User:Cedric tsan cantonais/Re:WP:Naming Convention
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There exists a wide-spread hypocracy in English Wikipedia: The Naming Conventions says that the use of diacritics in names is "neither encouraged nor discouraged", but in real life, there exists a group of users and IPs who are blatantly violating this convention by not only actively discouraging, but also actively stigmatising the use of diacritics. This essay aims to refute their flawed arguments.
Main Principles[edit]
Below are the main principals of this essay:
- When dealing with non-English names, including names that are not of English heritage, reliable secondary/tertiary sources in their native languages should be deemed more valid than English sources;
- Use of diacritics shall be determined only to reliable sources and shall be independent of the person's nationality, etc..
- Consequentially, all previous "conventions" like "All diacritics in articles concerning North American sport teams must be removed" must be eventually abolished and replaced by etymology-based conventions;
- Diacritics shall be removed if and only if the etymology of a name cannot be definitively determined;
- Only those who are sufficiently knowledgeable in related fields (etymology, genealogy, linguistics, etc.) shall participate in discussions related to the use of diacritics (although others can always observe and ask questions);
- Those who do not know how to type diacritics shall never stop those who know how to type diacritics, as long as diacritics are used correctly.
- All users and/or IP addresses removing diacritics indiscriminately without proper reasons shall be the ones that gets BANNED FOR FUCK'S SAKE.
Although I'm not a fan of Máo Zédōng, there is a line of his that sums up these principles very well:
"NO INVESTIGATION, NO RIGHT TO SPEAK."