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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was overwhelming consensus to Move to Portal:Republic of Macedonia. Xoloz 05:10, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Macedonia

This portal (

Portal:People's Republic of China and not a Portal:China (which is a redirect - Portal:Macedonia could be a redirect until a portal dealing with the whole region is made). --Latinus 12:33, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply
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Because I created the portal, please see my reasons:

  • Almost every Wikipedia country portal is named by the most common English name of the country, as: Spain, Poland, Bulgaria, Australia, portal:Greece etc… (for example, the official name of Greece is Hellenic Republic, but the portal is simply named with Greece, or Bulgaria, the official name is Republic of Bulgaria, but the portal is Bulgaria). The portals about China and Ireland are probably the only such examples, but the vast majority of portals are using the short common English version of the name.
  • There is a naming dispute about the official name of the country, but that is already appropriately described in the article about the country:[2] and the dispute shouldn’t interfere with the name of the portal.
  • The argument that a portal for the wider region can be created is great, but that portal can be named with portal:Macedonia (region), for example. Also, I must say that, by my opinion, this portal will be very hard for maintaining, regarding the opposite opinions of the principal editors of the Macedonia articles that already produced a lot of edit wars on Macedonia articles. However, I’m not against the creation of such portal.
  • There are regions in Greece and Bulgaria that are called Aegean or Pirin Macedonia (for example Greece is divided on 13 regions and 3 of them are containing Macedonia in the name) and that can be described as they wish in the portals about that countries (Greece and Bulgaria), or a sub portals can be created for that regions as well (we have such examples on Wikipedia: United States (New York City, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin).
  • This portal is not intended to monopolize the name, it is intended only to describe in good faith all aspects of one independent country. As in every other WP article, there are problems and some editors made edits related to the region, but I and other Macedonian editors reverted them several times and I intend to do it in the future:[3],[4],[5],[6]

And to summarize, by my opinion a country has far more relevance than a region and I believe that the current name should stay. In addition, please see my view on the naming conventions regarding the Macedonia articles at [7].

Bitola 13:14, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply
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Hi, Bitola. You have just described all the non-controversial cases - Macedonia is a controversial case. Look at another controversial case and how they resolved it:
Portal:People's Republic of China, it's the full name! Are they being "punished" as well? Sometimes, the full name is needed due to a controversy. No one is disputing Poland's name, that's why we have a Portal:Poland etc. --Latinus 13:40, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply
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Please Latinus, this is not the discussion page, we should stop that here! (Just to answer, there are two countries named China and maybe that is the reason, maybe Chinese people want to have such a portal name)

By the Way, here is a list of some countries which also recognized Macedonia as simply that, "Macedonia":

Note that this list is a few years old and that there are even more countries that have also recognized Macedonia. If Greeks and Bulgarians (ironically Bulgaria recognized Macedonia) find that the word "Macedonia" is "offensive" to be the name of the country, does this mean that all of these countries listed above are a potential enemy against them?

  • They recognise the name "Republic of Macedonia", not "Macedonia" plain. That is why I proposed moving to
    Portal:FYROM. --Latinus 22:08, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply
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Nope, all of these countries have recognized it as "Macedonia", they only use the term "Republic of Macedonia" in formal use. -- Macedonia 22:08, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • It would be nice if you could adduce some evidence to support this claim. --Latinus 22:12, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bulgaria specifically has never recognized "Macedonia". It has recognized the "Republic of Macedonia". FunkyFly 22:10, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • You dont understand, when these countries recognied Macedonia under its constitutinal name, they use Macedonia for short and use "Republic of Macedonia" for formal use. An example would be President
    CIA World Fact Book prepared by the US government even refers to it as "Macedonia" [8] --Macedonia 15:57, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Rename. it should change immediately into the proper name which is accepted broadly. --Nakos2208 22:13, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename please. Here are my reasons and thank you for inviting me to vote.

Also, to highlight my impartiality, I should say that I expressed concern over the Wiki article called 'Cyprus', I was called 'anti-Greek'. I did so because under 'Cyprus' we only read about the government controlled Republic of Cyprus, but the island represents two areas and both should be mentioned. Perhaps I am wrong, especially since north Cyprus is not recognised, but a name cannot be monopolised by one side. Likewise with Macedonia. It covers three main countries and none should be seen as monopolising the name.

  • I have written professionally on the area with no complaints (but am not infalable). The following quotes will be made without commentary.
  • The Ministry of Information in Skopje hands out an official fact guide on the Republic. The first one came out in 1993, Its title was, 'This is the Republic of Macedonia'. Its first line is, "The Republic of Macedonia is situated in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula and covers an area of 25,713 square kilometers". Under 'history' (p.20), it gives one paragraph on Ancient Macedonia. Then we read, "The long process of Slav colonization which ended in the early 7th century created an entirely new situation: Macedonia received a new population and became a Slav territory."
  • The second edition came out in 1996, titled, 'Facts about the Republic of Macedonia'. Here, the inhabitants are called "Macedonian Slavs".
  • The last edition (2004?), can be seen as reflecting a diminished recognition of the borders. It seems to identify the region of Macedonia with the Republic. [I translate] The title is, 'Macedonia'. We read, "Macedonia is a land at the centre of the Balkan region. It includes Halcidiki, the territory of Macedonia is around 66,600 square kilometers with around 4,5 million inhabitants; most of them are Macedonians but there are also Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians, Turks, Vlachs, Rom and others [...]" The booklet places the borders from Mount Olympus in the south to the Macedonian Black Mountains in the north. Then this passage conclues with, "The Republic of Macedonia covers the central part of the Balkans".
  • Finally, I should point out that no one actually asked for the appellation, Portal:FYROM. Neither do I.

To conclude. My greatest frustration is that the Republic has so much going for it, its emergence is quite unique, its identity still being formulated but its internal dynamics kept quiet; it is a very real and unique country. But the world knows so little because there is repeated blurring between ROM and Macedonia. Help us to discover the 25,713 square kilometers of the 'Republic of Macedonia'. Politis, 3 March 2006

You seem to think that if the entire world knew about the dispute, they would side with Greece. Unfortunately, they would go right on calling the place Macedonia. That's the term in English, and it's irrelevent whether its usage is compliant with the whims of the Greek people.--naryathegreat | (talk) 03:43, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep- if you can't back it up elsewhere, you can't back it up here. The name's Macedonia and darn it, the temper tantrums of Greece are not going to change that.--naryathegreat | (talk) 03:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename. Although Bitola does have a point about consistency (e.g. we call the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg "Luxembourg", without worrying about the overlap with the wider region of Luxembourg or the Belgian province of that name), we shouldn't be dealing with this in a piecemeal fashion. If we are to call the RoM "Macedonia" we need to agree to apply that consistently across Wikipedia. I'm not opposed to calling this portal "Macedonia" in the future if there is a general agreement to do so, but as there isn't I think we have to be consistent with the current name of the RoM article. By the way, I'd also like to say that I deplore the ethnic hatred being displayed by some editors on the subject of this portal (e.g. [9]). -- ChrisO 10:50, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename. I also fully agree with ChrisO's remarks on the ethnic hatred being displayed on this whole topic. Septentrionalis 18:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename. I explained in the discussion page, why should it be renamed.--Makedonas 19:52, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename, but, for now, redirect as in the
    Republic of Macedonia. I find it extraordinary encouraging that the Greeks participating in this vote actually admitted that there is nothing wrong, nor "confusing" in the term Republic of Macedonia. I also find the idea of a portal for the whole Macedonia region as a real challenge. It would be good for all Macedonians (regardless of their ethnic feelings), to actually collaborate on the common Macedonian portal. (Although, I would really, really recommend avoiding any historical or political topics). I know it sounds like a bit utopistic, but... who knows, it might work out well? --FlavrSavr 02:17, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
Oh, please, that is so lame of you! Your statement is precisely why I wouldn't recommend any sensitive subjects for the time being - I mean, I offer you a hand, and your response is what? God damn it, will we ever stop sharpening our knives at every dumb national myth? I lived in a country which actually fell apart following those chauvinist historical narratives, leaving thousands of people dead, and millions scattered all over the world. Your country also has skeletons in it's closet, as mine, and virtually everybody on the Balkans has bloody hands. Would you prefer another Wiki-battlefield instead of a community project? Wouldn't it be nicer if we actually cooperate on something, for a change? For Christ's sake, let's finally grow up! --FlavrSavr 17:03, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You still live in that country, my friend. For as long as you allow the lies that Tito forced down your ancestor's throats to determine your self-identity, the SFRY and all its mess will be with you wherever you are. Regards, sys < in
Whatever. Let it be noted that I've tried to establish some kind of a communication. It's a pity that you have a collection of ethnic stereotypes instead of a real attitude. If this is a PA, you can report me somewhere. Regards, my friend. --FlavrSavr 22:56, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep.Republic of Macedonia is Macedonia(apsolute)nor greek,bulgarian,serbian as so and the region ,try seeing it this way.I choosed not by my self to be the apple eathen by all.

By the way the countries that have recognised The Republic of Macedonia,completly refer to it as Macedonia in every concerned matter.--Vlatko 22:05, 5 Mach 2006 (UTC)

First of all, if I were you I would not advertise my en-3 skill :)). Second, make up your mind, is the portal about Republic of Macedonia, or the region of Macedonia?! FunkyFly 21:14, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way the countries that have recognised the People's Republic of China,completely refer to it as China.what does this suppose to mean in here?--Hectorian 20:45, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way we are talking about Republic of Macedonia.

And for you Funkyfly:We are not talking about my english level,but for somethjing else ,if you have difficulties understanding me than start writing in bulgarian to see if i can understand you.And the portal is about Macedonia(Republic of Macedonia is Macedonia)-Write about the other parts of my land in the portals of Greece and Bulgaria....and ask me if i do agree to . .--Vlatko 13:58, 6 Mach 2006 (UTC)

  • speedy rename, after the main article's title. --Asteraki 20:32, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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