On Mon, 4 Jul 2022, Ben Fuller wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 17:44:33 -0400, Daniel Dickman wrote:
> > I had some time on my hand and took a stab on this. A few notes:
>
> Ach, you beat me to sending a patch. I made almost exactly the same changes as
> you have. I've noted some of my thoughts below.
>
> > I also looked at NetBSD a bit and noticed they added a lot of territories
> > and their capitals, but I decided not to add those in this update.
>
> I wonder what their opinion on Kosovo was.
I've left out disputed areas in this update.
>
> > Maldive Islands:Male
>
> A more common name is just "{The }Maldives".
I don't think so. See this article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18233844
which states:
"...according to several authoritative sources, such as the CIA World
Factbook, the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World and the US Department
of State, only two countries, The Bahamas and The Gambia, should
officially be referred to with the article."
>
> > Netherlands|Holland:The Hague|'sGravenhage|den Haag|Amsterdam
>
> To the best of my knowledge, Amsterdam is the formal capital (perhaps it
> should come first in the alternatives) but for the purposes of a quiz
> game I think The Hague is also an acceptable answer.
Researching this more, I feel like I'm coming into agreement with the
NetBSD change after all about removing The Hague.
>
> > R[u|o]mania:Bucharest|Bucuresti
>
> Perhaps switch the order of [u|o] here so that Romania is printed (the
> more common spelling, I think)
I think it's right to make it Romania. Rumania is common in non-English
languages and my internet research leads me to believe that Romania is the
official anglicization preferred by the Romanian government (at least
according to their consulate web pages that I visited).
>
> > Ukraine:Kiev|Kyiv
> There's been some commotion about preferring the Ukrainian spelling Kyiv to
> the
> Russian Kiev.
>
Maybe let's leave for a separate commit as I want to steer clear of
contentious issues.
I do note this reference which I've read through:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KyivNotKiev
And again, I see the spelling as Kyiv on the English section of a .ua govt
site I visited.
