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Kielce pogrom

Hello, and thank you for your recent edits to Kielce pogrom and other articles. Please note that Wikipedia's style manual recommends the use of "straight quotes" (see MOS:STRAIGHT). Changing a reference name from "Intermarium" to “Intermarium", as you did in several places, produces reference errors because the computer doesn't recognize the two names as the same.

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Stop changing image sizes

because the resulting layouts are very, very bad. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:32, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I disagree with your evaluation. In my view, they look much better. GizzyCatBella (talk) 03:12, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Repeated references

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Good to know, thanks Ken GizzyCatBella (talk) 07:13, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

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Straight apostrophes not curly or angled...

Here you changed three straight apostrophes to angled apostrophes, which broke the formatting. See MOS:BOLD and MOS:QUOTEMARKS. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:02, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it for me.GizzyCatBella (talk) 20:06, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

no problem. Ealdgyth - Talk 20:32, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

WWII Collaboration article

Hi GizzyCatBella, I'd like to just make a note regarding objective assessment of sources in the WWII Collaboration article. I'm very concerned that the push to remove many of the references is passionate, but after a review of Wikipedia guidelines on reliable source those arguments hold no merit. It seems that any reference to the fact that Poles saved Jews is being removed. Also, other questionable and one sided recommendations are being advocated, which will create un-due weight. I’m not sure a compromise is the objective here, because if it was all references and estimates they present would have been respectfully acknowledged and shown to the reader. --E-960 (talk) 18:57, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. I’ll contribute soon, I’m very busy now.GizzyCatBella (talk) 19:58, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello again, just wanted to perhaps give an example of some of the questionable edits and the flawed reasoning behind them, such as this one posted by user François Robere: "Yehuda Bauer calls the claim that 60,000 Poles saved Jews a blunt lie". This statement has nothing to do with collaboration, also it is from an article clearly marked as "OPINION" in the newspaper. Also, I suspect that it was only added to discredit historian Gunnar S. Paulsson's statement that "During the Nazi occupation of Warsaw 70,000–90,000 Polish Gentiles aided Jews, while 3,000–4,000 were szmalcowniks." — a statement which discusses collaboration and compares the scale of it. Examples like this, and several others are really concerning because they come across as petty POV pushing. Again, thank you for you work on this topic. --E-960 (talk) 20:34, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, yes, I’m aware of this. As soon as I’m able (maybe today) I’ll direct my time to address this and other issues. Nevertheless, I find the new version considerably good, simple to read and articulate the collaboration itself rather than other related things. The creator certainly put a lot of effort into it. His POV is noticeable but I believe he is honest when he declared that he was attempting to be fair. I think you should reconsider his variant with alternations of course. I’ll explain why on the relevant talk page later. I’m so sorry that I’m replying to you with a delay but I’m coping with some issues in real life. I promise I’ll donate more time to the article soon. GizzyCatBella (talk) 23:48, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

I must admit, I'm very skeptical and hesitant, because his new version of the Poland section simply takes out the things he does not agree with, but retains all of his questionable additions. So, for example references form Israeli websites stay in, but those form Polish news sources were taken out, or minimizing the text on the Jewish Ghetto Police, while in contrast adding even more stuff on Polish collaboration. --E-960 (talk) 10:27, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

• Sorry, last point, also we need to consider issues of un-due weight within the article, after all it has sections about other countries, yet user François Robere wants to expand the Poland section even more, and create sub-section to it, this is all a bit too much in my view. --E-960 (talk) 11:02, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

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collaboartion

What happened? I have to say that the last line of edits just messed up the entire Poland section, what was the point of moving some of the stuff into a separate Jewish section? In the process, any mention of Żagiew disappeared, and more stuff about Polish attitudes to Jews appeared. --E-960 (talk) 16:29, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

This entire part had been deleted by one of the editors, so I recovered it in the Jewish section. I know it shouldn't be there but with Fr. stance it is impossible to have anything stable. You have to either agree with his bizarre belief that each and every Pole was a collaborator and killed hundreds of thousands of Jews including criminal Home Army or else. The article is blocked now, Fr has been reported for edit warring, and it is a good thing because this article needs some "vacation." GizzyCatBella (talk) 17:04, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

After the article block is lifted, I'd like to restore the text to the restored to the March 3rd version, when the last steps from the ORIGINAL discussion were done (merged back the sub-sections and removed reference to 2018 law) [1], I hope I can get some backing on this. --E-960 (talk) 17:22, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

I'll back you up but consider the elimination of some obvious stuff such as Home Army part etc. Polish section is excessively long, full of irrelevant material. I may give myself some break later because I'm a little spent debunking this ridiculous historical revisionism we are witnessing over the last two decades. Do you remember how it all started? I do very well. First bizarre accusation began to surface mostly in the Jewish press that Polish people were indifferent and didn't help enough. Then with the arrival of Gross, some Poles became associates in the killings. The latest appearance of Grabowski pushed this nonsense to all Poles as perpetrators lever that killed 200 thousand Jews by themselves. At this rate, we'll get to 6 million within 5-10 years and later that Hitler was Polish by 2050. GizzyCatBella (talk) 18:02, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

That's fine, is there anything, written by historians that contradicts Grabowski and is a reliable source? --E-960 (talk) 18:21, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Comment

"1945 - 1979 victims -> 1980-1989 bystanders -> 1990-2009 partners -> 2010-2018 perpetrators"

I don't think this was a very helpful edit [2]. It seems to suggest that editors are trying to present the Polish nation as strictly "collaborators" (?). It seems off-topic for the discussion, really, and also could come across (perhaps unintentionally) as disapproval of fellow editors. --K.e.coffman (talk) 05:38, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

K.e.coffman These are my reflections, I've lived long enough to remember these developments, don't take it personally. GizzyCatBella (talk) 05:55, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Article* Talk pages are designed to advance improvements to the article, not contain personal "reflections". The side conversations are best reserved for *User* Talk pages. --K.e.coffman (talk) 05:57, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@K.e.coffman Perhaps others will recognize this happening as well and can extract something meaningful from that comment? I'll migrate that to my talk page if you don't like it. GizzyCatBella (talk) 06:08, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I would appreciate it if you moved it. It seems off topic. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:13, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Polish collaboration with Nazi Germany

I'm bit struck by the timing of the Polish collaboration with Nazi Germany, I think this is a case of Content forkingand perhaps this article should be submitted for AfD, is anyone familiar with the process? --E-960 (talk) 16:51, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, never mind just figured out the process here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Polish collaboration with Nazi Germany --E-960 (talk) 17:54, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

I think that would be a mistake. This article provides a ground for clarifying many matters in one place. Nihil novi (talk) 08:12, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Footnotes 3-8 show "cite errors". Do you know how these might be corrected? Thanks. Nihil novi (talk) 08:11, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

No, I don't but I'll look into it. GizzyCatBella (talk) 08:19, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting 3 of the references. Nos. 7, 8, 9 still read "cite error", if you can find the time to work your magic on them. Nihil novi (talk) 08:53, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! That now leaves only no. 55 "cite error".

Great job with this article. Can we remove that silly banner in the Jewish-collaboration section?

Nihil novi (talk) 09:15, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I ask you to revert, Tags should not be removed until there is consensus for removal.Slatersteven (talk) 09:24, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I'm afraid you are mistaken, what "Germany" you are talking about? GizzyCatBella (talk) 09:26, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

The Germany that Berlin sits in, the Berlin the text explicitly says "without Jewish help in administration and police work-the final rounding up of the Jews in Berlin..."...that Germany. The section bieng used it talking about Berlin, not Poland.Slatersteven (talk) 12:32, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Also please read WP:WTRMT.Slatersteven (talk) 12:52, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Witos

Polska Wikipedia nie podaje źródła. Nawet jeżeli ktoś chciał zrobić rząd, to Hitler był przeciwko, usunął też słowo "polskie" z nazwy GG.Xx236 (talk) 07:03, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

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"Leszek Pietrzak" deleted.

The article was deleted on 4 May 2018. It might be resuscitated if more evidence can be secured and cited for his notability and that of his publications. Nihil novi (talk) 13:09, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

I'll look for more today.GizzyCatBella (talk) 13:10, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Żebrowski

Thanks for the links. I've wondered, myself, why Polish historians don't work up the history—and publish decent English-language editions.(Nihil)

They are starting to publish in English. I spoke just recently to the IPN people in Warsaw and visited Polonia House, they are all well aware of the need to publish English-language editions. I also had a long conversation with a British historian living in Poland who was just shaking his head while talking about the things that are happening now... It just takes time but it's coming.GizzyCatBella (talk) 02:12, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

What is "lg. page"? Nihil novi (talk) 16:23, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

I meant language by "lg".GizzyCatBella (talk) 02:12, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

More crazy tags

I'm not sure the latest tags just added by users Icewhiz and François Robere here [3], [4] are correct and perhaps should be removed, again these two guys just keep going at it, spamming the entire article with tags. --E-960 (talk) 16:18, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Historians

Re: [5], "controversial" and "controversial in Poland" are different things. And what's with "Jewish historians"? Did you mean Israeli historians? Or the historians of Jewish descent? If the latter, it sounded a bit off. --K.e.coffman (talk) 01:22, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

I meant Israeli and of the Jewish descent, mostly from the US. It is obvious that these are the most involved groups of historians that are concerned. Same applies to the Polish historians, what is controversial in Poland is not controversial in Israel and vice versa. GizzyCatBella (talk) 01:42, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

This seems to suggest that historians of a particular ethnic background cannot be objective when it comes to this topic. I think it's the wrong way to look at it. --K.e.coffman (talk) 17:47, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Some historians are biased, even when they are honestly attempting to be neutral. GizzyCatBella (talk) 18:19, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

True; but suggesting that their bias is based on ethnicity sounds a bit racist. K.e.coffman (talk) 18:20, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Oh I see. No, sounding racist was not my intention for sure. GizzyCatBella (talk) 18:28, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

WP:EMAIL

You may want to enable the option of other editors being able to send you email. Public discussions are of course the best, but there may be circumstances when people want to send you an 'eyes only' communique. Just a thought. Cheers, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:24, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I’ll set up this tomorrow.GizzyCatBella (talk) 06:25, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

"Mark-Paul is one of the greatest Polish-Canadian historian dedicated to this particular topic"

Re: [6] - Then how come we know so little about him? Where was he educated? Does he have a PhD? Where does he teach? Are there scholarly reviews of his works, published in peer-reviewed publications? --K.e.coffman (talk) 20:23, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Some think he is a monk. IDK but his work is really detailed and cited by many historians. Respected institutions reference him as well (see references in the actual talk page) so we, a bunch of amateurs can’t just wipe him out. GizzyCatBella (talk) 20:31, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, that's not sufficient. "His work is really detailed" and "cited" is not how WP:IRS works. What matters is whether he was professionally published (he was not) and whether his works were well received in peer-reviewed publications (it was not). --K.e.coffman (talk) 20:34, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

No... not cited by "many historians". Saul Friedlander's The Years of Extermination is cited by many historians (294 times for that work alone on Google Scholar). Rossino's work Hitler Strikes Poland is cited 137 times in Google Scholar. Gross' Neighbors is cited 724 times on google scholar.

In contrast Mark Paul's Wartime Rescue of Jews by the Polish Clergy is cited once on Google Scholar. Paul's Traditional Jewish Attitudes Towards Poles is cited once in Google Scholar.

Or we can look at World Cat and the holdings in libraries. Friedlander's book is held in 1452 libraries in World Cat. Rossino's Hitler Strikes Poland is held by 717 libraries in World Cat. Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners is held by 2733 libraries in World Cat.

However Paul's Wartime Rescue is held by 7 libraries, and his Neighbors on the Eve is held by two libraries in World Cat. Paul's work is not having much impact on the scholarly community, which is a strong argument for it being fringe. And coupled with it being basically self-published... Ealdgyth - Talk 20:58, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Paul's thesis

Since I did not get an explanation on the Talk page, I'd like to repost here. Here's what Paul wrote:

There is overwhelming evidence that Jews played an important, at times pivotal role, in arresting (...) in the aftermath of the September 1939 campaign and in deporting thousands of Poles to the Gulag.

Collaboration in the destruction of the Polish state, and in the killing of its officials and military [in 1939-1941], constituted de facto collaboration with Nazi Germany, with which the Soviet Union shared a common, criminal purpose and agenda in 1939-1945." (p. 10).

This is from pg 10 of Paul's Neighbours on the Eve of the Holocaust [7]. I interpret this as follows:

• In the Soviet zone of occupation, "Jews played an important, at times pivotal role, in arresting [ethnic Poles]", thus participating in the destruction of the Polish state.
• "Collaboration in the destruction of the Polish state, and in the killing of its officials and military [in 1939-1941], constituted de facto collaboration with Nazi Germany..."
• Ergo, Jews in the Soviet zone of occupation engaged in "de facto collaboration" with Nazi Germany in 1939-1941.

Is that a conclusion that seems reasonable given Paul's statements? Please help me understand the thinkng here. K.e.coffman (talk) 21:49, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Jan Karski, decorated by Yad Vashem and an honorary citizen of Israel “The Situation of the Jews on Territories Occupied by the USSR”

  The Jews here feel at home, not just because they are not humiliated or persecuted, but because their smartness and adaptability has won them a certain measure of political and economic advantage.
  The Jews are entering the political cells. They have taken over the majority of political and administrative positions, and are playing an important role in the labor unions, in the schools, and above all in commerce, both legal and illegal [loansharking and profiteering, illegal trade, contraband, foreign currency exchange, liquor, immoral pursuits, pimping and procurement] …
  Polish opinion considers that Jewish attitudes to the Bolsheviks are favourable. It is universally believed that the Jews betrayed Poland and the Poles, that they are all communists at heart, and that they went over to the Bolsheviks with flags waving. Indeed, in most towns, the Jews did welcome the Bolsheviks with bouquets, with speeches and with declarations of allegiance and so on.
  One should make certain distinctions, however. Obviously the Jewish communists have reacted enthusiastically to the Bolsheviks. … The Jewish proletariat, petty traders and artisans, whose position has seen a structural improvement, and who formerly had to bear the indifference or the excesses of the Polish element, have reacted positively, too. That is hardly surprising.
  But what is worse, Jews are denouncing Poles [especially students and politicians] (to the secret police), are directing the work of the (communist) militia from behind the scenes, are unjustly denigrating conditions in Poland before the war. Unfortunately, one must say that these incidents are very frequent, [and more common than incidents which demonstrate loyalty toward Poles or sentiment toward Poland].

Tatzref (talk) 16:02, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were allies from August 1939 to June 1941. They acted in concert to destroy the Polish state and its leadership, and to persecute Poles. Collaborating with one of these states in furthering these goals constituted de facto collaboration with the other.Tatzref (talk) 16:02, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Archives

Don’t edit archives, as they are a record of what was said before it was archived. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:01, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

ok

Golden Harvest (book)

Your reference isn't conclusive.Xx236 (talk) 08:14, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

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Potential ArbCom request

Hi Gizzy. Please take a look at this. I'm appalled at the personal attacks and unbacked accusations made against you by User:Sandstein. I wrote up a brief description of the situation, with the possibility of asking ArbCom to look at it, since it involves a violation of WP:ASPERSIONS and by extensions discretionary sanctions in the topic area. Of course the complicating factor is that this is against an admin who is also active in enforcing discretionary sanctions (which to my mind, makes this even worse). However, since the attack was made against you specifically I thought I'd consult with you on how to proceed. If you want me to I will go ahead and file a request. If you have objections please make me aware of them.

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Edit war

Please what is happening in the article History of the Jews in Poland and the Lwow pogrom (1918). There is an concerted attack going on.Tatzref (talk) 12:58, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

I’m sorry, I can’t comment on the issue, I’m currently topic banned from all Poland/WW2 related articles. GizzyCatBella (talk) 15:53, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

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I was evaluating the page before editing, I believe there is nothing that breaks a topic ban imposed, but thanks for your note. GizzyCatBella (talk) 02:18, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

...as well as persons known for their involvement in the World War II history of Poland. Chodakiewicz‎ is known for his writings about WWII history of Poland. --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:28, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

- meaning people involved, affected by WW2 such as Karski, Pilecki, etc. GizzyCatBella (talk) 02:37, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

I've asked for a clarification: User_talk:Sandstein#Query_on_topic_ban. --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:51, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Ok thanks.GizzyCatBella (talk) 02:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

GizzyCatBella, you should not edit this article because it contains substantial text about the WWII history of Poland, as well as the sentence "His special area of interest is World War II and its aftermath". Sandstein 08:30, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

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Great article, very interesting. Had to use google translate for the references which possibly lose meaning on translation. Keep up the good work!

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{{Re|Hughesdarren}}. Thank you. GizzyCatBella (talk) 00:58, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

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copyedits

Hi, first thank you for taking the time to go through articles making such fixes. However, there are a couple problems in a few of them. In this you changed spelled out numbers to digits. Per MOS:NUMERAL, 0-9 are spelled out in words, and "Integers greater than nine expressible in one or two words may be expressed either in numerals or in words". We rarely should have single digits instead of words, and I'd say the same for ten personally but that can go either way. Generally if the number can be expressed briefly in a word rather than a numeral you will find it written out in prose. nableezy - 20:49, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I fixed it. GizzyCatBella (talk) 01:22, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much. nableezy - 02:31, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

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twits

I know about that, and I'm 95% sure I know which scumbag is responsible. Never post links that include personal information! I have an email link: here is another copy. Zero^talk 09:31, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

OK. Thank you for the link. GizzyCatBella (talk) 14:30, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

That was a kind word you had for Sir Joseph. I'm impressed. Thank you, GizzyCatBella.

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Thank you! That’s a gorgeous kitty GizzyCatBella🍁 15:11, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Why the revert?

This: [9].

On this article, Polish editors have been reverting all sorts of referenced information, including from sources such as Yale University Press: [10]. Why no objections to that?Faustian (talk) 19:12, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Faustian, because they ("Polish" editors) were removing another information, it doesn't give you the freedom to retaliate by eliminating well-referenced data. That is a very improper way of resolving disagreements. Please discuss the issues on the related talk page. Hopefully, you can compromise on the desired version. GizzyCatBella🍁 19:28, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

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Some baklava for you!

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You twice added an unsourced category to Adolf Warski, please stop

You were reverted and then reinstated the category without adding a source. That's against policy. Doug Weller talk 09:49, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

And three others. You may be right, but WP:VERIFY means you need reliable sources. Doug Weller talk 09:52, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

How to add a source[11] to category?GizzyCatBella🍁 10:25, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

You don't source the category, you source a statement in the text that justifies the category. But let's start with categories. You should read Wikipedia:Categorization particularly the bit about "defining characteristics" at WP:CATV (which also speaks to my point about sourcing). Wikipedia:Categorization of people and Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality are also useful. And if you are going to add categories to living people, you must read WP:BLPCAT. And there's a faq: Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization.

Now to how to add a source - read Help:Referencing for beginners. Note you need page numbers for books. I'll leave you to it now, please fix your latest edits, ok? There's quite a bit to learn if you want to seriously edit Wikipedia, and to be honest, categories are something I still need to read up on at times. Doug Weller talk 11:06, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Ok GizzyCatBella🍁 11:08, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

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re: Call for supervision and question

I replied on my talk page in more depths. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:56, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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You asked me not to post here, but you keep posting inhospitable messages on my TP. I don't think that's a fair arrangement, so I would appreciate it if you avoided posting there. Thanks. François Robere (talk) 21:55, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

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