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WikiProject Germany

Willkommen to WikiProject Germany! We are a group of editors dedicated to the expansion and refinement of Wikipedia’s coverage of the German republic, people, monuments and culture. If you wish to join us, simply sign your name on our roster.

Should you have any questions about our project, just drop us a line on our discussion page or by contacting our project coordinators directly. If you’re lucky, you might even find some fellow project members in the Wikipedia IRC chat (#wikipedia-en). If you speak German, you may want to also try the German Wikipedia chatroom (#wikipedia-de).

Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the nation of Germany, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Germany in a fair and accurate manner.

As of 26 January 2021, there are 131,522 articles and other project resources within the scope of WikiProject Germany. For a more detailed overview see Germany article statistics.

A monthly top 1000 list of Germany-related popular articles is available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Popular pages.

Goals

1. Kill all backlogs.
2. Get this project organized.
3. To serve as a central point of discussion for collaboration related to Germany. Foster increased cooperation between editors in order to meet the other goals.
4. To create the foremost reliable and accurate free-content encyclopedia of Germany in the English language.
5. Build all Top Importance Germany Articles to Good Article status at a minimum. Current progress: 11 out of 136 meet this criteria.

Project divisions

• Reference and navigation - the "keys to the country" (and of key importance)
• Cities (talk) – Cities, towns, villages and districts
• Physical geography (talk) – Regions, parks, climate, physical features
• Culture (talk) – Music, art, icons, mass communication
• People (talk) – includes residents of the current nation of Germany, all its predecessors, and all those people who have resided in any of Germany's predecessor states who have shaped Germany
• Government (talk) – Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to Germany and its predecessors
• History (talk) – history of Germany and its predecessors
• Photo requests (talk) – adding and requesting images of Germany.

Related groups

• WikiProject Intertranswiki/German
• German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board - also for Austrian, Swiss and other German language issues
• German football task force
• WikiProject Bavaria
• WikiProject Lower Saxony
• WikiProject Frankfurt
• WikiProject Friesland
• Holy Roman Empire task force of the WikiProject Former countries
• WikiProject Munich

• WikiProject German districts (inactive)
• WikiProject Germanic Mysticism (defunct)
• WikiProject Hanseatic League (defunct)
• WikiProject Prussia (inactive)
• WikiProject Prussian Standesamter (inactive)
• WikiProject Silesia (inactive)

Task forces

• Hamburg task force (talk) – for any article related to Hamburg
• Mainz task force (talk) – for articles related to Mainz
• Transportation (talk) – Roads, trails and rails in and around Germany.
• German cinema task force of WikiProject Films
• German military history task force of the Military history WikiProject
• GDR task force – for articles relating to the history and culture of the German Democratic Republic
• German football task force for articles related to association football in Germany within Wikipedia:WikiProject Football

Article alerts

Today's featured articles

• 30 Jan 2021 – Hitler's prophecy (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
• 27 Jan 2021 – The Holocaust in Slovakia (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Did you know

• 23 Jan 2021 – Jörg Widmann (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Jan 2021 – Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jan 2021 – Turkey and the Holocaust (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Jan 2021 – Siegfried Borris (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Jan 2021 – Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Jan 2021 – Leon Rains (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Jan 2021 – Schloss Freudenberg (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 25 Jan 2021 – Angela Gronenborn (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Blablubbs (t · c); see discussion (12 participants)
• 24 Jan 2021 – SS-Oberabschnitt Süd (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sandstein (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 24 Jan 2021 – SS-Oberabschnitt Elbe (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sandstein (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 24 Jan 2021 – SS-Oberabschnitt Nordwest (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sandstein (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 24 Jan 2021 – SS-Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sandstein (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 24 Jan 2021 – SS-Oberabschnitt Südost (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sandstein (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 24 Jan 2021 – SS-Oberabschnitt Ostland (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sandstein (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 24 Jan 2021 – XCrosscheckx (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by GhostDestroyer100 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 23 Jan 2021 – Ottman Azaitar (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Cassiopeia (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
• 21 Jan 2021 – Hahnsberg (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Þjarkur (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)

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Proposed deletions

• 18 Jan 2021 – Arthur Klemt (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Walter Görlitz (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

• 21 Jan 2021 – Category:Destroyed landmarks in Germany (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Jan 2021 – Category:Nazis who served in World War I (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Lettler (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Weimar (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Mannheim (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Leipzig (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Hagen (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Görlitz (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Essen (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Dresden (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Darmstadt (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

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Redirects for discussion

• 22 Jan 2021 – James MacQuarrie (talk · edit · hist) →Pan Am Flight 103 was RfDed by WilliamJE (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Jan 2021 – Frederick the II of Prussia (talk · edit · hist) →Frederick the Great was RfDed by Avilich (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

• 18 Jan 2021 – File:Trans-Europe Express sample.ogg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2, 3) was FfDed by George Ho (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Jul 2020 – File:Clarence Bertucci.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Utah prisoner of war massacre) was FfDed by Mysticair667537 (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 15 Jan 2021 – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

• undated – Battle of Heraklion (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
• undated – Battle of Rethymno (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
• undated – Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

• 21 Jan 2021 – Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ornek11222 (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Jan 2021 – Fanny Mendelssohn (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Smerus (t · c); start discussion
• 13 Jan 2021 – Do Communists Have Better Sex? (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gabriel Yuji (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Dec 2020 – Dennis Howard Green (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Krakkos (t · c); start discussion
• 10 Dec 2020 – Guido Goldman (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ktin (t · c); start discussion
• 02 Dec 2020 – Karl Allmenröder (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Georgejdorner (t · c); start discussion
• 29 Nov 2020 – King Ludwig Oak (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Amkgp (t · c); start discussion
• 26 Nov 2020 – Philip Slier (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by The Most Comfortable Chair (t · c); start discussion
• 01 Oct 2020 – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Francis Schonken (t · c); start discussion
• 01 Oct 2020 – Wolfgang Clement (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ktin (t · c); start discussion

Good topic candidates

• 31 Dec 2020 – List of avisos of Germany (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Parsecboy (t · c); see discussion
  The topic includes: SMS Pfeil, SMS Blitz, SMS Meteor (1890), SMS Greif (1886), SMS Zieten, SMS Comet, SMS Wacht, Meteor-class aviso, SMS Jagd, Blitz-class aviso, Wacht-class aviso, SMS Hela

Good article reassessments

• 30 Oct 2020 – Swabian War (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 11 Jan 2021 – Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, BWV 53 (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Francis Schonken (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 19 Dec 2020 – Nicole Seibert (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by GravityIsForSuckers (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Oct 2020 – Rudolf Haag (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by SimoneD89 (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 25 Jan 2021 – Thurn und Taxis (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Thurn and Taxis by RevelationDirect (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jan 2021 – German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by Creuzbourg (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jan 2021 – Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies by Kochel86 (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Francoist Spain and the Holocaust (talk · edit · hist) move request to Spain and the Holocaust by Buidhe (t · c) was moved to Spain and the Holocaust (talk · edit · hist) by Calidum (t · c) on 23 Jan 2021; see discussion
• 10 Jan 2021 – Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (talk · edit · hist) move request to Jassy–Kishinev Offensive by Anthony Appleyard (t · c) was closed by Paine Ellsworth (t · c) on 23 Jan 2021; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 25 Jan 2021 – The Greatest Hits (1993 Boney M. album) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Gold – 20 Super Hits by Richard3120 (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Jan 2021 – DB Station&Service (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Deutsche Bahn by Dbantznz (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2021 – Bauernfrühstück (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Hoppel poppel by Spudlace (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Dec 2020 – DLR HY4 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pipistrel Taurus by Marc Lacoste (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Dec 2020 – Fifth Adenauer cabinet (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Fourth Adenauer cabinet by Wbm1058 (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Dec 2020 – Bad Münstereifel station (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bad Münstereifel railway station by Mike Peel (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Sep 2020 – Eintopf (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Stew by Mirabilos (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Sep 2020 – Heidelberg University Faculty of Behavioural Sciences and Empirical Cultural Sciences (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Heidelberg University by Rogermx (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Aug 2020 – Sun Ship (building) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sonnenschiff by Rigadoun (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Aug 2020 – Vensys Energy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Goldwind by DGG (t · c); see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 04 Jan 2021 – Dark (TV series) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Intforce (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2020 – Freikorps (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Brigade Piron (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Mar 2020 – New Town Hall (Munich) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Some Gadget Geek (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Sep 2019 – Tanks in the German Army (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BrownHairedGirl (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Jun 2019 – Germania Antiqua (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Diannaa (t · c); see discussion
• 15 May 2019 – Hamburg (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by El C (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Apr 2019 – List of Alsatians and Lotharingians (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by PPEMES (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Jul 2018 – Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Staszek Lem (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Feb 2018 – Heimat (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Dbachmann (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jan 2018 – German evacuation from Central and Eastern Europe (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ernio48 (t · c); see discussion

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Articles for creation

• 22 Jan 2021 – Draft:Rowac (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Fliegende Katze (t · c)
• 14 Jan 2021 – Draft:Wolfgang Martin Schede (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gerda Arendt (t · c)
• 10 Jan 2021 – Draft:Quandoo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Boyjords2020 (t · c)
• 08 Jan 2021 – Draft:Nick Oosterhuis (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MartenMoolenaar (t · c)
• 04 Jan 2021 – Draft:Paul Friedmann (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Christophervincent01 (t · c)
• 25 Dec 2020 – Draft:Hanns Leske (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Cdjp1 (t · c)
• 21 Dec 2020 – Draft:Günter Wewel (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Onel5969 (t · c)
• 15 Dec 2020 – Draft:Roman Schomburg (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Vaninnature (t · c)
• 14 Dec 2020 – Draft:Sub-tle. (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nanou (t · c)
• 05 Dec 2020 – Draft:Fabio Della Schiava (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Maffeovegio (t · c)

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Related Portals

The main portal for this project is Portal:Germany. Other Germany-related portals are being deleted or moved to project space so they can continue to be useful for topic development:

Federal states

• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Baden-Württemberg
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Bavaria
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Berlin
• Portal:Brandenburg
• Portal:Bremen
• Portal:Hamburg
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Hesse
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Lower Saxony
• Portal:North Rhine-Westphalia
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Rhineland-Palatinate
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Saarland
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Saxony
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Saxony-Anhalt
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Schleswig-Holstein
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Thuringia

Regions and history

For more Germany-related portals (history, regions, etc.) see Category:Germany portal and "Portal" lists in Germany article statistics in the sidebar.

Every member should feel free to inform the managers of these portals if they have worked on an article which they believe would be of interest to the above portals.

Barnstars

German Barnstar of National Merit, as rendered by Antou

Our project, like the other national WikiProjects, possesses a barnstar that may be awarded to outstanding contributors to the project or members particularly deserving of recognition for some effort made for the cause of the project.

Resources

Infoboxes

Stubs

For information on which stubs to use on Germany-related articles, see the list of stubs at Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Stub templates

• Category:Germany stubs

Templates

What to type	What it makes	What it's for
{{WikiProject Germany}}		Template placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages
{{User WikiProject Germany}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Germany.	Userboxes for WikiProject members, add either to the your userpage
{{User WP Germany}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Germany.
{{Infobox German location}}	WikiProject Germany Country Germany Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)  • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)	Template allowing town info to be copied directly from de.wiki.
{{IPA-de}}	German pronunciation: [...]	Template for indicating German pronunciation. See Help:IPA/Standard German for transcription used.
{{translated|de}}		Template to use when an article is a translation of an article on the German Wikipedia - to be placed on talk pages
{{subst:WelcomeGER}}~~~~	== Welcome to WikiProject Germany == Welcome, WikiProject Germany, to the WikiProject Germany! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on Germany-related topics, please list them at our announcement page and tag their talk page with our project template {{WikiProject Germany}}. A few features that you might find helpful: The project's Navigation box points to most of the pages in the project that might be of use to you. Most of the important discussions related to the project take place on the project's main talk page; you may find it useful to watchlist it. We've developed a number of guidelines for names, titles, and other things to standardize our articles and make interlinking easier that you may find useful. Cleanup listing for this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Here are some tasks you can do. Please remove completed tasks from the list. Requests: German Archaeological Institute at Rome, Hans Sauer (inventor), Richard Vetter, Karl-Heinz Funke, Jürgen Wieshoff, Luisenthal mine disaster, Torsten Sträter, Annette Dittert, Werner Sonne, Jan Philipp Burgard, Dorothea Siems, Julian Reichelt, Anke Plättner, Sebastian Pufpaff, Hennes Bender, Matze Knop, History of Nordhausen Unreferenced: Unreferenced BLPs, Bundesautobahn 93, Benjamin Trinks, Steeler (German band), Amelie Beese, Zoologisches Museum in Kiel, Emil Krebs, Prussian semaphore system, Partenstein, Peter Krieg, Porsche 597, Christa Bauch, Curt Cress, Landtag of the Free State of Saxony Cleanup: 2011 International German Open – Singles, Oberlichtenau, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Potsdamer Platz Translate: Articles needing translation from German Wikipedia Stubs: Albersdorf, Thuringia, Gabriele Zimmer, Ingo Friedrich, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Berndt Seite, Federal Social Court, Update: Regensburg (electoral district), Rottweil – Tuttlingen, Deutsches Wörterbuch, Mainaschaff Portal maintenance: Update News, Did you know, announcements and the todo list Orphans: Orphaned articles in Germany Photo: Take/Add requested photographs Help assess the quality of 252 unassessed articles If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the more experienced members of the project, and we'll be very happy to help you. Again, welcome, and thank you for joining this project!	Welcome message for new project members
{{User German Road Guru}}	This user is a German Road Guru who can also claim themselves as a "German Road Warrior" WikiProject Germany Transportation Division Frei Fahren ist Frei Schreiben .	This Template can be for anyone who has driven on German roads and wants to claim themselves as "German Road Warriors"

Conventions

• Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Conventions
• For German rail transport conventions, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Rail transport in Germany task force/Conventions.

Websites

• CIA World Factbook on Germany
• Germany Tourism
• Information from the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.
• Germany GenWeb Project - for details on some lesser historical figures
• "Deutschland-Portal"

For articles to be translated, see Category:Articles needing translation from German Wikipedia

Notes

Cleanup listing for this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.