[WikiEN-l] Adolph Hitler
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Wed Nov 12 21:31:07 UTC 2003
Fred Bauder wrote:
>> The spelling "Adolph" is used in reference to Adolf Hitler -- it is
>>not at all hard to find websites, movies, books, and encyclopedias which
>>include this spelling, some use it exclusively. Is there any reason that
>>the Adolf Hitler article shouldn't note that Adolph is used?
>>
>
>No
>
I agree with this, and it's not just about Hitler, but also about others
who have a name that is commonly misspelled. If it's a question of "f"
vs. "ph" we should go with the original form. AFAIK only Portuguese
forms interchange the two freely.
I do get over 70,000 for "Adolph Hitler", but that doesn't make them
right. Having a redirect is a good thing, but in most cases a reference
to a misspelling only encourages its use.
Ec
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