[Wikipedia-l] Minority/majority question

Sat Jul 31 09:52:24 UTC 2004

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.

Is there an official standing on this issue? Have other people been 
confronted similar disputes? How did you resolve them? Which of the 
options above would you personally prefer if you were to decide?

--Gutza