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There is what looks like POV bias in the content of this article. Firstly we have the "change not recognized by the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" qualifier inserted into the text on a number of occasions. Secondly, there is no listing of the name changes by Nagorno Karabakh that have taken place in areas of Nagorno Karabakh and surrounding districts that are not under the control of Azerbaijan. The text can't have it both ways - either the latter should also be listed (the better solution), or the "change not recognised" text should be removed. Meowy 19:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Change not recognized part should go, I agree, but the alphabet claim is weird. The alphabet is used to convey Azerbaijani spelling, and which rule says that we cannot use the modern alphabets in such situations? Please show me that rule. If that is your personal belief, sorry, but it is not a good reason for attaching the tag.-- Grand master 05:19, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
If someone can show that any particular English version is the widely accepted one, the title should be at that; if however, it cannot be shown, the local name is used. That's been WP policy for a long time and is applicable everywhere, whether or not there is a territorial dispute - no reason to depart which can only be a POV push in one direction or another. Carlossuarez46 ( talk) 14:43, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Brand, the POV issues were not resolved. The concerned names were not Azeri, neither were they writen in Azeri. VartanM ( talk) 20:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Fixed by book: Азербайджанская ССР, Административно-территориальное деление, Азербайджанское государственное издание, Баку, 1977 год. page. 211. Gragg ( talk) 20:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
How about helpful columns? Dates could go in there too. -- RaffiKojian ( talk) 15:32, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Soviet Name | Current Azeri name | Current RMK name | Other |
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Stepanakert | Xankendi | Stepanakert | other names, notes |
Kelbajar | Kelbajar | Karvajar | whatever |
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There is what looks like POV bias in the content of this article. Firstly we have the "change not recognized by the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" qualifier inserted into the text on a number of occasions. Secondly, there is no listing of the name changes by Nagorno Karabakh that have taken place in areas of Nagorno Karabakh and surrounding districts that are not under the control of Azerbaijan. The text can't have it both ways - either the latter should also be listed (the better solution), or the "change not recognised" text should be removed. Meowy 19:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Change not recognized part should go, I agree, but the alphabet claim is weird. The alphabet is used to convey Azerbaijani spelling, and which rule says that we cannot use the modern alphabets in such situations? Please show me that rule. If that is your personal belief, sorry, but it is not a good reason for attaching the tag.-- Grand master 05:19, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
If someone can show that any particular English version is the widely accepted one, the title should be at that; if however, it cannot be shown, the local name is used. That's been WP policy for a long time and is applicable everywhere, whether or not there is a territorial dispute - no reason to depart which can only be a POV push in one direction or another. Carlossuarez46 ( talk) 14:43, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Brand, the POV issues were not resolved. The concerned names were not Azeri, neither were they writen in Azeri. VartanM ( talk) 20:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Fixed by book: Азербайджанская ССР, Административно-территориальное деление, Азербайджанское государственное издание, Баку, 1977 год. page. 211. Gragg ( talk) 20:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
How about helpful columns? Dates could go in there too. -- RaffiKojian ( talk) 15:32, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Soviet Name | Current Azeri name | Current RMK name | Other |
---|---|---|---|
Stepanakert | Xankendi | Stepanakert | other names, notes |
Kelbajar | Kelbajar | Karvajar | whatever |