Thomaspca

Hello

I revised the Introduction section of Poland as well as the Culture section and I think that they look okay now. I spent considerable amount of time on doing this so I hope that it will be appreciated otherwise I will stop improving the Poland's page on Wikipedia. If anyone has any comments about the changes I have made or have anything against the changes than please post your thoughts on Talk:Poland. I want to know what all of you think about my contributions.

The fact is that someone constantly vandalizes the Introduction section of Poland. I wonder who could write such unintelligent comments about Poland or any other nation from time to time. I really believe that only some brainless and ill-mannered juveniles would do such nasty things! If you are feeling guilty or offended in any way by reading these true comments than maybe you are little guilty of making any unintelligent changes to the pages of POLAND on Wikipedia.

Once again, please refrain of doing any unintelligent changes to Poland's section of Wikipedia! Thank you very much! --Thomaspca 00:08, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for helping to keep vandalism out of Wikipedia. I would suggest you read WP:VANDAL to learn of proper procedure regarding this (e.g. measures that can be taken against vandals). Feel free to ask me if you have any questions. --nkayesmith 12:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

You might wish to see No personal attacks - don't call other users brainless, for example, even if you believe they are, as it cannot help the conflict - it's better to keep a cool head during such issues. Thanks again. --nkayesmith 12:54, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Area of Poland

322575 sq km is area of territory of Poland - land area (311 889 sq km) + internal waters (area of Gulf of Gdańsk, Gulf of Szczeciń and some harbours - 2004 sq km) + territorial sea (8682 sq km). 312683 sq km is administrative area of Poland (area of administrative divisions) - land area (311 889 sq km) + part of internal waters (794 sq km). So, if you need corret area of Poland, you must know witch are you want. If you want land area of Poland (corresponding to others country's area) - the correct value is 311889 sq km. But if you want area of land and internal waters - value is 313893 sq km. Administrative area (312683 sq km) is only statistic area and don't correpond with ares of others countries sown in Wikipedia. In remark: there are new values of area of land and area of internal waters in new official ststistic yearbook (by Central Statistical Office) - area was changed after new surveys by Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography. Aotearoa from Poland 05:53, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Please don't cite Wikipedia as a reference in Wikipedia articles

Hi there. I am very happy that you are improving the article Poland, but concerning this edit of yours: [1] - perhaps you are unaware of the Wikipedia guideline of not citing Wikipedia as a reference in Wikipedia articles: Wikipedia:Citing sources#Why sources should be cited. Please note the emboldened text at the bottom of that section.

The Wikipedia articles cited as sources/references in Poland should be exchanged for outside sources giving the same information. Best Wishes, --Mareklug ^talk 15:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Point taken! Anyway, I see that User:Aotearoa / User talk:Aotearoa from Poland / User:Aotearoa from Poland continues to vandalize the English version of the introduction section of POLAND. The changes that he makes do not make any sense, they confuse people, and they do not look good! I redesigned the Introduction part and the Culture section of POLAND and now they still look good but I am not sure for how long the sections will stay that way. Unfortunately, due to the constant vandalism by User:Aotearoa from Poland and others, I decided that all of the improvements are not worth my valuable time that is why I wont do them anymore! --Thomaspca 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)