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

["Daniel Markstedt" <himasaram@xxxxxxxx>]

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

On 2005-10-17, at 01.32, Jason Short wrote:

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

Not many more than ten, is my suggestion.

The biggest excesses are in Irish and American nations IMO. Central 
European/Slavic nations also tend to have very long lists.

We should perhaps make it a policy to prefer leaders that actually made 
a political career. However, on the other hand, if we decide on adding 
the Civ4 feature of "Great" people, Yeats would make an excellent 
"Great Artist" for the Irish. :-)

Daniel