Nation name release!

by **The lepearchauns** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:42 am

as are "the" and "nation"

by **The Republic of Lanos** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:45 am

So Lanos (by itself) is available.

Can I reserve this ahead of time?

by **Polish Azzy** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:50 am

This is an awesome idea...I have been wanting this for awhile now.

by **Goobergunchia** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:03 am

Mousebumples wrote:EDIT: Were nation names ever previously released? I didn't think so, but when I did a search on "America" I got the following result:
Deleted nation America
Founded: Mon Jan 24 2005
Last activity: Sun May 4 2008
Population: 4.785 billion
Ancient nation America
Founded: Antiquity
Last activity: Tue Nov 26 2002
Population: 141 million

Anyone aware of anything that I (apparently) missed over the past 8+ years that I've been around NS?

I seem to recall "America" being recreated as part of early testing for this feature. It's been a long time, though, so I may be remembering incorrectly. And yeah, people have been wanting this since 2004.

I'm completely fine with the proposal, incidentally -- in fact, I'd be fine with raising the minimum population to a cool billion, which requires about six months of existence. I think the duration of existence requirement should ensure that nations with significant forum activity are not recreated.

In theory, I'd support some kind of request process to ensure that nations of historical significance aren't recreated even if they fail to meet the criteria for reservation. Currently, the proposed criteria are narrow enough that I can't offhandedly think of any that qualify. If the population limit were raised, though, this could become an issue.

by **Unibot II** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:43 am

Sedgistan wrote:On a quick check, England, Canada and Mexico will apparently be available with this release...

Dammit Sedge.

by **Mesoland** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:37 pm

32 days til I can has China :lol:

by **Jari Head** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:08 pm

[violet], I have a saved copy of the old Hall of Ex-Nations and all but two of them should never see the light of day again. If you would like I could post it as a reference list of names not fit for reuse.
btw, it's a big list

by **[violet]** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:27 pm

Arumdaum wrote:I think that nations that have posted on the forum shouldn't be up for release as well....

As mentioned by others, these forums are only two years old, which is well under the five year limit.

In the future, though, it's possible that there will be ex-nations here whose names are re-used. It won't be a problem because the forums, unlike the game, identify accounts by ID number, not name. We may also rename the old nation's forum display name as "(Former) Testlandia" or something.

by **[violet]** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:29 pm

Ballotonia wrote:Just double-checking: founding a pre-existing nation won't cause one to inherit the other nation's warnings, right?

Correct, it won't. It's a brand new nation that just happens to share a name with an old one.

The only place the new nation may appear to be the old one is in people's dossiers.

by **[violet]** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:32 pm

Mousebumples wrote:When the Boneyard says, for example: Available Soon! This name was used by a former nation, but will become available for re-use in in 16 days. is there a certain time at which names will become available? I'd presume the updates would be the most likely times, but I'm sure for some ... perhaps contested/widely desired nation names, having some idea as to when would be ... helpful.

It uses the standard NS timestamp, which means that once it gets down to 4 days, it will start to include the hours, then when it's within 100 minutes it will go to minutes, etc. So you will know precisely when a name will become available.

Also: will this "5 year period" be a rolling 5 years? i.e. Nations that are only 4 years CTEd right now would become available after another year?

Yes.

Were nation names ever previously released?

Yes, and a few thousand names were re-used before we ran into problems with the (Jolt) forum, so we had to turn it off.

by **Swkoll** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:34 pm

Can we have an estimate as to how many names will be released in total?

by **[violet]** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:36 pm

Jari Head wrote:[violet], I have a saved copy of the old Hall of Ex-Nations and all but two of them should never see the light of day again. If you would like I could post it as a reference list of names not fit for reuse.
btw, it's a big list

You mean this?

Deleted nations aren't available for re-use, but if you see a nation name that the boneyard says is/will be available and you don't think it should be, please let us know via a Getting Help Request.

by **[violet]** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:37 pm

Swkoll wrote:Can we have an estimate as to how many names will be released in total?

Lots.

I don't know how many for sure because I'd need to load three million nations to count.

by **The Republic of Lanos** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:40 pm

Would it be possible for me to reserve a nation name? (Lanos)

Or is it first come first served?

by **Diol** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:46 pm

20 days, 20 days until I rule the...

by **Swkoll** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:52 pm

Diol wrote:20 days, 20 days until I rule the...

I'm a bigger fan of the world.

by **Diol** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:58 pm

Shoodn't the incredably childish names be removed?

Such nations as titties, boobies, dickhead, knockers, big boobs, retards, bitch...just immature, childish names.
I, for one, wouldn't like to shout "I'm a titties citizen!

by **Shanix** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:26 pm

Diol wrote:Shoodn't the incredably childish names be removed?

Such nations as titties, boobies, dickhead, knockers, big boobs, retards, bitch...just immature, childish names.
I, for one, wouldn't like to shout "I'm a titties citizen!

They were deleted for a reason, and, for that same reason, will probably be unable to be recreated.

by **Olthar** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:29 pm

Diol wrote:I, for one, wouldn't like to shout "I'm a titties citizen!

I don't know what you're talking about. I'd love to live in titties.

Shanix wrote:
Diol wrote:Shoodn't the incredably childish names be removed?

Such nations as titties, boobies, dickhead, knockers, big boobs, retards, bitch...just immature, childish names.
I, for one, wouldn't like to shout "I'm a titties citizen!

They were deleted for a reason, and, for that same reason, will probably be unable to be recreated.

Yeah, I doubt those will be available. For obvious reasons.

by **Kulverint** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:40 pm

Deleted nation Poop
Founded: Antiquity
Last activity: Thu Dec 5 2002
Population: 88 million
Available Soon! This name was used by a former nation, but will become available for re-use in in 24 days.

I'm very happy right now. And feeling very puerile.

by **Sedgistan** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:42 pm

The normal rules about nation names still apply - and don't assume that just because a nation wasn't deleted in the early pre-mod days, that it won't be deleted if one with the same name is founded now. If you create a nation with an inappropriate name, it'll be deleted, and you'll be warned.

by **Kulverint** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:43 pm

In fact, as it turns out, all names relating to the groin area are available for use!

by **Oceanic Vakiadia** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:44 pm

Deleted nation Shermealea
Founded: Sat Dec 29 2007
Last activity: Thu Sep 18 2008
Population: 1.685 billion

I finally know the specific date I joined!

Thank you!

by **Shinjitai** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:44 pm

Where can you find out if a nation is up for use in 20 days? as i am interested in a nation name but i do not know whether it is available?.

by **Kulverint** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:45 pm

Sedgistan wrote:The normal rules about nation names still apply - and don't assume that just because a nation wasn't deleted in the early pre-mod days, that it won't be deleted if one with the same name is founded now. If you create a nation with an inappropriate name, it'll be deleted, and you'll be warned.

I wasn't actually going to! Just pointing it out!

Surely they could be put on a special list of "Banned Names?"

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