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SER is definitely not yet an official ISO code. Likewise, I consider a number of the codes in this table highly doubtful. Unless sources, I'll have to delete it for factual inaccuracy. — Nightst a llion (?) 22:14, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
The Faroe Islands participate in the Paralympic Games as "FRO" but not yet as an independent team in the Olympic Games. - fchd 19:31, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Just a quick question -
Whilst I accept that Gibraltar's code (IOC and ISO3166) is normally GIB, this article states that the FIFA code is GBZ. Why the difference?
GBZ is the international license plate code for Gibraltar, but I cannot find anywhere confirmation that FIFA regards its national code for Gibraltar as GBZ and not GIB.
It would make more sense for FIFA to duplicate the IOC and ISO3166 country codes, which are both stated as GIB in the article, and not a code associated purely with vehicle identification.
It looks like author tries to guess some codes. Assigning non-existing codes to countries is pure nonsense. Several non-FIFA members are listed here with dubious "FIFA codes" (NCY for Northern Cyprus while TNC is used by themselsves) while FIFA assigns trigrammes to its members only. Therefore, the codes of Vatican, N.Cyprus and couple other countries are pure fantasy and desinforamtion.
The IOC code here does not exist on their web site, Wiki's IOC code page, or anywhere else for that matter. I take it this is speculation and can be removed...? doktorb words deeds 16:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
When I originally set up this page, I had included the codes from the Commonwealth Games, which has additional codes for territories and constituent nations (i.e., England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), since this is the next largest (nationwise) international competition, and stated that these codes were included. I feel this is significant, since there are already FIFA codes for said territories. So I'm changing the list to include them. Paploo 22:16, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Which flag should be displayed here for territories that have their own flag? For example, when I go to the St.-Pierre and Miquelon article, the flag of the territory is at the top of the nation data table. Shouldn't this be the flag listed? I am changing the similarly-statused territories to show those flags. Paploo 22:16, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't see them or my monitor is too bright. -- Howard the Duck 11:11, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
I object to the use of the apparently very rare word, "shortenly". Using Google to search for it, many hits refer to this very article and most others link to examples of poor English usage. None refer to dictionary articles.
D021317c 21:59, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
What's the significance of the different colours? — OwenBlacker ( Talk) 21:54, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
ISO code differs from the other two (69 cases) |
IOC code differs from the other two (17 cases) |
FIFA code differs from the other two (1 case) |
all three codes differ (1 case) |
ISO and FIFA codes differ, no IOC code (1 case) |
ISO and IOC codes differ, no FIFA code (1 case) |
Just added 1 entry to have:
ISO code differs from the other two (69 cases) |
IOC code differs from the other two (17 cases) |
FIFA code differs from the other two (1 case) |
all three codes differ (1 case) |
ISO and FIFA codes differ, no IOC code (1 case) |
ISO and IOC codes differ, no FIFA code (1 case) |
IOC and FIFA codes differ, no ISO code (1 case) |
What about South Sudan's code(s), since it is now a independent country? Or is there not any of these three yet assigned? 82.141.67.251 ( talk) 04:08, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
The white and grey background colors for the key look too similar; maybe we could try an orange or something? Metsfan1001 ( talk)
Thank you to everybody who has helped on this page. — Wiki Wikardo 07:08, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
Should this article be renamed to Comparison of 3-letter country codes, Comparison of three-letter country codes, Comparison of country codes, or Comparison of trigram country codes, so it would be easier to include other variants such as List of NATO country codes?
I think I prefer the shortest and most generic, Comparison of country codes or maybe Comparison of alphabetic country codes, so we could include tables for alpha-2 (ISO, ccTLD, NATO, …) or variable length (car license plates). — Christoph Päper 10:18, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
The original purpose of this chart was to compare the IOC and FIFA codes, with ISO 3166 as a standard to have a complete list of nations and territories. I think this comparison would be lost if a comprehensive 3-letter country codes chart was designed, but I agree that such a chart would have its place on Wikipedia. -- Paploo ( talk) 22:20, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
It’s very unusual for a table at Wikipedia to include a visible sort key (in the last column). It’s usually hidden with {{
sort}}
(e.g. in the first column). Should the table be changed accordingly?
I also think that we could switch to a simpler two-digit numeric code: First digit is the number of empty fields, second digit is the number of different codes, so many entries would be sorted as 01
. —
Christoph
Päper
10:18, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
The leading paragraph says
capital letters indicate codes which match; lower case letters indicate codes which differ.
but the actual letter forms used are ö, ƒ and ï rather than o, f and i. While the forms used may technically be valid lower case forms of O, F and I, they are not the usually expected ones.
Is there a reason for using those forms? If we want to keep them, could we change the words in the first paragraph to specify them better? -- Mark Whybird ( talk) 07:18, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
That the former flag of Northern Ireland is sometimes used for sport is irrelevant, since the column it appears in has got nothing to do with sport and its use in other contexts is deprecated. So does anyone want to make a case for inclusion? FDW777 ( talk) 07:23, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Important to keep civil, but also to maintain policy and clarity. The flag column is general, not specific to ISO, IOC or FIFA, and so, per the policies mentioned, Northern Ireland should be blank for this item. There's nothing wrong with that, it won't be the only line with no flag. But I do think the policy position is clear, and a footnote is not a suitable substitute for adherence. The column "flag" is otherwise OK, if rather optional in a table like this, but there is a lot of sensitivity around Northern Ireland, and we need to respect hard-agreed compromise rules. SeoR ( talk) 16:19, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Enough everyone. As an observer watching this bounce on my watchlist, can I ask we all calm down please?
The NIR flag is included with a footnote as a workable compromise. No, NIR does not have an official flag other than the Union Flag in MOST cases. The Ulster Flag is used for sport. As the only use of NIR in this article is FIFA, and therefore sporting, the Ulster Flag is appropriate AS LONG AS it has a footnote to explain the context behind its use.
I know that it's easy to go back and forth over this. But deleting the entire column of flags just to prove a point is not the best way to reach any kind of agreement.
So please. Step away. Deep breaths. And relax. Clear head from now on, all of you. Ta. doktorb words deeds 21:10, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello. The lists are great, really. Does anybody know whether or not Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei, and Venda had any code? Thanks in advance. Cheers. -- Alpinu ( talk) 05:50, 11 June 2022 (UTC)