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Angela Merkel was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
December 6, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
September 29, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Notable facts

In her office Merkel has a picture of the German-born Russian Empress Catherine the Great, who is described by Merkel as "a strong woman".^[1]
In July 2006, during the G8 Summit proceedings at Konstantinovsky Palace, United States President Bush strode up behind Merkel and clasped his hands upon her shoulders in a massage-like way. Bush's action startled Merkel, causing her to flail her arms. The awkward exchange became a popular viral video on YouTube^[2]
At the 2006 WEF (World economic Forum) in Davos, Switzerland the newly elected Merkel was dubbed "Queen of Davos" by the other attendees and subsequently the World's media.
On the 8 June 2006, Merkel launched her video podcast via the Bundeskanzlerin website, making her the first head of government to launch a regular video podcast.^[3]

Discussion of NSA Cell Phone Bugging Scandal and Germany TOR network initiative ?

Unexplained change to introduction

I see that the text

"She is the first woman to hold either office."

has again been changed to

"She is the first woman to hold both offices."

without any explanation. In my opinion, the changed version means that no other woman has held both offices before, stongly implying that some unknown woman has held one of the offices before. The original text was the most concise way of expressing that she was the first woman chancellor and the first woman leader of the CDU, which is, in my opinion what the statement is meant to say. I suppose it is possible that one of these statements has a different meaning in some variant of English, but I would like to see third-party confirmation if that is believed to be the case. If no convincing explanation for the change is forthcoming, I will again revert. I suggest compliance with WP:BRD. --Boson (talk) 23:42, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I concur with Boson. That said, as I haven't edited the article myself, I will just warn here that the nascent edit war is not a solution. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:32, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support for Iraq War 2003

Merkel was in support of the Iraq war und wanted to join the USA in case she was elected in the year 2002. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.240.124.39 (talk) 20:17, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Proper English, family history and name change to Kasner

Looking at the archives of this page, past discussions seem to support inclusion of her family history, with only one person objecting for unconvincing reasons. Indeed, articles on American politicians such as Obama include vast information on their family (there is even an entire article devoted to the subject: Family of Barack Obama). The name change to Kasner from the original Polish name in 1930 seems particularly relevant. Also, I see no consensus not to use proper English grammar in the article. Elizabeth Cumberbatch (talk) 23:53, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please see → [1], for example. The content belongs in the article about her father, Horst Kasner.

I would suggest following the Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, which means retaining the status before the bold edit was made and reverted until a consensus is reached on the talk page. --IIIraute (talk) 00:03, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Merkel to live in flat". News24. 2005-10-23. Retrieved 2006-10-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Associated Press, "Bush misstep magnified on YouTube / Bush’s German back rub magnified on YouTube", MSNBC 2006-07-21
^ "www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2046783,00.html".

[1] "Merkel to live in flat". News24. 2005-10-23. Retrieved 2006-10-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] Associated Press, "Bush misstep magnified on YouTube / Bush’s German back rub magnified on YouTube", MSNBC 2006-07-21

[3] "www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2046783,00.html".

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 Looking at the archives of this page, past discussions seem to support inclusion of her family history, with only one person objecting for unconvincing reasons. Indeed, articles on American politicians such as Obama include vast information on their family (there is even an entire article devoted to the subject: [[Family of Barack Obama]]). The name change to Kasner from the original Polish name in 1930 seems particularly relevant. Also, I see no consensus not to use proper English grammar in the article. [[User:Elizabeth Cumberbatch|Elizabeth Cumberbatch]] ([[User talk:Elizabeth Cumberbatch|talk]]) 23:53, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
+:Please see → [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angela_Merkel&diff=578693417&oldid=577725219], for example. The content belongs in the article about her father, [[Horst Kasner]].
+:I would suggest following the [[Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle]], which means retaining the status before the bold edit was made and reverted until a consensus is reached on the talk page. --[[User:IIIraute|IIIraute]] ([[User talk:IIIraute|talk]]) 00:03, 28 February 2014 (UTC)