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Citations needed

Please can you provide some citations for the additions you made to the article on Lviv.-- Toddy1 (talk) 06:30, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Citation

Hi, in this edit you added information cited to "Buchowski", but did not add any more info about this source -- it is a book or an article? what's the title? when was it published? how one could find this source and verify the information? Can you add the full citation to the source? Preferably using the {{cite book}} or {{cite journal}} template. Thanks! Renata (talk) 05:46, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi, you are still doing it -- adding abbreviated references without also adding the full citation. Please fix. Examples Kingdom of Lithuania, Pact of Vilnius and Radom, History of Vilnius (1), History of Vilnius (2), Skirgaila, Tokhtamysh. Thanks, Renata (talk) 00:17, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I see you added frost to the articles - thank you, but you have cited other books as well - "Halperin" in Tokhtamysh, Januszewska-Jurkiewicz & Mačiulis, Staliūnas & Stankeras in History of Vilnius. Please add those citations as well. Renata (talk) 03:30, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

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I will answer both of you at once here. Pofka and Itzhak Rosenberg.

According to the studies of Jerzy Suchocki ^[1] at the turn of 14th-15th century 97% of the office helders in GDL were ethnic Lithuanians, in the mid of 15th century the percentage of Ruthenians jumped to 19%, in the 2nd half it was 37% and at the beginning of the next century 41%. So as you can see basically after the death of Vytautas the influence of Ruthenian elite was growning steadily. Maybe they weren't allowed to live in a castle complex, but surely they were living in the city.

Pofka try to hold your horses because I will have to report your behaviour, don't blame of sentiments I do not have - I never said anything anti-Lithuanian or humilated Lithuanian language, don't say anything like that again.

I didn't say that Jogaila prefered Ruthenian over Lithuanian, I just said that he surely knew both. That's all. And actually it's probable that he didn't learn Polish, I think he was fully able to comunicate with Polish lords in Ruthenian.

Itzhak Rosenberg I don't think we can't talk about some tensions between ethnically Lithuanian and Ruthenian great families after the Union of Lublin, they were all pretty much polonised and formed together political nation of Ukraine. But certainly there was many Ruthenian powerful nobles on the territory of GDL after Lublin Marcelus (talk) 22:36, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Very interesting source, unfortunately, I can't access it anywhere... The numbers are fascinating, yet at the start of the 16th century, there were still sizeable Ruthenian lands that were part of GDL, most of which was ceded to Poland after the Lublin Union (let's remember that Lithuania Propria's lands in modern-day Belarus are often overlooked). Of course, there were Ruthenians, but the Lithuanian element in the Ruthenian lands of Ukraine naturally decreased over time, as I know for sure they often married into the local nobility, so over a few generations, they practically became locals.

I would be wary talking about the political nation of Ukraine, because from what I understand, a somewhat sovereign Ukraine started with the Cossack Hetmanate and they were very against the szlachta, which is very understandable considering their relations and how they already had many previous Cossack uprisings.

Considering the smaller size of GDL post-Lublin, the Lithuanian nobility dominated the state once more, although with increased Ruthenian involvement relative to the times of Vytautas the Great. --Itzhak Rosenberg (talk) 10:19, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

I can send you pdf of the article if you want. You cannot deny the existence of the influential Ruthenian elite since the beginning - 14th century in both the Crown and Grand Duchy Marcelus (talk) 22:04, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

I will not discuss anything serious with a person who purposefully presents Ruthenian and Polish languages names of the Lithuanian CoA as superior, "accurate" and absolutely excludes the Lithuanian names. All names of the CoA of Lithuania are listed here: Coat of arms of Lithuania#Origins of the word Vytis and other names without excluding any, thus we do not attempt to present any languages as irrelevant, unlike you. Your anti-Lithuanian opinion was more than clear when you excluded Waikymas / Vytis. The Lithuanians did not created article named Waikymas or Vytis and did not presented these names as exclusively "accurate names", like you did. I have better things to do than discuss anti-Lithuanian sentiment again and again. Have a good day, -- Pofka (talk) 17:34, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Vytis is 19th century neologism, Waikymas isn't the name of the CoA. Marcelus (talk) 22:04, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

References

Formowanie się i skład narodu politycznego w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim późnego średniowiecza, „Zapiski Historyczne”, vol. 48, 1983, p. 31-78.

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Hi, what Discretionary Sanction mean? Why I am being sanctioned? What are the consequences of the sanction? Marcelus (talk) 19:08, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

I copied your questions here to reduce confusion. Please read the message careful. I also strongly suggest you read the linked guidance. As the message clearly says "it does not imply there are any issues with your contributions to date". Therefore you are not being sanctioned. The alert simply notifies you there are a special set of rules that apply to edits in the Balkans or Eastern Europe topic areas. This means you have to take extra care when editing in the area. This would likely include any and all edits to Romualdas Giedraitis as well as any discussion about the article. If your edits are a problem you may be sanctioned at the discretion of any administrator (which is not me). The sanctions available include blocks, page or topic bans and more bespoke restrictions such as a harder bright line restriction on reverts than the normal 3.If you edits are not a problem you have nothing to worry about. But I'd note several editors at ANI have raised concerns over your edits including at least one uninvolved administrator, so you really need to make sure you are complying with our policies and guidelines. Do take on board any advice you receive, especially from uninvolved editors like at ANI, but also from editors involved in any dispute you get in to. To be clear, I make no judgment whether your edits are a problem. I'm simply informing you that you need to make sure they are not a problem in the future since long term problems in the Balkans and Eastern Europe topic areas means we are less tolerant of problems there and have special rules making it easier to sanction you if your edits are a problem. Nil Einne (talk) 19:28, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

@Nil Einne: Thank you for your answer Marcelus (talk) 19:30, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

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A bowl of strawberries for you!

Hi thanks for creating Adam Alfred Plater. Is it based on material translated from another wiki? If so there is a template I need to add to the talk page. Mccapra (talk) 09:25, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@Mccapra: It's a translation of mine article from Polish wiki. Thanks for the strawberries! Marcelus (talk) 09:36, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Ok thanks. You’ll see I’ve added a translation template to the talk page. Please add this on future pages if you reuse material as we need to have proper attribution of the text for copyright reasons. All the best Mccapra (talk) 14:50, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Life issues

I’m having a real life issues at the moment. I’ll come back to our dilemma when (if) I come back. - GizzyCatBella🍁 02:47, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

No worries, wish you well Marcelus (talk) 08:13, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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Vandalism from a IP user

Hello, I just saw you post on the talk page of an IP user that they are vandalizing a page that you watch, and I’m also dealing with vandalism from that same user. I would greatly appreciate it if you could report them as you threatened to as I don’t know how to do that. All I know how to do is ask for page protection. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 21:23, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

@VictimOfEntropy: I am still hoping he stops his conduct, but I am planning to report him if he won't Marcelus (talk) 21:24, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

@Marcelus: It looks like we still haven’t gotten any word from him, and my request for page protection was denied. Unfortunately, the issue is compounded by the fact that, by undoing the restoration edit I did, this user is also restoring false information that another user put on the page every time, so it’s been made to look like there’s a dispute there when there isn’t. I just wish I could get a reassurance that that isn’t going to happen again. I’m wondering if I should just go ahead and add what our vandal wanted to add to the page just in case that would stop him from reverting everything. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 21:51, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Well, I went ahead and altered the page in a way that one of the things he wanted to be added could be added. There’s nothing I can justifiably do about the category that’s only meant for real people, not fictional characters, though. Hopefully the page won’t be messed up again.

I think your threat to report him may well have been what cooled him down long enough for me to find a way to make that edit he wanted to the page. Thank you for that. Let’s hope that he won’t vandalize the Hannibal Lecter page or the page that you’re watching again. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 22:16, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

@VictimOfEntropy: No problem, let's hope that was the end of it Marcelus (talk) 22:22, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

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I have removed the thread you started at Marina Ovsyannikova, and what I initially wrote there I want to write here instead: "There is a strong possibility that the whole action was orchestrated" is a borderline WP:BLP violation. Please be more cautious in the future about what you write about living people on Wikipedia. Generally, avoid making any statements about a living person unless you link to a reliable source in the statement. If the statement is negative or controversial about the living person, then never make it unless you link to reliable sources supporting the allegation. You asked what specific rule you violated; please read the introduction to WP:BLP. Levivich 19:37, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

@Levivich: I did not write anything in her biographical article. The whole situation is in a state of war, and we should be particularly careful because Russian propaganda is active and most capable of organising such actions. We are bombarded with fake news from every side, constantly, and the same goes for the Ukrainian side. Sometimes it is better to write nothing at all than to allow space for a controlled narrative.Marcelus (talk) 19:43, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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Offer

Hello Marcelus :) I noticed your work in your sandbox, more precisely the section Lord families in 15th century Lithuania in User:Marcelus/sandbox2#Lord_families_in_15th_century_Lithuania. Because finding Lithuanian-language names could be very time-consuming for you, I thought that perhaps I could offer to add the Lithuanian-language names next to the Polish-language ones you have already written down. It's totally up to you, I myself would be very sceptical of allowing others to edit my sandbox, but I thought you might appreciate my suggestion.--Cukrakalnis (talk) 21:57, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

@Cukrakalnis:Ok, I don't see any problem. I don't where I will go with it, but I'll probably create some list/table at some point Marcelus (talk) 22:03, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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Piotrus Thanks for all the advice, I'll certainly reconsider feauturing it on DYK Marcelus (talk) 12:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)@

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Marcelus, it has been four weeks since this was posted, and you have yet to respond. If you wish to pursue this nomination, you need to start work on addressing the issues raised right away. If you haven't responded within seven days, it is likely that the nomination will be marked for closure. I hope to see a post there from you soon! BlueMoonset (talk) 16:21, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

BlueMoonset Ok, sorry about that, I completely forget and was busy overall. I'm going to do that right away Marcelus (talk) 07:12, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Your move of Romuald Giedroyć

You moved the article Romualdas Giedraitis → Romuald Giedroyć on January 18 when there was no WP:CONSENSUS to do that, as stated in the closure of the discussion on the talk page on November 5, about which you definitely knew, as you wrote to the closing person on his talk page later that day. Your move is a clear and conscious breach of Wikipedia guidelines and practices. If you do not undo your move to the WP:STABLE name of Romualdas Giedraitis, this will go to WP:MR.--Cukrakalnis (talk) 13:26, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

@Cukrakalnis: Since the general discussion about Polish-Lithuanian names is leading to nothing, maybe starting new discussion isn't a bad idea. Romualdas Giedraitis wasn't a stable version, because it was contested since the beginning.Marcelus (talk) 13:50, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

This is not about starting a new discussion. It's about you not following Wikipedia's guidelines and practices. Romualdas Giedraitis was the WP:STABLE version, which is defined as The stable version is the most recent revision of an article that was not affected by an active content dispute or edit war.. The article had the name Romualdas Giedraitis from 15:48 October 8 to 17:41 October 9, and was edited by four different editors (us two, and two others). This counts as it being as the WP:STABLE version. As you haven't reverted your move which went against Wiki guidelines, this goes to WP:MR. Cukrakalnis (talk) 13:58, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

No, this article never had a stable version. It was contested since the beginning by me, the move request was created on October 9. If you want to move it to W:MR I don't mind. There is no reason why this person should be called with anything than his actual name. Marcelus (talk) 14:03, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

No, this article never had a stable version. You are in denial. Cukrakalnis (talk) 15:17, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Ukrainian Insurgent Army edits look good, thanks

Haven't gone through them line by line, but you have definitely cleared up a couple of matters that were puzzling me. The city name I couldn't find was apparently a transliteration problem, for example, and you have shed some light on the identity of Commander Ren, who comes up again a bit further down. I would welcome any further help that you have the time to offer, especially if you speak Polish, Russian or Ukrainian. One question about the deletion though--I agree that this was not when they first appeared, and I am not sure why this was there. I suspect that this may have originated as POV on the Ukrainian wikipedia. In any event, my question is whether the source is any good, or if you can tell. I am a bit hampered by having learned about World War 2 in French and English. Thanks for your assistance, and yes, while I have so far edited quite cautiously, knowing what I don't know, it is definitely a work in progress, but this is true of most translations from other wikipedia. Thanks again, feel free to do more. Elinruby (talk) 00:36, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Never mind, I see you did re-use it 01:05, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Do you really think that you or ‎BetsyRMadison have required knowledge and access to sources to actually rewrite the whole article? Reading your comments are seriously doubt it Marcelus (talk) 07:51, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

@Marcelus: I don't know if I need to alert you on this, but I wanted to let you know that I had to revert one of your edits for what appear to be copyright issues. I feel the copyright issue should be discussed before anyone reverts it. Also, I agree with @Elinruby: other than the potential copyright issue, your other edits look good, thanks for all your input! Best regards, BetsyRMadison (talk) 03:55, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

@BetsyRMadison Could you please sign your comment -->, thanks - GizzyCatBella🍁 04:23, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

@BetsyRMadison That is so sound and beautifully formatted comment you left on that discussion page but you are wrong I’m afraid. There are no copy rights issues.

What was missing is your signature. I signed it for you . Is that okay with you BetsyRMadison? - GizzyCatBella🍁 05:05, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

@Marcelus maybe re-write that a little more to fully satisfy Betsy’s M concerns. Especially number 5.- GizzyCatBella🍁 05:14, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

@GizzyCatBella yeah I will re-write it a bit, next time ‎BetsyRMadison do it yourself if you find one paragraph to be too similiar to something else, don't need to make a fuss about it Marcelus (talk) 06:29, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

@Marcelus: I did do it myself. I know wikipedia takes copyright infringement very, very seriously. Also, you forgot to source your sources - but I'm not sure those sources you used are considered RS for wiki standards for this. BetsyRMadison (talk) 06:50, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

What did you do yourself? - GizzyCatBella🍁 06:52, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

By the way @Marcelus: I feel that any further discussion on this potential copyright issue should be discussed on the article's Talk Page so that other editors can give their input. Thanks & best regards, BetsyRMadison (talk) 06:53, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

No. It's not ok. Don't do it again. BetsyRMadison (talk) 06:39, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Do what? Marcelus (talk) 06:40, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

BetsyRMadison you formatted that comment exceptionally well, in perfect English, with green text format you never used before, except today. How much time did you spent to draft it? I would probably just fix the issue (if any) myself instead of writing all of that. - GizzyCatBella🍁 06:41, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

You can talk whenever you want about whatever you want Marcelus (talk) 07:01, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

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Friendly tip

Watchlist this. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:44, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Death of Antanas Vivulskis

Vivulskis died in 01 10 1919, before Vilnius was occupied by the Polish (April 19, 1919) (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilna_offensive), thus he died in Lithuania, not in Poland. Please stop editing the article incorrectly. Thank you. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pokek (talk • contribs) 18:10, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

@Pokek: First of all Vilnius was never occupied by Poland. Secondly Wiwulski died defending the city against Bolsheviks in the ranks of the Polish army, so ex definitione the city was controlled by Polish troops. If don't want to write Poland there, then you should write "Russia" instead. It certainly wasn't part of the Lithuanian state Marcelus (talk) 18:45, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

According to WP:NPOV WP:RS, Vilnius was occupied by Poland in 1919 and then from 1920 to 1939. Numerous WP:RS state that, and denying that is wrong.

Arriving on April 18, the Poles occupied Vilnius, effecting the call to occupy the city and unify it with Poland that the Sejm passed on April 4. (p291, International Conflicts, 1816-2010: Militarized Interstate Dispute Narratives · Volume 1)

Having occupied Vilnius, the Poles issued appeals for federation addressed in Pilsudski's words to "the inhabitants of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania," promising them "the possibility of resolving internal, national and religious problems on their own without any kind of coercion or pressure from Poland." (p54, Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia)

When the Polish Army occupied the Vilnius region, the German authorities discontinued the repatriation of Lithuanian POWs, worrying they would likely be recruited into the Polish Army to be used against the retreating Germans. (Fragmentation in East Central Europe: Poland and the Baltics, 1915-1929)

1st Legion Div and Zaniemensk Cav Grp stormed Lida on 17 Apr, and Belina Cav Grp occupied Vilnius on the 21st. (p17, Armies of the Russo-Polish War 1919-21)

...Poles occupied the Vilnius area in April... (p53, Civil War in Central Europe, 1918-1921: The Reconstruction of Poland)

Polish troops seize Vilnius on 9 October and it will remain under Polish occupation until autumn 1939. (p13, Baltic Cities)

Lithuania was forced to withdraw from Vilnius on January 3, 1919, under threat from the Soviets. (p290, International Conflicts, 1816-2010: Militarized Interstate Dispute Narratives · Volume 1) So, on 1st January 1919, Vilnius was in fact part of Lithuania. Cukrakalnis (talk) 14:51, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

@Cukrakalnis: Describing legal position of Vilnius in relation to Poland in interwar period as "occupation" is literally Lithuanian POV (that was Lithuanian political stance in that time, not shared but vast majority of the international community, so every source who claims that isn't W:NPOV per definition Marcelus (talk) 15:06, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

You seem to not understand NPOV, because you've denied something that fulfills the criteria of NPOV. From WP:NPOV:

All encyclopedic content on Wikipedia must be written from a neutral point of view (NPOV), which means representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, all the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic.

Ergo, as demonstrated with the numerous international WP:RS from before, but also in this message, saying that Vilnius was occupied by Poles is absolutely according to Wikipedia guidelines, and thus denying that occupation is a violation of WP:NPOV. It's all a question of WP:Verifiability and WP:RS, nothing more, nothing less.

You cannot cite contemporary approval from the international community as justification for dismissing modern scholarship, that is illogical and irrelevant. The WP:NPOV is that, as written in the article Suwałki Agreement, In most cases historians tend to summarise the issue by saying that the agreement assigned Vilnius to Lithuania and Polish attack violated it. Moreover, it is hypocritical to cite later international approval for the consequences of an act that was internationally criticized at the time (as evidenced from Soon after the mutiny, Léon Bourgeois, President of the Council of the League of Nations, expressed strong disapproval, asserting that Żeligowski's actions were a violation of the engagements entered into with the Council of the League of Nations, and demanding the immediate Polish evacuation of the city.). Appealing to international approval is self-defeating, because Polish actions were criticized by the international community as well. Sources and nothing else is what defines whether something is NPOV or not, not comtemporary views or etc. Cukrakalnis (talk) 15:41, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

I'm sorry to say, but it looks like you're the one using terms you don't know the meaning of. Marcelus (talk) 15:51, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

The sources cited regarding the Polish occupation of Vilnius were international WP:RS and considering the number of them saying it, this fulfills the part of the definition of WP:NPOV which is ''significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic". You, on the other hand, have provided zero RS, have not adequately explained any mistakes in what I have said and your arguments do not stand up to scrutiny, as contemporary diplomacy is not sufficient to dismiss what is written in modern scholarship. Cukrakalnis (talk) 19:44, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

I have no intention of having a discussion with you on this issue, moreover you have interjected yourself into a discussion with another user. I warn that any attempt to promote a false, one-sided vision of history will be removed. Vilnius was not occupied, it was a normal part of Poland, just like Poznan or Krakow before WWII. Occupation means temporary, military rule. There was no such thing. Marcelus (talk) 09:02, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

There is no rule on Wikipedia forbidding the action that you deem as such: you have interjected yourself into a discussion with another user. Other users have entered into discussion on my talk page without invitation, it's not forbidden at all.

As for any attempt to promote a false, one-sided vision of history will be removed, that is an absolute misportrayal. It is false to label all of these WP:RS:

International Conflicts, 1816-2010: Militarized Interstate Dispute Narratives · Volume 1,
Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia,
Fragmentation in East Central Europe: Poland and the Baltics, 1915-1929,
Armies of the Russo-Polish War 1919-21,
Civil War in Central Europe, 1918-1921: The Reconstruction of Poland,
Baltic Cities

as promoting a false, one-sided version of history, as you have just done. As they state, Vilnius was occupied, and the only reason you reject them, is because they state something you refuse to admit, nothing else.

Your logic regarding occupations is also unreasonable, as the same can be said for the lands that were occupied following the Partitions of the PLC also. After all, Poznań was a normal city of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795-1806 and then from 1848-1918. Kraków was a normal part in the Habsburg Empire from 1795-1809 and again from 1846-1918. Does that mean there was no occupation? Of course not. Cukrakalnis (talk) 12:44, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

I'm just not interested in having this conversation with at this moment. Also I don't claim, and I don't think many people claim, that Kraków was occupied by Austria, it was a normal city just like Prague or Zagreb of AH Empire. It doesn't mean it was a Polish city and for Polish patriots it should be part of independent Poland. I don't know why you conflate those two things. You can make a case that Warsaw or Vilnius was occupied by Russia for some period of time after January Uprising, because there was a military rule there at that time. Marcelus (talk) 17:15, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

About your consistent reverts in Antanas Mackevičius

Are you aware that Litwin means Lithuanian and not Polish? Within the article Antanas Mackevičius, you keep adding this source:

Okulicz, Kazimierz (1965). "Białorusini, Litwini i Polacy w powstaniu styczniowym na Litwie historycznej" [Belarusians, Lithuanians and Poles in the January Uprising in historical Lithuania] (PDF). Zeszyty Historyczne. 7: 9, 12. "Litwin - ks. Mackiewicz" (p.9) [Lithuanian - Fr. Mackevičius]; "Litwin pochodzenia polskiego" (p.12) [Lithuanian of Polish origins]

as a reference for something it does not say, which goes against Wikipedia core content policy of WP:Verifiability. The source calls Mackevičius Lithuanian, not Polish (see the quotes from the source), but you keep adding it as a reference for something it does not say. Either revert your latest edit where you use it as a source for falsely calling him Polish or I will be forced to report your misconduct, because I see no other way to end that WP:Editwar. Cukrakalnis (talk) 12:30, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

That's third source you are trying to remove, maybe there is something wrong with what you are doing? Marcelus (talk) 15:06, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

No, this is not the third source I removed. I removed only one - the zw.lt news article (removed, because it was an unknown news agency making a claim that all academic sources go against). Another, the Polskie Radio 24 news article, was put in a note, because it was a minority view from an unacademic source. It was not removed, it is still in the article. Third, this source by Okulicz calls him Lithuanian and not Polish-Lithuanian. I have not removed it, it remains in the article. Cukrakalnis (talk) 18:00, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

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Category:American Polish-language poets

Hello, Marcelus,

Rather than emptying out a category so that it is deleted as a CSD C1 empty category (which is called "emptying out of process"), if you believe a category should be deleted, renamed or merged, please nominate it at Categories for Discussion. Each category is part of a category hierarchy, or tree, and the reasons you have for wanting it to be deleted could be extended to other, similar categories at the same time. If they are no longer useful, it's easier to discuss deleting, renaming or merging categories of a similar type at the same time or the editors who frequent CFD can often locate earlier CFD discussions where these decisions were made so that there is some consistency. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:20, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the info Marcelus (talk) 08:35, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Talk:Lithuanian Civil War (1697–1702)/GA1

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@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 , , etc., which are what prompted me to do the edits , . 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 , , and I'm waiting for you to do yours. Cukrakalnis (talk) 20:12, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

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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 . Cukrakalnis (talk) 14:54, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

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

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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)

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)

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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)

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Please self-revert at Naliboki massacre

Hello Marcelus, I'm afraid this is not how it works . Your bald edit was reverted by me , 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 , 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" , 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

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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: 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)

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)

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)

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 ~~west~~east 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.

Details about the summary page, the two phases of evidence, a timeline and other answers to frequently asked questions can be found at the case's FAQ page.

For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:14, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Filip (film)

The article Filip (film) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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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.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ 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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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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Thank you so much, you really made my day! Marcelus (talk) 15:29, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Your evidence

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

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.
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?
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.
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)

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)

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)

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.

Owing to the summary style, editors are encouraged to submit evidence in small chunks sooner rather than more complete evidence later.

Details about the summary page, the two phases of evidence, a timeline and other answers to frequently asked questions can be found at the case's FAQ page.

For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

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)

Your GA nomination of Glinciszki massacre

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Glinciszki massacre you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 13:40, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

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)

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 . Thank you.-- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 03:26, 5 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)

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)

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)

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)

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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Thanks, I know about ill, this time it was just my laziness :) Marcelus (talk) 07:59, 16 May 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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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)

Hi

. 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. ). 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)

- 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)

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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Per consensus at your AN appeal, your WP:ARBEE 0RR has not been lifted, but has been reduced to a 1RR. WP:AELOG/2023 § Eastern Europe has been amended accordingly. Please remember that no one is ever entitled to a specific number of reverts; it is always best to discuss when in doubt. From your comment at AN I gather you know that, but I'm saying it anyways. On that note, if you don't run into any revert-related trouble after a few months of the 1RR, a second appeal would be reasonable. Happy editing. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 07:54, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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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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		The lucid and well-researched prose you produced under the difficult conditions at Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy is especially appreciated. Elinruby (talk) 02:27, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for this award. Cheers Marcelus (talk) 07:02, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

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(talk page stalker) The article looks certainly like it would have a good shot at GA. I second this idea. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:32, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

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

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Please assume good faith

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?"

"Because my verification indicates that you tried to mislead the participants in the discussion. I ask that you respond to this. Your behavior qualifies to be reported to the appropriate noticeboard."

"What matter is a fact that you are manipulating sources and present them dishonestly in order to "win" discussion. Don't do that, it's despicable."

"Your persistent changing of the subject and unwillingness to admit that you are wrong justifies my assumption that you are driven by ill will and deliberately building dishonest arguments by manipulating sources to win the discussion." 169.156.16.220 (talk) 22:39, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

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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If you disagree with decisions taken at WP:Categories for discussion, consider whether you have a fresh argument or fresh evidence to present, and if so then make a nomination.

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. . Instead of that you removed some redirects, e.g. .

You objected to Category:18th-century Polish–Lithuanian painters having a navseasoncats template as part of the Polish series, and you just removed it, 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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Sorry I am just a bit confused. Any help is appreciated :)

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To enforce an arbitration decision, and for edit-warring in violation of your one-revert restriction (with two previous blocks for edit-warring) on the page Povilas Plechavičius, you have been blocked from editing Wikipedia for a period of 2 months. You are welcome to edit once the block expires; however, please note that the repetition of similar behavior may result in a longer block or other sanctions.

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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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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)

A Dobos torte for you!

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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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Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 95.160.159.96. Place any further information here. Marcelus (talk) 00:46, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

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Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 95.160.159.105. Place any further information here. Marcelus (talk) 22:04, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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You have edited since making this request, so you aren't affected by a block. 331dot (talk) 00:00, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@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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DYK for Marceli Godlewski

On 10 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marceli Godlewski, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Father Marceli Godlewski, known for his pre-war anti-Semitic activities, helped save the lives of hundreds of Jews held in the Warsaw Ghetto during the German occupation of Poland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marceli Godlewski. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Marceli Godlewski), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

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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Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Hi, you recently added footnotes for something by Walczak, but there is no source for the reference. If you could add one, you'll get the page off the error list. Thanks. Andy02124 (talk) 17:55, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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

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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)

Mykhailo Tkach moved to draftspace

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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)

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Your GA nomination of Cezary Ketling-Szemley

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@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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@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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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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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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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)

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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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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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@Dclemens1971 both articles were written by me Marcelus (talk) 07:55, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

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@Onel5969 Could you please elaborate on this? What additional sources are you expecting? Urbański played 26 games in the Ekstraklasa, 6 in the Polish Cup, and 1 in a European competition. He also won a major trophy and has appearances at youth international level. I believe this makes him a notable footballer. Marcelus (talk) 14:31, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

No, it doesn't. It used to, but WP:NFOOTY has been deprecated, and now all players must meet WP:GNG. You need several sources which go in-depth about the player which are from independent sources. Of which this article has zero. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:00, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

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Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia

Marcelus, can I ask why did you change the estimated death toll of Polish civilians to "up to 100,000 Polish deaths." removing the estimate range, including the high estimate of "120,000" which is based on an IPN source. Not sure why you chose to remove that, as it is a legitimate citation. Please restore original wording. Thank you. 84.40.152.160 (talk) 14:36, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

I based this on the most recent studies of Motyka, which are widely interpreted as the most trust-worthy. Marcelus (talk) 21:30, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

One researcher is not an be all end all authority, if there are various estimates, they need to be included... not cherry picked. IPN estimated up to 120,000 polish deaths. --84.40.152.160 (talk) 07:52, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Also, I think in the introduction paragraph we should say that the event is recognized as genocide in Poland. Also, I would highlight the fact that this is not really controversial because government legislation was passed in this respect, so it's just a simple fact at this point - in Poland the massacres are recognized as genocide. Link to article which can be used as referecne: "Polish MPs adopt resolution calling 1940s massacre genocide" . Thank you. --84.40.152.160 (talk) 08:03, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

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Grand Principality of Moscow post 1547

A11 is only for articles, not redirects. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 11:39, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

@LaundryPizza03 thanks for letting me know, it seemed to be the most fitting reason, I didn't notice it was only for articles Marcelus (talk) 13:11, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Goworowo when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Just because you specify |some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The |some_param= must be defined in the template. You can look at the documentation for the template you are using but it is also helpful to use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and ensure that the values you have added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. Note I have likely fixed the error by now so check the history of the page to see how it was fixed. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 20:51, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Marcelus. Thank you for your work on Institute for Nobles in Vilnius. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thank you for this well-written and developed article on the 19th century school in Vilnius. As another editor has noted, it relies rather heavily on one source (there currently only being two sources). It would therefore be helpful to expand the breadth of sources, primiarly to help with verifiability, as well to as more confidently assert notability. Alternatively, a merge to the rather short Institute for Nobles might be best.

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"Bednarczuk 2024" in Christianization of Lithuania

Can you please add the full cite to "Bednarczuk 2024" in Christianization of Lithuania? Three {{sfn}} cites were added in May 2025 without a corresponding full cite.

Also, suggest installing a script to highlight these errors. See instructions at Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors.

Thanks, Renata•3 04:37, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Ditto for "Wimmer 1965" and "Augustyniak 2005" (typo in year?) in Offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Renata•3 05:04, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Ditto for "Szczur 2015" in Royal Prussia and "Pukszto 2000" in Demographic history of the Vilnius region (added in Jan 2022)

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Ostrogski during the Brest Synod of 1596

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to Holy Trinity Church, Kobyłka when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Just because you specify |some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The |some_param= must be defined in the template. You can look at the documentation for the template you are using but it is also helpful to use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and ensure that the values you have added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. Note I have likely fixed the error by now so check the history of the page to see how it was fixed. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 01:57, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@Zackmann08 Thank you for fixing that. Marcelus (talk) 11:58, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

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