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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. 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 10 November 2024, there are 154,825 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
• 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
• 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
• Nazi affiliation Task Force for removing whitewashed/undue articles about Nazi involvement

Article alerts

Article alerts

Today's featured articles

• 17 Nov 2024 – SMS Friedrich Carl (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Did you know

• 08 Nov 2024 – Pablo Busch (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Krisgabwoosh (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Nov 2024 – Bunt sind schon die Wälder (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Oct 2024 – Boxheim Documents (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jean Po (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Oct 2024 – Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Oct 2024 – Florentina Holzinger (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Edwardx (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Oct 2024 – Nazi crimes against children (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Oct 2024 – Helmut Bauer (bishop) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 03 Nov 2024 – Michael Keller (designer) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Themrbeaumont (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
• 02 Nov 2024 – Lucas Jester (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Geschichte (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 09 Nov 2024; see discussion (3 participants)
• 31 Oct 2024 – Marcel Lichters (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Dclemens1971 (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 07 Nov 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
• 29 Oct 2024 – Aviencloud (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by CFA (t · c) was closed as delete by OwenX (t · c) on 06 Nov 2024; see discussion (7 participants)
• 28 Oct 2024 – Steffen Siepmann (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by ItsKesha (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 08 Nov 2024; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
• 28 Oct 2024 – Fabian Herz (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by ItsKesha (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 07 Nov 2024; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
• 26 Oct 2024 – Theodor-Fliedner-Gymnasium (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Graywalls (t · c) was closed as keep by OwenX (t · c) on 09 Nov 2024; see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
• 24 Oct 2024 – GMX Mail (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Theroadislong (t · c) was closed as keep by Asilvering (t · c) on 07 Nov 2024; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 09 Nov 2024 – Athens is the New Berlin (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Janhrach (t · c): concern
• 07 Nov 2024 – Hessische Geschichten (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
• 05 Nov 2024 – Klaus-Dieter Buschle (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 05 Nov 2024 – Thomas Grossmann (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by StartGrammarTime (t · c)

Categories for discussion

• 09 Nov 2024 – Category:1867 elections in the North German Confederation (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Nov 2024 – Category:1868 elections in the North German Confederation (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Nov 2024 – Category:20th-century German male classical pianists (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Nov 2024 – Category:21st-century German male classical pianists (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Nov 2024 – Category:German yacht racing biography stubs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pelmeen10 (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Oct 2024 – Category:1813 disestablishments in Germany (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Oct 2024 – Category:1812 disestablishments in Germany (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Oct 2024 – Category:1811 disestablishments in Germany (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Oct 2024 – Category:1810 disestablishments in Germany (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Oct 2024 – Category:1809 disestablishments in Germany (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

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Templates for discussion

• 25 Oct 2024 – Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Germany medical cases (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Jonesey95 (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 03 Nov 2024 – Ramstyng (talk · edit · hist) →Rammstein was RfDed by Schützenpanzer (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Greater Region of Luxembourg (talk · edit · hist) →Greater Region of SaarLorLux was RfDed by РоманЖ (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Greater Luxembourg (modern region) (talk · edit · hist) →Greater Region of SaarLorLux was RfDed by РоманЖ (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Greater Luxembourg (talk · edit · hist) →Greater Region of SaarLorLux was RfDed by РоманЖ (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Die Unternehmung (talk · edit · hist) →Nomos Publishing House was RfDed by Hey man im josh (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice (talk · edit · hist) →Nomos Publishing House was RfDed by Hey man im josh (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Oct 2024 – Vor der Kaserne vor dem großen Tor stand eine Laterne und steht sie noch davor (talk · edit · hist) →Lili Marleen was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2024 – Arbeitsamt (talk · edit · hist) →Economy of Germany was RfDed by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
• undated – FC Türkiye II (talk · edit · hist) →FC Türkiye Wilhelmsburg was RfDed

Files for discussion

• 08 Nov 2024 – File:Original Der heimliche Aufmarsch.mp3 (talk · edit · hist) (on Der Heimliche Aufmarsch) was FfDed by 廣九直通車 (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 23 Sep 2024 – Otto Hahn (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Hawkeye7 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Aug 2024 – German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 09 Nov 2024 – Tamara Bunke (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by The Blue Rider (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Nov 2024 – Pablo Busch (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Krisgabwoosh (t · c); start discussion
• 05 Nov 2024 – Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott, BWV 139 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); start discussion
• 31 Oct 2024 – Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); start discussion
• 27 Oct 2024 – Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); start discussion
• 27 Oct 2024 – Central Powers (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by History6042 (t · c); start discussion
• 10 Oct 2024 – Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); start discussion
• 16 Sep 2024 – The Great Giana Sisters (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Andrzejbanas (t · c); start discussion
• 15 Sep 2024 – Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Sep 2024 – Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion

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Featured article reviews

• 15 Jan 2024 – Emmy Noether (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Good article reassessments

• 31 Oct 2024 – Hans-Ulrich Rudel (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by MisterBee1966 (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 18 Oct 2024 – Thomas Tuchel (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by M48SKY (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 06 Nov 2024 – Gun Control in the Third Reich (book) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Gun Control in the Third Reich by Ich (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Nov 2024 – Constance of Aragon (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Constance of Aragon, Holy Roman Empress by Srnec (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Nov 2024 – Prince Emil of Hesse and by Rhine (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Prince Emil of Hesse by AndrewPeterT (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Nov 2024 – Constance, Queen of Sicily (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Constance I of Sicily by Векочел (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2024 – Friedrich Saemisch (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Friedrich Saemisch (politician) by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Oct 2024 – 900-910 North Lake Shore (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 900 and 910 North Lake Shore by BarrelProof (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Nov 2024 – Modernism (talk · edit · hist) move request to Modernist movement by Викидим (t · c) was withdrawn; see discussion
• 30 Oct 2024 – The Secret of Sagal (talk · edit · hist) move request to The Secret of Sagala by Pecela (t · c) was moved to The Secret of Sagala (talk · edit · hist) by SafariScribe (t · c) on 06 Nov 2024; see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Maria (Maja) Einstein (talk · edit · hist) move request to Maja Einstein by 203.111.253.105 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 09 Nov 2024 – Fex (band) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Subways of Your Mind by TenPoundHammer (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Oct 2024 – Latvians and Baltic Germans in Corner Brook, Newfoundland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to German Canadians by Arctic Circle System (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Oct 2024 – List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Beutepanzer by ScribeYearling (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2024 – T-Mobile (brand) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Deutsche Telekom by 2018rebel (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Oct 2024 – Anti-Americanism in divided Germany (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Anti-Americanism in Germany by Username367 (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Sep 2024 – Josef Matula (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to A Case for Two by Altenmann (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Sep 2024 – Franz Kemper (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to J.-P. Mayer by Mason7512 (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Aug 2024 – Russian Liberation Army (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia by Opostylov (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Aug 2024 – Osten-Sacken (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Von der Osten family by LlywelynII (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Aug 2024 – Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625) by Czekan pl (t · c); see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 20 Oct 2024 – List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ahecht (t · c); see discussion
• 13 May 2024 – Mercedes-Benz G-Class (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by A75 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Apr 2024 – Volkswagen Type 2 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 93.150.208.84 (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Nov 2023 – Greater Poland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jan 2023 – Munich Security Conference (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ThomaSheldon (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Dec 2022 – Wankel engine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Thumperward (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Oct 2022 – Freikorps (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AnomieBOT (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Jan 2022 – Mittelstand (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kaihsu (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Jul 2021 – Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Mackensen (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

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Articles for creation

• 08 Nov 2024 – Draft:Arafatul Islam (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Tajulislam (t · c)
• 06 Nov 2024 – Draft:Thomas Thum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mercy Mungai (t · c)
• 04 Nov 2024 – Draft:Heil dir, o Oldenburg (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Alexeyperlov (t · c)
• 31 Oct 2024 – Draft:Michael Henry Le Bas (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mruthsanderson (t · c)
• 31 Oct 2024 – Draft:Thomas M. J. Möllers (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kapitalmarktfuchs (t · c)
• 23 Oct 2024 – Draft:Diedersdorfer Heide and Großbeerener Graben landscape conservation area (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Scarfy420 (t · c)
• 15 Oct 2024 – Draft:German Cathodic Corrosion Protection Association (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Attarchi (t · c)
• 13 Oct 2024 – Draft:Olaf Deutschmann (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Trialpedian (t · c)
• 01 Oct 2024 – Draft:Land Wildenburg (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by David.cormier (t · c)
• 06 Sep 2024 – Draft:Tromanale (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Tromaggot (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: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
• Portal:Saxony
• WP:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Saxony-Anhalt
• 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.

• {{subst:The Germany Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}}

		The Germany Barnstar
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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

Subpages

• list of all subpages of this page

Templates

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{{User WP Germany}}	This user participates in 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}}	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. A list of articles needing cleanup associated with 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, Deutsche Familienversicherung, Dietlof von Arnim-Boitzenburg, Rolf von Bargen, Hennes Bender, Georg Bernhard (1875–1944), Eduard Georg von Bethusy-Huc, Rolf Brandt (1886–1953), Jan Philipp Burgard, Lisa Feller, Georg Arbogast von und zu Franckenstein, Georg Gafron, Ferdinand Heribert von Galen, Gundula Gause, Karl-Heinz Hagen, Herbert Helmrich, Nils von der Heyde, Monty Jacobs (1875–1945), Hans Katzer, Siegfried Kauder, Matze Knop, Wolfgang Kryszohn, Claus Larass, Isidor Levy (1852–1929), Markus Löning, Tobias Mann, Mathias Müller von Blumencron ,Günther Nonnenmacher Anke Plättner, Hans Heinrich X. Fürst von Pless, Gerd Poppe, Victor-Emanuel Preusker, Günter Prinz, Ulrich Reitz, Hans Sauer (inventor), Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg, Paul Schlesinger (1878-1928),Oscar Schneider, Hajo Schumacher, Otto Theodor von Seydewitz, Christoph Sieber (comedian), Dorothea Siems, Werner Sonne, Anton Stark, Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, Christoph Strässer, Joseph von Utzschneider, Jürgen Wieshoff, Hans Wilhelmi, Dietmar Wischmeyer, Alexandra Würzbach 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, Stefan Beuse Cleanup: 53541 issues in total as of 2024-03-03 Translate: Articles needing translation from German Wikipedia Stubs: Albersdorf, Thuringia, Ingo Friedrich, Berndt Seite, Federal Social Court; 118 articles in Category:German MEP stubs Update: Deutsches Wörterbuch Portal maintenance: Update News, Did you know, announcements and the todo list Orphans: Orphaned articles in Germany Photo: Take/Add requested photographs 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
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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

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.