සැකිල්ල:Kosovo-note
Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.
Kosovo-note was created to serve as a marker of neutrality regarding the Kosovo independence dispute, with the main idea of preventing usage of locational entries like:
... disputed province of Kosovo,
... Kosovo/Serbia,
... Serbian province of Kosovo,
... Serbia (Kosovo), etc.
This note can be used after the plain word Kosovo in the main text.
Suggested usage
[සංස්කරණය]Kosovo note may be used in articles where "Kosovo", "Republic of Kosovo", "Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija", etc. appear in a geographical or political context.
If the article has an infobox – usually at or near its beginning – and that infobox includes the word and/or phrase "Kosovo", "Republic of Kosovo", "Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija", etc., place
{{efn|name=status}}
immediately after whichever of these appears first in the infobox, without any space between it and the end of the word/phrase. For example:
... Republic of Kosovo{{efn|name=status}} ...
This needs only be done once.
{{efn|name=status}} should then be placed similarly after the first instance of "Kosovo" or "Republic of Kosovo" or "Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija" etc. in the main body of the article. Again, it need only appear once.
Then add the following immediately before the article's References section (or, if the article already has a Notes section, amend it accordingly):
== Notes ==
{{Notelist|notes=
{{efn|name=status|{{Kosovo-note}}}}
}}
The article should now include a superscript after the first "Kosovo" or "Republic of Kosovo" or "Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija" etc. in its text and/or infobox that is linked to and from {{Kosovo-note}} in its Notes section.
History
[සංස්කරණය]- This template was created in 2008 following a discussion at Talk:Šar Mountains#Footnote workshop.