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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Danny (talk | contribs) at 19:22, 12 March 2002 (Renaming countries for convenience.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

I think the correct name is Democratic Republic of Congo. Can someone correct this entry? SR

Why don't we call this country South Congo and the Republic of Congo - North Congo??? We have North and South Korea, so why not South and North Congo??? --swPawel

We can't call it South Congo because that is not the name ofteh country. One way of distinguishing the two states might be to list the capitals next to the name: Congo (Kinshasa) and Congo (Brazzaville) Danny

North/South Korea and North/South Vietnam aren't official names of these countries, but they are in use. --swPawel

Those are the conventional names of the countries. We cannot make up conventional names. Danny

These names are already used - e. g. http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstatx.htm --swPawel

I dont know what that site is but u will not find those names used anywhere else. This is ridiculous. You cannot rename a country out of convenience. The names are not accepted convention. They can be distinguished by Congo and The Congo, Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa). No atlas or almanac will use North Congo and South Congo. No newspapers will either. The countries do not use them. They do not appear that way in the UN. Yes, it is confusing. Yes, Zaire was easier to use as a name. Yes, it is a stupid thing to have two countries with the same name neighboring each other. Unfortunately, that is the situation. Your suggestion may make sense even, but unfortunately Wikipedia does not determine convention. They have to go back to their real names. Danny
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