FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject German Renaming/Proposal: Difference between revisions

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.  

The objectives of this project are to<br>1. Simplify the current locality structure<br>2. Establish uniform locality page naming guidelines for the area covered by the former German Empire<br>  

Between 1871 and 1918 the German Empire covered the largest geographical area. The &nbsp;FamilySearch Catalog for&nbsp;Germany is based on the jurisdictions listed in Meyers Orts- und&nbsp;Verkehrslexikon des&nbsp;Deutschen&nbsp;Reichs, ed. E. Utrecht, published in 1912. [ [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany_Gazetteers#Using_Meyers_Gazetteer Click here ]&nbsp;for information about Meyers Gazetteer.]  

#Pommern (Pomerania)

*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 Thueringen are listed as separate states, even though they were created in 1920.  

*The nobility area designation has been dropped. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;