, 18 April 2008 (UTC) :::::No, Banská Bystrica was first recorded in 1255 as 'Villa Nova Bystrice'. I think it is a good idea to use English Google hits excluding Wikipedia, but I think we should also look at other, more authoritative English sources listed at Wikipedia:NCGN#Widely_accepted_name. Would that be acceptable? Also, the modern name is clear, while the historical name is very often contentious. So, I would suggest we do not replace official names (accepted in modern English sources) before discussing which historical name should be used along with the modern name. I would also suggest such a discussion should always occur at the talk page of the article about the concerned place. It will make sense to centralize discussion at one place and it is also in line with WP:NCGN.   17:07