Talk:Polish Biographical Dictionary/Archive 1

message: As I write, the current revision of this article mischaracterizes Polski słownik biograficzny as "a Polish-language... Who's Who directory, containing an alphabetical list of... notable Poles and foreigners who have been active in Poland..."
PSB is not a "Who's Who directory," but an alphabetically ordered compilation of authoritative biographies of varying lengths, but certainly more substantial than Who's Who.  It in fact more nearly resembles Britain's Dictionary of National Biography, on which it was modeled.
:logologist|Talk 09:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've replaced it with a reference to the biographical dictionary article. — Matt Crypto 16:48, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "''Who's Who'' directory"

message: This is unrelated to the current discussion, but I'm posting it here as the contributors here might be interested in voting on this page title dispute: Talk:Bulgarian vocabulary.  Also, is there some other particular place on wikipedia where such "vote" announcements are placed?  Elonka 18:59, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See :Category:Wikipedia dispute resolution & Wikipedia:Current_surveys. Please note however that Canvassing on unrelated talk pages is usually frowned upon and may lead to problems.  AvB ÷ talk 19:24, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks.  :)  Elonka 19:28, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bulgarian page: vote requested 

message: Are any figures available for how many entries have been included to date (or even at past dates)? Matt Crypto 16:20, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone's added it, thanks. — Matt Crypto 18:53, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many entries? 

message: An issue unrelated to the naming. Why have a section on copies outside Poland? I would find such a section very reasonable if it had been some rare 15th century book only known in a handful of copies, or if there there was something unique about each listed copy, but standard works like this are regularly subscribed to by libraries over the whole world. You'll get a large number of hits from all over Europe searching the KVK It is available in at least five libraries in Sweden alone. u p p l a n d 16:43, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you know of a comparable way of locating copies outside Europe, particularly in the Anglosphere?  logologist|Talk 17:06, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: KVK searches a few libraries in the US, UK and Australia. It includes the British Copac catalogue, which on its own  searches 24 different libraries in the UK and Ireland. As for the US, I guess searching each of the most likely libraries seems the best solution, and not insurmountable now when everything is online. u p p l a n d 18:08, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Speaking for myself, I live in St. Louis, Missouri.  It's a major metropolitan area with several major universities, but to my knowledge there is not a single library here that has the work.  If anyone can find a local university or library that has a copy, I would be very interested, as there are several names I would like to look up, including that of my great-grandfather, Rodryg Dunin.  Elonka 23:29, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copies outside Poland

message: Found here. I've added categories to Polski Słownik Biograficzny as an example. AvB ÷ talk 20:44, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to add categories to a redirect page 

message: User:Francis Schonken has moved this article, without consensus or logic, from Polski słownik biograficzny, the authentic title of this 42-volume POLISH-language reference work, to Polish Biographical Dictionary, which is the title of an existing American one-volume ENGLISH-language dictionary.  This has previously proven confusing to readers, such as User:Ril, who mistook the Polish-language work for an English-language one.  This article on a Polish biographical dictionary should appear under the work's authentic Polish name.  logologist|Talk 01:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not to mention that it has been discussed already (see above) and majority supported the Polish title.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 03:08, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  A small majority.  There was never a clear consensus, and per WP:UE, I still feel that it is clear that the article should remain under the "most commonly-used English name".  But how about putting both names in the title?  Specifically: Polish Biographical Dictionary (Polski slownik biograficzny).  Would that satisfy everyone? --Elonka 08:24, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The preponderance of informed opinion was overwhelmingly for the authentic Polish title.  It was no contest.  Polski słownik biograficzny is that reference work's only title; and it was the title of the article itself, until you unilaterally changed it, in disregard of the deliberate counsel of everyone who had given any real thought to the question.  logologist|Talk 09:27, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree that RM seems like the best option, the decision reached there should put the end to this squabble.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 17:40, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Unauthorized change of title