[WikiEN-l] English names

Thu Jan 22 16:02:54 UTC 2004

Ed Poor wrote

>But I deplore the constant mention of alternate names. Why can't whoever
>writes the sentence include a link? Then we only have to ensure that the
>reader will see the alternate name immediately upon clicking the link?

>* German philosopher from [[Danzig]]

Only once per article, anyway.  For me, it depends a bit on prominence.  For
example, I think

'Constantinople (present-day Istanbul)'

is over-the-top,

'Ragusa (present-day Dubrovnik)'

is helpful (especially since it turns out that there is another Ragusa)

and

'New Amsterdam (present-day New York)'

saves me from a guilty feeling that I should have learned this sometime, but
am not quite sure when.

Charles