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I have nominated Albert Speer for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:44, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I'm quite new to the English Wiki. I recently translated the German article of Wilhelm Ritterbusch. I would like to know where I can post a request for reviewing this article, in particular for eventual spelling mistakes. –Dave-George (talk) 22:37, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
Info about the legal situation in Germany was oddly phrased and outdated, I have rewritten the "Germany" section based on uncontroversial basics from the German main article about the relevant contract. If anyone is interested in legal or gambling-related topics, it would be great to double-check this please (and perhaps add a few more relevant details). GermanJoe (talk) 12:45, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
I'd be interested in anyone from this project commenting on the use of "Germany" vs "West Germany" for song charts before reunification in 1990. The current consensus is to use West Germany, but there may be issues in doing so. Please join in here. Hoof Hearted (talk) 20:26, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
The wider implications of the nomination at Talk:Sobibór trial#Requested move 21 March 2019 and four other related article titles may be of interest. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 05:35, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
A zoomable, labeled location map can be included in the articles about German districts by adding ((Germany district OSM map|parent_subdivision=QXXXX)) to the 'map' parameter of ((Infobox District DE)), where QXXXX is the Wikidata ID of the German state the district belongs to. A live example of the template can be see in the Nordfriesland (district) article.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 00:43, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at WT:TV#Sat.1. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:43, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
Many articles about German cities are outdated, e.g. name mayors that aren't in office for more than 3 years [1][2]. --78.35.244.86 (talk) 16:21, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
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I think Bad Wimpfen should be rated mid-importance. It is a spa town (not a village) with a long and rich history and some notable architecture, Its station even has its own article. It is better known in the region than its size would suggest. It's mentioned by Mark Twain and in The Reader. Bad Lobenstein is another historic spa town with a smaller population and it is also rated mid-importance. --Letkhfan (talk) 15:25, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
I've been working recently on some 1800s German-American information on Wikipedia (William Radde) and Wikisource s:Portal:German Society of the City of New York. I don't speak German, but I bumbled and mumbled my way through one addition to German Wikisource -- with a LOT of help from German Wikisource volunteers -- de:s:Mitglieder-Verzeichniß der Deutschen Gesellschaft der Stadt New-York für 1863. I also tried to expand de:s:Auswanderung#Nordamerika_Gesellschaften.
While working on this stuff, I realized that the contribution of German-Americans to the development of the United States is not well covered on Wikipedia. Coverage seems OK for people who attracted popular newspaper coverage, but rather weak for German organizations and individuals in the USA who developed communities, hospitals, and changes to USA and state laws in the 1800s. I assume that's somewhat due to anti-German sentiment during WWI and WWII.
A related question I've bumped into is What did "Germany" mean in the 1800s when people said or wrote where they were from?
I got into this by wondering why William Radde is completely unknown to history. He was a businessman/merchant who apparently went to great efforts to assist German immigrants to the USA -- within his knowledge at that time of what would be most helpful. From what I've seen, he probably spoke a half dozen languages or more.
Wikipedia has separate language Wikipedias. I only speak English. I would greatly appreciate any contributions from multi-lingual Wikipedians to the above mentioned articles.-- Outlier59 (talk) 02:54, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
One of the Germany regional portals, Portal:Rhön, is up for deletion here. Please feel free to comment. Bermicourt (talk) 09:02, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Another Germany regional portal, Portal:Harz Mountains, is up for deletion here. Again feel free to comment. Bermicourt (talk) 09:02, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Talk:Anti-German sentiment/Archive 2#RfC: Rota may be of interest to this project.Icewhiz (talk) 09:11, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
I added the IPA pronunciation for the name in Hans Günter Nöcker and would appreciate a native German speaker verifying it. Thanks. Jmar67 (talk) 10:49, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:33, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
I have nominated Albert Kesselring for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:13, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Silesia is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Silesia until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 06:15, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
Hans-Joachim Marseille, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --K.e.coffman (talk) 23:21, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
Bagger 1473 might be of interest. I have "adopted" it. There has been some discussion of its notability in WP terms. Comments welcome on the TP. Jmar67 (talk) 19:30, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, could you please have a look at this article. It has been imported from German Wikipedia where it is a case for arbitration committee due to puffery. I removed the attacking contents, but I am not sure whether this work is finished. --2A02:8388:580:6600:49AA:E6F2:7647:7BF5 (talk) 17:06, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
Dear All,
there is a questionable edit/addition that was rephrased now [3], but was several times an attemt to add [4], [5]..I raised a question in the talk and asked for source & explanation, but I did not get...anyway the users edit logs are quite..how to say...does not seem serious, or it is meant to be a joke? As having good faith, I don't involve recently an admin, but please suprevise the issue somehow, is this addition valid? Merkel's father is not theperson referred there...Thank You(KIENGIR (talk) 23:21, 30 June 2019 (UTC))
Dear all,
I am working in the communications department of Grohe. I therefore have a financial COI. I have been working on updating the German de:Grohe article together with a mentor, who kindly took his time to help me create a thorough article about Grohe based on what existed already. We therefore mostly updated old information, but also added new information (mainly in the history and corporate structure sections), where we felt important information was missing. Based on this, I created a similar update for the English version of the article and suggested some updates on the talk page; first I suggested to delete some - what I believed was sugarcoated - wording and some format changes and now some updates to the history section. One user was already so kind to take some time to review a few suggestions but does currently not have the time to check more.
I therefore wanted to ask, if somebody here would be willing to help me with this. The last suggestions I made can be seen in this diff.
Thank you very much in advance for your time. Looking forward to your feedback.
Kind regards, --JBJDus17 (talk) 09:48, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
Portal:Lusatia, a portal relevant to this project, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Lusatia and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Lusatia during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Bermicourt (talk) 21:06, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
Would someone from WP:GER mind taking a look at this article? There are some minor things which can be cleaned up fairly easily (e.g. MOS:SECTIONCAPS, WP:NOTDIRECTORY, WP:ORDER), but the main thing is that the article seems to be citing de:Technische Hochschule Lübeck as its only source. Actually, it's not really citing the German Wikipedia article about the school per se, but rather the sources cited in the German Wikipedia article, but the wy it's doing this is not really how it should be done. It might also be a translation of the German Wikipedia article which would require attribuition per WP:TFOLWP. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:03, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
The "By region" section is subject to an RfC. Please see the RfC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Immigration_and_crime_in_Germany#RfC:_%22By_Region%22_section and contribute. Regards, AadaamS (talk) 10:20, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
Albert Kesselring] has now reached the voting phase of WP:FAR at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Albert Kesselring/archive1. Interested parties are encouraged to drop by. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:14, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
My apologies for suggesting a correction of Lettvin's Nachdichtung of Der Hecht from The Fat Abbot, Fall-Winter of '62.
http://jerome.lettvin.com/Jerome/TheFatAbbot.pdf
Included here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galgenlieder
[Der Hecht] adored the Host, denounced the Aryan
Ought it not be Arian - an adherent of an early Christian heresy taught by Arius, Archdeacon of Alexandria, denying the divinity of Christ and appointing him the role of the foremost spirit of God's creation* as opposed to Aryan, one of the Indo-European race, or in racialist discourse a Northern European?
This error runs back to the original periodical.
Lettvin was clearly a highly erudite man so I can only assume the printer stumbled. As the entire literary conceit is part of Lettvin's invention referring to the original is useless.
A footnote on the possibility might help.
Also to aid comprehension of the Nachdichtung of 'Der Werwolf', a footnote might explain that Ontology Recapitulates Philology is another joke of Lettwin's. Sadly nowadays few would recognise that it is a parody of Haeckel's Biogenetic Law, expressed as Die Ontogenese recapituliert die Phylogenese, the supposed and chimerical principle that the embryonic development of an organism repeats its evolution.
2A00:23C6:C08A:200:3C49:8D4:E5CD:B2E9 (talk) 16:03, 16 August 2019 (UTC) Patrick Gray (amateur, late Dux of Dornoch Academy, applying to St. Andrew's to study German.)
Portal:Eifel, a page related to this project, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Eifel and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Eifel during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Bermicourt (talk) 06:23, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Portal:Ore Mountains, a page related to this project, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Ore Mountains and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Ore Mountains during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Bermicourt (talk) 20:16, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Portal:Elbe Sandstone Mountains, a page related to this project, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Elbe Sandstone Mountains and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Elbe Sandstone Mountains during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Bermicourt (talk) 20:16, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Portal:Westerwald, a page related to this project, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Westerwald and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Westerwald during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Bermicourt (talk) 20:16, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Portal:Lüneburg Heath, a page related to this project, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Lüneburg Heath and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Lüneburg Heath during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Bermicourt (talk) 20:18, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Portal:Palatine Forest, a page related to this project, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Palatine Forest and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Palatine Forest during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Bermicourt (talk) 20:27, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
I think that any members of the project who know any Polish and might be able to access Polish-language sources should really take a look at the article Walter Kuhn. Compare that to his biography in the Ostdeutsche Bibliographie by Norbert Angermann [7]. Now I admit, that biography is clearly sanitized of his involvement with Nazism, but I've already caught one misleading citation in our article and I notice that the worst accusations against Kuhn tend to be cited, without page numbers, to Polish sources. In one case I think (citation that Kuhn was prejudiced against Poles) as far as I can tell there is no indication that Kuhn was influenced by this to encourage genocide, as seems to be implied in the current article [8], but my certainty is limited by the fact that I'm using my A1 Czech and google translate to read the Polish and the the preview is so limited on google books. At the very least it looks like a question of WP:Weight. At the moment we present Kuhn as though he was only some kind of Nazi shill (and he appears to have done some of that), which completely ignores his apparently very reputable career after the war.--Ermenrich (talk) 00:27, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
A discussion which may be of interest to members of this project can be found here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:37, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
I recently started List of members of the 19th Bundestag (almost two years late) and found out our coverage of German MPs is rather lacking. So if you feel bored, why not start a stub on a politician? If you choose well, maybe you can start the article on the future Chancellor of Germany ;) —Kusma (t·c) 19:18, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
I am active on this field. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lovemankind83 (talk • contribs) 09:43, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
I have nominated Rudi Gutendorf in the Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates was a Guinness record holder having coached 55 teams in 32 countries across five continents.Article needs to be updated need.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 21:26, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Werner Conze was a very important West German historian, the co-editor of Geschichtliche GrundbegriffeConceptual history. According to our article, Werner Conze, however: Werner Conze (born December 11, 1910 in Amt Neuhaus, died April 1986 in Heidelberg) was a pro- Nazi German historian in Nazi Germany, who continued to work as historian in post-World War II West Germany. He was a member of the Schieder commission.
. Compare that with de:Werner Conze, which handles Conze's Nazi connections in a neutral manner. Note also that Conze had a career of 41 years after World War II. I'm currently otherwise occupied dealing with similar issues on the article Walter Kuhn, but I implore anyone who knows anything about West German historiography, or anyone who can access RS on it, to help clean this thing up. This is a persistent problem in many articles.--Ermenrich (talk) 18:28, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
FYI to anyone interested, I've nominated The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari for featured article. Thanks! — Hunter Kahn 04:04, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Franconia is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Franconia until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Pomerania is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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We should have a better article to link to de:Staatssekretär than the very British permanent secretary. I have created redirects for the moment (to Secretary of state#Germany) but if anybody feels like writing an article, it would be much appreciated :) —Kusma (t·c) 21:00, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
An editor has requested that ((subst:linked|Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse)) be moved to ((subst:#if:|((subst:linked|(({2))))}|another page))((subst:#switch: project |user | USER = . Since you had some involvement with 'Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse', you |#default = , which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You)) are invited to participate in [[((subst:#if:|((subst:#if:|#(({section))}|))|((subst:#if:|Talk:Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse#(({section))}|((subst:TALKPAGENAME:Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse))))))|the move discussion]]. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:43, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
A Good Article Reassessment proposal has been started at Otto of Greece, an article within this project's scope. All interested editors are invited to participate. Constantine ✍ 17:20, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
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Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:AXN (German TV channel), regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, comrade waddie96 ★ (talk) 09:40, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
With the demise of Portal:Berlin, it's clear that few, if any, Germany-related portals are unlikely to survive the current deletion campaign which sees them competing with articles and so sets page views as the decisive factor, however notable the subject area is. Even Portal: Harz which survived a deletion bid last April has been put up again for deletion by the same crew. It's also clear that there's no effective support from project editors to retain them in portal space either. With that in mind, I'm in the process of moving the remnant of the Germany-related portals to project space so that we can at least continue to use them in a very practical way to see topic coverage 'at a glance' and to continue to expand and improve topic articles in a structured way as I have been doing over the years using these portals as my guide. I'll put links to them in due course on the main project page. Bermicourt (talk) 19:59, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
I think this could be DYKed, but needs expansion, and think most mundane issues (not related to the recent controversy) are in German. De wikipedia has a much longer article, but most sources are in German, so if someone would like to help add ~200+ words with German refs, it would be appreciated. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:24, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Is this salvageable? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:36, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to call your attention to the following request for comment because it is relevant to Standard German, especially to Austrian (or Swiss) Standard German:
Thanks --mach 🙈🙉🙊 14:31, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello. I'm very very sorry if this is a stupid FAQ or the answer is right in front of me or if I have just got something massively and fundamentally wrong. I've frequently been guilty of all the above and plenty more so please be kind to me if I've done it yet again.
The highly observant reader will have noticed that I've not actually said what my editing concern is! This isn't an accidental omission – I didn't want to start two hares off running at the same time as it so often leads to a mess. Please tell me where a good place is to actually ask my language article question, and I will actually ask it! Finally, it is not earthshatteringly urgent and no-one will die if it is not resolved in the next 10 minutes, and I am not planning to sue, "contact Wiki", or withdraw my massive sponsorship, so if you would rather take your time and have a cup of tea, please do. Or don't worry at all. It's minor. The Thames is not on fire. Thanks and best wishes to all, DBaK (talk) 14:47, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
Gutten tag Team Germany, the mouse over for the book above is incorrect on all pages (cats and links) I cannot find how to correct, cheers121.99.108.78 (talk) 07:28, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I purged the Cat no effect, purged the article and all good, thanks for help and attention and I learnt something.121.99.108.78 (talk) 09:50, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
I need some help understanding the German nobility, and article 109 of the Weimar Constitution. According to the many pages on different German nobility, following 1919, titles were changed to just be a part of the surname (e.g. Graf#Modern usage in German surnames). However, the wording is not very specific as to the broader affect. Because when looking at people who died 6, 21 and 117 years before the law came into effect, they are also written as if affected by the law. But can a law really retroactively change peoples names and history? In any case, it needs to be better clarified on the various pages and nobility templates. Skjoldbro (talk) 16:01, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
Hoping someone here can advise about this. Is it correct that in an alphabetical list Düsseldorf precedes Duisburg because of the umlaut (ue)? SarahSV (talk) 01:04, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
@SlimVirgin: In Germany, we love rules. The "best rules" are from the Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardization) which is the German member of the International Organization for Standardization. They have two different rules on this issue, both listed under DIN-Norm 5007. Variant 1 has all Umlaute treated as if they do not have the tréma. In variant 2, they are treated like they are followed by an E. As mentioned above, variant 2 is only used in lists of names, including lists of places. So, in your example, I would say, treat Düsseldorf like Duesseldorf. Side note: ß is treated as "ss" in both variants. Here is the link to the website of the Institute for reference (in German though). Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:32, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
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Talk:Home Army/Archive 6#Request for Comments: German casualties: watchers here may comment.--JoeZ451 (talk) 16:24, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Members of the project might be interested in this discussion: Talk:Capital ẞ#Does this symbol need it's own article?.--Ermenrich (talk) 16:26, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
@Jmar67 and Vami IV: and others. I see that User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Germany shows also class "redirect" and class "draft". Unfortunately these classes are not exist here: User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Estonia. Can anyone help to add this two classes to WikiProject Estonia assessment table?--Estopedist1 (talk) 15:14, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Your input about the categorization of settlements is requested at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Locality categorization by historical subdivisions. Thank you, Renata (talk) 22:32, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death to be moved to Adolf Hitler death conspiracy theories. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 03:43, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sagar Aryal (2nd nomination) may be of interest to this project. As the article was refunded before, it would be ideal to have a more permanent resolution to the notability question. Best, Usedtobecool ☎️ 08:26, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Panzer Aces, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Mujinga (talk) 21:36, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
Legiendamm has been proposed for deletion. I don't speak German. Are any WikiProject Germany members able to find sourcing or give some feedback on the article's talk page? ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:20, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
@Another Believer: I've done a small bit of Googling and can't find anything substantial enough to warrant it being given an entire article for itself. The German wikipedia project dedicates a paragraph to it here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisenst%C3%A4dtischer_Kanal, which I think would be the best thing to do on the canal page on the English wiki as well. I agree with the deletion suggestion. Allenthalben (talk) 04:09, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
I stumbled over some attempts to translate the title Ministerpräsident. It appears that someone decided to translate it "minister president" or even as a whole Wiki category "ministers president" which is even worse. It is a poor translation and is what native German speakers would call "Denglish".
The office of Ministerpräsident combines the roles and functions of head of government and head of state (sovereignty in Germany resides with the states and is only delegated to the Federation). As such the adequate translation would be "governor".
I would strongly recommend to replace the use of "minister president" and such in all relevant articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mareaustralis (talk • contribs) 20:36, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
This RfC may be of interest to the members of this project. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:13, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion at Talk:Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia#Recent addition concerning the US position about how to address discussions of separating the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia after WW1 may be of interest to the project.--Ermenrich (talk) 15:09, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Your feedback would be welcome at these two related move requests:
Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 21:22, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
A discussion which may be of interest to the members of this project can be found here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:05, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm categorising German biography articles. Can someone advise me whether people called Von Something should be indexed under V or S please? Practice clearly varies. Is there a rule or policy? Rathfelder (talk) 19:57, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
I've been categorising people by occupation and state, along the lines of Category:German businesspeople by state, but I am not sure what to do with people from Pomerania, Sudetenland etc. They get put in the state which now includes the place they came from. I could just leave these outliers in the Category:German businesspeople. At present there are no occupational categories for the former states and I suspect that is true for most other territories too. I could make new categories, like Businesspeople from Sudetenland. Or, for some, you could argue that they could be put in existing categories like Category:Estonian businesspeople, though that could be considered misleading. Or there could be categories a bit like Category:People of the Tudor period, which attempted to make it clear that they are properly regarded as German, but on different boundaries from today. I would welcome opinions. What would be most helpful? I dont think there is any obvious answer, and maybe leaving them where they are is the most sensible course of action. Rathfelder (talk) 17:09, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, please check if this draft article translates the German version correctly. Thanks! im temtem • hOI!! • fsfdfg • alt account of pandakekok9 05:36, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hello all- I'm hoping to get some input from people with experience working on articles related to Nazi Germany: A new editor going under the moniker of GermanCamps is changing instances of Nazi to German or German Nazi. I find the changes make for awkward and redundant wording. I'm guessing this is not the first time such an issue has come up, and am wondering if anyone here might have input or can point to earlier discussions. See these diffs: Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, Nazi concentration camp badge; and discussion. Thanks in advance for any input, and for pinging any users who might be interested. Pinging one user mentioned on this project's active members list: L337p4wn. Eric talk 22:59, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
The best solution is to use German Nazi or Nazi German, as a) it links to the specific time period article, and b) it avoids ambiguity. Many people outside the Western civilization can be confused, see for example the entire issue with Polish concentration camps misnomer. I now live and work in Asia, and trust me, most people here have no cluse what SS is, and probably wouldn't automatically associate Nazis with 'Germans only'. Read on Nazi_chic#Asia (this topic needs a major expansion). Or read this semi-random piece of news. For Europans or Americans the word NAzi may seem sufficient, but Wikipedia is international, and for many people in other parts of the word it is obscure, and with much fewer negative connotations. Kind of like for most people in the West Rising_Sun_Flag#Controversy is a surprise, but if you display this in Korae or China, you'll be in trouble (here's another semi-random piece of news on this: [9]). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:43, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
See here for discussion.--Smerus (talk) 20:16, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
Your feedback would be appreciated at Talk:Kommando#Unfocused, regarding a possible split or other refactoring of this article. Mathglot (talk) 20:16, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Is there anybody active on this project also involved in WMG? ——Serial # 13:05, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
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If you are interested, there is a request for comment about an article in this WikiProject. Talk:Tripartite Pact#Request for comment: infobox. AnomalousAtom (talk) 10:43, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I've raised a concern on German rivers at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rivers, input will be appreciated.† Encyclopædius 12:25, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
I have opened a discussion on the reliability of Bild at the Reliable Sources noticeboard. Given the fact that most regulars are unlikely to be familiar with this source, I thought it would be appropiate to alert this wikiproject. Kind Regards. Hemiauchenia (talk) 18:00, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
This article has been a disaster, and tagged as a disaster, for over a decade. I would appreciate help sourcing it, removing the worst bits and adding the necessary bits. Much thanks. 86.106.90.99 (talk) 04:48, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello, regarding the article for the film Misjudged People, an editor overwrote the original version with a version translated from the German-language article. I reverted this because much of it looked unsourced. There do seem to be some sources, but considering how messy the German-language article was, can someone review the German-language sources in the attempted version and see what matches and what does not? Find a discussion here: Talk:Misjudged People#Revert from mainly-unsourced expansion. Thanks, Erik (talk | contrib) (ping me) 15:52, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Can other editors please review this situation? OliverTwist78 keeps restoring their version that has vast amounts of unsourced content. It's possible that there could be inline citations, but the editor clearly does not want to follow policy and provide them for the content they are adding. Erik (talk | contrib) (ping me) 15:03, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
The introductory chapter to Heinsberg (district) says "Students of the University of Bonn started to use the affected area as a testing site to study the novel coronavirus and to search for ways to handle the situation in the best possible way." In fact, this was not kind of a grassroot movement, but a research project led by Hendrik Streeck. Students joined the data-collecting team. The project resulted in scientific publications: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.04.20090076v2 --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 23:46, 21 July 2020 (UTC) Another publication of Streeck et al., resulting from the data from Gangelt (town) / Heinsberg (district) is https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.28.20114041v1.full.pdf+html, as the text lines 132-133 say.--Himbeerbläuling (talk) 00:19, 22 July 2020 (UTC) (The text lines 132-133 refer to the preview pdf.)--Himbeerbläuling (talk) 00:24, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin has text saying "As of 2012, the gallery's collection faces a pending move to a temporary site"
. Please can someone with access to (presumably) German-language sources update it? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:03, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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I am writing a sort of solo-revision of Germania and I'll appreciate very much comments, questions etc. Draft: User:Sechinsic/sketch1; Discussion: Talk:Germania/Archive 1#A toponym —— Sechinsic (talk) 12:05, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
Could somebody take a look at Draft:Erbprinzliches Palais Dessau, please. It looks like a potentially interesting article, but needs somebody who reads German to evaluate sources. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:47, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I wish to make editors aware of a discussion that is occurring on Wikimedia commons. Here is the link [10]. A creator has uploaded a barnstar with Nazi imagery that is intended to be awarded to editors who work on articles related to Nazism. Its not for articles - it is specifically intended for use on a userpage which the author makes clear here [11]. I feel this "award" is offensive in the extreme and its potential to be used as a personal attack or harassment is obvious regardless of the creators intentions. Please contribute to the discussion. Thank you. // Timothy :: talk 02:31, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at WT:MILHIST § Wolfgang Engels. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:13, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I was wondering if anyone could help me look for sourcing for the article The Knickerbocker Gang. It's up for AfD and I've pretty much exhausted what I can do with a very basic level of understanding of the German language and Google Translate. I know that this is an Austrian series (I posted there as well) but since the series was published in German, I thought it may be good to post here as well. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (。◕‿◕。) 03:56, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
New perspectives and old issues needs comments. Please join at the talk-page Talk:Germania. Sechinsic (talk) 16:34, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Is this page salvageable, or should it be redirected to The woman question? At present, it's just a rehash of the POV-ridden Catholic Encyclopedia, and has been tagged for cleanup since 2009. The version in dewiki looks very different and much better, FWIW. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 16:23, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Based on the notability discussion that happened during the withdrawn DYK nomination, I have started a merge discussion on Talk:Schöningen forest elephant, input is requested.--Kevmin § 15:31, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
1 Ambassador10 (talk) 18:57, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi all German missions to the moon was in AfD and was voted to move to German space programme after i made a comment about how we could make a page. I meant for it to be incubated, though and it was just moved instead. If anyone would be willing to help build this article out some or have suggestions for what to do about it, they would be most appreciated. Thanks! Footlessmouse (talk) 18:47, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion regarding whether a separate article ought to be maintained for Capital ẞ or not that is of interest to the project, talk:ß#Merge Capital ẞ here?.--Ermenrich (talk) 13:42, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
I created a new article on the artist and painter, Paul Seckel. Any further research would be appreciated! Right cite (talk) 04:16, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
Since I've seen that somebody had changed this again on the article of Helmut Kohl, and since the topic is coming up again and again. Can we please find a consensus that the Weimar Republic is not a place, but a time period, and should therefore not be stated as "place of birth". It's like writing somebody was born in American Civil War... Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:16, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
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The article Annett Renneberg has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article. The nominator also raised the following concern:
If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the ((prod blp/dated)) tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathglot (talk • contribs) 08:56, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
A new editor's user page, D7evenZ (talk · contribs), is in the German language. I can't tell if it is a proper user page or a user-space draft or a WP:NOTWEBHOST page.
Could someone who reads German check it out, welcome the new editor, and if it's not a valid "user page" move it to a sub-page, blank it, or tag it for deletion? The same content or something close to it is in his sandbox. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 22:08, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
Category:German service people has been nominated for merging to ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Restaurant staff. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy (talk) 10:33, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Germans, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Tserton (talk) 02:07, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi members, I have created the article King Ludwig Oak with the help of de:König-Ludwig-Eiche and have nominated it for WP:GAN. Thank you. — Amkgp 💬 18:36, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Members of this project may be interest in the related discussions here and here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 08:00, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
Your feedback would be appreciated at this discussion about three German propaganda organizations during World War II with very similar names, and what to do about it. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 01:25, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
I've spent the last few days expanding the Nicole article. I've rewritten most of it and added some tables for her discography. Any feedback would be welcome. Up until a few days ago, I've mostly only done small edits on Wikipedia. GravityIsForSuckers (talk) 16:17, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
This is just a heads-up that the article Germans is undergoing major revisions in the last few days. In addition, the Talk page has seen a lot of mostly unrelated activity in the last few weeks, including an Rfc (5 Dec) about the meaning of "Germans", and there is other Talk page activity as well. Those of you interested in the article, might wish to lurk, comment, or take part. Mathglot (talk) 01:24, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I've discovered a number of Fringe etymologies at the page Slavicism (see [12], [13], and this talk page thread and I was hoping anyone who knows more about Slavic etymologies could help pick out some more (I'm limited to my knowledge of Germanic). Thanks!--Ermenrich (talk) 19:36, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I intend to create an article for Thede Kahl, but most results in Google about him are in German, which makes it difficult for me to find sources. Furthermore, he is an academic, so I'm not sure where exactly can I look to find information on him. For this reasons, I need some help from German editors who may be more successful at finding the sources. I don't mean to make the page too long, a stub with some sources to prove that he's notable is enough for me. Kahl is mostly focused on studying peoples from the Balkans and is a professor at the University of Jena. Super Ψ Dro 13:26, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
Please check out Magnificat (Hoffmann), and the talk page of Magnificat in A minor (Hoffmann). "Kleine Magnaficat" is wrong German, "Das kleine Magnificat" would be correct, or "Kleines Magnificat". Unfortunately some English sources read as if German grammar can be disregarded when speaking English. Is that right? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:36, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, this is my first online Edit-a-thon that I am organizing. Which you can find here: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Organized_Labour/Online_edit-a-thon_Tech_February_2021 - Online and global about trade unions and technology. I am based in Berlin, and would love advice/participation of other folks interested in WP:WikiProject Germany to attend, and suggest topics/articles of interest. ~ Shushugah (talk) 19:19, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
I have nominated German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 21:51, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
An AfD discussion of the above article is taking place here.--Smerus (talk) 15:58, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Curse you Red Baron. First of his victims. Eradicating history again. The article was a DYK. And looks it. Well developed article, but anything can be improved. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:39, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
See an image and media discussion at Talk:Johann Sebastian Bach#Excessive images and files; life summary? Aza24 (talk) 21:50, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Participation welcome at Talk:Nazi Germany#RFC: Poland as predecessor/successor in Nazi Germany infobox. Levivich harass/hound 16:24, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
This RM discussion may be of interest to people on this project. FOARP (talk) 14:02, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
Changed First sentence in Bremen-Hemelingen article from "Hemelingen (Plattdeutsch Hemeln) is a city and district of Bremen and belongs to the Bremen district East." to "Hemelingen (Plattdeutsch Hemeln) is a German city and district of Bremen belonging to the Bremen district East." I believe this clarifies the sentence by establishing the city's country and removes the repetitive "and" in the sentence. Arrived at this article via article of Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, the discoverer of the astroid Vesta which stated he was "born in Arbergen, today part of Bremen". ☉Qψîδịzഴⓧ•—>Quisizyx talk 09:44, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
I have nominated War of the Fifth Coalition for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 16:44, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place at Talk:Social issue#The question of societal guilt which could use your feedback. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 06:28, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains#U-Bahn station names which may be of interest to members of this project. Best, Mackensen (talk) 02:10, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
After successfully completing our Asia and Africa contests over the past six months, we now welcome contributions to our Women in Europe contest which runs for three separate months from April to June 2021. To qualify for the contest, articles have to contain at least 160 words or 1,000 characters of running text and participants need to be members of Women in Red. We look forward to lots of new biographies of women from Germany.--Ipigott (talk) 06:25, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Please see Talk:The Flying Dutchman (opera)#Requested move 10 April 2021 Aza24 (talk) 05:22, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
It would be great if someone were willing to take on the GAN of Frederick the Great. I'm not well enough versed on 18th century German history to feel confident evaluating this article. (t · c) buidhe 09:47, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Members of this Project may be interested in this discussion. Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:03, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
Seeking Germany-based editors with a subscription to WAZ to assist with clarification in AfD discussion regarding Laura Hoffmann Hmlarson (talk) 18:39, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
Are Rügen White Chalk Formation and Rugen Formation the same thing? The articles are uniformly uninformative and identical (a geologic formation from the Cretaceous in Germany). The references are not usable, since they reference the front page of a website instead of a specific webpage containing information. They were created by the same user at the same point in time. They both appear on List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany -- 67.70.27.105 (talk) 15:56, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Cleaning up some interlanguage links, I came across the above. The former, de:Deutscher Ringer-Bund is about the guiding organsation of German wrestling clubs, established in 1972. German Wrestling Federation is a professional wrestling promotion founded in 1995, with a de article at de:German Wrestling Federation. Following the general standard, our en article on "Deutscher Ringer-Bund" would be expected to be at "German Wrestling Federation" (as per German Cycling Federation, German Equestrian Federation). But that title is occupied by the 1995 promotion. The questions I ask are:
As an aside, National Olympic Committee of the GDR has an article on de as de:Nationales Olympisches Komitee der DDR, whereas here it currently redirects to East Germany at the Olympics. Should the ill be retained in anticipation of an article on the Olympic Committee, or is the redirect to East Germany at the Olympics (i.e. assuming that we will not have an article on the 'National Olympic Committee of the GDR' in the future) the better option? Spokoyni (talk) 17:03, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Could someone who knows the language please add this review as a reference to this article, to help the article survive its AfD? Familiarity with the subject isn't necessary, nor is writing anything elaborate. A couple of sentences on the reviewer's general opinion in the article's reception section would be plenty in the circumstances.
If someone can help, thank you so much. If I'm in the wrong place, can you please direct me to a better one? --Kizor 23:00, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Help is needed checking most of these edits, please: [14]. Dates in articles have been changed but cannot be checked via the broken link at Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Ideally someone fluent in German could find a new source to cite. Thanks, Meticulo (talk) 13:52, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Link is still broken. But edits no longer need checking, as I have undone them. Meticulo (talk) 12:51, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello. Would someone be a dear and provide a translation of this quote in English — Diese Zeitschrift, die seit 1995 mit dem ehemaligen Südasien Bulletin fusioniert ist, publiziert vergleichende Studien aus einem kulturwissenschaftlichen Blickwinkel und berücksichtigt die lokale Geschichte. Thanks, Мастер Шторм (talk) 11:54, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi, i made some new photo montages for some cities but i have problems with getting them into the articles. Especially one user opposes my montages. I want to show some of them here just to know if there is anyone else who thinks they would be an improvement to the articles, and if so you are welcome to integrate them yourself. Maybe i'm wrong and they are ugly/no improvement, but here they are. Greetings
TheCarlos1975 (talk) 20:07, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
A discussion which may be of interest to members of this WikiProject can be found at Talk:Nazism#Paragraph dealing with NSDAP-DNVP relations. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:05, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Hello, today I received an email telling me that nearly all of the scans of old books that are available online (at digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de) have been recently re-licensed under a PD / CC0 license by the University and State Library Düsseldorf.
Previously I had asked them why many of their scans of books in the public domain were published online with a "non-commercial" limitation in their licenses. If you have any idea where else to announce / advertise this new availability of their online material, please tell me or publicize it yourself. --ΟΥΤΙΣ (talk) 16:35, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Hello everyone, I am looking for someone to help me read and confirm my references. The article has been in the German wiki for a long time and the English version has unfortunately been deleted. I would be very happy if someone looks at my Draft [[15]] and gives it a positive rating so that it can be published again.--NinaSeitle (talk) 14:36, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
This discussion may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Beyond My Ken (talk) 13:38, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Any native German speakers willing to take a crack at translating the quite-substantial de:eco – Verband der Internetwirtschaft over to the draft/stub Draft:Eco_-_Association_of_the_Internet_Industry? There are at least two English-language articles for which it's red-linked: DE-CIX and Quad9#Sony_Music_Injunction. I don't speak German and I'm not that familiar with the German Internet industry, so I've probably taken it as far as it's useful for me to do. Once there's a decent translation up in draft form, I'll be happy to take it through the new-article-proposal process, though. Thanks for considering. EVhotrodder (talk) 13:53, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, It think it is possible – at least highly likely by sense in my opinion – that "The Shark" (Lettvin's Nachdichtung after Morgenstern's "Der Hecht" contains a printer's error and Arian is meant (the deviation from the German is too great – these are really Nachdichtungen, interpretations, to settle it from that source), i.e. a Christian heretic who denies the divinity of Christ (just as a Pelagian is a Christian heretic who denies the necessity of grace for salvation – the pun on ’pelagic’ is outside my scope), for an Aryan is merely one of the Indo-Germanic or Caucasian race, which has no bearing whatever on the poem.
I might also suggest a note be made of just how free Lettvin is – if we take the German text, the liberties are so considerable it is really a kindred poem in my inexpert eyes rather than a translation – even the setting goes from pool or pond to sea and the fish from pike to shark. If recollections a year old are of any value, there are yet other liberties in the translations of the other pieces so I would suggest marking them as Nachdichtungen and explaining what a Nachdichtung is.
2A00:23C6:C088:A000:9F4:9FF2:24C7:7788 (talk) 20:52, 19 June 2021 (UTC) Patrick JK Gray
This discussion may be of interest to members of this Project. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:02, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
I've done some work on this article in the last week, first establishing a well-referenced retelling of the circumstances of Jalloh's death. I then moved to the chronology of investigations and court cases and got to the 2011 - 2012 retrial verdict.
Right now, I'm ambitiously working on a chronology of the whole time span from 2007 until now, mainly translating from the well-researched German WP article, but also looking for English language sources, whereever possible.
I would be glad for any help with translating, checking and adding sources, and general copyediting.
You can find (and edit) the current draft in my Sandbox --ΟΥΤΙΣ (talk) 13:19, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Most (if not all) of the international parliamentary election articles, have at the bottom prime minister before election & prime minister after election. Perhaps we can add this to the West German & (post unification) German general election articles, changing the Cabinet to Chancellor. GoodDay (talk) 03:07, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I'm looking for a source to confirm that Alica Schmidt has been selected for the German 4 x 400 metres relay team for the 2020 Summer Olympics. None of the English language sources for this meet the definition of a reliable source, as they're all tabloid newspapers or websites copying those newspapers. Would a German speaker be able to look through German language news sites and see if you can find a reliable source for this? My German is not good enough for this task, unfortunately, and there doesn't seem to be asource for this anywhere on en.wiki or de.wiki, so far as I can see. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:08, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
Editors here may wish to join the discussion at Talk:English people about the links (or not) between the English and Frisian peoples and languages which has arisen in the wake of multiple deletions and, in some cases, reversions and re-reversions of links between these topics, so a consensus would be helpful. Other articles affected include: Frisians, Saterland Frisians and Faroe Islanders. There may be more. Cheers. Bermicourt (talk) 13:44, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Some of the project's FAs are listed at Wikipedia:Unreviewed featured articles/2020, and should be looked through / updated / improved to modern standards. For example, IG Farben Building is in need of better sources, Ulm campaign and Night of the Long Knives have some concerns listed on the talk page. I'm currently trying to update Georg Forster to use better sources and would also welcome comments at Talk:Georg Forster. —Kusma (talk) 12:42, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Hallo, I wish I could remember more of my German language class. I went to find the small town of Vehra where my ancestors lived, but there is not a Wiki page in English. I found it from the Henschleben page, but this page is much more complete in German. I used a web translator to read them both, but I assume it would be inappropriate to use the translations to edit. I would be happy to help, but I don't think I'm able to do it properly. The pages are: Henschleben English (no information) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henschleben
Henschleben Deutsch (much more info) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henschleben
Vehra Deutsch (there is no corresponding English page yet) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehra
Thank you, and please let me know if I can help. Gina
Tzinamarina (talk) 16:36, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
I have nominated Night of the Long Knives for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 21:51, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
What is the meaning of this June 2021 edit at Politics of Germany?:
Is it vandalism or is it censorship? Either way, why has it been chosen to be ignored? 2403:6200:8832:2ECD:99BB:81B6:A027:F40E (talk) 23:50, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
A while ago, I was editing on climate articles and I came across this map, used in several pages. The first map legend (in yellow) says "Arid, steppe, cold (BSk)". This corresponds to cold semi-arid climate in the Köppen classification. If this is true, then that's a pretty cool fact and I'd love to see a photo of the place. If not, then the error should be noted in the caption, or the image replaced. Zach (Talk) 14:42, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
Very interesting. de:Halle_(Saale)#Klima says it is one of the most arid cities in Germany and in the de:Mitteldeutsches Trockengebiet. There's also the Brocken as a very special place climate-wise. —Kusma (talk) 19:05, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:BayernLB#Requested move 6 August 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 22:43, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of cities by country that have stolpersteine#Requested move 19 August 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 02:06, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Recently, I found an article regarding the city of Marksuhl. The article itself was impressively short. I read the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia, and found a wealth of information. I would like an editor to, if possible, expand the article on the English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marksuhl) with the same article on the German Wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marksuhl). I apologize for any inconvenience. 100.40.193.109 (talk) 21:54, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Head's up, I've listed an old GA - my first, actually - for GAR because it sucks. Here's the link. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 12:40, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
The list of navigation templates in de:Kategorie:Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Wahlen (Deutschland) are sorted by year and government type, when it could simply be sorted by year to match the ones in Category:Germany election year navigational boxes. Any opposes? It initially would be a renaming of the template, and then in cases of 2016/21 also adding the Bundestag elections to them. ~ Shushugah (he/him • talk) 08:59, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
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207.144.140.235 (talk) 14:05, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
I have proposed that the article Prince-elector be renamed and moved to Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. If any project members or talk page stalkers wish to contribute to the discussion, it is at Talk:Prince-elector#Requested move 14 September 2021. TSventon (talk) 08:59, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
An editor has requested for Unification of Germany to be moved to Unification of Germany (1871). Since you had some involvement with Unification of Germany, you might want to participate in the move discussion (if you have not already done so). Havelock Jones (talk) 21:05, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
This article is entirely negative in tone and poorly sourced. Please consider whether this can be made BLP-compliant reasonably quickly, or may need to be deleted under WP:BLPDEL. Also posted to BLPN here. Thanks! Usedtobecool ☎️ 07:17, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello, everyone, I'm currently working on creating an article about the relations between what was East Germany and the United States. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find much information outside of the links I have stored on my subpage. I can't seem to find any information on the ambassadors of the GDR to the U.S. or images or articles about their old diplomatic mission in Washington. If there are German-language sources for the ambassadors and the mission as well as any other information, I would appreciate it if you could send them to me on my talk page. Thanks. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:45, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello, all, the article has been created. Feel free to edit or read. I will be creating the pages on GDR's ambassadors to the U.S. and their respective articles soon. The last related Germany relations article for the time will be my current draft of U.S.-West German relations. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 19:24, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
The list of ambassadors page has been created. If anyone wants to add more information, they are welcome to. There is a need for it as well as for the three ambassadors of the GDR to the United States. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 17:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
Hello, everyone, in the past day or two, I've created the articles of the GDR ambassadors to the U.S. borrowing from the German Wikipedia. Feel free to improve the Rolf Sieber, Horst Grunert, and Gerhard Herder articles. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 22:04, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
I have nominated IG Farben Building for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 16:11, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm looking for a consistent way to translate these German terms for parts of cities, towns and municipalities: Stadtbezirk, Stadtteil and Ortsteil. The English Style Guide of the European Commission, page 66 of 150 uses "borough" for a Bezirk that is part of a town or city, so it's probably best to use "borough" for Stadtbezirk as well. The style guide offers no suggestions for Stadtteil and Ortsteil, and they redirect to "quarter" and "village" respectively. I think Ortsteil doesn't mean the same as "village", do we have better suggestions? If we can decide on the best translations for these terms, I think we should add them to the WP:Naming conventions (Germany). Markussep Talk 10:01, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for your proposal. I would definitely give a thumbs up to the first three, so we should add those unless anyone else has a major objection. Clearly there are many times when Stadt is used in German for a Großstadt, but we should still translate it as "city" otherwise there will be confusion. Also when Stadt is being used in the context of Stadtbezirk, we should translate it as "borough". What I'm saying is we have to look 'behind' the actual word to what the author means. We can add a sentence to the convention to explain that it is not a rigid word-for-word substitution. Stadtteil and Ortsteil are very tricky. I think "division" or, better, "subdivision" works e.g. in the sentence "Celle has the following administrative subdivisions:" - see ((Municipalities in Celle)) which is titled "Subdivisions of the borough of Celle". It could also be "Municipalities in/of the borough of Celle" since all administrative subdivisions are Gemeinden i.e. municipalities. But I don't think "division" works so well in the case of "Altencelle is a division of Celle", where it would be better to use "Altencelle is a municipality in the borough of Celle" or "...village in the borough of...". The former refers to the whole Altencelle jurisdiction; the latter to the actual built-up area only. Alternatively, where the nucleus is a village it's okay to use "parish". We have thousands of civil parishes in Britain which are not religious and which consist of a village and its surrounding land. So as long as no-one translates it back into German as Pfarre by mistake, we're fine. See parish. I think parish is a better translation of Ortschaft than "locality" which is quite vague, like "place", and certainly not an administrative unit. I think we're making good progress considering, that this is not an exact science. Bermicourt (talk) 08:02, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Baden-Württemberg#Requested move 25 October 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 12:42, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
There is an RfC of interest to this project at Talk:Warsaw concentration camp#RfC: Haaretz article on errors in WP article about the Warsaw concentration camp regarding whether or not an article in Haaretz on significant errors and distortions of the article's portrayal of the camp and a connection of said errors to historical revisionism in Poland can be cited due to Haaretz's use of globally banned user Icewhiz as a source.--Ermenrich (talk) 15:13, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
An editor has requested for North Rhine-Westphalia to be moved to North Rhine–Westphalia. Since you had some involvement with North Rhine-Westphalia, you might want to participate in the move discussion (if you have not already done so).
There is also an alt-proposal to move to Nordrhein-Westfalen. Havelock Jones (talk) 10:41, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
I have made a proposal to merge Recovered Territories into Territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II, and am seeking more opinions on the matter to contibute to the discussion. Given the proposal is within the scope of this Wikiproject, I thought it'd be a good place to start. You can view the discussion here. Invinciblewalnut (talk) 23:38, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
I created Volkswagen worker organizations and would love more eyes/feedback given it’s complex/technical and historic nature. I’ve primarily stuck with English sources, but German sources are likely necessary in some places. The structure of article is modeled after other transnational worker organizations like IBM worker organization, Apple worker organization and Amazon worker organization ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 11:33, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
This article is a buildup of text scraps, most of them hardly understandable and not relevant. --Ikar.us (talk) 12:56, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
Hey there! I started a discussion at SS General von Steuben, about the problem of diving to ship wrecks, and whether the article advocates it. Any input would be appreciated! Renerpho (talk) 13:10, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if anybody know how to lookup a German court case. I've not been able to make any headway against it at at. The number is Case 8K 5055/94 under judge Kohlheim. It is to verify information regarding German diplomat Rudolf von Scheliha and whether he took any money off of Soviet intelligence for the reports he was providing to them. Thanks. scope_creepTalk 11:59, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
There’s a discussion about moving Zürich to Zurich of interest to this project—Ermenrich (talk) 13:48, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names) § WP:PLACEDAB and disambiguating by state/province. 162 etc. (talk) 21:59, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Leo-Baeck-Medal#Requested move 25 December 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 17:31, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Obscure bibliographer from Pomerania who I stumbled on. I don't read German, but a bunch of the hits in this search result and on Google Books (eg [16]) are in German. Would love some help with finding and reading German-language sources if anyone has time and inclination. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 03:02, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I have nominated Italian War of 1521–1526 for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:29, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Italian War of 1521–1526/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped save this featured article from demotion. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:36, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Hello, guten tag, everyone. I have started this article 2G-Regel. It is largely translated directly from the de wikipedia, using Google Translate, as my German is very basic and rudimentary. Any improvements would be most welcome. Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 04:28, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Please consider including the date of birth for Dr Guy Stern in the BIRTHS section of the Wikipedia page identified as 1922 in Germany. Dr. Stern's date of birth is January 14, 1922 as verified/confirmed on his own personal reference Wikipedia page.24.127.32.201 (talk) 22:09, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
I recently find more and more articles in both German and English Wikipedia that either gloss over/completely ignore the Nazi associations that various prominent politicians, business men have for example Parliamentarian Hermann Conring (politician) who was in charge of deportations, or a more nuanced/debated cases like VW CEO Heinrich Nordhoff. Are there guidelines/any potential taskforces to go through such articles systematically? My suspicion is a mixture of lack of English sources, and recent resurgence of examinations of the past contribute to why Wikipedia/sources are only recently analyzing more critically the past deeds. I'm inspired in general by the work User:K.e.coffman has done on counter on wiki Myth of the clean Wehrmacht revisionism ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 12:10, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
I have begun a discussion on the talk page of Animal cruelty and the Holocaust analogy regarding the lead images used in this article. Please see the images for yourself, and I would appreciate any input from this project's members. See Talk:Animal cruelty and the Holocaust analogy#Lead image used in article for further discussion. Thank you! —AFreshStart (talk) 14:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi. Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Friedrich Prehn. Thanks. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 10:47, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
Could you help to fix the links to German resistance shown at Disambig fix list for German resistance? Widerstand was recently change from a redirect to German resistance to Nazism to German resistance, which has created around 100 links to the disambiguation page. This is unhelpful to readers and I do not have the knowledge to correct the links.— Rod talk 15:05, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
An editor has requested for West Low German to be moved to another page. Since you had some involvement with West Low German, you might want to participate in the move discussion (if you have not already done so). --Heanor (talk) 14:30, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
An editor has requested for Greater Region to be merged into Greater Region of SaarLorLux. Since you had some involvement with Greater Region or Greater Region of SaarLorLux, you might want to participate in the merger discussion (if you have not already done so). --Heanor (talk) 10:58, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
An editor has requested for Recovered Territories to be merged into Territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II. Since you had some involvement with Recovered Territories or Territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II, you might want to participate in the merger discussion (if you have not already done so).
Hello, I recently created a draft for Mahnmal. I need some help finding source material in German as the German Wikipedia article has none. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 20:07, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
If anyone from this project is interested, First homosexual movement is waiting for a GAN review. It's an interesting topic and I hope to get it to FAC soon. (t · c) buidhe 20:10, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Draft:David+Martin has been sitting at AfC for a while. It is promotional in tone but I think the main reason it is sitting is because the majority of references (in the draft and online) are in German. Can anyone help by taking a look and letting me know if the references cited would meet WP:ORGCRIT?--CNMall41 (talk) 22:26, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
I note that we have a number of articles like Hartheim Euthanasia Center (German: NS-Tötungsanstalt Hartheim). The German word Tötungsanstalt literally means "killing center" or "killing institution", without any euphemistic connotation of "euthanasia". Should these articles be moved to more literal titles such as Hartheim Killing Center or Hartheim Killing Facility? -- The Anome (talk) 12:46, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
Interested editors are invited to participate! --K.e.coffman (talk) 14:42, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:German occupation of Czechoslovakia#Requested move 28 February 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 03:54, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:I Can See Your Voice (German season 2)#Requested move 9 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 20:13, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
User:Ich is making uncited, mass changes to Germany related articles which appear to be driven by a WP:POV rather than WP:RS and may need to be checked for factual accuracy. These changes include:
Of course we should not try to defend the indefensible or water down the atrocities that were committed, but as a responsible encyclopaedia we need to follow the sources and use words in an accurate, not emotive, way. So I am inviting User:Ich to refrain from further edits and revert his changes until a consensus can be reached on how to proceed. Bermicourt (talk) 12:41, 14 March 2022 (UTC)