Talk:January Uprising

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The Russian sources say that 2,500 men were exiled to Siberia, not 9,423. So what is it, overestimation or underestimation? I'm gonna add the Russian number to the article, until the issue is resolved. KNewman 12:04, Mar 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Illustrations gone

Why did someone delete all but one of the illustrations? logologist 01:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Title

Wouldn't it be helpful to augment "January Uprising" to "January 1863 Uprising"? "January Uprising" means something to an educated Pole; nothing, and is extremely vague, to others. logologist 23:35, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

I guess that's the issue of style. Which is better - January Uprising or Polish 1863 January Uprising? Where should we stop with descriptive names - especially if most of the hyperlinks are in the context paragraphs? See also Wikipedia:Naming conventions (precision). How many January Uprisings were there - do we need a disambig?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 01:46, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Good point. How about "Polish 1863 Uprising"? On balance, still more information, but fewer words. logologist 06:51, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

I definetly think we should keep the word 'January' - after all, this is *the* title. I don't think that moving this (or November Uprising) is a priority now, though. They don't seem to be that confusing, are they?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 07:16, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. A bigger priority, to my mind, would be to get away from powiat and that monstrosity (neither Polish nor English), "voivodship" — preferably to "county" and "province." As you may have noticed, in principle I favor authentic Polish names. But not when it comes to needlessly saddling the English-using world with what to it are obscure parochial names, whose use really adds nothing to an understanding of the country or its history. In any case, thanks for initiating a long overdue stable-cleaning! logologist 08:20, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] old encyclopedia?

I can't find anything on Google, but large sections of this article read like 19th-century or early-20th-century prose. Is it taken from EB1911? If so, it should be credited. --Delirium 08:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

In 2004 the text was added with a summary imported a PD text. Based on this it seems it comes from P. Kropotkin: Memoirs of a Revolutionist. & Co., 1899, pp. 174-180. I'll add the appopriate note.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  13:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for digging that up! --Delirium 16:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)