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The name is actually Groß, not Gross (see German Misplaced Pages). The letter "ß" can be substituted by "ss" when it can't be helped, but here it should be possible to spell it correctly. 80.132.240.173 (talk) 21:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
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I know, but it is wrong. Isn't the problem, that all these sources ignore the German letter "ß"? But English wikipedia uses the letter "ß" already. Doma-w (talk) 20:36, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
English wikipedia only uses "ß" when the English language does; in turn this is established by consulting English usage. I would be quite surprised if English usage supports the use of "ß" in this case. Thus English wikipedia is quite right, correct, and accurate to use Gross: this accurately depicts the convention in English usage.Erudy (talk) 05:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Oppose this is ***not*** the German Misplaced Pages. It is highly biased to allow German lettering when we don't allow Japanese, when it matters even more in Japanese or Korean to get right name. 132.205.44.5 (talk) 03:15, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Comment For those stating "use English", I'd like to point out that the relevant guideline you're citing explicitly states "There is disagreement as to whether German, Icelandic and Faroese names need transliteration for the characters ß, þ and ð." Since there aren't any "never use ligatures" or "only use ligatures" rules, this is really a matter of taste; therefore, as long as the proper redirects exist, it's fine to leave it as it is. Parsecboy (talk) 22:22, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
