Posted by John on June 28, 2006 at 01:29:45 from 24.250.149.61 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Source posted by Jock on June 28, 2006 at 01:09:30:
Jock:
You can not change the names of
1. Humans,
2. Planets
3. Stars
4. Geographical features.
The King of Sikkim is the Civil Authority in Sikkim - he has the duty not the right to name the features.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/gegn22wp14a.pdf
Have a look at this paper. There is now a formal process, which has existed for quite a while.
Just as I can not rename you Black Jake from Nulla Terra, no matter how much I want to, you may not change the name of a Mountain. The whole purpose is to discourage people of low intellect from naming things for themselves.
On most things you are dead correct on this however you are wrong.
JMN