Talk:Iran naming convention

why delete this page when there are other pages that follow suit in much the same way (GNU/Linux vs Linux naming controversy being a prime example). I vote to instead mark it as a stub for expanding. User:Genjix

I agree. I found the article to be enlightening and informative, so I'm not sure why we'd want to get rid of it. Can someone explain the rationale behind wanting it deleted? It's a long enough piece that it doesn't fit into the Iran page. Matt Deres 20:44, 28 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever the case, the first poster (me) has no cleaned it up and removed the warnings. User:Genjix

Rename?

Name is confusing and probably not compliant with naming conventions. I suggest a rename to Iran/Persia naming controversy, which is more concise and makes more sense. --Wikiacc (talk) 13:20, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

The British Museum have a small exhibition on Iran before Islam at present (Summer 2005) and the information board states that the official external name of the country was changed from Persia to Iran in 1935 (the latter being the internal name all along) - I am paraphrasing slightly.

I think that this can be accepted as reasonably authoritative (g). Jackiespeel 20:55, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Everything I have read in the articles agrees with that, and also adds: 1) That this was done at the formal request of the then Shah for the international community to stop using 'Persia', and 2) That his son, the next Shah, 20 years later, changed it again, to declare either name equally acceptable. Codex Sinaiticus 03:27, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Wikiacc, and have changed the title.