[Pkg-isocodes-devel] Result of ISO 3166 UN list

[Tobias Toedter]

On Tuesday 07 August 2007 19:25, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > -		official_name="The Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan" />
> > +		official_name="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan" />
>
> The Republic of AF is probably no longer "Transitional" since the
> Talibans have been thrown away...and until they unfortunately come
> back...:-|

This is what wikipedia says, too. So I think we should apply that part of 
the patch.

> > -		official_name="Kingdom of Bahrain" />
> > +		official_name="The Kingdom of Bahrain" />
>
> Well, all other kingdoms are named "Kingdom of...." so that would be
> inconsistent, imho.

I did not think of that, thanks. I agree with you.

> > -		name="Bosnia and Herzegovina"
> > -		official_name="Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina" />
> > +		name="Bosnia and Herzegovina" />
>
> Here, I'm not really convinced as well. What does Wikipedia say ?

Wikipedia wants us to keep the separation between name and official_name. So 
this part of the patch will be dropped as well.

> > -		official_name="Italian Republic" />
> > +		official_name="Republic of Italy" />
>
> Well, unsure also. here *most* "Republic" countries use "Republic of
> foo" but some other use "Fooic republic" (Argentina, Centrafrique,
> Czech, Dominican, *French*...:-)). So unless another source confirms
> that Italy prefers "Republicca d'Italia" over "Republicca italiana", I
> suggest we don't change this.

Agreed, Wikipedia does refer to "Italian Republic" as well.

All in all, just the Afghanistan part should be applied, correct?

Regards,
Tobias

-- 
Tobias Toedter   | I doubt, therefore I might be.
Hamburg, Germany |
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