Talk:Kičevo

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[edit] Alt. names

It is common practice on Wikipedia to have official names in the infobox, but then list other relevant historical names at the top. Look at Edirne for example. Secondly, the city has significant Albanian and Turkish minorities, so hiding these names down below hardly serves the reader at all. Khoikhoi 15:36, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Before some time we had problems here in Wikipedia with constant adding/removing of names in the intro sections for Macedonian and Greek cityes. As a compromise, we agreed to make Name sections and any relevant names to be mentioned there. That was the situation for Thessaloniki/Solun, Bitola/Monastiri, Florina/Lerin etc. The problem is that somehow that is not case for the Greek cities (someone returned only Greek namings in the infobox, but so far I have no intention to go and remove it there). Kicevo already has name section and any relevant name can be placed there. MatriX 15:57, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I can understand why you may want to avoid having the Turkish name in the lead, but Albanian is a co-official language of the state as best illustrated here [1]. What you are proposing would be like removing the Flemish and German names from Liège. User:LieutenantBoom

Also, I don't see why we need to use this compromise only for Greek and Macedonian articles, when most articles do it differently. If you look at Lviv and Gdańsk, they list all alt. names at the top, and don't have a name section at all. Khoikhoi 16:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but Kicevo do have name section.MatriX 09:54, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Albanian is also official here. Both languages will be equal!! Mr. Neutron 12:59, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Both of the Languages are official in Kicevo the republic of Macedonia. The Albanian population is higher in Kicevo not sure who edited the info... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.90.70.130 (talk) 19:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Albanian language is official

See here!. 9000+ Albanians out of 30138 people, more than 20% and Albanian is official! Mr. Neutron 14:50, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, but as the Macedonian is primary language at national level, I'm suggesting a compromise, in the intro we would mention the Macedonian as the primary language at national level, and in the Name section we would put both the Macedonian and Albanian. MatriX 17:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Albanian is also official on national level. Mr. Neutron 17:10, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

The only language used throughout the country on national level is Macedonian.MatriX 17:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Ohrid Agreement: 6.5. Any other language spoken by at least 20 percent of the population is also an official language Mr. Neutron 17:43, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Your forgot to write the whole text: is also an official language as specified below:... and it is strictly said that it can be used just is limited circumstances.

Check also this:[2]:

Question: U.S. reaction to Macedonia Prime Minister’s rejection of request from Albanian community to designate Albanian as the official second language for Macedonia? Is this a violation of the Ohrid Agreement?

Answer: The Government of Macedonia is in the process of preparing a language law that addresses Ohrid Framework Agreement provisions for the use of languages other than the Macedonian language. - so, as I said a hundreds times in the last days, the Albanian language is not yet accepted as the official second language for Macedonia. MatriX 17:54, 21 June 2007 (UTC)