Talk:Boston Athenæum

Copyright revert

Sadly, the basis of most of this interesting article, the revision as of 14:48, 26 June 2005 by 66.30.207.207 appears to take copyrighted material from http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/general.html and perhaps other places. I have reverted the article to the version right before this edit, and restored apparently original material that has been added since then. If this material was copied with the permission of the copyright holder, or if we ask them now and they give it, we can restore the fuller version, but we need to document the permission. Otherwise, I would encourage interested Wikipedians to rebuild the article in an original expression using the information provided on the offical website and other sources listed. -- Beland 03:17, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Catalogues and lists

http://books.google.com/books?id=n98QAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=c1FFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=inauthor:%22Boston+Athenaeum%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6IbxUJOeIbSB0QG364G4Ag&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

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http://books.google.com/books?id=a7aq_hocXmoC&pg=PA16&dq=inauthor:%22Boston+Athenaeum%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6IbxUJOeIbSB0QG364G4Ag&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=3CYnAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:%22Boston+Athenaeum%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6IbxUJOeIbSB0QG364G4Ag&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false

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http://books.google.com/books?id=MwQDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Boston+Athenaeum%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6IbxUJOeIbSB0QG364G4Ag&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=asQnAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Boston+Athenaeum%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6IbxUJOeIbSB0QG364G4Ag&ved=0CGIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=trRJyC0GtXAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Boston+Athenaeum%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6IbxUJOeIbSB0QG364G4Ag&ved=0CGkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=o0XJXPsnn3MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Boston+athenaeum&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0YbxUJLNGNKx0AHmuYGQAg&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBQ

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http://books.google.com/books?id=7CsIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Boston+athenaeum&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KIjxUMi6Mu-80QGS5oDQBA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAjgK

History of the Boston Athenaeum

http://books.google.com/books?id=RHHRoEiGRdgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Boston+athenaeum&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KIjxUMi6Mu-80QGS5oDQBA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=Boston%20athenaeum&f=false

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http://books.google.com/books?id=V0BrIlUdVHYC&pg=PA106&dq=Boston+athenaeum&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KIjxUMi6Mu-80QGS5oDQBA&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=Boston%20athenaeum&f=false

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Rajmaan (talk) 16:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Spelling

Personally, I'm all in favor of the æ ligature but isn't there a policy or two against its use for English and Latin words on Wikipedia? — LlywelynII 01:53, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

The Wikipedia policy here states: "Ligatures should be used in languages in which they are standard (hence Moreau's last words were clin d'œil is preferable to Moreau's last words were clin d'oeil) but not in English (encyclopedia or encyclopaedia, not encyclopædia), except in proper names (Æthelstan not Aethelstan)."

I posit that

1. The name Boston Athenæum is Latin, not English. This supports the use of the ligature. (The policy you link to discourages the use in English, but not in Latin.)
2. The term Boston Athenæum is a proper name, which could also support the use of the ligature.
3. The Wikipedia policy here states "The policy on using common names and on foreign names does not prohibit the use of modified letters, if they are used in the common name as verified by reliable sources." The ligature is used in all Athenaum publications and is part of their official name.

 — Macduff (talk) 17:51, 12 August 2022 (UTC)