[Wikipedia-l] Macedonian name on English Wikipedia

[Boris Lohnzweiger]

Hi Milos!

At the German WP we have an arbitration committee for such issues. I don't know if anything similar exists at en: but if so that would surely be worth a try. 

As far as I'm concerned I think Wikipedia should not rename ethnic groups at will. If a people designates itself by a certain name others have to respect that name and not change it at random. This holds especially true if that people represents the majority population of a present-day independant nation.

Regards,
Boris


millosh at mutualaid.org, wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org schrieb am 29.08.05 14:02:12:

Please, look at articles such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonians ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_Slavs ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_denar and similar.

Greek nationalists, supported by one Bulgarian nationalist (just to
say that Bulgarian Wikipedian community is not nationalist) are
forcing naming (modern) Macedonians as "Macedonian Slavs".

Even (some) people on English Wikipedia think that they can vote about
the name of one ethicity/nation. This is a horror. I urge to all of
you to stop that (Greek) nationalist orgy there!

Wikipedia is not the place for nationalist propaganda.
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