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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Current naming practices for Germany yield long, cumbersome page titles and complicate searches. This is a proposal for renaming the German locality pages in order to improve the user experience.<br> | Current naming practices for Germany yield long, cumbersome page titles and complicate searches. This is a proposal for renaming the German locality pages in order to improve the user experience.<br> | ||
A study of the German and English Wikipedia and the German GenWiki showed that each handles German locality names differently. It seems best not to adopt either system completely, but to design a naming system based on the unique needs of the FamilySearch Wiki. | A study of the German and English Wikipedia and the German GenWiki showed that each handles German locality names differently. It seems best not to adopt either system completely, but to design a naming system based on the unique needs of the FamilySearch Wiki. | ||
== Objectives == | == Objectives == | ||
The objectives of this project are to | The objectives of this project are to: | ||
#Simplify the current locality structure | |||
#Establish uniform locality page naming guidelines for the area covered by the former German Empire | |||
== Anticipated Benefits == | == Anticipated Benefits == | ||
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== Background Information == | == Background Information == | ||
Between 1871 and 1918 the German Empire covered the largest geographical area. The | Between 1871 and 1918 the German Empire covered the largest geographical area. The FamilySearch Catalog for Germany is based on the jurisdictions listed in Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon des Deutschen Reichs, ed. E. Utrecht, published in 1912. [ [[Germany_Gazetteers#Using_Meyers_Gazetteer|Click here ]] for information about Meyers Gazetteer.] | ||
== Proposed simplified hierarchy == | == Proposed simplified hierarchy == | ||
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#Hohenzollern | #Hohenzollern | ||
#Ostpreußen (Ostpreussen, East Prussia) | #Ostpreußen (Ostpreussen, East Prussia) | ||
#Pommern (Pomerania | #Pommern (Pomerania) | ||
#Posen | #Posen | ||
#Rheinland (Rhineland) | #Rheinland (Rhineland) | ||
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#Westpreußen (Westpreussen, West Prussia) | #Westpreußen (Westpreussen, West Prussia) | ||
Sachsen (Saxony) | *Sachsen (Saxony) | ||
*Schaumburg-Lippe | *Schaumburg-Lippe | ||
*Thüringen (Thuringia) | *Thüringen (Thuringia) | ||
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*Waldeck | *Waldeck | ||
*Württemberg | *Württemberg | ||
This proposed hierarchy reflects the following changes from the current version: | |||
*German place names are listed first in traditional spelling; non-traditional spellings and anglicized versions are listed after that, making it possible to locate the page using variant spellings | |||
*The list is alphabetized throughout | |||
*Berlin and Thüringen are listed as separate states, even though they were created in 1920. | |||
*The nobility area designation has been dropped. | |||
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