Talk:Socialist Unity Party of Germany

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Contents 1 "Unified Socialist Party of Germany" vs. "Socialist Unity Party of Germany" 2 Image 3 Merge into Left Party (Germany) 4 Fair use rationale for Image:SEDIIIparteitag.jpg 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Idol-sed.jpg

[edit] "Unified Socialist Party of Germany" vs. "Socialist Unity Party of Germany"

In my point of view is the tanslation of "Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands" with "Socialist Unity Party" misleading - "United Socialist Party" would be more appropriate...

Citius Altius Fortius 21:24, 04 Jul 2005 (CEST)

The term Einheitspartei can as well be considered in the way, that the party's will was to fight for a reunification, as in the way, that the Party is the united party of the socialist movement of Germany. --134.2.223.216 7 July 2005 02:10 (UTC)

Would someone please explain to me how "Unified Socialist Party" is the more correct English translation of Sozialistische Einheitspartei? Not only is "Socialist Unity Party" the literal translation from German into English, it also makes (at least to me) a lot more sense, since one of the main ideas the SED attempted to project was (through its name) the unity of German socialists - the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Communists (KPD) - following the years of disunity, turmoil and conflict during the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. The KPD, by the way, began with a faction of former SPD members such as Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, etc.

Perhaps of greatest importance is that I cannot locate a single reference work that translated Sozialistische Einheitspartei into English as "Unified Socialist Party." However, there are plenty of references to "Socialist Unity Party," including official German government websites (example here) and in English-language publications published by the GDR government and the SED itself. I invite anyone reading this to provide me with an example to refute this.--Cvieg (talk) 20:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

On 18 January 2008, user:Portim edited this article using the phrasing "Unified Socialist Party" in place of "Socialist Unity Party." I posted a response (and request) on his talk page on 21 January 2008. As of this date, user:Portim has not responded to my post. I have therefore reverted his edit of this article to my previous edit (dated 13 January 2008). I repeat my invitation for anyone to provide me with a recognized example that uses the translation "Unified Socialist Party" if they wish to challenge the generally accepted translation of "Socialist Unity Party."--Cvieg (talk) 18:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Ugh. That image is ever so slightly (well, about 10 times) too large. -- Morwen.

Fixed - reduced from 1436px wide to 300px (on the page) and 750 px (larger version). --rbrwr

[edit] Merge into Left Party (Germany)

Shouldn't this article be merged into Left Party (Germany)? If PDS was the direct legal succession of SED, then there should only be one article for the entire history of the party. --Soman 01:31, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

The PDS is the successor of the SED in the end. This article is about the party that ruled alone, so I think there is no need for a merger --SoWhy 19:03, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

To merge is out of the question I think. the PDS article would be overwieghted without a reason.--Constanz - Talk 10:48, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:SEDIIIparteitag.jpg

Image:SEDIIIparteitag.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Idol-sed.jpg

Image:Idol-sed.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:37, 13 February 2008 (UTC)