Talk:Alberto Savinio

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Savino - not Savinio![edit]

Name misspelled, therefore moved to ..Savino.--rpd (talk) 20:51, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's Savinio, as you can see from all other Wikipedias, including the italian and the greek one. And maybe have a look at the Library of Congress' online catalog: [1] - 81 matches for Savinio, Alberto, but not one match for Savino, Alberto. --85.179.66.78 (talk) 23:44, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, things like this may happen, if one relies on the internet. Serious publications - like the Lexikon der Kunst and others, for example a reading list from a German University - spell his name Savino (See Bohn, Willard, see also [2]), and for my part I think these sources are more reliable than more or less dubious webpages.--rpd (talk) 20:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ahm, referring to the world's most prestigious libraries is not exactly relying on the internet, even if they put their catalogs online—instead, picking out just one reading list of just one lecture at just one university is, because this is very likely a typo. I have some of Savinio's works on my bookshelf, so I can be pretty sure on this. However, my bookshelf does not seem to count as a proof here, so let's see what is on other people's bookshelfs:

German National Library [3]: 15 books by “Savinio, Alberto” [4], but not a single one by a certain “Savino, Alberto” [5].
- There are still books on the market from “Alberto Savinio” in German translation, edited by the publishing house Suhrkamp [6]
French National Library [7]: 74 books by “Savinio, Alberto” [8], but not a single one by a certain “Savino, Alberto” [9]
- There are still books on the market from “Alberto Savinio” in French translation, edited by the publishing house Gallimard [10]
British Library [11]: 50 books by “Savinio, Alberto” [12], 1 about a certain “Savino, Alberto” [13], which is an exhibition catalog (and maybe a typo)
- Atlas Press and Quartet Books have English translations of works by “Alberto Savinio” in stock.
Italian National Library [14]: 135 books by “Savinio, Alberto” [15], but not a single one by a certain “Savino, Alberto” [16]
Library of Congress [17]: 81 books by “Savinio, Alberto” [18], but not a single one by a certain “Savino, Alberto” [19]
Silke Buchmann sure would be shocked to hear the person she did research on did not exist, as well as Andrea Grewe would.
I'm sure we could add prof. Zimmermann (search on the page for “Savinio”) to the list—maybe just call her, if you still don't believe?
And we could also have a look on the Encyclopædia Britannica, or the Brockhaus, which both know only about “Alberto Savinio”.
Or on one of all the hundreds of other books about or by Savinio.

Well, I think things are as clear as they can be. And I think I have contributed enough proofs to show the name is spelled “Savinio”. If you think these sources are “more or less dubious”, you should ask yourself where Wikipedia has its bad reputation as a “more or less dubious” source from. Obviously, you don't know that writer/artist/musician well enough to write even a stub about him. Despite of that, you renamed the page. And you insist to know exactly how the name has to be spelled, although you don't have even the slightest proof for your point. --85.179.78.62 (talk) 01:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]