python-organizers / python-organizers/conferences

RFC: Remove country name from Location field

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Description

I'd like two remove the country name from the Location field. This field is both redundant with the more-sepcific Country field and inconsistently used (e.g. sometimes not used, sometimes with spelling variations like "USA" vs. "United States of America". I'm opening this issue first to:

  1. get feedback in case there are cases where the country information cannot be expressed with the three-letter country code
  2. identify any tooling that uses this repository that would not handle this change gracefully or would need additional updates in order to do so
  3. see if this would actually be a net-negative change, e.g. because ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes are machine-readable but are not necessarily obvious to people reading the CSV files directly

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Review the repository's CSV files and compare the Location and Country fields, then identify tooling that consumes this repository. Done means resolving whether removing country names is acceptable and documenting any required updates or compatibility concerns.

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Assessment

Domain
data
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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