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Section size for Adolf Hitler (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	10,621	10,621	653	653
Ancestry	2,351	2,351	290	290
Early life	17	13,417	0	1,529
Childhood and education	4,870	4,870	540	540
Early adulthood in Vienna and Munich	4,254	4,254	487	487
World War I	4,276	4,276	502	502
Entry into politics	7,435	14,383	803	1,616
Beer Hall Putsch and Landsberg Prison	4,521	4,521	575	575
Rebuilding the Nazi Party	2,427	2,427	238	238
Rise to power	2,136	17,624	0	1,856
Brüning administration	3,896	3,896	459	459
Appointment as chancellor	1,527	1,527	195	195
Reichstag fire and March elections	1,917	1,917	234	234
Day of Potsdam and the Enabling Act	2,231	2,231	283	283
Dictatorship	5,917	5,917	685	685
Nazi Germany	42	7,522	0	899
Economy and culture	2,091	2,091	232	232
Rearmament and new alliances	5,389	5,389	667	667
World War II	19	28,949	0	3,421
Early diplomatic successes	36	5,361	0	606
Alliance with Japan	985	985	105	105
Austria and Czechoslovakia	4,340	4,340	501	501
Start of World War II	10,086	10,086	1,220	1,220
Path to defeat	6,173	6,173	709	709
Defeat and death	7,310	7,310	886	886
The Holocaust	7,345	7,345	717	717
Leadership style	3,083	3,083	395	395
Personal life	20	8,474	0	953
Family	989	989	109	109
Views on religion	3,686	3,686	422	422
Health	3,779	3,779	422	422
Legacy	4,161	4,893	479	523
In propaganda	732	732	44	44
See also	457	457	0	0
Notes	915	915	0	0
References	35	35	0	0
Bibliography	57	50,251	0	0
Printed	38,138	38,138	0	0
Online	12,056	12,056	0	0
External links	6,187	6,187	0	0
Total	176,507	176,507	12,852	12,852

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Uncited data in the last paragraph of the (Top) segment of the article.

Latest comment: 20 days ago4 comments3 people in discussion

The last paragraph of the (Top) section has no citations (except for the first sentence) at all and that has bugged me for months.

"Under Hitler's leadership and racist ideology, the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of an estimated six million Jews and millions of other victims, whom he and his followers deemed Untermenschen (lit. 'subhumans') or socially undesirable. Hitler and the Nazis were also responsible for the deliberate killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war. In addition, 28.7 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of military action in the European theatre. The number of civilians killed during World War II was unprecedented in warfare, and the casualties make it the deadliest conflict in history."

Now, this is for the most part fine since they have hyperlinks to other pages which have sources. However, this part in particular has bugged me:

"Hitler and the Nazis were also responsible for the deliberate killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war."

Another article contains an estimate of at least 13 million victims and another for 17 million under broadest definition. However, it nowhere mentions the estimate of 19.3 million victims.

I don't think that it's completely unlikely, after all, the Third Reich had a lot of power, however, I haven't been able to find any sources that mentioned them killing 19.3 million people besides Wikipedia itself, and for that reason, I feel like saying "Hitler and the Nazis were also responsible for the deliberate killing of an estimated 13–17 million civilians and prisoners of war" would be better, unless I'm stupid and/or missing something. IIikewolves (talk) 10:21, 17 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Read Adolf Hitler#The Holocaust. The estimate is sourced there. The lead does not need citations per MOS:LEADCITE. StephenMacky1 (talk) 10:31, 17 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Ah so I am stupid. Thank you. IIikewolves (talk) 11:56, 17 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

don't call yourself stupid SinplicityOverused598 (talk) 15:44, 12 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

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~2026-50345-43 (talk) 06:44, 17 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

About hitlers family

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 06:49, 17 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Hitler being national hero MatWikp312 (talk) 16:16, 24 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Pincrete (talk) 16:34, 24 September 2026 (UTC)Reply