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Hello Jiang,
I would be ready to compromise with you over the Germany article.
I shall remove all the subsections of the article's chapters (with subsections I mean sections like "Holy Roman Empire", "German Empire", "First World War" etc in the History chapter, for example). That would automatically shorten the article. The idea with the subsections originally came to me when studying the structure of the Japan article - see for example the chapter "Society" there, which I copied and which you dissolved. Since they appear to offend you, the subsections will go.
You in turn will need to accept that the text of the article will not be shortened. The paragraph about the "Holy Roman Empire" for example will be reinstated, although it will no longer be a subsection but a simple paragraph. Likewise, the piece about "Foreign affairs", which you rechristened "Foreign relations" - and which for some unknown reason you placed behind the "Economy" chapter, of all places - will be put back into "Politics", though as a simple paragraph, not as a subsection.
Another point is your decision to remove my title "Parliament" above the piece about the Bundestag and the Bundesrat, and to rename it "Government". But in a parliamentary democracy like Germany's, parliament and government are not one and the same thing. In the Japan article, for example, the subsection about the parliament is rightly called "The Diet", NOT "Government".
So do us all a favour, ask AllyUnion to unblock the article. You have time to consider until next Monday, as I shall be away over the weekend.
Heimdal 13:58, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Jiang, I do not even intend to discuss with you any further, as long as you keep the article blocked. I do not want to explain to you why it is wrong to rename the Holy Roman Empire "Imperial Germany", and what is the democratic principle of the separation of powers. Go to your university library and look it up in a dictionary if you don't know. Apart from this, it would be befit you if you were a little less arrogant, yes? - Heimdal 16:47, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)