User talk:Skeezix1000/Archives/2007/May

Orleans
I'm not entirely sure whether Orleans is quite as clear-cut a case as Montreal or Quebec, as I'm pretty sure I have seen the accent used in English spelling sometimes. Generally, our rule is to go with the non-accented spelling only in cases where English usage has an absolutely unequivocal and unmistakable preference for the unaccented spelling — if English usage isn't clear-cut, then we leave the accents on. The move is fine if it can be confirmed that English usage clearly favours "Orleans" over "Orléans" or "Montreal" over "Montréal", but we leave the accents on in cases like Trois-Rivières where English usage is more ambiguous. Are you able to confirm whether "Orleans" is a clear standard in English? If so, then yeah, it should be moved.

And the anon's "English spelling doesn't have accents" is definitely invalid reasoning; that's not how we decide these things. Bearcat 02:25, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Question
A few weeks ago you made a comment at WP:NCGN regarding Cracow, (May 4, 2007), and you suggested that Cracow was a dated version of the city's name in English. Can you help me by explaining this more clearly? Around what time did this phenomenon occur? I ask this seriously and respecfully. Dr. Dan 17:09, 25 May 2007 (UTC)