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I've just created the article 2008 in Germany. Building such chronicles has proven very useful over at WP Australia and I think that it should be done here too. These pages are very handy as a focal centre for the addition of new information, and to highlight what articles need work (or creation). By looking at List of years in Germany, very few such pages have been made - meanwhile there are pages to cover the previous 200+ years of Australian history (starting with 1788 in Australia). See also the rather sparse Timeline of German history. So if any interesting Germany-related events come up, please consider adding it onto this page. And please cite as much as possible - this makes it easier to transfer reliable information to the relevant articles. The format that I am using is simply taken from the Australian version, so I'm open to suggestions for any modifications. - 52 Pickup ( talk) 17:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I am the creator of All Saints' Church, Wittenberg, and I'm wondering if the article could be assessed by this WikiProject. Thanks in advance, and by the way, All Saints', where Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses and is buried, is currently nominated to be a good article, and any input would be much appreciated. Benjamin Scrīptum est - Fecī 01:12, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, there is a proposal to rename Bombing of Dresden in World War II to Bombing of Dresden for the sake of simplicity. If you have any interest in this, your comments would be appreciated here. Many thanks, SlimVirgin (talk) (contribs) 14:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I have initiated an RfC on whether the Scharnhorst class should be referred to as battleships or battlecruisers. Since this article is within the scope of this Wikipeoject I thought I should mention it here, as wel las at WP:MILHIST and WP:SHIPS. Talk:Scharnhorst_class_battlecruiser#Request_for_Comment:_Battleships_or_Battlecruisers.3F Regards, The Land ( talk) 16:22, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
If anyone is interested in our assessment process: there is a backlog at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Germany/Assessment#Requests_for_assessment. Kusma ( talk) 09:44, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Battle of Jutland has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Woody ( talk) 14:54, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
I was invited to join this wikiproject - I guess it was because I wrote a page on that FDJ (?) song. Does someone want to ask a question? Bau auf! Bau auf!? - Qu e ntin Smith 17:00, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Someone invited me to join. But I really don't know much about Germany. The only suggestion I have is: make a category called Birds of Germany. -- HoopoeBaijiKite 22:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Alright. I will then! :) -- HoopoeBaijiKite 22:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Zeitgespenst invited me to join. Actually, I can't speak German, because I'm not live in German. Mikhailov Kusserow ( talk) 02:23, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Gutentag! I amended the assessment from Stub to Start-Class now that someone has added a decent amount of bio. Hope that's ok. Secret Squïrrel, approx 11:50, 29 January 2008 (Earth Standard Time)
I think this page should be looked at very soon. A vandal has clearly edited without it being noticed. The info sections appear to be fine, but the introduction has had "minor" changes. Boomsta ( talk) 14:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Athanasius Kircher has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Nishkid64 ( talk) 05:25, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
User:Daniel Chiswick is tagging articles on the list of NPOV issues on the Wikiproject Germany page with NPOV tags. I'm sure he is trying to be helpful in telling the general Wikipedia editors that these articles have problems but it doesn't help that his mass tagging makes no mention of what is wrong with these articles. In short, he is trying to help but he is not helping just sort of spamming. 128.227.67.253 ( talk) 05:54, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I was just given a list of tasks to do, so I'm trying to help. Daniel Chiswick ( talk) 06:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Any idea why Breinigerberg and Uetersen get articles in so many languages? The status as of now: Breinigerberg 117 languages, Uetersen 111 languages. Many of these wikipedias don't even have articles for Munich or Cologne. Another example: Międzyrzec Podlaski. Markussep Talk 16:09, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Uetersen has now 220 articles (26 Jun 2008), User Huhu created most or all of them in those languages under various IP Addresses and he constantly expanded and revised. --- User:87.122.66.24 17:05 , 20 May 2008 (UTC) (from Germany).
I have started an article on Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff, but as my German is pitiful I cannot make much sense of the many German sources I've come across. I'm particularly interested in amplifying the following:
Unfortunately Babelfish translation of the German Wikipedia page is barely coherent, much less informative.
Thanks for all the help you can give on this. Mangoe ( talk) 05:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Is the family name Adlers of Aders for the article Erwin Adlers? Perhaps somebody could help me on it? STTW (talk) 21:08, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Talk:Braunschweig as to whether to move the page to Brunswick (Germany) or Brunswick, Germany. Feel free to comment there. Knepflerle ( talk) 22:00, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
After creating the article I found that this article had earlier been deleted, just few weeks ago! Google says a lot about this award but mostly in german context. Perhaps some could help me in improving the article or lets say save it from being deleted again? -- STTW (talk) 16:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
I found de:Vorlage:DSyk and put it on the English Wikipedia as Template:DSyk - I do not know German so much of the text that came with the German template needs to be translated. WhisperToMe ( talk) 02:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Please see this discussion: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_European_history#AfDs_needing_expert_attention and the relevant articles and AfDs. We could use help with this and maybe we could use this as an opportunity to explore collaborating more formally. Thanks.-- Doug.( talk • contribs) 15:42, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'd appreciates some help in adding the States of Germany to this list. Cheers! bd2412 T 21:41, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello! I have recently listed the article kobold for peer review. The review page can be found here. I would appreciate it if some of the members of this project might take a look and offer some comments on the article. One area that would be nice to have feedback on is the German geographical locations mentioned in the article. Many of them are redlinks, but I may have misspelled something or not realized that a place is known by a different name or spelling of that name. Please take a look if you get a chance. Thanks, — Dulcem ( talk) 06:29, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Also, has anyone who lives in Germany and visited the cultural/folklore section of a museum ever seen any kobold carved figurines? If so have they taken a photograph? Casliber ( talk · contribs) 23:56, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Regarding WP:GERCON, should RWTH Aachen be moved to University of Aachen? Olessi ( talk) 02:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I would appreciate your help with translating the following German text by Goethe that appears in the article " Bucentaur":
Um mit einem Worte den Begriff des Bucentaur auszusprechen, nenne ich ihn eine Prachtgaleere. Der ältere, von dem wir noch Abbildungen haben, rechtfertigt diese Benennung noch mehr als der gegenwärtige, der uns durch seinen Glanz über seinen Ursprung verblendet.
Abfahrt der Bucentaure. Vedute von Francesco Guardi.
Ich komme immer auf mein Altes zurück. Wenn dem Künstler ein echter Gegenstand gegeben ist, so kann er etwas Echtes leisten. Hier war ihm aufgetragen, eine Galeere zu bilden, die wert wäre, die Häupter der Republik am feierlichsten Tage zum Sakrament ihrer hergebrachten Meerherrschaft zu tragen, und diese Aufgabe ist fürtrefflich ausgeführt. Das Schiff ist ganz Zierat, also darf man nicht sagen: mit Zierat überladen, ganz vergoldetes Schnitzwerk, sonst zu keinem Gebrauch, eine wahre Monstranz, um dem Volke seine Häupter recht herrlich zu zeigen. Wissen wir doch: das Volk, wie es gern seine Hüte schmückt, will auch seine Obern prächtig und geputzt sehen. Dieses Prunkschiff ist ein rechtes Inventarienstück, woran man sehen kann, was die Venezianer waren und sich zu sein dünkten.
With the help of an online translator and a dictionary I've come up with the following, but I suspect it's not entirely accurate and I'm unsure of the meanings of some words:
[In order to express the concept of the Bucentaur with one word, I call it a Prachtgaleere [magnificent galley]. The older one, which we still have illustrations of, justifies this designation even more than the present one, as we are dazzled by the gloss of its origin. ... I always return to my old theme. If a genuine object is given to the artist, then he can achieve something genuine. Here was laid on him the responsibility of constructing a galley worthy of carrying the heads of the Republic on the most solemn day to conscrate their traditional dominion over the sea, and this task he carried out excellently. The ship is itself an ornament; therefore one may not say that it is overloaded with ornaments, and that its gilded carvings are useless. It is a true monstrance, in order to show the people that their leaders are indeed wonderful. Nevertheless, we know this: the people, who are fond of decorating their hats, also want to see those with authority over them in splendour and dressed up. This magnificent ship is quite an item of inventory, from which one can see what the Venetians are and desire to be.]
Do reply on the article's talk page. Thanks. — Cheers, JackLee – talk– 03:37, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
We have a number of A-Class Germany articles, but I don't understand how. We have no process in place for A-Class reviews like e.g. WP:MILHIST (which is basically an in-project FA review), and the standards of some of these A-Class articles vary significantly. For example, many articles have not even passed GA, or are former-GA articles.
I'm not sure how active people are here with regards to article assessment, so I don't think that it is possible to set up an A-Class review system like in WP:MILHIST - although if anyone is keen to start, I'd be interested to know. Perhaps, in the meantime, some other criteria for A-Class should be used instead. The following is lifted from WP:AUST:
For the moment, would it be right to say that an A-Class article should at least have passed GA? If so, then any A-Class articles that are not GA should be demoted to B. Or should we do away with A-Class completely? 52 Pickup (deal) 14:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
The fungus Gyromitra esculenta is sometimes called lorchel or lorel in English but I can't find any reference as to what this word actually means or where it is derived. I am guessing German as the name is used there. Can anyone help me with a reference for the derivation of the word lorchel.
Also, this mushroom was long considered edible but is deadly when raw. There is some reference in English-speaking texts to it being officially discouraged in Germany and it would be great if there was any official german gov't ruling on it on a gov't website. All help much appreciated. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 22:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
There is an entry in the Grimm's Deutsches Wörterbuch, vol. 12, that might give a clue:
-- FordPrefect42 ( talk) 11:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Der Blindgänger and Die Blindgänger were both released in 2004 and won film awards? -- STTW (talk) 23:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
If anyone is interested, I see at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Articles with notability questions - Help by Wikiprojects wanted that Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability has sorted articles with outstanding notability issues (as of 12 March 2008). Ours are here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability/Listing by project/Page 3#WikiProject Germany. They suggest making a project copy as an editable to-do list.-- Boson ( talk) 21:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
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Hello,
there are currently 60 articles in the scope of this project which are tagged with notability concerns. I have listed them here. (Note: this listing is based on a database snapshot of 12 March 2008 and may be slightly outdated.)
I would encourage members of this project to have a look at these articles, and see whether independent sources can be added, whether the articles can be merged into an article of larger scope, or possibly be deleted. Any help in cleaning up this backlog is appreciated. For further information, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability.
If you have any questions, please leave a message on the Notability project page or on my personal talk page. (I'm not watching this page however.) Thanks! -- B. Wolterding ( talk) 15:06, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi guys. I've got a bot that is fairly good at assessing articles automagically for class and in the case of municipality articles with a population figure in an infobox, for importance as well. I see you guys have been doing quite a lot of assessment manually, and if you want to carry on that way, it's fine by me, but I thought I'd make the offer and save someone some back-breaking work. There's been some discussion over on the France Project which you might want to read before replying - as I say there, the bot does seem to work better than you think it ought to, ;-/ and you save so much time with the automated assessments that picking over a few misplaced articles is trivial in comparison. I'm a bit snowed under with the comuni of Italy at the moment, so if you want to have a bit of a think about it, that's fine by me - and it gives you some time to put more infoboxes in place. FlagSteward ( talk) 19:55, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Subconscious (band) about a German heavy metal band article nominated for deletion. If you know more about this subject please add your views. Thank you, IZAK ( talk) 09:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
There is a whole family of people called Ernst whose articles were named Ernest and then the articles discussed them as Ernst:
I have moved Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Looking at their family trees, there are the likes of Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld etc. all with anglicised article names that then use the German names in the articles. Anyone got a bot that can deal with this mess?-- Peter cohen ( talk) 15:37, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Ulmer Münster is currently under the title Ulm Cathedral which is incorrect as it is a church not a cathedral. It is however also not a Minster (in the English meaning of the word). There is a proposal to rename the article to Ulmer Münster, which gets round these problems. However before I (or someone else) does this, what is the convention with putting umlauts into article names? Traveler100 ( talk) 17:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Accidentally coming upon the article on Karin Büttner-Janz I've noticed that its creator, Kay Körner ( here's some personal information on him) has done quite a lot of good work here, for example translating articles from German. But he seems to experience huge problems now due to having uploaded a lot of copyvio images. He also used multiple accounts (sockpuppets), blanked pages sometimes (e.g. some Nazi-related), etc. However, I strongly object to opinion, that he is a vandal, just unfamiliar with Wikipedia's rules and Wikipedia's behavior standards. Could we help him somehow? E.g. point him out some help pages he should read before he proceed, but prevent admins from kicking him off Wikipedia completely. His last edits appear to be done under Kay Körner account in Wikipedia (2008, January 5) and under the same account in Wikimedia [3] on March 25, 2008. Cmapm ( talk) 23:47, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
It looks a lot like the above mentioned user has returned under User:Shgdh and IP User:141.30.133.98. He follows his usuall pattern but his language seems more abusive then ever, revert bast. vandalism with lies, fuck you bastard! and revert vandalism by drug admin are not a good sign! He is now operating out of the Technische Universitaet Dresden rather then the Saxon State Library. I have reported the issue to the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. EA210269 ( talk) 04:53, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I started a new article on this German politician. I would be glad if anybody could look over it. Regards, -- Abrech ( talk) 10:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
I am trying to transcribe this invitation, with the words needed below. It's too blury for a non fluent speaker like me to read, and I can't get a better scan. If any one could help that would be appreciated, it goes für..... Epson291 ( talk) 03:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
It says "für Herrn L. Mozkin
In der feierlichen Eröffnungssitzung ist das schwarze
Hemd und weiße Halsbinde vorgeschrieben".
Looks like an admittance card to a very formal / official event; in English, it would read
"(To/For) Mr. L. Mozkin
For the formal opening session, black
shirt and white necklet are (mandatory/to be worn)"
Hope that helps. BTW, what did you need that for? Greetings,
Lost Boy (
talk) 04:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
I was just wondering if anybody noticed the [ Pennsylvania German] Wikipedia. I just noticed when I was looking at, oddly enough, the article for Benedikt XVI. It seems easy enough to read, and interesting as well. Grsz 11 05:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I was looking at the articles on the Romantic Road and Schwarzwaldhochstraße, and wondered if we should have a category for these like in the German Wiki. i.e. Ferienstraße If so, what would the best English translation be? Vacation Roads, Themed Drives, Tourist Routes...? Amwyll Rwden ( talk) 12:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Of the approximately 26,500 articles in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 7500 titles have been imported to the German Wikisource. I've done a bit of automatic and manual munging of them to try to point to plausible English article titles, removed the ones that already exist, and put the remainder at User:Delirium/ADB as a list of articles we should probably have at some point. -- Delirium ( talk) 03:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Due to the good ideas I got in my previous post, I will pose some related questions. Is there a standard way to translate Stadtteil / Ortsteil? Is there a list of standard translations for this type of term beyond this list? I would also like ideas about how to translate Herrschaft in the sense of a medieval land holding and the rights/responsibilities that go with it. For an example see here. Domain(s), holding, honor, ... I'm sure that there is a more precise English word for it. Amwyll Rwden ( talk) 07:21, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject Films has solicited interest in creating a German cinema task force. We'd like to cordially welcome all regular editors of these articles to voice their interest in starting this task force so as to see if there is sufficient support. Many thanks! Girolamo Savonarola ( talk) 02:22, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
This article is currently ranked as Stub-class. Could someone please take a look and bump it up to Start- or B-class? Thanks. Aryaman (Enlist!) 13:11, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
In an attempt to remove all red links from the Template:BavariaPMs I've created articles about some of the missing former PM's, specifically Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld, Heinrich Held and Ludwig Siebert. Now only Hanns Seidel is still missing but I hope to get to him soon. I've found only limited sources, except for Held, and if somebody with some more knowledge could add a bit more background, it would be great. EA210269 ( talk) 22:41, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
HI,
Im new to wikipedia. I want to contribute by translating german wikipages to english. But there doesnt seem to be a clear-cut way to do it. Ive been going around in circles. Can anyone tell me how to go about translating a page. There seems to be just too much info and not much procedure.
Thanks Pavitrabaxi ( talk) 06:52, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm really taking German in school this year, but next year I will, so I'm not really that much use, but If you need any help just tell me. Thanks for your time. JosephJames6 ( talk) 02:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
...... Dendodge .. Talk Help 00:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
During my translation of the Article de:Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine (Main Article: Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine), I keep running across two descriptive legal terms for German not-for-profit corporations and associations: "Color-carrying" (farbentragende) and "non-color-carrying" (nichtfarbentragende). Exactly what "colors" (Farben) are referred to in this distinction? Some background on the matter would be helpful in accurizing this Translation Work In Progress. B. C. Schmerker ( talk) 06:07, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
-- Kgfleischmann ( talk) 12:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
...... Dendodge .. Talk Help 20:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Is up for Featured Article Review. Please take a look and see if you are interested in helping it come up to current standards. Thank you. Judgesurreal777 ( talk) 01:35, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Within WikiProject Companies I am trying to establish guidelines for all Lists of companies by country, the implementation of which would hopefully ensure a minimum quality standard and level of consistency across all of these related but currently disparate articles. The ultimate goal is the improvement of these articles to Featured List status. As a WikiProject that currently has one of these lists within your scope, I would really appreciate your feedback! You can find the draft guidelines here. Thanks for your help as we look to build consensus and improve Wikipedia! - Richc80 ( talk) 21:28, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
In the next days I'll try to create at least Stub-class articles for every German Landtag, so if anyone wants to help out, come join me. - Bundesamt ( talk) 21:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know if this muscial act is likel to be notable? All the online sources I can find are in German (which I don't speak), sorry for the trouble. Guest9999 ( talk) 22:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I am growing increasingly irritated when I find some geographical feature that is displayed under some obscure pseudo English name. I can just about stomach the Rhineland Palatinate- but who in their right mind thought of doing a redirect so Köln arrives at Cologne. To be consistent shouldn´t Mainz redirect to Mayence? Ore Mountains? Where are these 'cod' translations coming from? Will I wake up one morning and find the article on the Elstergebirge is now called the Magpie Hills (no that was irony not a proposal). Has anyone got an opinion.Should we be working on a policy to standardise spelling to those found in the Philips Atlas of the World 2001 ISBN 0-540-08070-5 (or any other that we can buy at WHSmiths)? That could be a proposal. ClemRutter ( talk) 10:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
I made my first comment to judge other folks reactions, so would now like to comment.
Carabinieri helpfully has collected some examples, of the 'artificial' name. I would suggest that these references are mainly circular- that the Guardian/ Bloomberg etc journalists took the name from Wikipedia. Using the search facility within the Guardian site, shows that it is not consistent.
Doing a number count on a search, gives 11/4 in favour of Erzgebirge, to few to be significant and heavily distorted by the existence of a football team.
I too have had a look at the britannica- but chose the edition that wouldn't be influenced by a Wikipedia error.
This is fascinating because its article is firmly headed Erzgebirge. Also it may show how the error started as a subeditors mistake. (ore mountains) was a literal translation, but when capitalised it appears that this was the legitimate English name for this feature. Context shows that EB had intended it merely as a translation.
I think this is enough to show- the correct name. But still, I had suggested that we may use a standard atlas- I named one that is widely available. Its advantage is a flash on the front saying in Association with the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers. But this is not a rigourous approach to notability. I have similarly consulted a 1962 Johnston and Bacon Atlas, and the Oxford/Penguin World Atlas all with identical results. These are deliberately not Road Atlases which would use local spelling. The 1962 Atlas uses the Cologne/Munich spellings.
The other issue discussed was whether a cross border geographic feature should have neutral name. Where there is an English usage such Aix la Chapelle/Aachen this would be relevant, but in the case of Slovak, Lower Sorbian or Czech I cannot think of any transfer into English- and indeed in the case of Bohemia it is currently in the Czech Republic but there is a sizeable German speaking minority. There seems to be no usage of 'Ore mountains' before 1911.
There is also the small problem of the word 'mountain', in European English usage it is debatable whether the Erzgebirge are hills or very low mountains( Mittelgebirge) - 600m being the cut off point by one definition.
For the sake of accuracy, I think we should initiate the process to correct this mistake and change the advice in : Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)so it is no longer inconsistent when it says: When a widely accepted English name, in a modern context, exists for a place, we should use it.
ClemRutter ( talk) 22:34, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
There is a proposal to move this article to a new name. Noel S McFerran ( talk) 03:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I've been working on the entry for German dance act Snap! and would appreciate it if you'd take a look and improve its score and ad any suggestions to how it can be improved. AcerBen ( talk) 13:25, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Maria Orsitsch may be a minor historical figure, or may be a myth. Does anyone have any source material to support the inclusion of this article? Thanks! -- Kevin Murray ( talk) 18:46, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
It is possible that this anti-German might be unbanned because of lobbying of affiliated users at his completed case . It is at the Poland board. Why not here too.-- 195.4.112.49 ( talk) 17:19, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Could someone whose German is better than my rusty memories please try communicating with User:PARADISEINN (also editing as the IP User:90.227.187.229)? He has been rewriting the list/disambig page Heine, in German, as a series of mini-articles about members of the family; creating articles, in German, about various members of the Heine family (including ones about whom we already have articles, and including one that appears to be about himself), most of which seem to be verbatim copies from some reference work; and in general indicating that he doesn't really understand how the English Wikipedia works. A note on his talk page in German might be helpful. Deor ( talk) 12:46, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Currently, 2995 articles assigned to this project, or 10.6%, are flagged for cleanup of some sort. (Data as of 18 June 2008.) Are you interested in finding out more? I am offering to generate cleanup to-do lists on a project or work group level. See User:B. Wolterding/Cleanup listings for details. If you want to respond to this canned message, please do so at my user talk page. -- B. Wolterding ( talk) 12:50, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
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I've just created the article 2008 in Germany. Building such chronicles has proven very useful over at WP Australia and I think that it should be done here too. These pages are very handy as a focal centre for the addition of new information, and to highlight what articles need work (or creation). By looking at List of years in Germany, very few such pages have been made - meanwhile there are pages to cover the previous 200+ years of Australian history (starting with 1788 in Australia). See also the rather sparse Timeline of German history. So if any interesting Germany-related events come up, please consider adding it onto this page. And please cite as much as possible - this makes it easier to transfer reliable information to the relevant articles. The format that I am using is simply taken from the Australian version, so I'm open to suggestions for any modifications. - 52 Pickup ( talk) 17:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I am the creator of All Saints' Church, Wittenberg, and I'm wondering if the article could be assessed by this WikiProject. Thanks in advance, and by the way, All Saints', where Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses and is buried, is currently nominated to be a good article, and any input would be much appreciated. Benjamin Scrīptum est - Fecī 01:12, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, there is a proposal to rename Bombing of Dresden in World War II to Bombing of Dresden for the sake of simplicity. If you have any interest in this, your comments would be appreciated here. Many thanks, SlimVirgin (talk) (contribs) 14:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I have initiated an RfC on whether the Scharnhorst class should be referred to as battleships or battlecruisers. Since this article is within the scope of this Wikipeoject I thought I should mention it here, as wel las at WP:MILHIST and WP:SHIPS. Talk:Scharnhorst_class_battlecruiser#Request_for_Comment:_Battleships_or_Battlecruisers.3F Regards, The Land ( talk) 16:22, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
If anyone is interested in our assessment process: there is a backlog at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Germany/Assessment#Requests_for_assessment. Kusma ( talk) 09:44, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Battle of Jutland has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Woody ( talk) 14:54, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
I was invited to join this wikiproject - I guess it was because I wrote a page on that FDJ (?) song. Does someone want to ask a question? Bau auf! Bau auf!? - Qu e ntin Smith 17:00, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Someone invited me to join. But I really don't know much about Germany. The only suggestion I have is: make a category called Birds of Germany. -- HoopoeBaijiKite 22:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Alright. I will then! :) -- HoopoeBaijiKite 22:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Zeitgespenst invited me to join. Actually, I can't speak German, because I'm not live in German. Mikhailov Kusserow ( talk) 02:23, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Gutentag! I amended the assessment from Stub to Start-Class now that someone has added a decent amount of bio. Hope that's ok. Secret Squïrrel, approx 11:50, 29 January 2008 (Earth Standard Time)
I think this page should be looked at very soon. A vandal has clearly edited without it being noticed. The info sections appear to be fine, but the introduction has had "minor" changes. Boomsta ( talk) 14:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Athanasius Kircher has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Nishkid64 ( talk) 05:25, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
User:Daniel Chiswick is tagging articles on the list of NPOV issues on the Wikiproject Germany page with NPOV tags. I'm sure he is trying to be helpful in telling the general Wikipedia editors that these articles have problems but it doesn't help that his mass tagging makes no mention of what is wrong with these articles. In short, he is trying to help but he is not helping just sort of spamming. 128.227.67.253 ( talk) 05:54, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I was just given a list of tasks to do, so I'm trying to help. Daniel Chiswick ( talk) 06:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Any idea why Breinigerberg and Uetersen get articles in so many languages? The status as of now: Breinigerberg 117 languages, Uetersen 111 languages. Many of these wikipedias don't even have articles for Munich or Cologne. Another example: Międzyrzec Podlaski. Markussep Talk 16:09, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Uetersen has now 220 articles (26 Jun 2008), User Huhu created most or all of them in those languages under various IP Addresses and he constantly expanded and revised. --- User:87.122.66.24 17:05 , 20 May 2008 (UTC) (from Germany).
I have started an article on Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff, but as my German is pitiful I cannot make much sense of the many German sources I've come across. I'm particularly interested in amplifying the following:
Unfortunately Babelfish translation of the German Wikipedia page is barely coherent, much less informative.
Thanks for all the help you can give on this. Mangoe ( talk) 05:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Is the family name Adlers of Aders for the article Erwin Adlers? Perhaps somebody could help me on it? STTW (talk) 21:08, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Talk:Braunschweig as to whether to move the page to Brunswick (Germany) or Brunswick, Germany. Feel free to comment there. Knepflerle ( talk) 22:00, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
After creating the article I found that this article had earlier been deleted, just few weeks ago! Google says a lot about this award but mostly in german context. Perhaps some could help me in improving the article or lets say save it from being deleted again? -- STTW (talk) 16:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
I found de:Vorlage:DSyk and put it on the English Wikipedia as Template:DSyk - I do not know German so much of the text that came with the German template needs to be translated. WhisperToMe ( talk) 02:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Please see this discussion: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_European_history#AfDs_needing_expert_attention and the relevant articles and AfDs. We could use help with this and maybe we could use this as an opportunity to explore collaborating more formally. Thanks.-- Doug.( talk • contribs) 15:42, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'd appreciates some help in adding the States of Germany to this list. Cheers! bd2412 T 21:41, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello! I have recently listed the article kobold for peer review. The review page can be found here. I would appreciate it if some of the members of this project might take a look and offer some comments on the article. One area that would be nice to have feedback on is the German geographical locations mentioned in the article. Many of them are redlinks, but I may have misspelled something or not realized that a place is known by a different name or spelling of that name. Please take a look if you get a chance. Thanks, — Dulcem ( talk) 06:29, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Also, has anyone who lives in Germany and visited the cultural/folklore section of a museum ever seen any kobold carved figurines? If so have they taken a photograph? Casliber ( talk · contribs) 23:56, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Regarding WP:GERCON, should RWTH Aachen be moved to University of Aachen? Olessi ( talk) 02:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I would appreciate your help with translating the following German text by Goethe that appears in the article " Bucentaur":
Um mit einem Worte den Begriff des Bucentaur auszusprechen, nenne ich ihn eine Prachtgaleere. Der ältere, von dem wir noch Abbildungen haben, rechtfertigt diese Benennung noch mehr als der gegenwärtige, der uns durch seinen Glanz über seinen Ursprung verblendet.
Abfahrt der Bucentaure. Vedute von Francesco Guardi.
Ich komme immer auf mein Altes zurück. Wenn dem Künstler ein echter Gegenstand gegeben ist, so kann er etwas Echtes leisten. Hier war ihm aufgetragen, eine Galeere zu bilden, die wert wäre, die Häupter der Republik am feierlichsten Tage zum Sakrament ihrer hergebrachten Meerherrschaft zu tragen, und diese Aufgabe ist fürtrefflich ausgeführt. Das Schiff ist ganz Zierat, also darf man nicht sagen: mit Zierat überladen, ganz vergoldetes Schnitzwerk, sonst zu keinem Gebrauch, eine wahre Monstranz, um dem Volke seine Häupter recht herrlich zu zeigen. Wissen wir doch: das Volk, wie es gern seine Hüte schmückt, will auch seine Obern prächtig und geputzt sehen. Dieses Prunkschiff ist ein rechtes Inventarienstück, woran man sehen kann, was die Venezianer waren und sich zu sein dünkten.
With the help of an online translator and a dictionary I've come up with the following, but I suspect it's not entirely accurate and I'm unsure of the meanings of some words:
[In order to express the concept of the Bucentaur with one word, I call it a Prachtgaleere [magnificent galley]. The older one, which we still have illustrations of, justifies this designation even more than the present one, as we are dazzled by the gloss of its origin. ... I always return to my old theme. If a genuine object is given to the artist, then he can achieve something genuine. Here was laid on him the responsibility of constructing a galley worthy of carrying the heads of the Republic on the most solemn day to conscrate their traditional dominion over the sea, and this task he carried out excellently. The ship is itself an ornament; therefore one may not say that it is overloaded with ornaments, and that its gilded carvings are useless. It is a true monstrance, in order to show the people that their leaders are indeed wonderful. Nevertheless, we know this: the people, who are fond of decorating their hats, also want to see those with authority over them in splendour and dressed up. This magnificent ship is quite an item of inventory, from which one can see what the Venetians are and desire to be.]
Do reply on the article's talk page. Thanks. — Cheers, JackLee – talk– 03:37, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
We have a number of A-Class Germany articles, but I don't understand how. We have no process in place for A-Class reviews like e.g. WP:MILHIST (which is basically an in-project FA review), and the standards of some of these A-Class articles vary significantly. For example, many articles have not even passed GA, or are former-GA articles.
I'm not sure how active people are here with regards to article assessment, so I don't think that it is possible to set up an A-Class review system like in WP:MILHIST - although if anyone is keen to start, I'd be interested to know. Perhaps, in the meantime, some other criteria for A-Class should be used instead. The following is lifted from WP:AUST:
For the moment, would it be right to say that an A-Class article should at least have passed GA? If so, then any A-Class articles that are not GA should be demoted to B. Or should we do away with A-Class completely? 52 Pickup (deal) 14:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
The fungus Gyromitra esculenta is sometimes called lorchel or lorel in English but I can't find any reference as to what this word actually means or where it is derived. I am guessing German as the name is used there. Can anyone help me with a reference for the derivation of the word lorchel.
Also, this mushroom was long considered edible but is deadly when raw. There is some reference in English-speaking texts to it being officially discouraged in Germany and it would be great if there was any official german gov't ruling on it on a gov't website. All help much appreciated. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 22:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
There is an entry in the Grimm's Deutsches Wörterbuch, vol. 12, that might give a clue:
-- FordPrefect42 ( talk) 11:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Der Blindgänger and Die Blindgänger were both released in 2004 and won film awards? -- STTW (talk) 23:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
If anyone is interested, I see at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Articles with notability questions - Help by Wikiprojects wanted that Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability has sorted articles with outstanding notability issues (as of 12 March 2008). Ours are here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability/Listing by project/Page 3#WikiProject Germany. They suggest making a project copy as an editable to-do list.-- Boson ( talk) 21:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
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Hello,
there are currently 60 articles in the scope of this project which are tagged with notability concerns. I have listed them here. (Note: this listing is based on a database snapshot of 12 March 2008 and may be slightly outdated.)
I would encourage members of this project to have a look at these articles, and see whether independent sources can be added, whether the articles can be merged into an article of larger scope, or possibly be deleted. Any help in cleaning up this backlog is appreciated. For further information, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability.
If you have any questions, please leave a message on the Notability project page or on my personal talk page. (I'm not watching this page however.) Thanks! -- B. Wolterding ( talk) 15:06, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi guys. I've got a bot that is fairly good at assessing articles automagically for class and in the case of municipality articles with a population figure in an infobox, for importance as well. I see you guys have been doing quite a lot of assessment manually, and if you want to carry on that way, it's fine by me, but I thought I'd make the offer and save someone some back-breaking work. There's been some discussion over on the France Project which you might want to read before replying - as I say there, the bot does seem to work better than you think it ought to, ;-/ and you save so much time with the automated assessments that picking over a few misplaced articles is trivial in comparison. I'm a bit snowed under with the comuni of Italy at the moment, so if you want to have a bit of a think about it, that's fine by me - and it gives you some time to put more infoboxes in place. FlagSteward ( talk) 19:55, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Subconscious (band) about a German heavy metal band article nominated for deletion. If you know more about this subject please add your views. Thank you, IZAK ( talk) 09:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
There is a whole family of people called Ernst whose articles were named Ernest and then the articles discussed them as Ernst:
I have moved Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Looking at their family trees, there are the likes of Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld etc. all with anglicised article names that then use the German names in the articles. Anyone got a bot that can deal with this mess?-- Peter cohen ( talk) 15:37, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Ulmer Münster is currently under the title Ulm Cathedral which is incorrect as it is a church not a cathedral. It is however also not a Minster (in the English meaning of the word). There is a proposal to rename the article to Ulmer Münster, which gets round these problems. However before I (or someone else) does this, what is the convention with putting umlauts into article names? Traveler100 ( talk) 17:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Accidentally coming upon the article on Karin Büttner-Janz I've noticed that its creator, Kay Körner ( here's some personal information on him) has done quite a lot of good work here, for example translating articles from German. But he seems to experience huge problems now due to having uploaded a lot of copyvio images. He also used multiple accounts (sockpuppets), blanked pages sometimes (e.g. some Nazi-related), etc. However, I strongly object to opinion, that he is a vandal, just unfamiliar with Wikipedia's rules and Wikipedia's behavior standards. Could we help him somehow? E.g. point him out some help pages he should read before he proceed, but prevent admins from kicking him off Wikipedia completely. His last edits appear to be done under Kay Körner account in Wikipedia (2008, January 5) and under the same account in Wikimedia [3] on March 25, 2008. Cmapm ( talk) 23:47, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
It looks a lot like the above mentioned user has returned under User:Shgdh and IP User:141.30.133.98. He follows his usuall pattern but his language seems more abusive then ever, revert bast. vandalism with lies, fuck you bastard! and revert vandalism by drug admin are not a good sign! He is now operating out of the Technische Universitaet Dresden rather then the Saxon State Library. I have reported the issue to the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. EA210269 ( talk) 04:53, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I started a new article on this German politician. I would be glad if anybody could look over it. Regards, -- Abrech ( talk) 10:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
I am trying to transcribe this invitation, with the words needed below. It's too blury for a non fluent speaker like me to read, and I can't get a better scan. If any one could help that would be appreciated, it goes für..... Epson291 ( talk) 03:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
It says "für Herrn L. Mozkin
In der feierlichen Eröffnungssitzung ist das schwarze
Hemd und weiße Halsbinde vorgeschrieben".
Looks like an admittance card to a very formal / official event; in English, it would read
"(To/For) Mr. L. Mozkin
For the formal opening session, black
shirt and white necklet are (mandatory/to be worn)"
Hope that helps. BTW, what did you need that for? Greetings,
Lost Boy (
talk) 04:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
I was just wondering if anybody noticed the [ Pennsylvania German] Wikipedia. I just noticed when I was looking at, oddly enough, the article for Benedikt XVI. It seems easy enough to read, and interesting as well. Grsz 11 05:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I was looking at the articles on the Romantic Road and Schwarzwaldhochstraße, and wondered if we should have a category for these like in the German Wiki. i.e. Ferienstraße If so, what would the best English translation be? Vacation Roads, Themed Drives, Tourist Routes...? Amwyll Rwden ( talk) 12:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Of the approximately 26,500 articles in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 7500 titles have been imported to the German Wikisource. I've done a bit of automatic and manual munging of them to try to point to plausible English article titles, removed the ones that already exist, and put the remainder at User:Delirium/ADB as a list of articles we should probably have at some point. -- Delirium ( talk) 03:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Due to the good ideas I got in my previous post, I will pose some related questions. Is there a standard way to translate Stadtteil / Ortsteil? Is there a list of standard translations for this type of term beyond this list? I would also like ideas about how to translate Herrschaft in the sense of a medieval land holding and the rights/responsibilities that go with it. For an example see here. Domain(s), holding, honor, ... I'm sure that there is a more precise English word for it. Amwyll Rwden ( talk) 07:21, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject Films has solicited interest in creating a German cinema task force. We'd like to cordially welcome all regular editors of these articles to voice their interest in starting this task force so as to see if there is sufficient support. Many thanks! Girolamo Savonarola ( talk) 02:22, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
This article is currently ranked as Stub-class. Could someone please take a look and bump it up to Start- or B-class? Thanks. Aryaman (Enlist!) 13:11, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
In an attempt to remove all red links from the Template:BavariaPMs I've created articles about some of the missing former PM's, specifically Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld, Heinrich Held and Ludwig Siebert. Now only Hanns Seidel is still missing but I hope to get to him soon. I've found only limited sources, except for Held, and if somebody with some more knowledge could add a bit more background, it would be great. EA210269 ( talk) 22:41, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
HI,
Im new to wikipedia. I want to contribute by translating german wikipages to english. But there doesnt seem to be a clear-cut way to do it. Ive been going around in circles. Can anyone tell me how to go about translating a page. There seems to be just too much info and not much procedure.
Thanks Pavitrabaxi ( talk) 06:52, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm really taking German in school this year, but next year I will, so I'm not really that much use, but If you need any help just tell me. Thanks for your time. JosephJames6 ( talk) 02:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
...... Dendodge .. Talk Help 00:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
During my translation of the Article de:Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine (Main Article: Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine), I keep running across two descriptive legal terms for German not-for-profit corporations and associations: "Color-carrying" (farbentragende) and "non-color-carrying" (nichtfarbentragende). Exactly what "colors" (Farben) are referred to in this distinction? Some background on the matter would be helpful in accurizing this Translation Work In Progress. B. C. Schmerker ( talk) 06:07, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
-- Kgfleischmann ( talk) 12:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
...... Dendodge .. Talk Help 20:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Is up for Featured Article Review. Please take a look and see if you are interested in helping it come up to current standards. Thank you. Judgesurreal777 ( talk) 01:35, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Within WikiProject Companies I am trying to establish guidelines for all Lists of companies by country, the implementation of which would hopefully ensure a minimum quality standard and level of consistency across all of these related but currently disparate articles. The ultimate goal is the improvement of these articles to Featured List status. As a WikiProject that currently has one of these lists within your scope, I would really appreciate your feedback! You can find the draft guidelines here. Thanks for your help as we look to build consensus and improve Wikipedia! - Richc80 ( talk) 21:28, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
In the next days I'll try to create at least Stub-class articles for every German Landtag, so if anyone wants to help out, come join me. - Bundesamt ( talk) 21:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know if this muscial act is likel to be notable? All the online sources I can find are in German (which I don't speak), sorry for the trouble. Guest9999 ( talk) 22:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I am growing increasingly irritated when I find some geographical feature that is displayed under some obscure pseudo English name. I can just about stomach the Rhineland Palatinate- but who in their right mind thought of doing a redirect so Köln arrives at Cologne. To be consistent shouldn´t Mainz redirect to Mayence? Ore Mountains? Where are these 'cod' translations coming from? Will I wake up one morning and find the article on the Elstergebirge is now called the Magpie Hills (no that was irony not a proposal). Has anyone got an opinion.Should we be working on a policy to standardise spelling to those found in the Philips Atlas of the World 2001 ISBN 0-540-08070-5 (or any other that we can buy at WHSmiths)? That could be a proposal. ClemRutter ( talk) 10:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
I made my first comment to judge other folks reactions, so would now like to comment.
Carabinieri helpfully has collected some examples, of the 'artificial' name. I would suggest that these references are mainly circular- that the Guardian/ Bloomberg etc journalists took the name from Wikipedia. Using the search facility within the Guardian site, shows that it is not consistent.
Doing a number count on a search, gives 11/4 in favour of Erzgebirge, to few to be significant and heavily distorted by the existence of a football team.
I too have had a look at the britannica- but chose the edition that wouldn't be influenced by a Wikipedia error.
This is fascinating because its article is firmly headed Erzgebirge. Also it may show how the error started as a subeditors mistake. (ore mountains) was a literal translation, but when capitalised it appears that this was the legitimate English name for this feature. Context shows that EB had intended it merely as a translation.
I think this is enough to show- the correct name. But still, I had suggested that we may use a standard atlas- I named one that is widely available. Its advantage is a flash on the front saying in Association with the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers. But this is not a rigourous approach to notability. I have similarly consulted a 1962 Johnston and Bacon Atlas, and the Oxford/Penguin World Atlas all with identical results. These are deliberately not Road Atlases which would use local spelling. The 1962 Atlas uses the Cologne/Munich spellings.
The other issue discussed was whether a cross border geographic feature should have neutral name. Where there is an English usage such Aix la Chapelle/Aachen this would be relevant, but in the case of Slovak, Lower Sorbian or Czech I cannot think of any transfer into English- and indeed in the case of Bohemia it is currently in the Czech Republic but there is a sizeable German speaking minority. There seems to be no usage of 'Ore mountains' before 1911.
There is also the small problem of the word 'mountain', in European English usage it is debatable whether the Erzgebirge are hills or very low mountains( Mittelgebirge) - 600m being the cut off point by one definition.
For the sake of accuracy, I think we should initiate the process to correct this mistake and change the advice in : Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)so it is no longer inconsistent when it says: When a widely accepted English name, in a modern context, exists for a place, we should use it.
ClemRutter ( talk) 22:34, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
There is a proposal to move this article to a new name. Noel S McFerran ( talk) 03:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I've been working on the entry for German dance act Snap! and would appreciate it if you'd take a look and improve its score and ad any suggestions to how it can be improved. AcerBen ( talk) 13:25, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Maria Orsitsch may be a minor historical figure, or may be a myth. Does anyone have any source material to support the inclusion of this article? Thanks! -- Kevin Murray ( talk) 18:46, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
It is possible that this anti-German might be unbanned because of lobbying of affiliated users at his completed case . It is at the Poland board. Why not here too.-- 195.4.112.49 ( talk) 17:19, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Could someone whose German is better than my rusty memories please try communicating with User:PARADISEINN (also editing as the IP User:90.227.187.229)? He has been rewriting the list/disambig page Heine, in German, as a series of mini-articles about members of the family; creating articles, in German, about various members of the Heine family (including ones about whom we already have articles, and including one that appears to be about himself), most of which seem to be verbatim copies from some reference work; and in general indicating that he doesn't really understand how the English Wikipedia works. A note on his talk page in German might be helpful. Deor ( talk) 12:46, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Currently, 2995 articles assigned to this project, or 10.6%, are flagged for cleanup of some sort. (Data as of 18 June 2008.) Are you interested in finding out more? I am offering to generate cleanup to-do lists on a project or work group level. See User:B. Wolterding/Cleanup listings for details. If you want to respond to this canned message, please do so at my user talk page. -- B. Wolterding ( talk) 12:50, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Paragraph 175 has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. — An gr 16:46, 27 June 2008 (UTC)