Neither the Province of Posen nor Greater Poland was ever the arena to ethnic conflict. Some neighboring areas as Upper or Lower Silesia or Western Pomerania were, but this article centers on the city of Poznan, which was always and unquestionably Polish, also the first capitol of the Kingdom of Poland, also my place of birth. Zydokomuna was never at home here, see the Poznan 1956 protests, but there is a Zydowska Street (Jewish Street) until this very day I believe (close to the Rathaus in Old Town). greg park avenue (talk) 23:17, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As the nominator, I must point out to you that the argumentation for your (however appreciated) deletion request is partly wrong. Poznan (Posen) has (in addition to its Polish and Jewish history) a century-long German history, (eg German population since the Middle Ages, German town law, part of Germany 18th cty - WWI). As your deletion proposal is primarily based on the false assumption of Poznan having been "always and unquestionably Polish" you might want to review your argumentation. Again, I appreciate you backing my deletion proposal, but I do not want a decision based on false rationales. Skäpperöd (talk) 08:06, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Poznań was Polish throughout its whole history, the 47 years within German state are not a long era, although marked by harsh discrimination of Poles, and therefore important. As to history of imigrants in the city-Greeks, Armenians, Germans, Jews-every city has its immigrants so it's natural, and doesn't change the main history of the city for its main population and country.

While I in part disagree with your argumentation, I understand your decision was based on your rationale perception and not a hasty decision by accident - that's just what I wanted to be sure of. Skäpperöd (talk) 06:50, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're talking about the Partitions of Poland, I presume, about 123 years in Poland's history when that region in question was under Prussian administration. Still the name pl:Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie (Grand Duchy of Posen) and Polish character remained and there were neither ethnic conflicts (uprisings against administration are not of ethnic nature I gather) nor mass colonization by Germans. Some names of the streets and schools were changed, but the latter refer mostly to the schools founded by Germans such as St. John Cantius High School in Poznań known also as pl:III_Liceum_Ogólnokształcące_im._św._Jana_Kantego_w_Poznaniu#Gimnazjum_Bergera - that section was introduced by me to Polish Wikipedia. It says the founder of this school a German industrialist put in a clause there should be no discrimination in enrollment between Polish and German kids - hardly an ethnic conflict. Also, someone may find a break in Poland's history during 40 years of Soviet rule, when the region was under Soviet domination. But you may look as long as you want to, you never find a place called say Lenin Square or Lenin Street or May Day Street in Poznan back then. You may find it in any city in Poland but Poznan. That's the spirit of this town, always Polish. So there are no false pretenses to delete this article. greg park avenue (talk) 14:01, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

part of Germany 18th cty: I would recommend reaching for a history book. Germany didn't exist yet in XVIII century. --Molobo (talk) 19:25, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please restrain from personal attacks. It really is not only my personal fringe view that there were German states already before the 1871 German Empire. This is not the place for a discussion about that, and not the place to present me as a retard. Skäpperöd (talk) 06:50, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]