Talk:Germany

Semi-protected edit request on 17 February 2023

Infobox country template has a bad reference, it says: 97.115.128.32 (talk) 22:10, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

wiki mangled this reply. check the 'area_footnote' under the Infobox template. It has a broken ref tag. 97.115.128.32 (talk) 22:11, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

 Done small jars tc 10:42, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request

Please add in the intro that Germany is on the crossroads of Western and Central Europe. https://globalindices.iupui.edu/environment-index/historical-data/regions/northern-western-europe/index.html https://open.lib.umn.edu/worldgeography/chapter/2-3-regions-of-western-europe/ 2600:100C:A21C:E44E:DC4:BC3B:4D5B:AA52 (talk) 23:29, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. GiovanniSidwell (talk) 05:27, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

In the intro, please add that Germany is on the crossroads of Western and Central Europe. There are also several sources that place it in Western Europe as well.2600:100C:A21C:E44E:2CF0:7EE2:2CCD:CA5C (talk) 02:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC) https://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=341441&p=2298853

 Not done: Asking volunteers to add that Germany is on the cross... is insufficient per our guidelines on making edit requests and the very template you are invoking. You need to write out what you want the article to say specifically and you need to produce the sources yourself. Please do not re-open this request until you do so, IP.

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Possibly erroneous preview.

Preview for article "Federal Republic of Germany" (1990-present) states "51*N 9*E".

Rectify as necessitited. ParanoidAndroid353 (talk) 18:48, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Statista

@Nikkimaria

Since Statista is not a source itself, but an aggregator of statistical information based on various sources, it should be decided whether to use it by looking at its stated sources, which in this case is the United Nations.

Your linked information page "WP:RSP" also states that there may be exceptions, and since Statista is already cited 8 times in this article, I would be interested in why you think it's not suitable in this case.-- Maxeto0910 (talk) 23:36, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Statista is a recent addition to RSP - it would be appropriate to review those usages as well. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:39, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Germany’s position in Europe

I believe Germany should be classed as being in both Central and Western Europe. Germany has historically been placed in Western Europe, and culturally, other than its shared language with Austria, German culture is notably different from the rest of the Central European countries. One of those differences being the view that it is has become a rather non-traditional country, whilst other Central European countries such as Poland, Hungary and Slovakia have notably traditional cultures.

This article previously stated that Germany is solely in Western Europe, but now states that Germany is solely in Central Europe. However, Germany continues to be classed as part of Western Europe, as demonstrated in the links below. I feel it would be more accurate to state Germany as being part of both regions, and others have previously argued this point.

https://open.lib.umn.edu/worldgeography/chapter/2-3-regions-of-western-europe/

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-countries-are-considered-western-europe.html

Nikkimaria, a user that appears to be quite influential on this article, reverted my edit classifying Germany as Central and Western European. However, in Talk:Germany/Archive 25, under “Location of Germany”, Nikkimaria can be seen arguing that the country is Western European.

Wczeran (talk) 13:05, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

What I said was that this has been discussed on several occasions without a clear consensus being arrived at. In order to achieve a definitive answer one way or the other, I would suggest starting a RFC to get a wider perspective from the community. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:55, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

To avoid disagreement, I have instead stated that Germany is in the western region of Central Europe. This is similar to Slovenia's article, where it is stated that the country is in southern Central Europe. Due to various factors, geographical, historical, cultural and geopolitical, countries in Central Europe each have ties to their neighboring regions. Countries within Central Europe are often also categorised as belonging to Eastern Europe, Western Europe or Southern Europe. Wczeran (talk) 16:09, 23 August 2023 (UTC)