Poor, Edmund W wrote:
- I am *ALSO* saying that letting a government tell Wikipedia what to
do is a dangerous erosion of our editorial independence. We can simply say in the article that Ivory Coast's government "forbids" anyone - inside or outside their jurisdiction - to translate the country's name (if this is really so). But since our servers are in Florida, I think we can safely assume we are outside their jurisdiction.
This argument is particularly laughable. I don't think anyone on either side is arguing on the basis that any country's courts will be charging anyone for improper use of the country's names. Just because a country has laws to establish standards or procedures doesn't mean that they will ever need to argue the details in court. Respect for a country's laws goes much deeper than a simple fear of prosecution.
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