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Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Planck was fundamental on turning the page on old physics. His debate with Ernst Mach] and the energerticists should be mentioned. ReyHahn (talk) 13:14, 14 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ref error

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

@BauhausFan89: please fill in a source for the Hartmann ref you added. -- Fyrael (talk) 15:02, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Max Planck believing in a personal God questioned

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In the sentence "....believed in an almighty, all-knowing, beneficent God (although not necessarily a personal one)" needs clarification. The text in brackets seems to contradict the preceding statement. I propose to eliminate it or to add a relevant citation. 150.214.192.127 (talk) 14:51, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

German Confederation

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As i conclude within MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE, the German Confederation was not a single unified country, it was a political association of 39 sovereign, independent German-speaking states. But for Duchy of Holstein, was an independent sovereign state, unlike other sovereign states of the German-speaking world like Prussia, before the unification. Absolutiva 13:52, 19 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

The infobox currently has birth_place set to "Kiel, Holstein". I think many readers of English Wikipedia won't be familiar with Holstein. Any objections to changing it to ""Kiel, Duchy of Holstein" (as stated in the Early life and education section)? Dotyoyo (talk) 21:43, 26 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

It is concise per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE, I also added some details in the section as a sovereign state. Absolutiva 22:10, 26 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

It's good to choose the more concise of two synonyms, but Holstein and Duchy of Holstein represent two distinct concepts, as reflected in their having two distinct Wikipedia articles. Dotyoyo (talk) 03:29, 27 February 2026 (UTC)Reply