Talk:Nail Men

Name of article
In the Deutsch Wikipedia the term is rendered as "Wehrmann in Eisen" which translates to "Armed man/soldier in iron". Though they also give a large variety of other nicknames, "Nail man"(Nagelmann) is only one of the last one's. Perhaps we should consider changing the article's name to "Soldier in iron"?--Macarenses (talk) 06:17, 1 September 2011 (UTC)


 * It was hard to find the best title. The most inclusive German term is Kriegswahrzeichen - "war monument" - but that is too general and suggests a war memorial. The English-language sources are split between calling them Nail Men and Men of Iron, and focus on the statues of people; an alternative would have been to translate Wehrmann in/im Eisen, but the meaning there is on the edge of "guardian", "defender" and "armed man", and I haven't found English-language uses of any of those translations as terms for the things. So I went with the one of the 2 that I've seen used in English that was clearer and less likely to be confused with Iron Man.--Yngvadottir (talk) 12:10, 1 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree and would have liked to see that concise unique name on the Main page, but didn't find support. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:20, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Good point, "Nail Men" it is then.--Macarenses (talk) 14:28, 1 September 2011 (UTC)