Talk:Silesians

message: Does anyone agree with me that perhaps a bit more should be said in particular respect to the culture? Michael 00:13, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, plus something should be said about the 2002 census - majority of Silesians were not allowed to sign as Silesians... they had to choose between Polish or German nationality  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.180.114.141 (talk) 16:27, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I agree with Mr IP. Many of Silesians were not allowed to sign as Silesians. Sources exist (mostly in Polish or Silesian language), but you have to look for. LUCPOL (talk) 13:35, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Culture 

message: In this article should be disambiguation page, because silesians could mean either german speaking inhabitants of Silesia (selfname Schlesier) who were expelled after WW2, either slavic speaking inhabitants of Silesia (selfname Szlonzaks or Szlunzaks) --Vulpes vulpes 09:27, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Many silesians 

message: For dedicated editors of this page: The "Related Groups" info was removed from all  infoboxes. Comments may be left on the Ethnic groups talk page. Ling.Nut 23:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "related groups" info removed from infobox 

message: The numbers provided in this article need to be supported by citations from reliable sources. Why should people who have declared Polish, Czech, or German nationality be forcibly categorized as Silesians? I've removed the link to the Tripod website, the article barely even touches on Silesians, it does not support the 2 million figure, and lastly, Tripod is not an acceptable source.Kasnie (talk) 23:58, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: improved real data. LUCPOL (talk) 13:25, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reliable sources needed

message: I think this article should focus on the West Slavic ethnic group, and the info about ethnic Germans who have lived in Silesia belongs in a separate article. Lumping them all together creates a confusing mess.Kasnie (talk) 17:25, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This article, describing "Silesians", is the most right place for the german speaking Silesians. Jonny84 (talk) 22:33, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

text: You are confusing a lot of things. 1. 200.000 people didn't declared themselfs as Silesians (actually they weren't asked for it), they declared a Silesian nationality. This is a big difference. People which declared a German nationality didn't exclude that they are Silesians. 2. Silesians is a modern term. The West Slavic group which lived in Silesia were Sleenzanes. Silesians aren't Sleenzanes and Sleenzanes aren't Silesians. To build a connection between Silesians and Sleenzanes is very non-scientific and POV. Also it's hard to say that Silesians are a West Slavic group after the German Ostsiedlung in 14th century in Silesia, and the term Silesians was created after the german settlement. Silesians are also living in Upper Silesia, but Sleenzanes never lived there. It was the homeland of the Opolani. --Jonny84 (talk) 16:16, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

text: Germany nowadays don't ask people for their cultural identity, so it isn't possible to find any current numbers of self-declaration. Also I don't know any estimates of organizations and I think that we shouldn't use estimates. --Jonny84 (talk) 18:06, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  this article needs to find its focus 

message: For unknown reason someone is constantly deleting the info that in 1940 East Upper Silesia was under Nazi occupation. If you contest that info discuss here. If you are just making an unsubstantiated unrest or are for some reason trying to defend the nazis you will be reported to the admin. Opole.pl (talk) 07:38, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted information about German occupation 

message: Is it about Slavic-speaking Silesians or any people who live in Silesia regardless of ethno-linguistic affiliation? Because I see references to Silesian Germans all the time. Germans from Silesia should be discussed in a separate article and this article should be cleared from off-topic.
Domen von Wielkopolska (talk) 06:03, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  What exactly is this article about? 

message: When the sorce states: "Silesian are Poles" a sentence that uses the phrase "Silesians are usually considered Poles", with no other sources used, is very neutral. If you want me to write in the way stated in the source - without trying to balance it with the word "usually" that implies that there may be other opinions - then you are the one who is not neutral.
Changing the word "Eventually" into "According to some sources", when there are no other sources given, is simply falsyfing the whole phrase. If you have other sources than state them but do not change what is given in the sources I provided.
I would like to add that more than a half of all the sources used in this article were provided by me. Before that the article reflected only someones opinions without scientific data to support it. As a "thank you act" my input is being reverted and rephrased in a way that does not reflect the sources I provided. Opole.pl (talk) 17:12, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course, there are sources show Silesians as part of Poles but Wikipedia is neutral, show this sources but may not use the terms "usually" or "eventually", particularly in controversial cases. There are sources show Silesians as part of Poles? Ok, but we - users do not have the right to decide that something is "usually" or not. Franek K. (talk) 17:31, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutral terms 

message: There was no census in Poland in 1945, Census in Poland. There was a summary (rather controversial) census in 1946.Xx236 (talk) 08:01, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:   the 1945 census 

message: The word has many meanings - German Silesians, Uppersilesians (Poland), Czech Silesians, people living in historical Silesia.Xx236 (talk) 08:19, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are there any ''Silesians''? 

message: The math cited below does not make any sense - this states that 847,000 people including 1.65 million people declared Silesian nationality of some kind. 
I do not speak Polish, so I cannot refer to the source for disambiguation. 
Nevertheless, 847,000 people declared themselves to be of Silesian nationality in the 2011 Polish national census (including 376,000 who declared it to be their only nationality, 436,000 who declared to be their first nationality, 411,000 who declared to be their second one, and 431,000 who declared joint Silesian and Polish nationality  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterstanton (talk • contribs) 20:47, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Math in introduction does not add up 

message: Czechs, Slovaks, Sorbs and those in related list are West Slavs, so West Slavs alone surmises these groups. Other than the fact that east, west and south are man made classifications rather there actually having existed three progenitors (one per set), the three sets have common ancestry. --OJ (talk) 18:05, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  West Slavs 

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message: Tridtional Polish Slask is ONLY that which Germans call Upper Silesia. Polish Silesians, as traditionally understood, are only the Polish Upper Silesians. Lower Silesia did not have much Polish speaks before 1945 and if the population has now established as "Silesian" after only 3 generations is rather silly  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tino Cannst (talk • contribs) 20:30, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Problem of the article