Talk:Bolesław Prus

message: I'd really like to include this, but I'd like to see a couple of things done first:
* Add a few inline citations, at suitable points throughout the article.  Even 4 or 5 would make a difference.
* Get rid of the dashes in the "Life" section - I'm bad for overusing dashes myself - as you can see.
Thanks, Walkerma 04:21, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  Further criticisms welcomed.  Nihil novi 04:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This looks much better, thanks!  The only remaining work I can see (as a casual, non-expert reviewer) would be some copyediting of the prose - a handful of the sentences are rather clumsy, with a lot of commas.  I did a couple myself.  The comparative lit paragraph is a tricky one, I can't really see another way to do that without that really long sentence, so I'd say it was OK.  Generally it looks fine to me, and the inline citations make this a much stronger article!  Thanks, Walkerma 06:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In coming days I will look at the text again from the standpoint of further copyediting.  Thank you for taking time, in the midst of your pressing obligations, to review the article.  It made all the difference!  Nihil novi 09:20, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Version 0.7 

message: The article has recently been augmented and edited and has received inline citations.  Would anyone object to removal of the "cleanup" tag?  Nihil novi 22:01, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say "yes" - though I didn't tag it! Walkerma 06:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've gone ahead and removed the tag.  I think it has served its purpose.  Nihil novi 09:15, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup tag

message: I think the biography of Bolesław Prus should be improved. This article can achieve GA status. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvement 

message: This biography had too many irrelevant images. I have removed several irrelevant images. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

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replies: text: I believe that most of the above items have previously been considered, and that the article is ready for Good-Article review.  Nihil novi (talk) 03:26, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the article is ready for GA review. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 08:18, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Automatic peer review suggestions

message: The pseudonym of Aleksander Głowacki was Bolesław Prus. I think we should mention that in the lead. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 09:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you say that Bolesław Prus was "born Aleksander Głowacki," it is tantamount to saying that "Prus" was Głowacki's pseudonym; and this wording gets around the awkwardness of saying that a pseudonym is a novelist, etc.  Nihil novi (talk) 10:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a statement to the lead about Prus' pseudonym.  That should make the matter clearer.  Nihil novi (talk) 21:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I have made some necessary changes in the infobox. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 09:54, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pseudonym 

message: The following statement is problematic:
"His "Weekly Chronicles," spanning forty years (and since reprinted in twenty volumes), would help prepare the ground for the extraordinary 20th-century blossoming of Polish science and especially mathematics."
The above statement can be included in the biography only if someone can cite a reliable source. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: One more point: Can we consider 'Newspaper column' as a literary genre? I don't think so. I would like to know the views of other users. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Much depends on who's writing the columns.  In Prus' hands, it was a literary genre.  But I won't object if you prefer to delete it from the infobox.  Nihil novi (talk) 08:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In Prus' hands, it was a literary genre. However, generally 'Newspaper column' is not considered as a literary genre. I removed it from the infobox. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 13:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

text: One more question: What was the religion of Bolesław Prus? Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In a superficial sense, he did not separate himself from the majority of his compatriots.  In a deeper sense, one might say his religion was science and the pursuit of knowledge.  I wouldn't put him down for a "religion" in the infobox.  Nihil novi (talk) 08:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the reply, Nihil novi. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 13:31, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Few problems 

message: Please provide the ISBN number for the following books:
* Szweykowski, Zygmunt (1972). Twórczość Bolesława Prusa (The Art of Bolesław Prus), 2nd edition, Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.  
* Tokarzówna, Krystyna; Stanisław Fita (1969). in Szweykowski, Zygmunt (ed.): Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: Kalendarz życia i twórczości (Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: a Calendar of His Life and Work). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.  
* Pauszer-Klonowska, Gabriela (1962). Ostatnia miłość w życiu Bolesława Prusa (The Last Love in the Life of Bolesław Prus). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.  
* Fita, Stanisław (ed.) (1962). Wspomnienia o Bolesławie Prusie (Reminiscences about Bolesław Prus). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.  
* Melkowski, Stefan. Poglądy estetyczne i działalność krytycznoliteracka Bolesława Prusa (Bolesław Prus' Esthetic Views and Literary-Critical Activity). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1963.  
* Wróblewski, Zbigniew (1984). To samo ramię (The Same Hand). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.
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* Pieścikowski, Edward (1985). Bolesław Prus, 2nd edition, Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
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* Tyszkiewicz, Teresa (1971). Bolesław Prus. Warsaw: Państwowe Zakłady Wydawnictw Szkolnych.  
Masterpiece2000 (talk) 10:05, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wróblewski and Pieścikowski, as stated above.  The remaining books have no ISBN.  Nihil novi (talk) 06:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ISBN number  

message: This article is pretty close to GA, it just needs two things fixed: First, it needs a copy-edit from someone who isn't familiar with the subject. Several sections, including the lead and the Commemorations section, read choppily. Second, I'm confused by the placement of in-line citations. Citations should come after the information they cover. Several sections seem uncited but I suspect that the citation has been misplaced. Don't leave information "hanging". Always have a citation after presenting information. Wrad (talk) 00:59, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The citations do follow the information.  Perhaps additional citations would be desirable; if so, suggestions would be appreciated, by paragraph, sentence or specific item of information.  Nihil novi (talk) 03:21, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Here you go: The "secondary school" bit in the first section. The final paragraph and a half of the second section. Third para. of the third. Fourth of fourth. The Comparative literature section. Lastly, several statements in the Commemorations section. Wrad (talk) 03:27, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your suggestions. 06:46, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

text: I've added the proposed references, and some additional information.  Thanks for the suggestions.  Nihil novi (talk) 11:15, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Referencing is better now. The prose is still a little fragmented. I would suggest putting up a request at WP:LOCE for help on this. Wrad (talk) 00:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, there are few flaws in the biography. However, I think the article is good enough for the GA status. For the FA status, some more work is needed. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 07:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm putting it up at LOCE. It shouldn't take them too long to respond. Wrad (talk) 01:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA on hold

message: I worked on the beginning of the commemorations section. I think more information is needed--what were the organizations that were named for him? Jacqke (talk) 20:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the very helpful edits and suggestions.  I will try to locate more specific information.  Nihil novi (talk) 08:47, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

text: I've taken your suggestion and reworked the memorials into bullet points.  I think the information does work much better this way.  Nihil novi (talk) 06:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Beginning copyedit for choppiness

message: Nihil Novi invited me to look at this article and perhaps do some editing. I have made some copy edits, but I also have a few questions. 1) In the section on Journalism, I'm not sure I see the connection between his adherence to Positivism and his taking of a pen-name. The structure seems to indicate that those are linked concepts, but I don't see it. 2) The fact that Poland had been partitioned out of of existence nearly a century earlier seems extraneous to the discussion of Prus's  daily paper. 3) I have used Prus's rather than Prus' as the possessive, because Prus is not a plural noun. I think that is the correct usage in American English, but it may vary regionally. 4) I was a little confused by the line "Today Prus's essential biography is still to be found in his nonfiction and fiction writings." Does that mean that no one has written it, or than his writings are his biography--more important than the events of his life--or something else? 5) The "Comparative Literature" section seems a little thin compared to the rest. It seems like one person (Kasparek?) has sought to draw parallels between Prus and Bierce. And although those parallels may well exist, I'm not sure that they are sufficiently notable. Maybe one or two sentences in in "Legacy" could be sufficient mention of this coincidence. Otherwise I think the article is good. It makes me want to read one of his novels. I think I may have done some of this concurrently with Jacqke above, so apologies if there were conflicts. maxsch (talk) 20:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the edits and insightful suggestions, all of which I've incorporated.  Nihil novi (talk) 08:44, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Outside Editor

message: My thanks to all who have contributed to this article's recent improvement, thereby qualifying it for good-article status—most particularly, to Jacqke, Masterpiece2000, Mathiasrex, Maxschmelling, Midnightdreary, Piotrus, Walkerma, Wrad.  Nihil novi (talk) 03:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Great news! And, I would like to thank you for your great effort. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:30, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "[[Bolesław Prus]]" [[Wikipedia:Good articles|GA]]

message: I have created a new list called List of works by Bolesław Prus. This list is modeled after List of Max Weber works. I would like other users to contribute. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 05:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have redirected the list to the section 'Notable works by Bolesław Prus'. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 13:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Well, if the section 'Notable works by Bolesław Prus' becomes very long, it may be split out again. However, I think the section will not be very long. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:07, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[List of works by Bolesław Prus]] 

message: I wonder if the article is ready to be submitted to WP:FAC? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  23:36, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I think we should add more information. I also feel that the article is a little bias towards Prus. Some critical comments about Prus should be included in the article. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Any suggestions?  Nihil novi (talk) 07:15, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

text: If you run into any, let me know.  Nihil novi (talk) 08:31, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: FA?

message: I think this article is a little bias towards Prus. According to this article, The Outpost, The Doll, The New Women, and Pharaoh are the best novels of Prus. 
I am not from Poland and I don't have much information about Prus. However, with the help of books.google.com, I have an access to one reliable source. I have a limited access to the book The History of Polish Literature (by Czesław Miłosz). According to Milosz, the novel The New Women can be called an artistic failure perhaps because Prus seems to have known little about women. According to Milosz, The Outpost, The Doll, and Pharaoh are the best novels of Prus. This is an example of bias.
I also feel that we should mention few things about the novels in the biography. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added criticism. I also feel that few things about the phase "great questions of the day" should be mentioned in the article. I think the article is ready for the FA status. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: I am adding the criticism of The New Women by Czesław Miłosz. He was a Nobel laureate. His criticism is necessary. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 05:10, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism by Milosz 

message: Re the comparative literature parallels with Ambrose Bierce, Bierce went to "high school at the county seat, Warsaw." Flukey. 06:16, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the reminder.  I've added the information.  Nihil novi (talk) 07:40, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small point 

message: Given the quality of this article, the External links section sticks out as needing work (plus it included a spammed link, which is how I came across the article).
The relevant policies/guidelines are WP:EL and WP:NOTLINKS.
Links that are redundant with this article's content are inappropriate, which is most of what I'm seeing and the reason for me tagging the section.
Given the amount and quality of the references, there really shouldn't be any external links to encyclopedia articles at all. If there is information in them that is not already included in this article, that information should be added with the relevant external link as a source.
I don't understand why the translation of one of his works is linked at all. Is is about him, containing information not in this article?
As for the Polish links, English is preferred, and we seem to have plenty of English content. If there's something important in them not appearing in any English website and not already in the article, then consider using them as sources. --Ronz (talk) 16:07, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup of External links

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