Bill wrote:
So using this as a measure, Danzig wins. Nevertheless, the city is currently a Polish city. And the Polish version of the name is well known, at least on ~English speaking Web, as good a measure as any. I think this is a strong argument for using Gdansk as entry-point on the English wikipedia.
I think this is generally agreed on by most of the people who've been discussing the issue on the talk page, but there are some extreme Polish nationalists who still profess to be offended by the use of "Danzig" at all. The article that led to the current round of disagreements was located at [[Gdansk]], and started with:
'''Gdan'sk''' (in English formerly known as '''Danzig''') is a [[Baltic Sea]] city with a long and colorful history. Gdan'sk is the 6th largest city in [[Poland]], its principal [[seaport]], and the capital of the [[Pomeranian Voivodship]].
That seems like a reasonable compromise to me. However, it was claimed that "in English formerly known as Danzig" was an offensive statement catering to German colonial oppression, or something of that sort. At this point I consider these nationalists on both sides to not be worth arguing with, and would appreciate if they were banned summarily from editing relevant articles.
-Mark