Article 4 of the Constitution of Ireland, gives the state its two official names, Éire in Irish and Ireland in English. Each name is a direct translation of the other. From 1937, the name Éire was often used even in the English language.
copy from wikipedia, so usual precautions apply On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 12:05, Rory McCann <r...@technomancy.org> wrote: > I think `name=Ireland` is best. For `name`, the most commonly used name > in the place for the thing is what it should be. And, whatever one > things /should be/ the most common name, I think we can all agree that > what /is/ the most common name is “Ireland”. > > `int_name` is a silly tag. I haven't heard of a good definition of that > aside from “Name of the country in English”, which wronly prioritises > English. Why not `int_name=جزيرة أيرلندا`? > > On 07/06/2020 16:24, Neil O'Byrne wrote: > > The Irish euro coins just have Éire. So maybe name=Éire and > int_name=Ireland > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Colm Moore [mailto:colmmoor...@hotmail.com] > > Sent: Sunday 7 June 2020 14:56 > > To: talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > > Subject: [OSM-talk-ie] name=Éire / Ireland > > > > Hi, > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/62273 > > > > Someone has set the name of the (Republic of) Ireland to "Éire / > Ireland". Whatever about Irish constitutional nuances, OSM usually uses one > field=one piece of data. I'm inclined to change it to name=Ireland, given > that Ireland is the name that most people use. > > > > Separately, there is the matter of lots of the international > translations are of "Republic of Ireland" instead of "Ireland". Does anyone > have thoughts on how to deal with potential grammatical issues in > rationalising these? > > > > Colm > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can > change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-ie mailing list > > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie