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Just a note: I removed 'goose-stepping' from the description of the military parades, as I felt it was needlessly POV (given the common association of the term with Nazism in the English language). Feel free to argue for it here if you feel it is important to the article. 156.34.221.174 21:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Not at all, 'goose-stepping' states for the German term "Preussischer Stechschritt" that was introduced long time ago before Nazi Germany was established. It´s a specail kind of march established by the Prussian kings, also used by other German kingdoms, Nazi Germany and the GDR. No other German state uses this kind of march after the WW II (19:09, 6 May 2006, 85.178.127.67)
- A little after the fact, but the initial poster's comment was that 'goose-steping' is immediately associated with Naziism, or at least that there is a strong nuance of such whenever this word is used. This statement seems, in my eyes at least, to be valid (do a quick search for "Lion King nazi" for a simple example). Furthermore and without trying to be offensive, I think the original poster, as presumably a native speaker of English (as opposed to poster II) has a better sense for colloquial English, nuance and pop culture in the English-speaking world. The sentence would clearly not be interepreted as NPOV regardless of the author's intentions. H6a6t6e (talk) 15:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed - the commonplace Nazi association makes it NPOV except in particular contexts. Apart from anything else, as the Goose-Step article notes, East German marching used a modified form (knee-height) and name. Explaining that nuance will be appropriate in some articles, but not here. Rd232 talk 13:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
- A little after the fact, but the initial poster's comment was that 'goose-steping' is immediately associated with Naziism, or at least that there is a strong nuance of such whenever this word is used. This statement seems, in my eyes at least, to be valid (do a quick search for "Lion King nazi" for a simple example). Furthermore and without trying to be offensive, I think the original poster, as presumably a native speaker of English (as opposed to poster II) has a better sense for colloquial English, nuance and pop culture in the English-speaking world. The sentence would clearly not be interepreted as NPOV regardless of the author's intentions. H6a6t6e (talk) 15:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC)