Talk:German War Graves Commission

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[edit] Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.


German War Graves Commission → German National War Graves Welfare Organisation — your manual of style says use real name of organisation in english. this name does not exist in english or german.United Prune Corporation 13:15, 21 May 2007 (UTC) —United Prune Corporation 13:15, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

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  • Disagree Roger 15:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Disagree --Aarktica 17:36, 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 15:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)


The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it be moved. --Stemonitis 06:35, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 10:54, 6 May 2008 (UTC)