Kerne

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Alternative names

Hey Kerne,

I noticed that you've been removing the historical names on Turkish city articles. Here at Wikipedia most articles list the historical names at the top, even though the names aren't offical. See the Gdańsk article for example - it has the German name, but it hasn't been part of Germany since WWII. Also look at the Stepanakert article - it has the Azerbaijani name right next to the offical Armenian one. Or check this out, the Turkish names are all listed at Crete, Kos, Rhodes, and Komotini. Surely if we have the Turkish names for Greek articles then it should be the other way around. --Khoikhoi 02:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Turkish is the official language throughout Turkey. You may insert the greek or armenian versions somewhere in the body, but these certainly does not belong in the introduction/opening line of an article. Stephanakert/ Karabakh is disputed as is Kardak. There's a difference.

There's no Wikipedia rule that says only offical names have to be at the top - they're already the title. --Khoikhoi 02:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok fine. Lets have a little experiment.

I have removed your edits from the Athens and Sofia articles.the greek and bulgarian names are not mentioned in Istanbul either, and also the greek name in Ankara is used as the name from which the current derives, and it is written in Hellenistic Greek, not Modern Greek.

Btw,Imia is not disputed.Regards--Hectorian 03:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

3RR

You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule on an article. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from further editing. --Khoikhoi 03:02, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Just no double standards. Lets see you play the "Im so neutral" champion at the Athens and Sofia articles

I'll watch the Sofia, Plovdiv, and Burgas articles, but Athens is pushing it - the Greek name isn't at the Istanbul page for one thing. --Khoikhoi 03:43, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

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