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this is Macedonian Language ! [1]

But there is no such language as Macedonian Slavs. -- Zoe

"Makedonija" is foreign word for the skopians slav language ! This is greek name ! See "makedonia" ! Vergina 06:43, 6 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Shouldn't this be moved to either "Macedonia" or "Republic of Macedonia", countries are entitled to call themselves whatever they want, FYROM is just beuro-speak dml

for dml ! Gratulation for the People clon ! Macedon 12.04.2003

I see Wikipedia's purpose mainly to learn something from it. Since I come from a relatively small nation I can't tolerate any kind of nationalisms, whether it is Macedonian, Greek, Slovene, German, American or any kind. Serbs used to say: "Serbia all the way to Tokyo" and we know what happened in the 1990s in former Yugoslavia. Another fact is that I come from this sad historical state form. I know some history and I've never heard about a nation called Macedonian Slavs or as Zoe says about a language with the same name. So I peacefully appeal to those who make contributions to similar sensitive articles to keep in mind facts and truth. It is very easy to sully historical events. It would be very interesting also to know who devided a region called Macedonia to three main parts, which nowadays reside in 3 different states. My nation and many ethnical regions also resides in 4 different states and I am shure you have to endeavour yourselves to find any kind of modern Slovene nationalism in the World's scene. I can shout it loud: "Slovenia to North Pole", but this won't help me much. Best regards.

STOP the Skopje PROPAGANDA!! 62.47.28.215 25.04.2003

What? I gave a peaceful appeal. I respect both Greeks and Macedonians -- so you should too. The actions of Greek government after Macedonia's independence seem precedent to me. Nations should evolve normally irrespective of the political situations. --XJamRastafire 14:35 Apr 25, 2003 (UTC)

What objections do people have to the following changes:

removing the links to "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" & "F.Y.R.O.M." which both redirect to "Republic of Macedonia"
Clairifying the status of the name "Republic of Macedonia" (It is the country's constitutional name)
linking the statment "language´s status discussed" to Talk:Macedonian language

The pharse "language's status discussed" is taken from the OEM web site. It's entirely out of context here and has no reason to appear. I've endeavoured to make a sensible link on the page, but the fact is, that web site really doesn't talk about languages at all, but about peoples. -- Toby 11:13 19 May 2003 (UTC)

<Deleted comment> Now I see what you did! My mistake!2toise 18:01, 4 Oct 2003 (UTC)

WikiProject Countries

Does anyone want to put this page into the regular country format, with a map etc? - 2toise

I added the box and a map for a start .. -- User:Docu

I removed the FYROM from "Republika Makedonija(FYROM)" in the caption of the box, as the template suggests to use local language. -- User:Docu

The convention is to start a Talk:Republic of Macedonia/Temp and then merge later. --Jiang 21:53, 6 Oct 2003 (UTC)

FYROM,the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,as "Republic of Macedonia" is fabrik for folgery Greek history,Greek culture,Greek geography and Greek symbols Macedonians!See Greek Macedonian symbol "Vergina Sun",Philip II king of Macedonia and Alexander the Great king of Macedonia !!! Vergina 21:14, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC)

So? The controversy has been explained. I don't think a "Republic of Macedonia" exists within Greece. --Jiang

President of Macedonia! This "Macedonia" and "Vergina Sun" ? http://www.macedonianpride.cjb.net/ Vergina 06:27, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)

You havent answered my question. What do you want us to get from the link? I don't see your point. Please try complete sentences so I can understand you. --Jiang 06:49, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Mr.--Jiang is the state Name Taiwan or Republic of Taiwan ?? Vergina 09:04, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Neither - Taiwan is the Republic of China. Secretlondon 09:14, Oct 8, 2003 (UTC)

(via edit conflict) Neither. The Republic of Taiwan existed only in the year 1895. Taiwan currently does not exist as a state. The only political entity named "Taiwan" is Taiwan Province, which is not a state. The state govering Taiwan is the Republic of China, and that's where the template is. References to Taiwan as a state/country are only done when (erroneously) equating the Republic of China with Taiwan.

Are you suggesting that this article be moved to Macedonia, like how CNN call it? --Jiang 09:19, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Mr Jiang! The name "Republic of Macedonia" is not identical to Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.--------Vergina 08:30, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Duh! I know that the latter has "Former Yugoslav of" tacked in front of it. I think that is evident for anyone who can read. The statement you added is worthless. --Jiang 08:38, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Vergina.. what exactly is the point you are making? - fonzy

Well, the crux of the issue is that it is not universally recognized that the people who refer to themselves as "Macedonians" are, in fact, Macedonians. The Greeks claim the term as legitimately applying only to Northern Greeks (i.e. from the historical region of Macedon), but it has since around the late 18th century been expanded to include parts of Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslavia, for whatever reason (there's argument over this issue, obviously). So the current situation is that, for the past 200 years or so, there has been a region known as "Macedonia" that is about 50% in Greece, 25% in Bulgaria, and 25% in the country with capital in Skopje, that calls itself the "Republic of Macedonia". The 50% in Greece is the portion that corresponds roughly to the historical Macedon, so the Greeks claim that neither the Bulgarians nor the former-Yugoslavians have the right to call their regions Macedonia. So far the UN and all major international bodies and most countries have deferred to the Greek position and refused to recognize the self-proclaimed "Republic of Macedonia" by that name, instead referring to it semi-neutrally as the "Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia," as it is an undisputed fact that the region used to be part of a Yugoslavian Republic that was, during the period Yugoslavia still existed, named "Macedonia". As for how to resolve the conflict, I'm not entirely sure. --Delirium 08:46, Oct 15, 2003 (UTC)

An added note: I do think its controversial nature needs to be mentioned, both there and in at least some places where it's linked from. Simply saying things like "borders the Republic of Macedonia" without commentary is akin to saying "borders the Israeli region of the Golan Heights" without noting that Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights is not universally recognized. --Delirium 08:48, Oct 15, 2003 (UTC)

Another note (because I feel like saying it): FYROM is the term always used in the Eurovision Song Contest (so far). - fonzy

How about using the convention (Former Yugolslav) [[Republic of Macedonia]] (i.e., putting the F.Y. in parenthesis instead of part of the link or leaving it out)? But even with this "semi-neutral" qualification, it is not at all clear why it is added to someone who has not read about this issue before. --Jiang 08:52, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)

If we claim to be a reference work, we must list countries under their official names. Regardless of PsOV, the name of the country is FYROM. 2toise 15:12, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)

The official (i.e. constitutional) name is Republic of Macedonia. --Jiang 19:59, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)

True, and that should be noted, the name is contested. Many countries have aspirations to terratory or recognition of something that the international community does not recognise. We just need to make clear that it is only in FYROM that the country is officially Republic of Macedonia.2toise 05:56, 30 Oct 2003 (UTC)

There is a name agreed by everyone, and should be used. That name is FORMER Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia. There is no Republic of Macedonia other than in the imagination of people. Is this Encyclopedia going to be about facts or fiction? If you have issues with that name take it up with the United Nations. Thanks.

The constitutional name is Republic of Macedonia. Is the consitution fiction too? Don't assume that the UN is some fair and moral organization. It's run by its member states who have to push their own agendas. The Associated Press uses "Macedonia" (w/o the Republic of or FYRO). --Jiang

Let me see, the government of the state has agreed to the name FYROM. The government of that state is elected by its people. I am sure they have more authority than you on the matter. It is even mentioned in the article that they have come to this agreement. Why do you insist on mentioning non facts? The ignorance of people mentioning the said state as "Macedonia" has a lot to do with inaccurate articles like in this Encyclopedia. There was a treaty where FYROM agreed to be called that. There is not much more to be said. Let someone who abides with international laws and naming conventions do the editing please. At the moment you are just biased and not scientific. Look at the following and you may realise why the agreed term should be used. --193.195.0.102

That's interesting "Jiang". You edited my chosen name. Why is that? Don't I have the same "rights" as the so called "Macedonians"? Maybe you get the idea now? We are not what we call ourselves. The UN has the ultimate last word on how this state should be called. Not you, not me. --193.195.0.102

What you are doing now is getting close to vandalism. You signed the previous talk block with someone else's signature - it was not written by Jiang, as everyone can easily prove with the edit history of this page. And changing the article to say FYORM, also known internationally as FYORM is nonsense. andy 16:41, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

That's funny. On one hand you openly support identity theaft by calling FYROM just ROM, but on the other you don't approve it when it is done in a much smaller scale. It is easily proved that there is only one state that is internationally recognised under the name Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, but this didn't stop you or "Jiang" from missreporting it. Here, have some more of your own medicine. 193.195.0.102 (was andy)

I am not Jiang. And you only devalue your own point by such childish signature frauds. andy 16:48, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

On the contrary I am just using your own logic against you. You claim we have the right to call ourselves whatever we like. No? 193.195.0.102 16:49, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Still waiting for an answer. Maybe if you don't have one, you have no objection me calling myself whatever I want to? 193.195.0.102

No. Like other news agencies it 'tops' (ie starts articles) with "the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and having contextualised its reference, uses "Macedonia" and "FYROM". Ditto with other news agencies, all major international organisations, major broadcasting organisations, in Europe, Asia, Australasia and the Americas. The 'Republic of Macedonia' is simply not used, except by Macedonia itself and a handful of supportive organisations and states. FYROM is the correct term to use. Just because a state proclaims a name for itself does not mean that name automatically has any validity. The Irish constitution calls the Irish state Éire and until 1998 insisted that Éire consisted of the entire island of Ireland, but no-one accepted it (including most Irish people). Italy calls itself the Italian Republic yet again that name is rarely used. Just because a state claims something does not make it a reality. Éire has long since been dropped and replaced by the Republic of Ireland even though technically that isn't a name at all, but as the Republic of Ireland Act makes clear a description. The reality is a lot less simple than is being suggested. Choosing to use the 'Republic of Macedonia' when the name is in dispute and unrecognised in law internationally is expressing a viewpoint on the debate, thus POV. Using FYROM, as every other organisation does, as a temporary name pending agreement on an accepted name, is more NPOV. In any case does Macedonia speak english? Is its constitution in english? If not, even the claim that its name is 'Republic of Macedonia' is dodgy on linguistic grounds too, as that term in that english form would not exist in the constitution as signed into law by the President. :-) FearÉIREANN 22:07, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Take a look at this article: [2] FYROM is not mentioned once in the article. I'm not familiar with this issue. What is the Macedonian (or whatever you want to call these people) position on using FYROM? Of course Italy is not at Italian Republic and Republic of Ireland is not at Éire because we are supposed to 1) use common names and 2) use English.

What is most common here? The media uses "Macedonia" but that usage would be POV, like with China/Taiwan. Is FYROM POV? Chinese Taipei is POV. --Jiang 22:26, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)

"Macedonia" is the Pseudonym name for FYROM !! ---Vergina 22:41, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)

That article proves my point, Jiang. It pointedly does not use the formal name, simply Macedonia. It is, like most newspaper articles, a truncated version of the original AP wire report, and having written wire reports, I know that most use the definitionary name in the opening sentence, the colloquial name in the rest of the text. I can guarantee that AP, Reuters and the other big agencies don't use Republic of Macedonia but FYROM as the definitionary name, just as they use Republic of Ireland, then Ireland, United Kingdom, then UK or Britain, United States, then US. And no, BTW we are not supposed to 'use english'; we are supposed to use the version of the name used in english. Éire (without the fada over the 'E') is used in english, notably by the English tabloids and right wing press for reasons that are rather too complicated and irrelevant to explain here. They also use taoiseach in preference to prime minister, punt more often than Irish pound, etc. Wikipedia, like much of the media, does not use english but native words generally used in english (eg, 'kaiser' not 'German Emperor', 'Tsar' more often than 'Russian Emperor', etc.) FearÉIREANN 22:51, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)

So why is this state sill wrongly described as "Republic of Macedonia"? "Republic of Macedonia" was a province of Yugoslavia, not an independent state. It was called that for about 45 years within the Yugoslavian state. That's why it is now called "FORMER Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". Because it is not the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia any more. That's the name it has now. I don't understand why you insist on calling it something else. You fail to show a valid reason for not calling it with its proper _internationally_ accepted name. Thus unless somebody has a valid objection other than "that's how ignorant people call it", I will revert the article so that it abides to UN legislation and does not offend anyone. Cheers. 193.195.0.102

FYROM is by no means "official", as you state it. It is only a temporary label. The UNGA resolution does not capitalize "former": [3].The "Republic of Macedonia" is the official and consitutional name, and as such, it exists.

Note that this article is not at the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. --Jiang 20:36, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

How can it be official when it has not been officially recognised by this name? Is this a habbit of yours to totally disregard FACTS? Look, from the source you gave:

"this State being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" pending settlement of the difference that has arisen over the name of the State."

Notice the quotation marks? They mark the full name ""FORMER YOUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA"". Not ""REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA"". Ok? 193.195.0.102

International recognition has no bearing on the official name of a state. A state is made a state by its internal characteristics, not by whether other states choose to establish diplomatic relations with it. Again, how can something "provisional" be official? You see only the words within the quotes and fail to notice everything around them. "former Yugoslav" (with former uncapitalized) serves a disambiguating purpose. It's a temporay reference, not an official one. How else would the first word of the title not be capitalized? --Jiang

Yes it should be linked to the article. And the topic of the Article should either be "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" or "Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" where it is explained that there was never an independent state with that name.

It is totally irrelevant to talk about their constitution when discussing international recognition, not internal consumption. You still don't answer why you chose to ignore that even FYROM itself agreed to that name. This was not unilateraly inforced by the UN as the article states. It was a trilateral agreement between UN, Greece and FYROM. The name "Republic of Macedonia" does not exist anywhere else but in FYROM itself and inaccurate quotes. Yes, FYROM is a temporary name but ROM on the other hand is no name at all. For all you know, Greece may inforce a second embargo and then FYROM may as well be renamed to Vardarska Banovina, as it was called before Tito named it "Macedonia". This is exactly like me chosing to sign my posts with you or someone elses name. Do I have the right to do it just because one day I chose to call myself Jiang? Strange but when i did it, there was a whole raw, so I suppose you are with me in this.

It is definitely sad that FYROM does not adhere to the treaties it signed and the UN legislations it has accepted. It is even sadder that an encyclopedia decides to totally ignore facts and follow the opinion of ignorant people. I have seen people say that they call it "Republic of Macedonia" because that's how they saw it on the news. What a load of nonsense. The "news" overwrite the UN I suppose. If it is on the news it is official, right?

Still since nobody has shown why a name used only for internal purposes in that country is used in an international encyclopedia I will make a suggestion. I suggest, to put a mention that they call themselves "Republic of Macedonia" internally but nobody else officially does and change all references of "Republic of Macedonia" to "former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia". Have you anything better to suggest or should I go ahead and fix it? 193.195.0.102

The the best of my knowledge, the name was agreed upon because (and only becuase) of intensive lobbying by Greece (you said it yourself when you brought up an embargo). The agreement does not ask the Republic of Macedonia to amend its constitution and change its name into FYROM. The name is used by governments around the world to avoid offending Greece. This encyclopedia is not a government. We don't need to adhere to these guidlines. I don't see how you can just ignore the constitutional and legal name here. We do care about what is the case internally.

Is the UN some higher moral authority? Why should we adhere to whatever terms the UN uses? Yes, the news media does override the UN, since the common usage is determined largely by the news media. Actually, the news just calls it "Macedonia" and leaves out all the rest. What do you want - Republic of Macedonia or Macedonia? --Jiang

The best of your knowledge is not that good then. I don't see how you just ignore the internationally official name of that state.

Stop trolling. You don't make sense. The constitutional name of that state means nothing internationally unless this state is recognised by the UN. It is like you are saying that you can declare a constitution for yourself at any day and have a country name you chose to and also name that country United States of America. I have illustrated this numerous times but you STILL ignore to address it. The UN IS the naming authority. The UN IS the only recognised international authority. The UN is NOT an organisation that can be bullied by a small country like Greece. The UN has not even allowed countries like the US, Russia and China to bully it so stop being ridiculus suggesting that the Greek pressure led to that decision and treaty, ESPECIALLY since FYROM also agreed to it. The agreement clearly is there and FYROM has agreed to it, yet somehow an irrelevant guy out of nowhere (you) decides to totally ignore it and create an issue out of nothing. You are clearly trolling using this Encyclopedia as a mean.

It is at least stupid to say that the news override the UN especially since I bet 100% that for most pieces of news you can point at, I can point another news agency that may oppose it.

You say that governments around the word (elected by people around the word) don't want to offend Greece, but this Encyclopedia has no problem offending it by lying. If this is a policy, I would like you to point me at it, since I can't seem to find it.

On a side note, you still yet have to tell me whether it is ok for me to sign with your name or whatever name I declare myself to be, which I assume means you do not condone identity theft. For the last time, stop trolling and let people who have some better knowledge of the issue (not from the "news") edit this page to be correct.

Thus based on all the above I still believe the change I proposed should go in, and the article should be renamed to "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia." with a mention that in that state they use the name "Republic of Macedonia.".

The international name of the state is not ignored. It is stated clearly in the article what it is and why the consitutional and international names differ.

I have a feeling that you're the one who is trolling. The system won't allow you to sign in as Jiang, but you can sign in as Jiang1, Jiang5, Jiang's Mother, etc. All these names are different from the one and only User:Jiang (me!). Does a Republic of Macedonia exist in Greece? It is only a province that exists. If a Republic existed, we would move this to Macedonia (country).

The troll calls me a troll now. It is not me who denies to answer simple questions put. This is the 3rd time I am asking. Do you condone to identity theft? Do I have the right to assume your identiry because I woke up one day and decided to call myself Jiang? Is't there an authority I need to address in order to have my name changed to Jiang? Would I be called Jiang even though this authority has not accepted this change? When you answer all this questions maybe you will grasp the idea behind UN recognision. Until then you remain ignorant, and you insult people who know what is going on behind this matter.

The UN the one and only organization? LOL Let's see...

The constitutional name of that state means nothing internationally unless this state is recognised by the UN.

We are not merely concerned with international protocol. We are concerned with what happens domestically too. When people visit Skopje they say they visited Macedonia (and not all the longish offical rubbish).

Maybe if they didn't have false information from guys like you, they would correctly address that country with the one and only name it has been recognised. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Do you tell me that this Encyclopedia's purpose is to propagate false information?

Not all states in the world are UN members. So the Holy See and Republic of China don't exist, right? The consitutional name of a country matters if a state exists. It has nothing to do w/ UN membership.

So, since you claim that there does not exist an authority for recognising states, I can create my own state and call it whatever I like, right? I say this is complete nonesense. Without some basic agreement between states this world would be even more chaotic than what it is now. Just because you like chaos it doesn't mean it has anything to do with facts. An Encyclopedia is about FACTS not opinions of trolls.

Yes, you may call your state whatever you like as long as your state meets all the qualifications of being a state. The Democratic Republic of the Congo exists, and was created right next to the Republic of the Congo. It does get confusing when states have similar names, but there's nothing preventing them from establishing such names. --Jiang

It is like you are saying that you can declare a constitution for yourself at any day and have a country name you chose to and also name that country United States of America.

No, that consitution is meaningless if I don't have a state to go w/ it. There is only one Republic of Macedonia, not two. There are also two Congos, two Koreas, two Chinas...Comments?

Actually there is no state with the name Republic of Macedonia. Never was one either. And what actually makes a "state"? Your whole point is moot, and you have not actually answered my question. If me and a freind or two decide to make a "state", are we allowed to call it whatever we like? Yes or no?

Let's go by the Montevideo Convention of 1933, the most cited source for the definition of statehood, which states that a state must possess a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. And notably, "The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states." If you and your friend decided to make a state, you would not count as a state as you dont have " (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states." But if your organization satisfied those characteristics, you are a state. Nowhere does it say in any sort of international agreement or document that states may not name themselves whatever they wish. --Jiang 21:24, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)

The UN IS the naming authority.

Since when? How has it been given this authority? The UN is an international forum, not a world government. It was never designed as a world government and doesn't function as such.

Are you THAT ignorant? Please if you are, refrain from editing this page. If there is no a name authority in UN then why did FYROM apply for a membership and was only accepted on the terms of using that name? This must be a really hard question for you to answer. This "international forum" requires its members to adopt its legislation. FYROM by becoming a member accepted those. You on the other hand, live in denial for some strange reason which can't probably be other than trolling to offend people like me.

The UNGA resolution states that FYROM is "being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations". there was never a decree to ask country to amend its consitution to change its name. the name is used solely for international organizations. FYROM only accepted that label for use within the UN, and the UN only asked it to do so because of Greece. The UN does not care what the FYROM chooses to call itself in its constition. --Jiang 21:24, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)

The UN is NOT an organisation that can be bullied by a small country like Greece. The UN has not even allowed countries like the US, Russia and China to bully it so stop being ridiculus suggesting that the Greek pressure led to that decision and treaty, ESPECIALLY since FYROM also agreed to it.

Hmm...read China and the United Nations and tell me that countries arent using the UN for their own political gain. Just because the FYROM agreed to it doesnt mean it thought it was fair or had another choice. The Greeks had nothing to do with this? Why else would they bother to butcher their own name? You tell me.

Are you really that ignorant? Of course Greeks had something to do with it. It was part of THEIR ethinc identity being stolen from a country that had unjust territorial claims towards them. You seem to have no idea whatsoever how the situation in the Balkans is. This treaty was signed to bring ballance and it did. Yet people like you chose to ignore it and keep offending one side of the agreement without reason. And FYROM did not "butcher their own name". Their own name is actually "Vardarska Banovina", they only existed as "Republic of Macedonia" within the Yugoslav state. I suggest you read some history on the subject.

According to the CIA factbook, "local long form: Republika Makedonija". That apparently translates into "Republic of Macedonia". --Jiang

Hm, I feel like I'm feeding a troll. Otherwise, Im dealing with some very sorry soul. --Jiang 10:26, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)

This is funny. It is you who ignore the facts and refuse to answer simple questions. It is you who is the troll and I am obviously feeding you but you don't like the food. Unless somebody else has an objection, I will proceed and apply the changes. That is, use "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" as a reference everywhere and just mention that internally they call themselves "Republic of Macedonia". 193.195.0.102

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Augen Macednonia( or like the greeks said "Greek Macedonia") is only one part of The whole Macedonia and we will get them back and all Macedonians will live in one country.....That is everything i want in this life!

The man that wrote the above comment is highly delusional and just a petty nationalistic thug. If you even try to make preparations for war against Greece we will destroy you and your insignificant little country. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.49.84.219 (talk) 18:31, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't think any of the two comments above contribute to this discussion, I would vote for their removal from this page.

Alexander the Great was risen in an environment that were saying "Who is not Greek, is a barbarian" 
(coming from the vast difference of the Creek civilization from it's neighbors). Despite that, when 
he took over the world, he said "However learns and respects the Greek language and culture, and fights 
for Greece, is a Greek". That's a proof that he was the greatest visionary of all times.

So however wants to call himself Greek (and Macedonian = Greek) can start by learning the Greek culture and language, the same way as all the rest of the Macedonians, since the ancient times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.148.158.229 (talk) 09:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Although factually correct to the best of my knowledge, I don't think the above contributes to the discussion either.

FYROM is not recognised by the UN with the name "Republic of Macedonia". There is a standing argument related to the name of the country, and in my opinion this article should bear the UN accepted name. The country was admitted in the UN in 8 April 1993 (A/RES/47/225), the admission document can be seen at http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/47/a47r225.htm and explicitly states that the United Nation

... Decides to admit the State whose application is contained in document
A/47/876-S/25147 to membership in the United Nations, this State being
provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as "the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" pending settlement of the difference
that has arisen over the name of the State.

== The truth about Macedonia ==

Why you people want to change the history? History has already been written thousand years ago. Why don't we respect that? Why you people want to harm Greece? Greece was always a friend to other nations. Why you people want to cut the motherland of civilization into pieces? (Skopjians want to take the geographically Greek part of Macedonia, Albanians want to take Hepirus, Turks want to take Thrace). They all admit that these areas are theirs from thousand of years ago. Why don't we shout the real truth? Skopjians are Slavs. Slavs came to Europe around 1000 AD. How can they be Macedonians? Macedonians were a Greek tribe in the northern part of ancient Greece which was included FYROM, the south part of Bulgaria and the today's Greek part of Macedonia. Macedonia, my friends is a Greek word, not a Slavian word. Fillip B', the father of Alexander the Great, had one dream: To unite all the Greek cities into one nation. His dream was meant to be fullfilled by his son. Fillip is a Greek name, which means "the one that loves horses". Alexander is a Greek name. Macedonians were Greeks, spoke Greek, loved Greek gods, built their cities and temples in the Greek way. Otherwise, why wasn't Fillip called by a Slavian name or Alexander? Ok, guys, you want to change the history. So, name Voukefalas, the horse of Alexander, as Zastava! I am very sad as a human and as a Greek, that I am forced to support and defend facts of thousands of years. I am sad that I have to defend for the obvious, because some powerful men on this planet decided one nice morning to destroy every nation's history and culture for the profit and just because they didn't have history and culture!!! And all in the name of The New Order on Earth! --- As far as Albanians, they came in Europe after Slavs from Caspian Sea, near the Urals. There, there was a territory called Albania. And they moved from there searching a better life and they settled down in the place that was habited by a Greek tribe, Illyria. How can they name themselves, Illyrians??? And as far as the Turks??? Ok, we all know that they were a nomad tribe from Mongolia! Why don't they let us in peace? Why don't they want to live in peace with their neighbours? Isn't it enough for them that they are all guests in their neighbours's house? What do they want more? To push us out of our homes too??? Well, ladies and gentlemen of the New Order, I have to tell you a secret: You forgot something! The Greek soul! It is unbeatable! Do you know what the results of your alchimies will be?? Just to make Greece bigger and stronger...You will see that as soon as the war that you will have started, will have come to an end. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.203.57.216 (talk) 20:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

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