Nation name release!

by **Olthar** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:46 pm

Shinjitai wrote: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?.

[violet] wrote:For a sneak preview, use this page to see if/when a particular nation name would become available:

http://www.nationstates.net/page=boneyard

There you go.

by **Kulverint** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:47 pm

Deleted nation Nyanland
Founded: Fri Apr 29 2011
Ceased to exist: Fri May 27 2011
Population: 112 million
Not Yet Available: This name was used by a former nation that ceased to exist too recently. It may become available in in 4 years 249 days.

I shall be counting down...

by **Shinjitai** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:48 pm

17 DAYS:DDDDDD
I FEEL SO HAPPY! unless somone gets it before me

stupid british time

by **Walabamba** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:49 pm

Will there ever be a time when you raise the population limit? I mean, if a nation has 500 000 000 citizens but they cte'd in 2003 I don't think they're coming back.

by **Vecherd** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:50 pm

Walabamba wrote:Will there ever be a time when you raise the population limit? I mean, if a nation has 500 000 000 citizens but they cte'd in 2003 I don't think they're coming back.

5 000 000 000 sounds like a good cap.

by **Oceanic Vakiadia** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:51 pm

* Deleted nation Oceania
Founded: Antiquity
Last activity: Wed Dec 4 2002
Population: 36 million

Available Soon! This name was used by a former nation, but will become available for re-use in in 18 days.

Awesome! I shall diligently RP the Orwellian dictatorship!

by **Jari Head** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:52 pm

[violet] wrote:
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.

I can give you one I checked right off 'Bill the Spammer' any others will be sent to the GHR

by **Walabamba** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:53 pm

Maybe there should a higher population limit, say several billion, and then just have it so you can't get any nation that cte'd after 2003 or 2004.

by **Olthar** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:53 pm

Vecherd wrote:
Walabamba wrote:Will there ever be a time when you raise the population limit? I mean, if a nation has 500 000 000 citizens but they cte'd in 2003 I don't think they're coming back.

5 000 000 000 sounds like a good cap.

Five billion? That cap would be so high as to be effectively meaningless. Really, the cap shouldn't raise any higher than one billion.

by **Shinjitai** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:54 pm

I love how Korea, China, Japanese, Canada, England and some others are up for grabs. XD

by **Sedgistan** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:04 pm

Walabamba wrote:Will there ever be a time when you raise the population limit? I mean, if a nation has 500 000 000 citizens but they cte'd in 2003 I don't think they're coming back.

See:

[violet] wrote:Q: "250M population is too low." / "Five years is too long."
A: If the release goes well, we might look at loosening the restrictions in the future to make nations with slightly larger populations or more recent CTE dates available. But that's something to consider later.

by **Walabamba** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:19 pm

Sedgistan wrote:
Walabamba wrote:Will there ever be a time when you raise the population limit? I mean, if a nation has 500 000 000 citizens but they cte'd in 2003 I don't think they're coming back.

See:
[violet] wrote:Q: "250M population is too low." / "Five years is too long."
A: If the release goes well, we might look at loosening the restrictions in the future to make nations with slightly larger populations or more recent CTE dates available. But that's something to consider later.

I could have sworn I read the whole post :lol:

by **Alevuss** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:40 pm

~~Nice. If I had started my nation now, I might have been able to name my nation exactly how I wanted to name it. I might make a new nation just to try out this new feature.~~ lol The nation name I originally wanted to name my nation here won't be available to reuse for another 19 days.

I just have a question: What if a nation whose name is being reused gets refounded? What will happen then since two nations will then have the same name?

by **Olthar** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:45 pm

Alevuss wrote:I just have a question: What if a nation whose name is being reused gets refounded? What will happen then since two nations will then have the same name?

[violet] wrote:If an old nation has its name re-used, it cannot be resurrected, even if the newer nation ceases to exist.

by **Tim-Opolis** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:56 pm

Alevuss wrote:~~Nice. If I had started my nation now, I might have been able to name my nation exactly how I wanted to name it. I might make a new nation just to try out this new feature.~~ lol The nation name I originally wanted to name my nation here won't be available to reuse for another 19 days.

I just have a question: What if a nation whose name is being reused gets refounded? What will happen then since two nations will then have the same name?

I guess once it's able to be re-used it gets wiped from memory as a past nation?

by **Romanar** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:58 pm

YaY! I tried a name that I wanted earlier, but that nation was too big (about 600 million), but I found another interesting name that WILL be available, if nobody else takes it.

by **Cerberion** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:49 pm

I have mixed feelings. Initially I thought it was great though I was grumpy because the two nation names that interested me were both too big by the current rules.

Then I gave it more thought and have become concerned that we might see an increase in impersonations or names intended to grief players or regions.

For example. I want the name Cerb, it's how people address me in my region and it's pretty clearly my "handle".

So, if someone grabs Cerb and moves it into my region (and possibly others) people may well assume it's me. I know there are already rules regarding impersonation, but I would anticipate a spike.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) Cerb the ancient is stuck at 263 million population and is therefor protected.

by **-The West Coast-** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:29 pm

So, [violet], does that mean we get the population of our current nation, or do we have to take the population of the nation of the nation we resurrect?

by **Zonolia** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:34 pm

It still sucks I want my old nation back so friggin bad

by **Shanix** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:40 pm

Zonolia wrote:It still sucks I want my old nation back so friggin bad

Try...recreating...it...

by **Tiami** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:54 pm

Deleted nation Christantle
Founded: Sun Oct 24 2010
Ceased to exist: Wed Apr 27 2011
Population: 1.046 billion

Damn.

by **Augustus Este** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:00 pm

-The West Coast- wrote:So, [violet], does that mean we get the population of our current nation, or do we have to take the population of the nation of the nation we resurrect?

I assume you would essentially just create a new nation that happened to share the name of the previous nation

by **Mousebumples** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:51 pm

[violet] wrote: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.

Very cool! Thanks for the info, [violet]! I don't know if I need any more puppets, but I may be tempted by a few nation names ....

I'm curious to see how the number of active nations jumps after the names are released, though ...

by **Zonolia** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:32 am

Shanix wrote:
Zonolia wrote:It still sucks I want my old nation back so friggin bad

Try...recreating...it...

Nope i tried it said reserved

by **Lordieth** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:11 am

Could the submitted nation name be part of the URL? Like; nation=Lordieth

Make it much easier to track the name we're after with bookmarking.

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