User talk:HJJHolm

(Hope nobody objects the deletion of my very old and long done edits here) Hello! On the page about the last glaciation you wrote that the Vistula was a German river till 1945. Don't you know that Poland existed there since the 10th century? During the 2nd World War the Polish territory was occupied by Hitler (and in the 19th century it was occupied by Russia), but this does not mean that the river was "German till 1945"!!! English people commonly used the name Weichsel probably because in the past they had much more contact with Germans than with Poles.Sylwia Ufnalska (talk) 16:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

The term has nothing to do with nationalist tendencies, as you seem to assume. The reason for using the term "Weichsel" lies simply in the scientific work of that time. Note that the German name Mailand for Milano does in no way imply any nationalist intention, and no German objects to the English name Cologne for Köln. This is in no way intended to hurt Polish feelings. By the way, try not to oversimplify history, which I know very well. HJJHolm (talk) 07:27, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

I didn't want to offend you - I just was astonished with your words "German till 1945", which are very misleading. Cologne is the English version and Vistulian is also an English adjective related to the river, while Weichselian is its German equivalent. However, Kim D. Petersen explained me that Wikipedia uses the name that is most common, and notes less common versions - this convinces me. Sylwia Ufnalska (talk) 11:13, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

February 2018

Hello, I'm Seraphim System. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Alepotrypa cave, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Seraphim System ^(talk) 09:08, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

You obviously did not read the complete paragraph. Only this would clarify my change, and please do this before reverting senseful corrections. Sorry.HJJHolm (talk) 17:04, 6 February 2021 (UTC)