Re: [WikiEN-l] Number of names in one sentence

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Matthews
On 18/10/2010 23:50, WereSpielChequers wrote: Five versions of the name is positively simplex. The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Westbourne manages eleven without overwhelming the article. I think it is reassuring to have multiple names up front - people will come to an article from

[WikiEN-l] Number of names in one sentence

2010-10-18 Thread WereSpielChequers
Certainly we don't need something like the five names in one sentence we currently have for Copernicus: *Nicolaus Copernicus* (Polish: *Miko?aj Kopernik*; German: *Nikolaus Kopernikus*; in his youth, *Niclas Koppernigk*;[1] Italian: *Nicol? Copernico*; 19 February 1473 ? 24 May 1543) was a

Re: [WikiEN-l] Number of names in one sentence

2010-10-18 Thread Carcharoth
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:50 PM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: Five versions of the name is positively simplex. The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Westbourne manages eleven without overwhelming the article. I will never think of Sloane Square tube station in the