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Please Read Before You Post
Hi All,

Pleases remember these two of the 5 pillars of Wikipedia before you post a patronising messages or warnings on this page;


 * All Wikipedians should interact in a respectful and civil manner.


 * Wikipedia does not have firm rules.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars)

If you disagree with one of my edits we can have civil discussion about it. Please also trying and be willing to accept that your interpretation of the rules may be incorrect and you have no more authority than anyone else. It would also help if you employed civil tone not a patronising offensives, arrogant or directorial one when contacting me.

Please be warned that If you dump spurious warning boxes accusing me of heinous crimes and threatening my work with deletion or  my account with suspension- when all I have done is make a simple mistake- I will respond in kind.

I would also like to draw you attention to the fact that Assuming good faith is a fundamental principle on Wikipedia (please see Assume good faith). Please think about this before you go deleting my work or issuing me with a warning.

Finally, if you follow my above requests please feel free to post anything you like on my talk page.

Many thanks,

EditMonkey.

EditMonkey (talk) 10:14, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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MarB4  •ɯɒɹ• 16:39, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Bavaria
I'm just curious: Why do you list Bavaria on your user page? It is not more or less autonomous than the other 15 states of Germany. 85.179.38.72 (talk) 21:42, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi,

Thanks for question. After looking at the the table for the first time in a while, I realised the intro sentence did not say what I wanted it to. I have now altered it to hopefully make it clearer. I know there are emotive issues sounding some of the places on the list (particularly Northern Ireland) so I was tying to be as politicly correct as possible with the intro sentence - but just ended up being confusing. Thanks for drawing it to my attention.

The list is really a work in progress based on my own knowledge of independence moments. It was designed to go beneath an existing list of European countries in the article on Area and population of European countries but was rejected for various reasons that I am hoping to rectify when I have time.

My rational for including Bavaria was because of the Bavaria Party who advocate Bavarian independence and are a member of the European Free Alliance. I have not had time to research if any of the other Germany states have independence movements. I was not trying to make any statement by not including them and hope I did not cause any offence.

However, if you know of any German states with independence moments I would be happy to add them - or any other European places for that matter. In addition if you have any thoughts on a more robust methodology for choosing who is included in the list I would happy to hear them.

I hope that answers your question. Please let me know if you have any others.

Thanks

EditMonkeyEditMonkey

(talk) 23:03, 25 June 2011 (UTC)


 * The Bavaria Party is a an extremely small party, which is not even represented in the parliament of Bavaria. No one takes us seriously and the situation cannot be compared to the Basque movement. In my opinion, this selective list may conbtribute to separatist movements, e.g. in Northern Ireland, rather than contributing to the "we are one world" ideals. 85.179.38.72 (talk) 08:10, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, I do not agree with them. I feel the accusation of selectiveness is unfair. As I have said the list is not finished yet and is just a result of me brainstorming - I have no agenda in including any of the entries nor have I deliberately missed any off. The list does not say anything about the size and  success of the independence movements. It just lists places that have independence or separatist moments. It is for the reader to make any comparisons. To be frank it started as just something I made to see if I could format a table on WP. In addition, the list is created from a neutral perspective and does not suggest that the independence moments are right or wrong. With regards to Bavaria I have no personal view as to whether or not they should be independent- I was just representing the fact that the Bavaria party exist.

Furthermore, Not having a list because it might not contribute to the "we are one world" agenda  or any other agenda, I think would be against Wikipedia rules particularly WP:POV. As I understand it, all the deletions and additions in WP should be neutral. Furthermore, I hardly think a simple list of places with facts about population will encourage independence moments.

Anyway I'm still working on the list and I am not sure if I will upload to a Wikipedia article. It is just on my user page so I can save a copy of while I think about what I'm going to do with it.

Please don't get me wrong here I do appreciated your comments and recognise you are entitled to your opinions. I hope the fact that I have disagreed with you does not offend you.

Out of interest I notice you said 'us' when referring to the Bavaria party, by that do you mean you are a member?

Best Regards EditMonkey. EditMonkey (talk) 20:39, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

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