User:Pitsarotta

Hello there,

I'm a Polish Wikipedian who is currently residing in the UK. Before registering on Wikipedia in 2012, I made just ~200 anonymous contributions under several IP addresses. My interests and editing areas include music (mostly punk and ska); the history, folklore, and geography of Eastern Europe (especially Belarus-Ukraine-Poland); sci-fi novels; occasionally film, TV, and video games. I am fluent in Polish and English, semi-fluent in Russian, and have mastered most of the Cyrillic script (though I'm not as good with the South Slavic variants of this alphabet). However, as a Slav I can understand bits and pieces of practically every Slavonic tongue - Slovak, Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian are naturally the easiest for me as they are the most similar to Polish. On the other hand, Bulgarian and Macedonian have always seemed the most difficult and different to me.

My talk page can be found here.

About me

Wikipedia:Babel

plPolski jest językiem ojczystym tego użytkownika.

en-5This user can contribute with a professional level of English.

ru-3Этот участник свободно владеет русским языком.

sk-1Tento používateľ má základné znalosti slovenčiny.

cs-1Tento uživatel má základní znalosti češtiny.

be-1Гэты ўдзельнік/гэтая ўдзельніца ведае беларускую мову на пачатковым узроўні.

uk-1Користувач може робити внесок українською мовою на початковому рівні.

fi-1Tämä käyttäjä puhuu vähän suomea.

Cyrl-4
ДThis user has a near-complete understanding of the Cyrillic script.

UKThis user uses British English.

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This user is an Eastern European.

This Slavic user is interested in the heritage of his ancestors, but rejects nationalism.

This user is a North Slav.

This user hails from the homeland of vodka.

This user speaks fluently one or more Slavic tongue(s).

This user is a
vegetarian.

XXXThis user is Straight Edge.

This user knows that a politician is lying if his mouth is open.

This user opposes copyright, and encourages the free exchange of culture.

This user despises the dictator Stalin and his bloody legacy of state capitalist regimes.

This user advocates personal belief but does not support organised religion.

This user respects
Róża Luksemburg
and her contributions to
internationalist communism.

This user respects
Нестор Махно
and his contributions to
internationalist communism.

This user enjoys punk rock.

This user enjoys ska.

This user enjoys
heavy metal music.

This user enjoys folk music.

This user enjoys and supports responsible fun with firearms.

This editor is a Journeyman Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.

This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia.

This user has written or expanded 2 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

This user is the main author of
1 Good Article

My Contributions

Articles I've written:

• Shimun Vrochek
• Piter (novel)
• Metro 2035
• Soplica
• Khlibnyi Dar
• Mister X (band)
• Nocne Szczury
• Nav (Slavic folklore)
• North Slavs
• Igor Bantser
• Riistetyt
• Perkele (band)
• Messed Up
• Pubal
• Mirosław Hermaszewski
• Paweł Czekała
• Skankan
• Soviet Military Cemetery, Warsaw
• Pstrąże

Article sections I've written:

• Kvass#Poland
• High-rise building#Eastern Europe
• Geography of Poland#Eastern or Central Europe?
• Wendy O. Williams#Personal life
• European bison#Cultural significance
• Rosa Luxemburg#Poland

Articles I've greatly contributed to:

• Kvass
• European bison
• Communist Workers' Organisation (UK)
• Polonia Warszawa
• Róża Luksemburg

Userboxes I've made:

• Polish-born
• Eastern European
• Slavic guy (1)
• Slavic girl (1)
• Slavic guy (2)
• Slavic girl (2)
• Slavic speaker
• Vodka lover
• North Slav
• Shooting
• Anti-Stalinism
• Róża Luksemburg
• Нестор Махно

Countries I've been to

11This user has visited 11 of the 205 countries in the world.

Poland - years
Slovakia - days
Scotland - days
England - years
France - weeks
Portugal - days
Spain - days
Finland - months
Estonia - days
Sweden - hours
Belarus - weeks

Some of the files I've uploaded

These days most of my images can be found here on Wikimedia Commons, but below are some of the earlier ones I uploaded to Wikipedia itself:

• Piter (Okladka) Piter (Cover) [JPG] -- (Cover of Polish translation of Piter) -- online
• Śliwowica Podbeskidzka [JPG] -- (Bottle of a contemporary brand of Śliwowica) -- deleted
• Krupnik Staropolski [JPG] -- (Bottle of Polish Krupnik) -- deleted
• Soplica Wiśniowa [JPG] -- (Bottle of cherry Soplica) -- deleted
• Żołądkowa Gorzka [JPG] -- (Bottle of Żołądkowa Gorzka) -- deleted
• Żubrówka (100ml) [JPG] -- (Bottle of Żubrówka) -- deleted
• Wódki polskie - Krupnik Staropolski, Absolwent, Śliwowica Podbeskidzka, Soplica Wiśniowa, Żołądkowa Gorzka, Żubrówka [JPG] -- (Polish vodka brands) -- deleted
• European sub-regions (according to EuroVoc, the thesaurus of the EU) [PNG] -- (EuroVoc's sub-regions of Europe) -- online
• Absolwent (Polish vodka), version for export called "Graduate" [JPG] -- (Export variant of Absolwent) -- online
• A general map of Eastern Europe [SVG] -- (Map of Eastern Europe) -- online
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at its maximum extent [SVG] -- (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1619-1629) -- online
• Kwas chlebowy (EKO-NATURA) [JPG] -- (Bottles of Polish natural kvass) -- online
• Soplica orzech laskowy [JPG] -- (Bottle of hazelnut nalewka variant of Polish Soplica vodka) -- online
• Хлібний Дар - Класична (Khlibnyi Dar - Classic) [JPG] -- (Bottle of Хлібний Дар horilka, which is a Ukrainian vodka) -- online
• Metro 2035 - original cover [JPG] -- (Original Russian cover of Metro 2035) -- online
• Eastern European grocery shops in North East England [JPG] -- (Grocery shops selling Eastern European products in England) -- online
• Mister X (punk band) logo [JPG] -- (Official logo of Mister X, a street punk group from Grodno, Belarus) -- online
• Nocne Szczury [JPG] -- (Photo of Nocne Szczury, one of the very first Polish punk bands) -- online
• Vodka with pickled cucumber [JPG] -- (Photo of clear vodka served with pickled cucumber) -- online
• North Slavs and South Slavs [PNG] -- (Map of North Slavic and South Slavic countries) -- online
• North Slavs and South Slavs (with native names) [PNG] -- (Map of North Slavic and South Slavic countries, alternate variant with native name) -- online
• North Slavic languages [PNG] -- (Map of the extent of North Slavic languages spoken in Europe) -- online
• Wendy O Williams, 1984, WOW cover [JPG] -- (Photograph of Wendy O. Williams, late singer of punk/metal/shock rock band Plasmatics, in 1984) -- deleted
• Igor Bantser (June 2018) [PNG] -- (Photograph of Igor Bantser, singer and founder of street punk band Mister X, in June of 2018) -- deleted
• Riistetyt (hardcore punk band from Tampere, Finland) [PNG -- (Early photo of Riistetyt, one of the first hardcore punk bands from Finland) -- deleted
• The Analogs - live in London (02.11.2019) [PNG] -- (Polish street punk band The Analogs performing live in London at the Booze & Glory 10th birthday bash) -- online
• Paweł "Piguła" Czekała, London, 02.11.2019 [PNG] -- (Photograph of Piguła, guitarist and founder of The Analogs, performing live in London) -- deleted
• Pubal (Spring 2007) [JPG] -- (Photograph of Pubal, a famous European bison from southeast Poland) -- online
• Messed Up live in Grodno (08.03.2020) [JPG] -- (Photograph of Messed Up, girls' punk band from Grodno, Belarus) -- online
• Mister X live in Minsk (06.03.2020) [PNG] -- (Photograph of Mister X, a street punk group from Grodno, Belarus) -- online
• Alex Kot (guitarist of Mister X) [PNG] -- (Photograph of Alex Kot, guitarist of Mister X) -- online
• Igor Bancer (06.03.2020) [PNG] -- (Photograph of Igor Bantser – vocalist, frontman, and founder of Mister X) -- online
• Kvass in Grodno, Belarus [PNG] -- (Photograph of Belarusian kvass brand trailer in Grodno) -- online