Talk:Switzerland/Archive 3

message: Archived straw poll + discussion on the Zurich/Zürich Nobbie 12:46, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Please do not vote any longer — this poll has been a dead horse for a long time. Rather, go to Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_%28use_English%29#Proposal to discuss policy. dab 08:54, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This poll is not a dead horse. If you prefer the English spelling of Zurich then please disregard the above plea and your vote to the Zurich list. But please add any comments to the Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions (use_English) page. Philip Baird Shearer 11:50, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: So I can still vote in the poll, but only if I prefer the spelling without the diacritical? BlankVerse
see:Wikipedia:Dispute resolution#Conduct a survey "Note that informal straw polls can be held at any time if there are enough participants in the discussion, but publicizing the survey can get more of the community involved and increase the weight given to the results."
To simplifiy things and stop moving it back and forth, let's place it where it's to go according to the votes below. I take the liberty to fill in the one of Wik. -- User:Docu
Please sign with #~~~~
Feel free to add more naming proposals
Please add comments in the comments section not in the Votes section.
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*Zurich - preferred by Google and the Swiss government, the city of Zurich.
*#User:Docu - If it's to be in German, use Zürich, if it's to be in English, use Zurich.
*#Lupo
*#PatriceNeff - The official English Web site uses Zurich. I also contacted the presidial departement (Präsidialdepartement, see ) and the lady there told me that the official way of writing it is Zurich. So I think we should go with this.
*#Seth Ilys - Titles in the English Wikipedia should use only English characters (i.e. no diacritics). Use of the diacritic in the body should follow standard scholarly usage.
*#Ruhrjung 13:30, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Straw poll on name of the article

message: There was an election today (5th of december). Johann Schneider Ammann is no longer Federal Council. He was replaced by Karin Keller-Sutter. Doris Leuthard is no longer Federal Council. She was replaced by Viola Amherd. Leandro Zehnder (talk) 19:18, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It is indeed a very good thing that this page be protected, as it will prevent contributors who are utterly ignorant about Swiss politics to include such false assertions in the article. Johann Schneider Ammann and Doris Leuthard are still Federal Councillors, and they will stay so until January first, 2019, when they will be replaced by the two Federal Councillors who where elected today.Sapphorain (talk) 19:34, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right. Sumorsǣte (talk) 22:03, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2018 

message: Change Doris Leuthard and Johann Schneider Ammann to Karin Keller Sutter and Viola Amherd Leonie Lllll (talk) 19:29, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Asked and answered above. —KuyaBriBriTalk 20:36, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2018 

message: Hello,
Because of the new year, the composition Federal Council has been changed. However I don't have the privileges to edit the page at the moment, so can someone do it? Thanks  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:120B:C3EA:3290:1C4B:9FED:CFEC:EBC7 (talk) 23:49, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes to the Federal Council 

message: Hello Wikipedia !
On 23 September 2018, Switzerland quietly switched to Permanent DST without public's knowledge, I noticed that when traveling by train and saw that the train was 1-Hour ahead of the clock on my personal device (my device shown 6:18 PM and the train shown 7:18 PM), meaning that personal devices are off by 1-Hour since that day, some stations are still using Winter Time as though big stations (I.e Geneva, Lausanne, etc...) all show Permanent DST (UTC+02:00), this change is noticeable across Switzerland (sometimes the PID (Passenger Information Displays) are turned off so it's unnoticeable).
I suggest that the Wikipedia page be updated and UTC+01:00 be removed off of Switzerland as currently CH is on UTC+02:00 this might be because Switzerland's Capital is directly on the theoretical +02:00 Timezone and not on the theoretical +01:00 Timezone, which is understandable to switch to +02:00 instead of being on +01:00.
We might dive deep more into the hows and whys of this Timezone disparity and discuss it more.
Unfortunately, there hasn't been any news articles, no announcement from the government and you can only see that for yourself, by the way, the SBB CFF FFS (passenger, not Cargo) belongs to the Swiss Government, so they have insight.
Jeremy974 US (talk) 14:35, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It's impossible for a country to change its timezone without extensive news coverage. I have not been able to find any such information. Favonian (talk) 15:01, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timezone Change of Switzerland 

message: Switzerland has a major issue with drug addiction .Fact. google "swissinfo" (official Swiss tv and online media) and "cocaine use". Cocaine consumption is high by world and european standard (in fact 5 cities in CH are among Europe's top 10)..Sad!..This fact needs to be mentionned in healthcare or crime. Not a word about CRIMINALITY in general either!...66.87.85.105 (talk) 04:21, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: See Crime in Switzerland for refs and context. If anybody has any source about cyber-criminality also (to add to this article), that is useful also..66.87.31.24 (talk) 03:59, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Drug addiction issue

message: africans be like 198.100.147.118 (talk) 18:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: 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. aboideautalk 18:19, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 April 2019 

message: There are anywhere from 2.3 to 3.4 million privately held arms in Switzerland: https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/switzerland
The number of soldiers in the Swiss military is only 160k: https://www.vbs.admin.ch/fr/ddps/faits-chiffres/armee.html
That means at best, only 160k guns on Switzerland are military-issued. Therefore to claim that most guns in Switzerland have to do with military duty is just wrong.
Only militia-issued ammo is banned from private possession. To acquire ammo from a gun shop to keep at home only requires a criminal records extract not older than 3 months, or a weapons acquistion permit not older than 2 years IF asked by the seller. See the article on Swiss gun laws on the wiki for more information.
Gun ownership is a statutory right under article 3 of the 1997 Weapons act: http://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19983208/index.html
I quote: "Art. 3 Recht auf Waffenerwerb, Waffenbesitz und Waffentragen: Das Recht auf Waffenerwerb, Waffenbesitz und Waffentragen ist im Rahmen dieses Gesetzes gewährleistet." (The right to acquire, possess and carry arms is guaranteed in the framework of this law.)
It being a statutory right can be seen in the laws in the sense that you do not need to provide a reason or any sort of justification to obtain a waffenerwerbsschein. You also do not need to go through training, any sort of tests, evaluations, interviews, or any inspections to obtain the permit. The waffenerwerbsschein is shall-issue, meaning that if you have a clean criminal record, the police is obligated to issue the permit. It cannot use discretion, and thus all these circumstances make it much different than gun laws elsewhere in Europe. Abatementyogin (talk) 22:05, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most guns owned in Switzerland are not militia-issued, and guns are a statutory right. Ammo is not banned for private possession 

message: Emmentaler is the cheese, Emmental is the place (valley). 93.62.207.138 (talk) 08:32, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: consistent with the Wikipedia article at Emmental cheese. I would suggest discussing this at the talk page of that article. There hasn't been any discussion there in a couple of years. It looks like a couple of move requests in 2016 had some support to move that article to Emmentaler as you suggest, but no consensus was reached. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 17:57, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 17 July 2019 

message: Switzerland is ranked as having one of the most powerful economies in the world
That sentence meets WP:Weasel IMO and should be tagged as such. Switzerland is not even among the top 20 countries by GDP size (see G-20) but it certainly punches above its weight (I heard it is the ninth "financial power" however, whatever that means)?
Best. Swiss romulus (talk) 02:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  economy section

message: RedObviouseWeLikeOurApplesLikeInSnowWhiteOriginalMostOscarizedAutorVersion  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.218.29.202 (talk) 01:59, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  ColorCode 

message: And why is not Rod Laver the most successful tennis player.
He won the Grand Slam two times, Roger Federer 0 times
He won the Davis Cup 5 times, Roger Federer 1 time
Really, this statement about Roger Federer is clearly POV.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nulli (talk) 02:13, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roger Federer most successful tennis player? 

message: Given what happened afterwards, invoking an old October 2019 estimate as a meaningful update for the 2020 GDP is a nonsense. Sapphorain (talk) 15:50, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old 2019 estimates for 2020 GDP 

message: Given what happened afterwards, invoking an old October 2019 estimate as a meaningful update for the 2020 GDP is a nonsense. Sapphorain (talk) 15:50, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old 2019 estimates for 2020 GDP