User talk:BernardZ

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You might be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science. Also, I've been working on a re-write of the entire Kepler article: User:Ragesoss/sandbox. Cheers--ragesoss 17:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome. Kepler one of my favorite characters in science. You have not put anything about his work in optics. BernardZ 14:41, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Tiger I

Hi there. I was just wondering if you had a source to back up the assertion that the main role of the Tiger was as a tank killer. Based on my knowledge this is a slighlty misleading impression - Tigers were heavy tanks, designed to lead breakthroughs and conduct crucial defences, not simply to find and destroy enemy tanks (which was the role of AT guns and tank destroyers). Even if we change that sentence, your points about kill ratios are still basically valid. The Land 11:04, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

The tigers were orginaly designed to be as you say as an offensive weapon but by the time they came onto the field, the military situation had changed dramatically so other then a few times, their main use was defensively where they proved very effective against enemy tanks.

My source was listed on the page which is p190 of Sledgehammers: Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II (Paperback) by Christopher W. Wilbeck, Otto Carius (Preface), Viktor Iskrov (Epilogue), Ray Holt

BernardZ 08:09, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alexander Litvinenko poisoning - Vladislav??

I saw you added a new section: "Vladislav" to Alexander Litvinenko poisoning - with no references. This is pretty dubious - you are accusing a living person of a serious crime - without references that could leave you in deep trouble!

But we also have (in the "Chronology of events" section): 1 November 2006: Litvinenko meets with the former KGB agents Andrei Lugovoi, Dmitry Kovtun and Vyacheslav Sokolenko in the Millenium Hotel in London.

Is it possible that you've made a boo-boo here and that Vladislav is actually Vyacheslav? Similar sounding names - we're saying that both are known to Kovtun and were both in the Millenium Hotel at the same time. We don't have a surname for "Vladislav" and we don't have any references for that section - and Vyacheslav Sokolenko is a redlink.

This sounds odd. We really need a reference and a surname for the Vladislav section.

Where did you get this information?

SteveBaker 14:29, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

It is been in the newspapers for the last two days. You are right and I will put reference in the article now.

http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=1200 http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=167878&Sn=WORL&IssueID=29307


BernardZ 01:07, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newsagent

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added to the page Newsagent do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Veinor (talk to me) 01:47, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Whatever BernardZ 23:11, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alger Hiss

A query about your most recent edit is at Talk:Alger Hiss. KarlBunker 11:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi again. I just got a copy of Gordievsky's "KGB: The Inside Story", and I have a question. In one of your edits, you refer to Gordievsky identifying Hiss in 1988, saying he heard Hiss's name mentioned at a KGB lecture, and then you wrote: "Although his reminiscence of the Akhmerov lecture remains unchallenged, in his 1990 book Gordievsky went further and claimed that Hiss had the codename identity of "ALES"". I see that the lecture where Hiss's name was mentioned is described in "KGB: The Inside Story", but your edit makes it sound like he wrote about it elsewhere (in 1988), before "KGB" came out (in 1990). Is that the case? If so, can you tell me where? KarlBunker 20:49, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

Bernardz, vandalism has a specific meaning. Do not use in edit summaries unless as described in Wikipedia:Vandalism. Likewise, please don't add unreferenced material to articles. Even articles which don't have references are not improved by adding even more unreferenced material. Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:16, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Not everyone is as kind-hearted as me Bernard. Like I said, don't use "vandalism" in edit summaries unless it really is. You'll get yourself into bother. Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:41, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Enough is enough; your misleading edit summaries are tiresome, as is your refusal to engage on the Talk: page. If you don't stop this I'm taking it to WP:RFCU, you'll get banned, and that will be it. Jayjg (talk) 03:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)