UsagiYojimbo

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-- Ruhrjung 00:10, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

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Germans

I've for long (a year, actually) been itched by the way Wikipedia-links are done with often sloppy distinctions between nationality, citizenship and ethnicity (with regard to persons) and also between nations and countries. This is particularly obvious in the case of people or entities that are denoted as German. A link to the Federal Republic of Germany is often outright unhistorical and wrong, but this has until now been the most usual.

That's why I'm considering an article on Germans, which I've started at the temporary location User:Ruhrjung/Germans. I would wish to avoid too much of edit wars after having started to link to the article. In particular, I would not wish to see the current disputes over German-Polish matters automatically extend also to this article, why I kindly ask you for comments now, in advance, in order to try to find wordings acceptable to as many as possible of concerned wikipedians.

I look forward to your comments at User talk:Ruhrjung/Germans.
--Ruhrjung 00:10, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

... German urban law (Stadtrecht) — Thank you! --Ruhrjung 11:56, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

ATV

Moved from my main page:

• I don't know what to do with this guy who writes that the ATVs are produced in Torino. Obviously there has been some kind of poorly written ESA press release and now this guy is using this to justify his constant edits. I have tried to describe the situation as factually as possible, but I am tired to have to edit every day.68.165.99.171 20:43, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Germany is being replaced by a category

Hello! You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Germany page as living in or being associated with Germany. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, or one of the Bundesland-based subcategories, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Germany for instructions. --Angr (tɔk) 15:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

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