[Freeciv] Re: info on rules change: city names

[Thomas Strub <ue80@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 10:14:56AM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:

> What about enforcing name rules?

I like to have easy rules, the more rules the harder its to play the game. When 
someone wants to name his cities 0x00 he should be able to do it. 

>   - Only alpha chars in city names (maybe single "-" "/")

St. Louis (so we need dots and with national spellings we need many other 
characters ...)

>   - No digits, signs etc.

K2 (Hill in Himalaya), 25 de Mayo, 9 de Julio (both argentine.ruleset) 

>   - Only single spaces allowed

Ok this rule makes sence

>   - Name parts at least 2 chars long

9 de Julio (argentine.ruleset), Freiburg i. Br. (german.ruleset), Rossell y 
Rius (; South America)

>   - Name length restrictions to, lets say, 25 chars

San Nicolás de los arroyos (26 chars, argentine.ruleset)

With your restrictions many citynames from the rulesets wouldn't be possible. 
Think it should be possible to name a city like an existing place on the world.

Thomas