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The result of the move request was: Moved to alternative proposal. ( closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk) 13:11, 10 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Oleksandr Ponomarov → Oleksandr Ponomaryov – Or some other variant. Acceptable transliterations of Ukrainian Пономарьов or Russian Пономарёв might include Ponomaryov, Ponomariov and Ponomarev, but Ponomarov is simply wrong and I highly doubt it is established this way. Note that Oleksandr Ponomaryov currently redirects to the article on a Ukrainian singer, Oleksandr Ponomariov. Theurgist ( talk) 18:56, 1 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. Giant Snowman 14:17, 4 March 2019 (UTC) reply

• Oppose - no sources provided by nom to support their claims. Giant Snowman 14:26, 4 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• UEFA match report: Alexandr Ponomarjev
  RSSSF match report: Aleksandr Ponomarev
  worldfootball.net profile: Aleksandr Ponomarev
  soccerway.com profile: Aleksandr Ponomarev
  transfermarkt.com profile: Aleksandr Ponomarev
  "Aleksandr Ponomarev" seems to be the most common variant. The gentleman, ethnically Ukrainian, was active during the Soviet era, which explains the Russian version of the first name, Aleksandr, as opposed to the Ukrainian one, Oleksandr. As for the last name, Russian strikes again: the letter ё, although it reads "yo", is sometimes transliterated as "e"; that's not possible for Ukrainian ьо. Otherwise, the standard transcription of both the Russian and the Ukrainian surname would be "Ponomaryov" (see WP:Romanization of Russian and WP:Romanization of Ukrainian). "Ponomarov" is just wrong in either case. The article used to be at Aleksandr Ponomarev until 2014, when it was renamed to its current title by User:Enzino, who meant to Ukrainianize it. -- Theurgist ( talk) 18:00, 4 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• Move to Aleksandr Ponomarev as the most widely-used English transliteration. Giant Snowman 08:50, 8 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• Agreed to Aleksandr Ponomarev. -- Theurgist ( talk) 11:04, 10 March 2019 (UTC) reply

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