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[sky_khan]

I dont know where did you collect Turkish state names but some of them are wrong. I had to select Constantinople when I register. It is called Istanbul since 1770 , and many Turkish people (including me) find insulting that calling it as Constantinople.

Errata is here:

Adrianople => Edirne
Afion-Kara-Hissar => Afyonkarahisar
Aidin => Aydin
Amasia => Amasya
Angora => Ankara
Ayintap => Antep
Brusa => Bursa
Canik => Samsun
Constantinople => Istanbul
Diarbakir => Diyarbakir
Edessa => Sanliurfa
Erzerum => Erzurum
Gumusane Vilayeti => Gumushane
Hakari => Hakkari
Hamitabat => <NULL> (NOT A STATE)
Kaisaria => Kayseri
Kars Ili => Kars
Kirk-Kilissa => Kirklareli
Konia => Konya
Malatia => Malatya

Thanks.

[arete]

The country list unfortunately can't be fixed at the moment, as the site admins don't have access to alter that feature. The list even excludes Russia, New Zealand and Thailand entirely, among others. And you'd think the webteam who constructed the site would've noticed that Constantinople is now Istanbul Sorry about that. No insult intended.

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by sky_khan

It is called Istanbul since 1770 ,....

Opinions about that differ.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul

Ottoman period 1453 as Konstantiniyye (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople (internationally) and various other names in local languages

Republic of Turkey period 1923 as Istanbul (in Turkish) and Constantinople (internationally), renamed as Istanbul also in foreign languages following the Turkish Postal Service Law of March 28, 1930

Maybe you should sue Wiki.

[Dave]

Indeed, no insult intended, Italian ones are wrong too btw.

[dosraider]

And you may also add 80% of my country's ones.
Dutch ones are translated badly into French and vice versa.
And I even don't want to mention the German speaking part of België
BTW, it isn't Belgium but België, Belgique or Belgien .....

[arete]

Also known as "that boring stretch of road between Amsterdam and Paris"...

[dosraider]

-_-
At least we do have roads over here, not some bush_buffalo_paths.
:bleh:

[sky_khan]

Originally Posted by dosraider

Opinions about that differ.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul

Maybe you should sue Wiki.

Is it really an argument ?
We know it's called Constantinapolis in 1453 and Ottomans continued using it very long time.
It's called Istanbul officially since 1770 when III. Mustafa started to print it on Ottoman money and

"With the Turkish Postal Service Law of 28 March 1930, the Turkish authorities officially requested foreigners to adopt Istanbul as the sole name also in their own languages." (Wikipedia)

So?

pesky implementation flaw of forum is one thing, trying to teach me my own history is another.

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by Winston Churchill

“History is written by the victors.”

That's your history, and mine to if you want.

Chill out friend, none is trying to get on you.
Simple fact is: don't get upset for some names on an obscure abandonware forum, me thinks there are much more important things in life to spend your precious time.

And about the country/city names, it's been said and written here many times before, those who thought they could implement a fully correct list about those on a site must have a screw lose, it's idiotic.
It can only be done by allowing user input, not from some godforsaken list they grabbed on teh internet.

If you want things changed:
http://www.studentis.com/ is where you must be, not this forum, as they barely give that a look.
Good luck if you want them names corrected.
I would advise: don't hold your breath.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Don't be offended... Dosraider tends to argue with almost everyone.

Anyway. I'd really want to fix that - and a number of other things, in fact - but this lies solely in the power of our webteam. Who have in last six months proven themselves to be completely useless in regard to fixing bugs present on the site.

I found my home city on the list under a name it only appeared in during the German occupation in WWII, for example... that apart from the correct one and a third one I can't even imagine where studentis dug up.