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Adding "climate change" as a topic on the page
Hi! A friend and I are now working on a project to include climate change as a topic on the page. We plan on adressing some of the predicted changes in temperature, precipitation, hydrology in general, ecological effects, and shifting climate zones. If you have any comments, questions or recommendations, we'd love to hear them! ILoveWisents (talk) 17:36, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
- Perspiration?? Uporządnicki (talk) 20:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
- Precipitation, oops ILoveWisents (talk) 07:32, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- I guess perspiration and precipitation have a certain amount in common. Uporządnicki (talk) 13:36, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- Precipitation, oops ILoveWisents (talk) 07:32, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- I might add that we will make a seperate page on Climate Change in Poland, but when that is done, we think it would be nice to refer to it on this page. ILoveWisents (talk) 15:13, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- The Climate change in Poland page is live! ILoveWisents (talk) 14:34, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
What?!
Why poland government system was changed from parliamentary to semi presidential on the wikipedia article? Who change this written text on the article database? according to world map, poland is classified as a parliamentary republic as in colored orange. correct me if i am wrong. 2404:8000:1027:85F6:BDFB:EC65:5566:B0C4 (talk) 16:02, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
Jesus being the king
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since my addition of jesus as king of poland to the infobox seems to be controversial and since User:Maxwhollymoralground reverted it, i will discuss here איתן קרסנטי (talk) 12:58, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
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Etymology section
This should include why the name "Rzeczpospolita" exists and why it is technically interchangeable with the Polish name "Republika" which is used for other countries but not Poland; and why the direct translation into English as 'Commonwealth' is and isn't correct. 82.19.153.78 (talk) 03:41, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
There are new statistics
Look up Główny urząd statystyczny for results from 2021 census. 83.1.144.180 (talk) 02:07, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
Major cities: Katowice and Lublin
@Merangs I advise to put Katowice and Lublin as major cities in the lede. Katowice is the center (by population, culturally, historically, logistically) of the 3-5 million large Upper Silesian metropolitan area, as such it is a very major city. Lublin is in the top 10 largest cities, it's the 9th largest city and is a major Polish city that is located within Eastern Poland. It also has a metropolitan area and is important logistically and economically, being the center of the Central Industrial Area since the 1930s i.e. since the Second Polish Republic. It's also a historically important city. Galehautt (talk) 15:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
- I understand your point, however, it should be the Upper Silesian metropolitan area or the Metropolis GZM of which the city of Katowice is a constituent (see Germany article for example i.e how the Ruhr urban area is mentioned instead of individual townships). As for Lublin, there are also other important large cities in Eastern Poland such as Rzeszów and Białystok. If we continue adding places it will become less and less relevant; we already have seven listed in the very first paragraph (Wikipedia:Relevance). There is a considerable jump in population and economic output between Lublin and for example Gdańsk, whereas, Szczecin is a major port. Merangs (talk) 22:19, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
- Rzeszów gained significance since the War in Ukraine but otherwise it is not a significant city and it doesn't even have 200k inhabitants. Białystok has fewer inhabitants than Lublin, it's in the top 10 (it's tenth) but has "only" 295k inhabitants within the city limits and also doesn't really have any significance besides regional/cultural. Lublin has over 300k inhabitants and has the perks I mentioned, it was the city where the Union of Lublin (the founding act of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) was signed and it was the first capital of the communist occupation authorities where the PKWN Manifesto was proclaimed. There's also the Central Industrial Area I mentioned, which started in the 1930s and continues til this day: aeronautic industry, mines and agriculture.
- Katowice is the clear core of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area in all respects including cultural (Silesian culture) outweighing other cities in the area unlike in the Ruhr which is larger and more decentralized, where there's no major representative because there are several. Galehautt (talk) 03:35, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
- I think the reason for Lublin's post-war significance is due to the fact that Bolesław Bierut was born there. Moreover, the Union of Lublin is a poor reason for placing a city in the lead; there were plenty of other equally-important unions/acts/agreements in the course of Polish history. Regarding Katowice, I absolutely understand its economic importance but it still is the 11th largest city in the country as the article suggests; it just wouldn't make sense and it's does not align well with Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. Maybe other users can have a say in this matter? Personally, I do not mind your proposal for adding these two but we just don't want others to insert more and more cities in the future. Ideally, I would not include any city below the 400,000 pop. mark, for example Szczecin, but that's my POV. Merangs (talk) 21:35, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- I get your concerns and I totally agree, at one point I thought why not just write down all the cities in the top 10, but then again Bydgoszcz and Bialystok are in the top 10 but aren't major cities at all, while Katowice is technically 11th (going by city limits). However, the Silesian metropolitan area is bigger than even the Warsaw metro. So I think Katowice should have a place in the article, as does Lublin, and no other additional city. Szczecin technically has many inhabitants but it's not really a major city at all and many Poles forget it even exists, just to get my point across, meanwhile Katowice and Lublin are well-known and quite essential. Since there is no solid opposition, I will apply the changes. Thanks for your time. Galehautt (talk) 01:20, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
- I think the reason for Lublin's post-war significance is due to the fact that Bolesław Bierut was born there. Moreover, the Union of Lublin is a poor reason for placing a city in the lead; there were plenty of other equally-important unions/acts/agreements in the course of Polish history. Regarding Katowice, I absolutely understand its economic importance but it still is the 11th largest city in the country as the article suggests; it just wouldn't make sense and it's does not align well with Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. Maybe other users can have a say in this matter? Personally, I do not mind your proposal for adding these two but we just don't want others to insert more and more cities in the future. Ideally, I would not include any city below the 400,000 pop. mark, for example Szczecin, but that's my POV. Merangs (talk) 21:35, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
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Population • 2022 census 38,036,118
Population • 2023 census 41,026,067 TheKamines (talk) 22:23, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Xan747 (talk) 01:43, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
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the soverign nation of english related at poland at separated from totally different etymology at busan style from one unified korea in the future and erp systems at auditing systems at poland manages polish problems and issues separate from busan style in unified korea 50.246.212.150 (talk) 21:35, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
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