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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] IRC community channels - need a ruling from the board</H1>
<B>Margot</B>
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<I>Tue Oct 5 11:12:13 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:48:58 -0400
Marc Paré <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">marc at marcpare.com</A>> wrote:
><i> >>
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Using gb for the United Kingdom would possibly be politically
</I>><i> > dangerous, which is why UK websites are .co.uk .org.uk etc and
</I>><i> > not .co.gb .org.gb etc.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > The full name of our country is the "United Kingdom of Great
</I>><i> > Britain & Northern Ireland" - using the GB code is offensive
</I>><i> > to people from Northern Ireland, because Northern Ireland is a
</I>><i> > valued part of the United Kingdom but is NOT part of Great
</I>><i> > Britain.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > As IRC is an internet service, I suggest we stay with UK for the
</I>><i> > United Kingdom (to match our websites) and Ukraine should be UA.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Hi Margot:
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Fortunately for all concerned, the issues with ISO country codes
</I>><i> had nothing to do politically, it was by agreement by all.
</I>><i> Ireland has its own country code all of its own. ISO agreement
</I>><i> are traditionally closely monitored by the UN membership states.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Marc
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</I>
Northern Ireland is NOT part of Ireland, it is part of the UK.
I know that Wikipedia is not always a trusted source of
information, but this page is pretty accurate:
<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland</A>
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Margot
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