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Poles are described here in the terms they use for themselves, with demographic data from official statistics and history from historians.","purpose":"Let an agent describe Poles as a people accurately and respectfully, relay demographic information on Poland and the diaspora from official sources, explain history and culture with attribution, and separate the language and state entries.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Polish language","Shared history","Large diaspora","Self-designation Polacy"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"describe","name":"Describe","description":"Who Poles are.","layers":[{"id":"identity","name":"Identity","description":"Identity and self-designation.","findings":[{"id":"identity-finding","name":"Identity","description":"Identity.","questions":[{"text":"How do Poles describe their identity, language and culture, in their own terms?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation respectful and free of stereotypes?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"diaspora","name":"Diaspora","description":"Polish diaspora.","findings":[{"id":"diaspora-finding","name":"Diaspora","description":"Diaspora.","questions":[{"text":"Where do Polish communities live outside Poland, and how did they form through migration, deportation and refuge?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits a specific community?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"data","name":"Data","description":"Demographics and law.","layers":[{"id":"census","name":"Census","description":"Population data.","findings":[{"id":"census-finding","name":"Census","description":"Census.","questions":[{"text":"What do official statistics report about the Polish population and diaspora?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Polish demographics?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"citizenship","name":"Citizenship","description":"Citizenship and minority status.","findings":[{"id":"citizenship-finding","name":"Citizenship","description":"Citizenship.","questions":[{"text":"How do Polish citizenship, the Karta Polaka and minority protections abroad work in general terms?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is legal advice needed from a professional?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History and culture.","layers":[{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did the Polish people and nation form and change through partitions, wars and migrations, according to historians?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Where events are disputed, are positions attributed neutrally?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","questions":[{"text":"What traditions, arts and customs are associated with Poles, as described by Poles?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"learn","name":"Learn","description":"Teaching and language.","layers":[{"id":"language","name":"Language","description":"Polish language.","findings":[{"id":"language-finding","name":"Language","description":"Language.","questions":[{"text":"How does the Polish language relate to Polish identity, and which entry covers the language?","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which misconceptions arise?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"teach","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","findings":[{"id":"teach-finding","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","questions":[{"text":"How can the history of Poles be taught with attributed sources?","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which entry fits Polish history?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report facts about Poles from census and official sources, citing year and source.","Present Polish history and culture with attribution, including contested episodes."],"mustNot":["Stereotype Poles or use slurs against them.","Treat Polish ethnicity and Polish citizenship as the same thing.","Present one national side of disputed historical events as settled.","Infer a person's ethnicity from their name for decisions about them."],"requiresHuman":["Decisions about a person's nationality or entitlements."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Poles have suffered partition, occupation and mass killing; their history calls for care.","Historical disputes with neighbours remain sensitive for several peoples."],"affectedParties":["Poles in Poland","Polish diaspora","Neighbouring peoples"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns a people; the state records citizenship.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Census records"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q2446303","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q840454","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"West Slavs","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"Lechites","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"administrative territorial entity of Poland","type":"related","note":"the state territory"},{"target":"Slavs","type":"related","note":"the wider grouping"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.poles","Wikidata: Q1026 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1026)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["West Slavic people of Poland","Polish language and culture","Polish citizens include people of other ethnicities","Not physical; 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