Talk:Q1008

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Autodescription — Ivory Coast (Q1008)

description: sovereign state in West Africa
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Côte d'Ivoire?[edit]

Is it Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire? Officially the country is called Côte d'Ivoire and that is the only name I ever hear. I understand it says to call the label in English, but even the British Government uses Côte d'Ivoire. What about Timor-Leste? Shouldn't it be East Timor then? JamesA (talk) 07:09, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I say Côte d'Ivoire also, but I guess some use the English translation. Though the consensus was quite split, the title of the article on enwiki was moved recently; before that it was at the official name. I added the official as an alias. Osiris (talk) 13:04, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the comment. I guess as a database rather than a human-readable encyclopaedia, Wikidata should use official names rather than those which are known and/or accepted. I think that would also mean Timor-Leste and Myanmar (rather than Burma). JamesA (talk) 13:26, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]