Talk:Kosovo/Kosova

message: Copied here for the record from Votes for Deletion (permalink):
Kosova</br>
Dictionary entry and could never become more then one. All of its contents already exists in Kosovo and Metohia. Not even needed as a redirect as it is not a word of English language. Nikola 09:01, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: From Votes for deletion

message: The article is certainly not intended to be propagandistic. Like other contributors to the debate, I'm not sure what in it could be considered propaganda, although I'm grateful to Everyking for providing the following explanation on my talk page:
: It is something that can just as easily be stated in a few words on an article on Kosovo or its politics. The existence of this article seems to me to be a subtle attempt to increase the recognition of this alternate spelling as the norm here. Everyking 20:44, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments post-VfD

message: So, let me see... If I want to go to the article about Kosova, Estonia, I first have to go to the Kosovo article, THEN the disambiguation page, and THEN maybe find the article among a bunch of similar looking sentences with the word Kosovo or Kosova in them? Please... --KOCOBO 02:42, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually no, this is the way disambiguation of places normally works. The most important place takes precedence, with less important places being disambiguated from the article on the most important place. For instance, the British city London takes precedence over the other places called London. This is indicated by the article on London stating: This article is about the capital city of the United Kingdom. For other uses, see London (disambiguation). Similarly, the place in Serbia called Kosova takes precedence over the various towns and villages around the world with the same name. -- ChrisO 13:26, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Londres" may provide a good comparison. Evv 15:48, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's a bit different. "Londres" is not a local name, but "Kosova" is. A better comparison would be Geneva (French name) / Genf (German name) - notice that they both redirect to the same article with a disambiguation provided on that article. -- ChrisO 16:18, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe "Wien" then :-) . Evv 17:02, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to Kosovo 

message: Although the form "Kosova" is often used in English-language discourse, it's almost only done so in the context of Albanian activism, while the form "Kosovo" remains the standard English usage in virtually all other forms of English discourse.
Under these circumstances, I prefer the current disambiguation page, because I believe it's more usefull to our English-speaking readers -it has more encyclopedic value- than a simple, sterile redirect to "Kosovo". - Best regards, Ev (talk) 15:44, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The term is used even in by native English speakers to refer to a whole country and it can not be compared with such little villages named Kosova. This should redirect to Kosovo, while another disambiguation page would play the current role.--Getoar (talk) 01:38, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Turned back into a redirect to Kosovo as per consensus on Talk:Kosovo. This meaning is far and away the predominant one among all the ones listed on the dab page, therefore redirect plus dab notice at the top of Kosovo, as per WP:PRIMARYUSAGE. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to Kosovo, 2008