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PMK, first something personal - I think that I am familiar with a part of the problem. I have been in Gora (and I don't agree that they are Macedonians, Gora even is outside of the region of Macedonia), I have been in Reka, in Plasnica and Lisichani in Kichevo region (where the Turkish influence is very high) etc.
I can not accept your POV, that Pomak or other names are offensive. You should provide sources about this claim. However, let us imagine that these names are offensive - look the text in the article after Torbeš: (the latter name is slightly pejorative). What exactly is the problem to make such formulation for the other alternative names?
The term ""Pomak"" is exonim for more of these communities. Pomak was accepted only from some Slavspeaking Muslims in Tikvesh and in Aegean Macedonoia, but now the biggest part these communities are displaced from the region of Macedonia. This was one of the reasons for my proposal for a compromise, when I added ""in historical context"". However, I'll repeat that for all of three alternative names we have a serious scholar reference.
I think that it is good idea to add ""Apovci"" as a regional name of one of this community.
If you have a relevant reference, that the term ""Tatars"" has such status for Bulgarians (as Pomaks, Bulgarian Pomaks and Bulgarian Muslims for the object of this article), we can discuss it. We both know that the term ""Tatars"" for Bulgarians is only propaganda, but if you'll find reliable sources for other uses of this term, we can examine them. Until then, the alternative name of the Macedonian Muslims and your analogy will remain incomparable.  "