Talk:Odysseas Vlachodimos

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Odisseas / Odysseas[edit]

In some sources, his first name is written as Odisseas; whereas in others, it's written as Odysseas. Why? SLBedit (talk) 22:06, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@SLBedit: The original name is Οδυσσέας Βλαχοδήμος. For languages based on the latin alphabet this needs to be transliterated. Transliteration is not a direct mapping. It depends on the target language, and there are multiple norms that can be used. Romanization_of_Greek has tables showing the possible transliterations into English. Both "i" and "y" are used for "υ", though it seems that all modern norms use "y". I can't find anything definitive, but given that he was born in Germany and most German articles use "i", it stands to reason that that is the spelling he used in Germany. His shirt at Benfica will read Odysseas, so he will use that spelling internationally.Clemens Huebner (talk) 22:14, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Someone changed it to Odysseas without discussion, but I have reverted it back. SLBedit (talk) 23:29, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Someone keeps changing his first name to "Odysseas" when it's already written in the lead "also known as Odysseas". Moreover, many sources show his name as "Odisseas", and the page name uses "Odisseas", not "Odysseas." SLBedit (talk) 19:25, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality in the lead[edit]

@Pavlos1988 and GiantSnowman: Vlachodimos has now played for both Germany (youth) and Greece (senior), but, according to GiantSnowman, we should omit a player's nationality when he was born in one country but played for another. SLBedit (talk) 22:02, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, is this an official guidance? If it is, I'm fine with that and moreover I can be part of a team that will spot same articles and change them according to the official guidance. Otherwise, I'll continue to contribute the way I think better. :) --Pavlos1988 (talk) 18:35, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]