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I feel this article should be at Thingvellir, given this is the English Misplaced Pages and the 'Þ' character doesn't exist in English. Johnhousefriday (talk) 14:35, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

The manual of style is unequivocal - Names not originally in a Latin alphabet must be romanized into characters generally intelligible to English-speakers. The change is coming. 210.7.132.77 (talk) 04:31, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
Don't do that! Look at Wikipedias in other languages. They don't use Þ either but keep it to be formal. --2.245.66.112 (talk) 22:11, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Belatedly, I believe the article is satisfactorily placed -- also note how it is rendered at its UNESCO WHS entry -- but also that the anglicized names should appear at initial instances (also see prior link); thus, I have added the anglicized names. Craftwerker (talk) 00:51, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

"'Þ' character doesn't exist in English" — Anyone who says this must've never read Beowulf, but nobody can say that Beowulf isn't written in English. Cédric 20:33, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

That's arguing semantics. The clear intent of the comment was that the symbol does not exist in the range of modern English on which the English wikipedia is based.12.11.127.253 (talk) 14:44, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Or maybe, Cedric, they read it in Modern English (the language of en.wikipedia) instead of Old English. Most contemporary versions published do not use "Þ".

The campaign on Misplaced Pages to include non-English characters is largely a manifestation of linguistic snobbery, by those who consider their erudition superior to those non-polyglots who dare to trespass here. If anyone wants to put it to a formal discussion, I'd support moving this to a true English title, but don't expect to win--the fanatics outnumber the rare English monoglots who might chance to visit here. Unschool 03:14, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

UNESCO isn't god

The UNESCO page of the Þingvellir National Park did not include "Pingvellir" as a correct spelling. See also: Þ. Is UNESCO the king of linguistics? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:410D:7C00:F4BD:9626:6087:99A0 (talk) 05:55, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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