Talk:Kyiv (disambiguation)

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I really do not understand why this page is Kiev. The name is Kyiv (or Kiev). The country has clarified how it is to be spelled and all media and government organizations use Kyiv when reffering to the capital of Ukraine.

Just because non-educated mass of people do not know geography, wikipedia should not reinforce incorrect spelling.

Vvolodymyr 21:24, 23 September 2008 (UTC) Fully agree. The evidence is irrefutable. Talk:Kiev/naming

--Vvolodymyr 21:24, 23 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvolodymyr (talk • contribs)

Unauthorised Change by Mzajac

What makes this change controversial? Sources, valid arguments? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvolodymyr (talk • contribs) 23:39, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I didn’t see this comment way back then. It was very controversial among Wikipedia editors, up until we moved the article Kiev to Kyiv a day ago. Cheers. —Michael Z. 21:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semiprotection review

02:48, 31 July 2007 Alex Bakharev protected "Kiev (disambiguation)"‎ (disruptive editing by IPs/socks [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])

As the above semiprotection was some time ago I'd like to discuss whether it's still necessary. As well as welcoming comments from regular or sometime editors I've also notified the protecting sysop, Alex Bakharev (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA).

--TS 03:42, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed split

Kyiv and Kiev are two spelling variants of the same name, may be used interchangeably, and there is no accepted difference in pronunciation. And their usage is in flux at this time. So I wouldn’t split these into two separate disambiguation pages, because most articles would end up listed in both. Semantically, all-caps callsigns or abbreviations KIEV and KYIV are perhaps different, but there are few links there, that I don’t see making more pages very helpful. Have I missed some good rationale for a split? —Michael Z. 21:32, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]