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Time to start an en-gb wikipedia! (or is it en-uk? Hmmm)

robin_reala 7y ago
It’s en-GB; Northern Ireland gets no say in language specification. (en-UK would be the hypothetical Ukrainian variant of English.)
- keiferski 7y ago
  Oddly enough the Ukraine metaphor is pretty apt when comparing English to Russian, considering that Eastern Slavic languages came out of Kyiv / Kievan Rus civilization, just as American English originated in England.
- MichaelMoser123 7y ago
  now that would imply that England would have to conquer (the) Ukraine in the event that Scotland quits. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 )
  - robin_reala 7y ago
    Wouldn’t be the first time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War
  - OJFord 7y ago
    I doubt the names would change, personally, but even if they did it would presumably be to 'United Kingdom of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland' (ordering up for hot debate, I'm sure, here I've just replaced GB with consitituents, alphabetised, and removed Scotland ;)) - still a UK. But I don't think that would happen because I don't see why Scotland would want to leave the UK but cling to 'we are still in GB -- no-no, it's geographical guys'. You don't hear the Republic of Ireland self-descring as 'in the British Isles' much, that I'm aware of.
    - robin_reala 7y ago
      I guess the best thing to say for the aforementioned Union, post a Scottish exit, is that the flag would be cooler: https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/23vhqp/the_flag_of_a_postscottish_independence_uk/ https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/23vhqp/the_fla...
- Symbiote 7y ago
  GB is the ISO code for the whole country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island. These codes usually avoid choosing letters representing political state like "Kingdom", as it can change. UK is a reserved code due to past and current use in DNS. Ukraine's code is UA.
  - gerdesj 7y ago
    When you install Gentoo, one of the steps is to put your keyboard code into a config file. I put uk instead of gb, without thinking. It took me ages to work out what was going on 8)
bawolff 7y ago
I imagine that's a joke, but for reference the official policy is that minor regional differences dont get their own lang wikipedia - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_proposal_policy#Requisites_for_eligibility https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_proposal_policy#Req... . Some languages do get semi-automated translation like chinese (simplified vs traditional) or serbian (latin vs cyrillic). Of course, its always hard to draw distinct lines. There are some lang codes with wikipedias that are similar to english like sco, jam and ang. (Not to mention https://simple.wikipedia.org https://simple.wikipedia.org but that is a bit of a special case)

It’s en-GB; Northern Ireland gets no say in language specification. (en-UK would be the hypothetical Ukrainian variant of English.)

keiferski 7y ago
Oddly enough the Ukraine metaphor is pretty apt when comparing English to Russian, considering that Eastern Slavic languages came out of Kyiv / Kievan Rus civilization, just as American English originated in England.
MichaelMoser123 7y ago
now that would imply that England would have to conquer (the) Ukraine in the event that Scotland quits. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 )
- robin_reala 7y ago
  Wouldn’t be the first time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War
- OJFord 7y ago
  I doubt the names would change, personally, but even if they did it would presumably be to 'United Kingdom of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland' (ordering up for hot debate, I'm sure, here I've just replaced GB with consitituents, alphabetised, and removed Scotland ;)) - still a UK. But I don't think that would happen because I don't see why Scotland would want to leave the UK but cling to 'we are still in GB -- no-no, it's geographical guys'. You don't hear the Republic of Ireland self-descring as 'in the British Isles' much, that I'm aware of.
  - robin_reala 7y ago
    I guess the best thing to say for the aforementioned Union, post a Scottish exit, is that the flag would be cooler: https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/23vhqp/the_flag_of_a_postscottish_independence_uk/ https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/23vhqp/the_fla...
Symbiote 7y ago
GB is the ISO code for the whole country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island. These codes usually avoid choosing letters representing political state like "Kingdom", as it can change. UK is a reserved code due to past and current use in DNS. Ukraine's code is UA.
- gerdesj 7y ago
  When you install Gentoo, one of the steps is to put your keyboard code into a config file. I put uk instead of gb, without thinking. It took me ages to work out what was going on 8)

bawolff 7y ago

I imagine that's a joke, but for reference the official policy is that minor regional differences dont get their own lang wikipedia - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_proposal_policy#Requisites_for_eligibility https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_proposal_policy#Req... . Some languages do get semi-automated translation like chinese (simplified vs traditional) or serbian (latin vs cyrillic). Of course, its always hard to draw distinct lines. There are some lang codes with wikipedias that are similar to english like sco, jam and ang. (Not to mention https://simple.wikipedia.org https://simple.wikipedia.org but that is a bit of a special case)