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WikiProject Poland / Poland-related Wikipedia notice board
This project is designed to gather Wikipedians interested in Poland-related content, tools designed to help them, and offer a centralized place for relevant annoucement and discussions.
If that sounds useful or fun, please watchlist this page and add your name to the participants list below.

This project prefers the English language. Please see the talk page for the noticeboard and ongoing discussions.

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[edit] Our articles

We take care of the tens of thousands of articles, about 70,000 at last count - that's close to 2% of all articles on the English Wikipedia! Here is a breakdown by quality and importance:


You are welcome to add more articles we missed to our project, and assess them. See #Templates for how to add articles to that list, Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Assessment for information on assessment, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Reviews for current request for a B-class review.

[edit] Most popular

Most popular (number of visit) Poland-related articles are here.

[edit] Our Portal

You can visit our Portal:Poland.

[edit] Tools

[edit] Naming conventions

For guidelines on article naming and style, see the Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Poland-related articles) page (shortcut WP:MOSPOL).

[edit] Articles in need of improvement

Articles tagged with various issues are listed in a sortable list at here (the on-wiki listing is no longer actively maintained). As of December 2010, 12570 or 18.7% were marked for cleanup.

A frequently updated list of unreferenced biographies of living persons is here. As of December 2010 it listed over 130 aricles.

[edit] Article news

You can watchlist this feed by watchlisting Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Article alerts.


Generic Poland-related

Articles for deletion
Proposed deletions
Categories for discussion
Featured article candidates
A-Class review
Good article nominees
Requested moves


Polish military history

Articles for deletion
Featured article candidates
A-Class review
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[edit] Deletions

While deletions should also be available in the article news feed, you can also check and watchlist this dedicated page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Poland

[edit] New articles announcements

Newly created Poland-related articles are announced here (that page can be watchlisted). You can view them by clicking "show" on the bot report below (the "show" link is to the right). History

[edit] Templates

  • Template:WikiProject Poland (short: {{WPPOLAND}}, full syntax: {{WikiProject Poland|class=|importance=}}) is our assessment template. Please add it to talk pages of all Poland-related articles, it is a key template that enables the article to be included in our article news, popularity ranking, project watchlist deletion discussion notifications the nifty quality and importance tables we have at the top of this page and other tools.
  • Use {{lang}} for Polish words or phrases, thus: {{lang|pl|Gmina Świnice Warckie}} will produce Gmina Świnice Warckie
  • The {{IPAc-pl}} template can be used to produce representations of Polish pronunciation.
  • When marking sources in Polish language, use {{pl icon}} to produce (Polish)
  • {{Polish}} will produce This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia. However this template is now deprecated; see Template:Polish for more information.
  • There is also a Portal:Poland/Welcome message box that can be used to notify new users about this noticeboard and our related projects. Just slap {{subst:Portal:Poland/Welcome}}--~~~~ on their usertalkpage - it has its own heading.
  • use {{Wikiquotelang}} to link Polish language wikiquote pages (often found on Polish Wikipedia articles). The full syntax is {{wikiquotelang|pl|article name|article name}} (yes, it seems you need to use article's name twice), for example {{wikiquotelang|pl|Stanisław Koniecpolski|Stanisław Koniecpolski}}
  • use {{Wikisourcelang}} just like Wikiquotelang above but for linking to Polish Wikisource articles.
  • Various other, less used templates are listed at Category:Poland templates

[edit] Userboxes

Please note we have two functioning userboxes:

Herb Polski.svg This user is a member of WikiProject Poland.
Substitute: {{User WikiProject Poland}}


Substitute: {{User WPMILHIST Polish military history task force}}


You may also want to check the following userboxes:

Flag of Poland.svg
This user comes from Poland.
Substitute: {{User Poland}}


border‎
This user has
Polish ancestry.
Herb Polski.svg
Substitute: {{User Polish Ancestry}}


Flag of Poland.svg This user is interested in Poland

Substitute: {{User:Piotrus/PolandInterest}}

You can also declare your knowledge of Polish languge with the WP:BABEL templates, such as:

pl Polski jest językiem ojczystym tego użytkownika.
Substitute: {{User pl}}


For non-native speakers of Polish, just use User pl-1 (beginner) to pl-5 (professional)

[edit] Awards

In the spirit of kindness and recognition we strongly encourage the use of the following barnstars, awards and assorted goodies:

Image What to type Description Ribbon
The Barnstar of National Merit {{subst: The Barnstar of National Merit|message ~~~~}} The Barnstar of National Merit

The Barnstar of National Merit may be awarded to an editor who contributes significantly to expand or improve Wikipedia's coverage of any given country.
It may also be awarded to those who create a particularly fine article on the subject of Geography.

BoNM rib.png
The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 1st Class {{subst:The Polish Barnstar of National Merit|message ~~~~}} The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 1st Class

The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 1st Class is a specific variant of the Barnstar of National Merit, which may be awarded to editors who contribututed significantly to expand or improve Wikipedia's coverage of Poland. The 1st Class award should be used for very significant contributions (for example, getting an article to FA level). In most cases, the 2nd Class (below) will be sufficient. As a rule of thumb, somebody should have already received a 2nd Class award before being eligible for the 1st Class.

BoNM-Poland-ribbon.png
The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class {{subst:The Polish Barnstar of National Merit 2|message ~~~~}} The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class

The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class is a specific variant of Barnstar of National Merit, which may be awarded to editors who contributed significantly to expand or improve Wikipedia's coverage of Poland. The 2nd Class can be given for various reasons, but if the contributor has done something really significant, and has already received this award, consider giving him or her a 1st Class award (above).

BoNM-Poland-ribbon-grade2.png
The Rosetta Barnstar {{subst:The Rosetta Barnstar|message ~~~~}} The Rosetta Barnstar

The Rosetta Barnstar may be given to any editor who exhibits outstanding translation efforts on Wikipedia. In the case of the Poland-related Wikipedia notice board of course, translations to or from the Polish language are most relevant.

Rosetta Ribbon.png

See also pl:Wikipedia:Odznaczenia Wikipedii for other awards designed on Polish Wikipedia!

We also encourage the use of other awards for non-Poland specific contributions to Wikipedia!

[edit] Other tools

Historical (no longer actively mainained):

[edit] Participants list

Before adding yourself, please note that this is a page for editors who want to actively edit and discuss Poland-related articles. This is NOT a page to declare that you like Poland, are from Poland, or are of Polish descent (there are userboxes you can use for such declarations).

Please add your name to the list below in the alphabetical order if you would like to participate in this project. Please consider stating your interests.

Activity is checked periodically, last time in December 2010. If you are not active in Poland-related topics, your entry will be moved accordingly (and you'll be notified).

Active (have edited Poland-related encyclopedic content in the last three months or so AND have more than 10 edits per full month)

  1. Ajh1492 (all things Podlaskie - History, Geography, Transportation, etc.)
  2. Bartekfm, economics because of work, literature and film theory because of interests.
  3. Camdan history of polish clans, historical research on the Clan of Ostoja and related families.
  4. Danim
  5. DarioTW {Polish history, mostly pre-1795)DarioTW (talk) 23:06, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
  6. Darwinek (geography, history, Zaolzie)
  7. Kmicic (history)
  8. Kotniski (geography of Poland; note: EN native speaker)
  9. Malik Shabazz (Polish-Jewish history)
  10. Marekchelsea (Jews in Poland, Polish people of Jewish origin or descent, Polish Lithuanians, People of Polish descent, History of Poland before 1939, Polish people in Belarus, Polish nobles "szlachta", Polish footballers, Footballers of Polish descent)
  11. Mathiasrex (talk) 20:40, 6 April 2009 (UTC) (prosopography, military history, international relations of Poland)
  12. Molobo (German-Polish relations, XIX century Poland)
  13. nihil novi
  14. Orestek
  15. Orczar (prehistory of Polish lands, general history of Poland)
  16. Pernambuko Poland
  17. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk (history, economics, society, Silesia)
  18. Plarem (User talk contribs)
  19. Rejedef - (Poland: the diversity of culture)
  20. Robsuper (Peeks at all subjects and matters, if just has some time for it...)
  21. SeveroTC (Warsaw, Sport, categories)
  22. Vecrumba (Poland-Lithuania, WWI — interbellum — WWII — Soviet era)
  23. Volunteer Marek (Polish history, economics)
  24. Whiteman
  25. Xx236 (WW2 history, Culture, "Expulsions" vs. "repatriations")
  26. Przemub (talk) 16:11, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
  27. Żlepskż (talk) 12:05, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
  28. Oliwier1111 (talk) 19:07, January 2012 (UTC)
  29. Markvs88 (talk) 16:43, 8 February 2012 (UTC) (primarily interested in culture, history and Lesser Poland)

Semi-active (have not edited Poland-related articles in the last three months or have 10 or less edits per month on them), but have edited Wikipedia in the that period.

  1. Alex Albright
  2. Aleksengland
  3. Anonymous Dissident
  4. ArkadiuszEurope
  5. Audirs8 (Poznan, Greater Poland, Polish Architecture, Poznan History, Polish Military History)
  6. Belissarius (history in general, geography, Polonia)
  7. Biala Gwiazda (History, Sport in Poland, Cities in Poland, Geography)
  8. CityElefant (GDL, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, notable persons)
  9. Daaviiid (History)
  10. Damian Wieczorek
  11. Easternknight
  12. Elonka
  13. IJA United KingdomEuropean Union (History, Politics, Economics, Culture, Krakow and Photography)
  14. Jacurek (WW2 history, Polish-Jewish history, Politics)
  15. JanderVK
  16. Jniech (Anti-Polish sentiment, Poles in the UK)
  17. JRWalko
  18. Kasjanek21
  19. Kameal (Polish medieval and early modern literature, Latin literature of Poland, philological research in Poland)
  20. Mariusz Paździora aka Kiejstut9
  21. Kiwusek (History, Military, Cinema, Geography)
  22. Konradr
  23. Kowalmistrz
  24. Kpjas
  25. Lajsikonik
  26. Lockoom
  27. Lysy
  28. Marek69
  29. Mareklug
  30. Michał P. aka Remigiu
  31. Mikej007 (II Polish Republic, Jews in Poland, Polish heritage in Lithuania and Belarus)
  32. Misza13 T C
  33. Montessquieu
  34. Mrodowicz
  35. Mûĸĸâĸûĸâĸû
  36. Oleola
  37. Opole.pl
  38. Parslad (Sport in Poland)
  39. Pilecka
  40. Poeticbent (cities, arts and culture, notable people, prominent minorities)
  41. PS.
  42. Pundit
  43. Pustelnik
  44. Radzinski (Speedway in Poland)
  45. Klisu
  46. roo72
  47. syrenab
  48. The Hitch22
  49. Tymek
  50. Visor
  51. Vladek Komorek (Catholicism related to Polish immigrants)
  52. Wronkiew
  53. Zadora13

Inactive (have not edited at all for three months or more; those editors are listed by dat of their last edit)

  1. Patricknoddy (inactive since June 5, 2007)
  2. Maed (royal genealogies) (inactive since September 23, 2007)
  3. Pawel bielsko (inactive since May 13, 2007)
  4. Mynek (inactive since May 20, 2007)
  5. Wnuk-pl (inactive since May 9, 2007)
  6. Blowski (inactive since May 5, 2008)
  7. Bartekos (inactive since October 20, 2008)
  8. Boyau (inactive since January 2, 2008)
  9. Acne_m (inactive since August 10, 2008)
  10. R9tgokunks (inactive since October 20, 2008)
  11. Krzyzowiec (inactive since November 24, 2008, one year block)
  12. Marcin Suwalczan (inactive since August 28, 2008)
  13. Skoranka (inactive since February 26, 2008)
  14. Indoles (inactive since March 20, 2008)
  15. ArtInterventions (inactive since January 19, 2008)
  16. Sarmata (inactive since December 28, 2007)
  17. Mike70n9 (inactive since October 15, 2007)
  18. P.pilecki (inactive since February 21, 2008)
  19. KatLos (inactive since January 2, 2008)
  20. Alden Jones (inactive since 11:39, August 4, 2008)
  21. Olessi (inactive since September 19, 2008)
  22. PolandEuropepieandcheeseandcereal (inactive since March 31, 2008)
  23. Historiene (inactive since March 24, 2008)
  24. Jubilee line (inactive since May 27, 2008)
  25. Mikołajski (inactive since May 21, 2008)
  26. United KingdomTom Szczepanik Talk (inactive since October 30, 2008)
  27. Tomeczek (inactive since December 20, 2008)
  28. Tanessi (inactive since July 30, 2008)
  29. JanKokular (inactive since July 20, 2008)
  30. JEDRZEJ GDANSK (inactive since October 27, 2008)
  31. Wroman Poland (inactive since January 3, 2009)
  32. Partisan1 aka Bloomfield (inactive since March 12, 2009)
  33. Umedard (requested account deletion on June 9, 2009)
  34. DK4 (inactive since June 15, 2010)
  35. MJSplant (inactive since September 15, 2009)
  36. John Mytton (inactive since December 31, 2009)
  37. Trivelt (inactive since March 6, 2010)
  38. Lantuszka (inactive since August 26, 2010)
  39. Starzynka (inactive since October 30, 2010, self-declared as retired)
  40. Piast93 (Polish history from 1386-1795) (inactive since December 23, 2010)
  41. LUCPOL (Silesia) (inactive since January 18, 2011)

Honorary members (users who are or once were very active in Poland-related articles in the past - or still are - but never officially joined the project)

  1. Emax (inactive since February 18, 2005)
  2. Witkacy (inactive since September 14, 2005)
  3. SylwiaS (inactive since November 21, 2006)
  4. Logologist (inactive since November 28, 2007 )
  5. Balcer (inactive since September 8, 2007)
  6. Appleseed (semi-active since May 26, 2008)
  7. Halibutt (semi-active)
  8. Kpalion (active)
  9. Greg park avenue (inactive since December 26, 2008)
  10. Radomil (active)

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