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A naming conflict can arise in this project when contributors have difficulty agreeing on what to call a topic or a geopolitical/ethnic entity. These general arise out of a misunderstanding of NPOV.

When real-word parties disagree over what something or someone's true, proper name is - the natural tendency is to look to reference books for a definitive answer. This is the one thing Misplaced Pages does not provide. It can't, because its permanent, non-negotiable policy is to stay out of political controversies.

What this encyclopedia does, rather, is to describe the controversy.

Examples:

• The body of ocean water between Korea and Japan is called the East Sea by Koreans and the Sea of Japan by Japanese. Which is right? Misplaced Pages refuses to say, but we have an excellent article about the naming controversy.
• What do we call the fuss over Koran handling at

  v t e Guantanamo Bay detention camps

  Camp Delta -- blanket term used to refer to most of the other camps, including: Camp one -- April 2002 -- open air cages, but with plumbing Camp two -- open air cages, but with plumbing Camp three -- open air cages, but with plumbing Camp four -- more pleasant surroundings for the most compliant detainees Camp five -- permanent facility modeled after a bureau of prison maximum security facility Camp six -- permanent facility modeled after a bureau of prison maximum security facility Camp Five Echo -- "disciplinary block" for "non-compliant" prisoners Camp seven -- aka Camp Platinum, secret location, former CIA "high value detainees" held here Camp No -- secret interrogation center Camp X-Ray -- January - April 2002 -- open air cages with no plumbing Camp Iguana -- originally held child detainees, now holds the men determined to be innocent Camp Echo -- isolation cells, and cells where detainees are held prior to meeting their lawyers Guantanamo psychiatric ward -- opened in March 2003 Strawberry Fields -- black site run by the CIA Penny Lane -- black site run by the CIA

  ? Qur'an desecration controversy of 2005. Note that the title makes no "statement" about who is the (more) guilty party: it does not "give away" that conclusion; in fact the article itself draws no conclusion. (If it ever starts to again, someone will slap an NPOV-conflict tag on it!)