User talk:129.12.131.100

Naming of the Republic of Macedonia

Hi. I reverted the change you made at Eastern Orthodox Church, in which you changed the name of the Republic of Macedonia to "Skopje".

You may not be aware that you hit a hot-button issue here — something which has been dealt with in the past by our Arbitration Committee. See WP:NCMAC, which describes the accepted naming conventions for referring to the Republic of Macedonia in Wikipedia articles. Briefly, we are to call this country "Macedonia" — or, if the context requires the full official name, the "Republic of Macedonia". Qualifiers may sometimes be used, but only if absolutely necessary in a specific situation. The specific term "former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia" may be used very sparingly, and only "in contexts where the Yugoslavian past of the area or the political events surrounding the breakup of Yugoslavia are the most salient anchor point for disambiguation". The abbreviation "FYROM" should never be used — and although it is not explicitly mentioned, the use of the city name "Skopje" to refer to the entire country is also not approved.

You may not agree with WP:NCMAC, but you must follow what it says if you intend to keep working on Wikipedia. Repeated or flagrant violations are likely to result in a block, meaning you would not be able to continue editing Wikipedia at all.

In order to make absolutely sure no one can question whether you have been properly warned about this matter, I am including a standard scripted warning below. Again, this issue is taken very, very seriously here, and edit-warring on the subject will definitely not be tolerated.

The Arbitration Committee has permitted administrators to impose discretionary sanctions (information on which is at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions) on any editor who is active on pages broadly related to the Balkans. Discretionary sanctions can be used against an editor who repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, satisfy any standard of behavior, or follow any normal editorial process. If you continue to misconduct yourself on pages relating to this topic, you may be placed under sanctions, which can include blocks, a revert limitation, or an article ban. The Committee's full decision can be read at the "Final decision" section of the decision page.

Please familiarise yourself with the information page at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions, with the appropriate sections of Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures, and with the case decision page before making any further edits to the pages in question. This notice is given by an uninvolved administrator and will be logged on the case decision, pursuant to the conditions of the Arbitration Committee's discretionary sanctions system.

— Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 01:52, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

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