Category talk:German War Graves Commission

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[edit] Requested move

Category:German War Graves Commission → Category:German National War Graves Welfare Organisation — see discussion at [| German War Graves Commission]United Prune Corporation 13:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC) —United Prune Corporation 13:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

• Oppose Roger 15:23, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

Any additional comments:

This name is not made up. The organisation is widely referred to as the German War Graves Commission. They use this name themselves in English here, for instance. It is also used by their British sister counterpart - the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (here, for example, under War Grave Organisations). Other usage examples include this one, this too and finally this. In any event, the proposed alternative is not the real name of the organisation in English but one of several possible literal translations. For instance, German People's War Grave Care Society is also a literal translation of Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge. Roger 15:23, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:RM is not the right place to request that a category be renamed. Instead, it would be best to wait until the request at German War Graves Commission is closed and then, if it is successful, to request the category be changed to match at WP:CFD. In my experience, having the category follow the change in article naming is normally little more than a formality. In the meanwhile, I have removed the {{move}} tag from this talk page, and the request from WP:RM. --Stemonitis 06:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)