Talk:Antero Niittymäki

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[edit] "Merkin bastardizations"

While it's useful to add measurements in both European and American units, I consider it highly inappropriate to substitute centimeters for feet/inches in a derogatory manner. Antero is, after all, a player on an NHL team in the United States, so both measurements are equally appropriate. You'll also find that practically all NHL player pages give the players' height and weight in feet and pounds because, well, they're playing in North America. In a nutshell, your units of measurement aren't better than anyone else's. -Elrith, 16.8.05

I know that the US is one of the few, if not the only, country not to use the metric system, but since Antero plays in the US it is appropriate to have these measurements in US units. I do not mind having the other measurements since he did play in Finland for a while, and the rest of the world can understand better, and I appreciate the edit for that, but the way it was worded was very offensive. "Added metric measurements" would have been a much more appropriate and polite way of phrasing your edit. Maybe you should think before you type next time. --Hazelorb

"Merkin bastardisations" mainly referred to the wildly inaccurate "phonetic spelling" of his name, which would have sounded unintelligible to a native Finnish speaker. JIP | Talk 12:51, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Did not have to be phrased that way, still. Besides, not everyone knows IPA and it was more accurate than the one that was on the Flyers website back in 2004. It's good that it's in IPA now, so that's why Wikipedia exists - to better the articles! Not to insult those trying to add information, you know? Hazelorb 20:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] English Wikipedia

Why is Nittymaki's (I know he's a Finlander) name being spelt with Finnish diacritcs. This is the English Wikipedia, are Angolphone names being placed (without diacritics) on the Finnish Wikipedia? Seeking information, rather then an argument. GoodDay 21:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

You really missed all that? :) Its on going debate that ramps up every couple months. I'm on the non-diacritics side personally. ccwaters 21:47, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I didn't miss it. In fact I've posted earlier at that discussion, I'm a non-diacritics backers as well. GoodDay 21:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)