Talk:List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany

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Section sizes

Section size for List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany (16 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	1,305	1,305
Statistics	7,714	7,714
Cases	53	788,305
1920s	13,866	13,866
1930s	33,182	33,182
1940s	27,992	27,992
1950s	30,046	30,046
1960s	20,234	20,234
1970s	89,455	89,455
1980s	78,949	78,949
1990s	111,021	111,021
2000s	92,529	92,529
2010s	167,077	167,077
2020s	123,901	123,901
See also	153	153
References	330	330
Total	797,807	797,807

Splitting proposal

This had been discussed a bit in edit summaries, but I wanted to open an actual discussion. This article is currently the 4th longest on Wikipedia, and two of the three pages longer than it are currently having their own split discussions. Not only is this article so long that many web browsers are having difficulty displaying it (especially when trying to edit it), but it keeps exceeding the post-expand include size limit despite my best efforts to reduce the template load.

I propose splitting this article into List of killings by law enforcement officers in pre-reunification Germany and List of killings by law enforcement officers in post-reunification Germany, as it not only seems politically like a good place to divide the article, but is roughly half-way through the list.

At least 3/4 of the text on this page was added by IP addresses starting with 62.216.215, which I cannot easily send notifications to (I'll leave a talk page message for the most recent IP), but I'm pinging the remaining significant contributors and frequent editors listed here: DoubtfulPriority, Celevra089, Cstapff, Mujinga, Janschejbal, AngryHarpy, Arjayay, Thats Just Great, and Narky Blert. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 21:36, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've only gnomed this article, fixing links to DAB pages. That said, I agree with OP - WP:SIZE matters.

I assume the article relates only to the BRD. If not, it should. Pre-1945 Germany and the former DDR are very different topics.

I agree with OP's proposal. If necessary, I would support further subdivision (perhaps by decade) to reduce size further. Narky Blert (talk) 15:35, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Narky Blert The article goes back to the 1920s. There could certainly be an argument made to split the pre-unification article further into "German Reich", "East Germany", and "West Germany" articles, but splitting at re-unification is a good first step. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:24, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would support splitting the pre-1945 material into Weimar Republic and Third Reich - but your original proposal is a good start. One step at a time. Narky Blert (talk) 17:41, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. I'd opt for decade-by-decade splitting, but if that proves too extreme, the four-way proposal (Weimar/Riech/East/West) for pre-unification articles seems the wisest move. Mia ^{a data witch! talk · contribs} 20:08, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]