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Rosemarie had been unaware of what had been happening to Elisabeth

Where is this cited? I’ve read evidence to imply the contrary. I think this should be taken out if unsourced or truly inconclusive. Alex1inferno (talk) 00:41, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's sourced here in Elisabeth's own words: "Rosemarie is unaware of the truth, Elisabeth later tells police." This source is already in that section of the article. Lard Almighty (talk) 07:28, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lard Almighty Yes, but still, some kind of entry regarding that is very much needed at the end of paragraph 5, in the section called "Discovery", because it is not at all obvious to readers that the claim (that she had no knowledge) has been verified, or where the verification should be found. Something does indeed need very much to be added at the end of paragraph 5. 174.3.216.108 (talk) 03:19, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Josef Fritzi" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Josef Fritzi has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 January 4 § Josef Fritzi until a consensus is reached. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 04:23, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Locking his own mother away

The sources cited to back up that Fritzl locked his own mother away are transcripts of police interviews. Fritzl himself later recanted this confession. B.mcdonnell1 (talk) 14:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a reliable source for him recanting this? Lard Almighty (talk) 14:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced content

"Elisabeth recounted that Fritzl raped her and forced her to watch pornography videos, which he made her re-enact with him in front of her children in order to humiliate her." is not sourced

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/19/josef-fritzl-austria this should be added RevolutionaryPatriot (talk) 14:56, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map is useless. Needs replacing.

Wikipedia may as well just show a dot in the center of a blank page. In an incredibly stupid move, in the last year or 2 almost all maps in Wikipedia have been replaced by useless ones like the one here. It is not an actual map, but just a pretense at one, and shows nothing at all of any value.

Unless recognizable land masses are shown, and names of nearby places, like bodies of water, rivers, lakes, and seas, geographical features like mountain ranges, and of course roads, towns and cities, one has absolutely no idea where the world a named place exists. It sits in a void of nothingness.

Because this type of thing has become universal here on Wiki, as far as I can see, with all good maps disappearing and being replaced with meaningless garbage, it must not be random, but rather a policy which is being applied systematically.

I have rarely ever seen a policy of such stupidity. No common sense at all has been exercised. I realize it is likely an attempt to avoid copyright claims, but in reality it would be better not to bother including maps at all than using such an imbecilic example as the one here. If I had the skills to replace it with a better one I would, but I don't.

Somebody please fix this! And please take this map as an example to whatever committee oversees maps, because Wikipedia is becoming a laughing stock among serious readers for this ridiculous example of a system-wide gaff of major proportions. 2604:3D09:8878:4500:34E4:7C37:AE60:58DC (talk) 02:39, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]