After earlier deleting a freshly created page with a specific file name, now after recreating the same page and URL 'slugged' file name, I find the page only displays with the '-2' in the reference link. No amount of editing the slug will remove the -2 from the URL. The page will display with or without the '-2' when linked from an outside page, however it would be clean to keep the -2 in the filename from showing up in our users browsers.
for example: http://www.eou.edu/admissions/international-requirements/
will always display http://www.eou.edu/admissions/international-requirements-2/
Both URL's will display the correct page.
Some of the information I've received talks about hacking the database, however I'd like to clear this up without attempting this.