Talk:Kwanso

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Requested move 31 May 2024[edit]

It has been proposed in this section that Kwanso be renamed and moved to Kwansŏ.

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Kwanso → Kwansŏ – Without the diacritic it's suggesting a completely different word in Korean (관소 vs 관서). There is unlikely to be a WP:COMMONNAME for this place; the geographical region is mostly referred to historically, and historical papers in English use the diacritic. 104.232.119.107 (talk) 20:05, 29 May 2024 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). SilverLocust 💬 18:37, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Four comments below are copied here from the contested technical request. SilverLocust 💬 18:37, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Since English language does not contain accents or diacritics, transliterations into English from languages that do not use the Latin alphabet likewise should not contain any marks that are not part of English.. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 10:07, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lots of Wikipedia articles have diacritics in their titles. Do you think they should all be removed? WP:DIACRITICS does not discourage them, and it is suggested here that the diacritic would help clarify the topic. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 10:37, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Various systems for Romanizing specific writing systems follow rules different from English, including the use of diacritics, and this appears in titles across Wikipedia: Shūsaku Endō and Bayan-Ölgii Province, for instance. When I looked on GoogleScholar, that also bore out OP's statement that Kwansŏ is used by reliable sources for the topic area. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 10:51, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We're not voting here. Since the opposition is not based on policy (and goes against the guidelines), I am going to move this per Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Korea-related_articles#Romanization which says to use McCune–Reischauer romanization for North Korea. --Ahecht (TALK
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I have reverted the move per Roman Spinner's request and opened this requested-move discussion. SilverLocust 💬 18:37, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]