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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Marcelus. Thank you for your work on Sydir Tverdokhlib. User:SunDawn, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 13:40, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

FYI

[1] - GizzyCatBella🍁 18:46, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

@GizzyCatBella Thanks for informing me Marcelus (talk) 19:08, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Now blocked IP provided this source to back up their recent revert, do you mind checking it? - GizzyCatBella🍁 22:17, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

This source is qouted even in the article. Original text doesn't contradict the source. Also Turska is talking about Polish language, not about Polish cultural identity. Marcelus (talk) 23:31, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

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LT placenames now in modern PL and PL placenames in modern LT

Just so we're clear, I saw @GizzyCatBella's edits here [2], [3], etc., which are what prompted me to do the edits [4], [5]. My personal opinion is this:
For modern administrative units, I would generally only use the language(s) that are officially used. That said, I am somewhat amenable to GizzyCatBella's proposal of placing PL names in territories that were explicitly under rule of PL, i.e. Kingdom of Poland, Congress Poland or Second Polish Republic, provided that this is applied equally, so that LT names be placed in those lands that were part of LT in its various incarnations, e.g. Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the interwar Republic of Lithuania. Cukrakalnis (talk) 20:26, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

@Cukrakalnis Tbf for the modern administrative units I would use only officially used languages, so for example in Puńsk/Punskas. Sadly Lithuania limits minority rights, and Polish isn't recognised the same way Lithuanian in Poland is. If we would go with your approach. Then Polish names should be applied to all territories that were part of the states that used Polish as official language, so that includes also Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Of course town and villages are whole other story. Marcelus (talk) 20:56, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

So, it seems like we're on the same page regarding for the modern administrative units I would use only officially used languages. I will not address the rest of your message for the sake of brevity. If you wish, I could remove the lang-lt templates I added to the modern administrative units in Poland (where they are not officially used), while you could remove the lang-pl templates you added to the modern administrative units in Lithuania? Deal? Cukrakalnis (talk) 21:01, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

@Cukrakalnis, let's ask @GizzyCatBella for an opinion Marcelus (talk) 21:07, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I fine with it. (..so happy to see you two in agreement 👍👍👍 ❤️) - GizzyCatBella🍁 00:22, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

So, Marcelus? You remove the lang-pl templates from the modern adm. units in LT and then I, in return, remove the lang-lt from the modern adm. units in PL (well, the ones where it is not officially used)? Cukrakalnis (talk) 17:13, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

yes Marcelus (talk) 17:31, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

I've done my part here [6], [7], [8] and I'm waiting for you to do yours. Cukrakalnis (talk) 20:12, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Marcelus. Thank you for your work on History of Poles in Lithuania. User:SunDawn, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 16:03, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Ref error

Hello, I was looking at History of Poles in Lithuania; nice article. I saw the ref "Sanford 1999, p. 99" and noticed it doesn't have a corresponding biblio entry. I looked and wasn't able to easily find the source, so I figured I would post to you. Again nice article. Greetings from Los Angeles.  // Timothy :: talk  20:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi, thanks, the article isn't fully my authorship, I moved large part of Poles in Lithuania to separate article. As for the reference I removed it, it wasn't needed Marcelus (talk) 20:15, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Fulfilling your request

A while back, you asked me for a working link or copy of the Baltic independence and Russian empire by Walter Clemens, the link you posted doesn't work on 30 March 2022 on my talk page here. So, I inform you that I now have a working link for which you asked and it's here [9]. Cukrakalnis (talk) 14:54, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Cool, thanks Marcelus (talk) 15:02, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Cukrakalnis (talk) 20:57, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Your attitude is problematic

Your attitude to following Wikipedia rules is very problematic. Removing WP:SYNTH, making sure that articles follow WP:NPOV and other Wikipedia rules is no joke, but for you it obviously is, because your latest edit summary on the article Zigmas Zinkevičius is Please stop it, this is silly, in response to other users' concerns that what you are doing is clearly a breach of Wikipedia rules and policies. Cukrakalnis (talk) 23:46, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Are you really starting a fourth discussion on the same topic? Please stop, this is just silly Marcelus (talk) 23:55, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Your responses saying that addressing problematic behaviour on Wikipedia is just silly makes it undeniably clear that you don't have a serious approach to WP:Rules, which shows in your repeatedly WP:DISRUPTIVE editing. Cukrakalnis (talk) 12:51, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

@Cukrakalnis, or it shows that your attempts to erase information that are a subject of ongoing discussion(s) is just silly Marcelus (talk) 14:28, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Zygmunt Sierakowski

Hello, Marcelus,

It looks like you've been working on this article and I just tagged an empty category for deletion that went empty because you removed it from this article. But I'm not here about that category, I just wondered why this individual was in Ukrainian categories because he doesn't seem to be Ukrainian, it looks like he was Polish or Lithuanian. Can you check the categories on this article and make sure they are appropriate? Every category has to be verified through the content of the article so if his nationality or heritage isn't mentioned in the article, that related category should be removed. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:59, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

@Liz honestly I'm pretty tired of arguing about nationalities in categories, he was born in Volhynia, so it looks like someone thinks he should have Ukrainian categories, I'm indiffrerent honestely. Marcelus (talk) 22:03, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Michał Węsławski

Hello! Your submission of Michał Węsławski at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Flibirigit (talk) 02:32, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Coat of arms of Lithuania

Hi Marcelus. You've added the reference "Michaluk 2010" to Coat of arms of Lithuania, but no such work if defined in the Sources section. If you let me know the work I'll add the required cite. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 18:29, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Ways to improve Plater family

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Boleyn (talk) 16:46, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Dispute resolution

Hi, there is a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Coat of arms of Lithuania with which you are related due to participation in the RFC. Leave your statement in a dedicated section for you "Summary of dispute by Marcelus" and the procedure will move forward. -- Pofka (talk) 20:20, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Missing cite in Lithuanian nobility

The article cites "Kowalski 2013" but no such source is listed in the bibliography. Can you please add? Also, suggest installing a script to highlight such errors in the future. All you need to do is copy and paste importScript('User:Svick/HarvErrors.js'); // Backlink: [[User:Svick/HarvErrors.js]] to your common.js page. Thanks, Renata•3 04:47, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. I added Kowalski's book to the bibliography Marcelus (talk) 09:00, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Cukrakalnis (talk) 21:39, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Can you give a link to this discussion? (It would be nice to at least give a shot to our discussion on a ZZ talk page) Marcelus (talk) 21:47, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

February 2023

You have been blocked from editing from certain pages (Zigmas Zinkevičius) for a period of 1 month for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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DYK for Michał Węsławski

On 20 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michał Węsławski, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Michał Węsławski was first non-Russian mayor of Vilnius after the January Uprising? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michał Węsławski. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Michał Węsławski), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Valereee (talk) 00:02, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Please self-revert at Naliboki massacre

Hello Marcelus, I'm afraid this is not how it works [10]. Your bald edit [11] was reverted by me [12][13], which means that WP:BRD and WP:ONUS apply: you shouldn't revert my reverts and ask me to open a discussion on the talk page [14], but you should leave the contentious content out of the article and open a discussion on the talk page yourself to seek consensus. Note that when you reverted me today at "Anti-Jewish violence in Poland, 1944–1946" [15], I opened a discussion on the talk page. Please, self-revert. Best, Gitz (talk) (contribs) 21:33, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

@Gitz6666 In both cases you were removing sourced material. Marcelus (talk) 21:38, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

That is irrelevant. One can find a source for anything. Please, read WP:BRD and WP:ONUS - do they talk about "sourced material" as being somehow exempt? Gitz (talk) (contribs) 21:44, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I think we can start discussion keeping the content that I added, it's nothing controversial really. And BRD is not a valid excuse for reverting good-faith efforts to improve a page simply because you don't like the changes. Marcelus (talk) 21:54, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I have provided my reasons in the edit summary. You are welcome to disagree and seek a consensus on the article talk page. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 22:52, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

@Gitz6666 Not true. First of all, you didn't revert my edit, you just deleted the part of the content you disagreed with instead of starting a discussion on the talk page. The WP:BRD you cited, does not apply here, besides being just a proposal for finding consensus. It was your edit that started the cycle (Bold edit).

I am asking you at this point to restore the content I added and start a discussion on the talk page if indeed you want to remove it. If you don't do so soon, I will restore the content I added and consider you to have no objection to it. Marcelus (talk) 23:10, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

First of all, you didn't revert my edit, you just deleted the part of the content you disagreed with. This is exactly what a revert is. Please see WP:3RR:

The term "revert" is defined as any edit (or administrative action) that reverses or undoes the actions of other editors, in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material, and whether performed using undo, rollback, or done so completely manually.

...instead of starting a discussion on the talk page. I don't need to start a discussion on the talk page. As I told you, WP:BRD applies here.

If you don't do so soon, I will restore the content I added. Don't do this. If you are in doubt and don't trust me, seek advice from an admin of your choice.

If you start an edit war in this sensitive topic area after my warning, I will report you immediately to WP:3RRN. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 23:36, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Undoing your baseless revert is not edit warring (where do you see WP:UNDUE?). I find threatening me with a noticeboard report rather petty.Marcelus (talk) 00:00, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Rules

Seeing this, I remind you of the rules:

5. Do not communicate with the moderator on his user talk page. This is seen by other editors as trying to run around them. If you have a question for the moderator, ask it at DRN.

With the warmest greetings, Cukrakalnis (talk) 19:54, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I didn't know there is such a rule Marcelus (talk) 20:17, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Casting aspersion

I know that getting reverted is frustrating, but that doesn't justify being uncivil and WP:CASTING ASPERSIONS. I'm referring to your comments here and here. Behaviour should be discussed on the user talk page and in the appropriate fora for dispute resolution and arbitration enforcement, including WP:ANI and WP:AE. You should not take your complaints to the article talk pages. Therefore I'm replying to you here rather than on Talk:Naliboki_massacre.

My reply is simple: I gave you my reasons, and so far the other editors agree with me: Horse Eye's Back ("Your arguments are convincing"), Adoring nanny ("Like User:Gitz6666, I am uncomfortable with this much detail"), Piotrus ("we should avoid creating UNDUE impression that Jewish participation in Naliboki is a major issue"). No one agrees with you (perhaps GizzyCatBella does, but it is not clear because she has not yet expressed her views). So you should't mention WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT - actually it's you who doesn't "get the point". You shouldn't mention the discussion on another talk page to suggest that I have petty intentions towards you and your "improvements". I simply don't think they are improvements, and I have given you my reasons abundantly. Please refrain from accusing me of disruptive editing, as you just did, and from reverting when you are reverted (as you did at 19:53, 28 February 2023, 10:27, 1 March 2023 and 20:11, 1 March 2023). Just wait and see if other editors join your side of the argument. Or take your complaints to the appropriate fora, as I can't and won't reply to you on the article talk page. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 23:16, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Spare me the paternalistic tone. @Adoring nanny and @Piotrus were talking about my previous change, the whereabouts of Bielski and Zorian partisans. Don't conflact these two changes, I intentionally put them in separate sections of the talk page. @Horse Eye's Back commented on the quality of your argument really, nothing more.

It doesn't matter much, because it's not a vote. You need to give a convincing argument why the changes I have advocated are unacceptable. "I simply don't think they are improvements" is not a sufficient reason. You may think so, you have the right to do so, but the article is not your property. Marcelus (talk) 23:39, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Since I was pinged, I'd encourage both of you to take a WP:CUPOFTEA and leave this article alone for few days. See what others say. Maybe start an RfC. Don't revert anyone. We all want to improve the content, make it more comprehensive and neutral. Sometimes it takes time. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:54, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

3RR

You are aware, right? It won't be nice to receive a second P-block, I presume. TrangaBellam (talk) 13:51, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

I mind you of: WP:BRD; you are also ignoring @Gitz6666 changes, he must be inactive at the moment since he did not revert you. But he keeps a very close eye on such matters. Avoid edit warring and seek a consensus on the article talk page. Marcelus (talk) 13:57, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

TrangaBellam is right, Marcelus: you have violated the WP:3RR and should self-revert. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 14:00, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Ok, can you elaborate? I'm confused honestly. He ignored your revert of my changes? Or am I missing something? Marcelus (talk) 14:02, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Its' not rocket science, you just have to read WP:3RR carefully and self-revert. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 14:17, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Ok, sorry about that. But as I understand it you will revert @TrangaBellam changes, just as you reverted mine? Marcelus (talk) 14:22, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Marcelus. Thank you for your work on Antoni Burzyński. User:Ppt91, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thank you for creating this page on a notable Polish WWII officer. I think it'd benefit from subsections to help the reader unfamiliar with the content better navigate the page. A slightly longer lead would also be helpful, especially given the level of detail in the body. Also, I have two suggestions in terms of sources: https://www.polskieradio.pl/39/156/Artykul/1210996,Lesny-oddzial-Antoniego-Burzynskiego. to support notability with another reliable sources and this article from the Polish Review that talks about Ponomarenko's role in killing members of the Kmicic unit that seems like an interesting and important addition given he would later become a Soviet ambassador to Poland (unless I missed it in the article?). I hope this helps and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

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Ppt91^talk 19:46, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@Ppt91: thank you, I will definitely use the jstor link. I will add some info later with a proper lead, so far it's in 80% translation of the pl.wiki article. Marcelus (talk) 21:13, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@Marcelus Got it. I've found that a good bit pl-wiki articles on Polish biographies are light on reliable sources, which is odd and I guess a reason as to why I always search for more to ensure notability is not questioned for en-wiki. On that note, and to add to my original selection, I thought a piece from Kurier Wilenski was a possible candidate to either replace the Polskie Radio article I sent earlier or to add to it https://kurierwilenski.lt/2021/08/26/30-lat-temu-polska-uznala-niepodleglosc-litwy/ Again, just a suggestion. I've also added a short edit about the Kmicic unit standard being given to Muzeum Wojska Polskiego in 2018. And thanks for all your work on Polish history pages! Ppt91^talk 22:03, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, nice to hear some appreciation for a change :) Marcelus (talk) 22:08, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

You ok with drafting something?

Just checking. I have not looked at your sources yet. Don't let Gitz get to you. This is an opportunity for all three of us to show we can focus on comment.Elinruby (talk)

@Elinruby I can try drafting something on my sandbox, although it can take me couple days.Marcelus (talk) 09:37, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Er, focus on content. Elinruby (talk) 10:20, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Estonia at #Collaboration with the Axis powers

I appreciate your filling out some valuable details at Collaboration with the Axis powers#Estonia . But there seems to be some duplication in the last two paragraphs (about the Estonian Police and SD). Would you mind editing those paragraphs to reduce repetition? Since I'm no expert and you apparently are, I'd prefer that you clarify the phrasing than for me to attempt some ignorant general editing.

[As someone who's been working on the whole article for a couple of months, I should let you know that I and the other editors have long been seeking to limit the article's ever-growing length within reasonable limits — see Talk:Collaboration with the Axis powers — while keeping valuable, coherent and well-documented material.]

Sincerely —— Shakescene (talk) 06:03, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

I'm still working on it, I was planning to write more yesterday, but get tired pretty quickly :) I'll do more in a next couple of days. Marcelus (talk) 09:38, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Nod, he's just providing the format discipline. He does that. Elinruby (talk) 10:18, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

AE result

This is to inform you that I've closed the AE request you opened about TrangaBellam. TrangaBellam and GizzyCatBella will both shortly receive formal warnings, but your own conduct was also examined. As an uninvolved administrator, I am imposing the following restriction on you:

You are subject to a WP:0RR restriction. To clarify, this means prohibited from undoing any edits, or from making edits which are functionally the same (for example, removing text that was just added by another editor or reverting by editing an old version of a page). This applies in the mainspace and relates to all articles related to Eastern Europe.

To avoid possible issues, I will allow you to add text that has not been recently removed or remove text that was not recently added, but you cannot reinstate your edits if they are reverted. Since ArbCom don't seem to have defined Eastern Europe anywhere, I will give you a broad definition to avoid any possible disputes about scope: anything westeast of the Adriatic, south of the Arctic Ocean, north of the Mediterranean or Black Sea, and west of Moscow. This restriction is indefinite, but I will be willing to reconsider after three months with no violations and no edit warring in other topic areas. You can claim an exemption to revert obvious copyright violations, BLP violations, and vandalism. You can appeal by following the appeals and amendments procedure. If you have any question about this restriction, I will do my best to clarify. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:41, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

@HJ Mitchell Thanks for the information, harsh but fair. I'm happy that I can continue to edit Wikipedia. If possible I would like it to be noted that this restriction is because of editwarring, not because my edits were incorrect, intentionally misleading, etc. (I was accused of promoting fringe theories during the AE discussion). Marcelus (talk) 22:08, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

That's a fair request. I've amended the log to that effect. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:13, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Marcelus (talk) 22:14, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Just correcting a typo. Apologies for the extra notification and thanks to Elinruby for pointing it out. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:26, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Some slightly more thoughtful feedback

I am still inclined to think that if this was a thing -- and you seem to be persuading me that it was -- that it merits a standalone article and a summary, not just a section. Maybe I was questioning this because although France did have roundups it never did have officially-defined ghettos and thus no Judenrät (or whatever the plural is of that word). When the roundups started, people were sent to Drancy. As far as I know at least. I like what you have so far. I made a couple of edits for a typo and punctuation respectively. Some of the other sentences I sort of want to rework but that can wait until it's in a slightly more final form, since I want to avoid any appearance that we are arguing. One general comment: it wasn't always clear when I read through whether given statements applied to all of Europe. This might have been utterly clear to somebody with a profound grasp of the historiography but that is not me, particularly with respect to eastern Europe. Oh and one other thing, speaking of historiography: all these authors are well-cited and will be acceptable to everyone, yes? It also occurs to me that the following statement could well be challenged, and in general "only", "all" and "none" are dangerous. Just saying.

the only Jewish collaborationist group in occupied Europe was the "Group 13" that existed in the Warsaw Ghetto

23:30, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

The "inevitability of German victory" was a rationale common to other collaborators btw, not necessarily Jewish. Another that might apply is the belief that nothing could be worse than their current circumstances, and therefore nationalists often saw the Nazis as liberators and the Germans let them believe it. See Burma, Lebanon, Brittany and various elements in the Balkans and Ukraine. Also Belgium and Denmark where like the Judenrät, the collaborating government was criticized for making the Holocaust easier. It is however conceivable that in Denmark the relationship between the Jewish, Danish and German authorities saved lives. I mention these points not to say that *you* shouldn't, but in hope that the commonalities provide some insight. I am still working on trying to work on which volunteer units were actually volunteers btw Elinruby (talk) 23:30, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

We might have a meeting of the minds on the archive format question. Feel to weigh in that thread btw, and I think it should be fine to start a new thread to discuss your rewrite at this point. Elinruby (talk) 07:25, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

World War II and the history of Jews in Poland: Arbitration case opened

Hello Marcelus,

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 04, 2023, which is when the first evidence phase closes. Submitted evidence will be summarized by Arbitrators and Clerks at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence/Summary. Owing to the summary style, editors are encouraged to submit evidence in small chunks sooner rather than more complete evidence later.

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~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:14, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Filip (film)

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Appears to fail WP:NFILM. No reviews found in a BEFORE. Minor awards. Tagged for notability

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@Donaldd23 Hi, I made some changes, added one review, and more about awards. I hope that's enough to keep the article, I plan to expand it in the near future Marcelus (talk) 14:41, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

World War II and the history of Jews in Poland: Possible addition as a party

Hello Marcelus,

This is a slightly belated notification about something you may already be aware about.

At Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence/Summary § Summary of evidence involving Marcelus, evidence mentioning your edits has been summarized. You may later be added as a party to the case; no decision has been made about this yet. Of course, you will be notified if this happens.

Details about the case and its procedures can be found in the "Arbitration case opened" notification above.

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~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:39, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

@ToBeFree What "party" means in this context? Marcelus (talk) 20:43, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Parties of Arbitration Committee cases are those whose behavior is primarily evaluated. As a result of a case, parties may be warned or sanctioned (topic-banned, for example). Non-parties are never sanctioned as a principle. That's the main difference.

Parties can use more words on the Evidence page (1000 words and 100 diffs instead of 500 words and 50 diffs). ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:49, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

I don't really understand that, but accept it as something I don't really have control over. I wasn't really involved in the topic before the G&K article (maybe I edited something in the past, but nothing major), which alarmed me that this topic needs to be examined. And well the first experience wasn't pleasant, it definitely is a tense place. But my behavior was recently examined during AE that I started, so it feels like I'm being examined a second time for not more than a couple of weeks of engagement in this topic area.

But as I said ok; I don't really have anything to be ashamed of beside using "undo" button too much :) Marcelus (talk) 20:58, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

I certainly didn't mean to scare you. The notification is meant to prevent a surprise in case you are actually added as a party. This might not actually happen in the end.

Ah well, all these conduct evaluations can be pretty stressful. The topic area can be pretty stressful as well. I'm happy to see that you're fine, but if you ever get stressed out by this, it can help to keep in mind that you are a volunteer.

All the best! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:06, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

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Your evidence

I quickly looked through your Evidence section, and have a few comments.

1. You seem to bring evidence against someone who is not a party. Do you suggest to include that participant as a party? If so, this should be clearly stated and explained why.
2. Someone simply removing large portions of text could be just fine (this is not a proof of misbehavior by anyone). Was this contributor engaged in an edit war? If so, then you should say just that, i.e. he edit war [diff],[diff]... I am not saying he was engaged in edit war; I have no idea after just quickly looking at your evidence. But even if this user was engaged in edit war, then was not you too? Did not you see the result of your AE request?
3. Or maybe he acted against WP:Consensus? That could be a problem, but can you claim there was a certain consensus on such page? This is close to impossible to say unless there was an RfC on the subject, and it was not. Or maybe he violated WP:BRD? I did not see it, although I did not really check.
4. Speaking on the "Battleground attitude", this is very problematic because it was you who brought that previous request to AE. Hence, someone (not me) might reasonably argue that it was you who is engaged in such behavior.

Saying that, your submission is entirely up to you. But remember that you will not be able to change anything as soon as your evidence will be summarized. This is a kind of trap. My very best wishes (talk) 21:19, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your notes. Ad 1, I wasn't aware of that. Ad 2, WP:TNT entire sourced section, without any reason, most of it in my case is revert baiting (I'm on 0RR), especially in case of Józef Mackiewicz. There are things that are impossible to desribe with diffs. That's the problem with the whole thing. Ad. 3, if we consider a stable, well-sourced version consensus, than she is actively acting against it. Ad. 4, Hence, someone (not me) might reasonably argue that it was you who is engaged in such behavior in what way? Can you elaborate so I'll have a grasp of what you mean. Marcelus (talk) 21:40, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Based on other comments on your talk page above, you may be included as a party to this case. If that happens, you may be sanctioned by Arbcom. Your submission to Arbcom (as is) may be used as an evidence of your battleground behavior. The story at AE would replay. I would recommend you to remove your evidence ASAP given that it is of poor quality and you are not yet a party. But this is up to you of course. My very best wishes (talk) 22:34, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, you are probably right. It's just every interaction with TB triggers me; but I don't really need it. Thanks for the advice Marcelus (talk) 22:40, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

You had content disputes with X. You submit a complaint about X. If your complaint is without merit, this can be interpreted as you trying get an upper hand in a content dispute by complaining about X (this is a textbook example of battleground behavior). Fortunately for me, I was not really involved in main space editing in this subject area. Still, I am extra careful with submitting any kind of evidence; it well could be that I will not submit any. My very best wishes (talk) 23:02, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

It isn't really about content dispute, but I can see how it can be interpreted as such; but thank you I let myself to be baited once, won't go there again Marcelus (talk) 23:05, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Speaking on the improvement of pages, this is not a lost cause. Take a step back, check sources, suggest specific changes on article talk page, discuss, and if no consensus found, start an RfC. My very best wishes (talk) 23:38, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

• It's just every interaction with TB triggers me I am sorry to hear of that. I will try to come across as less terse in our interactions. Regards, TrangaBellam (talk) 12:58, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

  Thank you, I appreciate it Marcelus (talk) 13:00, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

  As to 0RR, I was not baiting you. I am frankly willing to waive off abiding by such restrictions (to the usual 3rr limit) while reverting me. I personally find 0RR unmanageable in that it creates more drama than it solves and probably, had argued at the AE against such sanctions. TrangaBellam (talk) 13:02, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

  Thanks, but for the time being 0RR is a refreshing experience for me, it forces me to look for alternative ways to propagate my changes and I think in the long run it will change my editing practice for good; and sometimes just prompts me to just avoid certain discussions which is equally good Marcelus (talk) 13:07, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

• On an aside, while I might not agree with Mvbw about the content of articles and/or G&K paper, I agree with his thoughtstream. Like them, I do not plan to submit any evidence either. To take a representative example, Piotrus sought to include all reviews from all sorts of journal in an article on a controversial book can be a legitimate reason for editors (say, me) to feel agitated about but it is a reasonable interpretation of policy and non-requiring of any sanctions much less by ArbCom. TrangaBellam (talk) 13:12, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

  I feel the same Marcelus (talk) 15:31, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Notice of Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a report involving you at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement regarding a possible violation of an Arbitration Committee decision. The thread is Marcelus. Thank you. -- Pofka (talk) 00:52, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

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TWL

No, 0RR is not enforced at software-level. Did you try logging out of TWL and logging in again? Are you shown any error message? TrangaBellam (talk) 18:58, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Ok, it worked, thanks Marcelus (talk) 19:03, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Great to know. TrangaBellam (talk) 19:32, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

A bit of thread-hijacking but I have a question for you so as to orient my future plans. Thanks, TrangaBellam (talk) 09:28, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

I don't plan to do that Marcelus (talk) 09:34, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland: You have been added as a party

You have been added as a party to the Arbitration case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland.

Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 04, 2023, which is when the first evidence phase closes. Submitted evidence will be summarized by Arbitrators and Clerks at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence/Summary, and can be analyzed at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Analysis.

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For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 03:17, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Can you explain to me why I was added as a party? AFAIK there was no evidence against me submitted so far Marcelus (talk) 06:15, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

@Barkeep49 pinging you in case you didn't get notfication about my question Marcelus (talk) 19:19, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. I indeed did not see your previous notice. You can see the Evidence which has involved you here. This question from the FAQ may also be helpful. Barkeep49 (talk) 19:22, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

@Barkeep49 sorry, but I still don't get how all of this works; where are the evidences against me? All I can see is that I took part in two discussions that's all; the summary of evidences is basically a summary of the discussion without any actual allegations against me, I don't even know how to respond to that Marcelus (talk) 19:45, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

That is the evidence at the moment. As you can see there are some parties who have no evidence at the moment listed for them. Barkeep49 (talk) 23:11, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. The whole procedure is a bit confusing Marcelus (talk) 07:02, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

You probably saw

User:Piotrus/Response. But just in case you haven't looked at it recently, I've updated it with some nice formatting and such over the last week+ or so. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:15, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Yeah I noticed it some time ago, I will check it out Marcelus (talk) 07:01, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Glinciszki massacre

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Your GA nomination of Glinciszki massacre

The article Glinciszki massacre you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Glinciszki massacre for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 18:00, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

I saw your note on the GAN page, and wanted to add that if you feel the fail was inappropriate, you may want to post a note at WT:GAN saying so. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:15, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll maybe do that Marcelus (talk) 19:37, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

CFD Process Issue

Hello, thank you for nominating categories in WP:CFD to help improve the encyclopedia. For this recent nomination you need to add a notice to all of the categories you nominated, otherwise it will be procedurally closed even if other editors agreed with you. (If you need help with how to do that, just tag me and I'm happy to assist!) - RevelationDirect (talk) 01:12, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, can you check if I did that properly? Marcelus (talk) 07:29, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

I just updated the links so they go right to the specific nomination. (They default to the CFD section being named after the nominated category but, with group nominations, you need to specify the section name.) Thanks! - RevelationDirect (talk) 10:27, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Re

My apology, I forgot about your editing restriction. But whatever. There are many other contributors around. Honestly, I do not understand why this needs to be included to the page. Yes, maybe I am overdoing this, but given the accusations by G&K, I think it is better be safe than sorry. This is one of only two cases where I would agree with arguments by G&K (another was Naliboku massacre). Yes, I maybe wrong even about these two pages. My very best wishes (talk) 20:46, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

After all, this whole section was completely rebuilt after the G&K article and has nothing to do with what it was actually. Marcelus (talk) 22:24, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

When I look at the page, what can I immediately see, just by looking at the titles of subsections? Who were all these Nazi collaborators? Countries A, B, C, D (each typically with multi-ethnic population) and ... Jews! Is not that a little problematic? My very best wishes (talk) 23:08, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

I honestly don't think it is, or even if it is, it's only at first glance, and first glance is not something we should be overly concerned about. Whether you want to or not the problem of Jewish collaboration is an important issue addressed by many researchers. It is strange if it would not be mentioned at all in such an article. Marcelus (talk) 18:39, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

I think your arguments are not unreasonable. For example, one could argue that the section about Jews should be included because they did not have their own state at the time of the events. But I still feel this is undue on such very large page because they were not so important as Nazi collaborators. This page needs to focus on those who provided a significant economic and military support to Nazi. Local ghetto administrations and a few informants are much less significant. My very best wishes (talk) 16:45, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

I am glad to see you two are talking about this. I think that Marcelus did a fine bit of writing and that that section should become a spinoff article. I think the problem might be that it is a little too short for an article and a little too long for a section of the Collaboration. So one idea would be to make one expanded version of the writing and one hyper-condensed version for the summary sections. Because I do agree with MVBW that there is an apparent category mismatch. I thought you did a good job of explaining why there should be an entry, though, Marcelus. If it helps at all there is a case to be made imho -- (Peacemaker67 might have an opinion about this -- for grouping Serb massacres into their own section.

As for the relative weight, whatever you think? Elinruby (talk) 06:40, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

maybe just a couple of other sections of trans-national groups like ethnic Germans and Turkic people? Elinruby (talk) 06:43, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic [16]. Thank you.-- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 03:26, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Pofka

For your information, I have closed the AE request Pofka filed against you with no action against you. Pofka is now banned from interacting with you. This restriction does not apply to you but I would ask that you have the courtesy to work as though it did. If Pofka does not abide by the restriction, you can report any violations to AE. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:14, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the information, I will also try to limit my interactions with him. By the way, could you take a look at this RfC; Talk:Coat_of_arms_of_Lithuania#RFC_on_Belarus_Section_of_Coat_of_Arms_of_Lithuania; it has been open for a very long time and it would be worth it if someone uninvolved closed it. Marcelus (talk) 08:56, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Marcelus: Hmm.... maybe you can take it to WP:RFCL if you want to. Or I can close it as an uninvolved editor. Either way would be fine with me. -- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 02:57, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for proposition, but it won't be needed Marcelus (talk) 08:33, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Ok, understood. But I ended up reading the RfC anyway and it seemed like there was a consensus for C. I noticed that Piotrus said the same thing as me in the RfC discussion page as well. -- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 13:53, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Category:Kings of Poland

Missing in Polish too? pl:Kategoria:Władcy Polski. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:30, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Yeah seems like it; i'll maybe try do something with it in a future Marcelus (talk) 18:10, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Subject matter reality check

Casimir IV Jagiellon was both Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland until his death? I came in here to run that by you. LMK when you get a chance. Elinruby (talk) 06:46, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes, he was both those things Marcelus (talk) 07:15, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

ok thanks; I restructured a sentence in his article a bit and it wasn't quite clear in the original if he held both titles after he became king. Just trying to make sure I don't introduce errors. Thanks for your time. Elinruby (talk) 19:01, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Your post at the Allies talk page.

You claim that I am propagating a false version of history, and you warned me that I will be reported. I checked your talk page, and I see that you yourself have been sanctioned recently per EE. That means, if I report you, possible sanctions may be severe.

I still believe you just misunderstand the point I am trying to make, and you misunderstand what I am saying during that discussion. Please, re-read my posts and try to summarize my position, and try to understand what is my words is supported by RS and what is not. After that, I'll check your summary, and if it is correct, then it may become a starting point for development of consensus. If I'll see that you understand me incorrectly, I'll fix your mistake. Finally, we will come to consensus.

Another option is to report you immediately at AE. In contrast to me, your behaviour is exactly what AE is intended for. However, I would prefer to avoid this scenario, and I propose you to try to come to consensus first. Paul Siebert (talk) 16:51, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

@Paul Siebert. First of all, you are promoting a false version of history by proposing a text: "Soviet Union: at war from Jun 1941". This version unequivocally claims that the Soviet Union did not attack Poland, Finland, did not carry out aggression against the Baltic States, Romania etc. There will be no consent to pretend that the Soviet Union in the first years of World War 2 did nothing. This is a historical distortion.

I don't see the point of further discussion with you if you don't cross out this proposal and openly withdraw from it.

I checked your talk page, and I see that you yourself have been sanctioned recently per EE. That means, if I report you, possible sanctions may be severe; do not threat me. Marcelus (talk) 17:12, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I respect both of you. Can I be of any help as a mediator? How about rewording "Soviet Union: at war from Jun 1941" to "Soviet Union: at war with Nazi Germany from Jun 1941"? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:30, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

This version was proposed by @Aemilius Adolphin ("at war with Germany from Jun 1941"), seems that most people are in favor of it. Marcelus (talk) 08:47, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

But of course every kind of mediation is good to deescalate editing conflict. So of course if you are willing to invest your own time I gladly accept it. Marcelus (talk) 18:31, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

On my talk page, Paul said he will disengage with this conversation with you. In either case, in the future, if any of you has trouble interacting with the other one, feel free to ping me and I'll try to mediate. Everyone should remember about WP:AGF and WP:NPA, and that arriving at consensus can take some time. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:18, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Ok, thanks Marcelus (talk) 07:13, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Allies of World War II

Hi Marcelus. You've added references for "Zuziak 2003" to Allies of World War II, but no such work is defined in the article. Could you add the required cite to the Bibliography section, or let me know what work this refers to? -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 15:32, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Sorry about that, already fixed Marcelus (talk) 17:42, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

No problems, thanks for fixing. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 17:49, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you, @Piotrus! Marcelus (talk) 14:23, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

		The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class
		For your ongoing efforts to improve Polish-related topics, I award you The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:36, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
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[17]. Do you forget that you are under zero RR? Please self-revert ASAP. My very best wishes (talk) 15:13, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

I didn't revert any of your changes, I was just editing at the same time as you. Marcelus (talk) 16:21, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Some of your previous edits on same page were also reverts (e.g. [18]). I do not really care, but you should. My very best wishes (talk) 17:08, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

It's not revert, it's editing the article. I didn't remove anything really. Marcelus (talk) 17:19, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

A partial or complete revert should not be a removal of anything. You repeatedly restore para starting from "The exact moment when the greeting was created is controversial.". But whatever. This is just to let you know. My very best wishes (talk) 17:40, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Well I was acting in a good faith, but I'm restoring it to the version before my latest edit. Marcelus (talk) 17:50, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

You continue doing the same, but whatever. I probably should not edit these subjects myself. My very best wishes (talk) 16:53, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

@My very best wishes, what exactly? Marcelus (talk) 18:45, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

If you are refering to this; the source is using the name "fascist salute", not "roman salute", so I restored the text that was closer to the source, as I explained in my edit description. Marcelus (talk) 18:52, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

It does not matter what was your justification for edit. It only matters that it was a partial revert - for the purpose of 0RR, 3RR and such. I would advise you to self-revert and do this. My very best wishes (talk) 20:53, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

I don't see a reason for that, it wasn't edit warring just clarification what the text is actually saying. I'm tired of this constant revert baiting I face. Marcelus (talk) 21:05, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

That's the problem. You refuse to follow your editing restriction. Yes, a single revert (as you did) is not an edit warring, but it was a violation of your editing restriction (0RR). But OK, I explained everything, no more comments about it from me on your talk page. My very best wishes (talk) 21:20, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

As you wish, I don't see it being problematic in any way. I feel like out of two of us I was the more constructive one: actually working on the article, explaining my edits, fidning new sources, trying to make something that is valuable. You in turn were just reverting all my edits without giving any reason and stonewalling discussions. Marcelus (talk) 21:26, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

I 100% agree with you that you worked more on this subject, that you know it better, and that you are probably a better contributor than me. I commented above only about 0RR. But your point is taken. Let's do this. I will stop editing this page and commenting for a while, and we will see what happens. My very best wishes (talk) 22:15, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

[19] - I already responded. Besides, you are steering this discussion too close to the area covered by my topic ban, hence I would rather stop my participation in this particular discussion. Good luck with including this content about Ukrainian fascists. My very best wishes (talk) 01:06, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Collaboration with the Axis powers

We've been discussing a spinoff of your excellent work in the Baltics. Maybe, and this just occurred to me, we could title it simply collaboration rather than Collaboration with the Axis powers, and also discuss collaboration with the Soviets. This is just a thought, and not mandatory. The main thing that has held us up is whether it should be one article on the Baltics as a whole, or individual articles on each country. But I think we may be ready to proceed, so could you let me know? I also left some thoughts on the talk page of the Jewish collaboration. Tl;DR if it keeps that title it should be expanded. However, I also pointed out the similarity to Vichy and the Belgian and Dutch governments, which may be of interest. 09:48, 4 June 2023 (UTC) Elinruby (talk) 09:48, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

@Elinruby, thank you for your kind words. I think that we should not describe all three Baltic States together because there were significant differences between them. I also think that we should not combine collaboration with the Soviets with collaboration with the Nazis. Moreover, I think that in general the article should be limited to collaboration with Nazi Germany only. Marcelus (talk) 11:53, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

We already spun off collaboration with Japan. The problem with limiting it to Germany is the ethno-nationalist groups in the Balkans that seem to have collaborated with both the Italians and the German in order to get weapons, but that's another problem.

I think you are saying that in the Baltic we should not cover collaboration with the Soviets? If so: somebody asked whether we should address collaboration with the Soviets also, but I dont think they have a strong opinion on the matter and bottom line I personally just want the article(s) to be accurate, myself. Vollaboration with the Soviets might be interesting but would need to be written by someone who isn't me, is all I know.

A lot of people still seem to be afraid to touch the article, so my hands are kind of full and I definitely have many other more urgent fish to fry. Since there are a couple of other spinoffs happening, one at a time is definitely good though. Which one do you want to start with? And will you do it yourself or do you want me to do it? LMK.

Better yet, post at the talk page, but I don't anticipate any problems with the move as this has been discussed several times here and there. I made the Business collaboration section a draft and left the section intact. In that particular case I thought the text was rather list-like, though. if you do the spin-off, do it as you think best, but leave a summary in the main collaboration article, right? Elinruby (talk) 12:47, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

I think that collaboration with Soviets should be described, maybe even deserves its own article, but shouldn't be described in the artcile about collaboration with Nazis. The problem with limiting it to Germany is the ethno-nationalist groups in the Balkans that seem to have collaborated with both the Italians and the German in order to get weapons, I don't think that's a problem really, it can be described here; I'm not advocating removing any mention of collboration with other Axis powers, it's just shouldn't be a focus. It's possible to creater article Collaboration with Fascist Italy etc.

I'm very much willing to help with the article, but not right now, because I'm focused on other topics, in particular UPA massacres of Poles, because I want to improve the article significantly before the 80th anniversary. Marcelus (talk) 13:01, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

I'm doing my best to untangle Yugoslavia but that and Italy are two areas where nobody is stepping up but me, so I will I guess continue to stumble around there until someone else turns up who can do it better.

I see your point about the anniversary and agree that especially given recent publicity that those articles should be improved as much as possible before their inevitable spike in readership.

I may stop by and swipe some sources or even text, since I just removed the entire Ukraine section of the Collaboration article because it was entire devoted to those massacres yet all of the sources were self-published. Ok, all but one, plus a Library of Congress 404 page. Anyway. At the very simplified level of the survey article all I need is some sources, but I've just noticed that Holocaust in Poland uses some of the same sources. Pretty sure I can resolve at least the Collaboration section without help but I may have questions. Meanwhile I will tell the editor who is chafing about length/depth disparities that there is a plan and suggest he focus on France for a while, which has similar problems. I think we should focus more on expanding spinoffs than trimming existing sections, except maybe France, which duplicates a lot of Vichy France...etc etc

TL;DR ok Elinruby (talk) 12:46, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

@Elinruby I think I can try to help with Ukrainian collaboration, but hard to determine when. Marcelus (talk) 18:44, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Nod, understood. Elinruby (talk) 18:46, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Separate Baltic collab page spun off

Dear @Marcelus:

Without deleting a single word from the Baltic section of Collab with Nazi Germany & Fascist Italy — and not knowing of the above June 2023 discussion — I have just spun off an exact duplicate copy of that section as Wartime collaboration in the Baltic states.

Knowing how much time, effort, research and writing you did, at the request of @Elinruby: and myself, on previously rather-incomplete Baltic sections, I certainly didn't want to throw any of it away.

I had a twofold purpose, apart from preserving your work:

• To allow the trimming of the long Baltic subsection of the parent article, so that it is more proportionate to other geographical subsections of the article, and doesn't slow readers down or dissuade them from continuing down the page. I was thinking (considering the relative lengths of other country sections) of 2-3 long paragraphs or 4-6 short paragraphs for each of the three countries. ¶ Since you did all that research and know the subject far better than Elinruby, myself, or most other regular editors of this article, you (if you had the time and patience) would obviously (and justly) be the first person to ask for any such abridgement.
• To allow discussion of collaboration with the U.S.S.R., which seems to me to have a close, dialectical relationship with collaboration with the Germans. A Soviet collaborator would be a traitor to a pro-German collaborator, and vict-versa. It probably also makes the subject more comprehensible to those unfamiliar with the sequence of successive Soviet and Nazi occupations. That's why I chose to use the general term Wartime collaboration in the Baltic states (when & where; rather than with whom).

Thanks and best wishes —— Shakescene (talk) 03:31, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

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Holocaust in Poland

Other people are working on the problem, mostly at The Holocaust. I suggest you let that one play out a bit. Not that I am the boss of you or anything, but it would be a bad time for you to get into a squabble with a designated "good editor". I'm already in it because of the Collaboration article, which this wholesale rewrite of history does affect.Elinruby (talk) 21:11, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Ok...I see you have made a little headway. Good then. Be careful. Elinruby (talk) 00:51, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

The Holocaust in Poland

Hi, in this edit, you introduced a number of undefined sfn references - Snyder 2010, Hilberg 2003, Kliymuk 2018. They are useless as references as nobody can look them up. If you could fix them then that would be great. DuncanHill (talk) 20:25, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Ok, give me a couple minutes and I will fix it! Marcelus (talk) 20:29, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 21:10, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

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@BlueMoonset @Piotrus, thanks I will probably do that Marcelus (talk) 07:03, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

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Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on Talk:Sergei Bortkiewicz. Remember that although @Mzajac sees things differently from you, he is ultimately trying to make Wikipedia a better place. I'm concerned that your accusations of bad faith in the following comments were disruptive, distracting from the collaborative process of establishing consensus.

"Did you not study these links at all before inserting them? Are you able to point out that any of these sources say what you claim? Or are you simply providing as many sources as possible just to force acceptance of your version hoping that no one will verify their content?"

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I already explained there why I stopped assuming good faith on his part. I also recommend you to set up account, because it's hard to follow your edits and comments. Marcelus (talk) 05:48, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Please either take it to the administrators or abandon these claims of bad faith. There are proper channels for reporting misconduct, and WP:THREATEN is not one of them. Also, please see WP:GOODSOCK. (Also used 134.192.8.17, 169.156.16.220, and 167.102.146.19) 50.169.82.253 (talk) 14:25, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Whose sock are you? Marcelus (talk) 19:45, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

If a WP:GOODSOCK answered that question, they wouldn't be a WP:GOODSOCK anymore. (Also used 50.169.82.253, 169.156.16.220, and 167.102.146.19) 134.192.8.17 (talk) 21:05, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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Please do not unilaterally reverse decisions taken by consensus e.g. Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2022_February_19#Category:18th-century_Polish_people_by_occupation. – Fayenatic London 14:23, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

@Fayenatic london I don't reverse anything, I'm just creating missing categories, there are 17th century Polish people by occupation but 18th century's are lacking Marcelus (talk) 18:33, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

There was a consensus to move 18th-century Polish people to 19th-century people of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – not just to create a parent category over Polish and Lithuninan categories. You already challenged that consensus at Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2022 March, unsuccessfully.

If there are blanks in a sequence for C18 within {{navseasoncats}}, the way to fill them is by creating redirects, e.g. [20]. Instead of that you removed some redirects, e.g. [21].

You objected to Category:18th-century Polish–Lithuanian painters having a navseasoncats template as part of the Polish series, and you just removed it, [22] without giving any disclosure or rationale in the edit summary. Look, if it should be in both, then here is another way to do navigation links.

So please use {{cfs}} and start a discussion if you think the arguments for splitting Category:18th-century people from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth into Polish and Lithuanian people have not been sufficiently considered yet. – Fayenatic London 22:07, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

There is no consensus it was literally decision made by four people, most of them don't even edit in that area, the request was created by user who was later blocked for sockpuppetry. . No Wikiproject was ever informed about this discussion. I don't remove PLC categories, I'm trying just to fix the tree this decision made by four people damaged.

This move caused a big hole, as there is no categories for Polish people of 18th century. And the move was wrong because Polish state existed in 18th century, despite what the author of the request was claiming, so there was a Polish nationality in the sense of belonging to the Polish state, at that time. But overall the definition of nationality is much broader it covers both: belonging to the state, and belonging to the nation as a group of people connected by tradtion, history etc. Marcelus (talk) 22:43, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

At least you have stopped denying that you reversed anything, which you literally did – e.g. see the two edit summaries at the top here.

You are right that the original nomination was not notified via the Alerts system. I have looked into this and it is because the category talk page had originally been tagged by Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk · contribs) only with WikiProject Years, not WP Poland. That's why the Feb 2022 CFD never appeared on Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Article alerts. However, WP Poland was specifically notified of the follow-up nomination to reverse the original, see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Poland/Archive_18#Category:18th-century_Polish_people_by_occupation; but even after this notice and despite it being relisted twice, only two WikiProject participants argued in favour of reverting, but this was opposed by others, and did not gain consensus. Therefore your complaint about lack of notification in Feb 2022 does not provide sufficient reason to discount the original consensus. – Fayenatic London 08:27, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for opening a fresh CFD discussion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_August_21#Category:18th-century_people_from_the_Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth_by_occupation, and well done for including the above links. I have tried to add clarity to the intention of the nomination and to the question at stake there, and trust that you have no objection to what I have written there.

Pardon me for pointing out at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_August_20#18th-century_Lithuanian_people_by_occupation that you made a fool of yourself challenging me to notify the WikiProjects. Don't you think you should have checked whether I had already notified the WikiProjects before nagging me to do so?

As for your writing "not some" – please read more carefully what you were replying to. – Fayenatic London 21:12, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes of course I should have checked that, sorry for casting a shadow of doubt on you. Marcelus (talk) 21:18, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Therefore your complaint about lack of notification in Feb 2022 does not provide sufficient reason to discount the original consensus; I think it still do kind of, it was a huge change that was done very hastly, none of the participants was really active in this content area. Marcelus (talk) 21:21, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

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@Tamzin Am I blocked or the discussion is still going on? Can you explain the situation to me? I'm confused to be honest. Marcelus (talk) 19:03, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

You are blocked for 2 months. This is because you made 2 reverts to the same page in a 24-hour period, and your response at AE acknowledges that you did so willfully (This seemed to me to be wrong and against the rules, so I restored the Polish name again with three sources, emphasis added). The block length is due to your history of edit-warring (and on the shorter side, at that). The discussion is still open because other admins might think a lengthening of the block or further sanctions are appropriate. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 19:10, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

@Tamzin, let me clarify: I did not do the revert willfully, I thought that since it added a new source (and C was undermining the previous source), and I did not remove any content, it was a new edit. Otherwise I would not have done it. However, on reading P's submission I realized that it was a revert and I accept that and apologize for exceeding the restrictions placed on me. This is simply an example of what I wrote in my appeal: "It's just very uncomfortable if you have to wonder if every edit can be interpreted as a revert or not". I generally accept any punishment. Please remove this entry if by writing it I am exceeding the block imposed. Marcelus (talk) 10:17, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Regardless of what happens with the proposal below, I strongly suggest you need to take more responsibility yourself for your editing. What I mean by this is, for an editor still very new to Wikipedia, we can perhaps understand when they don't realise what they are doing is a revert. But when you've been hit with a specific revert sanction due to historic edit warring a sanction which you've had for long enough that it's been reduced from 0RR to 1RR, this is not something that should ever happen. You need to properly understand what a revert is and always be conscious of whether you're reverting. Do remember when it comes to reverting it doesn't really matter how "right" you may be, or how "wrong" whatever it is your reverting is, you still need to obey your restriction. Normally I'd mention WP:3RRNO, but in a case like yours, I'd actually suggest you mostly forget about that and instead treat your restriction as applying even it's technically not edit warring. (The exception you should remember is that reverting your own actions doesn't count.) Nil Einne (talk) 12:22, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

To be honest, I feel ashamed that I got carried away and did not think through my actions, although as you rightly point out I should have been aware of what I was doing. Avoiding completely reverting is good advice and I'll try that. Marcelus (talk) 17:22, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

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@Tamzin I wonder if I could offer mentorship to Marcelus, and with this we could reduce the lenght of his block? I did find his edits in the articles I looked at generally constructive and helpful. His comment above seems to recognize the problem and show willingness to address it, IMHO.

In either case, Marcelus, I hope you don't mind my input. As Tamzin pointed out, your edits were very clearly a revert (restoration of something removed). Adding references to such an edit doesn't change the underlying classification of the edit as a revert/restoration.

Other than claryfing this, whether you accept any mentorship or not, and regardless of your appeal(?) outcome, my primary advice for you would be to take a break from the Polish-Lithuanian topics for few months, as this topic area is one you seem to get too wiki-emotional, and clearly, some other editors in it are more than happy to take you to admin boards (and perhaps vice versa). Finding a different area to edit peacefully will demonstrate to the community that you are productive editor who does not need any restrictions on their account, but this will take time. Think of it as a voluntary topic ban or like, and you can always take me up on my mentorship offer and ask whether your planned edit or engagement in a particular discussion in this topic area would be fine. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:57, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you @Piotrus for the offer, I would certainly welcome such support if you don't have a problem with me bothering you. This would certainly help me avoid similar situations in the future, and avoid conflicts.

As for the Polish-Lithuanian topics, I had already largely moved away from them after the last report on me (April 5, 2023), as can be seen in the list of my edits since then: link. The edits in Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force and Povilas Plechavičius entries were my biggest involvement in this area. Marcelus (talk) 17:36, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

@Piotrus, @Tamzin, @HJ Mitchell: Let me answer here, because I can't in AE. Thank you for reconsidering my case. I gladly accept the Piotrus offer of mentorship. But I also have to agree with him that editing under 0RR is like walking through a minefield, so stressful that it actually equates to a ban in my opinion. And to answer HJ Mitchell: it seems to me, that I made and continue making progress. I admit that I screwed up, but look at it this way that I managed to edit successively under 0RR, and for some time under 1RR. It's not easy, believe me.

The other thing is that I feel cornered and I know that any stumble on my part will end in an automatic report. So, from my point of view there is not much difference between 0RR and a ban, it will mean suspension of my activity on en.wiki. At the time of the previous 0RR, I made the decision that I would try to edit regularly to show that I was capable of doing so without EW. Now I don't think I will be able to do it.

As for my email: I wrote it mainly to show you the context of my edits, and also to ask you to pay attention to this little section of Wikipedia. I made the decision some time ago that I would not write reports on other users, I don't fully understand how they work, and things that I feel are wrongdoings often turn out to be in accordance with Wikipedia rules.

So once again, thank you for considering my case. As I said before I accept any form of sanction.Marcelus (talk) 06:13, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

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Quick mentor idea, Marcelus: best way to avoid revertion is to... create new articles :) There are still zillion of articles to be created or translated from pl wiki. Even in the Polish-Lithuanian history topic. Try to ignore "what is there" and just enrich Wikipedia with new content for the next few months. Creating content is FUN! _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:03, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

PS. You can use Wikidata query to generate a list of articles in a given topic area (by category, etc.) that are not translated. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:05, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

@Callanecc and @Piotrus: Thank you for information and the advice, I will try to be careful and to engage in feuds and problematic editing. But just to be clear, am I now on 0RR in EE topic area, and on 1RR everywhere else; or is it 0RR everywhere? Marcelus (talk) 10:25, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

0RR is just in the EE topic area. Normal edit warring & revert rules everywhere else. Given you have this restriction and previous blocks its likely that any sanctions for edit warring in other topic areas will be quite heavy. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:12, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

So in theory 3RR applies to me outside of EE topc area? Not that I plan to use it, I just want to be certain. Marcelus (talk) 12:51, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:46, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

@Callanecc Just to be clear in case I am misunderstanding something - but I believe WP:3RR applies to everyone, everywhere (on wiki).

What Callanecc was saying, I believe, is that while outside of the EE topic area your editing priviligies are not restricted, it would be a bad idea to edit war anywhere in the near future (or more distant one too, but stress is on near, also considering you'll probably want to appeal your restriction). Try to limit yourself to one revert everywhere (this is a good rule I try to respect myself) and ask me for WP:3O as often as you'd like. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:35, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

PS. I've seen folks severly sanctioned at ArbCom for edit warring with evidence of them doing less than 3RR in some articles. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:36, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes, that's what I was intending. Thanks Piotrus. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:57, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

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please stop misgendering me

I normally ignore this but you currently have used up all the patience I have available for your behaviour. They. I am a they. Thankyouverymuch. Elinruby (talk) 19:07, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Ok, sorry for that, won't happen again. Marcelus (talk) 19:08, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for that Elinruby (talk) 11:05, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks for information Marcelus (talk) 20:55, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

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i've added to the article Marceli Godlewski. I thought English language sources might help.

Great job!

I am contributing to you this WP:QPQ so that you can complete the nomination: Template:Did you know nominations/Bright Memory. I did that review long ago, and it is unused as a QPQ. Feel free to use it.

I am blocked from writing in WP:DYK, so I can't add anything on that page. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:11, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Marcelus (talk) 22:14, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

I substantially improved the text and the sources. I tripled the size of the article. They used my QPQ so that you are WP:DYK is complete. Credit for DYKs can be shared; Wikipedia is not a Zero sum game.

Oh well! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:40, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Glad to see it at DYK, I was going to suggset nominating it. Keep up the good job writing articles - much more fun than discussing controversies :) _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:19, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

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@331dot I'm edited from mobile phone, which have different IP because it uses different internet connection. My PC is still affected by the block. Also as you can see the problem is much broader, it's the second time this week this happened. This comment is also written on my mobile phone.Marcelus (talk) 00:11, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Make sure you don't have a VPN in operation on your PC and your browser cache is cleared. 331dot (talk) 00:16, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

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14,000 page views Belongs in the DYK hall of fame. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:49, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Nice Marcelus (talk) 20:34, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

That's really makes you want to make more such pages Marcelus (talk) 20:34, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Congrats. I strongly believe creating articles like this is much more fun then telling others they are wrong. And safer :P Please write more stuff like this - this my my advice for your wiki-future. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:49, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

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Ok, I will do asap Marcelus (talk) 19:30, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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(t · c) buidhe 02:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Category:Government of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth has been nominated for renaming

Category:Government of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Constantine ✍ 19:06, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Mykhailo Tkach moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Mykhailo Tkach. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 03:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Minor passing by remark: I read this tiny stub and I concur, currently WP:NBIO is not met. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:14, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

@Significa liberdade, @Piotrus: Yes, thank you. I had to stop working on this article, I also couldn't find the right sources. I rushed the publication a bit. Marcelus (talk) 11:06, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Featuring your work on Wikipedia's front page: DYKs

Thank you for your recent articles, including Sigismund Augustus Gymnasium in Vilnius, which I read with interest. When you create an extensive and well referenced article, you may want to have it featured on Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know section. Articles included there will be read by thousands of our viewers. To do so, add your article to the list by clicking the big blue button at WP:DYKNOM. Alternatively you can use the following user script: User:SD0001/DYK-helper. Which can be activated with one click after turning automatic script intallation in your Preferences->Gadgets (check the "Install scripts without having to manually edit JavaScript files" option and save page; then visit the DYK-helper page and click install; then go to your new article and you'll find the new DYK menu). Let me know if you need help, _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:05, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject assessment tags for talk pages

Thank you for your recent articles, including Sigismund Augustus Gymnasium in Vilnius, which I read with interest. 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 can also use a friendly script for that. Which can be activated with one click after turning automatic script intallation in your Preferences->Gadgets (check the "Install scripts without having to manually edit JavaScript files" option and save page; then visit the script page and click install; then go to your new article and you'll find the new Rater menu).

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. For example, WikiProject Poland relies on such templates to generate listings such as Article Alerts, Popular Pages, Quality and Importance Matrix and the Cleanup Listing. Thanks to them, WikiProject members are more easily able to defend your work from deletion, or simply help try to improve it further. Feel free to ask me any questions if you'd like more information about using those talk page templates. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:05, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Minor mentor advice

It seems clear to me that you and Elinruby are not getting along well. I would recommend avoiding interacting with them, and where this is not possible, ping me for mediation and I'll try to make sure things are smoothed out and don't escalate. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:13, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes, that's my approach for some time; I don't initiate any discussion with them, and respond only when directly asked or I see some accusation made about me by them. Thank you for your advice. Marcelus (talk) 08:07, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

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I am writing to you and Piotrus as I think both of you may be knowledgeable on the subject. I note there seems to be omittance or brush over of the events of the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia in some articles. If you have time can you have a quick look over the following articles to see if all is right: Anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Eastern Galicia Volhynia, Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists, and Jewish–Ukrainian relations in Eastern Galicia. Thank you 79.154.64.32 (talk) 08:46, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cezary Ketling-Szemley

The article Cezary Ketling-Szemley you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Cezary Ketling-Szemley and Talk:Cezary Ketling-Szemley/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grnrchst -- Grnrchst (talk) 12:03, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

@Marcelus: Hey, just checking in, as it's been almost a week since I opened this review. Is this something you still want to work on? I think the article could still pass with some of the changes I suggested, I don't want to close the review after you've waited all this time for one. --Grnrchst (talk) 12:13, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

@Grnrchst, yes I will work on it in the near future. Thanks for reviewing it. Marcelus (talk) 13:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

@Marcelus: Could you give me an indication of when in the near future you plan on getting around to this? I notice you seem preoccupied with other articles, and per GA guidelines, I'm not supposed to keep unaddressed reviews open much longer than a week. But it's now been more than two weeks since I opened it. --Grnrchst (talk) 14:03, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

@Grnrchst I will try to sort it out this weekend, please wait a bit longer. I had far less time thies week than I expected Marcelus (talk) 19:22, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

@Grnrchst Once again thank you for reviewing my article. I adressed most of the issues you pointed out, but I'm not entirely on board with every change you suggested, I expressed my point of view on the article t/p, looking forward to hear your opinion. Marcelus (talk) 18:33, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Cezary Ketling-Szemley

The article Cezary Ketling-Szemley you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cezary Ketling-Szemley for comments about the article, and Talk:Cezary Ketling-Szemley/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grnrchst -- Grnrchst (talk) 15:44, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

@Grnrchst Thank you so much, for all the effort and time you committed for my nomination Marcelus (talk) 18:47, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Polish writers in Russian

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Undefined sfn reference in Munich Agreement

Hi, on 3 October 2019 you added a reference to {{sfn|Majewski|2020|p=459-460}} the the article Munich Agreement, but there is no such work listed. This means that nobody can look the up the reference, and the article is added to Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. If you could supply thr missing source it would be appreciated. DuncanHill (talk) 15:15, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Done Marcelus (talk) 20:26, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 20:33, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

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Spór z +JMJ+

Cześć. Użytkownik +JMJ+ z którym toczę spór, wynaradawia rdzennie litewską szlachtę odbierając jej polskość. Ten użytkownik jest znany ze swoich radykalnych poglądów na Wikipedii. W poprzedniej edycji, którą usunąłem, wyrwał z kontekstu źródła część, w której szlachta litewska opisywała szlachtę polską jako małpy. Wielokrotnie stosował zakłamania historyczne i manipulacje, aby dowieść swojej prawdy. Zmieniał nazwy kategorii na Wikimedia Commons na "litewsko brzmiące", a które dotyczyły spraw polskich lub białoruskich. Będę wdzięczny jeśli trochę się temu wszystkiemu przyjrzysz. Guccee (talk) 13:25, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, but let's talk in English. I noticed the text about "monkeys", it looked out of place and seemed like agenda pushing, and I was going to check the source. I will certainly look closer on that. But first of all let's avoid edit war; my advice is to restore stable name of the article and start WP:RM, hopefully it will gather uninvolved editors. Marcelus (talk) 16:38, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

The most reasonable solution for naming the article and leaving the name neutral will be "Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania", because "Nobility of Lithuania" may suggest to readers that all the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania belong to the current Republic of Lithuania.

It is worth mentioning that the vast majority (I suspect about 98%) of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were Polonized. Calling them Lithuanians, especially since they were associated with Poland for the most time of history and came from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (which is not the same as today's Lithuania), would be unnatural.

I believe that we should not describe them as Polish or Lithuanian (or, according to some - Belarusian) nobility, but use a common name that would be most historically correct. Guccee (talk) 09:15, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@Guccee But the scope of the article is clear: the Lithuanian nobility, that is, the nobility of the Lithuanian state or living on Lithuanian territory, without distinction whether it is a Grand Duchy or a Lithuanian republic or yet another form of Lithuanian state. The fact that some of them polonized or even considered themselves Poles changes little, besides that it is included in the article. Marcelus (talk) 19:28, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@Marcelus Following your way of thinking, we could also create articles about the nobility of Masovia, Świętokrzyskie, Lesser Poland, etc., but still, after creating them, the nobility from these regions would be defined as, for example, Polish nobility from Mazovia or something like that.

Since almost 98% of the Lithuanian nobility was Polonized, shouldn't we call them Polish nobility from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania? Guccee (talk) 07:40, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

The issue of the subject is that the Polonized Lithuanian nobility is no longer Lithuanian, but Polish. This causes many problems that could be solved by calling the article "nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania". I propose the most reasonable and neutral solution.

@Guccee First of all: I don't see why there couldn't be an article about the Mazovian nobility, or even about only the petty Mazovian nobility. Secondly, I don't know where you got such a specific percentage (98%). Certainly, a large part, maybe even a majority of the Lithuanian nobility adopted Polish (either as the first language or as the language of public life) at some point in time, and this should be included in the article. However, this does not mean that an article on “Lithuanian nobility” cannot exist. The name “nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania” is not a good one, if only because the article also covers the period after the fall of the GDL.Marcelus (talk) 14:59, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

I have nothing against making an article about the Masovian nobility. Many publications have been written about this subject in the past. However, by what I wrote I meant some broader content. According to Professor Błaszczyk, 98% of the currently living nobility of Grand Duchy of Lithuania have been Polonized, and according to Czesław Malewski, the president of the Genealogical and Heraldic Society of Lithuania., 100% of great Lithuanian families have nothing to do with Lithuania. It would be a bit of a paradox to call the Lithuanian nobility mostly Polish, which could be prevented by the nomenclature "Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania". Guccee (talk) 16:32, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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2024–25 Legia Warsaw season moved to draftspace

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Thanks Marcelus (talk) 08:11, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Help

Hello. Can you please explain how to add an reflist template correctly and fix the sources in the battle of Oździutycze? Forward.ops (talk) 10:42, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Nvm man I’ve already did this. Forward.ops (talk) 11:06, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

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Possible SPA

Hi, I had a question about a new user, Birczenin. He might be an WP:SPA, possibly a sock, created an account 3 days ago and engaging in advanced editing. He reverted your removal of an infobox and is mingling in discussions that started before he created his account. Do you have an idea what might be going on? Or is this nothing to be suspicious about? NLeeuw (talk) 21:40, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@Nederlandse Leeuw thank you for notifying me, I will take a look at it. Marcelus (talk) 16:57, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Izaak of Spain moved to draftspace

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(talk page stalker) @Mccapra I don't see a problem with that article - everything is referenced to a source that seems reliable. I don't think there is a policy that allows draftification of such articles without an AfD. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:48, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I think the same. There isn't many other sources avaiable, plus ŻIH is very reliable. Marcelus (talk) 08:25, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi I moved it to draft because it only had a single source, which is not generally sufficient to demonstrate notability. If you’re telling me that the single source we have is authoritative and similar to a dictionary of national biography, that may be sufficient. Mccapra (talk) 10:59, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Jan Kryst

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Thank you for the notification, I'm on the vacations now but I will look on this in the near future. Marcelus (talk) 05:14, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

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Re: Transfermarkt

See WP:WPFLINKSNO. Much of Transfermarkt's content is user-edited, making it a self-published source. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:41, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

@Sir Sputnik: Firstly, it is important to clarify that this is not a rule but rather a recommendation from the WikiProject, and it is not mandatory. If you believe that the source is unreliable, I would suggest finding an alternative source and correcting the data if necessary. Removing an entire section simply because you have concerns about the source is not the most constructive approach.

In conclusion, I believe your entire edit should be reverted, because it wasn't justified. If you think there is an issue with the number of clean sheets for Kobylak and Tobiasz, please provide more reliable sources and make the necessary corrections, or start a discussion on the talk page. Marcelus (talk) 23:11, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Per WP:V, The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material. In this context, that's you. If there are reliable sources verifying this content, by all means cite them, but don't expect me to do it for you. The unreliability of Transfermarkt is well documented, and well supported by consensus, hence it's inclusion in WP:WPFLINKSNO, to the point where editors who consistently cited it anyway have been blocked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:04, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

@Sir Sputnik This discussion goes nowhere, just FYI: you cannot present guidance as a rule.

Just restore the section your removed, you can delete references, I will provide other source. I try to avoid reverting other editors edits. Marcelus (talk) 08:29, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

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DYK for Jan Kryst

On 21 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jan Kryst, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in revenge for the torture of Polish prisoners, the terminally-ill Jan Kryst walked into the Café Adria and shot members of the Gestapo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jan Kryst. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jan Kryst), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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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August 2024

Please do not add or change content, as you did at 2024–25 Legia Warsaw season, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Unknowingly citing an unreliable source is one thing. Restoring challenged material based on a source you know to be unreliable is disruptive. Don't do that again. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:15, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

@Sir Sputnik sorry I must have mixed up editions, I added a clean sheets section but this time with soccerway as a source. I don't know how this happened, I probably was editing it in two separate tabs, and confused them. Marcelus (talk) 15:30, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

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