Talk:University of Pristina/RfC: split proposal

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

---

Since year 1999 there are two institutions claiming the name University of Pristina:

• the university under Kosovo jurisdiction, located in Pristina and using the Albanian language as well as other languages of Kosovo
• the university under Serbian jurisdiction, located in Kosovska Mitrovica and using Serbian language

As both institutions are officially called in English University of Pristina (though the university in Kosovska Mitrovica is also frequently attributed as University of Mitrovica), the disambiguation between the two universities became a controversial topic with a fueled discussion.

To resolve the issue the editors agreed to request for comment of the previously uninvolved editors. The following options, coined through the previous debate, are proposed:

Option 1

• University of Pristina (disambiguation) – a disambiguation page linking to the following articles:
• University of Pristina – an article about the university located in Pristina
• University of Pristina (Kosovska Mitrovica) – an article about the university located in Kosovska Mitrovica
• University of Pristina (1969-1999) – an article about Yugoslav university

Rationale

The split principle is the consistent use of English names and the principle of least surprise (one searching for a university located in Pristina would typically search with a query "University of Pristina").

Support

If you support Option 1, please sign here by adding #~~~~ to this section. If you want to state your opinion in more detail, please state it in Threaded discussion section after adding #~~~~ to this section.

Option 2

• University of Pristina – a disambiguation page linking to the following articles:
• University of Pristina (1969-1999) – an article about Yugoslav university
• Universiteti i Prishtinës – an article about Albanian-speaking university in Pristina
• Univerzitet u Prištini – an article about Serbian-speaking university in Kosovska Mitrovica

Rationale

The split principle is the official names (as stated in the charters of institutions) of the universities and the languages the education process is conducted in. This options follows the Wikipedia common practice, established in Catholic University of Leuven split (relevant discussion), and later Free University of Brussels split (relevant discussion referring to previous precedent).

Support

If you support Option 2, please sign here by adding #~~~~ to this section. If you want to state your opinion in more detail, please state it in Threaded discussion section after adding #~~~~ to this section.

1. Op47 (talk) 00:33, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
2. Khanassassin ☪ 18:22, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Common note

In any case all the article would contain the hatnotes "This article is about [...]. For [...] see [...]. For [...] see [...]".

Threaded discussion

Please share your thoughts! Remember: this RfC is supposed to help with building consensus in the currently fuelled discussion, so please stay calm.

Hello, my interest in this article is solely because I am trying to clear up the split tag backlog. I voted for option 2. Given the nature of the dispute, this seems the fairest way of doing things. Since this article is almost the oldest article with a split tag, I will be pleased to see the matter resolved. Op47 (talk) 00:31, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

See also

• Talk:University of Pristina - the prior discussion
  • Proposal from someone uninvolved - introduction of Option 1
  • Split proposal and Proposal as per solutions in other split Universities - introduction of Option 2
• Official webpages of Albanian language university and Serbian language university.

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.