Template:Redirects from titles without diacritics/Explanation

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[edit] Explanation

{{w:wiktionarypar|ASCII}}An w:ASCII character is an w:alphanumeric character or one of several standard keyboard symbols (see article for more).

{{w:wiktionarypar|diacritic|diacritical|diacritical mark}}A diacritical mark is a symbol added to a letter that functions to change its w:pronunciation, meaning, or other characteristic. Accents and umlauts are examples of diacritical marks. Conversely, ligatures and standard w:Greek letters are not diacritical.

Since names using such characters are not searchable to TZMWiki or Wikipedia users (i.e., they cannot be typed in the search bar without using advanced technical knowledge or additional aids such as keyboard mapping software), most such titles should be transliterated into the common English representation per w:Romanization and moved to that name. For the titles that properly do and should use special characters and diacritics, per Wikipedia naming conventions, their romanized equivalents should be redirected and listed using one of the templates mentioned below.

[edit] Redirect templates

Any redirect title that contains only ASCII characters and redirects to a title containing a non-ASCII, non-diacritical character should use the template:

{{R from ASCII}}

Any redirect title that contains only ASCII characters and redirects to a title containing a diacritical mark should use the template:

{{R to diacritics}}

Any redirect title that contains a diacritical mark and redirects to a title with no diacritical marks should use the template:

{{R from diacritics}}

Any redirect title that contains a non-ASCII, non-diacritical mark and redirects to a title with no diacritical marks should use the template:

{{R to ASCII}}

[edit] Tips

Examples of non-diacritical, non-ASCII characters

(This is not a comprehensive list)

Ligatures: w:Æ æ w:Œ œ
Letters that seem like diacritics: w:Ø ø w:Ð ð
Others: w:Ə ə w:Þ þ

Standard w:alphabetical letters are usually non-diacritical. See w:List of writing systems for more information.

The standard w:Greek alphabet is non-diacritical, though there do exist Greek letters with diacritical marks.
Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ ς σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω


Examples of diacritical marks

(This is not a comprehensive list)

w:Acute accents ( ʻ ): Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź
w:Double acute accents: Ő ő Ű ű
w:Grave accents ( ʽ ): À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù
w:Circumflexes: Â â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ
Umlauts: Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ Ÿ ÿ
w:Tildes ( ˜ ): Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ Ñ ñ Õ õ Ũ ũ Ỹ ỹ
w:Cedillas: Ç ç Ģ ģ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ
w:Carons: Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ǐ ǐ Ľ ľ Ň ň Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ž ž
w:Breves: Ă ă Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ Ŏ ŏ Ŭ ŭ
w:Macrons: Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ȳ ȳ Ǣ ǣ
w:Overdots: Ċ ċ Ė ė Ġ ġ İ ı Ż ż
w:Underdots: Ḍ ḍ Ḥ ḥ Ḷ ḷ Ḹ ḹ Ṃ ṃ Ṇ ṇ Ṛ ṛ Ṝ ṝ Ṣ ṣ Ṭ ṭ
Rings: Å å Ů ů
w:Ogoneks: Ą ą Ę ę Į į Ǫ ǫ Ų ų
Bars/Strokes: Đ đ Ħ ħ Ł ł
w:Interpuncts: Ŀ ŀ

Also see w:Greek diacritics.


[edit] Specific examples

Redirect page Article title
w:Brunswick-Luneburg w:Brunswick-Lüneburg
w:Luneburg w:Lüneburg
w:Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel w:Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
w:Jerome Bonaparte w:Jérôme Bonaparte

[edit] Other tips

Most titles in violation of the Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Special characters are northern European in origin, and have long established transliterative English equivalents.

[edit] See also

[edit] Related categories

[edit] Related templates

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