Talk:God's Playground

message: As an Englishman living in Poland, I am extremely interested in Professor Davies' two volumes on Poland's history. As a result, I am writing a chapter-by-chapter synopsis as I feel this will be of interest to people with a similar interest in this country. Ivankinsman (talk) 09:03, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

message: According to a legend Miezko II, son of Boleslaus the Bold, was hunting in the royal forests in the Swiętokrzyskie region of Poland. He became detached from his retinue and, becoming lost, fell asleep in a meadow. He had a dream in which he was attacked by some outlaws who poured poison into his mouth. As he started to become weaker he suddenly saw Sw. Wojciech who used his shepherd's crook to make a sign on the ground which turned into a stream. On waking, Miezko drank from the stream, regained his strength and found his companions once more. 
On leaving the meadow he also noticed two huge white boar tusks (kielce). He vowed to build a town with a church to commemorate them, which is why Kielce's oldest church is the Church of Sw. Wojciech and its river is called 'Silnica' (strength).
Gózd, Swiętokrzyskie
I myself live in this village about 15km outside Kielce. Again, local legend has it that Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed was hunting here and, feeling very thirsty, drank the local water. It tasted (gust) so good to him that he had a settlement named after it. Ivankinsman (talk) 14:27, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Certainly this should be added history of Kielce or history section in Kielce article.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  19:55, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Kielce]] 

message: Well... it's ridiculously long and might border on copyvio. But it should really belong to some Polish history articles, not here. It's not a fiction book so there should be no synopsis at all. You might discuss what topics the author particularly emphasized or covered in greater detail, if he offered any new insights or hypothesis. But plain recitation of Polish history is just misplaced. So move it somewhere more appropriate. I will delete the section in a week or so. Renata (talk) 00:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed as no one volunteered to incorporate it elsewhere. If anyone wants it, it can be found in this revision. Renata (talk) 17:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Rather than simply removing this - research work which I feel is of definite interest to students and others interested in the history of Poland - I have created a link from this page to a new article page incorporating a chapter-by-chapter synopsis. Ivankinsman (talk) 12:12, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Students may read the book instead of some dubious copyvio interpretations. Reading the entire book is much better for Students. Please, feel free to share your thoughts about it.--Lokyz (talk) 12:31, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

text: Nobody argues that the article should be deleted. My point is that Decline does not recite chapter-by-chapter history of the Roman Empire, but instead gives overview of proposed theories, how chapters were structured, criticism, reception, impact on other works, etc. That's what this article should do too. See also WP:PLOT. Renata (talk) 12:56, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I propose that the article be left in place till someone—the article's original author, or someone else—does what you describe.  Nihil novi (talk) 20:49, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  More often than not, I feel that an individual - particularly in academia - is quite often looking just for a particular period of history they are researching. By incorporating this outline, they may dip into the article into order to get the information they require on their specific area of interest. Ivankinsman (talk) 08:54, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chapter synopsis

message: As one can see, the first parts of chapters' titles are in Polish language, which means there is no mistake in word "millenium" (writen with single "n") because this spelling is acceptable in Polish. 201.52.197.204 (talk) 10:56, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Millenium [sic]