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List:       kde-www
Subject:    Re: Notice from a Macedonian user
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-01-15 20:20:54
Message-ID: 200401152120.55254.bastian () kde ! org
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The country calls itself "Republic of Macedonia" though
http://www.gov.mk/English/index.htm

Cheers,
Waldo

On Thu January 15 2004 14:33, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> It still seems that the internationnaly recognized name is still FYR
> Macedonia, however I have it only indirectly.
> http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/actu/articletxt.gb.asp?ART=39494
> http://www.delmkd.cec.eu.int/en/whatsnew/index.htm#
>
> So perhaps someone has a better answer that could be send to Nikola.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> On Thursday 15 January 2004 11:26, Nikola Vanevski wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My name is Nikola Vanevski, programmer at SPD Computing Ltd. from
> > Macedonia. I am writing to inform you of an incorrect referral to the
> > name of my country on your web site (the exact link I encountered is
> > http://download.kde.org/download.php?url=unstable/3.1.94/SuSE/ix86/ ).
> >
> > 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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