User talk:Poelchau

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Poelchau, good luck, and have fun.   scope_creep Talk  20:09, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Harald Poelchau
Hi I reverted that. National Socialism isn't used in the manner on this Wikipedia and double-sided in the lede. It is used predominately on the German Wikipedia, so reverted. I put the Jugendbewegung in parentheses. This copyedit your doing is excellent. I plan to submit to GA review.  scope_creep Talk  23:11, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I am glad that somebody took the time and effort to put together an English page on Poelchau. Who did it?
 * As his son I felt obligated to check it and make corrections and additions. Poelchau (talk) 00:23, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I wrote the article. As your Harold Poelchau son, I don't think you should edit the article any further. Wikipedia has a strict policy known as the conflict of interest policy at WP:COI that states you shouldn't edit an article of subject where you have a close relationship. I would leave it there for the moment. I don't think there is too much more to be done. If the article needs to be updated, please leave any suggestions on the articles talk page and I will take a look at them and review them and manually put them in the article. I'm sorry about that. The updates have been excellent so far.   scope_creep Talk  09:58, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll send my changes/suggestions to you, and let you do them or decide.
 * May I ask what motivated you to start the page on Poelchau?
 * Here are a few items that need to be corrected (1-4&6). There are several non working links like 5.
 * 1. Line 5: became a anti-fascist -> became an anti-fascist
 * Done. ✅
 * 2. in Life, last sentence: in 1945 the Harald's daughter Andrea -> in 1945 Harald's daughter Andrea
 * Done. ✅
 * 3. Career, last Par.: was instated on 1 April 1933 -> was installed on 1 April 1933
 * Not done. Instated means installed. The article is British English.
 * 4. World War II 2nd par,2nd to last line: (who were also named, Righteous -> (who were also named Righteous
 * Done. ✅
 * 5. Word War II, 2nd par, last line: Carl-Friedrich Weiss -> Carl Friedrich Weiss (in order to link properly)
 * Couldn't find this originally, but now found several articles on him. Well done. ✅
 * 6. Award - On 17 November 1988: from 1933 to 1945 -> from 1933 to 1946
 * Done. ✅
 * 7. General: I think it might help to show the German names in parentheses of some of the organizations (eg. Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen, Bekennende Kirche, Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes, Industrie- und Sozialpfarramt) because these are often hard to translate into English Poelchau (talk) 02:24, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, where would you like them put exactly.
 * Updated.   scope_creep Talk  08:26, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Editing and copyediting
Hi Why don't you stick around after this is compeleted. Your one of the best editors I've came across. Wikipedia needs great editors.  scope_creep Talk  08:34, 26 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the compliments - I've done a bunch of editing in my time. And thanks for applying the edits.
 * Where to insert the names mentioned in 7.:
 * Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen = Aid Organisation of the Protestant Churches
 * Done
 * Bekennende Kirche = Confessing Church
 * Done
 * Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes = Union of Persecuted of the Nazi Regime
 * Done.
 * Industrie- und Sozialpfarramt - insert after "First social and industrial pastor of the Protestant Church in Berlin-Brandenburg"
 * Done.
 * I'm still curious about what motivated you to start the Poelchau page. Poelchau (talk) 15:03, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * He was involved tagenitally in the Red Orchestra.   scope_creep Talk  20:16, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, he was. He had several members in his prison. May be that could be mentioned as well.
 * Yip, of course. Can you give me some details please.
 * Is the history of the Red Orchestra your specialty?
 * No, I was asked by a independent professional historian if I could update the article a bit, but the more I updated it, the more I did, the more it seemed to need and it took on a life of its own. I spent a lot of time trying to find the boundaries of it and determine what it was made off and finally discovered it was massive and decided to work away at it when I wasn't doing anything else. I've spent three years on it. I've had a awful lot of help from different folk, historians, universities, individuals, copyeditors and other editors like yourself.
 * I have one more change to make in the last line of "Life": Harald's daughter Andrea. -> Harald's daughter Andrea Siemsen.
 * Done.
 * "Siemsen" got dropped in the previous edit but should have remained. Poelchau (talk) 22:02, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Done up to this point.   scope_creep Talk  17:47, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the correction.
 * Here is a suggestion for including the rote Kapelle, maybe in World War II, before "After the unsuccessful coup attempt of 20 July 1944".
 * "Among the first political prisoners were members of the prohibited Communist Party. Already in 1937 Poelchau cared for Robert Stamm and Adolf Rembte who were executed in November. Many more were imprisoned and executed in Plötzensee when in 1942 the Rote Kapelle was uncovered by the Gestapo. Poelchau cared for Arvid Harnack and his American wife Mildred Fisch Harnack, John Rittmeister, Harro and Libertas Schulze-Boysen, Kurt and Elisabeth Schumacher, Walter Husemann, Adam Kuckhoff, and many others. (Reference: Poelchau (1949) Die letzten Stunden, pp.50-80)"
 * I wasn't sure how to handle the reference; you can probably handle that. Poelchau (talk) 15:55, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Great ref.   scope_creep Talk  03:16, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Done.   scope_creep Talk  10:09, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Harald Poelchau
Hi Thanks for updating the article and clarifying a lot of points to give them historical depth.  scope_creep Talk  07:48, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks. Not sure what a barnstar is, but it must be an honor :-) Poelchau (talk) 01:16, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Its an honour. I don't know what it is either. I think it is a New England thing, although i'm not sure.   scope_creep Talk  07:55, 4 April 2022 (UTC)