User talk:Djmutex/old003

Mission: Tübingen accomplished.  -- Someone else 19:42 1 Jun 2003 (UTC)

- Thanks for your interest. All of the text added is mine. I added the entirety of the content in a single edit (accidentally as an anon, having been signed off automatically due to sustained idleness) after having written it on Microsoft Word. As a hideous typist, this is necessary to avoid numerous errors. The serious of edits labeled "copyediting" were all minor afterwards, merely entailing adding brackets for the years and links and searching for mistakes.

I did intend to add content to the other categories, aside from the unification of Germany and the Second Reich. If the article's too long, we could remove my new content and add it to pages detailing separate eras. The Wiki articles on Russia come to mind, which has a paged with links to a series of articles, but no content on the history of Russia page. If you want to move the new content to a page, for example, on the Second Reich, feel free to do so. 172


 * Thanks for your reply. Actually, I'd rather not see any content added to the main History of Germany page; in fact, it was me who moved big chunks of content away from that main page to the various subpages. German history is so complicated that nobody will grasp it if it's a 200-page text. Besides, the page has more than 50 KB now. :-) But if you want to add anything to the subpages, I'm sure your expertise will be greatly appreciated... I am mainly working on Holy Roman Empire still, and other sections such as Nazi Germany are missing content.


 * So I will, as you suggested, move more stuff over from your new texts to German Confederation and German Empire. I know the first one is not entirely correct, but it's the best heading I can think of for the time from 1806--1866. Thanks! djmutex 11:36 5 Jul 2003 (UTC)

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All right: What is it that makes you translate «Bundestag» and «Bundesrat» with the words you've chosen (e.g. Federal Assembly)? How does «Bundesversammlung» fit in into your scheme?


 * I didn't make those translations. The articles existed before I added stuff to them, and I don't know who came up with these. You might want to ask a native speaker of English what these things are called in English political literature; I wouldn't know, but then again I wouldn't mind using the German terms, as I said. But then such a massive change (there are dozens of pages that link to these two) should only be made after an attempt of discussion on, say, the "Talk:Politics of Germany" page, if you ask me. I'd suggest that you word your suggestions there, and we could mobilize a few competent people what they think. djmutex 21:13 7 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Discussion continues on Talk:Politics of Germany. djmutex 08:11 8 Jul 2003 (UTC)

-- Excellent job on the German Confederation and German Empire pages! There are no other history articles laid out so well! 172

-- Thanks for the New York Supreme Court photo. In response to your question, I live in New York City, as my username suggests. Cjmnyc 16:52 12 Jul 2003 (UTC)

-- Sorry for neglecting the German history articles, which are in excellent shape by and large thanks to your contributions. I hope to start focusing on Germany once again and look at some of the ideas you proposed weeks ago. 172 09:41, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)

--- I meant to just restore some of the removed content. Later on, I'll restore some of your corrections. Good work overall. 172 03:48, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)

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