Talk:Saito
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Why are there two separate to the Japanese language page? Someone who can read Japanese should resolve this.
The links are to the two most common ways of writing the name. While in English we usually make a single page for, say, Hannah and Hanna, on Japanese Wikipedia it seems to be common to have seperate pages for each of the frequently used writings of a name, since they're not considered the "same" name to the degree that different spellings are in English. (Or to compare it in a different way, John and the male use of Jean are distinct names despite being connected.)
I don't see a disambiguation page for all the ways of writing Saitou on Japanese Wikipedia, so I think the way things stand is probably for the best. Normad Zeta 00:00, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Japanese surname
This page begins with
Saitō (usually 斉藤 or 斎藤, but other forms are common) is the seventeenth most common Japanese surname[...]
and then goes on to list Saitō, Saito, and even Saitou. The only Japanese name here is Saitō. Saito is not a Japanese name, although it may (or may not) be etymologically related. Saitou is nothing more than a non-standard romanization. The claim regarding the Japanese name needs to be restated or removed. Or maybe even better all of the Saitōs could be moved to Saitō. Bendono 06:36, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
