Talk:Nikolai Borisovich Galitzin

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Requested move 18 April 2020

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The result of the move request was: Page moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jerm (talk) 18:13, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nikolai Borisovich Galitzine → Nikolai Borisovich Galitzin – Per WP:COMMONNAME : ""Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources". The form "Galitzine" (which seems to be used in texts in French) is not used by any authoritative English-language source which I have been able to identify. Most English sources refer to Galitzin in the context of Beethoven and those that use the spelling 'Galitzin' include all the major biographies and reference books - including

Cooper, Barry, ed. (1996). The Beethoven Companion (revised ed.). London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-50-027871-0.
Cooper, Barry (2008). Beethoven. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-531331-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Nettl, Paul (1994). Beethoven Encyclopedia. Secaucus, NJ: Carel Publishing. ISBN 9780735101135. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Taruskin, Richard (2010). Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-538482-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (1967a). Forbes, Elliot (ed.). Thayer's Life of Beethoven. Vol. 1. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-02717-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (1967b). Forbes, Elliot (ed.). Thayer's Life of Beethoven. Vol. 2. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-02718-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Solomon, Maynard (November 1998). Beethoven (2nd revised ed.). New York: Schirmer Trade Books. ISBN 978-0-8256-7268-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Stanley, Glenn, ed. (2000). The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-58074-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Oxford Music Online lists him as "Golitsïn [Galitzin], Prince Nikolay Borisovich", giving 'Galitzin' (but no other version) as an acceptable English transcription of the name. Smerus (talk) 15:40, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is fine. The surname "Galitzin" is the name I used when I created the article; the name was subsequently changed twice by other editors. (I originally had the first name "Nikolay", which is probably not the generally accepted spelling). AtticTapestry (talk) 17:25, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.