On 18/11/05, Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
So if in some fit of English-rules nationalism the United States were to decree that "United States of America" is the name of the country in all languages, would the French article be moved to http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America?
I submit that it would and should not be.
It's kind of moot; as I understand matters, naming conventions and other matters of style are decided on a local level. If you want to go and posit that question on fr., do feel free, but they'll probably look at you a bit funny...
(There are some weird stylistic quirks, by the standards of en:, around - de: has asterisks and daggers on dates, say - no reason naming conventions won't differ according to local taste as well.)
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