NationStates Jolt Archive


Country name question

Aschedenia
06-01-2005, 08:31
i'm trying to make a country with a certain name. it says that the name is in use.

however, when i check the nation listings, it says it does not exist.

what the heck?
Tuesday Heights
06-01-2005, 08:41
Then, that nation name was used in the past and for whatever reason, that nation no longer exists. The names are reserved so that a nation that dies of inactivity can come back and claim it through resurrection and so that other nations don't inherit the reputation of a rulebreaker.
Radlett
06-01-2005, 12:08
Aren't they going to scrap that soon?
Frisbeeteria
06-01-2005, 14:00
Aren't they going to scrap that soon?
No. They're going to release some of the names from 18 months back, but the system remains intact. I beleive this was an attempt to allow most of the RL nationnames back into play.

For now, it also appears to be a one-shot event, not an ongoing release. As it will necessarily involve selective filtering of certain banned nations, resolution and issue writers, and possibly region founders; I doubt they will want to do it often.
Aschedenia
07-01-2005, 00:18
so i'd just have to wait?
The Emperor Fenix
07-01-2005, 01:28
It would be nice to be able to "release" all the dead puppets, allow them to be used again by someone else if you could somehow prove it was yours.