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DYK

On 5 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Golden Liberty, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wszystkiego najlepszego!

Happy New Year!

AfD

I don't know who else to ask, but could you please look into the discussion there? Things are getting out of hand a bit, do we really have to put up with that kind of stuff, over and over? Thanks. Turgidson (talk) 23:57, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice--this helps. I'm still hoping this will just blow away, but I'm getting to the point where I doubt it will, unless something is done. As you probably know, I'm almost exclusively interested in editing, and have been trying best I could to stay out of time- and energy-consuming fights since joining WP. But this kind of attitude (and such impugning of motives) cannot stay unchallenged, I feel, or else it will have a very depressing and chilling effect on many editors. Turgidson (talk) 00:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Dear Piotrus, I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Day, and that 2008 brings further success, health and happiness! ...and DYKs....and more media interviews :) ~ Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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On another note, I have informed the Signpost that you have broken Ghirla's DYK record.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

I've just read the Signpost tipline. Fantastic! Durova 08:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and Happy New Year

Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for all your help in the Milhist Tag & Assess 2007 drive.

		Military history service award
		For tagging and assessing 250 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES  11:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Secondly, although the Tag & Assess 2007 drive is now officially closed, you are very welcome to continue tagging and assessing until 31 January 2008. Any articles you tag and assess during this time will be credited fully to your tagging tally for further award purposes.

Thirdly, if you can find the time, it would be good to have your feedback/comments on the drive at the Tag & Assess workshop

Thanks again for your help, --ROGER DAVIES  11:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

T:DYK.

On January 2, 2002, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jan IV Oświęcimski, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Happy new year, and congratulations! · AndonicO 12:45, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Warsaw Armoured Motorized Brigade

Hi. I have finally expanded the Warsaw Armoured Motorized Brigade, but I think it is too late for DYK. Or perhaps not? Perhaps you could help out with nomination? Greetings and all the best in new year 2008. Tymek (talk) 17:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Queluz National Palace

This article, to which you contributed, will be featured on the Main Page on January 5, 2008. Risker (talk) 17:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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Volapük again

Hi Piotrus. Perhaps you've already noticed a new proposal against the Volapük Misplaced Pages: m:Proposals for closing projects/Radical cleanup of Volapük Misplaced Pages. In case you agree that this proposal is not a good idea, perhaps you could help us fight against it with your vote? Thanks! --Smeira (talk) 23:35, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Lód

Not quite what I meant - I meant that reporting on it was probably going to be in Polish, since I'm not aware of many English-language newspapers, etc, that report on books in foreign languages at all, and Polish is somewhat of a minority language. In other words - it's of interest to readers, but Misplaced Pages is breaking ground here to cover it pre-rtranslation (which I hope it gets), so the fellow criticising it for the references in Polish was wrong, as we should judge the quality of sourcing in the context of the Polish sci-fi scene, not apply the standards of the English sci-fi scene. Adam Cuerden 01:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

new year

Hey Piotrus, sorry for being late. I hope you have a great year. Ostap 05:08, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Hello,

I am sorry that my wish is belated, but that makes it no less heartfelt.

Thank you for all your help, and Happy New Year! Horlo (talk) 07:20, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Duchies of śląskie

Thank you, P.P. for giving us such good laughs. Feel free to start some more article with a the name of a post-1945 Polish city, lacking of any content other than some medieval Piast family quarrels. -- Matthead  DisOuß   11:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 3 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Kostiuchnówka, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

WikiProject Awards Role Call

9T 19:46, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

		The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 1st Class
		I, Tymek (talk) 19:48, 3 January 2008 (UTC), am awarding you this Barnstar, as you are by far number one among Polish Wikipedians. Thank you for your excellent work

Your recent post at WP:AE

Piotrus, it looks like Dr. Dan took some offense to the wording of the title on your recent AE post. Would you mind refactoring it? Ioeth _{(talk contribs friendly)} 19:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXII (December 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXII (December 2007)
Project news The Intelligence task force has been created. The contest department has completed its ninth month of competition. The top scorer this month is Blnguyen, with 22 points, followed by Dreamafter, with 8 points, and Redmarkviolinist, with 6 points. Blnguyen also remains the overall leader, with 162 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. Help with converting deprecated infoboxes is needed; any assistance is welcome! {{WPMILHIST}} now supports an explicit tag (class=DAB) for marking disambiguation pages.	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of Albuera Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) Battle of the Gebora Constantine II of Scotland Francis Harvey Vasa (ship) Wulfhere of Mercia New A-Class articles: 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing Evacuation of East Prussia
Current proposals and discussions A discussion about minimizing terminological ambiguity has begun.
Awards and honors Blnguyen has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his efforts in improving the quality of articles related to Vietnamese military history, including the creation of numerous A-Class articles. Woodym555 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on topics related to the Victoria Cross, notably including the creation of featured articles, featured lists, and a featured topic. For their outstanding efforts as part of Tag & Assess 2007, Bedford, TomStar81, and Parsival74 have been awarded the gold, silver, and bronze Wikis, respectively.
Tag & Assess 2007 Tag & Assess 2007 is now officially over, with slightly under 68,000 articles processed. The top twenty scores are as follows: 1. Bedford — 7,600 2. TomStar81 — 5,500 3. Parsival74 — 5,200 4. FayssalF — 3,500 5. Roger Davies — 3,000 6. Ouro — 2600 7. Kateshortforbob — 2250 8. Cromdog — 2,200 9. BrokenSphere — 2000 9. Jacksinterweb — 2,000 9. Maralia — 2,000 12. MBK004 — 1,340 13. JKBrooks85 — 1,250 14. Sniperz11 — 1100 15. Burzmali — 1000 15. Cplakidas — 1000 15. Gimme danger — 1000 15. Raoulduke471000 15. TicketMan — 1000 15. Welsh — 1000 15. Blnguyen — 1000 Although the drive is officially closed, existing participants can continue tagging until January 31 if they wish, with the extra tags counting towards their tally for barnstar purposes. We'd like to see what lessons can be learned from this drive, so we've set up a feedback workshop. Comments and feedback from participants and non-particpants alike are very welcome and appreciated.
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Wesołych Świąt

I hope your holidays were more pleasant than those of the Sybiracy. Wesołych Świąt! Appleseed (Talk) 01:17, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Duchy of Silesia

Hello Piotr! I merged Silesian Province into Duchy of Silesia and expanded it a little bit. I took the medieval subdivision from de:Herzogtum Schlesien. Could you check on the 1163 info about Władysław II the Exile? Silesian Province had said he recovered the duchy in 1063, but I changed this to 1163. However, his article says he died in 1159. Olessi (talk) 16:01, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

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