Talk:Frederick William III of Prussia

message: Prussia didn't lose all Polish territories to Duchy of Warsaw.--Molobo (talk) 00:09, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction 

message: It seems like the German article on Friedrich Wilhelm III is more comprehensive than the English version. Any thoughts on if I should translate the German page into English? -- 01:56, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation from the German Wikipedia 

message: It seems that this entry repeats an unduly negative view of FW3, as can be gained from mostly of older literature. Newer works, however (most of all Stamm-Kuhlmann's biography), sketch an altogether different picture, which might get some attention here as well. If I get around to it, I may adapt the article slightly. --Ilja.nieuwland (talk) 20:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Judgmental 

message: Why is there no attribution to 1911 EB, from which parts have been copied?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.253.128.198 (talk) 21:37, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to add that. Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:46, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  EB 

message: Why is his name listed in an English equivalent first, and then German in parentheses, almost like the original is English? Can someone fix his name please? 112.198.98.30 (talk) 15:19, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Jeez Louise, this again. If you'd care to look at the German Wikipedia, that is exactly how it is done with British monarchs there. Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:39, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: But British Royals are German...112.198.98.30 (talk) 17:35, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The British(German) Royals have English names on German wikipedia, not German. Changing historical characters of German origin to have English names is racism!73.220.34.167 (talk) 21:53, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: No, they don't! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:03, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I second, or third, or fourth that. German names should not be rendered into English. We do not do that with any other language on wikipedia. HeinrichMueller (talk) 17:58, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Of course we do. You won't find a Japanese or Chinese monarch with an article that has their original name as the article name. Wikipedia follows WP:COMMONNAME, and the English version of their names are the common names in English. Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:04, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I have NEVER heard anyone outside of wikipedia do this. If you mentioned a famous German, say for example, "Emperor William of Germany", no one would have a clue who you are talking about, as this person never existed. I have also NEVER seen this done for Chinese or Japanese figures on wikipedia. The current Emperor of Japan, Akihito does not do this.HeinrichMueller (talk) 15:10, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It depends on the person. The best thing to do in this case is find English-languages sources talking about this figure and see what name or names they use. — Æµ§œš¹ [lɛts b̥iː pʰəˈlaɪˀt] 19:44, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you stalking me?HeinrichMueller (talk) 00:38, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Name 

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