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In most of these countries Spanish is the official language => spanish capitalization rules => convert Ñ to ñ and N to n. And in some (Belize for example) it is English. I can't see the problem!?

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Latin American Spanish:

When the Spaniards ‘discovered’ and colonised the Americas, the language of Spain was still undergoing change. It was the language of Castile (land of castles) which was destined to become not only the chief language of Spain, but also of the Latin American Republics.

As to be expected, the indigenous inhabitants of Latin America exerted a great influence on the Castilian language and differences between the two types of Spanish began to emerge. This was mainly due to the diminishing contact between Latin America and Spain, coupled with the languages used by the inhabitants of Latin America.

The influence of American English in the North of the region also took its toll; words were absorbed with a Spanish pronunciation which was based solely on what was heard with no regard for the correct spelling, for example ‘boila’ (boiler) and ‘mechas’ (matches)!

There are many factors that are attributable to the birth of the Latin American Spanish language but it is important to realise that it was a slow and gradual process. Although there are differences between Castilian Spanish and Latin American Spanish – particularly relating to pronunciation – they do not prevent mutual intelligibility.

The differences between these two languages are equivalent to those between British English and American English.

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As any other language, Spanish has changed according to each region where it is spoken. Dozens of different accents, local words and folklore expressions are now in use in Spain and Latin America. Many factors have contributed to such changes. In Latin America, there were hundreds of dialects when Conquistadores arrived more than 500 years ago. Therefore, many of the words now in use have native American roots.

This does not mean or suggest in any way that Spanish and Latin American people can not understand each other or that they speak completely different languages, of course not! This just means that Spanish has diversified and expanded; it is all part of the culture of each country. A clear analogy is the British, American, Australian or South African English variations, each has its distinctive accent, regionalisms, idioms and popular phrases but it is still the same language.

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Take Crew Credits from the film credits only; list names exactly as they are in the credits. Exception: If the credit information is entirely capitalized, use standard capitalization rules instead.

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Just as with titles, when having to alter cast or crew because they are listed in all capitals, use capitialization rules standard to the language of the cast/crew member's name or nationality.

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@Giga Wizard: Of course there are differences in these variants of the Spanish languages. But as far as I can see there are no differences in the standard capitalization rules. The same for English, French, German, ... and there variants.

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Francois would still be Francois!

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All that Gerri has done with this ruling is discouraged many users from Contributing, those who do not have the knowledge to understand the various intenational naming conventions, let alone documenting and not just assuming someone's nationality have now been locked out of Contributing. She made no allowances, you either have the knowledge and can back it up or you need not Contribute. Sorry Gerri, that is what you said in essence.

Joe Six-Pack need not apply.

All that Gerri has done with this ruling is discouraged many users from Contributing, those who do not have the knowledge to understand the various intenational naming conventions, let alone documenting and not just assuming someone's nationality have now been locked out of Contributing. She made no allowances, you either have the knowledge and can back it up or you need not Contribute. Sorry Gerri, that is what you said in essence.

Joe Six-Pack need not apply.

All I ever tried to do was allow as many users as possible to participate in the easiest way possible for any given piece oif data. I now see that is not the objective at all.

The only thing that I can see that has been achieved is lots of documentation FRANCOIS====François has to be documented it cannot be assumed that it is correct just because the name HAPPENS to be French in origin. Likewise FRANCOIS===>Francois also must not be assumed and must be doumented to be correct. The credits themselves have become completely irrelevant in favor of political correctness...what a mess.

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