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Hello I'm Alex, I received your email Re: Jubril Enakele's Image file. I wrote this article on behalf of Mr. Jubril Enakele. I also have an email from him which permits me to use his image freely. What else do I need and how can you help me out, pleaseAlexejesi (talk) 22:18, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

With regard to the image, it is not the permission of Enakele that you need, buy that of the copyright holder, who will ordinarily be the photographer. If you can provide proof of this, email WP:OTRS with the evidence and they will handle the tagging of the image. BethNaught (talk) 23:16, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

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RfA Nomination

Hi BethNaught - seeing your poll results, I believe some editors may be interested in nominating you for adminship (myself included). Would that be something you would accept late December/early January? samtar ^{t} 08:30, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm seriously considering it. If I do decide to go ahead, I guess co-noms are always welcome! BethNaught (talk) 12:54, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

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Hello, BethNaught. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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In case you missed it. Jim Carter 16:21, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

@Jim Carter: Thank you for your message. I have replied and I apologise for the delay in acknowledging your message. BethNaught (talk) 18:24, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

You've got another mail. Jim Carter 08:14, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

@Jim Carter: replied. Gave me food for thought. BethNaught (talk) 19:51, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Due to some health issues, I was unable to complete the research. I'll let you know as soon as I come to a conclusion. Thank you for your patience. Jim Carter 17:16, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

No worries, there's still plenty of time. My best wishes for your good health. BethNaught (talk) 17:19, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

I see a mop in your future

<humor>I do see opposes from editors who insist on at least 7 edits per month for each of the preceding 12 months and from those who take offense at the fact that you don't edit much during the hours of midnight to 8AM (UTC)[1]. <humor>

Other than that, I think this speaks for itself. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 01:42, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

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Copyright

Hello Beth. I Perry Morris,(Bandrep) and was trying to update information for the "Sorcery band" page, and apparently I missed that section for copyright authorization. When I uploaded that/those pictures, I did check those information boxes. Maybe I misunderstood them...."My Work". I own that picture. (I do all the legal work for this group from contract negotiations, to "Use Rights" for their music).

I've gone ahead and removed that picture. For References...I also have the newspaper and magazines articles about the group, for the "references" requirements, however, I'm not sure the "Wikipedia" people (Editors) will let me use them. Please note; I used Van Halen and Deep Purple pages as a guide to see what can be used. I don't know what else to do, so I'll remove everything, and not try to improve the article any longer. Would like to know if I can get some help on this? I can send over some of these items to someone who is more experienced with the coding process, if that would help to improve the page. Again... JUST trying to get the References, and Citations done. Thanks... I spent a good amount of time on this, and I think I'm done. Perry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bandrep (talk • contribs) 00:08, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

• When you say "I own the picture": did you take it? Did the photographer transfer the copyright to you? Or is the copyright owned by the company you work for, and in which case, are you sure you have the authority to issue it under a free license, as Wikipedia requires, giving everybody the chance to use it commercially and without permission?
• Newspaper and magazine articles should be good sources as long as they are considered to be reliable: not tabloids or gossip magazines. For help putting sources in articles, see Help:Citing sources. A good place to ask questions or to get help is the Wikipedia:Teahouse.
• You've disclosed that you're receving payment, but please be aware of the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest policy and write with a neutral point of view. BethNaught (talk) 15:13, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

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Russian bistro in Germany

Russian food at a supermarket in Herford

There is a significant Russian population in Germany. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 triggered mass immigration to the West, with Germany being the top destination, mostly for economic and ethnic reasons. Russians are the biggest migrant group in Germany, together with Turks.

Soviet and post-Soviet emigration from Russia

German population data from 2012 records 1,213,000 Russian migrants residing in Germany—this includes current and former citizens of the Russian Federation as well as former citizens of the Soviet Union. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that about 3,500,000 speakers of Russian live in Germany, split largely into three ethnic groups:

1. ethnic Russians
2. Russians descended from German migrants to the East (known as Aussiedler)
3. Russian Jews

Immigration to Germany surged in the late 1980s and early 1990s. According to Global Commission on International Migration research, "In the 1990s ethnic Germans and Jews comprised the largest components of emigration, and the most attractive destinations were Germany, Israel and the United States." Between 1992 and 2000 Germany purportedly received 550,000 emigrants from Russia, 60% of the total amount emigrating to the three main destinations.

Ethnic background

Aussiedler from Russia

See also: Volga Germans

Earlier in history, particularly during the 17th century, a number of Germans migrated to Russia and modern-day Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Article 116 of Germany's Basic Law, approved in 1949, provides individuals of German heritage with the right of return to Germany and the means to acquire German citizenship if they suffered persecution after the Second World War as a result of their German heritage. As a result, roughly 3.6 million ethnic Germans moved to West Germany between 1950 and 1996. These German descendents increasingly petitioned to return to Germany under First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev. According to historian John Glad, by 1957 the petitioners, commonly known as "Aussiedlers" or transferred settlers, filed over 100,000 applications a year to migrate to West Germany—several thousands returned in the 1970s. The flow of Aussiedlers increased with the breakup of the Soviet Union. For instance, between 1992 and 2007, a total of 1,797,084 ethnic Germans from the former USSR emigrated to Germany. Of this total number 923,902 were from Kazakhstan, 693,348 were from Russia, 73,460 were from Kyrgyzstan, 40,560 from Ukraine, 27,035 from Uzbekistan, and 14,578 from Tajikistan. Numbers peaked in 1994–213,214 Aussiedlers—and then gradually began to decline. The number of non-German relatives who emigrated along with them is not known, but many if not most are presumably members of Germany's ethnic Russian community (see below). The number of emigrated Aussiedlers fluctuates as many retained housing in the Former Soviet Union—some are presumed to have returned to their residences in Former Soviet Republics.

Soviet Jews

After the Second World War Germany's Jewish population was 15,000, a small percentage of the country's pre-war Jewish population of 500,000. That number grew to 30,000 by the late 1980s. Then between 1991 and 2005, more than 200,000 Jews from the former Soviet Union moved to Germany. In total, the Berman Jewish DataBank estimates that over 225,000 Jews from the Former Soviet Union (Russia and various republics) immigrated to Germany between 1989 and 2012. Many, speaking Yiddish as well as Russian, picked up the German language easily. The Berman Jewish DataBank estimates "Germany's core Jewish population at 118,000 in 2013," of which all but about 5,000-6,000 are post-Soviet immigrants; the community numbers about 250,000 if non-Jewish relatives are included." Growth began to diminish in 2005 when the German government replaced the special quota immigration law (Kontingentsflüchtlingsgesetz) with more restrictive rules (Zuwanderungsgesetz)

Other Russian Speakers

Other Russian speakers in Germany fall into a few different categories. The German Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) reported the following figures for Russian speakers from the year 2000: legal aliens (365,415), political asylees (20,000), students (7,431), family members of German citizens (10,000-15,000), special workers in fields of science and culture (5,000-10,000), and diplomatic corps (5,000). The largest percentage comes from the "legal alien" category. The vast majority of the legal aliens, who are mainly ethnic Russians (with smaller numbers of Ukrainians and other groups) are family members of returnees (Aussiedlers and Soviet Jews), but who have yet to receive German citizenship.

Integration into German society

Most Russian-Germans have assimilated and integrated well into German society. As with most other immigrant groups, there remain some contemporary issues. German authorities have been concerned that the high number of Russian immigrants self-segregating in certain neighborhoods hinders social integration. This has led to restrictions on immigration from Russia and the former Soviet Union. Other issues have included crime, drugs, poverty and unemployment.

The Aussiedler have raised many issues. Although they were expected to assimilate rapidly into German society, Aussiedler and their descendants are struggling with their identity, and most consider themselves Russian. In Russia, due to outside pressure, they had become assimilated into Russian society, in most cases speaking Russian as their first or only language, and this has made their return difficult. Native Germans typically consider them Russian, just as they consider German-Americans visiting Germany to be American, despite their German surnames.

A 2006 study by the German Youth Institute revealed that Russian-Germans face high levels of prejudice and intolerance in Germany, ranging from low job opportunities, to problems in the real estate market. The same report also found out that most Russian-Germans still identify as Russian, rather than German.

See also

• Germany–Russia relations
• Demographics of Germany