Talk:Duplicating Machine Memorial

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The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:36, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

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The Duplicating Machine Memorial

• ... that a monument in Szczecin, Poland (pictured), depicts a spirit duplicator machine encased in resin?

• Source: http://www.um.szczecin.pl/chapter_59232.asp?soid=5111041692F9448EB6E22C896F84260F https://szczecin.naszemiasto.pl/stoi-w-szczecinie-przy-bramie-portowej-jedyny-taki-pomnik/ar/c1-3039212 https://radioszczecin.pl/1,61757,legendarny-powielacz-ma-swoj-pomnik

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Created by Artemis Andromeda (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Artemis Andromeda (talk) 01:49, 3 April 2026 (UTC).

• Well done. It's long enough and the hook is interesting. The first ref supplied above says that it is encased in glycerin. Good to include this instead or mention the misunderstanding. A picture would add a lot I think. I'll see if I can help. It has sufficient refs although you might check that everything mentioned in the lede is also in the body of the article and referenced. The copyvio detector is confused by the long quote... but it is a quote and very relevant and the rest is clear. Like the article and the monument. Victuallers (talk) 09:26, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
  • @Victuallers: Hi, thank you very much for help :) About the glycerin vs resin in the text. I said "resin" as I think avrage reader on the main page neither doesn't need to know nor cares about the exact chemical structure of the substance. As such I think that resin, a general liquid substance that became solid, is enough for the main page. Artemis Andromeda (talk) 00:52, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
    • 4 weeks. I made the change of including ""immersed in a preservative fluid (glycerine)" as per the suggestion above. Victuallers (talk) 11:30, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

“Desiccated glycerol resin”

Ain’t no such thing, is there? Qwirkle (talk) 04:20, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Never heard of such a thing. Added a "clarify" tag. --Rallette (talk) 08:24, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

A Wikipedia comment written in the vernacular, that's nice to see. GrinningIodize (talk) 16:49, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Nor is there any such thing as a “ block” of glycerol. Qwirkle (talk) 15:01, 6 May 2026 (UTC)