Talk:List of alternative country names

message: what is the criteria for listing alternative names? There are so many languages that each entry would become unmanageable. --Jiang 20:49, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a good question. However, so far I see no problem with it. We might want to find a list of languages that need to be included, but so far the lists are relatively short and quite easily manageable. Halibutt 09:34, Jul 9, 2004 (UTC)
If the intent is to translate it into as many languages as possible, then I can create a problem, first by copying China in world languages into this page. Why don't we just stick with primary/defacto/official languages? Anything else non-English is irrelevant here. --Jiang 16:23, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

text: Without further input, I will be converting this into what I have proposed. The rest belongs in wiktionary, not wikipedia. --Jiang 06:40, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Converting into... what? You did not propose anything, you simply stated that the number of languages should be limited - but to which ones? Halibutt 07:00, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)
The languages should be limited primary/defacto/official languages for each country. In addition, variants (official or otherwise) should be listed after the common name. Eg, "America" and "United States of America" would be both listed after "United States". How "United States" is spelled in Greek should not be listed here. --Jiang 07:29, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criteria 

message: As there is an objection to "politically insensitive" or "ambiguous" names being used, and this often rules out the "common name", I updated the table titles to read "description", which is much more accurate. That's what is being done - there'll be many instances where that is not the "common name" (even it is a common name, using the title "common name" implies the common name). I suitably amended the intro.
The situation should now be less inaccurate and more NPOV also. Adding "Republic of Ireland", "Ireland", "Éire", etc, under a title "common name" is not politically sensitive!!!
Zoney 13:26, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name or description 

message: Not sure if this is relevant or not. Please take consideration.
Siam is the old name of Thailand, and it is still in use by many people, informally, especially in the form of Siamese XXX e.g. Siamese twins, Siamese cat. In German langauge, from my own experience, I still found that some people use :de:Siamesisch/:de:Siam interchangably with :de:Thailändisch/:de:Thailand. But as I'm not the native English or German speaker, I cannot confirm much on this. Anyone who has a knowledge on this please help. Thank you :) -- Bact 22:43, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Siam / Thailand 

message: I don't the history of this page and didn't have the time to look too much into it; but it seems like "Ireland" was replaced by "Greece", meaning that "Ireland" has disappeared from the page, and that "Greece" is under the letter I. I don't have time to fix it now, so I'm just bringing this to everyone's attention so someone else can do it. (Someone)
:I don't know myself how to manipulate form-style wiki.. Will have to look this up. Could someone please replace "Republic of Ireland"? Alternative names include Éire/Erin (native Irish) and Hibernia (Archaic) - (Someone Else) Cathal
I've fixed it, but I'm not sure if it's to everyone's satisfaction. Just a bit of cut and paste. Bathrobe 05:37, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ireland disappeared 

message: *Canada didn't change its name ans has no alternative name !
*PRC : the only alternative name is Cathay. I dont know Shenzhou, isn't it the root name that gave China. All other names and expressions are argotic or colloquial.
*ROC : good for Formosa or Taiwan or Taipei, the rest is anecdotic.
*Germany seems to be here for the only reason that the name is different in various languages. Isn't it the subject of List of country names in various languages ?
*Greece too.
*Kazakhstan : ok for Alash, the rest is the same thing as in the article itself and maybe good for List of country names in various languages.
*same thing for Poland.
*Russia : all this for what ? I've not red the USSR usual former name !
*Saudi Arabia : where is the alternative name ?
*Serbia and Montenegro : yes, that's what is left around Zagreb from the former Yugoslavia. Where is the car plates code, the airplanes code... ?
*Spain : no alternative !
*Switzerland : all that for Helvetia. En français, nous disons Confédération helvétique et jamais Confédération suisse (In French we say C.h. and never C.s.) !
*USA : no alternative.
*UK : Caledonia is the alternative name for Scotland : have an entry for Scotland, it's a nation ! Albion is only Great-Britain, the island. At least it can be classed under England. In France, we use this word especially for England. Where is Britannia, the former latin name ?</br>
In the same time, I don't understand why should be given the names of the countries or nations in the official languages of those as it should be done in List of country names in various languages or List of countries and capitals in native languages. I mean if it's not fundamentally different : Great Britain, Prydain Fawr, Breatainn Mhòr, Breataine Móire, Vreten Veur and Great Breetain are only translations the ones of the others; they are not alternative names. Anyway, friendly and wikiloving ! ℍenry, encyclophile (speak slowly, please) 12:06, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some countries should not be listed here. 

message: Do we really need all the official names in this?  People can click on the countrie's name and find the official one if they want it. 123.2.179.143 01:37, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official Names 

message: There is debate going on about whether or not Taiwan is a country. I suggest removing Taiwan from this list to refrain from offending some people. Futureunwritten 03:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taiwan 

message: Why isn't Korea mentioned in this article? See Names of Korea article. -220.245.253.81 (talk) 06:10, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Korea/Corea 

message: Very few derogatory names are included - yet many more could be. But most, and arguably all of those included are non encyclopedic. I suggest all derogatory names are removed. --Dweller (talk) 23:13, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Id agree with that, do you have an idea of the total number that would need removing? BritishWatcher (talk) 23:27, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There's only about four or five I think. --Dweller (talk) 08:41, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  should remove them then yes. This list could probably do with some form of criteria about what is and isnt justified to be included. At the moment it seems to be anything and everything. BritishWatcher (talk) 09:41, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Derogatory names 

message: It seems that over time foreign language names of countries have been added back in so that this article often duplicates List of country names in various languages. We now have this bizarre list that includes particularly Dutch, Sanskrit and Italian versions of names. There is no need for this duplication. I propose to edit this article so that the only names that are included are:
*current and former English language names and variations
*current and former national language names and variations (e.g., English and French for Canada)
*current and former local language names and variations (e.g., Inuktitut for Canada, i.e., the language of the indigenous Inuit people, but not the Italian, Dutch and Sanskrit languages of immigrant peoples)
Ground Zero | t 22:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foreign language names

message: You have to use the alphabetical order. Even if you like more Russia and don't like at all Romania, alphabetically Russia is after Romania! --84.250.158.224 (talk) 11:31, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alphabetical order 

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message: what is the a on all the country names in the first column? It doesn't seem to have a footnote Dhoru 21 (talk・contribs) 12:56, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's actually given at the top of the list as "a = (common, English)". Whether it's helpful to have that mysterious "a", I don't know. CAVincent (talk) 02:38, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: oh ok Dhoru 21 (talk・contribs) 12:42, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  footnotes?