Talk:Jean-Michel Nicolier

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The result of the move request was: Move. Cúchullain t/ c 13:53, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Jean-Michel Nicollier → Jean-Michel Nicolier – An anonymous editor changed the article to use one 'l' in the surname. The Croatian sources are rather messy on this matter, but the majority does seem to support that. It'd be nice to confirm it in an authoritative way. -- Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 08:20, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * There is a bunch of news sources supporting one or the other (even the same news outlets contradict themselves, for instance, ), but as far as I can tell, there are only two book sources mentioning Nicolier by name: Viro, p.178 in Croatian and Lambrichs, pp. 7, 275 in French, both using one "l". There's also this news report in French using name "Nicolier" and this ICTY transcript also using that form of the surname. It would be interesting to see what is used in the official citation (Narodne novine, presumably) of the decoration. The presidential website uses Nicollier, albeit it does indicate the text is taken over from the HINA.--Tomobe03 (talk) 15:18, 21 November 2013 (UTC)


 * The plot thickens - two L's in the decoration decision. I guess they could have made a mistake, even if an embarrassing one. --Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 17:43, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The ICTY also has a contradicting "LL" here--Tomobe03 (talk) 19:50, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Right now it seems to me we have two documents with some official capacity (presumably checked for errors) - the NN citation and the ICTY indictment using "LL" and most sources using just one "L". Still the bulk of the sources are in Croatian therefore written by authors not necessarily familiar with French, or sourcing his surname from another such source. Still the two sources in French seem fairly relevant, but it appears that both Nicolier and Nicollier exist as French surnames. If no further compelling sources are brought forward, I wouldn't be quite convinced that the move from double to single "L" is justified. Which doesn't mean I will look no further for new sources :) --Tomobe03 (talk) 20:34, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * In addition to the above referenced ICTY indictment (Mrkšić et al), the ICTY uses "LL" in Milošević indictment and Šešelj indictment. Though I must admit they also named him "Jean Michael" - indicating likely circular sourcing of the name at the ICTY.--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:44, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * There's one more book source (in Spanish) supporting the single "L" (Pereyra, p.121).--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:46, 21 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Support Given the uncertainty, I thought I'd just turn to the tea leaves of Google. beats  a bit more than 2:1, so that's good enough for me with such mixed evidence otherwise. --BDD (talk) 23:39, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
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Nicollier, not Nicolier
Hello all,

My move was reverted to Nicolier with one l, that is definitely the *incorrect* spelling. I had a chat with the reverter, so I'm back here to the talk page.

The French official name, as stated in French sources, uses 2 L's. It was a rule in former standard serbocroatian language to translitterate the foreign names (even European latin), to have a letter-to-letter possible translation from the latin serbocroatian version (now croatian) to the cyrillic one (now serbian). See for instance, even today, how in the Serbian wikipedia French President Hollande is Fransoa Oland (in cyrillic and in latinica). This is the possible reason why the old croatian articles had one L in Nicolier and not two L's. I've added French sources to the French article and to the Occitan one, I created, too. Here they are:
 * French Embassy in Croatia about a posthumous decoration for JMN (Croatian Version with genitive za Jean-Michela Nicolliera)
 * French local TV news on the naming of a bridge in Vukovar, October 2014

So, I suppose I have to wait for some feedback. Regards, --— J. F. B. (me´n parlar) 21:40, 26 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Jfblanc: As I explained on my talk page here, the article was moved to this title after the above requested move discussion. If you think the title is wrong, consider starting a new move request following the procedure here.--Cúchullain t/ c 14:54, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

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