Talk:Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova

Darya vs. Daria
In order to determine whether to use Daria or Darya, let us refer to the Romanization of Russian guideline. This guideline states that "If the person is the subject of English-language publications, the spelling predominantly used in such publications should be used. A preference is given to publications in the area in which the person specializes. When no single spelling predominates, use the one closest to the default romanization guidelines."

Is the person the subject of English-language publications? Yes.

Is there a single predominant spelling in those publications? No: there are 16 results in Google Books for "Daria Saltykova" and 19 results for "Darya Saltykova".

Since no single spelling predominates, Darya (the variant corresponding to Wikipedia's default romanization) should be used. — Tetromino (talk) 07:36, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree. Move back to Darya--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 07:49, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You know, it cuts both ways: "Darya Saltykov" - 3, "Daria Saltykov" - 10, etc. I'll probably move the page to Saltychikha to avoid this silly debate. --Ghirla-трёп- 08:36, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Preponderance of Female Victims?
This sentence sounds rather silly: "who became notorious for torturing and killing over 100 of her serfs, mostly women and girls" when followed by the claim that of the 138 serfs she killed, 38 were female. That leaves the reader to suppose 100 of her victims were male, in direct contradiction to the majority female suggestion. Note that Tolstoy referred to Saltykova in one of the epilogs to "War and Peace", and made no comment about the gender of her victims - which would be quite remarkable had he been aware of a preponderance of females. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.54.72.213 (talk) 09:16, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Date of birth
Here it is November 3rd, while in the russian page it is 11th of March. Which one is correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.53.70.116 (talk) 17:51, 13 July 2012 (UTC)