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European Commission

Does your work for the European Commission instruct your editing of sites related to European Politics? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.186.23.117 (talk) 20:19, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

I edit this site in a private capacity, but of course my life experience influences my editing. Does your profession influence your edits? We don't know because you don't even have the courtesy to sign your postings. Peregrine981 (talk) 21:16, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Fair enough, understood, but please bear in mind that what passes for objectivity in the Commission is not the same as in the outside world - criticism can be healthy :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.186.23.114 (talk) 21:55, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Hence my interest in Open Europe. The Commission is more open to criticism than you might think internally, but it is obviously heavily constrained in what it can do "in the real world" because of, well, politics. Anyway, now that that is on the table, I'm curious if you are affiliated with Open Europe or a related organisation? Peregrine981 (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

I know it and think it does some good work. It comes up with the sort of ideas the EU needs if it is to survive ~ or at least with the UK within it. In the UK they are the moderates, and if their reform agenda is shot down or blocked then the UK is left with a binary choice. So I think they do a useful job and have useful proposals the EU institutions should embrace or at least engage with ~ not just on wiki :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.186.23.96 (talk) 22:47, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

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Silent Generation

Hi, you've been helpful in the past, thanks. Could you take a look at this please http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Bobrayner#Silent_Generation_Article I think it was a rash move and should be restored. 172.250.31.151 (talk) 23:31, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

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Barnstar

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		Thanks for the continued careful and unbiased editing and improving on the work of other users in a collaborative and respectful fashion Pengortm (talk) 04:46, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Straw Poll

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sabotaging autonomous car article

Hi, I don't appreciate you undoing my valuable work on the autonomous car page. I am one of the few editors knowledgeable about the topic (I studied robotics at university). The maps article did indeed say that it was difficult to update maps, but as I mentioned, creating maps is an inherent ability of a robotic car, not an external obstacle getting in the way. We could equivalently say that cars need to be made autonomous before they can drive autonomously. The article perhaps made it seem like someone else must create the maps instead of the car, but an autonomous car is, by definition, capable of updating the map, as mentioned earlier in the WP article you edited.

You provided no justification for reverting my rewording of the interactions with pedestrians. Governments decide what capabilities are required of robotic cars, not Wikipedia authors.

The discussion of "changes in road infrastructure" was fluff. These scenarios are not obstacles if they just prevent the robots operating optimally, it's only if they prevent the robots operating in a similar manner to existing cars. More importantly, neither the bullet-point itself or the article cited made a clear point, so it was not possible to reword it. The Washington Post author clearly had a limited understanding of the topic but went ahead and wrote the article anyway.  If you'd like to re-include this article with some kind of meaningful, clear point, I won't stop you. For now, I'm forced to reinstate my work in the interests of the article. Owen214 (talk) 07:12, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Toronto streetcar system

Hi, Peregrine981. I noticed a change you made on Toronto streetcar system that added a claim that Europe was also eliminating streetcars after WW2 in favour of busses. The original statement that only included North America should be cited, but in all my years I've never heard of a similar thing happening in Europe.

Please feel free to re-add your edit, but if you do I would very much appreciate it if you add a citation supporting the Europe claim. And if you can find any citations for the North America claim as well, please feel free to add them to the article too! // coldacid (talk|contrib) 03:11, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

I've added a citation as you requested. The article in question deals with different aspects of streetcar use in Europe, but has some clear charts about the closure of tram systems across Europe. In fact it doesn't even mention a number of them though. See trams in London, trams in Paris, trams in Istanbul, trams in Berlin (for West Berlin), trams in Hamburg, trams in Copenhagen for an overview of some of the closures. (though there were many more). However, a number of cities have since reinstated the systems, and others have openened new ones since the 80s, that is why it may seem as if Europe didn't close its systems. Anyway, thanks for the vigilance. I may try to find a source for north america as well. Peregrine981 (talk) 08:12, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, that works for me. // coldacid (talk|contrib) 12:36, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, Is this photo one of your photos? If so, how did it end up being uploaded by a SimonP and tagged as having been released to the public domain by that person? Your photos on Wikimedia seem usually to be under licenses, so I'm only trying to figure out what happened with this one and if the release is valid. Maybe you can clarify the situation in the description page on Commons? Thank you in advance for your help. -- Asclepias (talk) 04:31, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi @Asclepias, I am a friend of SimonP, so I probably sent him the picture. I can't remember the details of why he uploaded vs me, but I consent to the upload and agree for it to be released into the public domain. I'll leave a note on commons. Thanks for checking. Peregrine981 (talk) 08:26, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

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"Star fort" v "Bastion fort" debate

You may be interested in Talk:Star_fort#Requested_move_19_January_2017. Alansplodge (talk) 15:17, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

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RfC which might interest you

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