When we use auto transliteration to generate English labels then I think we
should follow the practice of the English Wikipedia with other
transliterations demoted to aliases.

Similarly auto generated German labels should follow the transliteration
practices in the German wikipedia.

When we use an auto transliteration bot to generate qualifier statements
with transliteration of values in "birth name" statements (and other name
statements ) then we just need a separate property for each transliteration
scheme and make sure the bot uses the appropriate property for each
qualifier statement. We can have lots of transliteration qualifier
statements for each value  (plus statements for IPA and for a pronunciation
recording ).

Joe
On 26 Apr 2015 21:40, "Gerard Meijssen" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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