This review is transcluded from Talk:Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Hwqaksd (talk · contribs) 05:22, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: LastJabberwocky (talk · contribs) 16:16, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, happy to pick up your nomination! Hopefully, I didn't find you in an inconvenient time :). —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 16:42, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your work and superb grammar, closing my review! —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 06:34, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• all green Y
• Does this link work for you? Consider archiving if not
• Images have rational and are reasonably placed Y
• Portrait captions can include date and place related to the time and place of the shoot, if available.
• WP:ALTTEXT can be added for image accessibility
• Is there an ISBN for Polski Słownik Biograficzny?
• As a side quest (not a GA criteria), it would be nice to translate Lithuanian ref titles into English :)

I've added a web.archive.org link for the PDF and found an ISBN for the PSB entry. I'll get to the others once school lets out. Hwqaksd (talk) 20:26, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LastJabberwocky I've added ALTTEXT + captions for the photos; I'll leave translating the Lithuanian titles for another day. I think I've answered the main points of concern that you have as of now. Hwqaksd (talk) 01:17, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Tsarist authorities delayed in approving a new bishop, as Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz was only serving as apostolic administrator for the Diocese ---> Tsarist authorities delayed approval of a new bishop, as Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz was only serving as apostolic administrator for the Diocese
  • Maybe a stupid question; how Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz is connected to the delay in appointment of a bishop?
• Szymon Marcin Kozłowski, bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz, assisted by Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski, bishop of Lublin, and Józef Hollak, titular bishop of Arad. ----> Szymon Marcin Kozłowski (bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz), assisted by Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski (bishop of Lublin), and Józef Hollak (titular bishop of Arad).
• he did not approve of the poetry of Maironis ---> he did not approve the poetry authored by Maironis
• various Russification policies that promoted the Eastern Orthodox Church ---> various Russification policies promoted by the Eastern Orthodox Church
• In 1884, Paliulionis ordered Catholic students to pray only in Catholic churches. This led to a large fine ---> In 1884, Paliulionis ordered Catholic students to pray only in Catholic churches, which led to a large fine
• Adam Jakštas has a page on Lithuanian wiki that can be linked

I think the passage about Aleksander Bereśniewicz was a misreading; I went through the cited source and couldn't find anything about it, only that Paliulionis was the "true successor" to the previous bishop of Samogitia, as Bereśniewicz only served as apostolic administrator.

Regarding the Russification policies, those were promoted by the Russian gov't and not the Eastern Orthodox Church, as might be implied ("nes pagaliau anie neteisingi administratyviniai biurokratijos paliepimai buvo atmainyti [finally, those unjust administrative orders of the bureaucracy were changed]"; [1]). I've kept it as it was originally but specified that these policies came from the Russian government.

Besides those, I've edited the article to read accordingly. Hwqaksd (talk) 20:31, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My suggestion to restructuring 'Lithuanian National Revival' section (and removed "Thus, faith was far more important than nationalistic considerations."):

During Paliulionis' tenure, there were rising tensions between the Lithuanian and Polish national movements. Paliulionis was primarily a Catholic, and generally supported both Polish and Lithuanian activities, but only as much as they were useful in his Catholic mission. As a result, the contemporary Polish and Lithuanian press sometimes accused him of Lithuanian or Polish nationalism. For example, Paliulionis advocated for the use of the Lithuanian language in local churches and sought government permission to teach religion at primary schools in Lithuanian (granted in 1905), as that helped him to reach the Lithuanian-speaking population. However, he did not support younger priests who were more active in the Lithuanian National Revival; he assigned them to less desirable posts and kept them out of the cathedral chapter, a notable example being Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas. Lithuanian activists criticized Paliulionis for not removing Pranciškus Kriškijonas, the seminary's inspector who was ardently pro-Polish.

He sponsored the publication of the anonymous Lithuanian-language book Paskutinis pamoksłas wiena żemajcziu kuniga priesz smerti ("The Last Sermon of One Samogitian Priest Before Death") in 1889 (republished in 1895, 1899, and 1905). This work idealized the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and considered Eastern Orthodoxy a threat, but did not question the legitimacy of the Tsarist regime, which was considered God's punishment for sins. The book stated that repentance would bring back Catholic rule, though it did not specify whether it would be Polish or Lithuanian.

I've generally restructured this section to read as you suggested, but I've also added another section that focuses on points of criticism, especially on his dislike of the Lithuanian National Revival. Hwqaksd (talk) 00:31, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]