Talk:V-weapons

message: I've reworded a link to The Blitz to remove references to robots. If this was a factual reference to some bizarre secret Nazi program involving UAVs please feel free to revert me, but on first glance it looks like nonsense. 90.205.32.78 (talk) 05:39, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Robot Blitz?

message: These pages are about the same topic.  maybe the merge should be the other way as it's English language but Vergeltungswaffe is the original name.Shimbo 14:08, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What would be the most commonly known English name (if it had one) for this article - I think it'd be "V  weapons". GraemeLeggett 14:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Vengeance weapon (and Vengence weapon for those of us who can't spell) are both already redirects to Reprisal weapon. I'm not really bothered which page is kept as long as there's only one. I'd agree "V-weapons" is the most common English name, the problem seems to be that the original German phrase can translate several ways, which is why I lean slightly towards making this the main page and redirecting the others to it. Shimbo 16:49, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I merged Reprisal weapon to this article, as stated by Shimbo, Vergeltungswaffe is the original name. --Nkcs 03:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?

message: I have heard stories of Spitfire pilots using their planes' wings to contact V1's wings, to tilt them and send them off-target. Anyone know of definitive sources ?--195.137.93.171 (talk) 17:39, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is true, but it is already covered in V-1 flying bomb.  This page is an overview of all the Vergeltungswaffe and so doesn't go into that much detail.--Shimbo (talk) 18:38, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Countermeasures

message: I know it was put in to show the horror and simply facts of the weapon, but the picture of the child who had been killed and set on fire might disturb some people - is it really necessary?  I won't delete it, but hope that someone else might. 213.78.183.91 (talk) 15:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a featured picture, which means that members of the community have identified it as one of the finest images on the English Wikipedia, adding significantly to its accompanying article.  Earlier versions of this article identify it as a young man.--Elvey (talk) 20:09, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Is the Immolated Child Necessary?

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:V-1.jpg

message: Wouldn't English V-Weapons be a better name for this article than the German word, which must be unintelligible to non-linguists? This is the English language wikipedia! Colin4C (talk) 20:13, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that according to WP:COMMONNAME, it should be V-weapons, from which there is already a redirect. Hohum 20:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Wouldn't it be better to redirect "Vergeltungswaffe" to "V-weapons" rather than vice-versa? The German word is unintelligible to non-linguists. And that's not the worst of it, we seem to expect than non-linguists will know (or guess) that the plural form of "Vergeltungswaffe" is "Vergeltungswaffen". Actually it seems that even the long-standing editors here must have blissfully ignorant of that before I changed the third person singular verb "was" to the third person plural "were" in the introductory sentence an hour ago to conform with "Vergeltungswaffen"! Btw anybody know the genitive form of "Vergeltungswaffe" in case we have to use it later in the text? Or are we going to apply English grammar to a German nouns on an ad-hoc basis and produce nightmare hybrid's like "Vergeltungswaffe's"? Colin4C (talk) 22:38, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it would be better. IMO the article body should mostly use the common English term rather than the German. Hohum 22:42, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I hate "me toos", but, er, me too. I think it's very obvious that it should be called V-weapons and refer to them as such, with the German term as a redirect. Shall we request this move? cheers, DBaK (talk) 08:13, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

text: Update: I have requested this move: please see below and at Wikipedia:Requested_moves when it shows up there in a short while. I hope it works but if nothing else it should get the topic discussed a bit more! Cheers, DBaK (talk) 08:24, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry I was away when all this happened, and then for a bit longer than intended. Thank you for the thoughtful discussion. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 17:53, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

text: Shouldn't it be mentioned that "vengeance weapons" is a common rendering into English of these? 65.95.15.144 (talk) 22:17, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  V-Weapons 

message: Please see Talk:V-2#How_many_V2s_launched_against_the_UK.3F, if interested, for a question on this subject. Thanks and best wishes, DBaK (talk) 08:09, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many V2s launched against the UK?