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I would like to translate large parts of the articles from the Dutch and German Wikipedia (both are featured ones) in the next months. I would appreciate if somebody could overlook the translations, since I am no native speaker.--Frisia Orientalis 17:20, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please check Wikipedia:Translation for the proper way to establish a translation workflow. I'd be willing to help. --Dschwen(A) 18:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added Germany towns map

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14-Sep-2007: I haved added a quick map of Germany (extended from the CIA map), to show Emden with other towns. Most maps out there are not readable in a wiki article, due to tiny lettering. An entire map-subculture has grown around blank, jigsaw ink-blot maps showing an unlabeled region with a shaded jigsaw area. In fact, readable maps are so rare in WP, they almost seem magical: the trick is font-size, with 1-pixel thickness for EACH 250px of map width, when full-size. As a map is down-scaled, the lettering tends to blur; however, a 750px map can be scaled to 250px as readable, when lettering has 3-pixel thickness. Shaded lettering could also appear visible with a similar 2-pixel + gray-pixel shading. However, map labels of 1-pixel thickness are almost always invisible when resized onto a WP article page. To improve map readability, label the towns with wider fonts, as 2-pixel thickness or more. -Wikid77 04:05, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

While your points are not without merit, there is one thing you are missing entirely: Your map exceeds the scope of the article. It would be fine for the Germany article, but apart from having the meta:WikiMiniAtlas the little locator map is enough to place Emden geographically. Any further information can be obtained in other articles. It should not be crammed into this one. --Dschwen 06:16, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Missing "Emden"

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"A deep sea spot in the Pacific Ocean close to the Philippines is named after the "second" Emden ship, and is therefore called Emdentief in German. The spot (10,400 m deep) was sounded in the 1920s (in 1920, 1923 or 1928 - sources vary)."

Whatever the date the ship in question was the third Emden, not the second.

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