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ISO 3166 has a a lot of legacy countries (edit: countries code ! not countries), not the ICANN fault. Like Guadeloupe, that is a French region, not a independen
by _ache_ 3y ago
ISO 3166 has a a lot of legacy countries (edit: countries code ! not countries), not the ICANN fault. Like Guadeloupe, that is a French region, not a independent island (and doesn't want to be).
I should study why these code exists since there aren't UN members. Seems a lot political for me.
- computerfriend 3y agoTaiwan is not a "legacy" country, but I think the point is that the article's claim, that the ISO 3166 country codes correspond to UN seat holders, is false.
- _ache_ 3y agoI apologize for any bad wording. Didn't intend to say that Guadeloupe was a legacy country or anything, nor Taïwan. The legacy part was about using something other than UN recognition (before using that rule). You're right about the point I wanted to make.
- dragonwriter 3y agoIf “Legacy” is your explanation for non-UN member state country codes, explain PS (which also has a corresponding ccTLD)?
- _ache_ 3y agoRecognize by UN. It's not even legacy. The legacy part was about « The use of UN recognition » to refer to countries (that's a new definition). Not anything like it's a country that should not exists, I apologize for any bad wording. Source: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/non-member-states https://www.un.org/en/about-us/non-member-states
- j16sdiz 3y agoISO 3166 is a list of country/region _for statistics purpose_.