Talk:Megleno-Romanians
Outside Rumanian nationalist circles, there is no scholarly consensus that the Vlashi should be referred to as Megleno-Romanians.--Theathenae 20:21, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
- Oops, look: Britannica is part of the Rumanian nationalist circles:
- Megleno-Romanian, a nearly extinct dialect (britannica.com)
- Wow, ethnologue are part of the conspiracy, too!
- Romanian, Megleno (ethnologue)
- Look, even UCLA say that it is called:
- Megleno Romanian (spoken in a small area north of Salonika) (ucla.edu)
- The Helsinki Human Rights Commission uses it, too:
- Vlachs are those whose mother tongue is Vlachika (for both Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian) (greekhelsinki.gr)
- It's incredible how far the Vast Rumanian Conspiracy goes. bogdan | Talk 20:41, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
- One wonders why you insist on imposing the "Romanian" label on people who don't identify as such. For an "anarchist", your views on the Vlachs are rather imperialistic. There is no scholarly consensus that the people should be referred to as "Megleno-Romanians". The only neutral name is Vlashi, which is the name they use for themselves and which is not used by any other Vlach group today.--Theathenae 04:55, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, Megleno-Romanians is an exonym. (it's intersting that Vlashi started out as an exonym, too) We're using here simply because more people use this name and according to Wikipedia policy, this should be the article title. bogdan | Talk 05:57, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
- One wonders why you insist on imposing the "Romanian" label on people who don't identify as such. For an "anarchist", your views on the Vlachs are rather imperialistic. There is no scholarly consensus that the people should be referred to as "Megleno-Romanians". The only neutral name is Vlashi, which is the name they use for themselves and which is not used by any other Vlach group today.--Theathenae 04:55, 5 September 2005 (UTC)