości obsadzonych było przez dawnych członków NSDAP, od szefów referatów wzwyż. – Nikt nie spodziewał się, że ten odsetek był aż tak wysoki - zaznaczył Safferling. Można bez wahania stwierdzić, że Federalne Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości było najbardziej obciążone personalnie nazistowską przeszłością ze wszystkich bońskich ministerstw.

Translation:
... lawyer Christoph Safferling told „Sueddeutsche Zeitung” that in the peak period of 1957, some 77 percent of all managerial positions in the Federal Ministry of Justice were staffed by former members of NSDAP, beginning from the directors of departments up to the very top. – Nobody has suspected that the percentage was so high, Safferling said. Without a doubt, the Federal Ministry of Justice was was the worst case of Nazi membership in all of the Bonn ministries.

I wonder if we could find a proper place in Wikipedia to include this information somehow. Please keep me posted, Poeticbent talk 14:49, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Sambor Ghetto

On 15 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sambor Ghetto, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that two-year-old Ruth Schwarz was rescued from the Sambor Ghetto by Polish Righteous Alojzy Plewa (both pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sambor Ghetto. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sambor Ghetto), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Great job!

I don't do the barnstar thingies but that's a great job on the Sambor Ghetto article! Volunteer Marek (talk) 18:53, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

WP:DENY

Hello, it appears that this same user created a similar thread related to accusations of fascism on the Poland talk page, as with the History of Poland (1939–45). I'm not familiar with this process, but can the WP:DENY option be utilized here as well? --E-960 (talk) 17:28, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

SS-Truppenübungsplatz Heidelager

Hi Poeticbent,

Here's one site I found which shows the changes of name of the camp in Pustków, Poland. Apparently, in planning, it had been given the name of "Ostpolen" as an SS military training centre from 21 December 1939 to 26 June 1940. With the beginning of the actual construction of the site on June 26, 1940, it was renamed SS "Dębica". From 15 March 1943, the site was designated as an SS military training centre "Heidelager". I've also seen this information in other sources.

Best regards -- Marek.69 talk 15:07, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

  • Hi Marek69. Please take a look at the distance between those two settlements in Google maps. From Debica to Pustków, Poland, is only a 16 minute drive by car.[2] Waffen-SS Debica (as well as Ostpolen) can be mentioned in bodytext, but usually, it is the last official name of the camp, i.e. "Heidelager" which permeates the books of history. Cheers, Poeticbent talk 15:39, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
Poeticbent, I only mentioned it because on the Pustków talk page you were querying why I had used that name. I'd basically just copied from one of the sources. I am aware that it is some distance from Dębica, as I visited in August 2016. A very interesting museum. Best -- Marek.69 talk 15:59, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Poeticbent!!
Hi Poeticbent, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,

Thanks for all your help on the 'pedia!

   –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 22:27, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
Thank you very much, Davey2010. Same to you! Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!! Poeticbent talk 23:59, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
You're very welcome and thanks so much :) –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 00:16, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho

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Thank you, Iryna Harpy. Seasons Greetings! Poeticbent talk 13:19, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Christmas gift, anyone?

The newly released add-on called "Adblock Plus 2.8.2" blocks all annoying banners and ads (which tend to overwhelm informative content of many external links in our Wikipedia articles), and supports websites by not blocking unobtrusive ads by default (configurable; meaning: you can turn it off anytime). The goal is to support websites which use non-intrusive ways to advertise, and to encourage more websites to do the same. Version 2.8.2 released November 22, 2016 (1.0 MiB) works with Firefox for Android 38.0, Firefox 38.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.35 and later, Thunderbird 38.0 and later. This is a really good reason to switch to Firefox if you haven't done that yet. Enjoy! Poeticbent talk 17:27, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Forensic Approaches to Buried Remains by Caroline Sturdy Colls at al.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:Forensic Approaches to Buried Remains by Caroline Sturdy Colls at al.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

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Non-free images

Hi Poeticbent. I've noticed that you've uploaded a number of images that do not meet the WP:Non-free content guideline. The specific reason is that they are book covers used in articles about authors without significant commentary on book. See WP:NFCI #1, and the footnote. To avoid spamming your talk page, I will continue going through a bot-generated list of possible non-free content guideline violations, but I will not send you any additional notifications. If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them. Please reply back here if you do. Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 06:42, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

I'd also like to clarify that I am checking each article to make sure that there is no significant commentary, and leaving alone all files that could be in the public domain, either due to age or simplicity. Sorry for the inconvenience! Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 07:07, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

@Ramaksoud2000: — I suggest that you stop immediately. It looks like you went ahead with this plan in a semi-automatic way tagging different files mere seconds from each other, which is a proof that you do not even look at the articles in question and therefore perpetuate a falsity in your cookie-cutter summaries. You are not the first editor taking a stab at it. The only difference is that you do this with far less care and reflection than others. Our policy/guideline WP:NFCI for images specifically allows the book covers, to illustrate the article on the person (NFCI#1), when the cover art implicitly satisfies the "contextual significance" NFCC criterion (NFCC#8), in the article about the author per NFCC because the book itself is discussed within the article. For historical information, see RfC Jan 2011, RfC Sep 2012, and RfC Dec 2012. I will not be elaborating on this in here any further because your sweeping attack is already good enough for AN/I. Thank you, Poeticbent talk 07:27, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi there. I apologize if you've taken this the wrong way. However, NFCI#1 states: "NFCI#1 relates to the use of cover art within articles whose main subject is the work associated with the cover. Within such articles, the cover art implicitly satisfies the "contextual significance" NFCC criterion (NFCC#8) by virtue of the marketing, branding, and identification information that the cover conveys. The same rationale does not usually apply when the work is described in other articles, such as articles about the author or musician; in such articles, the NFCC criteria typically require that the cover art itself be significantly discussed within the article." I also did not tag about 25% to 50% of the images, due to the previously mentioned reasons. Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 07:30, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
Again, if you have any questions, please ask. I'd also like to note that I tagged them with {{Di-disputed fair use rationale}} to allow for a 7 day grace period, in case you wished to write significant commentary about them. Unfortunately, since you tagged all the book covers with a fair use tag for pictures of people, they were eligible for deletion immediately, without the grace period, under WP:F7. However, I did not feel that was the best option. Take care, Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 08:47, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
I'm looking now at your editing pattern to make sense of what you do Ramaksoud2000, because I find your nominations of my uploads to be completely unreasonable. The books illustrated hereafter are the sole reason why these academics do have Wikipedia biographies to begin with. I noticed, you're the kind of guy who likes WP:SHOUTING therefore I need to carefully consider the proper course of actions. A report to AN/I is absolutely necessary, but a discussion at Wikipedia:Non-free content would probably have to follow. I need to make sure not to trigger a knee-jerk reaction from you because you seem to be on a mission. I shall begin with removing the cookie-cutter {{di-disputed fair use rationale}} templates because they have been placed there in a semi-automated manner without reading the actual articles. I will also be placing comments on the file talk page. The template guidelines specifically allow for that. I'm planning of writing an AN/I report next, so please bear with me. Thanks, Poeticbent talk 16:07, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
As I said before, I have read the articles. Do you have a specific dispute? Also, getting upset doesn't help anybody. Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 18:11, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
I see that you are going through and removing the templates. That is fine, but you have not addressed the concerns. On the file talk page, you link to Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Meeting_the_contextual_significance_criterion, which requires one of two things. "where the item is itself the subject of sourced commentary in the article, or "where only by including such non-free content, can the reader identify an object, style, or behavior, that is a subject of discussion in the article." The books are neither the subject of soured commentary, nor the subject of discussion. Since you have not succesfully addressed this concern, as required to remove the template, I will discuss all the files at FFD. Take care, Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 18:20, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
@Ramaksoud2000: — I sort of knew this was coming because you don't sound like a reasonable guy to me. However, just because you disagree with me does not mean that I did not discuss the matter with you. Like I said, I do not expect to reach any form of consensus with you in this matter, for all the above reasons. Poeticbent talk 18:30, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
I have also replied at Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2016_December_29#File:Dam_im_imi.C4.99_na_wieki_-_Kop.C3.B3wka_.26_Rytel-Andrianik.jpg. Contrary to your allegation there, I did read each article, and the existence of that nomination shows that. Again, if you have a specific reason why any tagged file is incorrectly tagged, please let me know. Thanks, Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 18:31, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
@Ramaksoud2000: — Thank you for withdrawing your nomination. Perhaps I should explain what I do here in Wikipedia, which might not come through as obvious to you. I write bios of historians whose books (which I like to illustrate also), have been referenced in Wikipedia hundreds of times. I read, write, and edit articles about the history of World War II and the Holocaust. When I see a red link, with numerous citations throughout the project, I click on them and start articles in order to provide information for the benefit of our readers. I do not upload book covers indiscriminately. I choose them on their merits once I realize that they have already reached an iconic value, like with Christopher Browning for example. Thank you, Poeticbent talk 19:27, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
I certainly appreciate your many contributions to Wikipedia. I see that you have written numerous articles, and done great work here. I did not think that you uploaded the book covers without some thought to the non-free content policy. However, the policy/explanatory guideline do not allow book covers to be used in articles about their authors, even if they are iconic, without some sourced commentary on them. I would love to be proven wrong, but I don't think there is any other reading of the policy. Thanks, Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 19:36, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
The magic word is "sourced commentary" which you have already stated. In fact, the Wikipedia:Non-free content#cite note-2 confirms that also (quote): the NFCC criteria typically require that the cover art itself be significantly discussed within the article. For historical information, see RfC Jan 2011, RfC Sep 2012, and RfC Dec 2012. — So please follow the same rule in your own future nominations; because "significantly discussed" means different things in different articles depending on their size. Thanks in advance, Poeticbent talk 21:36, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Poeticbent!

Happy New Year!

Poeticbent,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 13:30, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, Poeticbent!

Happy New Year!

Poeticbent,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 13:30, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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Anne Frank link' unearthed at Sobibor camp [3] --Woogie10w (talk) 12:42, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

WW2 casualties

I have the original documents in my files to support the Polish WW2 casualties. What you see there is a brief summary of the original Polish sources. I can provide jpgs. Anyway in accounting we underline totals. It gives clarity to a financial statement. --Woogie10w (talk) 22:20, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

You did a great job with this article, Woogie10w. I'm impressed! But I would advise against underlining totals. Never saw this in any professional book of history. Poeticbent talk 22:24, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
@Woogie10w: In World War II casualties of Poland#Kazimierz Piesowicz about half of all numbers are enclosed in round brackets. I have no idea what it means. Poeticbent talk 22:36, 18 January 2017 (UTC) Round brackets indicate the numbers are subtracted, I crunched numbers for 35 years, thats the way management wanted to see things. --Woogie10w (talk) 22:54, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

I believe that I followed generally the accepted rules for formatting negative numbers. See When do you put parentheses ( ) around a number?[4] --Woogie10w (talk) 23:15, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

I am so glad to get your feedback re: Polish casualties. My goal has been to outline the details in Polish sources for casualties. Unfortunately most English language academic sources cite a single solitary figure of casualties without providing an explanation of the details or even its source. I can provide jpgs. of the sources in the article.--Woogie10w (talk) 23:25, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

@Woogie10w: Thanks for the link. Now I understand, what the round brackets mean. Please include in the legend an explanation, sort of like this: LEGEND: An amount in parentheses indicates a negative amount (a negative balance). Thanks in advance, Poeticbent talk 23:32, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
@Woogie10w: Speaking of English language academic sources, here's what I found. World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes] by Spencer C. Tucker (2016). Please take a look. Page 368 in Google Books. There are four numbers there given for Poland. Poeticbent talk 00:05, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
I need to review the Polish WW2 casualties to make sure that the links are fresh and copyedit to clean up any errors. --Woogie10w (talk) 10:47, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
Re the Soviet figures I tried to be brief and avoid posting my own analysis, just the data published from the Soviet 1946 report in the Polian book. However the Soviet archives have five sets of data summarizing the figures of the Extraordinary State Commission data that does not agree. Off Wiki my analysis concluded that the Moscow number crunchers in 1946 made up numbers in order to agree to a figure given to them for the beginning and ending population (1941/1945). The numbers are rough estimates more than likely based on ration card data.--Woogie10w (talk) 01:38, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Whoops! I acted a little brash when I made those edits it appears. My apologies. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I will avoid the same mistake in the future. DaltonCastle (talk) 19:21, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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DYK for Diocesan Museum in Pelplin

On 4 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Diocesan Museum in Pelplin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Gutenberg Bible held by the Diocesan Museum in Pelplin (pictured) survived World War II in Canada, kept in a vault at the Bank of Montreal until 1959? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Diocesan Museum in Pelplin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Diocesan Museum in Pelplin), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Precious five years!

Precious
Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:17, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

We miss you! I hope you are ok?

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:40, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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Since the talk of this image identifies an error I concur with (mislabeled 1981 event) I think we can lose this image. Better no image than a clearly incorrect one. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:43, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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Still waiting

For your return. We miss you! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:05, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Welcome back :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:46, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, Piotrus. Poeticbent talk 14:14, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Fire of Kraków

My newest article, to be DYKed in few somethings, is Kraków-related, so I thought you may enjoy checking it out. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:36, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Haven't forgotten...

Just busy dealing with a client who keeps deciding they need a few more photographs of jewelry...each time I think we're done, it's "I have a few more pieces..." and, hey, who can't use more money, right? Ealdgyth - Talk 22:00, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm not surprised one bit that your skills are in such high demand. Poeticbent talk 22:28, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Move review

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One more help

Can you please redirect Cambodian Vietnamese War to Cambodian–Vietnamese War ? Camb17 (talk) 04:14, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Talk time

Hi, Poeticbent. Any Talk page is appropriate to discuss things. Your page, my page, their page, Jimmmy Wales' page. Your statement that the article page is the correct page, is ... incorrect. LOL

Moving my comment to another page is not permitted per WP:TPG. At this point, I would like you to delete the comment on the article Talk page. It was you that stated that you did not know what I meant, so I came here, to explain it to you, and to work it out, with you. Nobody else. LOL. Ping me back. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:37, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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'''[[User:Poeticbent|<span style="color:darkblue;font-family:Papyrus;">Poeticbent</span>]]''' <font style="color:#FFFFFF;font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">[[User_talk:Poeticbent|talk]]</font> → Poeticbent talk

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'''[[User:Poeticbent|<span style="color:darkblue;font-family:Papyrus">Poeticbent</span>]]''' [[User_talk:Poeticbent|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk</span>]] → Poeticbent talk

(There is a limit of around 250 characters in the signature, and this signature is just below the limit. Ordinarily, the <span> markup prefers a space after colons and between separating semicolons, and a semicolon at the end, but these are not strictly required and if used would put your signature over the limit. The signature line

'''[[User:Poeticbent|<span style="color: darkblue; font-family: Papyrus;">Poeticbent</span>]]''' [[User_talk:Poeticbent|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk</span>]] → Poeticbent talk

would work, except that it is three characters too long.)

—Anomalocaris (talk) 07:10, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

  • Hi, Anomalocaris. As soon as I read you message I went to check out your talk page as well; and, I found it superbly entertaining, especially the long exchanges. I'm impressed. Speaking of which, personally, I prefer to use single spaces between sentences in the editing window. When there's a double space after a full stop, I suspect an invisible character there, and usually fix it without much deliberation. Thanks for the tip, all done. Poeticbent talk 11:27, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for your support for eliminating lint errors from Wikipedia! —Anomalocaris (talk) 18:12, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Vietnam

Hi, glad to see you are back. WW2 is not too bad when it comes to POV re. casualties. I remember the Vietnam days when the POV pushers were claiming US genocide, the disputes were real intense. The Canadians were involved too, 30,000 served with US in the NAM. I stay away from Vietnam on Wikipedia--Woogie10w (talk) 18:08, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello Poeticbent! I am not sure I quite understand your point of not including a hat on Sobibór extermination camp to Sobibor (film). My understanding is that if a reader is looking for information about the film and they search for "Sobibor", the proper title for the film, they will end up at the former article. To redirect them to the correct article, we use hatnotes. How else is a reader supposed to find the article, unless they understand the inner-machinations of Wikipedia naming policy. BOVINEBOY2008 13:06, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

  • I'm not against linking the film from within (whenever appropriate) but a death camp is a real, physical location ... and a place of unspeakable horrors, not a 'horror' film or any other film yet to be released (quote from WP:HATNOTE policy): The hatnote should not overload the user with extraneous information... Poeticbent talk 13:46, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Szczuczyn pogrom

I have written my comments, very controversial text.Xx236 (talk) 14:15, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

The page was originally published in Ukrainian Wikipedia, where everything is possible.Xx236 (talk) 07:03, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

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Of interest

See http://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikicytaty:Strony_do_usuni%C4%99cia#Pogrom_w_Szczuczynie --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:20, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

"List of Polish people" captions

Since the work done today (12-17-2017) on individuals' photographs and portraits, the captions in many sections are out of kilter.
Thanks.
Nihil novi (talk) 01:48, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
  • @Nihil novi: can you please elaborate on that? You must have noticed that the captions are properly i-linked to articles now, they did not work before. It would have been really hard not to notice that I did a great job there, but I need feedback of course in order to complete the assignment successfully. Poeticbent talk 06:04, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
Please see "List of Polish people"—"Prose literature". To the right of the photo of Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński you now have "Boy-". To the left of the photo of Edmund Chojecki you have the rest of Boy's name: "Żeleński". Chojecki's name appears over the photo of Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (whose name is now absent from the list of names). And so on.
I can't think of anything that could better confuse a reader.
I'm not sure what previous problem you were trying to solve.
Best,
Nihil novi (talk) 07:55, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
  • When you see something like this happening just add {{-}} between the file syntax and the name. The error is caused by a differing width of your monitor. I don't see this on my screen, but I fixed it for you. Images have their own columns different from the text with extra room on each side. The error can also be fixed by making the image column narrower. The main advantage of new formatting is twofold, the internal links finally work, and the corresponding size of font is most appropriate. Another problem solved was the messy image sizes. I repeat, the magic links work, and that is what they are meant to do. Thanks, Poeticbent talk 08:29, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays
Wishing you a happy holiday season! Times flies and 2018 is around the corner. Thank you for your contributions. ~ K.e.coffman (talk) 00:48, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

--Woogie10w (talk) 18:17, 21 December 2017 (UTC) --Woogie10w (talk) 18:19, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Your holiday greeting

Your holiday greeting, such as at the talk page of Staszek Lem, has an Missing end tag lint error of unclosed italics ('') that should be closed somewhere before the closing </div>. Happy holidays! —Anomalocaris (talk) 18:57, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Poeticbent!!

Hi Poeticbent, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia! ,
   –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 13:50, 23 December 2017 (UTC)


Best wishes

Very best wishes in the new year, as we continue spreading knowledge, which—if anything can—can improve prospects for the future!
Nihil novi (talk) 06:36, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

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Seasons' Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 16:30, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

      — Thank you, Bzuk. Seasons' Greetings from the West Coast ! Poeticbent talk 21:56, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Poeticbent!

Happy New Year!

Poeticbent,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Is "pączki" an English word?

Hi, thank you for your participation in the recent requested move discussion at Talk:Pączki. I've posted a follow-up question to better understand what the result of that discussion means not only for the article's title, but also for its content. I'd be very greatful, if you could reply at Talk:Pączki#Follow-up: is "pączki" an_English_word? — Kpalion(talk) 18:03, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

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