Talk:Valentinus Smalcius

Name

"Walenty Smalc" is the name used in the Polish Biographical Dictionary. It is also used in English: [1]. "Valentinus Smalcius" seems to be the latin version of his name, and "Valentin Schmalz" may be German? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You should also have searched for the original name:[2]. You see, 150 hits rather than 25. And if you look at the actual hits, after the third all the hits for Smalc are Polish publications. Polish-language sources are not relevant here: what matters is the common name used in English. Smalcius was German, and became somewhat naturalised in Poland towards the end of his life. This does not justify the change of name, nor the changes you made to the article. The choice of a Latin (humanistic) name is quite appropriate for this period. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PSB tends to be the most reliable source. If the chose this variant of a name, I prefer to stick with them.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable as in PSB is more likely to accurately represent his name, or represent English usage? Anyway, moved the page back as I agree with CM. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 23:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deacon, why did you remove the Polish name from the article entirely? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 23:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't actually mean to do anything other than replace the Polish name with the Latin one. I've "restored" it, though I'm not convinced it serves much purpose. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 23:34, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]