Gutza wrote:
Hello,
I hope I'm posting this on the right list, don't know where else to turn. We have a minor dispute on the Romanian Wikipedia and I'd like to ask for your advice. The dispute refers to the naming of an article (would prefer not to specify which article, but it's a sensitive topic with people). Now, there are two spellings proposed for the article name: the one widely accepted in Romania and another one which is preferred by a Romanian minority.
Some people say that the article should be named the way the Romanian majority spells it, others say it should be named as the minority spells it, as to respect the rights of the minority, and most importantly Wikiquette. The article topic itself is not per se relevant to neither the minority nor the majority in particular. Of course that in both cases a redirect will be made from the "other" spelling to the main article, regardless of which will remain as the main article and which remains as a redirect.
Whatever the choice you finally agree upon, I would recommand that you do not start naming things based on attempts to follow politically correct considerations.
We are not here to be politically correct, but to be factual, or adapted to our readers.
Respecting a minority point of view is not attempting to pretend that this is the majority point of view, but only acknowledging that this minority view exist.
If you put a redirect from the minor to the general, and if you mention clearly in the general spelling that there are also other spellings used, and possibly also use that alternate spelling in a few carefully chosen articles (such as those about that minority in particular), I guess you could come to an agreement with reasonable people.
Anthere