Talk:Poland/Archive 3

message: The "History" section of this article suffers from what I call the "exponential effect"--an increasing amount of space is devoted to events as the dicussion moves from Polish prehistory to the present.  While it's true that we know more about recent events than past events, this is not an issue at this high level of detail.  I think the section should be rewritten in a more uniform level of detail.  I'll try to get around to it sometime if no one else does. Appleseed 17:51, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: I added population 2002 census data (38,230,080). However, it may create a false impression that the population of Poland is increasing because the given estimate of 2005 (38,635,144), taken apparently from CIA  World Fact Book, is higher. In fact, Polish Central Statistical Office estimates the population at the end of 2004 as 38,175,000.  Other data from Demographics of Poland (again apparently from CIA World Fact Book) have also discrepancies from Central Statistical Office data.  
I think the Central Statistical Office data are more reliable and I propose to use them instead of CIA ones. Any objections? Poszwa 22:57, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 

message: There is no official motto. Neither in the Constitiution, nor in any other document. 
Please do not insert it again and again. Poszwa 02:27, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, it's not a national motto. "Honor i Ojczyzna" or "Bóg, Honor i Ojczyzna" are slogans frequently featured on many (mostly military) banners and could be considered an (unofficial!) motto of the army, but not the state. Especially that the modern state is neutral when it comes to God's existence so it couldn't adopt such a motto anyway. Halibutt 03:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motto 

message: I removed this part because it is of no use to non-Polish-speaking readers and was constantly attracting spam links. Poszwa 13:57, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. Halibutt 15:03, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The most popular Polish web-portals

message: I cannot beleive how silly the recent reverts regarding the presidency have been. Kwasniewski will remain president until the end of the year when Kaczynski is sworn in. Kaczynski is the President (elect) until that time, and Kwasniewski is still the president. Encyclopedias are supposed to refect fact. - not fantasy.  
It seems obvious that the solution to this problem is to insert a line into the table to reflect that Kaczynski is President (elect) - (despite the fact that some may not like it).  
I'm not good with tables but I'll try to change it. If it doesn't work perhaps somebody with a mature approach to editing might want to make the change. Adz 12:47, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don’t think that adding ‘President-elect’ and 'Prime minister-designate' is necessary. This is a short and strict table and IMHO should only contain info about current officeholders.
--Myszodorn 15:40, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent 'President' Reverts 

message: Well, I don't understand why some vandalism that I thought I'd reverted still persisted. Odd. Maybe I did click the wrong link. It's possible. But this is the second time this has happened. Oh well. I'll give the Wikipedia software the benefit of the doubt once more. --A bit iffy 21:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: Could someone add a better map for this country? This seems to me to be a problem for most country and city entries throughout Wikipedia, there are no decent maps. The "administrative map" given here shows very few cities and no detail. Location maps for cities within Poland often show just a silhouette of the country with a dot giving an approximate location of the city. These lacks of detail make it difficult for anyone to get an idea on geography. DJProFusion
:Since it is more diffucult to create a graphical image then to write text, we have fewer images then we would like. Feel free to create one or search for one that is available under open licencse (or ask owners of those which are not to change their license).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:58, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography 

message: Has anyone else noticed that the Demographics and Culture sections are basically identical?  What gives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.46.198.237 (talk) 14:26, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics