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Misquote. Please change “the strongest, most explicit and most widespread protest movement against any policy since the beginning of the Third Reich” to “the strongest, most explicit and most widespread protest movement against any Nazi policy since the beginning of the Third Reich.” (1 word “Nazi”)

Mchcopl (talk) 04:14, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mchcopl and thank you for being so observant. I checked the source, and you were right.  Done Lova Falk (talk) 08:46, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I’ve suggested and contributed several other (more significant) changes too. Do you know when I will get edit access? Mchcopl (talk) 05:10, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Once you have made 241 more edits. The requirement is 500 edits (and one month of being an editor), so you are halfway there! Lova Falk (talk) 09:51, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha. Do edit requests that get approved count? Mchcopl (talk) 21:32, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mchcopl To the best of my knowledge, any edit counts! Edit requests that get approved, edit requests that get denied, you and I talking here. Lova Falk (talk) 10:11, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see. So we can just keep talking here for 241 more messages 😉 Mchcopl (talk) Mchcopl (talk) 06:54, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That would constitute WP:Gaming the system though. Lova Falk (talk) 18:21, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Anupam: Good morning would you mind reverting your interpolation of "lambasted", it is not an improvement. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 05:49, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning User:Keith-264, the source uses the word "denounced", which is a synonym of "lambasted". I'll use the former word if that works better. Kind regards, Anupam^Talk 05:51, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be grateful if you did. How do you get edits through, now that the page is protected? Regards Keith-264 (talk) 07:59, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Germany, Austria, occupied Poland, and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia"; take out the comma (in my square brackets) between Poland [,] and the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Keith-264 (talk) 08:56, 22 August 2025 (UTC) Keith-264 (talk) 08:56, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: This is the use of the serial comma. I don't see why it should be removed, it provides some additional clarity and is grammatically correct. Also, you should be able to edit the article as you are extended confirmed. jolielover♥talk 11:33, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford commas are redundant, a conjunction should never be punctuated. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 13:23, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have evidence of the redundancy? The Banner talk 14:19, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the comma comes before a conjunction, it's pointless; you can see for yourself. Keith-264 (talk) 10:06, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

change 'who participated in Operation Reinhard the mass murder of Jewish people.' to 'who participated in Operation Reinhard; the mass murder of Jewish people.' Informationhoarder1 (talk) 22:40, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question: The semicolon isn't gramatically correct there, and a comma or full colon would probably be weird, but here's an idea: how about "who participated in the mass murder of Jewish people under Operation Reinhard"? If that works for you I can swap that out. tony 23:27, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Hearing no objections this is done assuming the intent was to make it less clumslily phrased. If this wording isn't OK, ping me (by typing @TonySt in a reply) and I'll be happy to revert and reopen this, provided it's soon (otherwise just make a new request) --tony 21:21, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Put the photo of Bouhler back on the left margin. If the content of an image faces right it goes on the left margin and vice versa. Keith-264 (talk) 13:32, 18 September 2025 (UTC) Keith-264 (talk) 13:32, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done — 🪫Volatile ^{📲T | ⌨️C} 02:24, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all

I came across this article while checking citations on another article. The lead currently says "The killings took place from September 1939 until the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. Between 275,000 and 300,000 people were killed in psychiatric hospitals in Germany, Austria, occupied Poland, and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now the Czech Republic)."

The problem is that as far as I can see, none of the three cited works for the figure of 275,000 to 300,000 killed under Aktion T4 (ie Longerich, Browning and Proctor) give this figure on the cited pages. The following sentence "The number of victims was originally recorded as 70,273 but this number has been increased by the discovery of victims listed in the archives of the former East Germany" cites a linked page on the Bundesarchive website. This page does give a figure of nearly 300,000, but states that the number was 100,000 under the T4 programme (ie 1939 to 1941). My understanding is that the T4 programme was closed down in 1941.

Unless I have missed something, Longerich, Browning and Proctor should not be given as citations for the estimate of 275,000 to 300,000 deaths. Also, as the T4 programme officially ended in 1941 and the article is about the period 1939 to 1945, I suggest a more accurate title would be something like: "Nazi euthanasia programme". Wikipedia article titles are supposed to use the title most commonly used in English. In all the general books and articles I have read, I have never seen the programme referred to as "Aktion T4". It is usually referred to as "the euthanasia programme" and the T4 program specifically is usually referred to as "the T4 programme". "Euthanasia in the Third Reich" is also a possible title and is the one used in the linked Bundesarchiv page.

Happy to discuss Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 07:07, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Although there are articles which use the name "Aktion T4", those appearing at Scholar seem to be in German most of the time. We are supposed to use the common English name if there is one. I also agree with your other comments. I would support "Nazi euthanasia programme" or "Nazi euthanasia program". Zero^talk 09:56, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]