[WikiEN-l] Adolph

Fri Nov 14 18:39:56 UTC 2003

Andre Engels wrote:
> So what would YOU advise those that are of the opinion that
>mentioning a misspelling is not a good idea to do? Just give up
>because there are some that think differently?

Giving up, or else forcing the other side to give in, should almost
never be necessary as long as everyone is reasonable.  In the case in
question, I'd point out that Adolph/Adolf isn't so much a question of
misspelling, but of spelling variants, and that it's actually
interesting and valuable to know about it.

> > But in this case, Adolph/Adolf, I don't see how it's appropriate to
> > just revert.

> Which basically means that you DO choose side in this
>debate. Because one side can do nothing but revert, while the other
>can choose a different wording every time.

Is that really all that the other side can do?  There's *no
possibility* of compromise?  No concession that they could offer at
all?  The only reasonable way for the article to exist is to
completely and totally avoid the question altogether?

Really?  That's reasonable?

--Jimbo