Sounds like you've been talking to Helga ;-) Magnus P.S.: I only know it as Oder-Neisse line. Of course, I'm German... Mirko Thiessen wrote:

Definitely Oder and Neisser. I never even heard of Odra and Nysa. Zoe Mirko Thiessen <mt(a)mirko-thiessen.de> wrote:Hello all, there is a dispute in several articles, whether the Oder/Odra river should be called by its German or its Polish name. The same for the Neisse/Nysa river and the Oder-Neisse line/Odra-Nysa line. I'd like to ask the community, which name is used more often by native English speakers. There are some annoying accusations in this dispute (see [[User talk:Taw|Taw's talk page]] for more details), so I would like to let the majority decide and end the seesaw changes on the relating pages. Mirko. -- Mirko Thiessen http://www.mirko-thiessen.de _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)wikipedia.org http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day

Fred Bauder wrote: That doesn't solve the problem. We still have to chose which has the article and which has the redirect. Eclecticology

The Oder-Niesse line is very well known by that name in the United States. Of course, what it is known for is marking the border between Poland and Germany, established as such at the end of World War II, so it is natural that Polish people are sensitive about it. Nonetheless, it is not known as the Odra-Nysa line. Tom Parmenter |From: Mirko Thiessen <mt(a)mirko-thiessen.de> |X-Priority: 3 (Normal) |Sender: wikien-l-admin(a)wikipedia.org |Reply-To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org |Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:15:34 +0100 | |Hello all, | | |there is a dispute in several articles, whether the Oder/Odra river |should be called by its German or its Polish name. The same for the |Neisse/Nysa river and the Oder-Neisse line/Odra-Nysa line. I'd like |to ask the community, which name is used more often by native English |speakers. There are some annoying accusations in this dispute (see |[[User talk:Taw|Taw's talk page]] for more details), so I would like |to let the majority decide and end the seesaw changes on the relating |pages. | | |Mirko. | |-- |Mirko Thiessen |http://www.mirko-thiessen.de | | |_______________________________________________ |WikiEN-l mailing list |WikiEN-l(a)wikipedia.org |http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l |

No, we should not put up with either bunch. Fred