Talk:Funen

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The other big islands in Denmark are Vendsyssel (the northmost part of Judland) and Sealand. Then comes Funen.

--bask 07:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Diacritic

Should not Funen redirect to Fünen? Currently Fünen redirects to Funen. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 19:14, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Please don't! "Fünen" is the name used in German which some English-speakers unfortunately mistake for a Danish word. Somebody must have messed up a map ages ago or something. It has never been a Danish word and never will be. Danish only has one word for this island: Fyn Valentinian T / C 00:10, 1 February 2007 (UTC) (I am a native "Fynbo", btw.)

[edit] Fyn

If the island is in Denmark, and its Danish name is Fyn, why isn't the article at Fyn? I'd never heard of "Funen" until I looked up Fyn. It's not like for example Munich where most English-speakers are more familiar with "Munich" than "Munchen". Few English-speakers will know either name. Unless someone gives me a good reason not to, I am going to move it. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 04:09, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

As foreshadowed above, I have moved the article to Fyn, the more logical location. I apologise for doing it by cut-and-paste, but the move function was blocked for some reason. I think Zealand should be moved to its proper Danish spelling too. Most English-speakers would assume Zealand is in the Netherlands. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 09:24, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I have reverted your move of the article. As I have explained on your talkpage, Funen is the official English name of the island, and thus the one to be used on the article here on the English language Wikipedia. If Fyn is indeed a common form of the word known even to non-Danes, then obviously the Fyn article should link or redirect to Funen, as it already does. Lilac Soul (talk • contribs • count) 09:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Moved back to Funen. Munich is at Munich, not München; the same goes for Jutland and Zealand. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names) recommends using English names, and since "Funen" is not extremely rare or historic, I think it is the most appropriate. Britannica uses this form too. — Peter L <talk|contribs> 21:50, 7 June 2008 (UTC)