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This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. The real JustSomeoneNo (talk) 19:10, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The government in Poland is a unitary parliamentary republic, not a semi-presidental republic even if it has elements similar to this system. The elements that declares the parliamentary system in Poland are written in the Polish constitution.

sorces: https://www.gov.pl/web/civilservice/basic-information-about-poland https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_republic chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://pkw.gov.pl/uploaded_files/1450053460_konstytucja_rzeczypospolitej_polskiej.pdf TheKamines (talk) 16:05, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your first edit in all of Wikipedia's history is to this talk page, suspiciously briefly after a sockpuppet with the same opinion was caught and blocked.

You're not even trying to hide it. LVDP01 (talk) 20:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking over this message again, I realize that the last sentence was unnecessary and likely appears unintentionally rude, so I take that back.

Nonetheless, I consider sockpuppetry likely, and have thus requested an investigation. LVDP01 (talk) 20:55, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. M.Bitton (talk) 01:35, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with User:TheKamines. Aside from me, there's also clearly a couple other users who are for reverting the infobox to Parliamentary republic. That's an established consensus. We can do an RfC 1covfefe (talk) 20:59, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Third Polish Republic

Could Poland in its current form be known as the Third Polish Republic? This would be to differentiate it from the first two Polish Republics, the Kingdom of Poland, and Communist Poland. TreueBisZumEnde (talk) 06:02, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 'Third Republic' is purely a political-historical term, and is mentioned in the infobox. I am unsure as to whether it is official or not, but the 'Republic of Poland' variant in English is incessantly used by the Polish government. Merangs (talk) 08:02, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong description of Poland at the position of largest countries in Europe.

There is a phrase that describes the Poland in terms of the land area and it is wrong. It is written that it is fifth but it is nineth.

with over 38 million people, and the fifth largest EU country by land area, covering a combined area of 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi). Kacper Gierycz (talk) 11:21, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Golden Age and ethnicity chart

Can a registered editor remove the section titled "The Golden Age", and stop with the pompous and overly grandiose presentation of Polish history. Every country had an golden age so we don't need to get carried away and emphasize it here. It's like some kid who had his grandpa tell him about Polish history editing Wikipedia. Please restore balance to this article. Sections titled Piast Dynasty and Jagiellonian Dynasty were way more objective and accurate then some ridiculous term like "The Golden Age", which is not even a proper historical period as described in Polish history books. So, annoying... grow up.

Polish history books delineate this period as a "Polish Golden Age". However, I have placed the title for the sole purpose of splitting the large "Kingdom of Poland" section into two. Merangs (talk) 12:30, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, why do we have some mega chart that does not fit on my monitor about ethnicity in Poland? Do we have similar charts about other things in this article, if not why this one????? 84.40.152.248 (talk) 08:13, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and raised this as a separate topic so that other users can share their opinion. Merangs (talk) 12:30, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Merangs, why do you keep changing out pictures with new ones that have a sharp view angle? Can you have normal pictures of castles and Sejm, or will in a few months time everything going to have that far-out look???? Stop trying too hard to make this country article look super cool, this goes for the earlier point with the Golden Age. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.40.152.248 (talk) 11:02, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to do with perspective. The old picture was about 15 years old from what I remember. Time for a change. Regarding [a] castle image, I have no idea what you mean. I did not alter any images with castles (yet). Merangs (talk) 12:30, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the last several weeks or so, a number of changes were made to the article that are making the it look obnoxious, so I had to write something on that.

I don't see how quality can be obnoxious. Moreover, everything in the article is sourced. I see a problem here and it is not the article. Merangs (talk) 12:30, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merangs, don't turn the article in to a cliche. Even in Poland, there are historians critical of this Golden Age terminology, because it was really only the Golden Age for the szlachta, the peasants were getting poorer and the towns folk were being stifled. I would agree that this was the height of Poland's power, however it was no paradise, and I would stay away from such a grandiose terminology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.40.152.248 (talk) 16:41, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnic chart

I would like to bring up a topic that was recently raised by an IP regarding the ethnic chart in the article. Is it really necessary, as other country articles do not have that section? What is the justification for it? It simply clogs the article and the demographics section. Such information confirming Poland's homogeneity can be either avoided or summarised in one-two sentences, if deemed necessary. Merangs (talk) 12:16, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, this chart overemphasizes the issue of ethnicity (this is a chart for a separate article on demographics or something), just a couple sentences is enough to sum up what that big charts depicts in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.40.152.248 (talk) 16:45, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Poland has 37,6 m of people right now, decreasing.

In the first few sentences is said that it's the fifth most populated country in UE, having over 38m people. According to Rocznik Demograficzny p.26, GUS, 2024, (https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/roczniki-statystyczne/roczniki-statystyczne/rocznik-demograficzny-2024,3,18.html) there is roughly 37,6 m people by the end of 2023, with that number fast decreasing. Duumpkin (talk) 13:12, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]