From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Alphax
My understanding was that the Official Name in English, /as requested by the Government of Côte d'Ivoire/, was Côte d'Ivoire. Not "Ivory Coast". They changed their name to Côte d'Ivoire. End discussion. That's their name. Use it. Redirects are cheap.
Have "Ivory Coast" redirect to "Côte d'Ivoire" or vice versa. WP:BFD & WP:IAR apply in this case, and the only people who really care about how we spell the name are probably Ivory Côteians or those who care overmuch about consistency.
Putting your balls on the line over the spelling of the name of a country that couldn't field a decent baseball team strikes me as caring a bit too much.
Sort it out on the talk page, be civil, don't engage in endless revert or move wars, have a nice day.
Pete, blatant hypocrite