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Use the form of a current country's name as it appears in the CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ ''World Factbook'']. | Use the form of a current country's name as it appears in the CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ ''World Factbook'']. | ||
Locality articles should only contain the English form of the country in the title and should not include diacritics | Locality articles should only contain the English form of the country in the title and should not include diacritics. Redirects can also be made for incorrectly titled locality articles already found in the Wiki. | ||
=== Country names in English === | |||
*'''Native Language Version of Sub-Jurisdictions:''' If the native language(s) of a country is something other than English, all locality/sub-jurisdiction levels are to be written in the native language of the country in question in the page title. Redirects can be used to make sure users will find the article regardless of which spelling is used. English translations/variations of the names of provinces/parishes/states/departments, etc. are not to be used in page titles, though they may be referred to elsewhere on the page to help readers with context. | |||
;Correct | ;Correct | ||
:{{xt| | :{{xt|Livorno, Toscana, Italy Genealogy}} | ||
;Incorrect | ;Incorrect | ||
:{{!xt|Bayern, Germany Genealogy}} | :{{!xt|Livorno, Tuscany, Italy Genealogy}} | ||
;Correct | |||
:{{xt|Bayern, Germany Genealogy}} | |||
;Incorrect | |||
:{{!xt|Bavaria, Germany Genealogy}} | |||
When a ''widely accepted English name'', exists for a former country or empire, we should use it. For example, [[New Spain|New Spain]] rather than ''Virreinato de Nueva España'', [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire]] rather than دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه or ''Osmanlı İmparatorluğu''. | When a ''widely accepted English name'', exists for a former country or empire, we should use it. For example, [[New Spain|New Spain]] rather than ''Virreinato de Nueva España'', [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire]] rather than دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه or ''Osmanlı İmparatorluğu''. | ||
===Country Name Included in Locality Page Title=== | ===Country Name Included in Locality Page Title=== | ||
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