Bill wrote:
So using this as a measure, Danzig wins. Nevertheless,
the city is
currently a Polish city. And the Polish version of the name is well
known, at least on ~English speaking Web, as good a measure as any. I
think this is a strong argument for using Gdansk as entry-point on the
English wikipedia.
I think this is generally agreed on by most of the people who've been
discussing the issue on the talk page, but there are some extreme Polish
nationalists who still profess to be offended by the use of "Danzig" at
all. The article that led to the current round of disagreements was
located at [[Gdansk]], and started with:
'''Gdan'sk''' (in English formerly known as
'''Danzig''') is a [[Baltic
Sea]] city with a long and colorful history. Gdan'sk is the 6th largest
city in [[Poland]], its principal [[seaport]], and the capital of the
[[Pomeranian Voivodship]].
That seems like a reasonable compromise to me. However, it was claimed
that "in English formerly known as Danzig" was an offensive statement
catering to German colonial oppression, or something of that sort. At
this point I consider these nationalists on both sides to not be worth
arguing with, and would appreciate if they were banned summarily from
editing relevant articles.
-Mark