Talk:Yining

Why
Why is the city name Chinese? Its name is Kuldja. Just because China controls XinJiang doesn't mean we should HAN-ify everything.+
 * Because Yining is the modern ENGLISH COMMONNAME and the page is located at that namespace. You could petition to move the page to Gulja (not Kuldja) but personally I'd be against it. If the city is known as anything else in English, thanks to the Russo-Chinese incidents over it in the 19th century it's still Ili and not either of present ones. That said, a modern American or British traveler in 'Shinjang' looking for 'Gulja' would be reading guidebooks and talking to each other about 'Xinjiang' and 'Yining'. —  Llywelyn II   09:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Massacre
no mention of the gulja massacre????
 * It's Wikipedia. You could find some reliable sources and add it yourself. —  Llywelyn II   09:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

ENGVAR
Per this edit, the usage of the page was established as American English. Kindly maintain it consistently. — Llywelyn II   09:57, 24 May 2013 (UTC)