[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#14355) Clarification of Leaders Policy

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14355 >

Benedict Adamson wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14355 >
> 
> The current guidance for nation leaders, in doc/README.nations is this:
>  > Choosing leader names is not that strict, but there should be a
>  > strong historical relation to the nation you create.
> 
> Judging by most of the nations, the de facto policy has been to list 
> only the greater leaders of a nation, with a concession to ensure that 
> some female leaders are included, and for the non-sovereign 'nations'.
> 
> Compare the, IMO ridiculous (W B Yeats!), list for the irish with the, 
> sensible, list for the romans. I think the de facto policy should be the 
> stated policy, and the irish (and, I presume, others) should be whittled 
> down.

I have no objection.  The first step then should be to change the policy 
statement in README.nations.

-jason