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Tighina is the official name on the map of Moldova (UN state). Marc KJH (talk) 12:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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Tighina → Bender, Moldova — Move over redirect. This is the name which was decided after a previous discussion. This reverses a move by a rather disruptive user (also suspected sockpuppet). PatGallacher (talk) 13:16, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

• Support as traditional English name. We don't follow official usage, since (as here) it requires a decision who the right officials are. If Tighina has, or will become significantly more common,let's see the evidence. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:11, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose official name is Tighina. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Over Bruce (talk • contribs) 15:17, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
• Support It's not quite as straightforward as Tighina being the official name though, is it? Tighina is the official name recognised by Moldova, whilst Bendery is the official name recognised by Transnistria. Although not a part of Transnistria the city is under Transnistria's de facto control. The local football team who play in Moldova's league system is called FC Dinamo Bender. A Google search in English plus Moldova or Moldavia or Transnistria, but excluding Misplaced Pages shows 86,200 hits for Bender and 20,700 for Tighina. However, this should be treated with caution! The first hit for Bender is a sex site! Encyclopedia Britannica uses Tighina, but strangely claims that the Moldavian version is Bender. The city council's website is in Russian and uses Бендеры (Bendery). The English website of the Transnistrian government uses Bender. The Moldovan government website uses both Tighina and Bender:-

"A ceremony of handing medical equipment free of charge to the blood transfusion centre in Tiraspol and the blood transfusion centers in Ribnita and Bender was held in Chisinau on 18 January. The equipment is worth 136,000 euros." from Republic of Moldova Official Website : Tiraspol-based Blood Transfusion Centre Receives Medical Equipment

"On the 11 April President Vladimir Voronin and Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov met in Bender." from Republic of Moldova Official Website : Moldovan President, Transnistrian Leader Meet in Bender

"At the end of XV century Stephan the Great built in Tighina a small fortification to prevent the locality from Tatars’ penetration. In the place of the old Moldovan fortification osmans made a stone stronghold that was named Bender." from Republic of Moldova Official Website : Tighina Fortress

"In this respect, he invoked an example of the Transnistrian militia seizing two Moldovan enterprises from the Varnita village and the Bender city." from Republic of Moldova Official Website : Moldovan President Visits Peacekeeping Forces' Battalion Deployed Near Cosnita

"Totodată, Sergiu Cuzneţov s-a referit la unele cazuri de tensionare a situaţiei din această regiune, provocate de acţiunile administraţiei de la Tiraspol, invocînd în context exemplul acaparării de către miliţia transnistreană a două întreprinderi moldoveneşti din satul Varniţa şi oraşul Bender." from Republic of Moldova Official Website : Preşedintele Vladimir Voronin a vizitat Batalionul Nr. 3 Infanterie Independent al FMP, dislocat în apropierea satului Coşniţa (Moldovan version of the preceding article}

A search of the Moldovan government's website produces 6 hits for Tighina and 31 for Bender. As even the Moldovan authorities are using Bender, surprisingly even in Moldovan texts, there is clearly no demonstrated pattern of Tighina being used in contemporary English, and the article should revert to Bender.

Skinsmoke (talk) 16:34, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

• Support This has been discussed extensively at Talk:Bender, Moldova, and the article already passed through 2 requested moves. The only two variants that respect WP:NCGN are: Bender, Moldova (which is the official name for both de jure and de faco authorities, and is also widely used by foreign English sources) and Bendery (which is also used in numerous older English sources, being the official name in 1940-1990, but is currently falling out of use). See the previous discussions for extensive statistics and examples of usage.Xasha (talk) 16:39, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

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