Talk:Nation codes
Firstly: please add alphabetically, and file 'The' under 'T'.
I think we can spruce this up appearance-wise. I think it might be more helful to file things in reverse, so we can see which codes are taken, and prevent people going for the same one. I know that's not how Wikipedia does it, but we don't have to be like them in every respect. Any ideas?Gruen2alk 13:26, 27 October 2005 (GMT)
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4 letter ISO codes
There are a number of nations which do not have 4 letter ISO codes, including some with only 2 letters (!). These should be remedied, as it is fairly well agreed that NS ISO codes have 4 letters.
The current violators are:
Antarctic Region AQ - ???
Anumia ADA - ??? ANUM?
Carocasia CAY - Doesn't even have a NSWiki page
Jey JEY - Interesting situation. EJEY for Empire of Jey?
Omigodtheykilledkenny KENN/KNNY - I don't think two is on
Qazox QZX - QAZX?
Schartlefritzen SCH - SCHA?
Sketch SKE - SKET?
Sober Thought ST - Bit greedy don't you think? SOTH?
The Federated Stars FSE
The Kazoo Peoples TKP
Ileou IEO - ILEO?
Stevid SVD - STEV?
Allanea CSA - ??? ALLA?
Also, there should be attempt to make sure that the list of codes by nations matches the list of codes by code.
Agreed
I agree, especially since I noticed Palixia used the letter P after I had already inputted it as being for Pacitalia. Pacitalia 18:47, 27 October 2005 (GMT)
I don't quite understand what you mean by "file things in reverse". Ceorana|Φ 02:49, 28 October 2005 (GMT)
- What I mean is order things such that the left hand column is the code, rather than the name. That way, we could see which ones are already taken.Gruen2alk 08:03, 28 October 2005 (GMT)
- I agree. That's what I did when I did the article on international airports, mainly for that reason. Anyway, I've now edited this article and added a section called "Sorted by codes". I've done the ISO codes, and I'll probably do others later if no-one else wants to. ;) - Aridd, 28 October 2005.
I've now also added the TLDs and carplate codes sorted by code. The TLD .swa had been claimed by Swilatia despite the fact it had already been claimed by West Ariddia; also, the carplate code P had been claimed by Palixia despite it already being claimed by Pacitalia. Therefore I've listed .swa as being solely West Ariddia, and P as being solely Pacitalia. I haven't, however, removed Swilatia's and Palixia's claims from the first half of the article, because I think we need some sort of consensus before doing so. -Aridd, 30 October 2005.
- I know this is unfair, but I'd be inclined to give .swa back to Swilatia, simply because West Ariddia is, well, a puppet. It's going to set a bad precedent if nations can claim hundreds of TLDs using puppets.Gruen2alk 16:55, 30 October 2005 (GMT)
Ouch, just realized who I was talking to. Well, it was just a thought. But yes, you did claim first.Gruen2alk 22:42, 30 October 2005 (GMT)
- What does it change whom you're talking to? ;) Additionally, there's the fact that Swilatia has claimed 3 TLDs for a single nation. Even without .swa, he's still got 2 TLDs for one nation. There's no rule preventing him from doing that, of course, and I haven't got a problem with it per se, but it doesn't invalidate my prior claim, either. Now, regarding conflicting claims in the first half of the article, I suggest leaving them, but that the second half should list only those who made the claim first. Aridd 31 October 2005.
Airport Code Conflict
Airport codes are also at List of international airports. Ceorana|Φ 02:50, 28 October 2005 (GMT)
Conflict between Pacitalian and Palixian codes
I edited Palixia's Carplate Codes to say PX and the first three of his have been changed until he comes back to say what they're actually supposed to be. He's had a few days to rectify the issue but hasn't seemed to be around, so until then, to avoid confusion, I've changed his. Pacitalia|Pacitalk 06:58, 6 November 2005 (GMT)
Domain conflicts
OK, I think we may have a problem related to domain name conflicts for one. There's a list of people who have domains conflicting with RL domains, and I feel we should not encroach on this territory. The offendors are:
Caselonia - Chile (.cl)
Commerce Heights - Duh! (.com)
Goobergunchia - Guernsey (.gg)
Gruenburg - Great Britain (.gb) - it's not used anymore but it's still registered
Kaenei - Kiribati (.ki)
Knootoss - St Kitts and Nevis (.kn)
Meekinos - Macedone (.mk)
Sovietor - El Salvador (.sv)
And that doesn't count potential offendors with violated names on the Jolt thread - they're actually listed in my post over there, but we should deal with these ones My view? You eight on here and nine on the Jolt thread should replace your domains with something similiar but not in violation. Here's the link to domains in use:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain
Rolatia 22:37, 29 December 2005 (GMT)
- I don't think that's a major problem. None of those ccTLDs are very well-known, well-used, or both. The exception is .com, but I think that since (I beleive) Commerce Heights is completely centered around commerce, they would all use the gTLD, or maybe it's just for effect. This might be helpful if one or more of those nations agreed with your stance and wanted to fix it, but we shouldn't force anything on anyone. (It almost goes into the realm of personal attacks, which we certainly don't want :)). → Ceo \ squawk 04:38, 30 December 2005 (GMT)
Eh, OK. I'm not going to recognize them in RP, except as www.example.ns.gb for example Rolatia 17:15, 31 December 2005 (GMT)
- I actually picked .gb deliberately because I knew it's not used anymore, but is registered (so it won't become registered). Besides, most countries don't acknowledge the existence of RL countries, do they? So, I don't consider this an NSwiki concern. I honestly don't think an inconvenient TLD is going to annihilate a whole RP. I'm more concerned about conflicts between TLDs within NS, than with RL crossover, which is inevitable. If you have a particular problem with one, negotiate with that player beforehand. I don't see the need to change this page at this time.Gruen2alk 17:25, 31 December 2005 (GMT)
Meh. Whatever, I guess it isn't too important ;)
- In a spooky twist of fate I only found out earlier today that my nation's chosen code, .sb, is that of the Solomon Islands. NS is not equal to RL, one cannot fly from NS Starblaydia to the RL Solomon Islands, so where does the actual conflict come in? Surely the only 'conflict' over this would be two nations fighting over the same one on NS? - Star 21:05, 1 January 2006 (GMT)
I don't see it as a major problem. I decided on a three-letter code precisely to avoid conflict with RL, and also because three letters means a far greater number of possibilities for all the NS nations out there, but if some nations want a two-letter code which is already claimed IRL, it's really up to them... - Aridd, 12:22, 17 January 2006 (GMT)
I say theres nothing with an NS nation copying an RL nation's tld. Aftewr all, All those RL nations di not exist in NS. --Swilatia (Not Swilly!!) 22:19, 16 February 2006 (GMT)
Small Question
I apologize if this is not the right place to be putting this message! But, I was wondering -- after reading how the domains are conflicting with RL domain endings, and how a few codes were used before others, when they all claimed them -- I was wondering if we are assigned certain codes, or if, when we claim a code, we need to go through a specific process, talking with whoever is in charge of all of this, or if we just add whatever we made up, respectively, to the list?
Jeez, that whole paragraph was just two sentences. Still, I'd like to know. This goes for all those other "official" codes and names on NSwiki, like, well, you know, I can't really think of any examples right now. Haha. :( So, someone please get back to me on this one? (I'd like to add a code. But should my nation seem a little more official at first? (Its NSwiki page is not at all finished yet, as I'm pretty much just making it up as I go along.)
Thank you... America of Tomorrow 21:44, 1 January 2006 (GMT)
- There was an "official" thread deep in the gameplay forum for ISO codes, but I don't know if we'll ever find it again. :) Just put your codes in; NSwiki kind of "becomes" the authority, because you're writing about your nation and saying that it's your code.
- On second thought, do it quickly, before someone takes it! → Ceo \ squawk 21:50, 1 January 2006 (GMT)
Article Size
This page has reached 33kb, and will only grow. I'm wondering if we should split it up into different articles: TLDs, ISO codes, currency codes, etc., and then add information about them as well. We can also just junk the airport section, as it's duplicated. → Ceo \ squawk 17:25, 12 February 2006 (GMT)
- For now, I say leave it. A few kb over the limit doesn't matter: making many separate pages would probably entail more server space. Gruen2alk 19:11, 12 February 2006 (GMT)
Telephone codes
My nation, Athens and Midlands has taken up telephone code number 1. Has any nation already own this code? If so, please suggest and alternative, preferably a number as small as possible. Thanks --Constantina 12:23, 28 February 2006 (GMT)
Nobody has taken it. --swilatia 12:33, 28 February 2006 (GMT)
- The reason nobody has taken it was because we had sworn off +1 due to its wide use in RL. (( Pacitalkia )) Time sent: 21:05, 28 February 2006 (GMT)
Shouldn't the telephone codes be arranged like how it's done in here [[1]], which is the official arrangement? So according to that article, Pacitalia can't use 2, because that will clash with all the other nations that have calling codes starting with 2. A compromise would be 200. Or should we just forget about it since this is NS? One Red Dot 20:20, 16 July 2006 (GMT)
Two questions
Umm, I don't know if anyone noticed this, but Airport Codes by Nation is still here. Should I go ahead and delete that, or do you think I should check it against the other list first to make sure none are missing?
Second, what are the carplate codes? I'm not familiar with that. Kedalfax 00:28, 2 April 2006 (GMT)
- Carplate = licence plates. Some nations have federal plating systems instead of provincial (like in North America), so they will use a letter or number to identify where the car is specifically registered. For example, a licence plate in Pacitalia, registered in the city of Sambuca, will look like so:
- The P and flag identify that the car is registered in Pacitalia, the SBC specifies that it is a Sambucan (province, not city) vehicle. The licence plate numbers are national, however, so there are no duplicate numbers through each province. And that's a pretty basic explanation of carplates, at least from a Pacitalian perspective. (( Pacitalkia )) Time sent: 01:04, 2 April 2006 (GMT)
- Well, I have just made my own plates, which can be seen by going to my nation page and clicking on each province. But, man, mine are only a K plus 6 to 7 numbers. What if a witness is trying to see the plates of a car that's driving away? I also went through the airports list, and as you can see alot were missing or conflicting. After 3 nations I gave up moving them. It is a wiki, so anyone may help.(Hint,hint)Kedalfax 17:20, 2 April 2006 (GMT)
