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<div style="text-align: center;">'''This project is designed to gather Wikipedians interested in [[Poland]]-related content, tools designed to help them, and offer a centralized place for relevant announcements and discussions.'''<br />'''If that sounds useful or fun, please watchlist this page and add your name to the [[#Participants list|participants list]] below.'''<br />
'''This project prefers the [[English language]]. Please see the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poland|talk page]] for the noticeboard and ongoing discussions.'''<br />
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|<div style="text-align: center;">This noticeboard is a member of the <br />
[[Wikipedia:Eastern European Wikipedians' notice board]]<br />
<small>[[Wikipedia:Regional notice boards|See the complete list of other regional notice boards]]</small></div>
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== Our articles ==
We take care of the tens of thousands of articles, about 88,000 at last count – that's close to 2% of all articles on the English Wikipedia! Here is a breakdown by quality and importance:
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| {{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Poland articles by quality statistics}}
| {{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Polish military history articles by quality statistics}}
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You are welcome to add more articles we missed to our project, and assess them. See [[#Templates]] for how to add articles to that list, [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Assessment]] for information on assessment, and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Reviews]] for current requests for a B-class review.

===High quality===
This is a list of our Featured, Good, DYK and ITN content.
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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Recognized content}}
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===Most popular===
Most popular (number of visits) Poland-related articles are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Popular pages|here]].

==Our Portal==

<div style="text-align: center;">You can visit our [[Portal:Poland]].</div><br />

==Tools==
===Naming conventions===
For guidelines on article naming and style, see the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Poland-related articles)]] page (shortcut [[WP:MOSPOL]]).

===Image copyright guide===
If you want to upload a possibly public-domain Polish image, see [[:commons:User:Piotrus/PolishCopyright|here]] for a guide on what is in the public domain, and which license templates to use.

===Articles in need of improvement===
{{WikiProject cleanup listing|Poland}}
<!--{{User:WolterBot/Cleanup listing subscription}} seems that the WolterBot is inactive since March 2010, please use the toolserver list-->
Articles tagged with various issues are listed in a sortable list at [https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/alpha/Poland.html here] ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Cleanup listing|the on-wiki listing is no longer actively maintained]]). As of December 2010, 12570 or 18.7% were marked for cleanup. As of September 2012 that grew to 14790 or 20.3 % of (the also growing) total.

A frequently updated list of unreferenced biographies of living persons is [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Unreferenced BLPs|here]]. As of September 2011, we have eliminated the backlog there, and as of September 2012, the list usually has between 0 to 2 articles. Adding referencing to living person bios is one of Wikipedia's priorities.

===Article alerts===
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{{Article alerts columns|Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Article alerts}}
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:'''Polish military history'''
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{{Article alerts columns|Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Polish military history task force/Article alerts}}

===Deletions===
While deletions should also be available in the article news feed, you can also check and watchlist this dedicated page: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Poland]]

===New articles announcements===
Newly created Poland-related articles [[User:AlexNewArtBot/PolandSearchResult|are announced here]] (that page can be watchlisted). [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:AlexNewArtBot/PolandSearchResult&action=history Click here for archival entries]

===Templates===
* [[:Template:WikiProject Poland]] (short: {{tl|WPPOLAND}}, full syntax: <nowiki>{{WikiProject Poland|class=|importance=}}</nowiki>) is our assessment template. Please add it to the talk pages of all Poland-related articles, it is a key template that enables the article to be included in our article news, popularity ranking, project watchlist deletion discussion notifications the nifty quality and importance tables we have at the top of this page and other tools.
* {{tl|TERYT}} creates a citation with a link to the GUS/TERYT website, as well as instructions in English of how to perform a search
* Use {{tl|lang}} for Polish words or phrases, thus: <nowiki>{{lang|pl|Gmina Świnice Warckie}}</nowiki> will produce {{lang|pl|Gmina Świnice Warckie}}
* The {{tl|IPAc-pl}} template can be used to produce representations of Polish pronunciation.
* When marking sources in Polish language, use {{tl|In lang}} to produce {{In lang|pl}}
* There is also a [[:Portal:Poland/Welcome]] message box that can be used to notify new users about this noticeboard and our related projects. Just slap '''<nowiki>{{subst:Portal:Poland/Welcome}}--~~~~</nowiki>''' on their usertalkpage – it has its own heading.
* use {{tl|Wikiquotelang}} to link Polish language wikiquote pages (often found on Polish Wikipedia articles). The full syntax is <nowiki>{{wikiquotelang|pl|article name|article name}} </nowiki> (yes, it seems you need to use the article's name twice), for example <nowiki> {{wikiquotelang|pl|Stanisław Koniecpolski|Stanisław Koniecpolski}}</nowiki>
* use {{tl|Wikisourcelang}} just like Wikiquotelang above but for linking to Polish Wikisource articles.
* Various other, less used templates are listed at [[:Category:Poland templates]]

====Userboxes====
Please note we have three functioning userboxes:
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|{{User WP Poland}}
| Use: {{tl|User WP Poland}}
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|{{User WP:Poland}}
| Use: {{tl|User WP:Poland}}
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|{{User WPMILHIST Polish military history task force}}
| Use: {{tl|User WPMILHIST Polish military history task force}}
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You may also want to check the following userboxes:

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|{{User Poland}}
| Use: {{tl|User Poland}}
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|{{User Polish Ancestry}}
| Use: {{tl|User Polish Ancestry}}
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|{{User:Piotrus/PolandInterest}}
| Use: {{[[User:Piotrus/PolandInterest]]}}
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|{{User:Samotny Wędrowiec/Userboxes/Polish vodka}}
| Use: {{[[User:Samotny Wędrowiec/Userboxes/Polish vodka]]}}
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You can also declare your knowledge of the Polish language with the [[WP:BABEL]] templates, such as:
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|{{User pl}}
| Use: {{tl|User pl}}
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For non-native speakers of Polish, just use User pl-1 (beginner) to pl-5 (professional)

====Awards====
[[Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign|In the spirit of kindness and recognition]] we strongly encourage the use of the following [[Wikipedia:Barnstars|barnstars, awards and assorted goodies]]:

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|[[Image:Barnstar_of_National_Merit.png| The Barnstar of National Merit]]
|{{tlsp| The Barnstar of National Merit|message <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}
|'''The Barnstar of National Merit'''
The ''Barnstar of National Merit'' may be awarded to an editor who contributes significantly to expand or improve Wikipedia's coverage of any given country.<br />
<small>It may also be awarded to those who create a particularly fine article on the subject of [[:Category:Geography|Geography]].</small>
|[[Image:BoNM_rib.png|150px]]
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|[[Image:Poland Barnstar.png|100px|The Poland Barnstar]]
|{{tlsp|The Poland Barnstar|message <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}
|The ''Poland Barnstar'' is an award placed on another user's talk page for improving [[Poland]]-related articles.
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|[[Image:BoNM - Poland.png|The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 1st Class]]
|{{tlsp|The Polish Barnstar of National Merit|message <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}
|'''The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 1st Class'''
The ''Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 1st Class'' is a specific variant of the Barnstar of National Merit, which may be awarded to editors who contributed significantly to expanding or improving Wikipedia's coverage of Poland. The 1st Class award should be used for very significant contributions (for example, getting an article to [[Wikipedia:Featured article|FA]] level). In most cases, the 2nd Class (below) will be sufficient.  As a rule of thumb, somebody should have already received a 2nd Class award before being eligible for the 1st Class.
|[[Image:BoNM - Poland rib (bronze star).png|150px]]
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|[[Image:BoNM-Poland.png|The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class]]
|{{tlsp|The Polish Barnstar of National Merit 2|message <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}
|'''The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class'''
The ''Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class'' is a specific variant of Barnstar of National Merit, which may be awarded to editors who contributed significantly to expand or improve Wikipedia's coverage of Poland. The 2nd Class can be given for various reasons, but if the contributor has done something ''really'' significant, and has already received this award, consider giving him or her a 1st Class award (above).
|[[File:BoNM-Poland-ribbon-grade2.png|150px]]
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|[[Image:Rosetta Barnstar.png|The Rosetta Barnstar]]
|{{tlsp|The Rosetta Barnstar|message <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}
|'''The Rosetta Barnstar'''
The ''Rosetta Barnstar'' may be given to any editor who exhibits outstanding translation efforts on Wikipedia. In the case of the Poland-related Wikipedia notice board, of course, translations to or from the [[Polish language]] are most relevant.
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<gallery>
Image:BarnstarPPP.png|For contributions related to Polish history during WWII
Image:BarnstarPolishKresyEast.png|For contributions related to interwar Polish history
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See also [[:pl:Wikipedia:Odznaczenia Wikipedii]] for other awards designed on Polish Wikipedia! 

We also encourage the use of [[Wikipedia:Barnstars|other awards]] for non-Poland specific contributions to Wikipedia!

===Other tools===
* [http://toolserver.org/~tim1357/cgi-bin/wikiproject_watchlist.py?template=WikiProject+Poland Wikiproject Watchlist – WikiProject Poland] – the top edits to articles that have talk pages transcluding 
* As part of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/biographies]] project, we have the [[User:Piotrus/List of Poles|list of Poles from the Polish Biographical Dictionary]].
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki/Polish]] – WikiProject Intertranswiki Polish, a collaborative effort to improve English Wikipedia by importing and translating content from Polish Wikipedia
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Newsletter|Newsletter]]
* Are they stubs? Articles in [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poland/Stub-class without stub tags]] and [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poland/Stub-tagged but not stub-class]] need reviewing
* Are they B-class? We are providing small reviews for all B-class articles. See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Reviews]] for outstanding review requests. Check [[:Category:Poland articles with an incomplete B-Class checklist]] for an article missing a review, assess whether it is a B-class or not, and leave a note on its talk page. It is quite simple, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3APolish_Autonomous_District&action=historysubmit&diff=424715084&oldid=372559483 an example].
* Polish Wikipedia has a [[:pl:Wikipedia:Encyklopedyczność - rody szlacheckie|guide on the notability of the Polish noble families]]

Historical (no longer actively maintained):
* [[Wikipedia:Polish Wikipedians' notice board/PLCOTW|Polish Collaboration of the Week]]
* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/to do]]

==Participants list==
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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Members}}

==Related WikiProjects==
Active:
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Countries]] (parent)
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Eastern Europe]] (region)

Semi-active:
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Polish military history task force]] (military history)

Former:
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Poland]] (history; inactive)
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography of Poland]] (geography; inactive)
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject European history/Polish history task force]] (history)

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