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the section Science and technology is vital to German history and present with being a industrial power. So many German inventions can be shared a little section. I think this part is a must have for the Germany page. BauhausFan89 (talk) 05:47, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
We do not need a section in this article detailing inventions - that is more appropriately placed at a subarticle. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:36, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
We need a shorten version to bring peoples attention to the longer linked subarticles. the wide and long history of German inventions and science is a central part of German culture and present day German industrial power. BauhausFan89 (talk) 09:23, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
I fixed the last post on German Science and Technology. can I post it? its common on all other wiki country pages and only a few lines and one picture. BauhausFan89 (talk) 20:20, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
No - as above, what is already there is sufficient. Suggest working on one of the other pages Jack or CMD mentioned. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:37, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
how is the consensus. Science and inventions are a major part of German history and culture. and there is a wide field to introduce. atm one who looks at the wiki article "Germany" has no idea about it. BauhausFan89 (talk) 05:18, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
I do not understand why Germany's population statistics within the European continent is being removed. It is a very notable fact. The European Union is an organization that does not represent the entire continent. This sentence about Germany being the second-most populous country in Europe has been featured in the long-standing lead as far back as 2020.
Only recently, a Turkish editor has been actively trying to vandalize the article. As seen here, he is trying to remove the sentence without any explanation. That too, multiple times. All of this is happening without any discussion. And besides, what is there to discuss? Basic geography and demographics does not matter anymore?
The CIA source used in the demographics section explicitly states that Germany is the second-most populous in the continent after Russia. The lead is supposed to be a summary of the entire article. So why are we removing this sentence about its population within the European continent? How absurd. Or is this "excess" too?
You are correct that the lead is intended to be a summary of the entire article. But what that means is that not every notable fact can be included in the lead - just a proportional summary. So while there are several demographic rankings in the article body, there should not be several in the lead - just one is proportional. The EU one is a good pick for that because it is straightforward, undisputed, and doesn't require getting into the weeds about what does or doesn't count as being in Europe. However, if you prefer, we could switch that for the world ranking? Nikkimaria (talk) 02:24, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
We're counting the European part only. European Russia has 110 million people. Germany has about 84 million people., which makes Germany the 2nd largest. Undashing (talk) 12:00, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Since the last version by Undashing was ungrammatical (sentence starting with "lies"), I looked up the version of the latest FA-review and suggest we follow the idea from there: Having the ranking after mentioning the number of inhabitants and referring to the EU only. I don't see why we should mention any other country (in this case Russia) in the first paragraph of the lead of an article that is about one country. Rsk6400 (talk) 14:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
9 pictures in German history
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9 pictures in the history section is common among major countries. can I add one in the last part of German history. its there to cover 35 years of German history. BauhausFan89 (talk) 20:23, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
Not sure where the number 9 comes from....but or FA and GA country articles generally have one image for every three or four paragraphs see these at WP:COUNTRYSIZE. That said what image and where are you considering adding this? Moxy🍁 00:28, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
in the last part of history. trying to include Merkel, a known German president and the united Germany yearly celebrations to include major aspects of the last 35 years of German history. BauhausFan89 (talk) 05:19, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
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In the last sentence of the first paragraph of the geography section, Germany's area is mentioned as 357,600 km (138,070 sq mi), which is obviously the rounded figure, as opposed to the exact figure given in the infobox. I think both figures should be consistent. Also, there's no source for how much of Germany's total area makes up land and water area, respectively. Maxeto0910 (talk) 18:41, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
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Not done for now: Even though wikipedia itself is not a reliable source, but please do check Eastern Europe and Central Europe on wikipedia to check their definition and political cum geographical extension. also you will find a lot more sources and references about that. kemel49 19:28, 28 September 2024 (UTC)