[Wikipedia-l] Minority/majority question

Sat Jul 31 11:10:45 UTC 2004

Gutza (gutza at moongate.ro) [040731 19:53]:

> 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?

The answer in en is "whatever's the common spelling in English." If it
basically doesn't have one, then it really is strictly case by case, and
impossible to answer without knowing what article you're talking about.

- d.