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So, we have a nother (unofficial) channel +</I>><i> > now, called #mageia-gb. However, when we looked at the ISO +</I>><i> > country codes, we discover that Ukraine would actually be UA, +</I>><i> > and SE is Sweden, not the Sammi language, as some thought. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > SO, what we need to know is: are we going by geography +</I>><i> > (two-letter country codes as per the ISO list here: +</I>><i> > <A HREF="http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements">http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements</A>). +</I>><i> > or by language (such as en-gb)? +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > If we could nail this down right away, it would save much grief +</I>><i> > later. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Cheers, +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > - -- +</I>><i> > Patricia Fraser +</I>><i> +</I>><i> My opinion is that we should try to follow ISO convention where +</I>><i> it is applicable. Therefore the IRC'S would be: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> #mageia-gb for United Kingdom +</I>><i> #mageia-ua for Ukraine +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The same should be applied for dates. We should also follow the +</I>><i> date format as set out by the ISO. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Let's follow standards where they are established. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I>><i> +</I> +Using gb for the United Kingdom would possibly be politically +dangerous, which is why UK websites are .co.uk .org.uk etc and +not .co.gb .org.gb etc. + +The full name of our country is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain +& Northern Ireland" - using the GB code is offensive to people from +Northern Ireland, because Northern Ireland is a valued part of the +United Kingdom but is NOT part of Great Britain. + +As IRC is an internet service, I suggest we stay with UK for the +United Kingdom (to match our websites) and Ukraine should be UA. + +-- +Margot +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +**Otford Ducks Computers** +We teach, you learn... +...and, if you don't do your homework, we set the cat on you! +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002038.html">[Mageia-discuss] IRC community channels - need a ruling from the board +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002054.html">[Mageia-discuss] IRC community channels - need a ruling from the board +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2049">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2049">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2049">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2049">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |