Bridget [name omitted for privacy reasons] <lapollutionestsimauvaise(a)yahoo.com>
writes:
Diên Biên Phû was a battle between the French and the
Vietnamese and a
name which is not in common usage. It is a disgrace for the Americans to
think they can rewrite this otherwise. This name must be rendered in
either French or Vietnamese, being a Vietnamese sympathizer I vote for
Vietnamese, but I am willing to compromise, however this was certainly
not an American battle.
Would you please stop this nonsense? There is no "must" in Wikipedia
except for NPOV and Copyright. Stop dictating other people what they
"must" do. I doubt if your capabilities regarding Vietnamese are any
greater than your transcription efforts of Hebrew words.
For the records: the article on Osama bin Laden is also totally wrongly
named, but even as an arabist I don't fuzz about it because I don't derive
pleasure from insisting on "political or otherwise correct spelling" and
keeping people from doing more important work.
greetings,
elian, who gets really annoyed by this ridiculous behaviour
PS:reply to wikien-l please.