[Talk-ko] Possible border dispute brewing

[Brian McLaughlin]

I'm not Korean, but my better half is.

I just wanted to let you know that you have my full support as far as
the sovereignty of Dokdo is concerned. As long as you followed OSM's
guidelines about mapping disputed territories I support you there as
well.

 Like it or not, wrongfully or rightfully the sovereignty of Doko is
in dispute. In my opinion, the international community doesn't know
enough about the issue to make a judgement call. It is doubtful that
"foreigners" who haven't spent significant time in Korea are even
aware a conflict exists. Other countries don't want to get caught
between their two strongest democratic allies in Asia.

In light of this, and per the OSM guidelines you quoted, I would say
keep the official name Dokdo and point all relations to Korea. Korea
has my blessing to take whatever means necessary to keep Japanese
activist from landing on their territory.If you want to throw the Japs
a bone allow them to label it Takeshima as an alternative place name.
I think a wiki page should be started regarding this issue. I'll
volunteer to help you if you're interested.



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> (I'm Korean but I want to avoid political discussion here. ;-)
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> Based on the wiki page,
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> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Disputes#On_the_Ground_Rule
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> <quote>If the dispute can not be resolved through discussion, then the
> simple default rule is that whatever name, designation, etc are used
> by the people on the ground at that location are used in the
> non-localized tags. </quote>
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> So to me it seems clear that the islands should be mapped as Korean
> way, if this conflict is not resolved by discussion.
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