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_signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:32, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for your contributions to Battle of Warsaw (1945). Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability and it has too many problems of language or grammar. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. voorts (talk/contributions) 02:08, 13 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Battle of Berestechko, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 06:10, 18 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by KylieTastic was:

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KylieTastic (talk) 21:28, 18 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Olek Novy! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! KylieTastic (talk) 21:28, 18 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, given your interest in Jankowce Massacre‎‎/Battle of Yankivtsi‎, you should visit and participate in its WP:Articles for Deletion discussion and not have moved the article (and maybe not that full of a rewrite during the AFD): Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Yankivtsi‎. Thanks. Skynxnex (talk) 19:35, 26 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please stop moving articles during AFDs. And I'd suggest stop moving articles until you have more experience since You haven't responded anywhere to the warnings or suggestions you've received so far. Thanks. Skynxnex (talk) 01:20, 30 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for starting this, but currently this is too poorly referenced to be accepted. Modern standards require footnote referencing for every paragraph, and you just cite a general and rather old (communist era) work with not even a page range. Comapre this to the articlez I wrote few months ago on WWII topics and you'll see how a new Wikipedia article this days should look: Detached Unit of the Polish Army or German atrocities committed against Polish prisoners of war. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:15, 27 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. --Yamla (talk) 17:28, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

how did i vandalize? Olek Novy (talk) 17:38, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Deluge (history). This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Arent the edits hat i made true? Olek Novy (talk) 20:19, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please explain your actions here. Kolya Muratov (talk) 18:19, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Toadette ^{(Happy holiday!)} 08:34, 9 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Perhaps something from the old article at User:Piotrus/Massacre of Brzostowica Mała will be of use to you? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:20, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Olek Novy. Thank you for your work on Stasys Nastopka. Ingratis, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thanks for the article, which I have reviewed. Is it translated from another source?

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with ((Re|Ingratis)). Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. Best wishes, Ingratis (talk) 03:31, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for your contributions to Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has too many problems of language or grammar and it is not written in a neutral point of view or encyclopedic tone. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. voorts (talk/contributions) 19:44, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How isn't it neutral? Olek Novy (talk) 19:47, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It promotes a particular point of view about how the battles went; that is, it states in wikivoice that certain events were decisive or tactically smart. An additional reason I moved this to draft is that several sections lack citations entirely. voorts (talk/contributions) 19:51, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I added some sources to the "Polish offensive on Ulhovka and Rzeczyca" and the only problem i can see about the POV is the UPA Attack on Modryń i can add the Ukrainian perspective of the events aswell. Olek Novy (talk) 20:07, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think, in general, you should work on making this a bit more concise and making sure that things are being properly attributed, rather than being stated in wikivoice. voorts (talk/contributions) 20:13, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Olek Novy. Thank you for your work on Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict. Scope creep, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

There seems to be a lot of red links in the infobox which are illegal per the WP:MOS. Can these be removed until an article is created? Great article besides that.

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You are reminded to engage other users with civility. If you find you are being frustrated on a talk page (and getting to the point of a couple hundred comments certainly fits), you either need to disengage gracefully or find an administrator for assistance e.g. at WP:ANI. Izno (talk) 23:05, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]