Charles agreed with Mark's suggestion:
I think we should just say something like "German philosopher from Danzig (present-day Gdansk, Poland)", possibly with alternate wording.
-Mark
But I deplore the constant mention of alternate names. Why can't whoever writes the sentence include a link? Then we only have to ensure that the reader will see the alternate name immediately upon clicking the link?
* German philosopher from [[Danzig]]
Upon clicking the /Danzig/ link, the user should see:
<H1>Gdansk</H1> (redirected from <U>Danzig</U>)
* '''Gdańsk''' (formerly '''Danzig''') is a city on the southern coast of ...
For places whose English names are controversial, the first Heading can be something like Origins of its Name
Ed Poor, aka Unsolved Equation
Ed Poor wrote
But I deplore the constant mention of alternate names. Why can't whoever writes the sentence include a link? Then we only have to ensure that the reader will see the alternate name immediately upon clicking the link?
- German philosopher from [[Danzig]]
Only once per article, anyway. For me, it depends a bit on prominence. For example, I think
'Constantinople (present-day Istanbul)'
is over-the-top,
'Ragusa (present-day Dubrovnik)'
is helpful (especially since it turns out that there is another Ragusa)
and
'New Amsterdam (present-day New York)'
saves me from a guilty feeling that I should have learned this sometime, but am not quite sure when.
Charles