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Can someone reduce the size of that photo please. - PMelvilleAustin 06:59, 12 January 2003 (UTC)
I think (and originally put it in) that the fact that the lights at the grave are switched off is an interesting information, as it puts Hindenburg into perspective, but I think that to add that this has been because of a lack of respect (whatever that means) is POV, superfluous, and also wrong (or at least, I would think so; I think it is mainly a PC issue). Clossius 08:31, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Let's me clarify things:
Thank you for you attaention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.244.138.110 ( talk • contribs) 05:46, 10 December 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know if Hindenburg was ever an actual member of a political party, or, in particular, if he was a member of a party at the times he stood for election in 1925 and 1932? I've been working on some other articles about Weimar politics and this information is a bit of a gap. Iota 22:49, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. I've started articles on the two elections: German presidential election, 1925, and German presidential election, 1932, but they're based largely on what I could glean from the two German Wikipedia articles and from elsewhere on the 'pedia. So if you find yourself wandering in that direction it would be great if you could correct any obvious errors or omissions. Iota 17:47, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Did he possess any title (such as Freiherr)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.229.96.77 ( talk • contribs) 22:53, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Is he had decided to, could he have, as President of Germany, restored the Kaiser to the throne? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.229.255.136 ( talk • contribs) 03:13, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
I thought this was a great article. Concise, interesting and at just the right level of detail. However, I think there are a few things that ought to be phrased in an NPOV. I think the most glaring one is this:
I don't know if this is the widely held opinion in Germany, or in historical circles today. I have a feeling that this is summarizing one of his biographers. A reference, such as "According to Smith," would be welcome, but I don't feel capable of making the changes myself. — Joke137 18:57, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
I note there is nothing here about the suborning of Hindenburg through his son Oskar , over their taxation irregularities at Neudeck , nor the gift of a further 5000 acres , parallel to the blackmail of 1933. Famekeeper 09:34, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Hindenburg, old and confused, thought he was meeting the emperor and called Hitler "Your Majesty".
Which emperor was this, in 1934? The article on German Empire says it ended in 1918. sjorford (?!) 11:39, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Does anybody know of Hindenburg as a hunter? His coat of arms is on a hunting dagger/hirschfanger. Can anybody explain what his coat of arms signifies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonydon ( talk • contribs) 18:30, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
The purported letter of Ludendorff to Hindenburg regarding Hitler seemed so preposterous, that I wrote to Sir Ian Kershaw, questioning it. It actually seemed incongruous that such a letter would have escaped historians and the history of the period for so long. Sir Ian Kershaw admitted to me that it was a forgery, and he has eliminated it from his book Hitler Hubris 1889-1936. He also told me that he has had difficulty from removing it from the German translation. I deleted it from Wikipedia, since it's not only a major inaccuracy, but simply false. Dr. Dan 17:27, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Is this an essay or an encyclopedia article about a person? The latter doesn't need a "Conclusion"-- 85.49.227.84 23:56, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
"He was not charismatic, but he did possess an ability to impress people." -- This statement seems contradictory and lacks a clear meaning. Do we mean he was an imposing presence, but not a compelling speaker? Imposing but phlegmatic?
Regarding Posen/Poznan: The city was internationally recognized as part of Prussia and then Germany from the second partition of Poland in 1793 until the changes wrought by the Versailles Treaty in 1919; its reincorporation into Germany during the Nazi occupation was not internationally recognized. Therefore, I made it: "Hindenburg was born in Posen, Prussia (since 1919 Poznań, Poland)...."
I don't think the earlier history of Poznań is relevant to this article, and certainly the sort of nationalistic fumings from both sides seen above are irrelevant. Readers who wish to explore the ethnographic history of the area can consult the entry on Poznań.
Does anyone know anything about Hindenburg's wife? We say only that he was a "widower" and was buried with his wife at Tannenberg and again in Marburg.
Sca 19:46, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
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Can someone reduce the size of that photo please. - PMelvilleAustin 06:59, 12 January 2003 (UTC)
I think (and originally put it in) that the fact that the lights at the grave are switched off is an interesting information, as it puts Hindenburg into perspective, but I think that to add that this has been because of a lack of respect (whatever that means) is POV, superfluous, and also wrong (or at least, I would think so; I think it is mainly a PC issue). Clossius 08:31, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Let's me clarify things:
Thank you for you attaention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.244.138.110 ( talk • contribs) 05:46, 10 December 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know if Hindenburg was ever an actual member of a political party, or, in particular, if he was a member of a party at the times he stood for election in 1925 and 1932? I've been working on some other articles about Weimar politics and this information is a bit of a gap. Iota 22:49, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. I've started articles on the two elections: German presidential election, 1925, and German presidential election, 1932, but they're based largely on what I could glean from the two German Wikipedia articles and from elsewhere on the 'pedia. So if you find yourself wandering in that direction it would be great if you could correct any obvious errors or omissions. Iota 17:47, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Did he possess any title (such as Freiherr)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.229.96.77 ( talk • contribs) 22:53, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Is he had decided to, could he have, as President of Germany, restored the Kaiser to the throne? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.229.255.136 ( talk • contribs) 03:13, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
I thought this was a great article. Concise, interesting and at just the right level of detail. However, I think there are a few things that ought to be phrased in an NPOV. I think the most glaring one is this:
I don't know if this is the widely held opinion in Germany, or in historical circles today. I have a feeling that this is summarizing one of his biographers. A reference, such as "According to Smith," would be welcome, but I don't feel capable of making the changes myself. — Joke137 18:57, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
I note there is nothing here about the suborning of Hindenburg through his son Oskar , over their taxation irregularities at Neudeck , nor the gift of a further 5000 acres , parallel to the blackmail of 1933. Famekeeper 09:34, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Hindenburg, old and confused, thought he was meeting the emperor and called Hitler "Your Majesty".
Which emperor was this, in 1934? The article on German Empire says it ended in 1918. sjorford (?!) 11:39, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Does anybody know of Hindenburg as a hunter? His coat of arms is on a hunting dagger/hirschfanger. Can anybody explain what his coat of arms signifies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonydon ( talk • contribs) 18:30, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
The purported letter of Ludendorff to Hindenburg regarding Hitler seemed so preposterous, that I wrote to Sir Ian Kershaw, questioning it. It actually seemed incongruous that such a letter would have escaped historians and the history of the period for so long. Sir Ian Kershaw admitted to me that it was a forgery, and he has eliminated it from his book Hitler Hubris 1889-1936. He also told me that he has had difficulty from removing it from the German translation. I deleted it from Wikipedia, since it's not only a major inaccuracy, but simply false. Dr. Dan 17:27, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Is this an essay or an encyclopedia article about a person? The latter doesn't need a "Conclusion"-- 85.49.227.84 23:56, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
"He was not charismatic, but he did possess an ability to impress people." -- This statement seems contradictory and lacks a clear meaning. Do we mean he was an imposing presence, but not a compelling speaker? Imposing but phlegmatic?
Regarding Posen/Poznan: The city was internationally recognized as part of Prussia and then Germany from the second partition of Poland in 1793 until the changes wrought by the Versailles Treaty in 1919; its reincorporation into Germany during the Nazi occupation was not internationally recognized. Therefore, I made it: "Hindenburg was born in Posen, Prussia (since 1919 Poznań, Poland)...."
I don't think the earlier history of Poznań is relevant to this article, and certainly the sort of nationalistic fumings from both sides seen above are irrelevant. Readers who wish to explore the ethnographic history of the area can consult the entry on Poznań.
Does anyone know anything about Hindenburg's wife? We say only that he was a "widower" and was buried with his wife at Tannenberg and again in Marburg.
Sca 19:46, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
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