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Many Romani populations do not, in fact, use the term "Roma" about themselves. Although this term is commonly used to refer to all Romani people, or "Gypsies," the term "Roma" excludes large Romani populations (such as the Sinti, Manuch, Gitanos, and many others). I am speaking of personal experience. I identify as "Romani" (Gypsy), but certainly not as part of the Roma communities. The 8th of April celebrates all Romani people, and the original event included representatives from many Romani communities throughout the world - including Roma from eatern-Europe, as well as those who do not identify as "Roma." When referring to the 8th of April, many of us do not use the term "Day of the Roma," but "Romani Day." A quick search on Google will affirm this fact. One example: http://www.reocities.com/~patrin/romane-mirikle.htm . In consideration of these facts, I took the liberty of changing the title of the article to "International Romani Day." George Peterson (talk) 01:43, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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			Many Romani populations do not, in fact, use the term "Roma" about themselves. Although this term is commonly used to refer to all Romani people, or "Gypsies," the term "Roma" excludes large Romani populations (such as the Sinti, Manuch, Gitanos, and many others). I am speaking of personal experience. I identify as "Romani" (Gypsy), but certainly not as part of the Roma communities. The 8th of April celebrates all Romani people, and the original event included representatives from many Romani communities throughout the world - including Roma from eatern-Europe, as well as those who do not identify as "Roma." When referring to the 8th of April, many of us do not use the term "Day of the Roma," but "Romani Day." A quick search on Google will affirm this fact. One example: http://www.reocities.com/~patrin/romane-mirikle.htm . In consideration of these facts, I took the liberty of changing the title of the article to "International Romani Day." [[User:George Peterson\|George Peterson]] ([[User talk:George Peterson\|talk]]) 01:43, 8 April 2011 (UTC)