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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
December 6, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
September 29, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
August 7, 2023	Good article nominee	Listed
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 17, 2023. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that former German chancellor Angela Merkel's grandfather likely fought against Germany in World War I?
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on November 22, 2006, November 22, 2007, November 22, 2011, November 22, 2013, November 22, 2015, and July 17, 2024.
Current status: Good article

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 14:15, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Merkel's grandfather in his Blue Army uniform

... that Angela Merkel's grandfather (pictured) likely fought against Germany in World War I? Source: "Fachleute wie der polnische Historiker Wolodzimierz Boriodziej bestätigen dieser Zeitung nun, dass es damit nicht ausgeschlossen sei, dass auch Großvater Kazmierczak die Waffen gegen Deutschland erhoben haben könnte" from this article.
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Improved to Good Article status by Actualcpscm (talk). Self-nominated at 11:11, 7 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Angela Merkel; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I'm not going to review this nomination as I was involved in the good article review but I think it was World War 1 not World War 2. http://blogs.bbk.ac.uk/research/2014/06/18/picturing-the-family-media-narrative-memory/ Llewee (talk) 11:39, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That was a typo, fixed! Thanks :) Actualcpscm (talk) 11:50, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting fact indeed. Congrats on getting an article this big to GA status! Earwig is clear and there are no other concerns I can see so this is good to go.--N Ø 18:01, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Actualcpscm: I wonder if the hook should include "former Chancellor of Germany" as a qualifier? Merkel was also the first female Chancellor of Germany. Seems there is much that is interesting about her. But this tidbit about her grandfather is also interesting. Bruxton (talk) 14:14, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Name IPA wrong

The IPA doesn’t correspond to the linked audio file reading her name. Angila would be pronounced aŋˈɡɪːla, but Angela is aŋˈɡeːla.

See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Angela#German and https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Angela Basxto (talk) 18:30, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Book release

Her memoirs were released last November, and there have been a few reviews of it, such as one from the WSJ; Angela Merkel Wants Her Memoir to Save Her Legacy. It’s Backfiring. Perhaps this warrants either a spinoff article or a brief summary in her post-chancellorship section?

Lead image

There have been several suggestions for the infobox image, and I’d like to settle this through discussion to reach a consensus. @Hieutrung19 and I reverted the last changes back to Angela Merkel 2019 cropped.jpg (A), which is also used in the sidebar. Noteworthy previous suggestions include Angela Merkel 2023 (cropped).jpg (B) proposed by @Lumofe and @Executive20000, and Angela Merkel 24092007.jpg (C) inserted by @W3shelby.

I’d prefer to stick with an image that depicts her as chancellor and has good resolution and coloration, which is why I favor A. C is quite old and likely not the best choice, while B is slightly blurry, has a lower resolution and overexposure, making it less suitable than the current image.

What are your thoughts on this? Alternatively, what criteria should we consider if we look for a new image that meets all quality standards and aligns with our preferences? –Tobias (talk) 16:38, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there is a specific requirement for an image to be a recent one; if there is such a policy please point me to it. The original 2019 portrait is perfectly fine. She hasn't aged that much, you can still tell clearly that it's the same person, etc., plus obviously the photo was taken around the "height" of her chancellorship. 2A02:C7C:FE2B:5C00:E138:148C:E688:A175 (talk) 19:45, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's my thinking too. I could imagine inserting a more recent picture, but only if it’s truly of higher technical quality—and as far as I can tell now, that doesn’t seem to be the case. –Tobias (talk) 21:10, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]