Talk:Berlin Victory Column

message: I know that Wikipedia policy is to use English names for things wherever possible, but I have never heard anyone talk about the "Berlin victory column", and it is not the place of Wikipedia to invent new translations for things without English names. The original text of this article seems to have come from an automated translation, which would of course have translated Siegessäule as "victory column", because automated translators are, generally, stupid. Can we please change this article to Siegessäule? --Stemonitis 15:24, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say that names of town, cities, formal or informal areas are translated if 1. the place is known in the UK (or US/Australia etc) and 2. the local name is difficult to pronounce. This goes for monuments and buildnings too, I think. And this is indeed the same in all languages. Examples:
*Vienna - famous enough, but "Wien" doesn't work equally well. Rome & "Roma", Prague & "Praha", Copenhagen & "København" - Spain & "España", Poland & "Polska", Brittany & "Bretagne" , Eiffel Tower & "Tour Eiffel". It's really about a kind of honor, but limited to how well known it is (in another language) and if the local name is difficult to pronounce. In the case of Siegessäule, at least the pronouncing part is met, so this ultimately comes down to how well known this monument is, in English (and through its history). It wouldn't surprise me if it's well known in the UK. During 19th century the British-German ties were very strong. Boeing720 (talk) 07:58, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title => Siegessäule ? 

message: This doesn't quite add up:
: height of merely 50.66 meters opposite the Reichstag building.
: At the same time, the pillar was augmented by another 7.5 meters, giving it its present height of 66.89 meters.
50.66+7.5 is 58.16, not 66.89.  Which of the three numbers is wrong? --Saforrest 19:44, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Math on height of column 

message: The monument survived World War II without much damage
Can this be qualified in some way? I visited the monument yesterday and it appeared to me to have a lot of superficial damage. The marble is heavily pock-marked (bullet holes?!) and the bronze friezes around the base have parts missing (e.g. heads chipped away). There's also an area on the base where lettering appears to have been removed, although I wasn't able to work out what it originally said. 217.76.102.162 16:56, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I visited the monument in 2014 and noticed some of the same types of damage. But the fact you have to look for it to really notice I think qualifies as not much damage.Rja13ww33 (talk) 22:28, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  damage 

message: Since when do cannon have "pipes"? This article is clearly written by a non-native English speaker. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.71.197 (talk • contribs) 16:35, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Really, Really Needs Clean-up

message: It is an interesting note that the Obama rally on July 24th 2008 was designed to be a political rally and was attended well (200,000), the enthusiasm exhibited by the German people was not as overwhelming as would have been expected.  The effort was more of a "rock star" like appearance.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.65.9 (talk • contribs) 22:25, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed for POV and One Spelling Error 

message: However, several sections remain in France. 
I didn't see this in any of the other language versions, as far as I am able to read those; nor is there a source for it. Could it be that it comes from a misunderstanding of the German section
Erst zur 750-Jahrfeier Berlins im Jahr 1987 kamen die Reliefs aus Paris wieder zurück und wurden in bewusst fragmentarischem Zustand, zusammen mit dem in Berlin verbliebenen Relief, wieder am Sockel angebracht., notably the "fragmentary" part?
I could imagine someone interpreted this as sections having remained in France; however what it actually says is "[...] the reliefs purposefully were not restored before re-mounting [...]", which makes sense, as neither the GDR nor France had an interest in "restoring fromer glory" of these plates even physically - rather, leaving them like that would pronounce a certain "museum character".
So if nobody disagrees, I'll change the article in this sense.
82.119.23.222 (talk) 23:41, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible Error in Translation

message: The headline photo is out of date. The column was cleaned thoroughly under scaffolding several years after that shot. The shot pre-cleaning shows an almost black stonework. Post-cleaaning the stonewoork is honey golden (see detail photo underneath). The headline photo is also crooked (there is a tilt of as much as 3 degrees) , poory composed and badly exposed. the monumennt and the article deserve better than this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grzillion (talk • contribs) 14:46, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headline photo. 

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message: *Under Communists flags were removed on May the 2nd, to prevent May the 3rd commemoration.
*May the 2nd is a day between two feasts, so a small feast has been invented.Xx236 (talk) 07:52, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
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message: Goldelse is put together of Gold + Else ,and "Else" is a female name. Perhaps a shortening of Elisabet. I would say "Golden Elsie" would be better. Else - Lizzy ??? Boeing720 (talk) 07:35, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Golden Lizzy" ?