Nation name release!

[Flanderlion]

What does it mean when a nation's name is retired?

It means when a nation's name is used in say an issue and then the mods permanently "retire" the name.

Or an extremely notable figure in the games history, e.g. Francos Spain. or something else (like Max Barry).

[The Blaatschapen]

It means when a nation's name is used in say an issue and then the mods permanently "retire" the name.

Or an extremely notable figure in the games history, e.g. Francos Spain. or something else (like Max Barry).

We haven't retired Francos Spain or any other notable figure as far as I am aware.

[Flanderlion]

Or an extremely notable figure in the games history, e.g. Francos Spain. or something else (like Max Barry).

We haven't retired Francos Spain or any other notable figure as far as I am aware.

I can't link you, because the page just goes to the Boneyard rather than generating a new page for each nation. But type Max Barry or Francos Spain into it and you'll see 'Retired: This name has been retired.' rather than the normal soiled, or former moderator (which is [V]'s nation, which also autocorrects to Violet when you do [Violet], or my original mistype of [Violet}), or CTEd which it would be normally.

[Phydios]

We haven't retired Francos Spain or any other notable figure as far as I am aware.

I can't link you, because the page just goes to the Boneyard rather than generating a new page for each nation. But type Max Barry or Francos Spain into it and you'll see 'Retired: This name has been retired.' rather than the normal soiled, or former moderator (which is [V]'s nation, which also autocorrects to Violet when you do [Violet], or my original mistype of [Violet}), or CTEd which it would be normally.

Sure you can give a link.
http://www.nationstates.net/page=boneya ... os%20Spain

[Kormanthor]

Kormanthor is NOT ever released by me. It is a name I made up, and it stays with me.

[Kormanthor]

Virgin Incursion is my creation too, I will NOT release it either.

[Leppikania]

Kormanthor is NOT ever released by me. It is a name I made up, and it stays with me.

Virgin Incursion is my creation too, I will NOT release it either.

No worries. Looks like those nations are of significant size.

[The Alexanderians]

So will the name criteria ever be expanded? Like the ones deleted for infractions. After a significant amount of time wouldn't it make sense to toss them back into the choices? After all the names are becoming harder to make sensible ones with.

EDIT: Especially considering how common purges are becoming.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

So will the name criteria ever be expanded? Like the ones deleted for infractions. After a significant amount of time wouldn't it make sense to toss them back into the choices? After all the names are becoming harder to make sensible ones with.

I'm still hoping they'll drop the good nation wait time from 5 years to something more reasonable like 2.

[The Alexanderians]

So will the name criteria ever be expanded? Like the ones deleted for infractions. After a significant amount of time wouldn't it make sense to toss them back into the choices? After all the names are becoming harder to make sensible ones with.

I'm still hoping they'll drop the good nation wait time from 5 years to something more reasonable like 2.

And the population limits too. All of the criteria seem too narrow.

[Corinthina]

Hi!

Any chance of an upcoming change to item 3 (population size) fairly soon? Considering this policy was set up in 2011 and item 3 was expanded in 2013 from 250 million to 500 million, I don't think that asking for an increase to 750 million or so in 2016 is too out of place. I asked about this possibility back in 2014 and was told that this would entirely be a possibility at some point. I was just wondering if that some point would come any time soon?

Thanks

EDIT: I've been eyeing up the name 'Cascadia' for a number of years now, and would love the opportunity to be able to establish it as my nation.

[Almonaster Nuevo]

EDIT: I've been eyeing up the name 'Cascadia' for a number of years now, and would love the opportunity to be able to establish it as my nation.

I think Cascadia-Columbia might be a little put out if you did.

[The Nation of Ceneria]

Hi!

Any chance of an upcoming change to item 3 (population size) fairly soon? Considering this policy was set up in 2011 and item 3 was expanded in 2013 from 250 million to 500 million, I don't think that asking for an increase to 750 million or so in 2016 is too out of place. I asked about this possibility back in 2014 and was told that this would entirely be a possibility at some point. I was just wondering if that some point would come any time soon?

Thanks

EDIT: I've been eyeing up the name 'Cascadia' for a number of years now, and would love the opportunity to be able to establish it as my nation.

For the record, I concur. The current limit means that nations who are active for something like a month then have their names permanently reserved, a time span that seems a little short to me. Of course, there is absolutely no bias regarding the name 'Ceneria' here.

[Corinthina]

EDIT: I've been eyeing up the name 'Cascadia' for a number of years now, and would love the opportunity to be able to establish it as my nation.

I think Cascadia-Columbia might be a little put out if you did.

Haha! I have seen quite a few people on this site who want to create a nation somewhat like Cascadia. I guess, once the name gets released (if it gets released), then it will have to be a good old fashioned race to acquire it first! I've been waiting for sooo long though! I'd be super bummed if I didn't get it.

[Midal]

I would like to know if i can just have my name released if i wanted it to be after i stop playing the game it would make things easier for me because i would really whant my name released and i daught i would come back to playoing if i ever left also i daught that on one random day 20 yrs from know i will remember this game and be like well gully maybe i should play this again

[Maltropia]

I would like to know if i can just have my name released if i wanted it to be after i stop playing the game it would make things easier for me because i would really whant my name released and i daught i would come back to playoing if i ever left also i daught that on one random day 20 yrs from know i will remember this game and be like well gully maybe i should play this again

At 1.8 billion population, I think it's safe to say your name's never going to be rereleased. Even if you leave the game for 50 years, as long as you remember your password you can refound and pick up where you left off.

[Barrowedge]

Hi!

Any chance of an upcoming change to item 3 (population size) fairly soon? Considering this policy was set up in 2011 and item 3 was expanded in 2013 from 250 million to 500 million, I don't think that asking for an increase to 750 million or so in 2016 is too out of place. I asked about this possibility back in 2014 and was told that this would entirely be a possibility at some point. I was just wondering if that some point would come any time soon?

Thanks

EDIT: I've been eyeing up the name 'Cascadia' for a number of years now, and would love the opportunity to be able to establish it as my nation.

Let's just remove population entirely.

Take a look at Romania in the Boneyard. Someone who has been offline for THIRTEEN YEARS isn't coming back, no matter what their population is. It's quite literally only an inconvenience, for people who might actually use that name.

We're permanently locking too many great names, some of which with historical connections: take a look at Byzantium in the Boneyard.

It needs to be much more lax, that's for sure.

[Phydios]

Hi!

Any chance of an upcoming change to item 3 (population size) fairly soon? Considering this policy was set up in 2011 and item 3 was expanded in 2013 from 250 million to 500 million, I don't think that asking for an increase to 750 million or so in 2016 is too out of place. I asked about this possibility back in 2014 and was told that this would entirely be a possibility at some point. I was just wondering if that some point would come any time soon?

Thanks

EDIT: I've been eyeing up the name 'Cascadia' for a number of years now, and would love the opportunity to be able to establish it as my nation.

Let's just remove population entirely.

Take a look at Romania in the Boneyard. Someone who has been offline for THIRTEEN YEARS isn't coming back, no matter what their population is. It's quite literally only an inconvenience, for people who might actually use that name.

We're permanently locking too many great names, some of which with historical connections: take a look at Byzantium in the Boneyard.

It needs to be much more lax, that's for sure.

People do come back after years. It's rare, but it happens. If I remember correctly, there was an episode where someone said basically the same thing you did, and then a help thread showed up in Technical a couple days later. The request? How to get into a nation that had CTE'd 8 years ago. So sometimes it does happen, and I think the staff would much prefer to keep names locked up for too long than too short. No one needs a specific name, but it can be quite discouraging to come back after years and find that your nation is gone, even if you were expecting it to be. It's just not how the staff wants to handle this.

[Nova Roma et agros captos]

We haven't retired Francos Spain or any other notable figure as far as I am aware.

I can't link you, because the page just goes to the Boneyard rather than generating a new page for each nation. But type Max Barry or Francos Spain into it and you'll see 'Retired: This name has been retired.' rather than the normal soiled, or former moderator (which is [V]'s nation, which also autocorrects to Violet when you do [Violet], or my original mistype of [Violet}), or CTEd which it would be normally.

I find it strange that
Maximus Barrimus
is available as a name

[Kaboomlandia]

Let's just remove population entirely.

Take a look at Romania in the Boneyard. Someone who has been offline for THIRTEEN YEARS isn't coming back, no matter what their population is. It's quite literally only an inconvenience, for people who might actually use that name.

We're permanently locking too many great names, some of which with historical connections: take a look at Byzantium in the Boneyard.

It needs to be much more lax, that's for sure.

People do come back after years. It's rare, but it happens. If I remember correctly, there was an episode where someone said basically the same thing you did, and then a help thread showed up in Technical a couple days later. The request? How to get into a nation that had CTE'd 8 years ago. So sometimes it does happen, and I think the staff would much prefer to keep names locked up for too long than too short. No one needs a specific name, but it can be quite discouraging to come back after years and find that your nation is gone, even if you were expecting it to be. It's just not how the staff wants to handle this.

Also:

• Wrapper was founded in Antiquity, has 6.256 billion people.
• Sleep was also founded in Antiquity, but has only 3.553 billion people - less than me, who was first founded in 2013.

Like Phydios said, it's rare, but it does happen.

[Starkiller101]

I'm curious, can the nation ''diablo'' be made available for founding?

[Corinthina]

I'm curious, can the nation ''diablo'' be made available for founding?

If they raise the population limits on former nations over the current one of 500 million, then you could found a nation called Diablo, since the last nation to be called Diablo was last active in 2003 and had an estimated population size of 514 million.

It seems as though a good number of us are asking politely for them to raise this population limit. You are welcome to join us!

[Drasnia]

I too would like to say how nice it would be to raise the population limit.

Former nation Riva
Founded: Antiquity
Last activity: Sun Mar 2 2003
Population: 502 million

[[violet]]

So will the name criteria ever be expanded? Like the ones deleted for infractions. After a significant amount of time wouldn't it make sense to toss them back into the choices?

The criterion most likely to be adjusted is the population limit, which may rise from 500M. We might move to a system where it's 100M or so for each inactive year. So after 5 years it's 500M and after 10 years it's 1B.

With soiled names, the majority were zapped for the name itself. There are many tens of thousands of them, and if they were released, mods would have to start all over, banning the same names again. Mods could manually mark some soiled names as available for reuse in extraordinary cases, though.

[Reploid Productions]

So will the name criteria ever be expanded? Like the ones deleted for infractions. After a significant amount of time wouldn't it make sense to toss them back into the choices?

The criterion most likely to be adjusted is the population limit, which may rise from 500M. We might move to a system where it's 100M or so for each inactive year. So after 5 years it's 500M and after 10 years it's 1B.

With soiled names, the majority were zapped for the name itself. There are many tens of thousands of them, and if they were released, mods would have to start all over, banning the same names again. Mods could manually mark some soiled names as available for reuse in extraordinary cases, though.

You'd think people would have run out of ways to try and sneak "penis" into account names by now.