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Nordic Feminist University

I cannot see that "Nordic Feminist University" is a legit English translation of the institution in question. Geschichte (talk) 18:05, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Kvinneuniversitetet is using Women’s University as an English translation of the name of the institution. Se the In English section of http://www.kvinneuniversitetet.no/.Carpalim (talk) 20:19, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

The owners of the domain http://www.kvinneuniversitetet.no are not affiliated with this institution (see [1] for an overview of various institutions with similar names). Feminist university is the common English translation of kvinneuniversitet. The translation "women's university" is rather misleading, it's not a women's college or a university for women as that term would generally imply in the English-speaking world, but rather an institution focusing on feminist studies ("kvinneforskning" in Norwegian). One of the other feminist universities, Kvinneuniversitetet Nord, used the translation "Northern Feminist University"[2]. Feminist university is the term used by the founder of the first such institution and co-founder of this one, Berit Ås (B. Ås, "The Feminist University." Women's studies international quarterly no. 4 1985). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toriland (talk • contribs) 18:38, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

3 Tax level

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Norway#Tax_level Norway is not a communist country.

Diacritics RfC

Discussion is underway regarding the use of diacritics in proper nouns from languages such as Norwegian. Comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)/Diacritics RfC. Prolog (talk) 19:22, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Svein, King of Norway

There is a dicussion of this man's status as King and his article title at Talk:Svein, King of Norway. If interested please join in the discussion.--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 04:49, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Rail accidents

Hi folks, I was thinking of creating a naming standard for railway accidents in Norway. Any suggestions? Right now, the articles in Category:Railway accidents in Norway are using completely different names; some have '*year* *place* *accident*', some '*month* *year* *accident*', whilst the majority have '*place* train *disaster/crash*'. I would appreciate any ideas on how we can standardise this. --Eisfbnore ^talk 20:43, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

To which degree have English names been established for these accidents? Or is it up to Wikipedia to come up with names? Ters (talk) 21:24, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

• (EC) Using month is a little unnecessary, IMO. Using year is not that common, but in the case of Hallingskeid there has been several fires. Other than that it might not be necessary. Then there's the point of describing what the accident was like: derailment/crash/fire vs addicent/disaster. I'm more inclined to the former. But several things might happen at once; derailment because of crash (somewhat common in older tram junctions), crash plus fire, etc. Geschichte (talk) 21:31, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

A naming standard could apply to other fields. In aviation accidents, we have some with "Flight xxx", and some with cryptic names like Bukken Bruse disaster and Havørn Accident. Geschichte (talk) 21:31, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

As for aviation accidents, there was a similar discussion on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia recently, except it was the other way around in almost every respect. I think the conclusion was to use well known names like Havørn Accident in preference to cryptic names like Flight XXXX, if possible. Shows the differences between Norwegian and English when it comes to naming accidents. Ters (talk) 22:15, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

There is consensus at WikiProject Aviation to use the flight numbers, even when the accident may be more known by other names, because it avoids discussions like this. Although all trains have numbers, I don't think that is a good solution here (particularly in head-on collisions, as there are two involved trains). In Norwegian, nearly all are known as Foo-ulykken (Hjuksebø-ulykken, Åsta-ulykken, etc). My dictionary translates ulykke to accident and not to disaster; as far as I can tell, place and accident will be sufficiently unambiguous. Fires are fires, and normally referred to as brannen or similar in Norwegian. Years are necessary only if there have been multiple accidents at the same place. 06:24, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Arsenikk; I'll move the ones with excessive disambiguators. --Eisfbnore ^talk 11:30, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Bjugn trial

"Bjugn-saken" — what should be our name for an article?

• The Bjugn trial? (Nobody by the name of Bjugn, was on trial.)
• Trial in Bjugn?

This is a link to the Norwegian article, http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjugn-saken.

--Putersmens (talk) 07:48, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps Bjugn affair. It is about more than the trial(s). --Hordaland (talk) 09:20, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, Bjugn affair. --Lærarstudent (talk) 17:16, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

2011 Oslo explosion

2011 Oslo explosion (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)  Chzz  ►  14:10, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

birthday.no

Could someone who speaks the language please comment on whether or not this is a reliable source?

It has been used here.

Thanks in advance,  Chzz  ►  23:59, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't know what sources it uses, but it looks rather sketchy on the first view. I'd say no. Eisfbnore • talk 09:14, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I think the article has moved on now, anyway.  Chzz  ►  07:34, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

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English name of "Statens autorisasjonskontor for helsepersonell"

What should the Enlish name of the article be? Statens autorisasjonskontor for helsepersonell?--BustingInflatedEgos (talk) 19:37, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Notability of recipient of

Is Svein Eidsvik notable? He has an article on Norwegian wiki.

The 2 references of that article are

• http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/11/13/nyheter/forsvaret/dykkere/9023881/
• http://tidsskriftet.no/article/1087171

He is a recipient of King's Medal of Merit — in gold. --Ønography (talk) 13:04, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

He has authored/co-authored the books at this reference, [3]--Ønography (talk) 13:15, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Maybe, but the Norwegian bokmål wikipedia doesn't do a good job at telling why this person is important enough to have an article. Ters (talk) 14:05, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Does anyone see anything notable in the references (apart from the discussed medal)? Does anyone have any other references with notable info?--Ønography (talk) 15:56, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

The Dagbladet reference doesn't look that notable. As for the medal I'd say that Order of St. Olav recipients are notable, but Merit Medal recipients not automatically so. Geschichte (talk) 20:35, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Renaming discussion regarding article Sigurd I of Norway

The proposed renaming being discussed at Talk:Sigurd I of Norway#Requested move may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Favonian (talk) 09:32, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Notability of Utøya mass murder-victims

Are there any of the victims of the Utøya mass murder (that do not have articles) that are notable? At least one of them has an article on Norwegian wiki.

Håvard Vederhus

He was leader of School Student Union of Norway, 2008-2009. --Hirzflag (talk) 07:10, 24 August 2011 (UTC)