Hoi,
A fine position statement ... but what is your argument ? WHY
Thanks,
GerardM
On 26 April 2015 at 23:15, Joe Filceolaire <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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