User talk:Sergejs s
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Re. Latvian names
[edit]Hello,
If the names are not very well known by a different spelling in English, the local spelling is used. An example would be "Zurich", but even that has has now been listed primarily under its local spelling. Compare articles such as Rēzekne, Kraków, Klaipėda, or Lech Wałęsa. Note that you should be careful to always also create a redirect page without special characters, that redirects to the correct spelling, so that people not typing these characters will still be able to reach the correct page. E.g. when creating a new page called "Lech Wałęsa", also create another one called Lech Walesa.
- Chinese/Korean/Arabic charaters are different, because those cannot be read at all by a person only speaking a European language. The main difference is that you can still read Lech Wałęsa, even if you may pronounce it "Leck Valessa" instead of "Lekh Vawensa". Have fun editing ! Travelbird 12:13, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
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