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 :::This article pertains to the territory known as Kosovo, not the Albanian-ruled republic that was unilaterally proclaimed in February of 2008.  There's a world of a difference there.  To call it a ""state"" is an automatic endorsement of the Albanian POV, just like calling it ""province"" is an endoresement of the Serbian POV.  As for the consensus, look for it in the talkpage history (but you might have to go pretty far back).  This article was stable with the wording ""disputed region"" for about a year now, before the latest explosion of pro-Albanian accounts relentlessly challenging for the past few months now.    "