Talk:Belarusian Democratic Republic

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Requested move 30 August 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 08:39, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Belarusian People's Republic → Belarusian Democratic Republic – The current name, Belarusian People's Republic, is of limited use in scholarly and popular literature. It does not appear in the titles of publications, judging by Google Scholar. It does not appear in book titles either. The Belarusian Democratic Republic name has a significantly wider use, incl. in scholarly literature and in literature originating in Belarus and in the Belarusian diaspora. It is also used by the Rada of BNR, the body claiming the mandate of the original Republic’s government. Note: the 2013 discussion about renaming the page for the Belarusian National Republic was inconclusive, the request was rejected. Nieszczarda2 (talk) 05:03, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support the request. The suggested name (Belarusian Democratic Republic) is used more widely. I support the reasoning expressed in the comment above. SuuriMara (talk) 09:54, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I support “Democratic” - this is more widely used in English language sources.

NB that the title of the article was Belarusian National Republic from its creation in 2005 until 2008, the target of the previous move request. — AjaxSmack 16:17, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support the request, as based on sound arguments.--W (talk) 16:58, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support the renaming to Belarusian Democratic Republic, as it is widely used in reliable sources. --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 18:31, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Change name

I suggest we rename this page to Belarusian People’s Republic because it is the correct translation of “Bielaruskaja Narodnaja Respublika”. Narodnaja doesn’t mean “Democratic”. Oh, and Translate says that “Belarusian Democratic Republic” means “Bielaruskaja Narodnaja Respublika”, probably because of wikipedia. I still support the change to Belarusian People’s Republic. TankDude2000 (talk) 17:55, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Judging by the above motivations for moving, such was done on the basis that "Democratic" is more common in sources. The Government-in-exile appears to use "Democratic", however. The sources may instead be reflecting the afore-mentioned as opposed to the original entity. I've only ever known this entity as the "People's" and agree it should be changed back. There needs to be a proper debate about this! UaMaol (talk) 02:31, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Slight agree. Belarusian National Republic seems to have more hits in books, and would be more accurate than 'Democratic'. Its really weird because when looking at the article body, it cites the Rada, which goes to a website....which says Narodnaya in the archive photos. what. We shouldn't duplicate mistranslations because then other people cite wikipedia and it enters the consensus in a feedback loop. LeVivsky (ಠ_ಠ) 16:10, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Borders

Who do the borders of the BDR used in the infobox overlap with the borders of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Kingdom of Lithuania? Luke0821 (talk) 18:47, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apostrophe Fix

So, I'm trying to to change the title to "Belarusian People's Republic", and the Apostrophe is wrong, I can't put the correct one in for some reason. Can this be fixed? Ironzombie39 (talk) 22:23, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]