Talk:ISO 3166

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The convention wrt. using "tt" around the codes makes the tables look much neater, aligning the columns. The other alternative would be to use HTML tables, but they are really a pain to read/maintain as wiki-source. User:Egil 09:47 Feb 3, 2003 (UTC)

It would be nice to have the current two-letter codes together with the numeric codes (or 3-letter alpha codes) in the same table/list --- User:Docu — Preceding undated comment added 11:41, 21 April 2003

What about moving some content to ISO 3166-1? Because the country codes are not ISO 3166 but, ISO 3166-1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.235.5.222 (talk) 05:59, 6 May 2003 (UTC)[reply]

an additional list[edit]

what about combining http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_capitals_in_native_languages

or adding native country names to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zyron (talk • contribs) 13:01, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Appropriate subject matter?[edit]

Dear Tangerines, Thank you for explaining the change to my contribution. I do have a question though, I'm hoping you can answer for me - the link I provided is to a publicly available database, a majority of the information is free to the public and relevant to the Wikipedia topic, so does it not qualify as appropriate subject matter to be included? Also I see another entry along similar lines just above my entry, which continues to remain in the topic. Thank you for taking the time to educate me on this. Regards, Mkwk567 (talk) 15:57, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the search results for the topic.....[edit]

--222.67.207.250 (talk) 03:22, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

purpose[edit]

what about explaining the uses and purposes of granting a ISO 3166 code? from the outside it seems a completely superfluous activity. 192.87.141.135 (talk) 11:14, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More info can be found in ISO 3166-1. Chanheigeorge (talk) 17:08, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some examples of what they're used for, e.g. postage destinations, might be a good idea. Someone looking at this who doesn't know will probably be a bit baffled. Marcus Rowland (talk) 22:06, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Iceland[edit]

How did Iceland get "is" and not "ic"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robinrobin (talk • contribs) 18:39, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Iceland is ISLAND in Icelandic. - JohnnyWiki (talk) 15:06, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

TW, TW-KIN, TW-LIE, and CN-TW[edit]

There is an ongoing dicussion at User talk:LiliCharlie#ISO 3166-1 and Taiwan about disputes concerning ISO 3166 codes relating to Taiwan, especially disputes over the name for Taiwan and the way it is subdivided: TW-KIN and TW-LIE are not the PRC's taste, and CN-TW not to that of the ROC. Everyone is invited to join that discussion. Love —LiliCharlie (talk) 13:23, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]