Talk:Germanophile

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	Germany Portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Germany, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles related to Germany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please join the project and help with our open tasks.
Stub	This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the quality scale. (If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)
Additional information: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: not checked Coverage and accuracy: not checked Structure: not checked Grammar: not checked Supporting materials: not checked To fill out this checklist, please add the following to the template call: <!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited. --> |B-Class-1=yes/no <!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. --> |B-Class-2=yes/no <!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. --> |B-Class-3=yes/no <!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. --> |B-Class-4=yes/no <!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. --> |B-Class-5=yes/no

[edit] German culture

I thought this topic concerned people of non-german origin with a particular interest in German culture. So how does it become a part of German culture? Rex 19:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Germanophiles attempt to mimic German culture. Ameise -- chat 19:43, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I doubt that, but anyway how does this make this German culture? Rex 20:02, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

How can you doubt that? That is the basic definition of that, do you also doubt that pi is 3.141...? Ameise -- chat 01:20, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

sigh, this is splitting hairs. Germanophily is "delight in German culture", and as such not part of German culture in the narrow sense. It still makes sence to categorize it under German culture. What is wrong with doing so Rex? "Germany" isn't a terribly descripitive category, and by the same reasoning inapplicable, since Germanophiles are necessarily not part of Germany. dab (ᛏ) 07:33, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Well it just proves that this is a rather blurry area ... it just seemed strange as I don't think there are many German Germanophiles.;) Rex 08:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Well I'm a fanatical Germanophile, and damn proud of it!:=)

[edit] The "Verrification" Error box on top of page

I would like to suggest that the Etymology of the word "Germanophile" is verification alone for the pages content. I would classify myself as a Germanophile due to my overarching love for Deutscland. Also how do you verify an "Idea". This is like the "God" issue "God" is an Idea in the technical sense. So you can not find reliable sources with which to verify "God" to make an Atheist instantly a Baptist bible thumping person. Same for this "Idea" you capture what a Germanophile would be, and when people who would subscribe to the Germanophile ideology come along they can put in their "First Person" view of what a Germanophile is. Treat this like a religion, people will come along write what they believe, in order to educat others on what a Germanophile is.
Thanks,
MKLPTR (talk) 10:02, 16 December 2007 (UTC)