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:: "Original name" is not the OrthodoxWiki standard. (If it were, our article on [[Jesus Christ]] would instead be named '''Yeshua el-Mashiach'''.) It is true that the Style Manual has been modified over time, but it's been a very long time since there were any truly major modifications.
:: Using whatever is the English-speaking Orthodox standard is, I think, going to remain standard—the reason for that is so that the primary readers of OrthodoxWiki—English-speaking Orthodox—can easily look up what they're trying to find. OrthodoxWiki's naming conventions are not to promote some particular nomenclature, but rather to represent what is currently dominant among English-speaking Orthodox. It's not a question of what's "easy" or "original," but rather of what is the most common reference in English-speaking Orthodoxy. :: None of this restricts the Theotokos or any of our subjects to a set of rules, but it does restrict the articles. It's really for practical reasons—ease of reference. This is standard for any encyclopedia. You wouldn't look in a Greek-language encyclopedia for "United States of America," but rather for Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής (despite the English version being the original). The same principle applies here. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 01:49, May 2, 2008 (UTC)