Talk:Wladyslaw Jagiello of Poland/Archive 4

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was no consensus. —Nightstallion (?) 09:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

request for move

Władysław II Jagiełło → Jagiello. Proposed by Shilkanni 10:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

On basis of Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names and titles), the rule stating the Charlemagne treatment to Monarchical titles, exc 4.

Opinion

Write Support or Oppose with an optional max one-line reason. Longer otexts of opinions to discussion below.

• Support. Elegant solution, and the name (spelling variants aside) the one the subject is overwhelmingly best known as. Shilkanni 10:07, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

• Support only if not the modern Polish spelling 'Jagiełło' is used, otherwise support 'Jogaila'. Juraune 10:34, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

The proposal is Jagiello, without dicritical marks, the proposition is not 'Jagiełło'. Shilkanni 10:40, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

• Support Every proper historical book I've read has called him Jogaila, sometimes with "Wladyslaw numeral" in brackets; but here the vote is a choice between Władysław II Jagiełło and Jagiello; the current name is ridiculous, so I'll gladly support it. - Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 12:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support per Calgacus. Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:51, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. There may be a better name than the current one, but this is not it. Appleseed (Talk) 14:22, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. Sorry Shilkanni, I have respect for your opinion, but I think that you jumped the gun on this one, and made a too quick declaration of failure on the earlier poll. I do agree that a fresh start is a good idea though. So, what I recommend is that we all pile on and vote "Oppose" on this poll to put it to rest, and then start another clean poll, with the method of listing a half-dozen variant names, and letting everyone support or oppose each. Variants should include the most common versions of the name as it appears in English-language encyclopedias and dictionaries (see below), plus we can include "Jogaila", and a couple versions from the Polish community if they're not happy with the other nominations. Then, very important, We should let the poll run long enough to ensure that everyone has a chance to weigh in (meaning weeks, perhaps even a month), and only then if we are still deadlocked, should further "Solomon" attempts be required. How's that sound? --Elonka 15:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
  • No, I for one won't be changing my vote. The current name is bad, the new one is an improvement. One can always try out your idea after the vote has finished - which likely will be the same time whether or nor it is successful. - Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 15:14, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support. "Jagiello" is his most recognisable name to people unfamiliar with the history of Poland. Srnec 17:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
• Weak oppose. Weak, becaue I do think this is a pretty good solution, and is much better then most other discussed, nonetheless as I wrote earlier I am not fully convinved this move is necessary and I consider the current name slightly superior. Note that I would not oppose a move that would exchange Jagiełło with Jagiellon or possibly Jagiello, and I will also support moves from names without Władysław (for example, Ladislaus) to just 'Jagiello'. Note also that according to the research Elonka has done on Encyclopedias (tnx - it's nice to see somebody else doing some research for a change...) the current name (W II J) is rather popular in encyclopedias.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 22:01, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 22:09, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support It is a better name then present article name M.K. 22:48, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. KonradWallenrod 06:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support: most widely recognizable name. Jonathunder 06:36, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. Mattergy 07:31, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support English usage, and a proper exception to the Monarch of Country format. Septentrionalis 17:15, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. Call a spade a spade. Anatopism 21:17, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose - this is better--Aldux 23:27, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. logologist|Talk 01:32, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support: Google internet searches for "Jagiello" 115000 counts, "Władysław II Jagiełło" 850 counts(!!!), "Jagiełło" 29300 counts (!!), "Jogaila" 106000 counts. Orionus 12:18, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support Iulius 17:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

• • What Google are you using? My search with 'English only' for "Władysław II Jagiełło" gives 17k hits. And welcome to Wikipedia!--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 14:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I believe14k ? No? M.K. 14:53, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

• • Sorry, Piotr. Here are corrected results, which are also supporting Jagiello. Google.com for english pages only searches for "Jagiello" give 113000 counts [1], "Władysław II Jagiełło" - 16400 counts [2], "Jagiełło" - 28200 counts [3], Jogaila - 17900 counts [4] Orionus 15:36, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

"Władysław Jagiełło" yields 95,600. Appleseed (Talk) 16:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, Appleseed, "Władysław Jagiełło" gives only 12700 counts [5] Orionus 17:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

It is interesting how Google hits vary. Following this link I get 14,100 hits :) Seems like we should take all google hits as estimates with at least 10-20% marigin of error. PS. Applessed, you probably searched the entire web - we only search English pages. Btw, for entire web I get 110,000 hits :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 02:21, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

On a related note, we should be careful with plain 'Jagiello' hits. It may be skewed by references to dynasty or other similarly named rulers, like Anna Jagiellon or Alexander Jagiellon. In such cases I suggest repeating all the searches with a use of another parameter, like date of birth. This should eliminate all 'confused' entries.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 02:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

The date of birth is not clear. There are google hits when counting with the year of death 1434:

• "Władysław II Jagiełło" [6] 399
• "Jogaila" [7] 426
• "Jagiello" [8] 928

Juraune 06:40, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Do not add any alternatives to the poll. In the case of this subject, alternatives will disrupt the poll. This poll is strictly between "Jagiello" and the current article name. Add your comments and reasonings for and about opinions below.

Jagiello is a compromise to give the place for this article, victim of recurring move wars. Hope no one, including sysops, disrupts the poll this time. The solution, to be tenable, should leave out all elements of name that are explicitly tied to these various nations involved. This proposed article name is following the rule that led Charlemagne to be at such location, and therefore conforms the current NC. Shilkanni 10:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Some citations and googlehit accounts from earlier discussions (compiled by Shilkanni 10:39, 8 June 2006 (UTC)):

"I browsed through the talk archives of this article. No move has ever been accepted in a RM survey. Therefore all moves this has underwent, are equally suspect." Originally this was at Wladislaus II of Poland.

Smec: "The monarch best known to English people as "Jagiello" be moved to that simple title. It ignores giving preference to either Poland or Lithuania. It ignores any ordinal. It ignores the Polish name he adopted. It is, I believe, a Polonisation of his Lithuanian name Jogaila and it is the name by which I believe most English people recognise the person. Therefore, why not use that simple one-word page title. I believe most links to it, however, refer to the person, not the dynasty. I think that in this instance.... Manual of Style recommendations... as in the case of Charlemagne."

"...his Christian name is not useful, it's probably not recognisable to most who are just barely familiar with this man's existence as unifier of Poland and Lithuanian and one of Poland's greatest monarchs. Lithuania is too important to be ignored and therefore I eschew the use of "Ladislaus II of Poland," an otherwise good title. Because all other forms are complex and largely artificial (they'll rarely appear in other works and they are not contemporaneous or English), I support the simple, recognisable, descriptive, nonpartisan "Jagiello." It is a Polonisation of his Lithuanian name and it is common in English: it should please those parties with no vested interests in the matter; as someone put it, a Solomon solution."<anonymous>

"The problem with this Solomonic Solution, is that neither the Poles, nor the Lithuanians, want to divide Leah's baby, and every once in a while, the Belarusians "veto", the whole proceedure ( kind of like they use to in the U.N.), and say they are the true Litvins, and that the object of "our affection", Jahaila (sic), is a Belarusian, anyway." Dr. Dan 02:07, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

"I disagree on use of 'ł' in this case (not in general), pronounced as 'w' in Polish. Jagiello or Jogaila, not Jagiewo."

"I would very happily see this under the simple "Jagiello". I believe the man is best known by it, I would say that overwhelmingly best known. Jagiello as itself is based on the Polish variant of the name (not Latin, which is Jagello), but the name itself is the Lithuanian name. Both of those nations should feel sufficiently appeased by it. Of course not the diacritics, as this should be the English word and not the Polish. No country names to compete, or one of them to be excluded. Both excluded - none of these two countries preferred. And, for Wikipedia, the elegance of briefness. I am fed up with yet increasingly complex monsters..."

"Here are some Google Books results:

• "Jogaila Jadwiga" - 77 hits
• "Jagiello Jadwiga " - 248 hits
• "II-Jagiello Jadwiga" - 15 hits
• "Wladyslaw-Jagiello Jadwiga" - 15 hits
  

I'm sure we all know how many hits "Władysław II Jagiełło" got.
I conclude that Jagiello, however "weird" it looks, wins the Google Books hitcounting beauty contest."

Jagiello Hedwig: 74 hits Jogail Hedwig: 17 hits Wladyslaw Hedwig: 28 hits

) Any German editors here? I think I remember wild discussion once whether Jagiello's wife was Jadwiga or Hedwig :)

Szopen 11:24, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I have seen some votes, and this case is such that opinions of even those who strenuously oppose the current name, regarding it as the worst possible or near, will diverge along different lines of thought, if several alternatives are given. This is now intended to the opportunity to show how much opposition is found against the current name, by proposing one better option, but only one, for the poll. This is because the presumed supporters of the current, non-english name, "divide et impera" in this and possibly in a couple of other very problematic cases. This person is not at all so straightforward a case as for example one of the Sigismunds. In my opinion, we cannot allow a non-english version remain just because it has a numerous camp (some have referred it as cabal) behind its scheme and most of the others diverge in details. Besides, Charlemagne example works for this - what is the one word with which this guy is best known??. Shilkanni 18:03, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Since Jagiello was a ruler of Lithuania originally, including the lands of modern Bielarus, Ukraine and Russia, a key figure in Lithuanian history, then becoming a King of Polish-Lithuanian Union state, isn't it a case of Polish POV to keep his name in modern Polish spelling? If we don't want to build a Babylon tower with Bielarussians, Lithuanians, Polish, Russians and Ukrainians fighting each other, we should keep his name in Latin-English form Juraune 07:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

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