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I'm currently translating the German article on Heidelberg Castle Gnasher72 20:12, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Translation done, needs checking (Former Gnasher72 quit WP after 10 days). -Wikid77 20:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

18-March-2007: There was no closeup of the later castle pre-fire, so I plan to extract an enlarged castle view from other images. -Wikid77 11:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Those advanced-formatting techniques should be used when an article grows to include multiple images with extensive text. -Wikid77 (talk) 07:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I note that the official website translates this to Heidelberg Palace rather than Heidelberg Castle: http://www.schloss-heidelberg.de/en/home/ Should this page be renamed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snodnipper (talk • contribs) 12:31, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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This is better translated as Philosopher's Walk, not "Alley of Philosophers", it's a sort of nature trail, not a street where they lived. When I was there, that was what the locals told us it was called in English. Deliusfan (talk) 14:24, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]