Talk:Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Why not English name?
I thought it was Wikipedia policy to name articles according to the Wikipedia language, i.e., English on English Wikipedia. The German name should be the redirect. --RenniePet (talk) 13:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Doesn't WP:ENGLISH apply here? See also Order of the Badge of Honor, for example. The translation of the name would be "Federal Cross of Merit" or, officially, "Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany" -- megA (talk) 17:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * If we go by Google counts, as WP:ENGLISH suggests, it would still be Bundesverdienstkreuz. 84.75.172.225 (talk) 06:37, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Also from WP:ENGLISH: "Google hits an are an unreliable test..." But if one does a Google search in English, the results are: "Bundesverdienstkreuz" - 9,740 hits. "Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany" - 13,100 hits. Let's redirect the German name to this article like RenniePet suggested. De728631 (talk) 23:42, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Move
Is this not moved yet?

The discussion (above) is over a year old, and there is no good reason for the article to stay at "Bundesverdienstkreuz".

Also, regarding Google hits; I got almost 3 million for "Federal Cross of Merit", so I’m going with that as the common name.

Moved, per WP:ENGLISH. Xyl 54 (talk) 03:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Error in order of the ribbons
It looks like the "medal" and "cross" ribbon images are reversed. The "medal" should not contain the cross. Can someone fix this. I am not really a computer expert. I've tried numerous searchers to find a source. So much for an internet search. They all point back to Wikipedia as the source. Cheers, Huffnpuff 19:23, 1 October 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Capt.Huffnpuff (talk • contribs) Also see http://www.rkwetterau.de/html/hauptteil_brd_oez.html and http://www.ordensmuseum.de/bvo/mini.htm Cheers, Huffnpuff 16:53, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Since the medal itself contains a version of the cross, also the medal ribbon displays this miniature medal. It may seems weird to you but I can attest that the images are completely correct. De728631 (talk) 23:34, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: moved to Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Peter Karlsen (talk) 03:49, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Federal Cross of Merit → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany — Hello, I would like to suggest to move the article to "Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany". To my mind, this would be more appropriate as this is the official English version of the order's name, whereas "Federal Cross of Merit" is just a translation of the colloquial German "Bundesverdienstkreuz". It is in itself not even the name of any of the classes of the Order of Merit. --DeMonsoon (talk) 10:29, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. It is the correct translation, and furthermore, it is the official English name according to the website of the Federal President of the German Republic. I advise to change the name per WP:BOLD. If in case someone disagrees, move it back and start a requested move / inquiry per WP:RM. Diodecimus (talk) 17:42, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Refusal deleted instantly as "not notable"
The following was deleted moments after it was added as "not notable". What are opinions on this? It can be argues that this is more notable than the most of those who accepted the honour. If, after consideration, it is deemed notable, please re-add.

Best wishes, Pol098 (talk) 18:49, 4 June 2021 (UTC)