User talk:Bill Buckels

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I'll get back to you as quickly as I am able.

--Bill Buckels (talk) 20:00, 24 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Historical Article on William Buckels

[edit] Not a joke

The article William Buckels was not a Joke Article. See reference below.

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Unfortunately it was deleted before I had a chance to finish my first draft.

I am a commercial fisherman as well as a software developer. In my life as a commercial fisherman, I was absolutely thrilled to discover that my namesake (William Buckels), also a fisherman, was responsible for the 14th century rise of the Dutch as a maritime nation through his discovery in the preservation of fish.

As I researched this further, I learned that the wikipedia netherland site had many references to this man. In the middle of composing my article, a wikipedia editor spammed this talk page scolding me, and deleted the article.

I contacted him without any response, and considering the matter further have decided to choose another wiki for this particular effort:

However, additions to Wikipedia articles on herring and gibbing ensure that Wikipedia users can also benefit from this delightful piece of history.

--Bill Buckels (talk) 01:47, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


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Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 17:47, 21 April 2008 (UTC)