I think "Hong Kong" should be listed at country field of user information in drupal.org. It's because Macau is already listed as a country as well, which Macau and Hong Kong are two special administrative regions of China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong

Therefore, I feel it is a bit strange for me to select 'China' as my country, but I am not living in Mainland China and Macau are on selection list.

The better naming for both regions should be 'Hong Kong, China' and 'Macau, China'.

Thanks for your consideration.

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bertboerland’s picture

bertboerland commented

strictly speaking, hong kong is not a county, from the wikipedia entry:
"While Hong Kong is not an independent country,..."

but since it is a political decision to create or refuse this entry, i think other webmasters need to look at this

Scott Reynolds’s picture

Scott Reynolds commented

Quick resolve of this issue should be directed to this: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists...

its a standard body that determines what is and isn't a country.

I have this in a text file and a program that commits it to a database if you guys want it. I am using it for a project that deals with location based stuff. Its rather large and I don't want to attach a file unless people want it

gerhard killesreiter’s picture

gerhard killesreiter commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Hong Kong was on that list, so I added it. I also added the Holy See.

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)