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Standardising tags: "eu" or "europe"?
Are we using "eu" or "europe" for topics about Europe? I think we need to pick one or the other.
I prefer "europe".
EDIT
The people have spoken, and the vast majority is in favour of "europe" (not "eu") for topics related to continental Europe. Topics related to the European Union itself can be tagged "europe.eu" (as per @nothis' excellent suggestion.
Why not both?
That could work: "europe" for things geographically related to Europe, "eu" for things politically related to the European Union (although, I'd prefer "european union" for clarity).
However, topics related to the European Union are a subset of topics related to Europe, so we'll end up tagging those topics with "europe" and "eu"/"european union" - which could be introducing some ambiguity that might not be necessary.
I suppose the tildes approach would be Europe and Europe.Union? I think Europe.anUnion would be too weird.
Europe.Union feels weird. It‘s too much it’s own word/concept to be just a subcategory. If anything, Europe.EU would be more appropriate, even with the repetition.
I'd be up for Europe.EU, definitely. The EU is a subset of Europe, after all.
That's an excellent idea! Thank you. :)
As they're two different things this has to be the solution.
Just out of curiosity: what's the Spanish abbreviation for the European Union?
I'm another vote for "Europe" and generally think we should steer clear of tags less than 3 letters. I just find they can easily lead to more confusion later, unless really strictly enforced.
I totally agree.
However, the Americans use two-letter abbreviations for their states, and I have a feeling they'll want to use those abbreviations here. But, I suppose if they're paired with a "usa" tag (maybe concatenated as "usa.aa"?), that'll give some context for the abbreviations.
We're talking about not using two-letter tags such as "eu", in favour of longer tags such as "europe".
Ditto.
Thanks for clearing that up. :)
I would be onboard with pairing them like your example. Context will definitely help.
Oh! I just remembered! People (including me) are using "uk". What's an alternative for that - "united kingdom"?
UK might be okay to keep, since I don't think it'll cause confusion. However, I don't really like inconsistency, so my vote would be spell it out.
Well. For anything related to the continent and its countries "Europe" has to be the tag. If it's about the union "EU" should be the tag.
I think explicit is better, so Europe. It avoids confusion.
Let's start with standardizing the word "standardisation" first ;-p
You got a problem with the Queen's English? :P
lmao. thanks for that
Let's just say you better keep your extra "U's" and your funny lookin' "Zs" that look like "Ss" on your side of the pond!
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Thanks, but "europe" and "eupol" might be better for general european stuff vs EU politics. This would be consistent with a "usa" tag and a "uspol" tag.
There's also an "#auspol" tag floating around on Twitter.
For context, I've been using an "australia" tag for my own country. I've also seen "china" and "japan" and "north korea". However, we're also using "uk". We don't have to be a slave to consistency just for the sake of it. We can pick whatever we think works best.
Yeah, I am also for Europe. EU is ambiguous.