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Former good article nomineeSwiss Air Force was a History 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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November 6, 2009Good article nomineeNot listed

Use of the term "luftwaffe"

I would like to propose a discussion of the use of the term 'luftwaffe' (also 'the luftwaffe' or 'Swiss luftwaffe'). I believe it is a bit confusing to use this term, given that the term 'Swiss Air Force' is officially used on the website of the Swiss Armed Forces. I would propose to use 'Swiss Air Force' throughout the article, unless it is related to the German term (and then it would have to be 'Die Luftwaffe'), or to the historic term, which however used to be "Flieger- und Fliegerabwehrtruppen". DBO-wiki (talk) 23:18, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed the term to "Air Force" wherever it was not specifically quoting the German name. "Luftwaffe" in English refers to the German Air Force (especially in WW II). Besides, Switzerland is a multilingual country; German ought not to be privileged. 84.227.230.70 (talk) 20:59, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]