Talk:Augustus II the Strong

message: This article is affected by Polish POV, see , , 
. While August is known elsewhere for the contributions to art made under his reign, this english wikipedia article is rather a prosecution by apparently Polishs users. --Matthead 23:12, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 14:48, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm busy enough fixing Wikipedia, as a few users try to force their POV into articles. --Matthead 22:32, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Presumably, "Mocny" means the same as "der Starke," which you haven't objected to.  They mean, "the Strong."  This might be the English Wikipedia, but it's unlikely he was commonly addressed in Englsh.  He was Elector of Saxony AND King of Poland.  So the Polish is here just as validly as the German.  140.147.236.194 (talk) 19:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Isn't the usual WP format for names of royalty in the title of the article "NAME (NUMBER) of COUNTRY"?  I.e., shouldn't this article be called "Augustus II of Poland"? RandomCritic 17:43, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Titles

message: There was no Augustus I of Poland, so why did this guy become Augustus II?  --  JackofOz (talk) 15:35, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this was because there was a Sigismund II Augustus.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  21:52, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Regnal number in Poland

message: 'Expectated' is not a word in English.  Maybe someone more familiar with the material could replace it - I'm guessing either 'expected' or 'required' might be appropriate.  --Lopakhin (talk) 18:10, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  suggestions 

message: At present date, this article does not classify for a B-class. First obvious fail: not enough inline citations. Review for WP:POLAND, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  05:10, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  C class 

message: I removed the (rather clever) joke from the opening paras, which featured this evening on BBC Radio 4s "The News Quiz". Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 19:00, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a joke, it's a well-attested historical fact - go read Fox tossing, which I wrote... Prioryman (talk) 20:07, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose there's room in WP for clever fact-based irony, too. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 21:03, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely! For more fact-based irony, see Icelandic Phallological Museum, which should be appearing on the Main Page pretty soon. Prioryman (talk) 21:41, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I feel a bit of a heel for doing so, but I've replaced the wording with something perhaps slightly clearer. I really hope the News Quiz mention brings traffic — as it did me — to the article on Fox tossing, which everybody should read. The reality is scarcely less bizarre than the unfortunate image which the original wording here conjured...! mooncow 23:00, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fox tossing 

message: In article is such claim: "and Grand Duke of Lithuania (as Augustas II)" - sorry, but Lithuanian name couldn't exist. Till 1699 in Lithuania, Ruthenia and Samogithia (sic! - Ruthenia and Samogithia were not parts of Lithuania) Ruthenian language was used in state's chancery, thus Август was used. And after 1699 - Polish. So no Lithuanian name for Augustus II was officially ever used. In modern Lithuanian historiography all names of kings, princes and dukes are Lithuanised post factum thus falsifying history. Let's say if existed king John, pure English, his name in Lithuanian historiography would be used as Džonas. --212.52.41.237 (talk) 16:43, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lithuanian name not existed 

message: He is included in the Rosicrucians category, but that doesn't appear anywhere the article. Are there good sources on his involvement, and which of the many Rosicrucian Orders he may have belonged to? AnandaBliss (talk) 17:40, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connections to Rosicrucianism