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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 194.160.75.10 (talk) at 11:31, 27 June 2008 (→‎Your 18 June edits). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Your 18 June edits

I noticed you removed a lot of Hungarian names for places in present Slovakia. There is a discussion going on at User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment, in which we have reached a consensus that relevant alternative names can be used, provided the current (Slovak) name is also mentioned. Especially in pre-1918 context, Hungarian names are quite widely used, also in English. You may want to contribute to this discussion. Pending a possible change in consensus, I will revert some of your edits. Markussep Talk 10:52, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the discussion, but it's too one-sided and off-topic to be interesting for me. Please follow the Wikipedia guidelines and policies and do not revert edits that follow them.--194.160.75.10 (talk) 13:17, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
To be more precise, those names are not recognized in English texts and among English users, not were they recognized names in the past. Unless someone provides sources otherwise, insertions of such names is a serious breach of Wikipedia's guidelines.--194.160.75.10 (talk) 13:30, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I also noticed that many of the names are just contemporary direct translations. That's unacceptable.--194.160.75.10 (talk) 13:33, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Don't you think it's a bit arrogant and incivil to dismiss a relevant discussion? If you think it's too one-sided, bring in your point of view! The Wikipedia guidelines do not tell you to remove relevant alternative names, see Wikipedia:NCGN, general guideline no. 2. A quote: Relevant foreign language names (one used by at least 10% of sources in the English language or is used by a group of people which used to inhabit this geographical place) are permitted and should be listed in alphabetic order of their respective languages. IMO "group of people which used to inhabit this geographical place" applies to Hungarians in most of these cases. Markussep Talk 13:35, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please provide evidence for such claims on a case to case basis. Mass translation of all Slovak names into Hungarian is unacceptable.--194.160.75.10 (talk) 13:37, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's neither arrogant nor uncivil not to participate in a discussion where one side presents proposals and the same side accepts them. The editors from the other side were harassed to the point where most of them left Wikipedia.--194.160.75.10 (talk) 13:40, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In all Slovakia, 30% of the population had Hungarian as native language in 1910. Of course there are areas where Hungarians were only a very small minority, but it's safe to say that Hungarian was spoken in most of the country. Since you're making the edits, I think you should provide the evidence. If you have evidence of harrassment from specific users, report it, or tell Elonka, she'll know what to do. Markussep Talk 13:46, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
but it's safe to say is just a personal assumption, not a sourced fact. Going back to the past and renaming all locations into languages that were spoken there in the past is impractical and pointless.
Since you're making the edits, I think you should provide the evidence. I am just reverting previous edits. The onus is on the editors who inserted the information.
The harassment I am referring to is called a mob rule, which is what is going on at User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment.--194.160.75.10 (talk) 11:31, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]