[Tagging] Tagging of Country Names

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> Il giorno 26 ott 2016, alle ore 16:52, Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com> ha scritto:
> 
> Isn't that what we have atm & where much of the ambiguity stems from?


I don't think so, at least not where Sven wants to change it.


> 
> 'official' names appears the correct way to proceed & like others have suggested, ignore the 'name=' tag.


if we go with "official" we will always be on the side of the powerful, and we will completely ignore other aspects. Take the Basque area as example, it is not long ago, that only French and Spanish (according to the side you are looking at) were officially recognized, we would have completely ignored the native Basque population with this rule.

Also, if you write "official language", would this include recognized minority languages? Should we have a different tag for this?
See here for example about the only one "official language" in France and other relevant languages: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_policy_in_France


cheers,
Martin 
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