Hey folks, I've not seen any followup on Ian's excellent proposals here - how do make some progress on this please?
On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 03:31:33PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > >I conclude that: > > * The description of the list should be changed from "countries" to > "regions and countries". > > * An entry should be provided in this list (specifically, a region > should be broken out from any possible parent(s)) when any of the > following are true: > (i) The region wants to have different configuration or > different defaults; > (ii) Users may not recognise the parent region name(s) as > applicable to them > This also applies when the region is not strictly speaking bounded > geographically. For example, it applies when considering different > different political alignments (or, perhaps cultural, religious or > or ethnic groups) of people within a single geogrpahic region. > > * If there would otherwise be a large number of entries for a > particular region or country, use of a submenu is appropriate. > > * Names should be primarily chosen so that users know what entry to > pick in the menu; but it is reasonable to try to avoid giving > offence. > >Some worked examples: > > * Kosovo obviously needs to have its own entry. > > * Taiwan and the PRC need to be different entries. The Taiwan one > should probably be labelled "Taiwan (ROC)", and the PRC one "China > (PRC)" because those will be recognised by more people and give > less offence. > > * In principle, there should be an entry for Uyghurs in Xinjiang who > wish to use the region's unofficial timezone (which is more suited > to local solar time than official PRC time), and the Uyghur > language. But in practice actually selecting such an option in > one's computer configuration is likely to be very dangerous[1] > so we might be doing Uyghur users a disservice by offering them > this option. This is a difficult case. > > * I think it will be necessary to have separate options in Bosnia > for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the one hand, > and for the Republika Srpska on the other. > > * Belgium needs two entries. AIUI the keyboards as well as the > languages are different. > > * AIUI it would not be necessary to provide any entries for Kashmir; > the user can select India or Pakistan as appropriate. > >I could be wrong about the details above. > >Ian. > >[1] see eg > > https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/05/31/china-has-turned-xinjiang-into-a-police-state-like-no-other -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
