Talk:North Ossetia–Alania

message: I moved this page to North Ossetia because that is the name in English. The name North Ossetia-Alania is a translation of the Russian version, and it is not used in English. --Cantus 04:12, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC)
:Have you tried a Google search? Gzornenplatz 15:57, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)
Yes, I have.
wiki	50,300
wiki	36,500
Plus, this is the way the CIA World Factbook  and Britannica  refer to this republic. Oddly enough, Encarta uses Alania . The Columbia Encyclopedia is the only one using North Ossetia-Alania .
If we're going to start using translations/transliterations of geographical names only, then why don't we call Russia Rossiya then?
The Wikipedia policy is to use the most common name in the English language. That is, North Ossetia.--Cantus 21:16, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)
:So 36,500 hits (42% of the total) means it is "not used in English"? Considering that some of the references may be historical - and in Soviet times it was indeed simply North Ossetia - the usage is rather equally divided. The thing is it was only relatively recently renamed North Ossetia-Alania, and in such cases there is always a lag until everyone uses the new name. And this is not a question of transliterations. The equivalent of Rossiya here would be Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya, which no one wants to use as the title. Gzornenplatz 21:53, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)
::At this point Encarta is basically an invalid source for something like this; it's a decade obsolete. Also, in the intervening years, Britannica has switched to "North Ossetia–Alania" (unspaced en dash) .  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  22:58, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
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message: please see . --KoberTalk 04:44, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
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message: The time zone is wrong, even the reference for the time zone explicitly says that North Ossetia-Alania is located in UTC+3 (Moscow Time), not UTC+4 (MSK+1). Though I can't seem to find the time zone in the infobox, therefore I can't correct the information. Could any more skilled and experienced user edit it, please? Ondrusj (talk) 19:35, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Same goes for Vladikavkaz. Let's be honest, it's been years since I left Wiki editing and apparently I have no idea how templates and especially infoboxes work these days, can anyone please edit it on there too? Ondrusj (talk) 19:39, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
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message: the % for religion do not add up. Even with the 15% allowed for Moslem, this adds up to 111%, let alone the estimated 24% Moslem
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message: It seems that North Ossetia (which redirects here) would be the WP:COMMONNAME. For example on Google Books I get about 4,000 results for North Ossetia–Alania and about 40,000 for North Ossetia (though this could also include results referring to the ASSR). Therefore I am wondering if there is any good reason to move the article (following a RM). Mellk (talk) 19:22, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
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message: A mistake was made within the borders of the Russian Federation.  Crimea is not a territory of the Russian Federation. On March 27, 2014, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.  100 out of 193 UN member countries voted for the document, 11 voted against, 58 abstained.  any change in the status of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or the city of Sevastopol”.  On July 2, 2014, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly supported a draft resolution condemning the actions of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.  92 out of 323 delegates voted in favor of the relevant decision, 30 voted against, 27 abstained.  during the voting, an amendment was adopted condemning the “occupation of the territory of Ukraine”, which, however, does not directly refer to Crimea.  In the Declaration of Helsinki adopted on 9 July 2015, the OSCE PA condemned the “continued occupation of the Crimean peninsula by the Russian Federation”. Yeva000 (talk) 15:45, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this comment, it should be actioned upon as soon as possible, as this mistakes on the map legitimates the terror and genocide Russia is currently conducting on Ukrainian territories.  89.72.44.235 (talk) 20:05, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
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