Talk:Battle of Berlin

Skip to table of contents

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Battle of Berlin article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: Index, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: 3 months

Battle of Berlin is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 27, 2007	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
September 22, 2008	WikiProject A-class review	Approved
October 11, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 2, 2005, May 2, 2006, May 2, 2007, May 2, 2008, May 2, 2009, May 2, 2010, May 2, 2015, May 2, 2016, May 2, 2017, May 2, 2019, May 2, 2020, and May 2, 2022.
Current status: Former featured article candidate

Military history: European / German / Russian & Soviet / World War II

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history

Associated task forces:
/
	European military history task force
	German military history task force
	Russian, Soviet and CIS military history task force
	World War II task force

Additional information:
/
	This article has passed an A-Class review.

Germany: Prussia Top‑importance

	Germany portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Germany, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Germany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GermanyWikipedia:WikiProject GermanyTemplate:WikiProject GermanyGermany
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Prussia, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.

Soviet Union Top‑importance

	Soviet Union portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Soviet Union, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Soviet UnionWikipedia:WikiProject Soviet UnionTemplate:WikiProject Soviet UnionSoviet Union
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

Russia: History / Military Top‑importance

	Russia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Russia, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of Russia on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.RussiaWikipedia:WikiProject RussiaTemplate:WikiProject RussiaRussia
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the history of Russia task force.
	This article is supported by the Russian, Soviet, and CIS military history task force.

Archives

Index

Archive 1	Archive 2	Archive 3
Archive 4	Archive 5	Archive 6
Archive 7	Archive 8	Archive 9
Archive 10

This page has archives. Sections older than 90 days may be automatically archived by when more than 4 sections are present.

Semi-protected edit request on 21 March 2024

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

spell correction of defence plan to defense plan 2600:1700:E60:2310:55B7:F1E8:FF3C:B1F (talk) 06:00, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are you not a native English user? Only in American English is defence spelled as "defense". See: the relevant Wiktionary entry. Dimadick (talk) 06:12, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please see MOS:ENGVAR. M.Bitton (talk) 16:36, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

shouldn't the proper language reflect the proper grammar? If the person is reading it in English, in America, shouldn't the article reflect that translation? As an American we can be thrown off by English spellings and vice versa,so shouldn't each page translation reflect the correct spelling? Even if that is two variations of one language, as they are not the same? Jmurphy042000 (talk) 04:19, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The default for international organisations is British English. For example, Americans working for NATO have to use British English. Doesn’t cause these organisations any problems 86.3.134.204 (talk) 06:27, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, however, that wasn't what I stated. I stated that the correct grammar should be reflected in the language they are viewing. As an American, who knows many Americans not framiliar with British English, it does cause problems. You're speaking of a world wide organization. That's like saying all scientists understand latin. Why? To stop the confusion you mentioned. However this is a different circumstance, is it not? If I am in American, reading American English I would expect to see that vocabulary used. Tyres in the UK is Tires in America. There are differences. Another example would be the slang term "boot". It is 2 vastly different things in America versus the UK. Jmurphy042000 (talk) 00:44, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Wikipedia is technically an American organization, not an international organization. Just because it is on the Web doesn't mean it is "international". It is technically an American non-profit. Which would mean the default language is... American English. Jmurphy042000 (talk) 00:47, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the absence of a national exception it is written in the language that was first used unless there is consensus for change. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 12:45, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Allied victory?

Which RS put it like this? Keith-264 (talk) 12:30, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A Correction in the Background section

"Three German divisions' attempts to relieve the city city failed, and Budapest fell to the Soviets on 13 February."

There are two "city". One is redundant. Staskaya (talk) 14:59, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Soviet commander?

Who is Nver Safarian (hy) in the infobox? ¬¬¬¬ keyboard problems!