User talk:Kedrovi

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Again, welcome!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:59, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling

On the subject of spelling, please read the Wikipedia romanization guideline. Let me know if you have questions. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 21:03, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The difference is that while "taiga" (a type of biome) is, of course, an English loanword, listed in most dictionaries, "Ta[y|i]ga" (the name of the town) is not. The town, unlike Moscow, is just too small and insignificant to have a "conventional name" in English. In such cases, romanization guidelines always take precedence. The subject, by the way, has been discussed to death many times before: note, for example, the spelling of "Mendeleev", the creator of the periodic table, and compare it with spelling of "Mendeleyevo", an urban-type settlement named after him. Same goes for Kiev and Kiyevsky Rail Terminal. The bottom line is—if the word is in the dictionary, use that form (taiga, raion, krai, etc.), if it is not, use the romanized version. Another point to consider is that the maps in the English language most commonly use the BGN/PCGN romanization system (on which WP:RUS is based), so for smaller locales it is far more likely that the version romanized using that system will be used for search. Hope this answers your concerns. Let me know if you have any further questions.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 22:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]