Talk:Havmannen/Archive 1

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The result of the move request was Not moved — V = I * R  (talk) 00:45, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Havmannen → Havmann &mdash; Extending the discussion because it appears to still be going on. &mdash;harej (talk) 10:01, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

The sculpture, although often referred to as 'Havmannen'(in English: "THE Man of the Sea"), is actually named 'Havmann' (in English: "Man of the Sea") by the artist Antony Gormley as stated on his website http://www.antonygormley.com/viewproject?page=1&projectid=11. Fireflies75 (talk) 11:54, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The two references given by the article both use the "Havemannen" spelling. According to WP:COMMONNAME, that spelling should "win" unless there are additional references which can dispute that (and, if there are, why aren't they in the article yet?). — V = I * R  (talk) 07:57, August 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, one of them is in Norwegian, so it doesn't really count toward the most common name in English (and, by the way, in Norwegian "Havmannen" means just "the Havmann" - it just has a definite form). Jafeluv (talk) 10:26, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OK... so, the conclusion then is that "the Havmann" is probably more correct... our concern though should be "the most common English language name of a person or thing that is the subject of the article", and based on the references given that appears to be "Havmannen". — V = I * R  (talk) 00:24, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
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