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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: flags and countries
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2004-08-23 7:25:39
Message-ID: 200408230922.46785.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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The rule in KDE is to give the name of the country as the *user* is going to 
search for it (while remaining a valid American English name).

So it is Macedonia (not FYR Macedonia), Taiwan and so on. (See all the 
political bugs that are in KDE Bugs and the flame wars in those bugs.)

Note: the rule is only for the strings in code. Translators are allowed to 
over-rule (for example if the Greek translators want FYR Macedonia they can 
do it.)

So I suppose that with flags it should be the same.

Of course this rule does not really solve the question about French Oversea 
Territories. However they are not French Oversea Departments either, so the 
French flag is probably not automatical.

I suppose that for Groenland, the problem is similar.

As for Antarctica, I would say to keep it without flags. (It is supposed not 
to have any territory claims ...in theory.)

Have a nice day!

On Monday 23 August 2004 08:47, Gérard Delafond wrote:
> Le lundi 23 Août 2004 05:35, Rafael Beccar a écrit :
> > El Dom 22 Ago 2004 19:41, Gérard Delafond escribió:
(...)
> If you want every peace of country which is claimed by another or wants to
> be independant would be considered as claimed, you should make a special
> country for french bretagne, for Corsica, for northern Irland, fot Tibet,
> for Oriental Timor, you would delete Israel (which is claimed by
> palestinian), etc. Hundreds of parts of countries in the world are claimed
> by somebody. I think it is easiear to find countries as they are officially
> known (when I look for Northern Ireland, I look for British flag - I see
> Belfast is shown with Union Jack in Timezones)
> You could also make indpendant flags for scotland and wales, and attach
> Falklands to Argentina.
>
(...)
>
> I am not a specialist of geopolitics, and I don't mind who owns some peace
> of country.
> I simply think it is more convenient to use flags everybody knows, when
> there is an official recognition.
(...)
>
> Cheers
>
> Gerard


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