User talk:Andreas Kaganov

Matrilineal principle predated the Khmelnitsky uprising.Galassi 14:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

If you are right, I am very sorry for this mistake. The fact is that this idea was taken for granted in my family, which is from the Ukraine, and I took it for granted as well until this day. But I should have checked more before writing it in Wikipedia. Andreas Kaganov 20:14, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

In fact matrilineal principle has long rabbinical history, and a very simple logic: a pregnant woman is tangible evidence of parenthood, while the father could easily be a stranger. There are a lot of "lacrimose" legends about the Khm. in my family too, but they often don't hold water.Galassi 02:59, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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Reliable Source

Please base your edits on reliable sources. All info on Wikipedia must be verifiable and cannot be original research. It looks like your edits are well-considered and that you are a genuine good faith editor, but unexplained and unsourced changes such as you made to Chinese Indonesian should really be removed. Yes, i agree that much info here is unsourced, but I don't think that excuses us adding more unsourced info. Although I would probably support you if you wanted to remove existing unverified information. Any comments, please let me know. regards Merbabu 21:50, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

wow - quick reply. Regarding your message, I didn't actually look closely at it, but it seemed there was no sources or explanations. Hopefully I can have a closer look over the next few days. many Indonesia-related articles have no or very little sources unfortunately. This article needs a lot of improvement... Anti-Chinese legislation in Indonesia. regards Merbabu 21:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

oops - sorry, i remove your changes accidently. but i put them back. I only meant to remove the translation request tag.Merbabu 22:02, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I know the rules of Wikipedia, and I did not do any Original Research (that is, I did and do, but NOT in Wikipedia). In this article mostly just rearranged the material which was there already in a very confused way, and I added some information about the massacre of 1740 for which I am going to give the precise source. I am going to do some more work. Andreas Kaganov 22:08, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Shmuel Yerushalmi

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Again, welcome! --Riurik ^(discuss) 07:26, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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Saint Malo, Louisiana

Hi. I noticed you added the "category:slavery" to Saint Malo, Louisiana. As I didn't see an explanation for that being a relevent category in the article, I removed your addition. Wondering, -- Infrogmation 11:41, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I see in the "Etymology" section that it was named after a run away slave. Perhaps the article needs some more information or clarification-- why was it named after him? Was he ever there? Did this town (which the article otherwise talks about as being a Filipino community) have any connection to slavery other than for some reason being named after someone who'd been a slave? -- Infrogmation 11:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I certainly think that there is needed more information, and that the ruanawy slave deserves a Wikipedia page of his own. Lacking that, I think that somebody looking for information on slavery and using the Category "Slavery" to find relevant items should be directed to the page which has whatever meager information is availalbe. Andreas Kaganov 12:55, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

The article at present has no information on slavery at all beyond noting that the town was named after someone who'd been a slave. I presume there is more to the story that the article ought to say but doesn't? Perhaps this should be brought up on the article talk page, or if you know enough about the subject or have a source, add the info to the article. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 14:04, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Jean Saint Malo

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I think that an 18th century slave brave enough to lead other slaves in an organised runaway, who paid for it with his life, and who has a still existant town named for him already for two centuries, amply deserves to have a Wikipedia page. It is of obvious interest to people interested in the history of slvary and in early American history, also in the history of Spanish colonilaism (since it was a spanish colony then). I am a little bit surprised that there is even a need to argue about wheterh or not it is of interest. I have taken the information avaiable in the Saint Malo, Louisiana page and made of it a stub, it contians the basic facts of his life and death and I think this is quite enough to make a resepctable stub (I saw quite a few stubs in Wikipedia with far less information, which were NOT deleted). When I have time I intend to search for more information about him and extend the page. Andreas Kaganov 11:56, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Epoch Times Israel criticism, in english

Can you get a link for this http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Epoch_Times&diff=next&oldid=139880304 in english? There is no link at all there now or any way to follow this up, and in particular, it is not admissible as a source if there is not at least some official-type english translation. By the way, as for the human rights issues in China, maybe you could check out http://www.organharvestinvestigation.net/, which I reckon is a pretty hot item--systematic live organ harvesting. I saw the News Hours with Jim Lehrer the other night, an American news show, which talked about a slave camp in northern China, where some corrupt local officials and businesses had been running a slave operation, kidnapping people, adults and children, and forcing them to work brick kilns. They would keep them there by beatings and using vicious dogs etc. Then the news report said Beijing is angry and cracking down on this kind of thing. Actually, the whole system is very corrupt and bad, top to bottom, and this organ harvesting revelation makes it now extremely clear. The top officials like Hu and Wen are no better, and they are as rotten, corrupt and lacking in conscience as the rest. Well, take a look for yourself, and let me know about a translation for the Israeli criticism. Also, there are stacks of links on the torture methods they use on Falun Gong practitioners and all kinds of other things, too. The wikipage on the persecution might not be a bad place to read about those things either, actually. --Asdfg12345 15:00, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I got this press release by fax, I don't know if they placed on their own website - will try to find it. Also, there are many Israeli peace websites, which often take up each other's materials. I will try to find it on one of the others. The point which they tried to make was not that they did not beleive what "Epoch Times" was saying about China, I think the evidence about China is very heavy. In fact, some of these people are involved with helping Chinese migrant workers in Tel Aviv, who have terrible things to say. The point is just that when the Hebrew Epoch Times, in addition to publishing unioqe material about China is also taking sides in the main political debate of Israel, the other side to the debate is likely to ignore the paper and anything which it has to say on any subject. Andreas Kaganov 09:44, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, taking sides like that seems completely counter-productive. I wonder, do you think that if they were not to take a side it would alienate everyone, as an "you're either with us or against us" position, or that it would be acceptable not to throw in with any particular position, and still keep everyone reading the paper and happy about the Epoch Times in Israel? I am pretty curious so let me know please. I hope you also check out those links and learn about the wretched situation in China right now.--Asdfg12345 14:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that people are that fantaic. When they see a paper which does not take a strong position on Israeli politics one way or another and which does give a lot of material about China which you don;t see elesewhere, there is no reason why they should not read it - especially as it is distributed free. But when they see very prominent on the front page an article strongly opposing peace negotiations with Syria and the giving back the occpied Golan Heights as a result of such negotiations(such an article was very prominent in the last issue) it is very likely that people who do support peace with Syria would just throw the paper aside and not read further, so they will not even see the articlces about China. Andreas Kaganov 21:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I think what you are saying is reasonable, that is a good insight. I couldn't really comment on the motivations there, as it does not make sense to me at all. Anyway, I appreciate your communications, since I consider this a valuable exchange.--Asdfg12345 14:09, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

A Task Force That May Interest You...

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Hi Andreas Kaganov,

From seeing your good edits to the witchcraft article and articles related to witchcraft, you may be interested and you may want to join a new task force another Wikipedian, Cocoaguy, and I created which is devoted to the Salem Witch Trials: Salem Witch Trials task force.

If you have any questions about this task force please feel free to contact Cocoaguy or I.

Thanks,

Psdubow 20:21, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment to my edits. I looked up your task force, and it certainly seems a task worth doing, which is close to some of my fields of interest. However, since I am now in a the midst of a quite intensive work period at my paid job, leaving me only only odd moments for Wikipedia, I prefer at this moment not to take up any formal obligation - especially since I already joined some other task forces and groups, and in practice was not able to give them much help. But I will keep it in mind for later, less busy times. Good luck!Andreas Kaganov 21:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I completely understand. Well, when you have some time and you feel ready, we'd love to have you as a member of our task force!

Thanks again,

Psdubow 21:34, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Please use edit summaries

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Weybridge

I reverted your comment about John Lennon and I am the walrus. Does it really relate to the town of Weybridge even though he had a town there. Do put him in notable people section though if you have a reference. thanks SuzanneKn 21:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

He sepcifically noted that the song was written under the influnece of events at his Weybridge home. For at least some people, I think this would count as a significant event in the city's history. Andreas Kaganov 18:18, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Shulamit Aloni and Mamzerut

Thank you for adding the quote of Shulamit Aloni in the article mamzer. I have tried in vain to find a source for it, I would greatly appreciate it if you could add the source to the article for the quote. If you don't know how, or need any help at all you can contact me on my talk page. Jon513 20:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I have personally heard her say it in a meeting at Tel Aviv Universtiy last year, I think it must be April or May 2006. I know there were journalists present, so possibly it is online somehwere, at least in Hebrew. And I know for sure that is not the only time she said similar things about the issue, so if not from that meeting it should be online from some other occasion.Andreas Kaganov 11:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

hum...that's really a problem. You see, I trust you, but part of the nature of wikipedia is that you can't trust anonymous editors. That is why there is a policy of Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Verifiability. I would appreciate it if you could try to find the quote in a paper somewhere (in hebrew or english) or failing that, replace it which a quote that you can attribute to a source. Jon513 19:10, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I found a relevant ACRI report and added it to the page. Still searching for a direct Aloni quotation. Andreas Kaganov 17:28, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Elon Moreh

Your multiple edits of the Elon Moreh article are very suspicious;

• Not only settlers call the West Bank by its original name 'Judea and Samaria', pretty much all bible readers as well,
• Elon Moreh is a settlement (legal/political status) and village (size). This is not a contradiction
• Where did you find that hundreds of civilians were killed in retaliation of the cold-blooded murder of the Gavish family?
• The claim about Kadum is interesting. Can you provide sources?

Thanks --Shuki 22:02, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

A certain part of the Israeli public and some evangelist Christians use the name "Samaria", which is a political term implying that the land belongs to Jews and to Israel. Those who do not accept the political implications of the term do not use it. I am very much of a Bible reader. It is a historical fact that this area was called "Samaria" thousands of years ago, that does not necessarily mean that this should be its name now.

By the way, if you go by the Bible, there had never been before 1967 any such entity as "Judea and Samaria". There was a Judea and there was a Samaria, two separate political units which were often at war with each other (read your Book of Kings). If you want to restore the realities of the Biblical period, why not go the whole hog and restore this, too?

All places inhabited by Israelis in the areas which came under military rule in 1967 are settlements (hitanchluyot äúðçìåéåú). There was a time when their inhabitants were very proud to use this name for themselves. It is a bit pathetic to try to escape from it now.

As far as I know, there were no Palestinian civilians killed in direct retaliation for the killing the Gavish family in Elon Moreh, but hundreds of Palestinian civilians were killed in the operation which the army carried out in the same period, part of it Nablus in close physical proximity to Elon Moreh, using enormous fire-power in thickly populated areas.

The Kadum story I know well from landowners in the village itself, whose houses I visited and saw the original land deeds and the confiscation orders issued by the Jordanians. As it happened, I did my military training as an IDF conscript in this military camp, just before the settlers were introduced into it, and made some contact with Palestinians in the area, which continue up to the present. Andreas Kaganov 23:04, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Lion and Cultural depictions of lions

Hello Andreas, I like the stuff you've added to lion but the article is huge and some folks felt it was bordering on too large anyway. We made a daughter article called Cultural depictions of lions to put more cultural material into - you could really 'go to town' there. Also, lion is a featured article and needs pretty good referencing, so if you can add some that would be great. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:35, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Witchcraft article

Hello Andreas, I appreciate the links you're putting into this article but could you discuss them on the talk page first? To be honest the 'see also' list is too long already, and the links you are adding are not really relevant to the article topic, except that they contain the word 'witch'. Kim Dent-Brown ^{(Talk to me)} 13:14, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

• I think that a Heavy Metal band calling themselves "witches" is relevant to modern cultural perception of witches.Andreas Kaganov 13:18, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm afraid I disagree, and the consensus among editors at Witchcraft has been to avoid having a section on cultural references. Otherwise we will have an avalanche of links to Roald Dahl, The Wizard of Oz, Terry Pratchett etc etc because the witch is such a familiar archetype. If you think it's worth while to create a Witches in popular culture article then go ahead - but I'll revert any more similar additions to Witchcraft and take them to the talk page for other editors' thoughts. Kim Dent-Brown ^{(Talk to me)} 13:43, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
    • I Understand, this is a relevant reason. Sorry for interefering with a reasoned policy which I was not aware of. I think that a Witches in popular culture would be a relevant page - exactly becuase it is such a frequent subject in modern fantasy and other fields. I am afaraid I will not have time to spare for it in the near future, but I will keep it in mind as a posible future project.Andreas Kaganov 14:06, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
      • OK Andreas, many thanks for your understanding. Kim Dent-Brown ^{(Talk to me)} 15:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Moll Cutpurse

Thank you very much for this image and link for the gender article. A very remarkable woman. How wonderfully rich and diverse people are, yet how many things we have in common. You have also helped me see how dry and boring the article is, but then again flatness can serve content too. Spasibo drug (if that's the right thing to say). Happy wiki-ing friend. Alastair Haines 12:55, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

• Glad you appreciate it. I encountred the page by chance, looking for something else, and felt immediately that this drawing would fit the Gender page. (The term "gun moll" seems indirectly derived from her.) Andreas Kaganov 16:40, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Separation barrier

Thank for adding the info for Israel, but can you next time use the SHOW PREVIEW button to edit the stuff you done before submitting it with the SAVE PAGE button (unless a mistake was missed). Just noticed it was saved a lot within a few minutes. That-Vela-Fella 07:40, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

your edit to Boris Kustodiev

Hi, thanks for pointing this out. I have longer wondered about The Bolshevik, because it seems to be the only political painting in the gallery. Did you have a source in mind for the part about his political adaptation? (I have temporarily tagged it with {{fact}}, although that is mainly because I would like to know more yet.) --Jtir (talk) 19:31, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

The gallery shows it that in 1915 he painted the Tsar and in 1920 he painted "The Bolshevik". I think you need not look for further evidence. Andreas Kaganov (talk) 00:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Sfarmă-Piatră-related query

Hi. As you may have noticed, I expanded Sfarmă-Piatră, which you created. Your original indicated that Mihail Sebastian was a target of its attacks - I find that quite plausible, and left in the lead, alongside a brief overview of other writers it regularly libeled. However, I was not yet able to find a source for that particular detail. Wikipedia is supposed to cite reliable sources, and to do so consistently - meaning that the article would be greatly improved if this too were to be accompanied by a citation, and preferably by a verbatim quote of what the magazine actually said about Sebastian (I see you detailed it in the article on him, but it too cites no source). Would you please consider adding one or at least letting me know where I could find it? Unfortunately, the books I have around that deal with the whole De două mii de ani... affair and the reaction in the fascist gutter press don't mention magazines by name or go into other relevant detail.

In the future, I intend to do much the same kind of work whole the Sebastian article, because there are plenty of sources I could cite profusely, and because (certainly not as a fault of yours) essential details are still missing (I also have the advantage of bringing in Romanian-language sources). At the moment, I circled around some of these details in articles such as Mircea Eliade and Vladimir Colin. I would be honored if you should chose to assist me in this effort, and if you were to proofread what I add from my part. But it would be preferable if you too started citing sources - otherwise, the content you add may be disregarded when other sources are added in this and other articles, something which I'm trying to prevent. Regards, Dahn (talk) 20:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Oops, my apologies. It turns out your edit to the Sebastian article was a rather minor one. Still, if you take an interest in the subject, I would be happy to hear your suggestions. Dahn (talk) 20:31, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I must say my knowlege of the subject was minor, I just felt that this unpleasant paper deserved to have at least a stub article for somebody who encounters the name and looks it up in Wikipedia, and I hoped somebody with more knowlege would take it up. I am glad you did it, and did it very well. Andreas Kaganov (talk) 16:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

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Adam Keller and Bat Ye'or

• What is your source for [/w/index.php?title=Bat_Ye%27or&diff=prev&oldid=219270838]? The only june 2008 article in [1] and [2] are [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. 89.2.243.42 (talk) 10:08, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

You are right, it does not seem to appear there. I will check and find the correct source. Andreas Kaganov (talk) 15:31, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Correct source located and placed in reference, thanks for drawing my attention. Andreas Kaganov (talk) 18:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick reply. I have corrected the 'Eurabia' article in which I previously made a copy of this very usefull testimony. 89.2.243.42 (talk) 21:21, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Anagni

Ciao! I removed your addition to Anagni as I see it really out of place... I think just mentioning the tale (which anyway I also read... see here [8]. The plot should be in the page concerning the tale, not in Anagni. Ciao, and good work. --'''Attilios''' (talk) 15:41, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Edits to Rat

I wanted to let you know that I undid your edit to the Rat article. Fiction sections tend to attract lots of random information and so there needs to be some kind of threshold for inclusion. many of the examples given are taken directly from the reference cited, while additional examples are given to expound upon that prose. some other examples may be given because they directly tie into claims being made about the subject of "Rats in fiction". basically the question that needs to be asked is "does this example add anything meanignful beyond the fact that it exists?" Fore example, the reference discusses rat characters being depicted as amiguously good, their good deeds relying on self-serving purposes. It gave an obsure example from The Midnight Folk, so a more well-known example was added (Templeton). -ΖαππερΝαππερ ^Babel_Alexandria 01:02, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Multiple consecutive edits, edit summaries

Hello Andreas- I would like to make a suggestion if you don't mind: It will be easier for you and your co-editors to collaborate on articles if, instead of making multiple consecutive edits a minute or two apart on an article, you use the "Show preview" button to view your changes incrementally before finally saving the page once you're satisfied with your edits. It also helps if you provide an edit summary. Thanks in advance for considering this.

• Help:Edit_summary promotes providing an edit summary when you make changes.
• Help:Show_preview promotes minimizing the number of saves per edit session. Eric ^talk 19:27, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, will try to keep this in mind. Andreas Kaganov (talk) 18:21, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Atarot airport

You have made some good additions to the article - but they are not sourced. If you don't want this information deleted, you will have to put in references. Thanks!--Gilabrand (talk) 16:12, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

You are right. The fact that I know these things to be true is not enough for Wikipedia, I will take care to hunt appropriate sources and put them in. Andreas Kaganov (talk) 20:39, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Broken reference

You just now added a broken reference to Book burning, see this edit. Could you please go back there and give the details. Thank you. Debresser (talk) 20:09, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

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Adam Keller

Note that it is inappropriate to post transcripts and the like in articles, and that external links must comply with WP:EL. As such, I have reverted your edits - feel free to poke me on my talkpage if you have any questions. Regards, Ironholds (talk) 14:02, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of R!enaang

The article R!enaang has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Possible hoax. A Google search turns up nothing regarding this entity, and it reads almost like an attack page.

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October 2011

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Proposed deletion of Kairi, India

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This is a page created because of a typo on James Hartley (Indian officer), taken from an unproofread Wikisource page. In fact, what is now written as Kairi is in the original text "Rairi", which is the same as Raigad Fort.

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Hi Andreas. Can you cite a source for this addition to Umberto Saba? I don't recall seeing it in any of the article's present sources. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 08:42, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

It is specifically noted in the Hebrew Encyclopedia which stresses the Jewish background of people and places. The connection is mentioned in their article on Saba twice - once when his mother is mentioned and the other where his writings are mentioned. I gave the reference in the second place. Andreas Kaganov (talk) 14:40, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah. That explains it. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 14:47, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

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Napoleon Bonaparte Buford

I reverted the addition about Napoleon in the Buford article because I think it has no relevance - unless perhaps there is a written source that says parents considered it. I would not object to the addition of the first part of the sentence before the dash if you wish to put it back because it does suggest that was the reason for his name - even without a citation. I see no relevance at all to go on about Napoleon's accomplishments, even briefly, in an article about an American general with his name - and even if the accomplishment is somewhat contemporary with his birth. Napoleon was a famous military man with amazing accomplishments at the time - ok, no one would argue with that - but if one wishes to find out more about him, they should go to the article about him, not expect to find details in a clearly unrelated article. I hope you can agree after my explanation. Donner60 (talk) 21:44, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

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What is this about? There is a town in the State of Missouri, which is called for Martin Van Buren. I added a reference to this town in the "Legacy" part of the article. What the hell is wrong with that? What the hell is the "disruption"?Andreas Kaganov (talk) 16:07, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Check your edits to the article here: No sources added. You have been warned again and again about unsourced edits. I found several others beside this one. Do so again and you will be blocked. Cresix (talk) 16:10, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

The Van Buren, Missouri page states: "Van Buren was originally founded in 1833 as the county seat of Ripley County and was named after the then Vice President of the United States, Martin Van Buren." What is wrong with taking relevant information from one Wikipedia page to another page?Andreas Kaganov (talk) 16:14, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

First, each article requires its own sources. Second, the information not sourced in either article. Wikipedia cannot source itself. Again, stop adding unsourced edits or you will be blocked from editing. Cresix (talk) 16:17, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

The reference to Martin Van Buren was added in the Van Buren, Missouri on April 7, 2006 by User:Marcusscotus1 and never disputed in the six and half years since. I suggest you take it up with him (or her). Andreas Kaganov (talk) 16:20, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm referring to YOUR EDITS. I don't need to take that up with anyone except you. "Other stuff exists" is not an excuse for your inappropriate edits. So for about the tenth (and final) time, if you add unsourced edits again you will be blocked. Cresix (talk) 16:24, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

I still feel that this is a bit fussy. "Van Buren" is not and had never been such a common name in the US or anywhere else. A town was founded when Martin Van Buren was Vice President of the United States and called "Van Buren", so for whom was it named? But OK, I will search for a reliable source proving it and take care to find sourcing also for other edits. And still, if you are so strict about unsourced statements, you should also take a look at the original Van Buren, Missouri page. And you can find hundreds of Wikipedia pages where there are many statements which are not sourced. Andreas Kaganov (talk) 17:17, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Please read several cornerstones of Wikipedia policies: WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NOR, and WP:SYN. And AGAIN, what you see on "hundreds of Wikipedia pages" is not relevant here. Now, regardless of what you consider "fussy", I'm not debating these very firm policies with you endlessly. This is my final message; you can follow policies or get a block. Your choice. Cresix (talk) 17:33, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, I am going to search and find a reliable source for this Van Buren fact, and then I will put it in. Fair enough?Andreas Kaganov (talk) 18:04, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

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