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[edit] Burgund / Bornholm
Is it correct to identify "Burgundarholmr" with Bornholm? Wetman 15:04, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Yes. According to a danish dictionary on etymology ("Etymologi. Ordenes historie. Gyldendals Røde Ordbøger. Copenhagen, 1989)
See Burgundians.
[edit] The flag
Normally the flag of Bornholm is produced as a green cross on red background, and not with white borders on the cross as shown in the article (oct. 23rd 2005), but even on Bornholm some people discuss the correct design. I assume most people choose the two-colour model as "the real flag", but I am not updated on the debate since I moved from the island in '99 G®iffen 21:58, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
There has been moves afoot to get the flag (with the white borders) offically recognised. Unfortunately, the application was denied: http://www.harteg.dk/peter/?Bornholmsflaget [KarlJorgensen] 25 Apr 2006
[edit] Mustard Gas
It is common knowledge that large amounts of chemical weapons (a lot of it mustard gas) was dumped in the sea around Bornholm and trawlers often catch it in their nets (or whatever it is they use).
Is this worth mentioning? Opinions on a postcard...
- Yes, the trawl is also a kind of net...
- I think we might need some more info to get a total picture of the problem before writing a paragraph about it.
- One of the relatively big investment flops was turning an old german bunker into a mustard gas storage, where m.gas should be put when found. As far as I know, nobody ever put anything but work and money into the project, since easier and better ways were found every time a ship came in for cleaning.
- As long as we're on this discussion page, it might be worth mentioning that most fishermen in the area knows the procedure of walking backwards from gas poisoned areas on the ship while taking off clothes and equipment on the way, and then calling the authorities for further instructions. Though some of "the old scools" just put on gloves and re-dump the bombs! G®iffen 16:02, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Danish and German Versions
It is interesting that the English version is much longer than the Danish entry for Bornholm on Wikipedia! On the other hand, the German version is much longer than the English entry. Of course the right source is a Dane with a few Danish encyclopedias and history books handy who can also write in English! If you fit the bill, please start writing! Things which are missing include the island's geology, geography, a longer history section, and a description of the tourism industry. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.209.11.26 (talk) 05:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC).
- The Danish version does not have to be so long, because any Dane learns half of it in school... :-) Germans have always been known of being very - what is it called, thorough? - and will therefore need at least one more detail than anyone else in the world.
- Well, just kidding, but right now at this point, I think it would be nicer to have the danish version upgraded? G®iffen who was born and bread at Bornholm but doesn't care much about dusty history books 20:24, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- P.S.: Many danes started using the english Wiki before the danish was started, and most Danes read some english, so mostly it's not a problem to use the english version. This topic has been discussed a lot at da:Wiki... Besides Bornholm takes up approx 250-270 words in my 1800 page "Gyldendals Leksikon" from 2002. The da:Wiki article has more, even without ext.links.
