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Nazi Party? Why not use the real name?
The official name of Hitler's party is NSDAP or in full Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. The name "Nazi Party" is not an official name, nor has the term become established in colloquial speech as a synonym for the NSDAP. So why is it used in the introduction chapter here? Is it meant to avoid the official name and thereby to avoid the terms sozialistisch and Arbeiter? ~2025-39982-80 (talk) 15:20, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- no, but it is the common one. That is why it is used, not because we want to hide the fact that it contains any words (like National, I.E. nationalist). Slatersteven (talk) 15:22, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- @~2025-39982-80 because Nazi is more known
- For example if you asked someone do you know the NSDAP they won't ~2026-13406-46 (talk) 20:05, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
nor has the term become established in colloquial speech as a synonym for the NSDAP
— What? Of course it has. What else would it be? Loytra✨ 03:01, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
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In the first paragraph of the "Childhood and education" section, there is the sentence "There Hitler acquired the distinctive lower Bavarian dialect, rather than Austrian German, which marked his speech throughout his life." A comma should be added after "There". Jlunbeck (talk) 08:33, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- Done. Valenciano (talk) 10:33, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
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lom ~2026-14621-80 (talk) 10:16, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Annh07 (talk) 10:18, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
WikiProject Conservatism
The Nazi Party article being part of WikiProject Conservatism, but Hitler not being, feels inconsistent. Why wouldn't a member/leader of a conservative movement be labelled conservative? Or had this just gone unnoticed? Roast (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
- Roast, I don't know how far-right the Conservatism project reaches, but the anomaly to my eyes would seem to be including the Nazi Party, rather than omitting Hitler.Pincrete (talk) 05:26, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Pincrete The project includes far-right topics like David Duke and the article for Far-right politics (I admit that I edited the latter, but that was to change its importance; it was applied to the project prior). For this, not including Hitler seems like an oversight. Roast (talk) 11:27, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
About the central description
The article's central description says "dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II and leader of the Holocaust (1889–1945)". In my ears, "leader of the Holocaust" sounds like he was leading a political movement. Perhaps this should be changed to "orchestrator of the Holocaust" or something along those lines? Oakchris1955 (talk) 11:38, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
- Instigator? Slatersteven (talk) 11:48, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
- I tend to be against it here just because it has already been used ("main instigator of World War II") and I think this kind of repetition should be avoid as much as possible in article descriptions. Then again, it is probably better than "leader of the Holocaust" Oakchris1955 (talk) 13:37, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
- The article doesn't say either "main instigator of World War II" nor "leader of the Holocaust". It says "Germany's invasion of Poland … under his leadership marked the outbreak of the Second World War" and later "Hitler was closely involved in … the perpetration of the Holocaust".
- What's the problem? Pincrete (talk) 18:34, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
- I already said what the problem is.
Oakchris1955 (talk) 19:14, 15 March 2026 (UTC)In my ears, "leader of the Holocaust" sounds like he was leading a political movement.
- I tend to be against it here just because it has already been used ("main instigator of World War II") and I think this kind of repetition should be avoid as much as possible in article descriptions. Then again, it is probably better than "leader of the Holocaust" Oakchris1955 (talk) 13:37, 15 March 2026 (UTC)