Talk:List of sovereign states
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Semi-protected edit request on 17 July 2024
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As South Korea now has three autonomous regions and one self-governing city, it has to be changed from "South Korea has one autonomous region, Jeju Province." to "South Korea has three autonomous regions, Jeju Province, Gangwon State, and Jeonbuk State, and one self-governing city, Sejong city." Hyujm (talk) 15:39, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - FlightTime (open channel) 15:43, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not the original requestor and I don't want to make a change here without consensus, but this article seems to suggest that Gangwon and Jeonbuk are now autonomous "states" with a similar status to Jeju. https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240118000682 Astrofreak92 (talk) 17:03, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- I agree regarding the provinces/states, they are presented as autonomous and at the least more autonomy than the 'normal' provinces. Unfortunately sources seem scarce, and I can't find anything great on the Seoul/Sejong. CMD (talk) 01:19, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not the original requestor and I don't want to make a change here without consensus, but this article seems to suggest that Gangwon and Jeonbuk are now autonomous "states" with a similar status to Jeju. https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240118000682 Astrofreak92 (talk) 17:03, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
New sovereign state in Albania
edithttps://apnews.com/article/albania-bektashi-muslim-sufi-sovereignty-c2caccfb22d9c09a3af70e55a9b6bba8
Albania has announced plans to create a Muslim Vatican City-style state in Tirana. There doesn't seem to be a timeline for now.
Seems like we might be adding a new entry soon. TheLegendofGanon (talk) 21:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- We have an article at Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order for those interested, although it doesn't yet affect this page. CMD (talk) 01:10, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 24 October 2024
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Burkina Faso and Afghanistan have their own official names like "People's Republic of Burkina Faso" and "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" but the page does not include it. Including that Afghanistan's flag is not there, this is just going to be a minor edit. Sasith77 (talk) 03:23, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. CMD (talk) 05:26, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- The sources are in the Burkina Faso and Afghanistan page itself. Sasith77 (talk) 11:56, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
Afghanistan
editShould Afghanistan be included twice? The Islamic Republic could be included in the "UN states" section, and the Islamic Emirate could be included in the "Other states" section. I think that only including Afghanistan once could give the false impression that there is only one sovereign Afghanistan government, when in reality there are two: UN-recognized one and the de facto one. This is what is done on the List of national flags of sovereign states page. What do you think? Di (they-them) (talk) 22:47, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
- This is a list of state not a lists of governments, including Afghanistan twice would be misleading. CMD (talk) 23:21, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
North and South Korea's names
editShould the reference to Congo be changed to:
Korea, Republic of
Korea, Deomocratic People's Republic of
(machine translation) Gdagys (talk) 08:30, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Those aren't the common names. They're almost universally referred to in English as North and South Korea. I do, however, think they should be changed to "Korea, North" and "Korea, South", in line with the Congos. TheLegendofGanon (talk) 11:41, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with you Gdagys (talk) 18:14, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- It's not the same thing. South Korea is the area controlled by the Republic of Korea while North Korea is the area controlled by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Using the longer names gives credence to their respective claims, which is why reliable sources generally prefer North and South Korea. It's one country divided by competing governments.
- If and when they recognize each other, that will probably change as it did for Germany and China. Reliable sources also stopped referring to China as Mainland, Red or Communist China whe its current government was recognized. TFD (talk) 21:27, 10 November 2024 (UTC)