Timeline for What version of country names should we use?
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| Apr 1, 2014 at 8:37 | comment | added | jmac | I'm 100% with making it the ISO codes for the fact that: (1) it is pre-existing and doesn't require any fuss, (2) it easily categorizes in to regional codes for many countries so it's expandable that way (I really don't want to see a tag of [united-states-of-america-minnesota], I would much prefer [us-mn], or uk-wls with appropriate synonyms. The tag excerpts can clarify their use in real English. | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 20:24 | comment | added | Benjol | I'd say if trael.se has already been through this, there's not much point thrashing it out again here. | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 15:31 | comment | added | yo' | Yes, synonyms do fix the usability issue, as long as the readable form is the primary tag. | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 13:36 | comment | added | user100 | @RafaelCichocki Synonyms fix the usability / readability for the most part. If you start typing 'switz' you'll spot the synonym, and the system takes care of the rest. It's the SEO thing that I'm pondering a bit. I'm not upset if we go with what travel did, I'm just personally more fond of the ISO names. | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 9:40 | comment | added | Yaakov Ellis Staff | Two letter codes aren't good for SEO. | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 9:12 | comment | added | Rafael Emshoff | ISO-Codes are practical in terms of information density, but for most people are unreadable. CH->Switzerland? | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 6:26 | history | answered | user100 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |