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Czechia

Hi Koristka! I re-reverted you on the change from Czechia to Czech Republic. The word Czechia is rarely used in English (see Name of the Czech Republic) and we need to use the names that readers most commonly understand and that are most appropriate. Wikipedia is based upon common usage – it is not designed to promote new usage. I don't see anything wrong with using Czechia, but certainly in the UK it is as rare as Hellas. SFB 23:57, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Sillyfolkboy! Sorry, the name Czechia has been officially recommended by Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a one-word common name for the Czech Republic. I agree it is a point-of-view thing. Still using 'the Czech Republic' instead of Czechia is as clumsy as using 'the Russian Federation' for Russia or 'the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' instead of United Kingdom or just UK. I would be much happier if you upgraded the article, not just mechanically replaced Czechia by Czech Republic. Koristka (talk) 21:36, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps it is clumsy for you as English is not your first language, but for any English-only speaker Czechia is highly unusual, if not unintelligible. Compare usage on the BBC of Czechia and Czech Republic. Note the huge difference in number and the fact that virtually all usages of Czechia occurring on the site occur in the user comments, never news coverage. You can say Czechia is the official name, but then again so is Polska – but that is rarely used or understood by native English speakers. On English Wikipedia it is Poland. You must write in the language of the wikipedia that you are writing for. Please see the Manual of Style. Thanks. SFB 19:49, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

I admit English is not my native language. However, since I have studied in the UK and passed the CPE Cambridge Exam I believe I have some English-language feeling. On a more technical note, Polska is not an equivavlent of Czechia. Polska is a one-word name of the country in Polish. So in Polish it is 'Rzeczpospolita Polska' (long name) or 'Polska' (short name). The English equivalents are 'the Republic of Poland' (long name) and 'Poland' (short name). Respective sets of country names are Česká republika - Česko - the Czech Republic - Czechia or Slovenská republika - Slovensko - the Slovak Republic - Slovakia. So there is no need to use 'Polska' in English since 'Poland' is the right term. Koristka (talk) 18:24, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

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