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List:       kde-www
Subject:    Re: Notice from a Macedonian user
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2004-01-15 13:56:34
Message-ID: 200401151456.34305.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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And even for the USA, it is still so:
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/mk.html
(just to tell that it is not a EU "problem".)

Have a nice day!

On Thursday 15 January 2004 11:26, Nikola Vanevski wrote:
> Hi,
>
(...)
> In the text which identifies the location of the connected user ("You're
> apparently located in ...." text) you incorrectly refer to Macedonia as
> "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". The correct, constitutional
> name of my country is Republic of Macedonia (i.e.we are not "Former").
> For an example of how much this can be insulting for a Macedonian
> citizen, try thinking of USA referred to as "The Former UK Colony of
> America". With this I do not want to insult anybody, just to provide an
> example of how such referral can influence the national feelings of a
> Macedonian citizen. I would appreciate if you changed your database so
> that it contains the correct name - Republic of Macedonia - and thank
> you in advance. I apologize for not pointing this out earlier, but this
> is the first time I have seen it on your site (I usually do not download
> directly from KDE servers).
>
(...)

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