NationStates Jolt Archive

I noticed in the UN Regional Name list (and it also works in the phone book) that many nations are adding 00's to the beginning of their names to show up in the listing first.

Is there any way or interest in restricting nations when they are formed to using actual names or at least make it so any nations with numbers at the begining are automatically sorted to the end of the list?

It would help us new players greatly when we go to search out a region.

Thanks for listening :D

The only problem with that is people would find whatever comes first and put that at the front. Also, most of the regions with the zeros in front of their names have been around for a very long time.

well if they have been around for a long period of time then they wouldnt be apt to change their name.
Its not like they wont be listed, it would just be sorted alphabetically first.
Maybe you can make a limitation that you cant have more then three of any one letter in a row
so
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Aardvark
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It still leaves alot of options and if I am looking for a region called Beltway, I dont have to sort through 10 pages of regions beginning in zero's
Its just a thought :D