Talk:Mikhail Siamionau

Please don't move again to Semyonov
I'd like to ask Ghirlandajo and any other user who may consider arbitrarily moving this article to "Mikhail Semyonov" to desist. The athlete's name, as used by the Belarusian Olympic team in English is Mikhail Siamionau. If you're in doubt, take a look at Siamionau's official Olympic page here.

The mere fact that Russian is one of the two official languages of Belarus doesn't mean that you can apply the Russian spelling of a Belarusian person's name in English based on your POV. The spelling you use has to be based on reputable, published sources. Since the spelling used by Siamionau himself in international competitions is Siamionau, I see no reason to use Semyonov as the spelling.

Lastly, I'd like to address the point made by Ghirlandajo about Semyonov being a "Russian surname". Yes, Semyonov is a Russian surname. Just as Siamionau is a Belarusian one. The former comes from the Russian name Semyon, the latter from the Belarusian name Siamion. But all this has nothing to do with what name Siamionau himself uses in English. The name written on his shirt in the Olympic Games is Siamionau; hence, he is Siamionau. Rashed (talk) 18:52, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * There is no way a Belarusian name can be formed using the suffix -ov/au. This is a unique Russian way of surname-formation. --Ghirla-трёп- 07:42, 23 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Can you show me a source to back that up? I'm from Belarus myself, and I have relatives in Mahilyow called Makarau and Husleu. I assure you that they are Belarusians and pronounce their names thus (whether they're speaking Belarusian or Russian), rather than "Makarov" and "Guslev". My ancestral village, Isakava Buda, in the Chavusy district of the Mahilyow Region, is full of people called Basharymau, all of whom are Belarusian. Belarus probably has millions of people whose surnames in "au", "eu" or "ou". Some of them may be ethnic Russians, but most are ethnic Belarusians. Rashed (talk) 16:08, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

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