Talk:Unification of Germany
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[edit] Refactor
Right now the article says "For a more detailed look at how German unification occurred see German Empire." I haven't really looked, but if there is more detail there than here, we should be refactoring that detail out to this article. - Jmabel | Talk 04:38, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
I would prefer to have one comprehensive article on the German Empire, including how it came into being, and leave this article as a sort of "soft redirect" (if that is the appropriate expression) to German Empire#Bismarck's founding of the Empire. Alternatively, one could make this article into a disambiguation article pointing to German Empire and German reunification. --Boson 23:05, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- Having thought about it a bit more, one could expand this article to cover the process leading up to reunification in detail, say the period of about 1864 to 1871. This would probably neeed to be coordinated with the articles on the Danish War of 1864, the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, and Bismarck, perhaps also with some of the German Wikipedia articles. Is there any forum for discussing such coordination issues? I couldn't find a project on German history (only military, which might be OK in this case).--Boson 21:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge sections from German Empire
As a start, I suggest merging sections Bismarck's founding of the Empire and Constituent states of the empire into this article. --Boson 14:14, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
- Taking some information from the German Empire article is alright, but the German Empire article should remain. - 52 Pickup 09:25, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merged
I believe I've done an appropriate merger/refactoring. This still needs a lot of TLC in terms of citation. - Jmabel | Talk 23:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Strange
I find it highly strange that such an important event of the European history finds only few words. Some one familiar with the matter should expand the contents. --Bhadani 16:16, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- See my above comment. I checked and there is, indeed, more detail in German Empire. We should refactor. - Jmabel | Talk 04:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Unifacation"
In the unlikely event that there is anything useful at the oddly spelled Unifacation of germany, could someone please merge it? Otherwise, just put it on WP:AFD. - Jmabel | Talk 04:46, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
- The mis-spelled article may contain some additional information but this article refers to "German Empire", which contains details of how it came into being. At first glance, it doesn't look as if there is any additional information not in German Empire , so I would support the AfD proposal. Perhaps the author could check if there is anything left to add to "German Empire. --Boson 22:54, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Kleindeutsche Lösung
Kleindeutsche Lösung was translated as "Little German solution", now "Smaller German solution"; I believer that "Small German solution" is actually more common, but there are so few online references to any of these other than our forks and mirrors that the Google test is useless. - Jmabel | Talk 06:47, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
- Doesn't one normally talk about "Greater Germany" and "Lesser Germany", and by analogy "Lesser German Solution". Annoyingly, I can't find any references to the English terms in books (though I haven't looked very thoroughly). I would tend to put it in parentheses, but without implying that it is a literal translation (like Small German solution). If we are going to use the German word Lösung, I think we should regard it as a proper name and capitalize Solution. Presumably, we should maintain consistency with the Kleindeutsche Lösung article (which currently has "Small German Solution").--Boson 09:34, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Number of states
In the merged article, we have a somewhat confused situation with a reference to "39 previously independent states" and 25 states of the empire. I assume that many of these previously independent states were annexed by Prussia.
Rather than just have a list of states here that duplicates the list at States of the German Empire, could someone possibly rework this article to name all of the states predating the empire and indicate which were incorporated as states of the empire, which were absorbed into Prussia, and which met other fates? Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 23:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Unattributed opinion
From the article:
One problem with this constitution was that it was designed for certain types of people to hold the position of chancellor and king. Bismarck was extremely powerful and William I was only a figurehead. The constitution fails to consider the scenario of a powerful king and a chancellor who is a figurehead.
I think the factual part of this is accurate (though it should still be cited) but the value judgment that a constitution should allow for a powerful king seems to come out of nowhere. I'll give a few days for someone to work out if they can do something with this, preferably involving citation, but if not I am inclined to remove it. - Jmabel | Talk 22:01, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Zollverein
Why is there no mention of the Zollverein in this article. The Zollverein was an important early factor in the growth of national feeling and it also led to the rise in Prussian influence in the German States, which undoubtedly helped with unification in some ways. Ixistant 20:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
