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A fact from Scythemen appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 August 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that kosynierzy, the war scythe wielding peasantry militia, became one of the symbols of the struggle for Polish independence?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/August.

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Shouldn't we use English translation of the world such as Scythemen instead? TheEditMate (talk) 23:40, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TheEditMate, The term does appear to be more common, kosynierzy is used by fewer sources (from my quick Google Book search). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:36, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]