Anne97432

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Thank u for coming. I was just checking. :)Anne97432 11:19, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Glasgow constituencies

You seem to be an expert in such matters so perhaps you can help me clarify a point: while translating the article Donald Dewar for the French wiki, I tried to check the names of the constituencies he stood for, and could not match them with the list in the article List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies. It turns out the devolution played havoc with the list, Glasgow Garscadden, for example, totally disappearing while Glasgow Anniesland seems to be a recent creation. Apparently some (or all?) constituencies in Scotland were replaced by new ones, but for the non-British reader it is unclear whether United Kingdom parliament constituencies match Scotland's parliament constituencies or whether the two lists are different. Information exists here and there if you use the links, but you can find it only if you know about it in advance. I wish I could think of a synthetic, elegant solution to the problem, but I can't. However it seems to me that a few footnotes (by an expert) might be helpful for non-British readers. Amicalement, --Anne97432 23:15, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

You're right it is confusing.

Every so often the Boundary Commission reviews the size and shape of the constituencies across the UK and often recommends changes to both the area covered and the names. This can be particularly confusing in an urban area where over decades the balance of the population shifts, and so consequently a lot of name changes happen.

Complicating matters further when the Scottish Parliament was established it used the same constituencies as were used at the time for the UK Parliament (with the exception of Orkney & Shetland which was split in two). However a decision was made that the boundaries don't have to stay the same as the UK ones (mainly to prevent a cut in Members of the Scottish Parliament at the same time as the UK MPs) and so the Scottish Parliament still uses the old constituency boundaries, whilst the UK Parliament uses new ones.

At the time of Dewar's death Glasgow Anniesland had the same boundaries for both the UK (where it's since been replaced) and Scotland (where it's been retained).

Does that explain it as a starting point? Timrollpickering 00:19, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you ! (Tentatively) Er - yes, it does. At least for me because I'm really interested. The point, however, would be to add one line in the articles Scottish parliament and UK parliament, perhaps with a link to both revised lists of constituencies, so newcomers would be made aware of the change. Which is something I don't feel qualified to do, notwithstanding wikipedia's free for all policies. ;) --Anne97432 07:52, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Translation

Hello Anne, I was glad to see your edits on Théophile Cailleux and i was wondering if you'd be willing to contribute to a translation that is related to that article on Fr:WP? The article Iman Wilkens is in the process of being translated from the larger article on Dutch WP Waar eens Troje lag, but there is also a smaller article on English WP: Where Troy Once Stood. The french translation hasn't been edited for some time now so could you please take a glance to see if you could improve it or even finish it? Either would really please me. Best wishes, --Antiphus (talk) 08:41, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Martin Page (author)

Sorry Anne, it looks like all your edits to this page were good. I was mistaken in thinking it was a test. Thankyou for improving the article! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Matéo Maximoff

Thank you for improving that article, but why "descent" and not "ethnicity"? He never stopped to be a Gypsy... RomanyChaj-रोमानीछाय (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 19:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Could you help me, please?

Excuse me to trouble you - could you help me with improving English in the article on Ronald Lee, please? I'm not a great writer when I write in English... RomanyChaj-रोमानीछाय (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 21:53, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! RomanyChaj-रोमानीछाय (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 19:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Question

Hi, I'm trying to figure out why you added Benjamin Ward Richardson to Category:Utopists. I didn't see anything in the article to indicate that he was interested in that subject. Cgingold (talk) 10:48, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

"Packer" and ficition about California Gold Rush

"Packer" refers to the person who ran a "mule train" that was often the only way to pack goods from the cities over mountain roads to outlying locations. Also, there are many, many fictional and semi-autobiographical works about the Gold Rush. As noted in the article, "The literary history of the Gold Rush is reflected in the works of Mark Twain (The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County), Bret Harte (A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready), Joaquin Miller (Life Amongst the Modocs), and many others." You can find all of these works in Google Books - the Joaquin Miller work is especially interesting. Good luck! NorCalHistory (talk) 05:20, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Hello, I inform you that I requested move for the article at J. M. G. Le Clézio to go back to the original title, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. Since you has shown interest in the article, I would appreciate your input in the discussion. The discussion for move has very a few participants so far, so more people's opinion on this matter would be really necessary. Regards.--Caspian blue 14:44, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

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