Talk:Brno
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I think the sentence Soon after the industrial revolution, the town became one of the industrial centres of the Czech Republic does not make sense; there was no Czech Republic "soon after the industrial revolution". I changed "Czech Republic" to "Moravia", but perhaps The town is now (and has ben since the industrial revolution) an industrial center of the Czech Republic would be more accurate? Aleph4 23:50, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Guns
There is also a line of Czech LMGs called Brno, I believe. Don't know much about Czech weapons, so would someone do it? ;)
-- Миборовский U|T|C|E 02:22, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
There is the Bren Gun - LMG designed in BRno and manufactured in ENfield Obda 10:25, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Etymology
Well, looks like the "Etymology" section just underwent a major edit. Sadly, and typically (this is my major complaint with Wikipedia), there is no source information given for the change. Is there someone out there who really knows what's up with the etymology of Brno? Does anyone know of sources for either of the opinions that have been part of this article?
Just quickly, my small knowledge of Russian and Czech tells me "brn" has little to do with the words for "clay" in either of those Slavic languages. Just an observation, though, as I don't really know the answer.
John 20:35, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
- I tried to find more. According in Czech brn means mud in old Slavic dialect and it the place was named after it. It is no scholar publication, though, it is collection of ready-made texts high school students can take instead using their brains.
- The document RTF, also in Czech looks as quite reliable overview of history of the areas says: "the etymology of name is disputed, most likely it comes from brniti (to armor or to fortify) or brnie (mud)". I'd updated the page.
- I very much agree with need for more support for sources in Wiki. Pavel Vozenilek 00:11, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
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- Thanks for the source. Looks good for now. John 21:30, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk - an economist
So, I read what Wikipedia has to say on this guy and I'm still confused as to how he relates to Brno. Can someone enlighten me?
John 17:56, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External links.
I got rid of the links to educational institutions. I figured they're not really about Brno, but about the particular educational institutions they link to. They should be on pages about those institutions, not necessarily the city.
John 01:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed. Category:Brno may be useful for this kind of information. Pavel Vozenilek 19:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
I disagree. Then links to the other institutions (e.g. museums, galleries) shouldn't be mentioned on this page, as well. The question is - everything or nothing?
Lennonka 22:25, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Germans after WWII
Why can't you add what happened to the native German population in 1945-47?
- And why can't you add it yourself? [[User:Halibutt|]] 22:17, Nov 28, 2004 (UTC)
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- Němcům se po válce nestalo nic, co by si nezasloužili. Celých 500 let co byli v Brně, tak měli Čechy a Moraváky za sluhy a podřadnou rasu..
- J.P.
J.P. wrote this: "After the war nothing was happen to Germans, what they don't deserve. All 500 years, which they spent in Brno, they used Czechs a Moravians as servants and thought of them as inferiror race". Just for your information.
Looks like someone's been trying to talk about the Germans in the post-WWII atmosphere lately. I guess I don't have a problem with this being in the article, if it really happened. Some of the stuff added to the article in the last few days has been highly POV, so I've deleted it. Here, then, are my requirements for the stuff on the Germans being kicked out: write it in a non-POV manner and cite things as it's written. Otherwise, keep it out until someone can write it correctly.
John 20:15, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
