Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Germany

Good article reassessment for Kaunas Fortress
Kaunas Fortress has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:09, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Template:"WikiProject" West Germany
WikiProject West Germany simply wraps WikiProject Germany, and is neither a WikiProject nor a task-force, weirdly in limbo between the two, and seems like a work-around or a compromise to some discussion or prevailing sentiment back in/before 2016. If so, has consensus been reached in one direction or another? Should transclusions of WikiProject West Germany be kept as-is and added to other West Germany topics, or changed to WikiProject Germany? ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 14:08, 19 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I didn't even know this template exists, and it does not appear to be widely used. I would suggest to change to the main WikiProject Germany unless someone actually starts a task force. —Kusma (talk) 16:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Lack of sources for Oswald Spengler's "prophetic quote"
There is a supposedly prophetic quote in Spengler's article…


 * "in ten years, a German Reich will probably no longer exist" ("da ja wohl in zehn Jahren ein Deutsches Reich nicht mehr existieren wird!")

… with one 1964 book as source. While that book does |does provide the quote, in turn citing an unknown other source, if you search it on Google, you get no more than 19 self-referencing results.

For a quote of that caliber, this seems far too few to be deemed reliable. You'd expect it to be all over works from the past 75+ years.

— 2003:EA:F48:9B00:F13D:EB2:C222:A37E (talk) 16:28, 22 April 2024 (UTC)


 * It is not in the edition of Spengler's letters, . Not sure this quote is real. —Kusma (talk) 16:50, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I think the source is the memories of well-known liar Hans Frank. —Kusma (talk) 19:24, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, Bronder was known to falsify sources. —Kusma (talk) 10:30, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I have removed it from the article. —Kusma (talk) 20:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Draft Help: Joachim Freiherr von der Leyen
I have created a draft translation of the German Joachim Freiherr von der Leyen article. I am having trouble satisfying notability requirements for the English Wikipedia, particularly due to a lack of sources. Any assistance would be appreciated in constructing the article to satisfy guidelines. Tule-hog (talk) 02:31, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Place of birth/death - Usage of time periods as a location
For years, it has really grinded my gears that loads of articles about German people use time periods (Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany; a recent example I have come across is Paul von Hindenburg) as the location in the place of birth/death section of the infobox. That seems utterly senseless to me. The country was never called Weimar Republic or Nazi Germany. These are time periods, not locations! How would Americans like it if I changed the infobox for William Randolph Hearst to read born in San Francisco, American Civil War?! Has this ever been discussed? Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:01, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Ha, as a matter of fact, it has been raised before, by me :D Completely forgot about that. Discussion went nowhere. Maybe this time more people will chip in. Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:04, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I looked at other countries and for some of them we have a more sensible way of doing this. For example, Charles de Gaulle was born in (unliked) "France". Gaston Doumergue was born in "France" and died in "France". I would generally prefer "Germany" or "Germany" to "Weimar Republic". —Kusma (talk) 11:27, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Template:Hanoverian princes
Editors are invited to contribute to the discussion at Template talk:Hanoverian princes to decide whether individuals, where no proper source verifies the claim that someone is a prince of Hanover, should be removed from the template. --Theoreticalmawi (talk) 17:39, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The debate is actually about removing everyone born after 1914 since sources were provided and are provided on the individual articles. DrKay (talk) 17:42, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Giant Schnauzer
Giant Schnauzer has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. CMD (talk) 07:03, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Shams Ul Haq (journalist)
I have suspicions that this BLP might be either an WP:AUTOBIO or a paid article. The creator cited German-language sources. Is there anyone available who can verify whether the coverage meets the requirements of significant and in-depth coverage as outlined in WP:N? — Saqib ( talk  |  contribs ) 18:34, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

RfC at Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)
There is a discussion at Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park) about the war memorial's naming history that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 15:27, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Leopold Zahn
I'm hopeful that members of this project might be able to fill out some of the missing sources for an article on this art critic and historian. I've got to a bid of a blank about his wider career, and am struggling to find sources that mention the statue that is dedicated to him in Baden-baden. Many thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 07:16, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Possible COI article - would a Germany expert please have a look?
The Hin Bredendieck article was created by the subject's great-grand-nephew. I have no opinion on whether Hin Bredendieck is notable enough to warrant an article, but I thought it would be prudent to ask, here, for an expert on Germany to give it a look and weigh in. Fred Zepelin (talk) 01:07, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The English article is a translation of a 2017 German article (begun by a different user, and edited since by several users). The subject, with exhibitions and archives in notable museums, and a leading teaching position in the U.S., seems notable enough. I'll look more closely. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:28, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Very appreciated. Thank you. Fred Zepelin (talk) 19:49, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Protestant Church in Germany
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Protestant Church in Germany that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 00:13, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:The Three Ages of Man and Death
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:The Three Ages of Man and Death that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Polyamorph (talk) 14:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Anglia (peninsula)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Anglia (peninsula) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Zacwill (talk) 17:56, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Jutish
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Jutish that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. PK2 (talk) 09:17, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Second Northern War
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Second Northern War that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Polyamorph (talk) 08:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Hermann Göring has an RfC
Hermann Göring has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Emiya1980 (talk) 19:44, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

RfC on consistent naming of German municipal subdivisions
I have requested input on a proposal to stick to a consistent naming schema for first-, second-, and (where applicable) informal third-level subdivisions in German cities. If you would like to participate in the discussion, please add your comments on the RfC subpage. Thank you! --Newbiepedian (talk · C · X! · L) 12:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)