User talk:Cwinstanley99

Academic titles
Hi Cwinstanley99, being german myself, my impression is that the usage of academic titles for politicians in Germany is quite unsteady. Merkel is often called "Dr. Merkel" (as her being a physicist is part of the image, the media tries to give of her), but apart from her and one or two other people, academics are only mentioned, if once again some politican has been cought plagiarizing in his or her PhD ;-). This is at least my impression, as said. But apart from this: Academic titles are not used in Wikipedia as a matter of principle, not even scientists are styled that way. Stay healthy! Alektor89 (talk) 20:37, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Your edit in Bundesrat
Dear Cwinstanley, the next time you plan fundamental changes in a Wiki-article, please first take your case to the talk-page. There are good reasons to not show a seat-diagram of BR members according to party-membership, as the BR simply does not work this way. What many people inside and outside of Germany do not understand is that the BR is no parliament nor an upper house of parliament. It is a delegate assembly composed of delegates of the state governments, whose members are not allowed to vote the way they wish but in a manner, which is decided by the state cabinets beforehand, and thus they do not sit there as members of their parties. A good Wikipedia-article should reflect on this. Don't get me wrong, if you have suggestions for improvements, you are welcome, but please take them to the talk-page in order to reach a consensus first. Alektor89 (talk) 13:44, 11 May 2020 (UTC)