8 October 2010 UTC Ok Spitsbergen was the island and the archipelago s name for a long while Then it was the Spitsbergen archipelago and the main island became West Spitsbergen to distinguish it from the archipelago The German spelling Spitzbergen was never a variant just a mistake I ve said a thousand times by authors who didn t or don t know any Dutch and or know knew little to nothing about the island s history Greenland Groenland etc were names that should only be referenced in a historical context as they were also based on a misconception and need not be mentioned in the lead West Spitsbergen as it was once known should be mentioned in the lead like any other standard name not a variant or a mistake like Spitzbergen Greenland Groenland Again every other single article on wiki has the former standard name of a place region just after its present standard name Again do not revert 19 03