Talk:Large panel system building

message: We should get a photograph of these. David.Monniaux 20:04, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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message: Plattenbau is not English at all and therefore does not deserve an entry in the English Wikipedia.
It does not matter that some people think it is somehow part of Eastern Germany -- the text itself explains that it is not. Furthermore, there are plenty of Plattenbauten in other countries, such as large parts of Strasbourg, France. In fact, there probably isn't a large city in Europe (they areb all over the east as well) that does not have Plattenbauten. We simply need to link to the actual English term for this, not use a German word in English that suggests the thing is that German when it is not. 
One person writes: "The term has come to identify a very specific subset of prefab concrete buildings built in East Germany between 1950 and 1989 and differentiates them from the general heading of prefabricated concrete, and indeed, tower buildings generally." But that is true in German, not in English. So do what you want in the German Wikipedia -- we are doing English here, and this term is not common in English, to put it mildly, and the construction technique is not associated with Germany at all, much less Eastern Germany.
Another person writes: "Plattenbau is a term very specific to east germany" - right, in German -- and not in English. In English, Plattenbau is not used at all. Whoever wrote this is racist. Germans live in america and I need to look up German stuff for German class DAMMIT
Another person writes: "the status of Plattenbau as a nation and culture specific concept in its own right warrants maintaining the separate listing for this term. The term has come to identify a very specific subset of prefab concrete buildings built in East Germany between 1950 and 1989" -- but the point is that Plattenbau is a German term, not an English one, so it actually is no specific concept at all in English. It's just this weird word that nobody knows. 
If we start insisting that foreign words that have some special cultural meaning in other languages should also have an entry in the English Wikipedia, where do we stop? Cathedral in northern Germany is called a Dom; in southern Germany, a Münster. Who cares? If I click on Dom or Münster in the German, I want to be taken to the Cathedral entry in English. Because cathedrals are not anything specific to Germany, I also probably am not interested in the fact that these things have two different regional names in the German-speaking world.
In conclusion, if I look up Plattenbau in the German Wikipedia and want to see how that is said in English, it does not help to have the same word thrown at me in English when that word is actually not used in English. If we are going to talk about these buildings, which exist everywhere and are not special to Germany at all, then we might want to talk about large-panel construction or whatever, and if you want to serve a German audience on the English Wikipedia (I cannot imagine why you would want to do that, however) you could add a section on Plattenbauten (or should that be plattenbaus in English?), explaining that Germans who speak English mistakenly believe that this type of architecture is somehow German or Eastern German. I'd be the first to find that section pointless.Petiteplanete (talk) 11:39, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Merger: I don't see any sense in a specific article about East German precast concrete construction. It's a kind of building construction that has deep roots in modern architecture itself, thus all over the world. Actually, precast concrete construction was the favored kind of construction in most former communist countries, but this applies to all countries of the former Warsaw Pact. You'll find, for instance, large residential areas of this kind in any russian city, much bigger than, for instance, Marzahn in Berlin. There is by no means anything special about the bygone GDR about it.  Gamgee 15:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How about Prefabricated mass housing? This would be a bit clearer as the main article, and then national variants (Plattenbau, panelák, tower block, etc.) could have their specific articles as required. ProhibitOnions (T) 15:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

text: That makes sense, I didn't think about that. Tocharianne 15:59, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: some comments try to argue to remove "Plattenbau" because it is "being build cheap" which is a weird argument. Calling for removal because it is a german term is even more stupid, next we delete the articles about "Bauhaus" and "Kindergarden"? Plattenbau isn't as much about building houses in a specific way but about a pretty unique political urban development project. Would anyone suggest to move "One World Trade Center" into the article about "Skyscrapers" because it is just a skyscaper? Crass Spektakel (talk) 16:57, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: No, because One World Trade Center is a specific building. Unlike, large panel system-building or "Plattenbau", which is a type of building defined by specific way of its construction, and there were thousands of buildings build in this style. And it's not limited to Germany.Artemis Andromeda (talk) 17:07, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
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