User talk:74.73.252.1

May 2023
Hello, I'm MrOllie. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions&#32;to Bengali language have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. MrOllie (talk) 17:23, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello,
 * Just adding the RIGHT word and replacing what is wrong. Bangla is our language and yet it is called 'Bengali' which is a term coined by the Colonialist. You know... because it 'rolls easily on their tongue.' The term 'endonym' and 'exonym' was coined in 1960's to justify the anglicization of other nations identities. I'm not going to lecture you on the history of it, because I'm going to assume you already know the history - otherwise you wouldn't deem my edits as constructive.
 * The term 'Bengali' was created by the British out of hatred to replace the word 'Bangla' and it's sad that even today people ignorantly defend it. (ref: 1857 Bengal Presidency| ref: anglicization of nations).
 * (www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/worst-atrocities-british-empire-amritsar-boer-war-concentration-camp-mau-mau-a7612176.html)
 * I was just reflecting a tiny fix by a nation - out of everything that was done unto them for 190 years by the British Colonialists.
 * The Constitution of the People‌‌‍’s Republic of Bangladesh | 3. The state language (bdlaws.minlaws.gov.bd/act-367/section-24550.html)
 * If it was up to me, I would remove the word 'Bengali' as language from this entire site and replace 'Bangla' everywhere to show respect to the people who speak that language, call it 'Bangla' and gave their lives to protect it. Apologies for not being appear constructive. 74.73.252.1 (talk) 18:35, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Do not change Bengali to Bangla. Bengali is the WP:COMMONNAME in Wikipedia and not Bangla. If you make wholesale changes like that, it will be nonconstructive to the policies of Wikipedia which owns this article, as well as break internal links, not to mention Bangladesh is not the only Bengali speaking region of the world. Hope you understand. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:26, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Perhaps it's time Wikipedia changes it's 'COMMONNAME' from 'Bengali' to 'Bangla'. Not just Bangladesh, no one in the world speaks 'Bengali' - we ALL speak 'Bangla'.
 * 'Bengali' is a term coined by the Colonialist. Because it 'rolls easily on their tongue.' The term 'endonym' and 'exonym' was coined in 1960's to justify the anglicization of other nations identities. I'm not going to lecture you on the history of it, because I'm going to assume you already know the history.
 * The term 'Bengali' was created by the British out of hatred to replace the word 'Bangla' and it's sad that even today people ignorantly defend it. (ref: 1857 Bengal Presidency| ref: anglicization of nations).
 * (www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/worst-atrocities-british-empire-amritsar-boer-war-concentration-camp-mau-mau-a7612176.html)
 * I was just reflecting a tiny fix by a nation - out of everything that was done unto them for 190 years by the British Colonialists. And I used the amendment in the constitution of Bangladesh as an example to show that we are trying to eliminate the words that was just imposed upon us.
 * The Constitution of the People‌‌‍’s Republic of Bangladesh | 3. The state language (bdlaws.minlaws.gov.bd/act-367/section-24550.html)
 * If it was up to me, I would remove the word 'Bengali' as language from this entire site and replace 'Bangla' everywhere to show respect to the people who speak that language, call it 'Bangla' and gave their lives to protect it.
 * Apologies for not being appear constructive. 74.73.252.1 (talk) 18:53, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia doesn't changes it's 'COMMONNAME', we observe what the rest of the world does and then we do the same. We don't change until the rest of the world does first, and Wikipedia is not a place to try to force the rest of the world to change. MrOllie (talk) 18:56, 26 May 2023 (UTC)