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I don't think these should be included, in either location. --DannyS712 (talk) 07:18, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
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Why is Bolivia listed as "Plurinational State of Bolivia" and not just "Bolivia"? And why "Republic of Moldova" and not "Moldova"? There are many, many others.
I ask this especially because other countries are listed with their informal names and *not* their official names, such as Afghanistan (and not Islamic Republic of Afghanistan), Albania (vs. Republic of Albania), Algeria (vs. People's Democratic Republic of Algeria), Andorra (vs. Principality of Andorra), etc. You get the picture.
I've been looking at several Wikipedia pages in the last several days, and it's amazing the lack of standardization, sometimes with "good reason" and explanation, and other times without either.
I would suggest that any Wikipedia page that has lists of countries (capitals, current leaders, UN join date, etc.) should standardize on the names. Either the names that people actually use, or the official names, but not both in the same list and the same across different pages. Zonker.in.geneva (talk) 08:28, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
I put back the information about Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania having been member states of the USSR, because that's a historical fact. Many people in those countries might regret that fact, just as some people in Hong Kong might regret the fact that Hong Kong is now part of China, and might wish that history had been different, but wishing doesn't make it so. NightHeron (talk) 11:20, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
That being said, the mention of the Kosovo* in the section about observer and non-member states is highly misleading. All other mentioned countries and entities are in a way recognized as a "non-self governing territory" by UN itself or by some of the specialized agencies of the UN, but not Kosovo. Not a single UN agency has recognized Kosovo so it does not deserve to be standing as equal to those countries, territories or entities.
My suggestion is for the paragraph about Kosovo to be removed or corrected by starting it with the sentence that "Kosovo is not an observer due to it not being recognized as sovereign country by the UN or a single UN agency but there's been talks and negotiations yada yada..." Cvarkov1 (talk) 21:50, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Someone else has already asked about this. Not only is Moldova designated in the UN in its full name "Republic of Moldova", but it's also in alphabetical order under R (for "Republic"), not M. Why is this exactly the case? August-54 (talk) 18:29, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is collapsing, if it hasn't already. The Taliban have already captured Kabul and are reportedly negotiating a "peaceful transfer of power."[1] I suggest we keep the page as is until the United Nations issues a statement regarding the status of the territory. Frevangelion (talk) 22:39, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
Should the link for Afghanistan go to Afghanistan which mostly refers to the current Taliban-led government or should it link to Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021), the government that the UN currently recognizes? Icedmorning (talk) 01:21, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
In the cases of Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand, do the constituent countries have shared membership, as in the case of the UK, or are only the metropolitan states members, with Greenland, Aruba, Cook Islands etc. being unrepresented in the UN? I see Niue and the Cooks have separate membership in some agencies, but that doesn't clearly answer the question of overall representation, and no mention of Aruba or Greenland. — kwami (talk) 21:11, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
Thank you. Yes, that's what I was looking for:
Am I missing where that's clarified in the article? I'll try adding something. — kwami (talk) 04:33, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
@CMD, kwami after reading your discussion I had a look into Category:Member states of the United Nations. And I see that New Zealand case is different than the Dutch and Danish ones. We list in this category Kingdom of the Netherlands and Danish Realm, but not Denmark or the Netherlands. Instead we list New Zealand, but not the New Zealand. Does this mean that we acknowledge that New Zealand free association is substantially different than the Dutch and Danish unions? Heanor (talk) 18:32, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
The vote board is using Czechia https://www.facebook.com/CzechiaCZ/photos/a.214064121997685/7850829904987697 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.116.189.148 (talk) 23:37, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
I have concerns that this list might not meet several featured list criteria. Actually, I was surprised to find just now that, not only is this a list (rather than a standalone article), but also a featured list. But there are some places where the page just does not meet the FL criteria:
Hopefully, the issues I have mentioned above can be addressed. Otherwise, it is at risk of being sent to WP:FLRC. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:35, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
What I want to do is could you please give the disputed territories such as Palestine, Western Sahara and Vatican City a lighter blue color and give Antarctica an even lighter blue color? Abkhazia, Artsakh, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Palestine, Western Sahara and Vatican city are not UN members, but UN members claim them as parts of them except Vatican city, so could you please change the UN member map by giving UN members dark blue, giving UN observers and disputed territories light blue and give Antarctica an even lighter blue? Could you please describe all these below the map with the three squares that have the colors? FanofMultimedia123 (talk) 12:17, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Apparently, the Czech Republic's UN name had been changed to Czechia already in 2016, but how was that not noticed here until six years later? August-54 (talk) 10:11, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
Taiwan should not be colored in blue on the map. The Republic of China is not a UN member and the People's Republic of China does not control Taiwan. Usually China and Taiwan are displayed separately. —Lights and freedom (talk ~ contribs) 17:41, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I’m new to editing Wikipedia and I would like to request an edit on Member states of the United Nations.
The Wikipedia articles Member states of the United Nations and Poland and the United Nations have been unchanged and remain in contradiction of the Wikipedia article Poland Is Not Yet Lost.
Namely, the issue is this: the latter article states that: • no delegation from Poland was present • Poland was not allowed to sign • there was no Polish flag present at the Inauguration • pianist Arthur Rubinstein was greatly dismayed at the fact that Poland was not present nor represented at the Inauguration which he had been invited to play piano at • several decades later, the Polish President recounted this incident, with strong words about how Poland was excluded from the UN (read article here: https://www.president.pl/archive/news-archive-2000-2010/news-2005/participation-of-the-president-of-the-republic-of-poland-in-an-academic-conference-8216the-united-nations-an,37839)
None of these issues have yet been resolved, and thus these articles have been in contradiction for many, many years.
I recently created an account, to help to correct these errors and many others that I regularly find on Wikipedia (typos, grammatical errors, historical inaccuracies, etc.) but I am having technical difficulties with the source code reference editor.
Please, if any of you Wikipedia editors care about the plight of Poland and its people, help fix this broken history! Butterflydog (talk) 02:28, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
Since this is a major change that also involves removing stuff, posting for discussion here instead of doing a WP:BOLD.
I recently took a look at what this article's table looked like on 1 January 2022. In my opinion, it looks much cleaner than it does now.
I'm proposing the following:
In the event that this post gets no responses in ~one week, I will make the above changes. Zowayix001 (talk) 06:49, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
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