Wikipedia talk:WikiProject German districts/Archive 2

I have a question concerning the maptemplates by WikiProject German districts. They look quite similar to those maps used by Allesklar.com AG on their website meinestadt.de, e.g. that one for Saarland. So I would like to know what is the original source of these maps. Is this by pure chance? Does Allesklar.com AG use the maps created by Wikipedia? Or are the maps taken from Allesklar.com AG and may be copyrighted by them? If you have more information, thank you very much for answering my question!


 * Sorry, its me again. Maybe it was my mistake not to insert my question at the bottom of the page but I was a bit confused about the auto-generated code for the entry (now) above. So, now I changed the position of my post and hope that someone sees it and is able to answer it. Or does nobody have an answer to this... er... summer holidays?

District vs. County vs. Borough

It seems that in many of the articles covering German Geography the term District is used instead of County (Kreis or Landkreis) as well as often times Borough (Stadtteil). I suggest we use the word County for Kreise or Landkreise, the word Borough for Stadtteile or Ortsteile, and the word District to mean other types of regional conconctions such as, for instance, Verwaltungsbezirke or Wahlbezirke.--Mmounties 16:20, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Car identification
Car indentification in the side-box needs to have a link which explains the concept. -Harmil 18:09, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Project directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 17:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 21:35, 29 December 2006 (UTC)