Talk:Ryota Tsuzuki
 | This article contains a translation of Ryōta Tsuzuki from en.wikipedia. |
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When this article was created, the name did not have a macron.
In 2007, the diacritic was added here and the article was moved here. The edit summaries which explain both diffs rely on en:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles (en:WP:MOS-JA), which is very clear:
- Names of modern figures
For a modern figure—a person born after the beginning of the Meiji period (January 1, 1868 onward for our purposes)—always use the Western order of given name + family name in Latin script, and Japanese style family name+<space>+given name in Japanese script. For example:
- Junichiro Koizumi (
小泉 純一郎 Koizumi Jun'ichirō, born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician …
Spelling, including macron usage, of the name of a modern figure should adhere to the following, in order of preference:
- Use the form personally or professionally used by the person, if available in the English/Latin alphabet;
- Use the form found in an encyclopedia entry from a generally accepted English encyclopedia;
- Use the form publicly used on behalf of the person in the English-speaking world;
- Use the form publicly used on behalf of the person in any other popular Latin-alphabet-using language (French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Dutch, or variations); or
- If none of the above is available, use the macronned form.
IMO, the name of this article should not have a macron. If I have misunderstood something important, an explanation will help me to avoid making a similar mistake in the future. --Horeki (talk) 16:03, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- In the very clear terms of the boxed list of preferences above, we see that more than one "official" source "use[s] the form ... professionally used by" Ryota Tsuzuki.
- Japan Football Association, GK
都築 龍太 TSUZUKI Ryota (in Japanese) - FIFA.com, Ryota Tsuzuki
- Japan Football Association, GK
- In sum, each source is the 1st preference, the best choice. At this point, further delay is unreasonable in my opinion. --Horeki (talk) 12:24, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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