https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64557
--- Comment #15 from jeremyb <[email protected]> --- I believe both NYC and DC are absolutely unambiguous. (even more so in a United States context) [[List of U.S. state abbreviations]] has only 2-letter subordinate abbreviations for ISO and all USPS abbreviations are 2 letters as well. DC is the abbreviation used for DC in both columns (ISO/USPS) of that list. NYC is 3 letters so it is clear that it is not a code from either of those columns. (on the international level cf. the requirement that 2 letter domain names go through an extra approval process whereas 1 and 3 letter domains do not have that requirement) Also, NYC is a very widely used and recognized abbreviation for the city. I imagine it would be rare for someone see the name "nyc" and have to think long about what part of the world it was referring to. NE is clearly ambiguous and in addition is 2 letters. For most people New England will not be the first thing they think of when they see the abbreviation. This is exacerbated if the US namespace is unclear. (e.g. if there's no punctuation between country and region) I agree that we *might* never see a local recognized org in all 50 states but most states (I guess even Nebraska but the best example I have offhand is [[Lawrence, Kansas]]) have some cities or regions that are quite different from other parts of the state and have a large concentration of one our key editor demographics (students!) if not a concentration of active editors. Is there a compelling reason not to reserve all valid 2 letter abbreviations for future use by those areas? (essentially copying what seems to already be the policy for 2 letter abbreviations in the global namespace) It's easy to assign them in the future but harder to take them back once they are already in use. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
