Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Macedonian language naming dispute
The dispute over this language's name is an ongoing one, as is its status as a distinct language, whether my FYROM|fellow neighbours like it or not. The nominator believes that terms like "Skopian Language", "Bulgaroskopian language", "Bulgaro-Macedonian language", "Slavic Dialect language" and "State of Skopje" are offending. I would like to remind him that when the term "Macedonia(n)" is used in reference to the people and state of FYROM is also a matter of offense for the Greeks (but I -nor any other Greek Wikipedian- have ever nominated the respective articles for deletion). As I have said in the past, if they believe they have the right to call themselves, their language and country "Macedonian", the Greeks also have the right to refer to them with any name they feel is appropriate; and this name for long has been "Skopjeans", "Skopjean language" and "Skopjean state". The article in question is sourced and its existance is clearly justified. And since the last current trend in Wikipedia is to point at editors |this, allow me to point it at them
— User:Hectorian, 13:55, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:IDONTLIKEIT (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)