[WikiEN-l] Adolph Hitler

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