Talk:Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomerania

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Polish in brackets

Pomerania (most of it) today is in Poland, but Pomeranians then were a people distinct from Poles, and are consistently labelled as such, and Duke Wartislaw would have been quite shocked to hear he was a "Pole". This is no obscure secret, you will see this in any contemporary or near contemporary source, from Gallus Anonymous to Adam of Bremen to Ebo's Life of Otto, see Bartlett ("Conversion of a Pagan Society", p. 185), "the thick forests separating Poland from Pomerania". Like I said, no secret. Polish forms are no more relevant than Sorbian or Bohemian or any other slavic forms of these names. This shouldn't arose nationalism, as this is not a German POV or anything, just the historical reality. Please can we spare articles this early the horrors of modern nationalism. I implore. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 21:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]