Talk:Battle of Memel

message: Per the discussion at Talk:Klaipėda Region#Memelland, this article raises the question of what Memel/Memelland should be called during the period 1939-1944/45. Nazi Germany's expansions/annexations from 1937 on are generally considered to be illegal and were officially reversed in various treaties and conferences towards the end of and after WWII. heqs 18:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Klaipėda or Memel? 

message: The heading Aftermath, makes absolutely no sense in the continuum of the article, as its written. It should be renamed or replaced, somewhere before the battle. Dr. Dan 18:57, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree, the first paragraph explains why the second paragraph happened. --PBS 19:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

text: This political "aftermath" has nothing to do with the Battle for the city, the whole content of this section is misplaced here. --Matthead 19:50, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm still unsure that the content of 'Aftermath' is relevant to the battle, but I've kept in in this revision. However, I have reworded it to make it clear that Memel was formally regarded as a part of Lithuania (awarded by the Treaty of Versailles) that Nazi Germany 'took', and was not therefore transferred to the Soviet Union in quite the same manner that Konigsberg / Kaliningard was.Esdrasbarnevelt (talk) 14:22, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Aftermath

message: Wouldn't Memel Offensive be enough for a name? Memel Offensive Operation sounds to me a bit like a pleonasm.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  06:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have a feeling that the full title is the Memel Offensive Operation in most Soviet sources...but you may want to check withmrg3105 who has all the relevant information on these things.Esdrasbarnevelt (talk) 08:34, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that we need standardized naming; currently we have several "Offensive Operations", but also quite a few of "Offensives" and "Operations" (ex. Lublin-Brest Offensive, Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive, Operation Bagration). This is confusing.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  18:25, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, though I'd still like to check whether 'offensive operation' or 'operation' is the more accurate translation. Operation Bagration, on the other hand, is slightly different; its formal title was IIRC the 'Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation', but in the English context it's overwhelmingly known by its codename, Operation Bagration.Esdrasbarnevelt (talk) 08:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The other articles are all wrong. Any military action  needs to be  qualified by the intent behind it, i.e. offensive, defensive, besieging, withdrawal, etc. The Red Army had Offensive and Defensive operations. Simply to say "Offensive" is incorrect since they were operations, i.e. planned use of force and not just something  'offensive'. Where 'Operation' only is used, it is used with the operation codename as pointed out by  Esdrasbarnevelt--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 11:05, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Please See talk Talk:Prague_Offensive#Prague Strategic Offensive Operation for more on the naming of these operations. I have move the article back to its common English name see WP:NC and more specifically Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Style guide#Naming conventions. --PBS (talk) 16:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Memel Offensive

message: With respect, I don't think you are justified in moving the article back, for the following reasons:
*There's no real evidence that "Battle of Memel" is a common phrase in English - Google Books gives only two occurrences, neither of which of have anything to do with the 1944 action. There was a siege, or blockade, of Memel, but it was an outcome of the Memel Offensive Operation. This invalidates the application of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Style guide#Naming conventions here, I think. 
*The article's narrative, as I expanded it, is largely about the deployment of elements of the 1st Baltic Front, and their advance, during the Memel Offensive Operation - a Soviet military operation of which the city of Memel was one of the objectives. Much of the remainder of the operation took place to the south and east of the town - its scope extended as far southwards as the Neman.
Anyone else have anything to add?Esdrasbarnevelt (talk) 17:14, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Esdrasbarnevelt, I suggest that you join in the conversation at Talk:Prague_Offensive#Prague Strategic Offensive Operation--PBS (talk) 10:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Style guide#Naming conventions do apply here as it says "If there is no common name [in English], the name should be a descriptive geographic term such as "battle of X" or "siege of Y", where X and Y are the locations of the operations" and also "Operational codenames generally make poor titles, as the codename gives no indication of when or where the action took place and only represents one side's planning (potentially causing the article to focus on that side's point of view to the detriment of the other)." Both these points apply here. --PBS (talk) 10:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree, the following does not apply at all:- "Operational codenames generally make poor titles, as the codename gives no indication of when or where the action took place". You will note that the operational title is Memel Offensive Operation. This tells you plenty about the operation's goal; as for "Battle of Memel"; well, that's OR, I think, as you've failed to prove there is any evidence it's so called in English. The main English source - Glantz - refers to it as the Memel Offensive Operation. Esdrasbarnevelt (talk) 08:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is not the first clause in the sentence but the second clause "and only represents one side's planning (potentially causing the article to focus on that side's point of view to the detriment of the other).". --PBS (talk) 10:03, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd remind you the article is about a Soviet offensive and therefore will have a certain focus on their planning; secondly, the German defensive deployments are well-covered within the article. I see no reason to stick to the 'rules' so slavishly if it results in pulling an article title out of thin air. Where is the evidence that this action has ever been referred to as the "Battle of Memel", other than perhaps in the discussions of a few amateur military historians on Web forums? Esdrasbarnevelt (talk) 10:44, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: As for the second clause you mention, I suggest that the spirit of this is in any case aimed at usages like Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein. Again, that doesn't apply here. Esdrasbarnevelt (talk) 10:46, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Renaming article

message: Seeing as everyone else appears to have settled on the format X Offensive for other similar articles, it seems lgical that this should be renamed "Memel Offensive". Esdrasbarnevelt (talk) 10:45, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Renaming article, part 2

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