On 13/09/2007, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
It's perhaps a question of taste. I like to see all the really different, but commonly used, variations on a name in the opening paragraph, so a reader is sure they're on the right article. For example, [[Karlovy Vary]] should definitely include "Carlsbad" in the lead...though I don't understand why the German name, "Karlbad" is listed there.
It's usually overkill and unwieldy to retain minor variations in spelling, though. Should [[Lyon]] mention its alternate spelling, "Lyons"? Torino and Turin? Hard to come up witha precise rule...
Torino/Turin, certainly.
It might be worth considering the joy of footnotes here for things like three variant current spellings, or pronunciation, or local scripts...