Category talk:Countries

Naming conventions

There is no convention... at least not one that I could discern.

Some countries have the OLPC prefix while others don't. Some names are both a category and a page (and I'm afraid to look in the Special:Listredirects ;) (darn! had to look... ouch!)

I was thinking that some sort of order or convention should be applied, so here are some ideas:

Prefix denotes status

Country names starting with 'OLPC' are green countries, all others go by their short & standard name in english. If a country turns green, you move the page. If it drops from green (lets hope not) the redirect is removed, and the page is moved to its version without a prefix.

PROS

in the Category:Countries and on each country page it will be pretty obvious to spot those green 'OLPC' countries. Shouldn't create too much havoc on the URL and links. (or am I missing something?)

CONS

can't really think of any except that it could be confusing for some people... but not more than now...

Drop OLPC prefix

All countries will move to their short & standard name in english. A template could be created (much like {{OLPC}} to tag those countries that are 'OLPC Countries' and will be (automagically) included via the template into a new category (say 'OLPC Countries'? ;)

PROS

Democratic. All countries are equal.

CONS

Simple and the maintenance cost is nil (only add/remove the template tag), current redirects would only need to be checked for double ones.

Don't touch it!

Forget this whole thing and go have a beer!

PROS

I love beer!

CONS

Tomorrow I will probably feel much like the Category:Countries... ouch!

Feedback? --Xavi 20:53, 18 January 2007 (EST)