Hoi,
<grin> ISO is a reliable source; it is THE standard </grin> Wikipedia is
definitely not a standard by its own admission.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 26 April 2015 at 22:37, Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2015-04-26 22:33, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
>
>> Hoi
>> My point is that it is not a given that we should follow any WIkipedia
>> for anything. Also the point of romanisation of Russian is not for the
>> benefit of Russian speakers, it is for the speakers of English.
>> Thanks,
>> GerardM
>>
>>
> On one hand, yes.
>
> On the other hand, no reliable source uses ISO. When NYT writes about a
> Russian person, they do not use ISO, they use what the English Wikipedia
> uses or smth similar. In my passport, they do not use ISO (fortunately),
> why should then ISO be used on Wikidata in an entry about me?
>
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
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