[OSM-talk] Revival: Multilingual Country-List

[Philip Barnes]

On Sat, 2013-02-23 at 15:50 +0100, Frank Steggink wrote:
> On 20-2-2013 10:47, Peter Körner wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I revived the Multilingual Country-List tool. Now with Overpass-API as 
> > source, it's a useful tool again. If you find the time, head over to 
> > <http://toolserver.org/~mazder/multilingual-country-list/> and look 
> > for your favorite language.
> >
> > If you find a low completeness (<100%), check out the list of the 
> > country names. If they are translated well, click the "mark ok" link 
> > and your progress rises.
> >
> > If the translation is bad, use the josm link to update load up the 
> > respective node and add a name:XX tag with the correct translation. 
> > Less then 10 minutes later, the update should arrive in the list and 
> > you can mark the now fixed translation as OK.
> >
> > Have fun!
> > Peter
> >
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> Hi Peter,
> 
> Great idea :) However, I have the impression that a couple of countries 
> is missing. For example, Guernsey is included, but Jersey is not. 
> Shouldn't we stick to a list like this: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states
> Most of it is already there. Or would this be a too sensitive subject?
> 
Jersey and Guernsey are Crown Dependencies, they are not sovereign
states.

Phil (trigpoint)