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