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The airport is not listed as João Paulo II anywhere.
The airport's own website calls itself simply Ponta Delgada, and has no mention of João Paulo.
Template:Regions of Portugal: statistical (NUTS3) subregions and intercommunal entities are confused; they are not the same in all regions, and should be sublisted separately in each region: intermunicipal entities are sometimes larger and split by subregions (e.g. the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon has two subregions), some intercommunal entities are containing only parts of subregions. All subregions should be listed explicitly and not assume they are only intermunicipal entities (which accessorily are not statistic subdivisions but real administrative entities, so they should be listed below, probably using a smaller font: we can safely eliminate the subgrouping by type of intermunicipal entity from this box).
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Almoravid is, overwhelmingly, the form used by English-language historians, and as such is the appropriate form to use in Wikipedia. A look at Google Books shows almost 1000 examples of Almoravid, while the alternative that keeps being substituted, Al-Murabitoon, appears twice, just twice, and both of them refer to the modern movement and not the medieval one. Thus that form is both an innovation with respect to the medieval dynasty, and it begs confusion with a completely distinct group. As such, there is simply no justification for its use. It doesn't matter if Al-Murabitoon is a more accurate transliteration of the original Arabic. This is not Arabic Wikipedia. We call Moscow Moscow, not Moskva. We don't call Switzerland Helvetia or Schwyz, and we don't call Greece Ellada. It is not about simple transcription, but the commonly used form in the English language, and there is a long history of calling them Almoravid(s). In editing an article, the goal is to reflect usage, not to improve usage. Agricolae (talk) 00:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)Reply
