Talk:Asgeir Helgason

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The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) Seen this already? 07:47, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Talk:Helgason Asgeir … Helgason Asgeir → Asgeir Helgason … Helgason is the person's family name - the article intro shows it this way and Dr. Helgason himself even confirms it in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Helgason Asgeir stating that his brother's name is also A. Helgason. Some cultures show family names first but I don't think Scandinavian ones normally do.

[edit] Voting and discussion

  • Support: per nom. —Wknight94 (talk) 02:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment: Although maybe this is supposed to be Ásgeir Helgason with an accent mark? —Wknight94 (talk) 03:02, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Maybe, but only if you can prove that this accent is generally used in referring to this person in particular, especially since he isn't working in Iceland. Gene Nygaard 13:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • That he wrote his own name without the accent in commenting on the deletion request (link above) is one piece of evidence that it should not be included. It isn't conclusive; he may do it differently in different languages, perhaps including it if he writes in Icelandic but not in Swedish or in English, or whatever—and we should also take into consideration that this is the English Wikipedia when deciding. It may be that because of inexperience with Wikipedia he didn't know that we generally accept use of that letter, or maybe he really doesn't care one way or the other. Gene Nygaard 14:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Support as this is not the Hungarian Wikipedia. As regards accents, hopefully someone here would be able to assist. Regards, David Kernow 14:28, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. Be sure to use sort key to index in categories; generally as "|Helgason, Asgeir" except maybe in subcategories of Icelandic people which are usually indexed by first name where it should probably be "|Asgeir Helgason". Note further that this sort key should have "A" in both cases, even if you slap an "Á" into the article name. Gene Nygaard 13:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
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