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External links

There is a lot of external links throughout the article and in the extenal links section towards the end. That needs to be cleaned up. KTC (public) (talk) 16:54, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus

The original author of the article has requested that consensus be reached on certain aspects of the article regarding my edits. This space can be to resolve any issues. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 17:12, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Names of the cities

I think the names of the cities should be like : Pristina, Mitrovicë, Gjilan, Ferizaj, Prizren, Gjakovë, and Pejë because this is how they are called in English too. Here are the links of some foreign websites that mentioned these cities : http://www.europan-europe.eu/en/session/europan-12/site/gjilan ,http://www.collinsmaps.com/maps/Kosovo/Mitrovice/P410633.00.aspx (Kosovska Mitrovica as an alternative name), http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g3581761-Gjakove-Vacations.html, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/448273/Peje . Using Pristina, Kosovska Mitrovica, Gnjilane, Uroševac, Prizren, Đakovica, and Peć is confusing and unilateral. Venus fzy (talk) 17:57, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good point. I think that using Pristina, Mitrovicë, Gjilan, Ferizaj, Prizren, Gjakovë, and Pejë it's more appropriate. Bliss 1.618 (talk) 18:03, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Two things. First, historical accuracy is the policy. If we are writing about a town that was known as Ferizovik (Turkish) for a time pertaining to the Ottoman Empire, then that is what we use. This is because secondly, English follows local usage - and English remains consistent with most of the Serbian names because they came to light during the 1998-99 Kosovo war when the region was within FRY.

Regardless, if it is modern usage that concerns editors, then the practice is to follow WP:AT. So, in Serbian we have Priština, and in Albanian, Pristhina. The article title is neither, it is Pristina. So you need to follow the article title, if it is Ferizaj, then fine. If it is Gnjilane, again fine. It's that simple. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 18:11, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If I can make the other two users aware of one thing. You will not achieve "consensus" here for this particular venture. We are governed by existing policy. If you believe Gjilan trumps Gnjilane on modern usage then you need to propose a page move and await replies. Otherwise we are inserting information not known to the English speaker. This is not the article to launch such a radical amendment. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 18:28, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A note on names

Why I am doing this I don't know considering this has been discussed many times. Here is a Google update ensuring we get English results.

Gjakova in Kosovo. 10,000+ results
Gjakovë in Kosovo. 6,000+ results (the preferred version by proposing team comes bottom)
Đakovica in Kosovo. 37,000+ results

Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 19:03, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It’s not how many results does each name has but its about which is official. I have not seen Uroševac, Đakovica, and Peć being used in English. Since this article is in English and Kosovo is a multiethnic country where 93% of the population is Albanian there is no reason names to be written in serbian.

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 *''Đakovica in Kosovo''. [http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22%C4%90akovica+in+Kosovo%22&oq=%22%C4%90akovica+in+Kosovo%22&gs_l=serp.3...152635.156251.0.156768.10.8.0.0.0.2.589.1476.0j1j3j5-1.5.0...0.0...1c.1.9.serp._L_aC5g5mlo 37,000+ results]<br>
 [[User:Evlekis|Evlekis]] ('''Евлекис''') ([[User talk:Evlekis|argue]]) 19:03, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
+It’s not how many results does each name has but its about which is official. I have not seen Uroševac, Đakovica, and Peć being used in English. Since this article is in English and Kosovo is a multiethnic country where 93% of the population is Albanian there is no reason names to be written in serbian.
+                                                    AS    [[Special:Contributions/82.114.77.19|82.114.77.19]] ([[User talk:82.114.77.19|talk]]) 19:58, 19 April 2013 (UTC)