Talk:Philippe Van Parijs

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• Philippe Van Parijs needs to be moved to Philippe van Parijs - cf. Dutch article on this philosopher. --Brz7 02:11, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Contested: just because Dutch has this with the lower-case "v" doesn't mean it's correct. All other languages have it with the capital "V". —METS501 (talk) 02:14, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
    • Well in Dutch the "v" is always lower case (and Philippe van Parijs is a Dutch name) and not alphabetised under "v" but e.g. under "G" in case of Vincent van Gogh. --Brz7 02:23, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
      • In the Netherlands, yes. In Belgium, the spellings of surnames are very inconsistent and can be written as one word (e.g. Vanhecke), or with "tussenvoegsels" capitalised (e.g. Van Hemele). Melsaran (formerly Salaskаn) 03:59, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
        • Yes, there are quite some inconsistencies in this topic I see :) Interesting.. When written as one word there's no confusion (though you'll have to know whether it's one word or not when you hear somebody saying the name). But otherwise there's a wide variety. "Van" directly refers to origin (and not to "the origin", the actual place (etc.) that follows after "van") and the minor/major case indicates the importance a culture/person gives to origin. Just found Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people). This page could maybe use more information/examples on this topic. --Brz7 10:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)