[WikiEN-l] Names of places in unrecognized countries

[Bogdan Giusca]

Sunday, September 17, 2006, 5:08:35 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 17 Sep 2006, at 14:55, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com wrote:
>>> Which spelling should be used for its article name? The Romanian/
>>> Moldovan spelling
>>> (Malaiesti) or the Russian speling (Malayeshty)?
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayeshty
>>
>> Google has many more hits for Malaiesti. This is not always a good
>> criterion, but here it might be.
>
> I'd use the spelling the people living there use.

For Malaiesti, most are Moldovans, but what about the places with
mixed population? :-)