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Please see Discussion page of Florina for a response. Now as I said I m new over here but I ve been reading Misplaced Pages for a couple of years and I have noticed that there are a few users who persistently try to add foreign names (mostly Slavic, Turkish) in Greek places on the grounds of Minority or other issues. I think this is very serious. I dont know why they are doing it (i suspect) but frankly I dont care (for the reason). The thing is this has got to stop. Those people must understand that a serious Encyclopedia (have a look at Encarta, Britannica) will NEVER add in the lead a foreign name right beside the original spoken official name. They could add it in the history section for instance: Samos during the Ottoman Times was called Sisam, but not Samos or Sisam in Turkish, because this is funny and creares wrong impressions. The reader will obviously ask himself: Is Samos or Sisam Greek or Turkish? Or are there Lots of Turks there, or is it like Cyprus?

Anyway please take a look at Komotini, Kos and Rhodes. Things must get fixed.ThanksAeg2008 (talk) 21:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I know all too well about these articles... this is why I'm pushing for a cross-Balkan consensus. --   Avg    22:25, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Notice that User:Aeg2008 has been blocked as a sockpuppet of banned user User:Mywayyy. --Enric Naval (talk) 04:45, 27 July 2008 (UTC)