Talk:Gelsenkirchen

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Hello, I am from Gelsenkirchen (Germany).


 * 1. During the Nazi era Gelsenkirchen was a centre of weapon and ammunition production, - incorrect (coal & oil)
 * 2. for this reason it was completely bombed down by allied air raids in World War II. - incorrect (not completely, <50 %)

Nobody.de 16:26, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 1. During the Nazi era Gelsenkirchen was a centre of coalproduction and Oil refinery,
 * 2. for this reason it was bombed by allied air raids in World War II.

Hello, Nobody
You puzzled me a bit with your "preselection". "Vorwahl" is generally "area code" in English.

Have a look at what I've done. Vielleicht werde ich später die anderen Teile des Gelsenkirchen-Artikels übersetzen. Ich weiß ziemlich wenig über Gelsenkirchen, trotz meines Besuchs, der zwei Wochen gedauert hat. Das war aber vor vielen Jahren, in 1981.

Hello,
I'm from Gelsenkirchen, too. It's true that it's been coal and hydrogenation industry, not ammunition (hydrogenation ~ making gas/fuel from coal) The article itself notes the hydrogenation plant. ("Hydrierwerk Scholven AG") During the war this plant has had its own Konzentrationslager, but it has been a Arbeitslager (working camp), not a Vernichtungslager (People were forced to work, not killed. Unlike Auschwitz, for example)

Regards, Daniel

Template:Infobox German Location
Please introduce the Infobox German Location with image. It provides a coherent look among German cities. Lear 21 23:01, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Polish minority
See Ruhr Area, 5.1 % in 1900. This article completely ignores the existence of the Polish minority.Xx236 08:09, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

"city of a thousand fires"
Gelsenkirchen wasn't called "city of a thousand fires" "for all its smoking stacks" but for the flames of mine gasses being flared during the nights.

Pronunciation
The pronunciation given in the article shows the stress on the third syllable. Is this right? I visited Gelsenkirchen in 1981 and stayed there for two weeks and I seem to remember that it was consistently pronounced with stress on the first syllable. Kelisi 16:30, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Stress
Gelsenkirchen has a main stress on KIR and a weaker stress on GEL. Two stresses are not unsual for longer place names. 89.59.148.96 (talk)

Library
hello, I'm from Gelsenkirchen too and I have good friends workin at our libary. We have about more than 700.000 medias, like books, CDs, DVDs etc. pp., in our library. Klaus 18th March 2008  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.61.153.163 (talk) 19:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Postcodes
You really believe it to be important for a encyclopedia that Gelsenkirchen once had two postcodes in the long time ancient German post code system?? Gerhard51 (talk) 20:17, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Notable people
A diference of opinion on how notable people should be presented was raised on my talk page. To give other editors who might be interested in the subject an opportunity to chime in, I'll move this here:  Hello Michael Bednarek, before you delete the photos, please have a look at Solingen famous people. Since a few weeks I expand articles in enwiki about German towns, and this is the first time that another user delets the photos. I can't see the reason why this should be handled in another way than in dewiki.Thanks--Buchbibliothek (talk) 20:18, 14 September 2016 (UTC) Buchbibliothek wants to include pictures of some of the listed people, I think that's unnecessary because a) those pictures are only 1 click away; b) potentially misleading because the selection seems to indicate a "more notable" status for those depicted; c) WP:GALLERY strongly cautions against galleries – "The images in the gallery collectively must have encyclopedic value and add to the reader's understanding of the subject." – images of notable people who happen to be born in Gelsenkirchen do not add to the reader's understanding of this article; d) the article already has too many pictures and not enough text – a section on culture is sorely missing (Musiktheater im Revier, de:Hans-Sachs-Haus, museums, significant architecture – all missing). As for the references to Solingen and the German Wikipedia: a) the article on Solingen is not the yardstick for articles on cities and we shouldn't repeat its mistakes; b) the German Wikipedia has its own list of notables at de:Liste von Persönlichkeiten der Stadt Gelsenkirchen, a common approach there and well worth following,. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 11:13, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello Micael Bednarek, thanks for your edit here. I wait whether other users will write here their opinion. Regards--Buchbibliothek (talk) 12:26, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello again, I wanted to avoid a wasteland of text, and second, the reader of enwiki does not know, whether there is a foto behind the name.Regards--Buchbibliothek (talk) 10:12, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
 * A list of notable people is no wasteland of text. If anything, this article has too many pictures. As you have already found out in your 6 edits on 15 September, it's quite difficult to fit more. Your solution of a gallery of 3 selected pictures of dubious quality creates a visual break in the main article; I refer you again to WP:GALLERY, mentioned above. Your initial revert of my edit also I made; I will reinstate those improvements, add a bit about edutacion/science, and remove the gallery. The article badly needs a section on culture and architecture, but that will take more than a few minutes. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:05, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello, sorry for reverting your improvements, my mistake. Regards.--Buchbibliothek (talk) 19:25, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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What about Ückendorf?
Never mentioned in this article? This is bullshit. I will take some pictures in these days. Stay tuned. Abwun (talk) 02:14, 10 June 2020 (UTC)