Talk:Neman, Russia

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Improper Italicization

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There is also no grammatical or historic reason to italicize former German names of now- Russian localities in the area Of East Prussia ceded to the postwar Soviet Union by the Potsdam Conference. In English, italics usually denote foreign (non-English) words for things or concepts, but not place names. Prior to 1945, Neman was officially Ragnit, not Ragnit, and the German name should not be italicized. Sca (talk) 14:55, 4 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

It is Wikipedia convention to emphasize alternate names at first use, [...] and to italicize foreign or historic names [...].
— WP:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)#Emphasis, ÄDA - DÄP VA (talk) 08:16, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

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