User talk:Debendevan

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Hello, Debendevan, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Sendai. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! John Vandenberg (chat) 13:20, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
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Belgian_American Club
It would be courteous to discuss with the editor before making changes in a sandbox. ```Buster Seven   Talk  11:50, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Whomever wrote the Belgian American Club page had inaccurate knowledge and had stated as fact things that were simply not true. As soon as I have a few additional minutes I will include sources. By way of background, I am the Chairman of the Gazette van Detroit (the only Belgian newspaper in America), a frequent blogger about Belgians in America (see http://flemishamerican.blogspot.com )the author of the only book on the Belgian Colony (please see http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1418083 ) and one of the few leaders of the Belgian Colony in the U.S. widely known in the U.S. and Belgium. Whomever wrote your piece earlier relied on a mix of hearsay and their own imperfect knowledge of the comnmunity. They clearly were neither a member of the Belgian Club, a communicant at St John Berchmann's Church, nor part of the Janitor's Union. I grew up in, was a communicant at the Church, and am the son, grandson, and nephew of janitors who were in the union and the Clubs. I own most of the remaining records of the Belgian Club and am arguably the most qualified resident of the Belgian Community. Please feel free to e-mail me at debendevan@hotmail.com if you would like to discuss the changes I have made.