Talk:Balkan Mountains

message: I cannot find a Greek word Haimon or Saimon. I think the Haemus part is somehow broken. Also the meaning 'chain' is dubitable. What are the sources for these statements? dab (ᛏ) 12:55, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This is way late but just for the record I've added (reinserted) dubious-citation-needed tags on derivation of "Haimos"-"Haemus" from unattested Thracian word "saimon".Just like I wrote in the edit: "For example Babioniotes reads ancient Greek "Haimos" of unknown origin-etymology".There have to be references-citations of these unnamed 20th century Thracologists...Thanatos|talk 00:15, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Haemus

message: right|thumb|Course of the Danube 
Would it be possible to add markup to the illustrations so that we can tell the location of Stara Planina. As an example, here is a map with annotation, with some guides for the uninitiated, like me. --Ancheta Wis 15:28, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perhaps some annotation might be needed 

message: I've read this article, looked at the pictures, and I still don't know exactly where the Balkan Mountains are.  One picture seems to show several mountain ranges.  Could someone add or make a map to their location? DBlomgren (talk) 00:42, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need for map that clearly shows location of Balkan Mountains 

message: A recent IP edit changed most instances of "Balkan Mountains" in the article to "Stara planina" (which is already prominently mentioned in the lede). The term "Balkan Mountains" is and has been the standard English name for a very long time (e.g., ngram stats here). WP:ENGLISH seems clear in this case and the change to "Stara planina" should not be made without the consensus of other editors. Discussion is certainly welcome. Doremo (talk) 07:40, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: These "talks" are absolutely useless since nobody reads them, but since there is no other form of communication and discussion - thank you for doing this. The title of the article should say "Balkan Mountains" since this is the English name, the contents of the article should represent the generally accepted local name of the range. "Balkan Mountains" is the English name of a range that is not in any way under any English language influence, hence the local generally accepted and recognized name should be respected. Moreover the name "Balkan Mountains" has no historical value to the area, and is too general and vague, borderline meaningless, with no etymology or history. Google statistics about the use of the name is strictly discouraged by Wikipedia, also it is something that has nothing to do with what should be featured in an Encyclopedia, as it only demonstrates suppressing knowledge based on status quo and the power of English language names. (talk) 08:20, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent IP edit (Stara planina) 

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