Talk:Prague

message: Following the recommendation (of bots) I would like to make  lead section more compact,
following the example of Paris, I would make a special section on etymology
of Etymology
The name Paris derives.. 
and remove it from lead,  would like  find a better photo for a lead. For Paris it is Eifel tower,
for Praguit should be  either Charles bridge or Prague Castle panorama. (suggestion anyone?)
I would remove 'twin cities' section and replace it by a reference. Few people care about that.
If anyone has objections, please speak now, or forever hold your peace.  Petr (talk) 20:30, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed changes

message: The first settlements are all on the west side of the river. Unless you like legends, in which case the first settlement is Vyšehrad, but still not Old Town.
(for citation, see Denetz' Prague in Black and Gold)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theurbanmapper (talk • contribs) 14:56, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Town is not the original settlement of Prague 

message: "Founded during the Gothic and flourishing by the Renaissance eras, Prague was the seat of two Holy Roman Emperors and thus then also the capital of the Holy Roman Empire.[6][7]"
I think this sentence is a little bit confused, in particular the part in bold.Jorgecarleitao (talk) 14:46, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  not clear sentence 

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message: Can we please keep the montage image I currently have in the infobox?!?!? It gets removed, but the other montage is inferior. It is widely spaced, you can barely see it's contents, there are way to many pictures, and a proper caption cannot be provided. Mine has a simple 6 photos, a caption, isn't spaced and is overall just neater.--Pollack man34 (talk) 23:15, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prague Montage Image 

message: "caput" means capital not just head. --88.152.149.138 (talk) 10:57, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motto 

message: there was a celtic tribe named the boii that lived in the area that combined with a german tribe named the rugians to form the bavarian confederation. no need for ancient kings, it's in the roman sources.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.48.181.93 (talk) 19:13, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  ancient kings? 

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message: I would suggest a map showing the quarters of the city (old city, new city, etc.). I've been to Prague several times (great city -- if you haven't been, go!), but don't have the complete knowledge or skill to make such a map. Merely listing the quarters is informative, but doesn't show the relation between the parts of the town. 155.213.224.59 (talk) 16:46, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The article Districts of Prague has three such maps showing the overlapping administrative/municipal divisions (Prague 1–10 vs. 1–22) and the cadastral areas (old town, new town etc.) – filelakeshoe (t / c)  16:54, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map of the quarters 

message: The city played major roles (...) in 20th-century history, during both World Wars and the post-war Communist era. - ? Major in Europe (rather not true) or major in Czechoslovakia (the biggest city, rather typical)?Xx234 (talk) 08:56, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure this assumes European history or world history in general. Probably based in Prague's surrender to the Nazis, the assassination of Heidrych, Prague's liberation at the end of WWII, the Communists seizing power in Prague, the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution all being considered major events of this period. This is obviously arguable but that's where the claim comes from. Not sure about WWI though, since the war isn't even mentioned in the article body.--MASHAUNIX 15:34, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Standard Central/Eastern European history. The 'major roles' statement needs sources. Xx234 (talk) 07:27, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality ? 

message: The Historic Centre of Prague is one of the few UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS) without an article with a WHS infobox. This article is included in the category 'World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic', but it does not include the infobox. It could be added but the article is already very developed and the scope seems to go well behond the historic center. I wonder if it's not better to create a new article dedicated to the World Heritage Site of the Historic Centre of Prague.
So my question to the regular editors of this article is: What is more appropriate: adding WHS infobox to this article or to create a new dedicated article?reisfe (talk) 06:52, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  New infobox or separate article? 

message: What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 11:39, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Prague]] 

message: Situated slightly north of the center of Bohemia isn't north.Xx236 (talk) 11:56, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It is further north than the vast majority of the country, so I guess it's based in that.--MASHAUNIX 15:13, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Situated in the north-west of the country'' 

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replies: text: All three archive fixes are correct, . Many thanks, as usual. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:34, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
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message: There is an error in a "Largest groups of foreign residents" section. Surely there are not 6,019 people from Serbia living in Prague...178.255.168.75 (talk) 14:40, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: You're correct. I found the archived link to the relevant statistics and found that the list was incorrect in a number of instances. I've now rectified the misinformation. Thank you for bringing my attention to the matter. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:33, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serbians living in Prague 

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message: Please move the story to local legends, but don't pretend you accept the story.Xx236 (talk) 08:23, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed that it does not belong in the history section. If the main articles on Prague's history and timeline are dedicated to actual mainstream historical content, at best this legend only deserves a subsection specifically dedicated to legends. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:47, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The List of Bohemian monarchs doesn't include the one.Xx236 (talk) 06:34, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: What is the actual proof of it being merely a legend or hearsay? The author, David Gans (1541–1613), who brings down these ancient histories is a very reliable and respectful author of tremendous worth, and almost everything he writes in his histories can be confirmed by other sources. I say that we should keep it.Davidbena (talk) 14:15, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Per WP:BURDEN, it's not up to editors to prove that it's merely a legend or hearsay. The only reference being used is Gans's (Gans'?: I hate trying to work out possessives for surnames) own work which is is a WP:PRIMARY source. If there are reliable secondary sources, the content is fine for :List of Bohemian monarchs. The breakdown of the reference in the citation contravenes WP:NOR. If there is merit in this 'history', there must other sources to confirm its merit. This article should not be used to carry content that doesn't exist in the more comprehensive list. I'm sorry, but I don't really understand this to be negotiable dependent on editor discretion as policy trumps WP:CON. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:09, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: On the contrary, there is no contravening of "original research," since the reference simply quotes verbatim the source, which is permitted to do in Wikipedia. Your asking for other sources about events dating back thousands of years is tantamount to asking for other sources other than the primary source (e.g. Hebrew Bible) used to describe the conquest of Canaan, or other war scenes mentioned by classical authors. It is not always necessary to show secondary sources if there are none, but only a reliable primary source as in our case, and by quoting the name of the author and showing the source from which the edit is derived. There is no reason to expunge this pertinent anecdotal,  historical reference from a renowned Czech historian, even if his original sources are no longer extant.Davidbena (talk) 04:25, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: We're not discussing using the old testament in referencing itself, or any form of classical texts as references unto themselves. We're not even discussing a chronicler who lived during - or anywhere near - the period he is chronicling: there's one and a half thousand years between the purported historical information and Gans's chronicle. What sources would have been existence and at his disposal from 1306 BCE? This is such a stretch without any supporting RS that it really does not belong. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:22, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: People familiar with Jewish history and chronology can tell you that Czech historian David Gans' overview of history, from the creation down to his present time, is very reliable and accurate. The problem, however, arises with people who may not be familiar with the methods used by chroniclers of ancient history, and with those who cannot read Hebrew, and especially those who may not have the skills for converting dates written in anno mundi into our Gregorian calendar system. Translations are meant to bypass these problems. The record is good and should stay. If, however, you wish to change "Jewish historian" for "Czech historian," that might be a consideration. By the way: Gans does quote a source, and the name given by him is "Burg" or "Borg." Be well. One more thing, if anyone wishes to obtain a confirmation of the Hebrew sources, he may do so through User:Avraham.Davidbena (talk) 05:58, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

text: Here is the Czech translation . If we accept the story, we should quote it also in Bavaria. The source is Spangenberg (?). If he was Cyriacus Spangenberg, he was older than Ganz, born 1528. But he was Christian. Xx236 (talk) 11:24, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

text: They may have, indeed, originally been Celts, but I would know very little about that. The Celts moved from one place to another, as I recall, and were once also around the Black Sea.Davidbena (talk) 13:17, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  1306 BC legend  

message: Isn't it 2013?Xx236 (talk) 08:30, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, no. The sources only covered 2012 (although published in 2013), so I've adjusted it to reflect that the figures are for 2012. Until more recent stats are sourced, the dates must remain as are. Thanks for noticing this anomaly. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:39, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foreign residents in the city (2015) ? 

message: The subject should be mentioned in History of Prague and Timeline of Prague but not here. Xx236 (talk) 06:48, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prague bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics 

message: In the Gallery section there is a caption about St. Nicholas church of the Lesser Town/Mala Strana, which is often  cited as the best baroque architecture example in Prague (cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church_(Mal%C3%A1_Strana)). The night time picture, however, is of St. Nicholas Church of the Old Town (Old Town Square). Fine by any means, but a different one.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.30.64.126 (talk) 10:17, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong picture in the Gallery 

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message: Prague - Metro population is grossly overstated. Metro area (km²) is probably deliberately not published.  Information about The Central Bohemian Region is also incorrect, compare info on English and Czech versions
Prague = 496 km²
Středočeský kraj (The Central Bohemian Region) = 10 929 km2 (https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C5%99edo%C4%8Desk%C3%BD_kraj)
The Central Bohemian Region (Středočeský kraj) = 11,014 km² (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bohemian_Region)
Please correct this misinformation.  Thank you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.112.63.65 (talk) 00:14, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prague - Metro + population 

message: Per Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)#Use_English, "within articles, places should generally be referred to by the same name as is used in their article title". As the article resides at Czech Republic, references to the country should use that term. --Khajidha (talk) 20:52, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Czech Republic 

message: In the section about Charles IV is written that "He began construction of the Gothic Saint Vitus Cathedral, within the largest of the Prague Castle courtyards, on the site of the Romanesque rotunda there." It is at best inaccurate - his father John of Bohemia was the one who gave the order and laid the foundation stone. Charles IV. was, together with his brother and others, only attending the ceremony... so Charles IV "began the construction" in a sense I shot the movie I watched yesterday. English is not my first language so I would prefer someone else to look at it, please.
88.103.227.42 (talk) 02:35, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charles IV not founder of Cathedral 

message: Xx236 (talk) 12:06, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[David Černý]] to be mentioned? 

message: Not sure what this edit was trying to convey as I can't think of any English accent where "vague" rhymes with "pog". Prague rhymes with pog in US varieties that merge cot-caught and lot-palm, but what this sentence is presumably trying to convey is that in the 19th century Prague was also pronounced "Prayg", like New Prague, Minnesota still is today? I actually can't work this out from the references given (the limerick one contains an audio file of someone pronouncing vague as "vahg", with the PALM vowel) so we might do well with a better source for this... – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 14:33, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: As for "vague", I can only find the "vayg" pronunciation (with the FACE vowel) in the sources I have at hand although :wikt:vague has an alternative pronunciation with the TRAP vowel - which still wouldn't rhyme with "pog". – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 14:35, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: the return to the basics of solidarity and sound mind, enough with frivolity and wimsy. 
after years of contemplating the who's who and whats what to no discovery or too late to bring solidarity of sound unity through the introduction of the european community and the reverting back to the old mappings of the old glamor of the ballrooms and chandeliers with open arms and straight forward realness of the times reflecting on the history of discovery overthe waters of the oceans and new lands now lost but found again in a new brighter light of the older views. No need to chnge the names and run with the new name but do plan to state each individually in reverse letter order for the new millenium.     year 2022 JenniferRoddick (talk) 21:26, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: To be removed. Xx236 (talk) 13:13, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical notations 

message: "In 2017, Prague was listed as the fifth most visited European city" Xx236 (talk) 13:10, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obsolete informations 

message: Wouldn’t it be better to have that be separate? Seeing as it doesn’t hold much value to the page of Prague itself but rather an atrocity that occurred? Maybe create a seperate page dedicated to that? QuantumZazzy (talk) 18:16, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The university shooting 

message: Hello I would to ask for a change of text. In the early history of Prague there is stated that it was “Prague was also once home to an important slave market.” With source n.34
After I finally got to the page 417 of the source book the only mention of Prague is in a context of Radhanites and that one of the routes they used ran through Prague. 
I may be just over exaggerating, but it feels to me like a great reach to call it “an important slave market” just because some traders, who among other things did trade slaves, used a route through the city. Username8471837 (talk) 11:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Text change.