Hi!
There's currently a vote underway at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(Norse_mythol...)
The proposal under consideration is, basically, to use common English names - like Thor, Odin and Valhalla - where those exist (as per "Use English") and to use the original Old Norse forms where no common English name exists (as per "Use English"). There are also some specific recommendations regarding representation of alternative forms and some thoughts on what the "native spelling" should be considered in this case.
Last time around those of us most heavily involved in editing the Norse mythology articles (Wiglaf and myself) agreed on a convention and slowly worked according to it for several months. Then this fact suddenly came to the attention of people who criticized us for not having publicized our proposal outside of Norse mythology pages and naming convention pages. So, this time I'm posting notices hither and yon and this is one of them.
What grates me a bit is that there has been very little material discussion on Old Norse names. Many of those expressing their opinions simply have a blanket opinion against all non-English characters in article titles.
So we have oppose votes like these:
"I do not think that article names in an English language encyclopedia should ever use non-English letters."
"Strongly Oppose the use of exotic non-English characters as if they were a normal part of the alphabet"
This is, of course, an entirely legitimate opinion but I just wonder if the larger issue of non-English characters couldn't be settled one way or another somewhere else.
Anyhow, if you have opinions on the matter - or, *sigh*, if you want to use this vote as a proxy to express your blanket opposition to non-English characters in article titles - here's the location again:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(Norse_mythol...)
Regards, Haukur Þorgeirsson