Talk:Berlin/Reinickendorf and Spandau

So what are the boundaries of this district?

Maybe it could be explained better in the lede? Hobbitschuster (talk) 21:35, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Move Pankow to Berlin/East

I think it might be more intuitive to have the stereotypically "eastern" Pankow, which still has some of the issues of other districts now subsumed under Berlin/East to East, as it doesn't have all that much in common with the likes of Spandau. Thoughts? Hobbitschuster (talk) 13:24, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Split?

So govern that the gargantuan district of Berlin/South has been split this is now the largest district by area. It does throw together parts that maybe shouldn't be thrown together, like Wedding and Pankow or Spandau and pretty much any other part of Berlin. Many Berliners like to pretend Spandau isn't even part of Berlin. Now there are two options for changes; keep the district largely intact but move certain parts to other districts - Pankow and Wedding come to mind. Or split it up into several units like we did with the south. What do you think? Hobbitschuster (talk) 14:25, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Not knowing Berlin, I can hardly say yea or nay, but if you did split it up, I would like to see a lot more content added to the new articles than just what is currently here. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 14:40, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

I think adding Wedding (as in the pre 2001 district of that name; the current Ortsteile of Wedding and Gesundbrunnen) to Berlin/East Central would make sense as Wedding shares similarities with Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain and is linked via Prenzlauer Berg to them Hobbitschuster (talk) 14:56, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

So I have now moved Wedding and Gesundbrunnen to East Central (there really weren't all that many listings to move). Now the question is whether the district of Pankow (excluding Prenzlberg which is already covered under Central East) should be moved to east or not. Hobbitschuster (talk) 19:09, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Since no-one else is taking an interest, you might want to put in a request for comment. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 19:11, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

I raised the issue in the pub. Hobbitschuster (talk) 19:47, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Rejiggering the district boundary of Berlin/North

Swept in from the pub

So we have recently successfully split up the gargantuan district that was Berlin/South into three constituent parts. However, Berlin/North still isn't 100% satisfactory. I just plunged forward and moved the Ortsteile of Wedding and Gesundbrunnen to Berlin/East Central where imho they fit better (please adjust the main Berlin district map accordingly). Now the question has arisen of whether the Bezirk Pankow sans Prenzlauer Berg (which is treated under East Central) should be moved to Berlin/East. There wouldn't be all that many listings moved and the resulting districts would be more coherent with the former inner-Berlin boundary separating them. The new district could then perhaps be renamed Berlin/Spandau and Reinickendorf. Reinickendorf and Spandau are rather similar to each other which would be another bonus. Hopefully the new districts would also be easier to fill with listings. Hobbitschuster (talk) 19:43, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

I did the deed. And while I was at it I also changed the colors on the district map. I would like some feedback including from people who do not know Berlin on whether what I did seems in the best interest of travelers. Just for the record, the boundaries between Berlin/East and Berlin/Spandau and Reinickendorf now coincide with the former inner-Berlin border. The only places where our current districts after the splitup of South and the rejiggering of North do not coincide with the former inner-Berlin border are those where the Berlin city government in 2001 merged across the former border when they redrew their twenty-something districts into 12 - Berlin/Mitte and Berlin/East Central (where Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is a "merger district"). That needn't prove anything, but I think it is a good indication... Hobbitschuster (talk) 00:49, 1 March 2018 (UTC)