GermanCamps

May 2020

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Eric ^talk 01:42, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Mathglot (talk) 06:53, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Username and SPA issue

Hi again, GermanCamps. The combination of your username, the large image about WW II-era concentration camps on your user page, and your contribution history to date, might lead other editors to assume that you are a single purpose account; that is, someone who edits in a narrowly focused area. A new user has to start editing somewhere, and in principle, there is nothing wrong with an editor maintaining a narrow focus on one topic area, as long as they continue to demonstrate a willingness to follow Wikipedia policies and guidelines as they are pointed out to them. However if over time, if an editor demonstrates a pattern of "edit[ing] for the purposes of promotion or showcasing their favored point of view", then that is not okay, and you need to be aware of that. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 07:30, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Nazi camps or German Nazi camps

I responded to your comment at a discussion raised by User:Eric at WT:GERMANY#German and German Nazi vs Nazi about "changing instances of Nazi to German or German Nazi", in particular in response to this comment of yours about one source that supports the expression German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp. However as I explained at that discussion, this is a WP:DUEWEIGHT issue, and the numbers at first glance appear to be 800 to 1 against you, although further search experiments may show different results.

WP:DUEWEIGHT is part of Wikipedia's Neutral point of view policy (a.k.a., "NPOV"), one of the core principles of the encyclopedia, and known as the second of the "Five pillars of Wikipedia". Given the data I've seen so far on what expressions are used for the camps and how frequently they are used, in my opinion there is no justification for changing the terms Nazi camps or Nazi concentration camps to add the word German because they contravene what the majority of reliable sources say, and are contrary to due weight. If you feel differently, you should be prepared to support your point of view with data and with reference to Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Until that point, I would recommend that you stop making changes of this nature. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me here, or on my Talk page. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 07:36, 14 May 2020 (UTC)