Talk:Berlin-to-Kitchener name change

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A fact from Berlin-to-Kitchener name change appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 February 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1916, Berlin, Ontario changed its name to Kitchener due to World War I-era anti-German sentiment?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2004/February.

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Excellent article! It was featured on the Main Page today, if you hadn't noticed. I've been working on some of the local-area articles, but this is well-researched and a great story to boot. Bravo. Radagast 22:01, Feb 24, 2004 (UTC)

I second that. Always wondered what the story behind the name was. DJ Clayworth 22:03, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Fun page! Thanks. ;Bear 21:48, 2004 Mar 29 (UTC)

Significant parts of this seem to be taken from James Bow's piece (the last external link). Doesn't this violate copyright? Pha telegrapher 02:34, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Berlin was not the original name for this town. It was known as Sandhill before the name of Berlin was chosen for the settlement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.110.227.11 (talk) 21:41, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How come 346 votes out of 892 were enough to change the name? ( 892 - 346 = 546) Or were there a sugnificant number of invalid or spoiled ballot papers, ie over 200 (so that the vote to retain Berlin was less than 346) Hugo999 (talk) 14:44, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The vote was a straw poll of several names. Kitchener got the most votes of all the choices. Flyingsquirrel (talk) 21:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think you mean that it was "first paste the post", straw polls are defined as votes that have no binding changes. They are used to get a feel to see what will get chosen in the future. Think political surveys on TV versus an actual election. 24.246.40.139 (talk) 18:13, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]