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:: If "America" is usually used exclusively for the USA, and the timeline discusses events in Canada too, should the article be retitled to include all of North America? [[User:Steorra|Steorra]] 05:07, December 27, 2008 (UTC)
I agree that using the word "America" has many connotations. When I wrote my initial comments, the thought also came to mind that perhaps two articles may be desirable in the event its length were to become too long. Perhaps a "north" and "south" divide may be the way to go. I would go for the this "north" - "south" divide as it would get around the difficulties of the citizens of those countries who also consider themselves "American", as in the American continents. In my younger days I remember many in South America were disturbed by this USA use and would refer to "Americans'" as "Norte Americanos."
In this vain our references to "Orthodoxy in Asia", when we talk mainly about the eastern part of Asia, forgets that Christianity started in Asia - the Churches of Antioch and Jerusalem are "Asian" and a large part of the church of Constantinople is also Asian. Some time ago I altered the "Orthodoxy in Asia" banner to read "East Asia" and I haven't heard any comments on this modification. As Orthodoxwiki expands our naming conventions could cause some confusion. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 20:51, December 27, 2008 (UTC)