Salve, Iohanne!

Gratus in Vicipaediam Latinam acciperis! Ob contributa tua gratias agimus speramusque te delectari posse et manere velle.

Cum Vicipaedia nostra parva humilisque sit, paucae et exiguae sunt paginae auxilii, a quibus hortamur te ut incipias:

Si plura de moribus et institutis Vicipaedianis scire vis, tibi suademus, roges in nostra Taberna, vel roges unum ex magistratibus directe.

In paginis encyclopaedicis mos noster non est nomen dare, sed in paginis disputationis memento editis tuis nomen subscribere, litteris impressis --~~~~, quibus insertis nomen tuum et dies apparebit. Quamquam vero in paginis ipsis nisi lingua Latina uti non licet, in paginis disputationum qualibet lingua scribi solet. Quodsi quid interrogare velis, vel Taberna vel pagina disputationis mea tibi patebit. Ave! Spero te "Vicipaedianum" fieri velle!

Thanks for explaining your edit clearly. I reverted because our rule on the Wikipedias is to follow reliable sources. The name "Carolus Marx" is justified by a footnote to a reliable Latin source. The name should only be changed if good sources can be found for the preferred name.

More generally, like other modern Latin sources (such as university diplomas, Vatican documents in Latin, title pages of modern publications in Latin) we normally Latinize modern people's forenames but leave surnames as they are. It isn't our choice, it's what reliable modern sources of Latin also do.

But thanks for trying to help. Hope you'll join us. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 08:54, 7 Februarii 2016 (UTC)Reply