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Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

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Auditing Link

While I was at work this morning, I thought to myself that the way I reworded the opening paragraph really called for a link to Auditing. And you beat me to it. Thanks.--Fredrik Coulter 00:04, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)

History of Religion in the Netherlands

Hi Berek. I am pretty new on Wikipedia. I don't know if i am using the talk page the right way. I also lost my data about Religion in the Netherlands. I wrote more then a thousand words after the Frankish period, and it is all lost. Is it, or can i get it back somewhere? I forgot to log in at first. I am the user that started the page.

Daan

  • Hi Daan, I can't seen anything more saved under the Franks in the history of the article, so I'm afraid it's lost. You did fine with the talk page, although we usually add new stuff at the bottom of the page (I'll move this there soon), and we also sign our names using ~~~~ , like this: Berek 6 July 2005 15:43 (UTC)

Elizabeth II renaming (round XXXIV)

You may have noticed *mega sigh* that yet another user has dragged up the lets rename Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom farce, only 9 days after the last vote ended. (What next? A vote every day on the issue next?) I have proposed instead this vote on Talk:Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom page:

That Wikipedia stop wasting time on endless revoting on this goddamned issue and ban votes on this issue from this page for at least six months.

Hopefully this will put this nonsense to bed for at least 6 months. Your (hopefully final) vote would be welcome. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 21:08, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

I've now voted. Berek 11:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Category:Europe

You reverted my edit to remove Category:Scotland from Category:Europe, saying that you see other countries there. You must have mistaken the articles in Category:Europe for the subcategories. Is it 'OK' to get Category:Scotland out of Category:Europe? Thelb'4 15:19, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Highgate Wood

Thanks! I often wonder how people are so quickly on to obscure articles like this one. Is there some log of new articles or something? ElectricRay 14:40, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it's Special:Newpages. Hope this helps. Berek 08:52, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Please remove categories from Berek/Sandbox

You're creating links from category pages to your user page which I don't think is proper Wiki-etiquette. --JeffW 03:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Categories removed. --Berek 07:57, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

The Stotfield Fishing Disaster

You altered 'ferm toun' to 'farm town'. I've reverted to original as this is a real Scots expression and relevant in a historical context. Billreid 08:47, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I think the italics you've put round it this time make this clearer. Thanks for the message. Berek 09:28, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Ruislip Lido

Dude, that was quick. In the middle of my creating this article and saving as I went coz I am on an unreliable link, you managed to confuse the heck out of me by removing things I was adding, and by changing links. Trust me, it is "London borough of Hillingdon" that needs linking, not "London" and "Hillingdon". It is, after all, in Ruislip. I know the pages are for "anyone to edit", but leaping in that quickly meant total bewilderment. Fiddle Faddle 15:20, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Apologies for any confusion. "London borough of Hillingdon" was a red link, which stuck out in the article, and I thought it might be best if I changed it. Berek 15:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Article now links to London Borough of Hillingdon.Berek 15:47, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Pages listed on Categories for deletion

Discussion on CFD - proposal to merge all subcats of Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from Scottish constituencies up into the main cat. Relevant categories which would be deleted are:

I think that this is a rather important discussion for editors interested in Scotland-related articles, especially Scottish politics and Scottish biographical articles (particularly local history). Please have a read and ponder, and contribute to the debate if you like. Thanks. --Mais oui! 17:42, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

It would also be relevant in this context to consider the discussions in the parent category for the UK parliament: Category talk:British MPs. I find it regrettable that Mais oui! has engaged in a restructuring of that category without entering into the discussions there. --BrownHairedGirl 17:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_July_23#Category:Members_of_the_United_Kingdom_Parliament_from_Scottish_constituencies is just about to close. I would really appreciate your contribution, because this debate needs some serious input. --Mais oui! 09:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Pre-script: we are currently undergoing peer review, see: Wikipedia:Peer review/Scotland.

I am beginning to think that the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board is not the best vehicle for pushing up the quality of the Scotland article (we ought to try to get it to WP:FA, in order to get into Wikipedia:Version 0.5, or, failing that, Wikipedia:Version 1.0), and the other key Scottish articles. It is becoming increasingly obvious to me that we really ought to start up the long-mooted WikiProject Scotland.

Most of the stuff at the notice board (at least on the bottom half) is actually WikiProject material anyway, and the Talk page is really being used as a WikiProject talk already! The notice board should be just that: for bunging up brief notices and signposts. I am thinking of launching a Wikiproject and correspondingly radically clearing out, and chopping down, the noticeboard (a re-launch if you like). The Scotland Portal concept is fine (but currently mediocre/undynamic content), but in stasis: it needs a good kick up the jacksie.

For comparison, have a look at:

And, if you are at a loose end, have a look at:

Thoughts? Please express them here. --Mais oui! 18:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Following a successful period of consultation WikiProject Scotland has now been launched. As a participant in the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board I wonder if you may be interested in this new endeavour too? If so, please sign-up here. The WikiProject will be replacing some of the functions of the notice board, especially those in the lower half.

While I am here, please also have a look at the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Scotland and give it a "Watch". It was started up by User:Visviva a few days ago, after long being mooted at the notice board, and effectively replaces all the AfD listings at the notice board. Being a transclusion of all the on-going discussions it is a much more useful tool.

Even if you do not want to spend too much time on the WikiProject, please give it a "Watch" and feel free to contribute to Talk page discussions: the more contributors the merrier.

All the best. --Mais oui! 10:52, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

List of Scotland-related topics

Please join the discussion at:

Thanks. --Mais oui! 08:18, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Ta for the notice. Just had v quick glance: good start. I'm away out now, but hopefully will have chance to contribute during weekend. Cin cin! --Mais oui! 20:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Berek/Archive 1, as a WikiProject Scotland participant, please check out this this thread and consider adding the bot results page to your watchlist so we can manually update the New Articles page. There are some false results for the first batch, but I'm sure we can collectively tune the rules to improve the output.

If we get enough people watching the results page, we'll be cooking with gas as they say :)   This looks like a great helper in finding new Scotland related material. Cheers. --Cactus.man 22:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

James Curtis (politician)

Prince Edward Island did not become part of Canada until 1873. It was a British colony with its own government from 1769 until 1873. --Big_iron (talk) 10:57, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

for your help regarding Reconstruction (architecture)! Greetings from Vienna!

Robert Schediwy 86.32.215.9 (talk) 04:09, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

She Stoops To Conquer

Hi. I redirected your page She Stoops To Conquer to She Stoops to Conquer as the article already exists there. Thanks Paul20070 (talk) 18:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

  • Thanks Paul, I screwed up on that one. Underbars always confuse me! Berek (talk) 22:22, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

thanks

for the expanding --TheGreenGorilla (talk) 12:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the thank you! :) Berek (talk) 12:41, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Can you Help

Hello, im sorry if this message is wrong but if you are an wikipedia adminstrator do you think you could maybe fix the coat of arms as the discusion on the talk page is getting out of control, Do you think you could --84.13.84.31 (talk) 16:33, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

  • Firstly, I'm not an administrator, just an editor like everyone else. Secondly, you don't make clear which article you are referring to - could you make that clear? Thanks. Berek (talk) 10:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Canon K.K. v. Green Cartridge Co. is a Privy Council deciusion, not a US case. --PraeceptorIP (talk) 19:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

  • OK sorry my mistake Berek (talk) 22:07, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Beggars Opera albums' links

Hello, I fixed the links that Act One and Pathfinder contained. However, these links are now not very informative; but at least, they don't lead to something that is totally irrelevant to the subject. Feel free to improve them. JTMnen (talk) 22:19, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Citroen C1 ev'ie

Wow, you don't hang about eh! Thanks for that minor change, slipped by me. You may want to look at the other articles I've created or modified:

Somebody will probably grumble about ECC being a primary source but really I cannot see the problem with that when it's manufacturer's figures etc. In any case those figures are reported in all the other sources which should be RS (The Times, BBC, Autocar etc), it just always seems better to me to go to the horse's mouth when it is a simple question of fact.

I am not sure how far to go with redirects (perm Citroën/Citroen <times/> Evie/Ev'ie/evie/ <times> absence or presence of C1 e.g. will it just in common parlance, if it catches on, just be called "the Evie"? I think "wait and see" approach is probably best.

Thanks! (And I hate you!--- nah only joking) SimonTrew (talk) 11:57, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

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Disregard! This was marked as a copyvio, and I verified it was a copyvio. I dug through the history and found about six months ago someone dumped copyvio text into the article. I fixed the copyvio problem by reverting backwards six months. Sorry for the trouble. Miami33139 (talk) 21:34, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Uh-oh ...

One of us has an evil twin ... and since your account has been around since 2001 and mine only since 2006, it must be me!

We've never crossed paths before, so we must not be active in the same areas; but still, this could cause confusion. I may try thinking of a different username and see if I can get mine changed at some point. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 01:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

FYI: I started a discussion at WP:ANI#This could be confusing ... to see where consensus lays on the risk of confusion, feel free to join the discussion. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 02:03, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
I've added a distinguish tag to my user page and added a little to the above discussion. Hope this helps! :)Berek (talk) 22:07, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you, and sorry about the similar name ... hopefully the distinguish tag will help avoid any confusion for us in the future. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 22:10, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
You're welcome - it was nice to "meet" you - I'm jealous of your accomplishments here - well done! :) Berek (talk) 22:12, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

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    • Thank you, Courcelles! Berek (talk) 11:37, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

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User request (moved from main user page)

Hello; I came across your Timeline of Glasgow history page. Good work. I need some help and/or advice about a Wikipedia page I find offensive; I would like the page to be deleted. I contacted you because you appear to have the time, patience and experience to best approach this matter.

Regards. 78.143.209.197 (talk) 01:40, 4 January 2011 (UTC) ps; As I have no user page of my own I will come back to this page to see if you've posted a response to my request. Thank you.

I think I should have entered the four tildes.. Okay, I'll do it again; Yachtee (talk) 01:42, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

  • Hi, Yachtee, I'm not an administrator so won't be able to delete any article, but I might be able to point you to somenone who can help, or at least tag the article for and administrator's consideration. Please post a message including the article name and I'll see if I can help Berek (talk) 20:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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You may wish to weigh in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FK Atletico Beograd. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 19:54, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

  • Sorry, Drmies, seems I was too late to join the discussion. Berek (talk) 20:42, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
    • I thought I'd play it safe at AfD, rather than simply restoring the hoax tag. Thanks anyway! Drmies (talk) 20:49, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
  • No problem. Cheers!Berek (talk) 20:54, 25 February 2011 (UTC)


Hi Berek. Just wondered if you would like to comment on the Bot template page where a discussion about the change of the icon that trial bots use has been started. I feel more input is required before consensus is reached. You are reciving this message as you are signed up for the RFC service. Thank you. Cj005257 (talk) 18:39, 10 April 2011 (UTC).

Thanks for the invite, cj! I've added my tuppenceworth. Berek (talk) 19:30, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
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  • Added my comment. Berek (talk) 20:34, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
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  • Added my brief comment. Berek (talk) 21:00, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
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  • I think I may pass on commenting on this one - it looks pretty heated with two sides with entrenched views. Berek (talk) 21:03, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

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re Category:Disambiguation:
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  • Thanks for the heads-up, Jerzy! I'll try and keep this in mind when I'm categorising Dabs. Berek (talk) 21:34, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Anthony Irby (1576-1610) declined

When nominating things for speedy deletion it is important to check the page's history. The page had no content because it had just been blanked. I've restored and repaired the redirect that was previously there and declined your nomination. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:37, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

  • Okay, thanks.Berek (talk) 19:38, 25 December 2011 (UTC)