Wikipedia:Use diacritics

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Proposed addition to WP:MOS and WP:NC:

  • Where a foreign personal name or place name contains diacritics, it may be acceptably written in English either with or without the diacritics. The preferred style on Wikipedia is to use diacritics, as this provides maximum information to the reader. Page titles should generally contain diacritics, with non-diacritic alternatives used as redirects.

Exception:

  • Where the person or place has a common English name: e.g Bucharest over Bucureşti; Geoffrey Keating over Seathrún Céitinn.
  • Where a character is commonly transcribed other than by simple dropping of a diacritic (for example, Đ is transcribed "Dj", ß is transcribed "ss") use the transcribed version rather than the special character, to ensure recognizability.