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Change "67 per cent" to "67 percent" in the "Religion" section KamJam007 (talk) 01:44, 23 October 2025 (UTC)  Not done - this article uses Bristish spelling vatiant. Percent is the US spelling variant.— Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 01:57, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ah sorry, didn't know that was a thing lol KamJam007 (talk) 03:42, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please replace the anthem (instrumental version) with the one with vocals, look at the Wikipedia page for "Horst-Wessel-Lied", anthems with lyrics are better in general. ~2025-35632-01 (talk) 17:24, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please specify what file you are referring to as "the one with vocals". Day Creature (talk) 17:32, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's hard to copy and paste because the file name is in Russian but it's the one on the top of the "Horst-Wessel-Lied" article with the subtitle of "1933 vocal rendition by the Grosses Blas-Orchester and Chor, conducted by Carl Woitschach" ~2025-35604-86 (talk) 18:01, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So we have File:Horst Wessel-Lied Instrumental.mp3 as the instrumental version currently in use, and File:Песня Хорста Весселя.ogg as the version you propose. I think the existing version is superior because it has better audio quality, so I am going to close this edit request as not done for now. Feel free to discuss the matter with other editors on the talk page and see if a consensus exists to change the file. Day Creature (talk) 18:34, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remove the term antisemitic at the beginning of the wiki. It’s not a fact that holocaust denying is antisemitism. You can ask questions about a subject you believe to be false without hating the people the subject is about. Most holocaust deniers are not one bit antisemitic. ~2025-39602-64 (talk) 13:44, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RS say otherwise? Slatersteven (talk) 15:13, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No reason to change the facts for WP:OR. Kierzek (talk) 00:50, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Currently, a type of government in the infobox is "Unitary fascist state under a totalitarian dictatorship". No sources that mentioned "unitary", so I propose Nazi dictatorship as the best option similarily than Francoist Spain's infobox, which is "Francoist dictatorship". Absolutiva 03:38, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Seems reasonable for text, but the link redirects back here. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:41, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest it links to Government of Nazi Germany ~2026-14789-4 (talk) 02:59, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense, but not sure about the link. Perhaps "fascist state" is sufficient? Mellk (talk) 12:56, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Germany under the rule of Adolf Hitler and national-socialist ideology should be: "Unitary fascist state" (or "republic"), not "Unitary fascist state under a totalitarian dictatorship". Totalitarianism is already a component of fascism, there is no need to emphasize that it's a "totalitarian dictatorship". Vzomegahe (talk) 11:30, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that was what I thought as well, but "unitary" is probably also redundant in this case. Mellk (talk) 23:43, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree entirely, since the German government under National Socialism was fascist in character, defined by ultranationalist ideology, single-party rule, mass political mobilization, rejection of liberal democracy, and the Führerprinzip, which subordinated institutions to personal leadership. In this way, the regime also functioned as a totalitarian dictatorship, eliminating political pluralism, monopolizing ideology and media, employing systematic terror through the SS and Gestapo, and subordinating law to the will of the Führer. Power was concentrated in Hitler’s personal authority, exercised without constitutional restraint, judicial independence, or meaningful opposition, making the Nazi system neither merely authoritarian nor legally governed but a centralized, ideologically driven dictatorship seeking comprehensive control over state and society. Correspondingly, "unitary fascist state under a totalitarian dictatorship" is indeed an accurate description. The original poster of this argument has wrongly conflated Spain's dictatorship, which is for all intents and purposes, a false equivalency when contrasted against Nazi Germany.--Obenritter (talk) 12:32, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Dictatorship" is redundant if we would refer to it as a "fascist state", no? MOS:IBP says: The less information that an infobox contains, the more effectively it serves its purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance. We could also include "one-party state" to really emphasise that but at the same time, I do not see the benefit in this. Mellk (talk) 13:51, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not all fascist states are dictatorships in the strict institutional sense, although most evolve into them. Fascism is defined primarily by ideology and political practice—ultranationalism, mass mobilization, rejection of liberal democracy, and the subordination of individual rights to the nation—rather than by a fixed constitutional structure.Early Fascist Italy, for example, retained the monarchy, parliament, and judiciary for several years after Mussolini’s appointment in 1922, creating a hybrid system in which authoritarian rule expanded gradually rather than instantaneously becoming a personal dictatorship. Similarly, regimes such as Francoist Spain or Salazar’s Portugal incorporated certain fascist elements—corporatism, political repression, and nationalist ideology—while remaining closer to conservative authoritarian systems than fully totalitarian dictatorships. Over time, however, genuinely fascist regimes tend toward dictatorship—making you correct in one sense, but not entirely—because the fascist emphasis on unity, hierarchy, and leadership is inherently incompatible with pluralism, legal limits on power, or institutional autonomy, making the concentration of authority in a dominant leader or ruling elite a structural outcome rather than an accidental one. --Obenritter (talk) 14:28, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That is all very true; you're correct, my friend. Doubleplusgood. However: I may still argue that since the "Führerprinzip" was part of official national-socialist ideology, the "totalitarian dictatorship" should itself be an element of the government, rather than it being an adjunct. Though I could be incorrect here; I believe the doctrine applied to anyone who was the "Führer", thus anyone who (theoretically) succeeded Hitler would have been the newly centralized autocratic leader. Do correct me if mistaken. Vzomegahe (talk) 1:11, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Replace "common_languages" with "official_languages" in the infobox. Could you also please add recognized languages as well? Nazi Germany also had Polish, Czech, etc... after annexation of nearby territories. ~2026-97428-2 (talk) 22:28, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. Day Creature (talk) 23:20, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]