On 5/22/15 17:59, Mike Connor wrote:
Can you name an example that would actually be widely controversial?
Perhaps the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic -- I'd have to brush up on Moroccan politics to be sure.
And, to be clear, SADR very nearly satisfies Fred's proposed policy that we "add a list item and appropriate region code for any other entity diplomatically recognized as independent by at least 25% of UN member countries" -- current recognition stands at 23.8%.
Which raises an interesting case. If we had previously adopted Fred's proposed 25% rule, then we would have automatically added SADR to the list: they passed 25% recognition some time in the '80's, and remained above that mark until Panama suspended their recognition in November of 2013. Would we have removed them at that point?
If not, I don't think this is a material concern.
Can you predict the entire worldwide political landscape for the rest of the lifetime of the project?
There are some very plausible, very near-term futures where an alternate government that currently controls parts of what are widely recognized as Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Nigeria begins to establish diplomatic relations with other countries. It isn't hard to believe that, much like the gradual diplomatic acceptance of the PRC in the '50's and '60's, such an entity might gain recognition by a non-trivial percentage of UN member states.
And that? That would be controversial. -- Adam Roach Principal Platform Engineer [email protected] +1 650 903 0800 x863 _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
