# Talk:Volin

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Shouldn't the article be titled "Voline", with an "e" (the French way)? If I recall correctly, that's what he used for himself and how I recall him referenced most often in sources. czar 20:32, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

This is discussed in the ongoing GA review. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 21:26, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
@Czar: It's a case of different transliteration rules. When Volin wrote in French, he used "Voline", which abides by French transliteration conventions. But in English, "Volin" is used. See his own use of "Volin" in his English language work in Vanguard.[1]
Google Ngrams lists "Volin" as more common in English,[2] while listing "Voline" as more common in French.[3] This makes sense, per different transliteration rules.
As for the sources used in this article: Avrich 1988, Darch 2020, Malet 1982, Marshall 1993, Patterson 2020, all use "Volin". Guerin 2005, Rocker 2019, Skirda 2002 and Skirda 2004 use "Voline", because they were originally written in French. Peters 1970, Shubin 2010 and van der Walt 2009 use "Voline" too, but appear to be outliers, and aren't actually cited much in the article. -- Grnrchst (talk) 21:50, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
Weren't most English-language republications of his works done under "Voline" too?[4][5] And if that's because The Unknown Revolution was first published in French, isn't that the work/spelling for which he is best known? I see his spelling in Vanguard, and the scholars Avrich, Darch, Marshall, Patterson, as being convincing, but can't shake that I'm nevertheless much more used to seeing the "e" (Graham, Guerin, Gay & Gay, Skirda, Faure translation). This said, most of my Voline reading has been about his book. czar 22:44, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Article mentions somewhere he moved with his family? French Wiki has an entire section about his family. Including two women who died early, presumably the mothers of his 6 children, not sure if married.  2A00:23C7:CA0C:4F01:CD2A:DB36:EE9C:96C7 (talk) 15:23, 2 March 2023 (UTC)