Currently, one of the options for the countries is “Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of”. However, on February 12th of this year, they changed their official name to “North Macedonia”, because of a dispute with Greece. It should be updated to the current name.

Also, another option is “Swaziland”. On April 19, 2018, they changed their name to “Eswatini”. This should also be updated.

The list is not in alphabetical order, and it should be

support, keeping names up to date is important

I support. Calling North Macedonia the FYROM is actually offensive to North Macedonians. I think the ST should put NOT OFFENDING PEOPLE IN A “WELCOMING” WEBSITE over just small edits.

We should also change “North Korea” to the “Democratic People's Republic of Korea”, which is their official name.

Support wholeheartedly. Also Kosovo needs to be moved to between South Korea and Kuwait, where it belongs.

bybb wrote:

We should also change “North Korea” to the “Democratic People's Republic of Korea”, which is their official name.

moresnet wrote:

Support wholeheartedly. Also Kosovo needs to be moved to between South Korea and Kuwait, where it belongs.

OK, added

Support, incorrect country names could easily offend someone.

I don't think anyone really needs to state that they support, it's quite important and I don't really see why one wouldn't agree with this

Anyway, yeah, updating country names isn't something that can be ignored from my point of view - it's pretty important.

Support, updated country names would be nice.

Support

This would make Scratch more welcoming to people from those countries.

bump

North Macedonia and eSwatini I definitely agree on, they just probably don’t view it as a huge priority right now
Kosovo I think is just a mistake where it is (I don’t think it’s where it is because it’s not recognized anywhere, it doesn’t make sense where it is for any reason. Also, since this is an American website I don’t see how there would be a problem with having it there)

Considering Ivory Coast (the English name that we use in America) is listed as Cote d’Ivoire (how they want it to be called) the scratch team probably does care a lot about getting names right.

I think North and South Korea should stay the same though (it’s like how my location is just United States)

Wahsp wrote:

North Macedonia and eSwatini I definitely agree on, they just probably don’t view it as a huge priority right now
Kosovo I think is just a mistake where it is (I don’t think it’s where it is because it’s not recognized anywhere, it doesn’t make sense where it is for any reason. Also, since this is an American website I don’t see how there would be a problem with having it there)

Considering Ivory Coast (the English name that we use in America) is listed as Cote d’Ivoire (how they want it to be called) the scratch team probably does care a lot about getting names right.

I think North and South Korea should stay the same though (it’s like how my location is just United States)

I think you are right about the 2 Koreas. However, what do you mean Kosovo is not recognized anywhere?

Wahsp wrote:

Kosovo I think is just a mistake where it is (I don’t think it’s where it is because it’s not recognized anywhere, it doesn’t make sense where it is for any reason. Also, since this is an American website I don’t see how there would be a problem with having it there)

i mean it's only around 100 countries that recognize kosovo

VFDan wrote:

Wahsp wrote:

North Macedonia and eSwatini I definitely agree on, they just probably don’t view it as a huge priority right now
Kosovo I think is just a mistake where it is (I don’t think it’s where it is because it’s not recognized anywhere, it doesn’t make sense where it is for any reason. Also, since this is an American website I don’t see how there would be a problem with having it there)

Considering Ivory Coast (the English name that we use in America) is listed as Cote d’Ivoire (how they want it to be called) the scratch team probably does care a lot about getting names right.

I think North and South Korea should stay the same though (it’s like how my location is just United States)

I think you are right about the 2 Koreas. However, what do you mean Kosovo is not recognized anywhere?

Oh, yeah I worded that weird
What I mean is I don’t think it has the spot it does because it might not be recognized by some countries

Also Bonaire, Sint Eustasius, and Saba is listed between Bahamas and Bahrain for some reason. Just bringing that up

moresnet wrote:

Also Bonaire, Sint Eustasius, and Saba is listed between Bahamas and Bahrain for some reason. Just bringing that up

The country list isn't even in alphabetical order? oof

Mr_PenguinAlex wrote:

Support.

who wants to bet it gets rejected along with other bad rejections, like removing minimods? They don't allow animal topics anymore, so rejecting this seems like something the ST would do. Which is not a good idea.

True. The Scratch Team can’t even accept the fact that the floss is dead, so obviously they know nothing of geopolitics.