Talk:De Dion-Bouton

Spelling of brand name
I think the brand name should always be spelled with a capital D (not "de Dion-Bouton" but "De Dion-Bouton"). Also the name of its founder, I think should be spelled as Jules-Albert de Dion, if his first name is mentioned, but if he is called simply De Dion, it needs to be written with a capital D. I have changed these instances in the article accordingly. (I am not a native speaker of English nor French, but am quite sure about this way of spelling in French. Anyway, let me know if you think this is incorrect.) I also think, at least from 1894 on, the cars/brand/factory should be called De Dion-Bouton consistently (not De Dion). Mark in wiki (talk) 12:55, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * There's an article about that: French name. You're right except for capitalizing de Deon, the man's name. Except for the beginning of a sentence, and the name of the company, de should be lowercase.--Dennis Bratland (talk) 15:59, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm... According to French name I understand we should change every mention of "De Dion" (when referring to the person) into "Dion". Exactly as in the article about Philippe de Villiers, who is referred to as "Villiers". To my eyes, that looks quite strange. Do I understand this correctly? Any more ideas? Maybe the game is not worth the candle here. :-) Mark in wiki (talk) 16:21, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That's allowed, but it's unusual, and in English readers aren't used to it; Google de Gaulle, for example. Seeing Gaulle instead of de Gaulle would be distracting. Clarity might be better served by never abbreviating the company name to De Dion, and only using De Dion-Bouton for the company, and de Dion for the man.Manual of Style/France & French-related gives clearer guidance than the article and it emphasizes that capitalization is chaotic, so it's bound to be "wrong" either way. So the rule is to follow what the source use. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:37, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Proposed merge of American De Dion (automobile) into this article
American De Dion (automobile) is a stub about a very short-lived manufacturer of De Dion-Bouton automobiles under licence. The topic has practically no notability of its own, and would probably be better served as part of this article. I have therefore proposed that the American De Dion (automobile) article be merged into this one. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 17:28, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge away. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 19:36, 19 October 2012 (UTC)