Talk:Ignacy Jan Paderewski

message: Although his "famous speech" is said to have ignited the Greater Poland Uprising, and this fact is mentioned on both pages, neither says what the speech was about. There are no details on the speech, other then the time and location circumstances, and that it started the revolution. What was the speech about? Obviously, it was an important part of his life and the Greater Poland Uprising. You'd think it woul merit description on at least one of these pages. (I'm in a cranky mood. Sorry) -Monk of the highest order(t) 01:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: What was that famous speech?

message: He was born in the German Empire, technically -- so how could he have been from a Polish Province if Poland was not a nation at that time? 68.251.69.62 10:09, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Poland WAS a nation - a nation is one's ethnicity, or a people - Poland was not a STATE at the time. Just to be clear.HammerFilmFan (talk) 05:27, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

text: There seems to be some disagreement about this.  As of now, our article says it was in Russia.  Slonimsky says Podolia was in "Russian Poland".  Grove V says he was born in "Kurylowka, Podolia" without specifying the country, but calls him "a Polish pianist".   If in fact Kuryłówka was a part of Russia at the time, the primary name of the town should be the Russian name, in both Cyrillic orthography and English transliteration, and the Polish orthography should appear as an alternative version of this name, not the primary name.  JackofOz 02:14, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthplace

message: I can't help thinking that the statement "his father was working there as an economist in the local mansion" is a mistranslation. It should probably be accountant or (land) agent/steward. Chicheley 09:18, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Grove V says his father was "an administrator of very large estates". I'll make the change.  JackofOz 02:16, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I cleaned up this article yesterday, especially passive constructions like "was an administrator", then on my way home searched on my phone and learned the current Encyclopedia Brittanica says his father was the steward of a large estate.Jweaver28 (talk) 15:07, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: His father's occupation

message: Please add a brief explanation on variation in names, i.e. Ignaz vs. Ignacy.  A-giau 04:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ignaz

message: The Wikipedia birthdate given for Paderewski is November 6th. All other sources state it as November 18th. If Someone can verify and correct this, please do so. Denismgagliardo 12:07, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not all others - see .  November 6 was the date in the Julian calendar in use in Russia and many of its outlying territories at the time.  The Gregorian equivalent was November 18, the Gregorian calendar being 12 days ahead of the Julian in the 19th century.  We should probably make this clear, and mention both versions of the date.  For now, I've changed the date to 18 November.  --  JackofOz (talk) 12:19, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth Date

message: TWO large infoboxes, repeating pretty much the same information?  Why? -- ALoan (Talk) 10:21, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is the perfect illustration of the basic absurdity of the "biobox". They just aren't flexible enough to cope with human beings so we end up with this. A monstrosity this length doesn't even cover one important aspect of Paderewski's life, his career as a composer; whereas the basic facts about P.'s life can be elegantly handled by the introductory paragraph using plain old text (and you don't even need a degree in computer coding to write it!). --Folantin 11:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, I've scrapped them.  The officeholder one was perhaps slightly more useful (or not), but it still presented a one-dimensional caricature.  Fireplace 14:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Infoboxes

message: Probably December 9 or 1919 - 1920?--Payakoff (talk) 14:37, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: December 9, corrected. Thanks, Michał Sobkowski (talk) 07:36, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: January 16 – January 9, 1919 ????

message: I've reviewed this article has part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles.  This article is basically B-class, but it is deficient in information on his composing activities, in addition to other flaws.  My full review is on the comments page; questions or comments should be left here or on my talk page. Magic♪piano 14:53, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Composer project review

message: Listening to his records now, one is struck by his lack of skill in some ways.  His very mannered style, and his apparently total inability to play a chord together, would get him kicked out of any piano competition in the first round these days.  We need something about how he's viewed by modern commentators.  --  Jack of Oz  ... speak! ...  23:11, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Seriously? His reputation in-concert was tremendous.  I rather think not.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.111.42.37 (talk) 06:10, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Whoever wrote this claim is probably a German Nazi trying to show Poles as lazy or something. If it was true, they would not let him play after his first concert. Total BS. 2A00:23C7:5882:8201:8874:2C24:D7AB:87A8 (talk) 14:44, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Modern-day assessment

message: Failed for WP:POLAND due to insufficient inline citations. Also, doesn't look very comprehensive. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:23, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: B-class revew

message: Substituted at 18:45, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: Last month I put up a new article about Helena Paderewska, which contains some Polish history which would be useful in this article. I'm writing here because that article still doesn't have a talk page. Also, I suggest citing to the Sierkierski version of her memoirs there cited, rather than the Ilias Chrissochoidis version herein cited. I had edited her article while reading a hard copy of the Hoover Institution published book, and really appreciated the footnotes, although apparently I used an incorrect format in citing the ISBN printed on the title page. I looked up the reviews of the Chissochoidis version and it may not have footnotes. I don't know if the author was one of the grad students assisting Sierkierski in compiling the official Hoover Institution publication.  I severely cut back my wikipedia editing because of digital harassment apparently relating to HomeVestors of America (whose article I haven't touched and an affiliate of which years ago vowed to force me to "shut up online"). When editing her article on 12/11 my untouched cellphone kept blipping with blocked spam calls; today 571-639-4004 called minutes after I logged onto wikipedia. Like cellphone-wielding compatriots chosing to violate the National Do Not Call Registry and other laws, it refused to identify itself nor leave a message.Jweaver28 (talk) 14:44, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  More work needed