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<p>Nice attempt Ebrahim and much appreciated, I know it's sensitive.</p>
<p>Your proposal seems a good compromise as to use "Arabic Gulf" as
the Arab name used for the name "Persian Gulf", however not
compliant with our wiki instructions. The Arab "translation" in
the name:ar key should be Persian Gulf written in Arab. Arab Gulf
remains in the alt_name. The wiki is clear about this, so both in
Farsi as in Arab it should read Persian Gulf, no matter the
cultural, political or other sensitivities. Mixing both in the
language keys will invite people to change the name back to one of
the preferences in the name.fa or name:ar keys. It's exactly what
we should avoid. Name should reflect the most common name in that
specific language accepted by the majority of the world community,
shown in maps by the majority of "non-related" countries or in
case of doubt or disputes follow UN naming.<br>
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<p>It is not the Iranian or Arabian community to decide here what
the name should be or what one or the other prefer. The
international waters name in OSM is given by an international
community, the majority of the world, no matter what language they
speak or script they use.</p>
<p>Similar issues appear worldwide when it comes to boundaries and
names, locally even within borders it incites lots of issues. The
only remaining "compromise" not to disregard minorities or when a
dispute is significant seems to me to use a "disputed" key with
the name namespace. I also intend to start using it for other
similar conflicts. To reflect minority naming issues I propose to
add name:disputed=yes or name:disputed=Arab community. I will be
happy to make a wiki page for it and take it out for voting as a
proposal.<br>
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<p>I know it might be difficult and sensitive to make a conclusion
here as somebody locally involved, but very brave, my respect ! I
think the DWG should not be conclusive as you prefer, in my
interpretation of their mandate they don't decide about values in
keys because of political bias. The broader OSM community is. <br>
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<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>Bert Araali<br>
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