Style/Aliases
Localised names
The locale should be used to capture the official name as normally used in a particular language and/or country.
An entity can only have one localised name for each locale. If there is more than one, use the most recent name for the entity. If multiple names are used in an interchangeable manner, use the most common one. Other names can still be added as aliases without a locale.
The locale should not be more specific than it needs to be, so the country should only be included when necessary, e.g. If an entity's name is the same in all English speaking countries, "English" with no country is sufficient. If the name is normally the same, but is different (usually for legal reasons) in certain countries, then the country should only be used to identify where the name is different from the usual name for that language.
- Examples
- Пётр Ильич Чайковский is known as "Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky" in English.
- The Beatles are known as "ザ・ビートルズ" in Japanese.
- Yazoo are normally known as "Yazoo" in English, but are known as "Yaz" in English in the United States.
