Wikipedia:Naming conventions (thorn)

[proposed] convention: it is not a good idea to use the thorn character (Þ/þ) in Wikipedia page names, except for redirect pages.

Rationale
The basic "naming conventions" principle refers to recognisability, as formulated per naming conventions policy:"Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature."

Þ/þ fails this recognisability criterion for many native English speakers (not to mention a large body of EAL visitors of wikipedia).

In article text this is less a problem while there the character can be linked to Þ or þ, which both redirect to the Thorn (letter) article.

Articles regarding the Þ/þ character
For articles regarding the Þ/þ character, replace the character by "thorn" or "thorn (letter)" in the article title. Examples:
 * Thorn (letter)
 * Naming conventions (thorn) (this guideline)

Provide redirects:
 * At least Þ and þ for the first example above;
 * At least Naming conventions (þ) for the second example above.

Article titles containing words that in their original version would contain Þ or þ
For articles where Þ or þ is used as part of a word:
 * 1) try to find the most common transliteration of the word, not using Þ or þ
 * Example: Thor for the Norse/Germanic deity.
 * 1) If that fails, replace "Þ" by "Th" and "þ" by "th".
 * Example: Both "thane" and "thegn" are common renderings of the Old English þegn - the Wikipedia article is at thegn (þ&rarr;th - e&rarr;e - g&rarr;g - n&rarr;n).

Provide redirects for the most frequently occurring formats containing the þ/Þ character, e.g.:
 * for the Thor example at least Þórr (Old Norse) and Þunor (Old English)
 * þegn redirects to thegn

Exceptions
See Naming conventions (Norse mythology) for exceptions.