Countries

Odinn · 08-20-2005, 10:41 PM

Good day folks,

I see there are some countries MISSING in the country field:

San Marino
Greenland
Faroe Island
Aland Island
Hawaii
Gibraltar

and ONE correction is the country Rwanda
I did see it is rong in the country field.

As well I look forward to have the option in the guestbook for
people to write their website URL in the guestbook.

***Andreas*** · 08-21-2005, 04:00 AM

Hi,

Hawaii is a part of the US. Greenland is Danish.

In general I use the The CIA Wold Fact Book when adding new countries:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

The following will be added:
San Marino
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar

Rwanda will be spelled correctly.

The Aland Island I could not quite figure out. People living there are apparently considered Swedes but they have their own parliament and a representative in the parliament of Finaland. It is not listed as a country in the CIA World Fact Book, but they have a flag so I guess I can add it to UltraGuest. This is the flag as far as I can tell:

Thanks for your help!

Odinn · 08-21-2005, 06:45 AM

Hi Andreas, yes this is correct and this is the flag of Aland,
All those countries has their own flag, and are self-governing, and have their own flag

Greenland:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gl.html

Hawaii:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-hi.html

Gibraltar:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gi.html

San Marino:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/sm.html

Faroe Island:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fo.html

Aland Island:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ax.html

Guernsey:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gg.html

Jersey:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/je.html

Isle Of Man:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/im.html

And so on thanks again Andreas, my input is only to increase the guestbook, so it will be one of the best Andreas

Odinn Thor
http://www.odinn.org

***Andreas*** · 08-21-2005, 01:02 PM

Again, thanks a lot!

I guess as long as a region of some size and sovereignty has it own flag there is no reason why it should not be added. However, states within countries should be avoided. Hawaii is one of the 50 US States and having a flag for Hawaii would not be right - unless I also added the rest of the 49 States + D.C. In which case we would have to add all states/regions in all other countries which would make the list endless.

I think using the CIA definition of a country (whatever that is

) should be ok:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...ftheworld.html

I guess Greenland is not defined as a part of Denmark as I assumed in my previous post, so Greenland will also be added to the country-list.

Odinn · 08-21-2005, 05:01 PM

Hi Andreas, yebb that is true, it could be endless of flags

But it was just a small input :O

Best greetings untill next time...

Odinn Thor, Iceland
http://www.odinn.org

***Andreas*** · 10-12-2005, 04:04 AM

The countries that eventually will be used are the ones supported by the ISO 3166 standard. As far as I can see that will be the countries as defined by the United Nations: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm

craftiest · 10-18-2005, 10:27 AM

Last time I used Ultraguest there was no selection for Northern Ireland. I am glad to see that has now been rectified.

Would it be possible to get a flag or a symbol that corresponds with the entry? The current one is not on your lookup and I am unsure of what the flag actually is that appears for a N.I. entry

Many thanks

***Andreas*** · 10-19-2005, 11:11 AM

Hi,

Is the flag for Northern Ireland incorrect?

08-20-2005, 10:41 PM	#1
Odinn Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Akranes, Iceland Posts: 6	Countries Good day folks, I see there are some countries MISSING in the country field: San Marino Greenland Faroe Island Aland Island Hawaii Gibraltar and ONE correction is the country Rwanda I did see it is rong in the country field. As well I look forward to have the option in the guestbook for people to write their website URL in the guestbook.

08-21-2005, 04:00 AM	#2
*Andreas* UltraGuest Admin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 746	Re: Countries Hi, Hawaii is a part of the US. Greenland is Danish. In general I use the The CIA Wold Fact Book when adding new countries: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ The following will be added: San Marino Faroe Islands Gibraltar Rwanda will be spelled correctly. The Aland Island I could not quite figure out. People living there are apparently considered Swedes but they have their own parliament and a representative in the parliament of Finaland. It is not listed as a country in the CIA World Fact Book, but they have a flag so I guess I can add it to UltraGuest. This is the flag as far as I can tell: Thanks for your help!

08-21-2005, 06:45 AM	#3
Odinn Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Akranes, Iceland Posts: 6	Re: Countries Hi Andreas, yes this is correct and this is the flag of Aland, All those countries has their own flag, and are self-governing, and have their own flag Greenland: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gl.html Hawaii: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-hi.html Gibraltar: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gi.html San Marino: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/sm.html Faroe Island: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fo.html Aland Island: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ax.html Guernsey: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gg.html Jersey: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/je.html Isle Of Man: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/im.html And so on thanks again Andreas, my input is only to increase the guestbook, so it will be one of the best Andreas Odinn Thor http://www.odinn.org Last edited by Odinn; 09-13-2006 at 05:41 PM.

08-21-2005, 01:02 PM	#4
*Andreas* UltraGuest Admin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 746	Re: Countries Again, thanks a lot! I guess as long as a region of some size and sovereignty has it own flag there is no reason why it should not be added. However, states within countries should be avoided. Hawaii is one of the 50 US States and having a flag for Hawaii would not be right - unless I also added the rest of the 49 States + D.C. In which case we would have to add all states/regions in all other countries which would make the list endless. I think using the CIA definition of a country (whatever that is ) should be ok: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...ftheworld.html I guess Greenland is not defined as a part of Denmark as I assumed in my previous post, so Greenland will also be added to the country-list.

08-21-2005, 05:01 PM	#5
Odinn Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Akranes, Iceland Posts: 6	Re: Countries Hi Andreas, yebb that is true, it could be endless of flags But it was just a small input :O Best greetings untill next time... Odinn Thor, Iceland http://www.odinn.org Last edited by Odinn; 09-13-2006 at 05:41 PM.

10-12-2005, 04:04 AM	#6
*Andreas* UltraGuest Admin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 746	Re: Countries The countries that eventually will be used are the ones supported by the ISO 3166 standard. As far as I can see that will be the countries as defined by the United Nations: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm

10-18-2005, 10:27 AM	#7
craftiest Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1	Re: Countries Last time I used Ultraguest there was no selection for Northern Ireland. I am glad to see that has now been rectified. Would it be possible to get a flag or a symbol that corresponds with the entry? The current one is not on your lookup and I am unsure of what the flag actually is that appears for a N.I. entry Many thanks

10-19-2005, 11:11 AM	#8
*Andreas* UltraGuest Admin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 746	Re: Countries Hi, Is the flag for Northern Ireland incorrect?

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