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Dover Samuels

Dover Spencer Peneha Samuels (born 9 July 1939) is a former Labour Member of Parliament in New Zealand from 1996 to 2008.

Political career
Samuels started his political career in the 1970s as a councillor for the Whangaroa County Council. He went on to become a councillor and deputy mayor for the Far North District Council.

Samuels joined the Labour Party and became its Māori Senior Vice President. In 1994 he challenged Maryan Street for the Labour Party presidency, but lost by a wide margin, 303 votes to Street and 75 for Samuels.

He was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for services to New Zealand.

He first entered Parliament as a list MP in the 1996 election, and was the MP for Te Tai Tokerau since the 1999 election. When the Labour Party formed a government following its victory in 1999, Samuels became the Minister of Māori Affairs, but resigned this role in June 2000 pending an investigation into alleged sex crimes committed before he entered politics. The police later cleared Samuels of all charges, and Samuels alleged that the accusations had political motivations. He was reinstated as a Minister of State in 2002, but in 2005 was involved in further controversy following a late-night incident in which he publicly urinated in a hallway within Auckland's Heritage hotel.

Samuels lost his Māori electorate of Te Tai Tokerau in 2005 to the Māori Party candidate Hone Harawira. However, he was returned to parliament due to his high position on the Labour Party list. He was made the Associate Minister for Economic Development, Housing, Tourism and Industry and Regional Development.

On 31 October 2007, during the Cabinet reshuffle, Samuels lost his position as a Minister outside Cabinet and was replaced by Darren Hughes. He returned to the backbench.

Samuels did not contest the 2008 election.

Personal life
He is an active member of the Rātana Church of New Zealand and has iwi Affiliations with Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kurī.

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Fucked Company

Fucked Company was a website created by Philip J. "Pud" Kaplan after the dot-com bubble in 2000 as a "dot-com dead pool" that chronicled troubled and failing companies in a unique and abrasive manner. The website also sold rumor listings to subscribers. The site's name is a parody of Fast Company, a magazine that began covering technology companies during the Internet dot-com boom.

A September 10, 2000 attempt by Kaplan to put the entire site up for sale on eBay attracted joke bids as high as $10 million but no serious buyers.

History
Fucked Company (commonly abbreviated FC) allowed employees to post anonymous comments on why their employer was losing money, had abused employees, or was discriminating against some group, identifying unethical managers and defective products or services by name. Employees were free to explain why they thought the companies were going out of business. This made the site a target for strategic lawsuits against public participation from companies. The site was taken offline for two days in August 2002; Ford Motor Company law firm Howard Phillips & Andersen had threatened litigation against FC's upstream provider HostGator as a means of silencing a discussion of a series of layoffs entitled "Ford, where finding a job is job one." Ford claimed that it infringed a trademark slogan "Ford, where quality is job one," discontinued after widespread use from 1980 to 1997. The site eventually returned minus the news of the Ford layoffs.

Even where the cases were spurious or were settled out of court for a small fee, it drained the resources of FC to fight these lawsuits. As a consumer complaint site, FC also faced increasing competition from new entrants, including social networking providers. Michael Arrington announced on March 31, 2007 that TechCrunch had acquired FuckedCompany.com in an April Fools' Day joke press release.

Starting in August 2007, the site ceased posting new content, and later converted its main page to the simple message:

"Fuckedcompany is... fucked. R.I.P. 2000-2007. If you're just now seeing this website for the first time, ask someone who was in the internet business during 'round 1' to tell you all about it."

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RC Lens

Racing Club de Lens, commonly referred to as RC Lens, is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the department of Pas-de-Calais. The club's nickname, Les Sang et Or, comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. As of the 2023–24 season, Lens competes in Ligue 1, the highest tier of French football.

Lens won the Division 1 (now Ligue 1) title in the 1997–98 season, and has finished as runner-up on five occasions, most recently in the 2022–23 season, losing out to Paris-Saint Germain by 1 point. The club has a strong rivalry with neighbors LOSC Lille, with whom they contest the Derby du Nord.

Origin of the club
The club was established in 1906 in Lens by local students who enjoyed playing football on the city's Place Verte (the current Place de la République). The name "Racing Club de Lens" was chosen as a reference to Racing Club de Roubaix and Racing Club de France, both popular clubs at the time.

The club's first board of directors was formed by the parents of those students. The club originally played in green and black to represent the founding location; they wore green to represent the name of the home pitch, "Verte", (meaning 'green' in French), and black to represent the omnipresence of the coal mining industry in the surrounding area.

Between 1907 and 1912, the players were forced to change home grounds twice before settling at the Parc des Glissoires, situated between Avion and Lens.

During World War I, in common with all French sports clubs, the team's activities were stopped and did not restart until 1919. By this time, Lens had changed their playing colours to sky blue.

Of blood and gold
It was in 1924 that the red and gold colours first appeared. One legend says that Pierre Moglia, president of the club from 1923 to 1930, chose the colours of the Spanish flag after a colleague from the club remarked that the Saint-Léger church ruins, which they had walked past one evening, were the last visible remains of the local Spanish domination in 1648. Some people also say that the colours were derived as a reference to the local coal mines: the red for the blood of the miners and the gold for the coal which was valuable at the time.

It was also in 1924 that the club was authorised to play at the newly built municipal stadium Raoul Briquet (nowadays Léo Lagrange). The first match for the club in their new colours was played for the inauguration of the stadium.

In 1926, British footballer Kid Fenton was the first star who played for Lens. He stayed for eight seasons and became a strong favourite with the club's supporters. This was also the year the first supporters group was formed, and also saw the first occasion that Lens captured the Championnat d'Artois.

In 1929, Lens won the North championship and won promotion for the first time to the Division d'Honneur of the Ligue du Nord with the clubs Olympique Lillois, RC Roubaix, Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix and AC Amiens.

In the Artois League, the club steadily gained prestige, and in 1932 the club inaugurated the Stade Félix Bollaert.

The first victories
In 1937, Lens gained access to the first division after finishing first in the second division, led by such players as Stefan Dembicki and Spechtl. Lens even managed to reach the last 16 of the Coupe de France, although the team was eventually eliminated by the Red Star, 3–2.

In 1943, Lens won the first division of the Northern Zone thanks to Dembicki, who scored 43 goals in 30 games. A year earlier, in a Coupe de France match, he had scored 17 goals, which still remains to this day the world record for goals scored by one player in a single competitive match.

Immediately following World War II, Lens finished in sixth place in the 1945–46 season, but they were relegated the following year. In 1948, the club played its first Coupe de France final, which they lost 3–2 against Lille. A year later, Lens was promoted to the first division, and Maryan Wisnieski was recruited, in 1953. Problems with the board, however, made him quit the club; he joined Italian club UC Sampdoria Genoa, though without much success.

In 1962, the city of Lens' mines were shut down and the future of the club was at stake, given that most of the players were miners by profession. Between 1956 and 1968, survival was hard. Nevertheless, in 1964, Lens finished third, with Ahmed Oudjani the top scorer with 30 goals. Another famous player, Georges Lech, joined Lens, although the club was relegated in 1968. The following year, the mine's administrators rescinded their ownership of Lens, which signalled the end of professional football at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Lens was now once again an amateur club, one year after its relegation, and the long-term future looked very bleak.

The good years and the fall
However, better days arrived in 1960 after the town council took interest in Racing Club de Lens. Lens' mayor, André Delelis, was a long-term supporter and recognized the importance of the club's success to the overall morale of the city. With the future president, Jean Bondoux, the mayor brought together volunteers and subscriptions to help the club survive. Moreover, the city recovered ownership of the stadium from the closing mine industry.

The following twenty years saw a slow but steady improvement in the club's fortunes. In 1972, Lens reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France, and the arrival of two Polish players helped the club win promotion to the first division. In 1975, Lens once again reached the final of the Coupe de France against the powerful Saint-Étienne, but lost the game 0–2.

As finalist of the Coupe de France, Lens had the opportunity to participate in its first UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but the team was knocked out quickly by the Dutch club ADO Den Haag.

Lens' steady progress continued, and after finishing second in the league behind Nantes, they managed to qualify to the UEFA Cup. They knocked out Swedish club Malmö FF, and more impressively, the strong Italian club Lazio. After an away defeat (2–0), they won 6–0 at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis after extra-time. Unfortunately, after this rare international exploit for a French club, they were then eliminated by East German side 1. FC Magdeburg. Worse still, the club went back to the second division in 1978.

The step backwards was very brief and immediate promotion back to the French elite level was achieved in 1979 with Roger Lemerre as head coach. During the 1980s, Gérard Houllier and Joachim Marx succeeded him. These were great gains to the team, even though the club lost important players such as Didier Sénac, Gaëtan Huard and Philippe Vercruysse.

Martel's takeover
In August 1988 Gervais Martel, a wealthy local businessman, bought control of the club, with the help of Serge Doré. During the same year, Arnaud Dos Santos was named head coach of the club, and led the club back to the first division in 1991.

In 1993 and 1994, Lens' strongest team to that date were highly competitive at the top of the league, and the team qualified for the UEFA Cup twice in a row. Lens also reached the semi-final of the Coupe de France after knocking out Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes, although the team lost to Montpellier.

In 1998, les Sang et Or wrote the best page of their history under Daniel Leclercq ("the Druid"): French champions, Coupe de la Ligue semi-finalists and finalists of the Coupe de France (against PSG, a 2–1 defeat). Like a symbol, it is a player who started his career in Lens, Yohan Lachor, who scored the goal in Auxerre giving Lens the title in front of Metz. Under the "Druid", Lens won its second major title in 1999 with the Coupe de la Ligue against Metz, with a goal from Daniel Moreira. That year, in the UEFA Champions League, Lens also became the only club to have beaten English team Arsenal at the famous Wembley Stadium (1–0, with a goal from Mickaël Debève), although they were knocked out on aggregate score over two matches.

During the next season, Leclercq was fired, but Lens nonetheless did well to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. François Brisson's men were eventually eliminated by Arsenal, after they won against 1. FC Kaiserslautern (a 4–1 win in Germany), Atlético Madrid and Celta de Vigo.

In the 2001–02 season, Joël Muller was named head coach. Lens finished second that season and qualified for its second Champions League campaign. The club, however, finished in eighth for the next two years. Muller was replaced during his fourth season by Francis Gillot, who managed to qualify Lens for the UEFA Intertoto Cup, which Lens won, ensuring qualification for the UEFA Cup.

During the 2006–07 season, the Sang et Or finished the first part of the season in second, behind Lyon. But due to a chaotic second half, however, they only finished fifth. A few days later, Francis Gillot resigned.

On 5 June 2007, Guy Roux made his comeback, although it only lasted three months: He resigned after a 2–1 defeat at Strasbourg. Jean-Pierre Papin took over, but Lens could not make up any ground throughout the season, finishing 18th, two points behind Toulouse, resulting in relegation to Ligue 2 for the next season. Lens finished the season with just 40 points, winning only 9 times in 38 matches.

After a slow start in their only year in Ligue 2, they managed to finish as leaders during the first half of the season. Earning 13 out of 15 points in their first five games of the second half, everything looked set for a quick return to the first league. After only taking five points of the next six games, however, the promotion race was open again, although Lens recovered and became champions, securing promotion to Ligue 1 for 2009–10. After the 2010–11 season, however, they again dropped to Ligue 2.

On 16 May 2014, Lens sealed promotion back to Ligue 1 on the final day of the season following a 2–0 win at Bastia. On 27 June, however, the League's National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG) blocked Lens' promotion to the top flight due to irregularities in the club's proposed budget for its next season. The issue was a €10 million payment due from major shareholder Hafiz Mammadov that was missing from the accounts. Lens president Gervais Martel claimed a public holiday in Mammadov's native Azerbaijan had resulted in the delay and said the club would appeal. On 15 July, however, their promotion was in jeopardy after an appeal commission upheld their appeal since the missing funds still had not yet arrived in the club's accounts. Lens immediately declared their intention to appeal to the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF), which has the power to overrule the DNCG. On 25 July, the CNSOF recommended Lens should be allowed to play in Ligue 1. Because the Stade Bollaert-Delelis was being renovated for UEFA Euro 2016, Lens played their home matches for the 2014–15 Ligue 1 season at the Stade de la Licorne, home of Amiens, and at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

It was announced on 29 January 2015 that Lens' promotion from Ligue 2 at the end of the 2013–14 season has been ruled invalid, and will thus be automatically relegated to Ligue 2 for the 2015–16 season, regardless of where the team places. Thus, in August 2015 Lens returned to Ligue 2, albeit playing at the renovated Stade Bollaert-Delelis. They drew an average home attendance of 28,996 in the 2016–17 season, the highest in Ligue 2 but missed promotion to the Ligue 1 during a tumultuous last day of the season.

New direction and return to Ligue 1
In the 2017–18 Ligue 2 season, Lens lost their first seven matches in a row, the worst start to a season in the club's history. On 18 September, Lens finally got their first win of the season over US Quevilly-Rouen 2–0.

In the 2018–19 Ligue 2 season, Lens finished 5th on the table and reached the promotion play off final against Dijon FCO. After a 1–1 draw in the first leg, Lens would lose the second leg and the tie 3–1 after two goalkeeping blunders by Jérémy Vachoux cost his side a chance of promotion to Ligue 1.

On 30 April 2020, Lens were promoted to Ligue 1 after the LFP decided to end the seasons of both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. Lens were second on the table in Ligue 2 at the time of the decision.

In the 2020–21 season, Lens finished 7th on the Ligue 1 table after an impressive first season back in France's top flight. They finished seventh again in the following season with 62 points, despite being ranked second behind Paris Saint-Germain in the first half of the season.

In the 2022–23 season, Lens won 10 games out of 10 at home during the first part of the season. On 1 January 2023, Lens beat PSG 3–1 and became the first team to defeat Paris, which had been unbeaten since the start of the season. Halfway through the season, Lens was second, three points behind PSG. On 1 March 2023, Lens was eliminated from the Coupe de France after a 2–1 defeat against Nantes in the quarter-finals. On 27 May, Lens won 3–0 against Ajaccio, finished 2nd in Ligue 1 and qualified for the Champions League for the third time in their history after 1998–99 and 2002–03.

Honours

 * Ligue 1
 * Winners (1): 1997–98
 * Runners-up (5): 1955–56, 1956–57, 1976–77, 2001–02, 2022–23
 * Ligue 2
 * Winners (4): 1936–37, 1948–49, 1972–73, 2008–09
 * Runners-up: (2): 2013–14, 2019–20
 * Coupe de France
 * Runners-up (3): 1947–48, 1974–75, 1997–98
 * Coupe de la Ligue
 * Winners (1): 1998–99
 * Runners-up (1): 2007–08
 * Coupe Drago
 * Winners (3): 1959, 1960, 1965
 * Runners-up (1): 1957
 * Coupe Gambardella
 * Winners (3): 1957, 1958, 1992
 * Runners-up (4): 1979, 1983, 1993, 1995
 * UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League)
 * Semi-finalists (1): 1999–2000
 * UEFA Intertoto Cup
 * Winners (2): 2005, 2007 (joint winner)

Records

 * Record league win: 10–2 (v. RC Paris, 1963–64).
 * Record European Cup win: 7–0 (v. Avenir-Beggen, 1995–96).
 * The European exploit: v. Lazio (6–0 after extra time, 2 November 1977).
 * Most goals in a single match: 16, Stefan Dembicki (a world record), (v. Auby Asturies, French Cup, 13 December 1942). Final score: 32–0.
 * Most league appearances with Lens: 497, Éric Sikora and 377, Bernard Placzek.
 * Most league goals in a season: 30, Ahmed Oudjani (1963–64) and 20, Roger Boli (1993–94).
 * Top scorer: 94, Ahmed Oudjani.
 * Highest attendance at a home match: 48, 912, (v. Marseille, Ligue 1, 15 February 1992) at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Lens won 2–1.

Retired numbers
12 – 🇫🇷 Club Supporters (the 12th Man) 17 – 🇨🇲 Marc-Vivien Foé, Midfielder (1994–99) – posthumous honour

Former players
Three Lens players won the gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games: defender Didier Sénac, as well as strikers François Brisson and Daniel Xuereb who scored a goal apiece in France's triumph over Brazil 2–0 in the final at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in front of a crowd of 103,000.

For a complete list of RC Lens players, see Category:RC Lens players

French internationals
As of 17 July 2023

* Still playing.

Presidents

 * 1906–07: Jules J. Van den Weghe
 * 1907–08: Lotin
 * 1908–12: Jules J. Van den Weghe
 * 1912–20: Charles Douterlinghe
 * 1920–23: Marcel Pierron
 * 1923–30: Pierre Moglia
 * 1930–33: Renoult
 * 1933–34: Jules A. Van den Weghe
 * 1934–57: Louis Brossard
 * 1957–59: Vital Lerat
 * 1959–68: Albert Hus
 * 1968–72: René Houdart
 * 1972–76: Jean Bondoux
 * 1976–79: Jean-Pierre Defontaine
 * 1979–86: Jean Bondoux
 * 1986–88: Jean Honvault
 * 1988–2012: Gervais Martel
 * 2012–13: Luc Dayan
 * 2013–17: Gervais Martel
 * 2017–: Joseph Oughourlian

Coaches
Former coaches include two ex-France coaches: Gérard Houllier (1982–85) managed France between July 1992 and November 1993, and Roger Lemerre (second half of the 1996–97 season, then as assistant coach 1997–98), who coached France between July 1998 and July 2002.

 * Jack Harris (1934)
 * Robert De Veen (1934–36)
 * Jack Galbraith (1936–38)
 * Raymond François (1938)
 * József Eisenhoffer (1938–39)
 * Jack Galbraith (1939)
 * Richard Buisson (1939–41)
 * Georges Beaucourt (1941–42)
 * Anton Marek (1942–47)
 * Nicolas Hibst (1947–50)
 * Ludvic Dupal (1950–53)
 * Anton Marek (1953–56)
 * Félix Witkowski (1956–58)
 * Karel Michlowski (1956–58)
 * Jules Bigot (1958–62)
 * Élie Fruchart (1962–69)
 * Arnold Sowinski (1970–78)
 * Roger Lemerre (1978–79)
 * Arnold Sowinski (1979–81)
 * Jean Serafin (1981–82)
 * Gérard Houllier (1982–85)
 * Joachim Marx (1985–88)
 * Arnold Sowinski (1988)
 * Jean Parisseaux (1988–89)
 * Philippe Redon (1989)
 * Marcel Husson (1989–90)
 * Arnaud Dos Santos (1990–92)
 * Patrice Bergues (1992–96)
 * Slavoljub Muslin (1996–97)
 * Roger Lemerre (1997)
 * Daniel Leclercq (1997–99)
 * François Brisson (1999–2000)
 * Rolland Courbis (2000–01)
 * Georges Tournay (2001)
 * Joël Muller (2001 – Jan. 2005)
 * Francis Gillot (Jan. 2005 – 2007)
 * Guy Roux (2007)
 * Jean-Pierre Papin (Aug. 2007 – 2008)
 * Jean-Guy Wallemme (2008 – Jan. 2011)
 * László Bölöni (Jan. 2011 – June 2011)
 * Jean-Louis Garcia (June 2011 – Sept. 2012)
 * Éric Sikora (Sept. 2012 – July 2013)
 * Antoine Kombouaré (July 2013 – May 2016)
 * Alain Casanova (May 2016 – Aug. 2017)
 * Éric Sikora (Aug. 2017 – May 2018)
 * Philippe Montanier (May 2018 – Feb. 2020)
 * Franck Haise (Feb. 2020 – present)

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An excellent article overall, but I'm confused by some of the dates. The dates in some of the section titles don't coincide with the dates mentioned into the associated text. MK 06:47, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Tone of voice / neutrality?
I'm somewhat concerned about the neutral tone of voice in this article (or rather, its apparent lack). Skimming the text, I find:

 * "When Flying Fish daringly came up to periscope depth"
 * "Unshaken by this long day of attack"
 * "Three times on this third patrol she launched bold attacks"
 * "Along with gaining much valuable intelligence," - without any explanation or elaboration why this intelligence was valuable
 * "she closed the northern coast to make a daring attack"
 * "Continuing her bold inshore attacks"
 * "After five grueling patrols"
 * "Flying Fish was attacked by a Japanese submarine, whose torpedoes she skillfully evaded."

Without explaining or providing valid reasons for the use of all these bombastic adjectives (and also other phrases like "beached itself in a mass of flames"), the text reads like a gushing propaganda piece, rather than an encyclopedic article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.101.112.68 (talk) 17:25, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

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Talk:Bolesław Prus

Missing Boleslaw Prus "Wikisource" and "Wikiquote."
There were English-language (in addition to Polish language) "Wikisource" and "Wikiquote" sections relating to Boleslaw Prus before his name got Unicoded in the title to the "correct" "Bolesław Prus." When the two sections first disappeared, I reverted "Bolesław Prus" in the article title to the "incorrect" English spelling ("l" instead of "ł"), and they reappeared. What can be done to restore the two sections now? logologist 19:05, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure where the problem is. The two links are in the External links section... Halibutt 07:32, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

 * (Above problem is long resolved.) logologist|Talk 06:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Version 0.7
I'd really like to include this, but I'd like to see a couple of things done first: Thanks, Walkerma 04:21, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Add a few inline citations, at suitable points throughout the article. Even 4 or 5 would make a difference.
 * Get rid of the dashes in the "Life" section - I'm bad for overusing dashes myself - as you can see.
 * Done. Further criticisms welcomed.  Nihil novi 04:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This looks much better, thanks! The only remaining work I can see (as a casual, non-expert reviewer) would be some copyediting of the prose - a handful of the sentences are rather clumsy, with a lot of commas.  I did a couple myself.  The comparative lit paragraph is a tricky one, I can't really see another way to do that without that really long sentence, so I'd say it was OK.  Generally it looks fine to me, and the inline citations make this a much stronger article!  Thanks, Walkerma 06:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * In coming days I will look at the text again from the standpoint of further copyediting. Thank you for taking time, in the midst of your pressing obligations, to review the article.  It made all the difference!  Nihil novi 09:20, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup tag
The article has recently been augmented and edited and has received inline citations. Would anyone object to removal of the "cleanup" tag? Nihil novi 22:01, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I would say "yes" - though I didn't tag it! Walkerma 06:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and removed the tag. I think it has served its purpose.  Nihil novi 09:15, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Improvement
I think the biography of Bolesław Prus should be improved. This article can achieve GA status. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Images
This biography had too many irrelevant images. I have removed several irrelevant images. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Automatic peer review suggestions
The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program, and might not be applicable for the article in question. You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 05:00, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Consider removing links that add little to the article or that have been repeated in close proximity to other links to the same article, as per Manual of Style (links) and WP:CONTEXT. Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?]
 * Per Wikipedia:Context and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates), months and days of the week generally should not be linked. Years, decades, and centuries can be linked if they provide context for the article.[?]
 * If this article is about a person, please add  along with the required parameters to the article - see Persondata for more information.[?]
 * Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (numbers), there should be a non-breaking space -  between a number and the unit of measurement. For example, instead of 11 inches, use 11 inches, which when you are editing the page, should look like: 11&nbsp;inches.[?]
 * Please reorder/rename the last few sections to follow guidelines at Guide to layout.[?]
 * There are a few occurrences of weasel words in this article- please observe WP:AWT. Certain phrases should specify exactly who supports, considers, believes, etc., such a view.
 * it has been
 * apparently
 * might be weasel words, and should be provided with proper citations (if they already do, or are not weasel terms, please strike this comment).[?]
 * As done in WP:FOOTNOTE, footnotes usually are located right after a punctuation mark (as recommended by the CMS, but not mandatory), such that there is no space in between. For example, the sun is larger than the moon [2]. is usually written as the sun is larger than the moon.[2][?]
 * Please ensure that the article has gone through a thorough copyediting so that it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work. See also User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a.[?]

 * I believe that most of the above items have previously been considered, and that the article is ready for Good-Article review. Nihil novi (talk) 03:26, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, the article is ready for GA review. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 08:18, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Pseudonym
The pseudonym of Aleksander Głowacki was Bolesław Prus. I think we should mention that in the lead. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 09:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If you say that Bolesław Prus was "born Aleksander Głowacki," it is tantamount to saying that "Prus" was Głowacki's pseudonym; and this wording gets around the awkwardness of saying that a pseudonym is a novelist, etc. Nihil novi (talk) 10:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added a statement to the lead about Prus' pseudonym. That should make the matter clearer.  Nihil novi (talk) 21:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I have made some necessary changes in the infobox. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 09:54, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Citation
Please look at the following citation:

 * Edward Pieścikowski, Bolesław Prus, p. 148.

Is Bolesław Prus a book? Is it a Polish book or an English book? Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Bolesław Prus is the title of a book (a biography of Prus) by Edward Pieścikowski. Readers can tell that Bolesław Prus is a title because it is italicized.
 * Readers will find the full bibliographic information in the References section, where the book is found to have been published in Warsaw, and therefore by default is in Polish.
 * Probably there are some advantages to bibliographic templates that I am not aware of. I have, however, often found them awkward to use, with various items clumsily jammed into inappropriate compartments or left out altogether.  Nihil novi (talk) 04:09, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, we can use the citation template when it is appropriate. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Few problems
The following statement is problematic:

"His "Weekly Chronicles," spanning forty years (and since reprinted in twenty volumes), would help prepare the ground for the extraordinary 20th-century blossoming of Polish science and especially mathematics."

The above statement can be included in the biography only if someone can cite a reliable source. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

 * One more point: Can we consider 'Newspaper column' as a literary genre? I don't think so. I would like to know the views of other users. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Much depends on who's writing the columns. In Prus' hands, it was a literary genre.  But I won't object if you prefer to delete it from the infobox.  Nihil novi (talk) 08:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * In Prus' hands, it was a literary genre. However, generally 'Newspaper column' is not considered as a literary genre. I removed it from the infobox. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 13:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

 * One more question: What was the religion of Bolesław Prus? Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * In a superficial sense, he did not separate himself from the majority of his compatriots. In a deeper sense, one might say his religion was science and the pursuit of knowledge.  I wouldn't put him down for a "religion" in the infobox.  Nihil novi (talk) 08:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply, Nihil novi. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 13:31, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

ISBN number
Please provide the ISBN number for the following books:

 * Szweykowski, Zygmunt (1972). Twórczość Bolesława Prusa (The Art of Bolesław Prus), 2nd edition, Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.
 * Tokarzówna, Krystyna; Stanisław Fita (1969). in Szweykowski, Zygmunt (ed.): Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: Kalendarz życia i twórczości (Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: a Calendar of His Life and Work). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.
 * Pauszer-Klonowska, Gabriela (1962). Ostatnia miłość w życiu Bolesława Prusa (The Last Love in the Life of Bolesław Prus). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.
 * Fita, Stanisław (ed.) (1962). Wspomnienia o Bolesławie Prusie (Reminiscences about Bolesław Prus). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.
 * Melkowski, Stefan. Poglądy estetyczne i działalność krytycznoliteracka Bolesława Prusa (Bolesław Prus' Esthetic Views and Literary-Critical Activity). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1963.
 * Wróblewski, Zbigniew (1984). To samo ramię (The Same Hand). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.
 * ISBN 83-11-07127-6

 * Pieścikowski, Edward (1985). Bolesław Prus, 2nd edition, Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
 * ISBN 83-01-05593-6

 * Tyszkiewicz, Teresa (1971). Bolesław Prus. Warsaw: Państwowe Zakłady Wydawnictw Szkolnych.

Masterpiece2000 (talk) 10:05, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Wróblewski and Pieścikowski, as stated above. The remaining books have no ISBN.  Nihil novi (talk) 06:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Review by Piotrus (not a GA Review!)

 * I don't like the 'Chief novels' section. I would suggest retitling it to list of works and try to put a comprehensive list of his works there.
 * 'Novels and stories' section is somewhat misleading in 'biography'; personally I prefer a clear chronological biography and a non-biographies sections that discuss works of the author (see for example Max Weber)
 * Per above, I think 'Commemorations' should be merged into 'legacy' (perhaps as a subsection with its own heading)
 * Done. The material does work better this way.  Nihil novi (talk) 07:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Per above, same applies to 'Comparative literature'. It would be great if that section could list some prominent works analyzing Prus' life and works, see here and here for suggestions.
 * Ditto, I've merged the core comparative-literature material into the "Legacy" section. Again, an improvement.  Nihil novi (talk) 07:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

 * A ship was named after him; I guess this could be noted?
 * Done. Nihil novi (talk) 07:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Overall, it is a good article. I would like to see some improvements before Featuring, but it seems to me it fills the GA requirements. Good job! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 19:46, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Lots of constructive ideas here to consider.
 * Some questions come to mind:
 * A "comprehensive list" of Prus' works, depending on inclusion criteria, might run to hundreds or even thousands of items. How to select them?
 * As Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński observed, "Prus has no biography." Arguably, his writings are his biography; the two are fairly inseparable.  How to write a meaningful biography without discussing, however cursorily, his works?  Nihil novi (talk) 08:19, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

 * If the list is too long, it should be split off, like list of Max Weber works. At some point we should have complete and comprehensive list of works of every notable author.
 * While I prefer to separate works from biography, I am not going to argue that point, particularly as I don't consider myself Prus' expert.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 15:52, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Not a review from me either, but a quick suggestion: there seem to be too many images in this article, many of which are not necessarily logically-arranged. Consider moving more of them to the Images and Other Media link to Wikimedia Commons and being a bit more choosy on which ones are used on this page. Just a suggestion, feel free to ignore. --Midnightdreary (talk) 15:30, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. Nihil novi (talk) 07:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the suggestions. For now, I've removed an unprepossessing portrait by Stanisław Witkiewicz.  Nihil novi (talk) 04:57, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

GA on hold
This article is pretty close to GA, it just needs two things fixed: First, it needs a copy-edit from someone who isn't familiar with the subject. Several sections, including the lead and the Commemorations section, read choppily. Second, I'm confused by the placement of in-line citations. Citations should come after the information they cover. Several sections seem uncited but I suspect that the citation has been misplaced. Don't leave information "hanging". Always have a citation after presenting information. Wrad (talk) 00:59, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The citations do follow the information. Perhaps additional citations would be desirable; if so, suggestions would be appreciated, by paragraph, sentence or specific item of information.  Nihil novi (talk) 03:21, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Here you go: The "secondary school" bit in the first section. The final paragraph and a half of the second section. Third para. of the third. Fourth of fourth. The Comparative literature section. Lastly, several statements in the Commemorations section. Wrad (talk) 03:27, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your suggestions. 06:46, 1 March 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Masterpiece2000 (talk • contribs)
 * I've added the proposed references, and some additional information. Thanks for the suggestions.  Nihil novi (talk) 11:15, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Referencing is better now. The prose is still a little fragmented. I would suggest putting up a request at WP:LOCE for help on this. Wrad (talk) 00:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, there are few flaws in the biography. However, I think the article is good enough for the GA status. For the FA status, some more work is needed. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 07:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm putting it up at LOCE. It shouldn't take them too long to respond. Wrad (talk) 01:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm passing it now. There are a few spots, especially the list at the end, that need more work, but I still think it's a GA. Wrad (talk) 01:50, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Beginning copyedit for choppiness
I worked on the beginning of the commemorations section. I think more information is needed--what were the organizations that were named for him? Jacqke (talk) 20:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

In looking at the section and trying to figure a way to organize it, I am beginning to think it would be better to use titles (portraits, statues, named for Prus), and put the individual items as bullets beneath the titles. Good? Bad Idea? Jacqke (talk) 20:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the very helpful edits and suggestions. I will try to locate more specific information.  Nihil novi (talk) 08:47, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I've taken your suggestion and reworked the memorials into bullet points. I think the information does work much better this way.  Nihil novi (talk) 06:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Outside Editor
Nihil Novi invited me to look at this article and perhaps do some editing. I have made some copy edits, but I also have a few questions. 1) In the section on Journalism, I'm not sure I see the connection between his adherence to Positivism and his taking of a pen-name. The structure seems to indicate that those are linked concepts, but I don't see it. 2) The fact that Poland had been partitioned out of of existence nearly a century earlier seems extraneous to the discussion of Prus's daily paper. 3) I have used Prus's rather than Prus' as the possessive, because Prus is not a plural noun. I think that is the correct usage in American English, but it may vary regionally. 4) I was a little confused by the line "Today Prus's essential biography is still to be found in his nonfiction and fiction writings." Does that mean that no one has written it, or than his writings are his biography--more important than the events of his life--or something else? 5) The "Comparative Literature" section seems a little thin compared to the rest. It seems like one person (Kasparek?) has sought to draw parallels between Prus and Bierce. And although those parallels may well exist, I'm not sure that they are sufficiently notable. Maybe one or two sentences in in "Legacy" could be sufficient mention of this coincidence. Otherwise I think the article is good. It makes me want to read one of his novels. I think I may have done some of this concurrently with Jacqke above, so apologies if there were conflicts. maxsch (talk) 20:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the edits and insightful suggestions, all of which I've incorporated. Nihil novi (talk) 08:44, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

"Bolesław Prus" GA
My thanks to all who have contributed to this article's recent improvement, thereby qualifying it for good-article status—most particularly, to Jacqke, Masterpiece2000, Mathiasrex, Maxschmelling, Midnightdreary, Piotrus, Walkerma, Wrad. Nihil novi (talk) 03:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Great news! And, I would like to thank you for your great effort. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:30, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

List of works by Bolesław Prus
I have created a new list called List of works by Bolesław Prus. This list is modeled after List of Max Weber works. I would like other users to contribute. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 05:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I have redirected the list to the section 'Notable works by Bolesław Prus'. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 13:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

At some point it will have to be split out again, I think.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 23:33, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, if the section 'Notable works by Bolesław Prus' becomes very long, it may be split out again. However, I think the section will not be very long. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:07, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

FA?
I wonder if the article is ready to be submitted to WP:FAC? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 23:36, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I think we should add more information. I also feel that the article is a little bias towards Prus. Some critical comments about Prus should be included in the article. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Any suggestions? Nihil novi (talk) 07:15, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm, I'd like to see some more English academic references discussing Prus.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 07:46, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * If you run into any, let me know. Nihil novi (talk) 08:31, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

NPOV
I think this article is a little bias towards Prus. According to this article, The Outpost, The Doll, The New Women, and Pharaoh are the best novels of Prus.

I am not from Poland and I don't have much information about Prus. However, with the help of books.google.com, I have an access to one reliable source. I have a limited access to the book The History of Polish Literature (by Czesław Miłosz). According to Milosz, the novel The New Women can be called an artistic failure perhaps because Prus seems to have known little about women. According to Milosz, The Outpost, The Doll, and Pharaoh are the best novels of Prus. This is an example of bias.

I also feel that we should mention few things about the novels in the biography. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I have added criticism. I also feel that few things about the phase "great questions of the day" should be mentioned in the article. I think the article is ready for the FA status. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Criticism by Milosz
I am adding the criticism of The New Women by Czesław Miłosz. He was a Nobel laureate. His criticism is necessary. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 05:10, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Small point
Re the comparative literature parallels with Ambrose Bierce, Bierce went to "high school at the county seat, Warsaw." Flukey. 06:16, 15 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.33.233.41 (talk)
 * Thanks for the reminder. I've added the information.  Nihil novi (talk) 07:40, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

References needed
This article needs more references if it is to maintain its GA status; there are numerous unreferenced claims in the article. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 16:26, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice.
 * I'll need a couple of months' time, as I'm on vacation, away from sources.
 * Best wishes, Nihil novi (talk) 13:25, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

 * Could you please specify statements that you feel need referencing?
 * Thanks. Nihil novi (talk) 20:42, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

 * At the very least, each paragraph should end in a reference. Preferably, each sentence would have a reference, to make it clear where does the cited fact come from (this is however not a strict requirement). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 20:46, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Cleanup of External links
Given the quality of this article, the External links section sticks out as needing work (plus it included a spammed link, which is how I came across the article).

The relevant policies/guidelines are WP:EL and WP:NOTLINKS.

Links that are redundant with this article's content are inappropriate, which is most of what I'm seeing and the reason for me tagging the section.

Given the amount and quality of the references, there really shouldn't be any external links to encyclopedia articles at all. If there is information in them that is not already included in this article, that information should be added with the relevant external link as a source.

I don't understand why the translation of one of his works is linked at all. Is is about him, containing information not in this article?

As for the Polish links, English is preferred, and we seem to have plenty of English content. If there's something important in them not appearing in any English website and not already in the article, then consider using them as sources. --Ronz (talk) 16:07, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

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