User talk:Mathiasrex

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Hi, I see you added some evidence against Piotrus. I'm afraid it's too late as voting has started already. Could you check Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Piotrus/Workshop and propose a remedy (or a finding of fact) which you think may be feasible? --Ghirla^-трёп- 12:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Mister Mathiasrex,

I would very much like to know from where you got the information that the great polish artist Henryk Tomaszewski has been a spy, and has even denounced his friends to the Communist Secret Police. It is a n extremely grave accuse, and it should be documented . Please send your answer to this e-mail address: [email protected] Thank you Roberta Taddei

¿Why does

From a work you cited: see Talk:Mikołaj Hussowczyk#Quote and translation request.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  17:16, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Skad wiesz ze Image:Antoni Benedykt Konstanty Lubomirski (XVIII-1761).jpg jest lepszym opisem niz Image:Andrzej Mokronowski (1713-1784).jpg? -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  06:05, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, skasowalem.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  22:37, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Na commons dodalem zestaw portetow z Lancuta, ale w wiekszosci przypadkow nie byly opisane. Moze jakies zidenifikujesz... -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 17:46, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You recently added Marie Curie to Category:Légion d'honneur recipients. However, it is fairly well known that she (and Pierre) refused this distinction. I have therefore reverted your edit. If you can cite a reliable source saying otherwise, please do so -- either in the article itself, or on Talk:Marie Curie. Thanks, Hqb (talk) 14:38, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see

Could you have a look at Image:Wilhelm1.jpg, please? Since the source is missing, they want to delete it. It seems that you have uploaded the original picture. Thank you! --Liberal Freemason (talk) 11:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Mathiasrex! I notice that you added

I asked for input on deletion at PWNB talk, you may want to endorse my request. Regarding the law, I don't know, unfortunately; you may want to ask it there, too.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There seem to be some problem with the pictures.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 00:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Polish navigational boxes.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 01:04, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Co do Template:Seimas of Lithuania, sugerowalbym stworzenie osobnego szablonu dla czasow PLC. Nazwa szablonu jest mylaca, ale takze - bylo tych sejmow kilkadziesiat jesli nie ponad 100, i nie ma co przeladowywac wielkim szablonem sejmow po 1795.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 02:28, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ano. Z np.

Election sejm of 1632 (w tym jednym roku byly bodajze 3 sejmy...). No a sejmiki... -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 02:34, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply

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On 15 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (ambassador), 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 .

--Royalbroil 14:40, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On December 18, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Judeopolonia, 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.

Thanks for your contributions! Royalbroil 03:48, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your recent, interesting edits to Wisława Szymborska. Could you please give a source for them? And please keep in mind that the tag "minor" is just for edits which are actually minor (say, a misplaced comma), not for adding claims of some relevance. Thank, happy editing, Goochelaar (talk) 00:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class
		I, Tymek (talk) 14:04, 18 January 2008 (UTC), am awarding you this Barnstar in appreciation of your excellent work on Poland-related topics. Good job![reply]

Pytanie o IWŚ

Mam do ciebie jako znawcy historii pytanie. Pamiętam trochę informację o tym, iż pierwsza bitwa w IWŚ Polaków jako własnej strony miała miejsce gdy oddziały mające z sobą walczyć Rosji i Austrii(albo Niemiec) składające się z Polaków odmówiły rozkazu i połączyły swe siły w walce przeciw reszcie wojska. Niestety nie mogę sobie dokładnie przypomnieć szczegółów kiedy i gdzie to miało miejsce. Może ty wiesz ?--Molobo (talk) 20:09, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Mathiasrex!

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Hello, would you like to take part in a discussion with Polish administrators regarding blocking and/or removing facts from the Mazowiecki's bio? -> [1] Greetings, Uprzejmy (pl.wiki) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.111.35.174 (talk) 02:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. I notice you never use edit summaries. Please do that, so that others can see what content you are adding to articles. Thanks. Fred-J 22:13, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Maciej! For 2 years now I have been working on a project to translate the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902) from Polish to German (part of it goes to GenWiki and to Wikipedia). Although I use machine translation and a Polish-German dictionary (1878) there are about 10 ancient Polish expressions (1-3 words long) which I was not yet able to translate. Could I place these expressions here (or alternatively Do yo know a native Polish speaker with knowledge in German who could help me?). Sincerely Grey Geezer

Hello Maciej! Thank you very much for your offer! I put up some expressions, where I couldn't find the marked words (the codes above are reminders for myself). No rush... Sincerely Grey Geezer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.141.221.231 (talk) 17:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whow, you're fast! Thanks a lot! Next sentences in about 3 weeks or so.. Thanx! --83.141.221.231 (talk) 19:14, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mathiasrex, may I ask another question? Quite a few (old?) Polish village names - for example Rymiatowszczyzna, Moniatowszczyzna, Spitowszczyzna Sibitowszczyzna, Zborowszczyzna - end on szczyzna. What does that ending mean? I was not able to find it (what could bee its root?) in Polish dictionaries. Thanks very much for your help!. -- 09:08, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello Maciej! Can you please tell, where one can find the original painting of Andrzej Stanisław Załuski you have added ( Andrzej Stanisław Załuski Bishop of Kraków, from anonymous XVIII century painting image taken by User:Mathiasrex Maciej Szczepańczyk) - the place, where it is displayed, I mean. Thank you. m.e.g. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.76.93.44 (talk) 19:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I've seen that you added this category to

Jesli to bedzie czestsze, dwa wandalizmy na miesiac nie ma sensu... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 20:14, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Teraz sa czestsze - semi na 2 tygodnie. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:50, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the image you (re)added to the HMS Northumberland article, which you clearly disagree with, so I will explain my reasoning to you.

I question that the model is of Northumberland, due to a glaring problem with the ship's rig. She is shown carrying a lateen mizzen yard, whereas these were replaced by gaffs attached to the mizzen mast via jaws and parrels in the 1780s, and a short time later a boom was added for the foot of the sail. No ship launched in 1798 would ever have carried a lateen mizzen yard. Additionally the sail is shown extending the full length of the yard, a practise that had fallen out of use some time before even the 1780s, hence the eventual change to the gaff. So based on that alone, the model cannot be of Northumberland, or if it is intended to be, it is a serious error that makes it non-representative.

The hull itself contains numerous issues, the most noticeable of which being the poop deck apparently running level with the capping rail of the poop bulwark. The overall quality of the model is also not particularly great, so really it can only be called a generic model of a third rate, and is most certainly not representative of Northumberland of 1798. Martocticvs (talk) 17:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Point it out on the map talk page, and to the map creator. Create a better map and replace the bad map. Tag the bad map with an appropriate template. We don't really have a right template, see my suggestion here.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is to inform you that Category:Victims of Communist repressions in Poland 1939-1989, which you created, is being discussed at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_April_30#Victims_of_political_repression. Your input is welcome.--Aervanath (talk) 06:31, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Who said they were the same? Not me. NKVD Special camps imprisoned soldiers, not civilians, and so they don't qualify as interment under the definition in the article. Why should they be included in the article? - TheMightyQuill (talk) 15:11, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And don't call me a vandal. I've been a registered user for 3 years, and have made an enormous number of constructive edits to that specific article. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 15:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well of course it matters. It matters just as much as every other horrible thing done by the Soviets, or by everyone else, to those they considered criminals. The prison at Guantanamo Bay for "unlawful combatants" matters too. But we shouldn't list all of those things on the internment article, because they aren't particularly relevant. Why are Polish experiences somehow more important that all the other cases of internment included on List of concentration and internment camps that they belong in the internment article? - TheMightyQuill (talk) 22:56, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've reintroduced the Bar Confederation content. As for the Auschwitz thing, if it's true, you should include it at Auschwitz concentration camp. Personally, I have my doubts, but you seem to desire to blame everything from the Holocaust on the Soviet Union, so go try arguing it on the talk page there.- TheMightyQuill (talk) 13:56, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I've been working on

• The Orawa and Spisz regions that were passed to Poland at Conference of Ambassadors in Spa, Belgium on 28 July 1920. I can't find any references on A)If they were passed to Poland and B) If they were given to Poland why were they requested by Poland

• Can't find any references that say, "an additional exchange of territories in Orava - the territory around Nižná Lipnica went to Poland, the territory around Suchá Hora and Hladovka went to Czechoslovakia. The new frontiers were confirmed by a Czechoslovak-Polish Treaty on April 24, 1925 and are identical with present-day borders."

• Can't find any references that for the 1948 transfer of the Village of Medyka near Przemyśl was transferred to Poland

Any help would be great -- Esemono (talk) 02:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I have nominated

Please see my notes under this heading on the talk pages of "Lucas Watzenrode the Elder" and "Jan Łaski." I think you have misidentified them both as "canons" through confusion with their namesakes. In such cases, caution is recommended. Nihil novi (talk) 21:59, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarifications.

My compliments on all your fine work. I especially admire your many fine photos. Nihil novi (talk) 22:44, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you by any chance have access to a good reproduction of

Wodzińska's portrait or a reproduction of it might perhaps be found at one of the Chopin societies or at Warsaw's "Chopin salon" on Krakowskie Przedmieście.

Photos of these portraits would be helpful for the respective articles. Nihil novi (talk) 23:30, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Established editors association will be a kind of union of who have made substantial and enduring contributions to the encyclopedia for a period of time (say, two years or more). The proposed articles of association are here - suggestions welcome.

If you wish to be elected, please notify me here. If you know of someone else who may be eligible, please nominate them here

Discussion is here.Peter Damian (talk) 17:23, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cher Mathias,

Jan Ledóchowski est un de mes ancetres par ma mere, et je viens de decouvrir le portrait que vous avez documente sur WikiPedia. Je suis a la recherche de toute information ou document sur mes ancetre Ledóchowski plus particulierement pour la periode 1715-1880, periode agitee durant laquelle different membre de ma famille ont pris part a de nombreux evenements, et se sont beaucoup deplaces en Europe. Je souhaiterai connaitre l'origine de ce portrait, et vos sources vous permettant d'affirmer de facon certaine que ce portrait est bien celui du Comte Jan Ledóchowski ne en 1790, sortie officer de cavalerie de l'ecole de guerre de Vienne en 1807, aide de camp du Prince Poniatowski et ami du baron Claude-François de Méneval, et dont le frere Joseph Ledóchowski epousa une soeur de Marie Walewska, née Laczynska.

Je vous remercie par avance, ainsi que tout autre contributeur, de toute information que vous pourrez me faire suivre. PBMFrance (talk) 16:46, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I didn't write that you were wrong about Christian IV. My point is that you only removed the illustration, but didn't modify the text. You shoud either remove the reference to Christian completely from the article or, better, tag it as lacking citation. — Kpalion^(talk) 17:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Two things re Laurynas Gucevičius: a) Please do not move pages by copying & pasting. It destroys page's history, which is required to comply with copyrights). b) Do not make controversial moves before asking on the talk page or going through

No problem! Some of my family was from Galicia and others from Wilno. :) Pats1 ^T/C 19:10, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Can you expand (with 2-3 sentences) the "Determinant laws" section in

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be

Hello MR - just to let you know, I'm still pondering the best presentation of this issue. However, as a general rule, I think it best to keep content discussions at article talk pages rather than user talk pages, apart from friendly chatter or serious conduct issues. I believe this approach is widely approved.^[citation needed] Novickas (talk) 03:20, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Szczepańczyk,

We are producing a documentary film on the Haitian earthquake, and our editors are interested in making use of an image credited to your Wikipedia account. It is a painting entitled "Bitwa na San Domingo" by January Suchodolski. We have contacted the Polish Museum in Rapperswil, and they haven't been able to provide us with the location of the original painting or the owner of licenses to this painting.

Our questions for you are: do you have a high-resolution version of your photograph available, and do you know who we would contact to license your image?

We are working under a very tight deadline, so please respond as soon as you can.

Best wishes, and much admiration for your contributions to Wikipedia,

Colin Beattie [email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.254.71.66 (talk) 16:20, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Imie i nazwisko Dzierzona zostalo zmieniona na Johann Dzierzon, to jest pisownia niemiecka. Britanica podaje Jan Dzierżoń (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/175400/Jan-Dzierzon) i tak powinno byc. Rowniez tu (http://bees.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=bees;idno=5017629) angielskie tlumaczenie pracy Dzierzona podaje Dzierżon, Jan. Czy skontaktowales sie z museum w Kluczborku, albo przeczytales dowody i fotokopie w podanych pracach Brozka, Gladysza i ks. Mazaka? Pomijanie zrodel polskich jest niedopuszczalne. Ci ktorzy chca zmieniac artykul powinni uznac wage zrodel polskich wage a nie lawirowac na drugorzednych przekladach i niepelnych zrodlach. Podane tez sa wspolczesne artykuly w prasie polskiej i napisane przez Polakow. Trzeba je wniesc do tekstu. Niech chociaz bedzie widoczne ze spoleczenstwo polskie ma silne zdanie na ten temat. Podaje Ci e-mail jezeli chcesz powaznie pracowac bez udzialu szpiegow: [email protected]. --Soujdspo (talk) 22:31, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Bierz zawsze pod uwage ze: 1) w okresie Bismarck'a zniemczano imiona celowo 2) Poszukiwania liczbowe zapisu imion na internecie sa falszywka - autorzy wtedy i dzisiaj powtarzaja to co zostalo zniemczone i wprowadzone w pismie, clowo, przez nieuwage lub niewiedze. Jedyna droga czy jego imie powinno byc pisane Jahann czy Jan jest stwierdzenie ze Dzierzon uwazal sie za Polaka i kultywowal polskos, i tak jest zgodnie z dokumentami opisanymi w pracach Brozka, Gladysza i ks. Mazaka etc. --Soujdspo (talk) 02:01, 12 April 2010 (UTC) --Soujdspo (talk) 02:40, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, you seem to know something about Polish heraldry. We know that Nick Clegg is the great-grandson of 'Ignaty Zakrevsky', who was a Russian diplomat in the 1890s and an attorney general in the Imperial Russian senate. 'Zakrevsky' had an estate near Kiev. Do you have any way of researching whether 'Zakrevsky' was related to Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski (d.1802) ? A family tree would be ideal. -Chumchum7 (talk) 07:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alas his family seems to be pure Russian. (Zakrevskye) just in 1686. [2]

His ancestor Закревский, Игнатий Платонович (Ignaty Platonovich Zakrevsky) was Russian attorney general of 1th Department of Governing Senate. [3] Polish Zakrzewscy was family from

Thanks for this. By the way, you have some cool maps. i've been trying to find one that would show ALL the Polish estates, the divisions between the Crown lands, the Radziwill lands, the Zamoyski lands, the Church lands, etc etc. I wonder whether the map of the Rzepa should really look like a map of the 'patchwork quilt' of the Holy Roman Empire. Certainly, it would better illustrate how the Rzepa wasnt a centralized state like Russia or Prussia. It would be a useful tool for historians. But I've never seen such a map. -Chumchum7 (talk) 20:10, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Livonia was definitely lost by Poland from 1629, even Polish WP has it: [4]. Please correct the date on the map to 1619-1629, as its a great map. -Chumchum7 (talk) 18:58, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that you are the user that uploaded JKChodkiewicz.jpg; do you happen to know the name of the artist who painted the original? It's not included in the image description.

1. Janusz Bojarski - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

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Re: [5]. Nice except that Niemen does not flow thru Vilnius. Renata (talk) 21:06, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get it. How a meeting in Vilnius on a bridge across Niemen could have taken place or had any impact on anything if the river does not flow thru the town? Renata (talk) 00:02, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello M. Could you please rewrite the entries about this at Vilnius and at History of Vilnius in your own words, since your additions [6], [7], were close to verbatim from Piotr S. Wandycz's book [8]. Mr. Wandycz may have been in error about the river/bridge here, but you could address that during your rewrite by shortening the entries to read just on a bridge in Vilnius. Novickas (talk) 21:46, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Got your message. The problem remains - if he erred about the event's location in Vilnius, then it doesn't belong in the Vilnius articles; if as you assert, it took place in Kaunas, it could go there instead, but only if you can produce a reliable source for it. I truly don't think it would be acceptable to put it in Kaunas on the basis of your interpretation of his intent, without some sort of verifiable correction on his part; our own readings of 'what he meant' don't carry any weight on WP. You could write to him and ask him to clarify this, but of course a private email exchange would be problematic. He could however publish some sort of public statement. If that doesn't happen... you could still include this info in some other article using some sort of workaround. Novickas (talk) 22:29, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WRT to copyvio - I may not have made the issue clear in terms of Wikipedia copyright policy. Your revisions [9], [10] still incorporate an entire sentence from the book - 'In August 1861, manifestations in Vilnius resulted in clashes with the Russian army.' vs the book's 'In August, 1861, manifestations in Wilno resulted in clashes with the Russian army.' [11] with a one-word difference (Wilno to Vilnius). As described here, 'there is no such thing as a safe word count'.[12] If you disagree with this, you could take it to one of the copyright boards, e.g. Wikipedia:Copyright violations. If you find it difficult to reword, several options: read the guidance at Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing, ask another editor, or wait for me to do it. Novickas (talk) 16:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Got your message. I still see your version as too close to the source, and again request that you bring this to a copyvio board if you disagree - altho they are swamped - if you don't post there within the next couple days, I'll do it. Novickas (talk) 17:44, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks. — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:53, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

@ Maciej!

Can't you help user:Poznaniak to produce his maps in international versions with English and perhaps German legend, in addition to the Polish version? "Zhołdowane" I did not even find in my dictionary – and most English and German readers have no Polish dictionary. Meanwhile, I've researched that, due to its use in pl.wiki, it may mean "subdued"/"unterworfen". But maps presented in WP ought to be understandable without special research.

Yours' sincerely, Ulamm (talk) 14:58, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed the map to "Southern Bug", reflecting the title of the current article. Feel free to take up your other arguments elsewhere :) - Jarry1250 ^{[Who? Discuss.]} 11:19, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 21:19, 25 April 2011 (UTC) [reply]

Hi Mathiasrex, thank you for your work on the articles of Polish artists and philosophers. Please add categories only where there is sourcing given in the article. With Bronisław Malinowski, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, ‎ Józef Czapski, Konstanty Jeleński and Czesław Miłosz you added LGBT cats with no cites given.

Thanks.

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They were, sadly, Polish-Lithuanian, not Russians: [13], [14]. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 17:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, this is correct. You may be interested in this and this. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 20:48, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See here, please. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:37, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Commons hold 2 portraits of Ignacy Krasicki by Per Kraft that are both labeled identically "File:Ignacy Krasicki.JPG".

One is your color portrait of 26 July 2006.

The other is a black-and-white portrait that now appears on the "Fables and Parables" page.

I would like to replace the black-and-white portrait with your color one; but I'm unable to do this because both carry the same label.

Could you possibly change the label on your color portrait -- or submit the portrait again under a different label?

Is this the maximum sharpness available with this portrait?

Where can the Per Kraft original be found?

I have long admired your photography. I would appreciate any help you could give with the Ignacy Krasicki portrait.

Thanks.

Nihil novi (talk) 06:43, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help with the seated portrait in "Ignacy Krasicki".

Actually, what I need is your small color portrait to substitute for the black-and-white one that appears in Krasicki's "Fables and Parables".

Best,

Nihil novi (talk) 09:10, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What I have in mind is the half-length colored portrait of Krasicki, photographed by you, that appears [15] here.

Thanks. Nihil novi (talk) 01:22, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have you looked at [16] ? Your Krasicki portrait there is in color. That's the picture I want to put on the "Fables and Parables" page, instead of the similar but black-and-white image. Nihil novi (talk) 08:52, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably missed original portrait by Krafft, [17], take notice on difference between this one [18] Mathiasrex (talk) 09:02, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that they both have the same label: "File:Ignacy Krasicki.JPG" -- which I think is why I'm unable to change the black-and-white version to the color one. Nihil novi (talk) 09:15, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sądzę, że problem możnaby łatwo rozwiązać, gdybyś mógł stworzyć wersję swej barwnej fotografii z inną etykietką. Nihil novi (talk) 09:23, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Czyli chodzi Ci tylko o zmianę nazwy pliku czy o zmianę grafiki na kolorową. Są to dwa różne obrazy, co widać w różnicy pomiędzy szczegółami (w kolorowym Krasicki ma coś co wygląda na część kaptura). Mathiasrex (talk) 09:26, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The first is not simply colour version of image in en wiki but is another portrait. Mathiasrex (talk) 09:23, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I know. And that (your color portrait) is the one I'd like to use on "Fables and Parables". But I can't because it carries the same label as the black-and-white portrait. Nihil novi (talk) 09:29, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tak -- chodzi o zmianę nazwy pliku, żeby można było użyć na "Fables and Parables". Nihil novi (talk) 09:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

dałem do zmiany nazwy na commons musimy zaczekać, chyba prościej byłoby skasować czarno-biały z en wiki i załadować go pod inną nazwą na commons. Mathiasrex (talk) 09:38, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Można skasować. Inna wersja czarno-biała, stworzona przez Wyciorka (19 II 2006) juź istnieje pod nazwą "File:Ignacy-Krasicki-oil.jpg". Nihil novi (talk) 09:58, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tym bardziej, że czarno-białej "File:Ignacy Krasicki.JPG" brak, jak to stwierdzono na pliku, pewnych niezbędnych informacji (które znajdują się na pliku "File:Ignacy-Krasicki-oil.jpg" [19]: "Ignacy Krasicki, obraz olejny, 1767, Per Krafft").

Czy umiałbyś czarno-białe "File:Ignacy Krasicki.JPG" ([20]) zlikwidować? Nihil novi (talk) 05:52, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your beautiful new portrait of Ignacy Krasicki [21].

I've placed it in 6 articles which previously showed less authentic portraits. Your illustration adds greatly to the articles' attractiveness.

Thanks for your efforts and patience! Nihil novi (talk) 02:20, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikibooks welcomes the development of textbooks of all kinds, children's books, recipes, and other material. It currently has just under 2500 books, including several Wikijunior books for the 12 and under population. There is, at present, not even a book on Christianity. Anyone interested in helping develop such a textbook is more than welcome to do so.

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Christian art

The portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger

.

By John Carter

Spotlight
A new WikiProject relating directly to Christian history is being developed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian history. Anyone interested in assisting with the development of these groups and topics is more than welcome to do so.

By John Carter

I believe
... in the tradition of

Saint Bartholomew. I believe that Jesus had two essences (or natures), human and divine, unmingled, that are everlastingly united in one personality. I am a member of the Assyrian Church of the East

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I just noticed the comment you left in the Silent Sejm article in May; I have removed it - on English Wikipedia we use discussion pages to discuss such things. If you leave your comment on discussion page, I'll try to address it as best as I can. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:21, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at Talk:Silent_Sejm#Misleading_statements_by_Norman_Davies. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:17, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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August 2012

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Church of the month

by User:Diliff Frauenkirche (Church of Our Blessed Lady) in

St. Peter's Church

Contest of the month
We currently have a remarkable lack of

main Christianity noticeboard

, and at the end of the month the project will award barnstars to those who have made a significant efforts in developing this underdeveloped content.

Also this month, we are going to have have a challenge to create and improve some of our more important missing or low-quality articles. As biographies are often a bit easier, this month we are choosing two biographies:

DYK quality level

and ultimately selected for the DYK section of the main page.

Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-August through mid-September) includes feasts dedicated to the honor of

Exaltation of the Cross

.

Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, William de Chesney (sheriff), Knights of Columbus, and Angelus Silesius were promoted to GA level. Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.

Wikimedia Foundation report

Wikinews is our sister site for developing news stories. Several events relating to Christianity, like the installation of bishops for instance, do not necessarily merit extensive coverage in wikipedia encyclopedic articles, but can and easily could be covered at greater length in a news article format. Given the number of significant news events that relate to religion, including claims of miracles, assignment of bishops and other religious leaders, church conferences, and other events, this site provides an excellent opportunity to provide in-depth coverage of current events at greater length than wikipedia.

Christian art

Christ Crucified by

Diego Velazquez

.

Spotlight

One of our newer editors, User:David_FLXD, has recently gone through much of our content related to Methodism and assessed it. We are very grateful for his efforts, and that of all the editors who have had a role in developing that content. We have every reason to believe that this will make it significantly easier for the Methodism work group to create and develop content relevant to Methodism. To help that along, we certainly encourage everyone to do what they can to help David and the other Methodism editors to bring the content relevant to their tradition to the highest possible level of quality.

I believe
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Methodist

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September 2012

Membership report
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Church of the month

by User:Diliff The Chapel of Keble College, Oxford

Contest of the month
We currently have a remarkable lack of

main Christianity noticeboard

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Also this month, we are going to have have a challenge to create and improve some of our more important missing or low-quality articles. Last month's challenge articles were

DYK quality level

and ultimately selected for the DYK section of the main page.

Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-September through mid-October) includes feasts dedicated to the honor of the

Teresa of Avila

.

Featured content and GA report
Since the last report,

Collegiate Church of San Gimignano, and St Matthew's Church, Burnley

. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Wikimedia Foundation report

As some of you may have seen, the

Christianity noticeboard

. It would be wonderful if we could report some significant contributions to this sister site next month. And, of course, if we do have something to report, those involved would receive our greatest thanks.

Christian art

The Guardian Angel by Pietro da Cortona.

Spotlight

Congregational church, Reformed Baptists, and Low church

. We definitely encourage everyone to do what they can to help this project develop the content relating to this extremely important Christian tradition.

I believe
... that human nature is insufficient for salvation, and the grace of God is required to do so. I believe that God has preordained who will and will not achieve salvation. I believe that Jesus's atonement was sufficient for the purposes for which it was done. I believe that God's grace is of such power that it can overcome any person's resistance. I believe that those whom God has chosen for salvation will, by the undeniable power of God, persevere in God's grace. I am a

Calvinist

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September 2012

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Church of the month

by User:Taxiarchos228, recently promoted to Featured Image St. Paul's Church, Basel

Contest of the month
For the upcoming month, the contest will be to develop content related to the

Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Contest of the month - Advent/Christmas content

.

One of last month's challenge articles,

Rudolf Sohm, has been substantially developed by User:Jack1956 and User:StAnselm

. Our deepest thanks to both of them!!

Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-October through mid-November) includes

James of Jerusalem, Reformation Day

, and others.

Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, Augustinian theodicy by User:ItsZippy was promoted to FA. Grade I listed churches in Merseyside by User:Peter I. Vardy was promoted to Featured List. The images in the Church of the Month and Christian art sections of this newsletter were promoted to Featured Picture status. John Wheelwright by User:Sarnold17, Christmas Party (The Office) by User:Gen. Quon and If We Are the Body by User:Toa Nidhiki05, were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, Craiova, by User:Biruitorul, Nerses IV the Gracious by User:John Carter, Church of St Candida and Holy Cross by User:BarretB, St Laurence's Church, Morland by User:Peter I. Vardy, St Mary's Church, Longfleet by User:Bermicourt, Chor von St. Bonifatius by User:Gerda Arendt, St Andrew's Church, Penrith by User:Peter I. Vardy, Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver) by User:Bloom6132, Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops) by User:Bloom6132, St Columba's Church, Warcop by User:Peter I. Vardy, St Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale by User:Peter I. Vardy, and W. E. Biederwolf by User:John Foxe. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

Portrait of John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais. This image was promoted this past month to FM by the work of User:Spongie555. Thank you, Spongie!

Spotlight

Christmas in Japan

, where Christmas is one of the times hotels receive the greatest number of, often unmarried, couples staying there for the night. The solstice season is also significant to several other religions. Many of these days are also legal holidays in several places. In Belarus, for instance, both the Western and Eastern Christmas commemorations are legal holidays. We would certainly welcome the members of this project to donate some of their time and talents in the upcoming months to improving this significant content.

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I've replied at Talk:Silent_Sejm#Misleading_statements_by_Norman_Davies with a small request. Thanks! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 16:54, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ICHTHUS

November 2012

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Church of the month

User:Saffron Blaze

Recently promoted to Featured Image. Great work!

Contest of the month
For the upcoming month, the contest will continue with the

Christianity noticeboard

.

Calendar
This coming month (mid-November through mid-December) includes the

Lucy of Syracuse

, and others.

Featured content and GA report
Since the last report,

James Francis Carney by User:Bloom6132, St Luke's Church, Chelsea by User:PKM and User:Johnbod, Gregory Orologas by User:Alexikoua, Ambrosios Pleianthidis by User:Alexikoua, and St Giles' Church, Barrow, by User:Peter I. Vardy

. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

Three scenes of the legend of the Miraculous Sacrament, in which communion wafers were reported to bleed after being stabbed, in the

St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral, Brussels by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier

. This image was promoted this past month to FM by the work of User:Alvesgaspar. Thank you, Alvesgaspar!

Spotlight

WT:X

regarding these matters, and all input is welcome.

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ICHTHUS

December 2012

Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 350 active members. We would like to welcome our newest member,

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Church of the month

This image of

User:NotFromUtrecht

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Contest of the month
As I imagine many of our editors will be editing at a greatly reduced level for the next few weeks, what with the Christmas and New Year's holidays coming, there is no specific content-related contest this month. The contest, if anything, is to make the most of the season, in whatever way, if any, you deem appropriate.

Calendar
This coming month (mid-December through mid-January) includes the

Saint Genevieve, Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Saint Sava

.

Featured content and GA report
Since the last report,

St. James' Church, Cardington by User:Peter I. Vardy

. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

The nave of the

Parish Church of Urtijëi. This image was created by User:Moroderen

. Thank you, Moroderen!

Spotlight

In the spirit of Christmas, the spotlight for the coming month might actually best be on those people closest to you. We know that a lot of our editors here are associated in some way or another with schools, and many if not most of them are going on rather extended breaks for the holidays. This can give some of us a chance to meet up with old friends, spend time with our families and those close to us, and, in a sense, "recharge" for the new year. So, for all of you who are in some way part of that group, we wish you the very best of holidays. We hope you all return to editing after the holidays with your spirits lifted and with your energies at peak level. There are some small matters in development here as well, and it is our hope that some of them will be ready come the next newsletter. But, until then, we wish you all the happiest and holiest (if appropriate) holidays.

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ICHTHUS

January 2013

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Church of the month

This image of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia by User:Poco a poco

was recently promoted to Featured Image. Thank you and congratulations for the great image!

Contest of the month
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. I am starting a discussion at

Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Future contests

, and would very much welcome any input from interested parties in how to set it up, determine winners including how many winners, etc.

By John Carter

Featured content and GA report
Since the last report, the image in the "Church of the Month" section of this newsletter was promoted to Featured Image status.

Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40 by Gerda Arendt and others, Teuruarii IV by Lemurbaby, KAVEBEAR and others, and Peace on Earth (Casting Crowns album) by Toa Nidhiki05 and others, were all promoted to GA status.

Also this past month, the DYKs on the main page included St James' Church, Cardington by Peter I. Vardy, Bishop's Palace, Kraków by Poeticbent, Kippinge Church by Ipigott and Rosiestep, Trinitatis Church, also by Ipigott and Rosiestep, Steindamm Church by Olessi, St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton by Peter I. Vardy, Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora, by Peter I. Vardy, Sonrise Church, by Aboutmovies, St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Albany, New York), by Daniel Case, All Saints Church, Claverley, by Peter I. Vardy, and Church of the Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes, by Poeticbent. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
This image was created by User:Dcoetzee. Thank you, Dcoetzee!

Spotlight

The Spotlight this month turns to the

Jesus Sutras and the belief of the Assyrian Church of the East that the bread they use in the preparation of their Eucharist uses the same basic yeast as that used in the bread of the Last Supper

itself. Sadly, given the linguistic barriers to much of the content relative to these groups, and the comparative lack of notoriety they have in the Western world, much of this content does receive less attenion, and thus less development, than much other content. There is a large amount of extremely valuable historical material here still waiting to be adequately developed by editors with an interest in the topic, and I personally very much hope that we can draw more attention to these topics, and the content related to them.

By John Carter

Calendar
This coming month (mid-January through mid-February) includes

Saint Anskar

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ICHTHUS

April 2013

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From the Editor

We apologise for the hiatus in the publication of this newsletter due to unforseen circumstances leading to the wikibreak of John Carter, and so I have taken over as acting editor, and have taken this opportunity to move the publication date to the start of each month as planned, to better reflect on the previous month and look ahead to the next. This issue covers the period of time from mid-January to the end of March.

Since the last issue we have seen the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis. This has received much coverage both in the world media and on Wikipedia. While there is still much work to do, several quality articles have been written and the editors involved are thanked for their efforts.

This month we look ahead to Easter and the celebration of God's love for mankind through the crucifixion and resurrection of his Son Jesus Christ. With that, I wish you all happy reading!

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Church of the month

This image of the Church of Saint Ildefonso, Portugal by Poco a poco was recently promoted to Featured Image. Thank you and congratulations for the great image!

Contest of the month
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. I am starting a discussion at

Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Future contests

, and would very much welcome any input from interested parties in how to set it up, determine winners including how many winners, etc.

By John Carter

Featured content and GA report
Since the last report;

Grade I listed churches in Cumbria was promoted to Featured List status, thanks to Peter I. Vardy, and the image above of the Church of Saint Ildefonso was promoted to featured picture status.

Martin Luther King, Jr., by Khazar2, was promoted to GA status, as well Third Epistle of John by Cerebellum

.

Also these past months, the DYKs on the main page included

Church of the Holy Ghost, Tallinn, by Yakikaki; Old Stone Congregational Church, by Orladyl Heath Chapel, by Peter I. Vardy; St. Joseph's Church, Beijing, by Bloom6132; Church of St Bartholomew, Yeovilton, by Rodw; and St. Michael's Catholic Church (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) also by Nyttend

. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

Complete recording

J.S. Bach, was promoted to GA this month and was written by Gerda Arendt

. Many thanks for her continuing work in the area of early 18th Century Church music.

Spotlight

The Spotlight this month turns to the

WP:1.0 articles, and the WikiWork

of the project is 4.56, which indicates the "average" article is between Start and C class.

By Gilderien

Calendar
This coming month (end-March through end-April) includes

James, son of Zebedee, and Benedict the Moor

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Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Soviet invasion of Poland, Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, and Invasion of Poland, as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 19:28, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is an informal name of an event in Poland's history, which was precipitated by the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and the German and Soviet invasions. Thus, the signing of the pact and the two invasions can be described as steps of the partition, but it would be incorrect to claim that any one of them is the partition itself, as you did here, here and here. The latter article (Invasion of Poland) may be general enough to merit the addition of this term as an alternative name, but the other two are certainly not, hence the reverts. --illythr (talk) 18:45, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is because

Fourth Partition of Poland (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) as an article, which apparently is not sufficiently notable, as an accepted historical term deserving a separate article. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 20:21, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply

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Meh, looks like a pointless fork of the existing article to me. But adding it as a synonym of the pact and the like seems to be just a linguistic mix-up. --illythr (talk) 21:47, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2013

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This month we hear the news that the Bible is to be made into a film after outstanding success of a biblical miniseries on the History Channel, and we have seen the release of Iraqi Pastor Ali Hamzah from his confinement in Iraq.

After last month's spotlight on the Jesus work group, the flagship article, Jesus, was nominated for Good Article status after much work from FutureTrillionaire and History2007, and provisionally passed by the reviewer, although they have requested a second opinion. Our many thanks for the hard work that has gone into restoring this article to a quality piece of work.

This month the second largest denomination of Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox Church, celebrates Easter and the death and resurrection of the Son of God Jesus Christ.

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Church of the month

Wells Cathedral was this month promoted to GA status. Rodw has appealed for any help project members can give to improve this article for a FA nomination.

Contest of the month
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. By John Carter

Featured content and GA report
Since the last report;

Featured report;

Truthkeeper88, and Johnbod

was promoted to Featured Article status. Crucifixion and Last Judgement was promoted to featured picture status, after nomination by Crisco 1492.

Wells Cathedral, by Rodw, Robert of Ghent, by User:Ealdgyth, Christianity in Medieval Scotland, by Sabrebd, and Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, also by Sabrebd were promoted to GA status.

Also these past months, the DYKs on the main page included

Colan Church, by Rosiestep, Nvvchar, Ipigott; Notre Dame Cathedral, Papeete, Bloom6132, Church of St. Wenceslaus (New Prague, Minnesota), by Elkman; St. Joseph Catholic Church (San Antonio, Texas), by Gilliam; Doubting Thomas, by Johnbod; Robert of Ghent, by Ealdgyth; and Holy Trinity Church, Holdgate, by Peter I. Vardy

. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

This depiction of the Crucifixion and Last Judgement was painted by Dutch artist Jan van Eyck and promoted to Featured Picture this month.

Spotlight

SPOTLIGHT

This month, we turn our attention to the

Encyclopedic articles

sub-group, which aims to provide "a collection point for lists of articles contained in other reference sources relating to Christianity, which could serve as a basis for developing our own content". Created by John Carter, it is primarily a list of links, red or otherwise, for subjects which have an article in the reference works listed therein. This serves as a very useful list if any project members are "stuck for what to do" and there remains lots of potential for articles developed from this list.

By Gilderien

Calendar
This coming month (end-April through end-May) includes

Empress Helena

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ICHTHUS

June 2013

From the Editor

crowd-sourced development environment in which we operate, as the number of pages in the project has increased at times our attention has been naturally diluted. We should of course strive for quality everywhere, but we should remember that this newsletter is called Ichthus

.

Starting this month we will start a "Focus on" series, where we will try to "bring Jesus back" and focus on him. For five consecutive issues we will focus on one aspect of the study of Jesus. The goal of this series is to inform our members of what the project contains and highlight those articles which have reached quality and stability.

From this month until November we will focus on the historical Jesus, a topic which has been the subject of much discussion on article talk pages, as well as the general media. This is an important topic, and we have a good set of well referenced articles on that now. Then, starting in December we will focus on Christ, and the spiritual and theological elements that the title entails. Following that the review of the life and ministry of Jesus in the New Testament, his miracles, and parables will take place. And each month the "Bookshelf" will mention a book that fits the theme of the month.

We hope you will enjoy this journey as we present a new aspect of Jesus each month. And given that as the number of project pages increases, the ratio of those watching the pages declines, we hope that more of you will watch some of these central pages that help define this project.

Church of the month

The current building of All Saints' Church, Winthorpe in Nottinghamshire, England which was completed in 1888, is at least the third version of the church, which dates back to at least the early 13th century.

Good articles and DYKs
The article

Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción, Roholte Church, Notre Dame Cathedral, Taiohae, Leicester Abbey, Caracas Cathedral, Caldey Abbey, King's Mead Priory, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) andAll Saints' Church, Winthorpe, as well as the hymn What Wondrous Love Is This

.

Focus on...

THE
HISTORICAL JESUS

Did Jesus exist? Did he walk the streets of Jerusalem? The Historicity of Jesus article answers these questions with a firm affirmative. Historicity does not discuss if Jesus walked on water, but if he walked at all. The issue was the subject of scholarly debate before the end of last century, but the academic debate is almost over now. As the article discusses, virtually all academic opposition to the existence of Jesus has evaporated away now and scholars see it as a concluded issue. The discussion is now just among mostly self-published non-academics.

In 2011 John Dickson tweeted that if anyone finds a professor of history who denies that Jesus lived,he would eat a page of his Bible (Matthew 1 he said). Dickson's Bible is still safe.

The article discusses the ancient sources that relate to Jesus and how they fit together to establish that he existed. The evidence for Jesus is not just based on the Christian gospels, but by inter-relating them with non-Christian sources, and the fact that they all "fit together". Moreover, the existence of Jesus is not supported just by Christian scholars and in recent years the detailed knowledge of Jewish scholars and their discoveries (e.g. Shlomo Pines' discovery of the Syriac Josephus) has proven highly beneficial. We encourage you to read and follow the article, for the existence of Jesus is central to the existence of Christianity.

From the bookshelf

ISBN 0-8028-4368-9

Just a few years after its publication,

Blomberg and Harris

separately referring to it as the most comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Did you know...

• ... that
  Soli Deo Gloria, at the beginning and end of all his church compositions to give God credit for the work, and that Handel
  at times did the same?

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Saint Barnabas

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July 2013

From the Editor

Welcome to the July 2013 issue of Ichthus. We focus on the chronology of Jesus, as well as looking back at the project content improved over the last month.

WP:X has gained another Featured Article, Gospel of the Ebionites, by Ignocrates. The Gospel of the Ebionites is the name scholars give to an apocryphal gospel that supposedly belonged to a sect known as the Ebionites. It consists of seven short quotations discovered in a heresiology known as the Panarion, written by Epiphanius of Salamis, and its original title remains unknown. The text is a gospel harmony composed in Greek, and is believed to have been written during the middle of the 2nd century.

St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn was promoted to Good Article status, as was two other welsh churches, St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, and St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch.

The main page also featured several DYK hooks for articles in our project, namely

List of places of worship in Tandridge (district), Catholic Press, Garendon Abbey, St. John's Episcopal Church (Jersey City, New Jersey), Pargev Martirosyan, Praskvica Monastery, Heather Preceptory, St. Augustin, Coburg, Longleat Priory, St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, Christianization of Moravia, Christianization of Bohemia, Repton Abbey, St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Medingen Abbey, Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, St. James on-the-Lines, and Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch

.

Church of the month

Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev in Ukraine. It is a functioning monastery that dates back to the Middle Ages

.

Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 367 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,

Christianity noticeboard

or with me or other individual editors to request it.

Focus on...

THE
HISTORICAL JESUS

When did Jesus live? When did he die? How do we know? We do, in fact, have excellent information about the time intervals for the life and death of Jesus. As in other people who lived and died in the first century, this gives an approximate date range, but still, give or take 3-4 years and we have pretty good estimates confirmed by a number of really diverse sources, ranging from inscriptions in Delphi to Roman and Jewish sources. The Chronology of Jesus article discusses how a wide variety of Christian, Jewish and Roman sources are used to establish the time-frame for the life and death of Jesus.

And all of his data fits together. For instance, the chronology of Paul had been discussed based on the

Book of Acts long ago, then the Delphi Inscription is found in the 20th century in the Temple of Apollo. And guess what.. it confirms it and totally dates his trial in Corinth, which helps reaffirm the date of the crucifixion of Jesus. The same date range is independently estimated from the writings of Josephus on the Baptist's death. And it fits Isaac Newton's astronomical models for the crucifixion date as well as the independent lunar calculations of Humphreys

. As that article shows, all these dates just fit together.

From the bookshelf

ISBN 0-931464-50-1

This two volume book (with a very apt title) is gem-filled with scholarly research.

Paul Maier

's article in the first volume is a classic study on the chronology of Jesus and provides a useful summary of a number of issues.

Did you know...

Hemis monastery

• ... that the Russian journalist
  Hemis monastery that an adult Jesus had traveled to India
  , later confessed to fabricating his evidence?

Calendar
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James, son of Zebedee

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ICHTHUS

August 2013

From the Editor

Welcome to the August 2013 issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter. We focus on the historical Jesus and reflect on the last month.

The project has another featured picture,

Knights of Colombus

has also been nominated as a FAC.

Good Article

status.

Our project had several of its articles featured in the main page DYK section, including

Bunge church

.

Our thanks go to all of those who have worked to achieve these article milestones.

Church of the month

This image, of Maillezais Cathedral and created by Selbymay was this month promoted to featured picture status.

Membership report
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Focus on...

THE
HISTORICAL JESUS

What was Jesus like? What did he preach? Did he claim to be the Messiah? Did he predict an apocalypse? What can we know about him outside a religious context? The Historical Jesus article discusses what can be known about Jesus with various degrees of probability. While scholars agree on the over all flow and outline of Jesus' life (his baptism by John, debated Jewish authorities, healings, and his crucifixion by Pilate) they have built various and diverging portraits of the rest of his life. These range from minimalist portraits that accept very little of the gospel accounts to maximalists who accept most of the accounts as historical.

The portraits of Jesus have at times been unwitting reflections of the researchers themselves, and Crossan once quipped that some authors "do autobiography and call it biography". However, the study of historical Jesus has made one thing clear: there is so much to learn about Jesus that the more one looks, the more there is to discover.

From the bookshelf

ISBN 0-567-64517-7

In this book Maurice Casey not only draws on his special expertise in the Aramaic traditions and the Q source, but provides a comprehensive review of the various approaches to the historical Jesus.

Did you know...

• ... that in 1951 Christianity was the second largest religion in the world with 500 million followers, compared to 520 million Buddhists, but by 2013 it had gained the top spot with about 2.2 billion Christians?

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St Augustine

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I noted that the data for the Wołyń and Polesie Voivodeship seem to be incomplete, because in some powiats there are no Ukrainian and/or Belarusian language speakers, although one would expect at least some of them. Where no data available for these powiats?

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Project News
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Belated Happy Easter and Kalo Pascha! We're excited to announce the return of our newsletter Ichthus! Getting this issue out was touch-and-go for a while. Check out what's happening at the Project:

• There was a lively discussion about the Easter Did You Know nomination Christ the Lord is Risen Today
• RFC at Knights of Columbus regarding a question about having Prop 8 in the lead
• In anticipation of being nominated for Featured article, Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was put up for Peer Review by Ltwin
• The death of Billy Graham on February 21 was a profound loss for many. For the Wikipedia reaction see this discussion. Graham received a blurb.
• And... Order of Friars Minor--nominated by
  Chicbyaccident--is still waiting for a GA reviewer
  . Please help out if you can.

Achievements

Hedy Lamarr as Delilah

In March the Project saw four articles promoted to GA-Class. They were the oh-so-irresistible Delilah (nom. MagicatthemovieS) (pictured), Edict of Torda (nom. Borsoka), David Meade (author) (nom. LovelyGirl7) and last but not least Black Christmas (2006 film) (nom. Drown_Soda). Black Christmas? How did that get in there lol? Congratulations to all of the nominators for a job well done!

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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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Last month's auspicious relaunch of our newsletter precipitated something of an uproar in the Wikipedia community. What started as a localized edit war over censorship spilled over onto the Administrator's Noticeboard finally ending up at Wikipedia's supreme judicial body ArbCom. Their ruling resulted in the admonishment of administrator Future Perfect at Sunrise for his involvement in the dispute. The story was reported by Wikipedia's venerable flagship newspaper The Signpost.

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sandbar along the Curaray River, a few miles from Huaorani settlements. Their efforts culminated on January 8, 1956, when all five—Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian—were attacked and speared by a group of Huaorani warriors. The news of their deaths was broadcast around the world, and Life magazine covered the event with a photo essay. The deaths of the men galvanized the missionary effort in the United States, sparking an outpouring of funding for evangelization efforts around the world. Their work is still frequently remembered in evangelical publications, and in 2006, was the subject of the film production End of the Spear. (more...

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The big news was the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The Top 7

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1. Elizabeth I of England – legendary monarch who ushered in the Elizabethan Era over the dead body of her half-sister
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2. Henry VIII of England
   – on his deathbed the last words of the king who founded the English Reformation were "Monks! Monks! Monks!"
3. Martin Luther King Jr. – can't wait to see the new US$5 bill featuring the "I Have a Dream" speech
4. Seven deadly sins – surprisingly "original research" is not one of the Seven deadly sins
5. Mary, Queen of Scots – arrested for Reigning While Catholic (RWC)
6. Michael Curry (bishop) – our article says that he upstaged Meghan at her wedding. Did you see her wedding pictures? All I can say is {{dubious}}
7. Robert F. Kennedy – when informed that missiles were being installed in Cuba he famously quipped, "Can they hit Oxford, Mississippi?"

Did you know
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... that the little-known 1758 Methodist hymn "Sun of Unclouded Righteousness" asks God to send the doctrine of the "Unitarian fiend ... back to hell", referring to both Islam and Unitarianism?

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The Last Judgment by painter Hans Memling.

Second Coming of Christ

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Polls conducted in 2012 across 20 countries found over 14% of people believe the world will end in their lifetime, with percentages raging from 6% of people in France to 22% in the US and Turkey. In the UK in 2015, the general public believed the likeliest cause would be

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1. Louis XIV of France
   – a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France. He did say, "Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful."
2. Elizabeth I of England
   in 1586, and was beheaded the following year.
3. Elizabethan Era, reversed re-establishment of Roman Catholicism by her half-sister
   .
4. six marriages
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5. Martin Luther King Jr. –
   " There are three urgent and indeed great problems that we face not only in the United States of America but all over the world today. That is the problem of racism, the problem of poverty and the problem of war."
6. Billy Ray Cyrus – Having released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, he is best known for his number one single "Achy Breaky Heart", which became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia.

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... that the first attempt to build the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra resulted in the demolition of the nearly completed structure?

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Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, Ireland

Finbarr of Cork, patron saint of the city. It was once in the Diocese of Cork; it is now one of the three cathedrals in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin

. Christian use of the site dates back to a 7th-century AD monastery, which according to legend was founded by Finbarr of Cork. The entrances contain the figures of over a dozen biblical figures, capped by a tympanum showing a Resurrection scene. (more...)

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A suicide attack on

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1. six marriages
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2. Carthusian monk Lanspergius
   from Spanish into Italian.
3. Elizabeth I of England
   in 1586, and was beheaded the following year.
4. Bob Dylan – American singer-songwriter, author, and visual artist.
   " Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them."
5. Elizabethan Era, reversed re-establishment of Roman Catholicism by her half-sister
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6. Billy Ray Cyrus – Having released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, he is best known for his number one single "Achy Breaky Heart", which became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia.

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Eric and Leslie Ludy were 21 and 16 respectively when they first met, English professors suggest that older singles are unlikely to gather hope from their story.

When God Writes Your Love Story: The Ultimate Approach to Guy/Girl Relationships is a 1999 book by Eric and Leslie Ludy, an American married couple. After becoming a bestseller on the Christian book market, the book was republished in 2004 and then revised and expanded in 2009. It tells the story of the authors' first meeting, courtship, and marriage. The authors advise single people not to be physically or emotionally intimate with others, but to wait for the spouse that God has planned for them.

The book is divided into five sections and sixteen chapters. Each chapter is written from the perspective of one of the two authors; nine are by Eric, while Leslie wrote seven, as well as the introduction. The Ludys argue that one's love life should be both guided by and subordinate to one's relationship with God. Leslie writes that God offers new beginnings to formerly unchaste or sexually abused individuals. (more...)

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1. Dolly Parton - an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. Quotations related to Dolly Parton at Wikiquote: " I just depend on a lot of prayer and meditation. I believe that without God I am nobody, but that with God, I can do anything."
2. Underground Railroads. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout, spy for the Union Army
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3. six marriages
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Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. The book is divided into five chapters, which Dickens titled "staves". A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. (more...)

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Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another.

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1. Pope Benedict XVI – retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as head of the Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation.
2. Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III
   , who reigned in the 8th century.
3. Dolly Parton – an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. Quotations related to Dolly Parton at Wikiquote: "I just depend on a lot of prayer and meditation. I believe that without God I am nobody, but that with God, I can do anything."

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  All Saints Church, Henley Brook, the oldest church in Western Australia
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• ...that the
  Virgin Mary
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• ...that the parish church of James Parkinson, after whom Parkinson's disease is named, was St Leonard's, Shoreditch, a church just outside the City of London and most famous for being one of the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons"?
• ...that the Grand
  Patriarch of Constantinople
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A Song for Simeon, is a 37-line poem written in 1928 by American-English poet

anti-Semitism

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May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose.

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Psalm 20:4 New King James Version (NKJV)

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