User talk:Walderer~enwiki

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Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis
Hi Walderer, I moved the article Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis back to the English name - we are the English Wikipedia and you can see there is a German-Wikipedia article on her with your naming convention at - also note that this use of names was discussed at  - please read and make an argument in the talk page before moving or changing names to the German format again. Thanks. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * dear jamesinderbyshire, you talked about "names of German royalty in English Wikipedia". there is no "royality" in germany. but you are right: we talk about "names", there are no "titles" in germany. "elisabeth prinzessin von thurn und taxis" is the correcte german name for the so called "princess" elisabeth like "angela merkel" for the current chancellor of germany. it is not possible to draw a comparison between still existing titles in actual royal houses (netherland) and names of former noble (princely) houses in germany. kind regards -- Walderer (talk) 11:30, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I am aware of the controversy regarding use of "royal" titles in Germany, hence the standard section included in those articles which discusses that point. My move back though was not about the Royalness or otherwise of the Thurn und Taxis, but about your use of the German-language version of their names, which is not correct for the english-language Wikipedia, which calls on English-language sources. Incidentally, there are also quite a number of English-language sources calling her "Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis but we are at least using some of the German form, which is more commonly used here. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 12:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * in the german-langue version, we use the english-version of names. for example: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mountbatten-Windsor,_Prince_of_Wales why should the english-langue version translate the correct names of persons? i really can`t understand that. could you show me any rule for this approach? in my opinion there is only one correct name for a person. elisabeth's name is: "Elisabeth Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis". -- Walderer (talk) 16:28, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's us who are making the rule - we are drawing on the English-language sources for her name. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 20:22, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * but there are rules for using foreign names correct, wikipedia-rules. the rules of the german-language version are clear: only official names can be used. no translation. any sources don't matter. sorry i don't know the rules of the english-version. open question. -- Walderer (talk) 21:23, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Please pay attention to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(royalty_and_nobility) -- Walderer (talk) 21:53, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Already aware of it. Which bit do you find relevant to the German/English issue? Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 07:38, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * the relevance to the german-language version is unimportent, these version has own naming-conventions (there is no nobility in germany, there are only "names" for the former nobility). relevant to the english-language version is as far as i'm concerned: European monarchs whose rank was below that of King (e.g., Grand Dukes, Electors, Dukes, Princes), should be at the location "{Monarch's first name and ordinal}, {Title} of {Country}". Examples: Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. now then: "Elisabeth, Princess of Thurn und Taxis". but please pay attention to the fact: in germany "prinzessin" (former use) was a title for the daughter of a "fürst" (prince). -- Walderer (talk) 09:40, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

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