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If they're more properly known as Old Ritualists, shouldn't that be the title of the page, with Old Believers getting a redirect? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 21:38, 15 Apr 2005 (CDT)
 
If they're more properly known as Old Ritualists, shouldn't that be the title of the page, with Old Believers getting a redirect? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 21:38, 15 Apr 2005 (CDT)
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: Well, "Old Believers" is the most usual name in English, and it's how they're listed in printed encyclopedias.  "Old Ritualists" is the more literal translation of the Russian name (I believe).  --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 22:02, 15 Apr 2005 (CDT)

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If they're more properly known as Old Ritualists, shouldn't that be the title of the page, with Old Believers getting a redirect? --magda 21:38, 15 Apr 2005 (CDT)

Well, "Old Believers" is the most usual name in English, and it's how they're listed in printed encyclopedias. "Old Ritualists" is the more literal translation of the Russian name (I believe). --Rdr. Andrew 22:02, 15 Apr 2005 (CDT)