I'm sure everyone on the list has heard about people wanting more flag emoji.
My suggestion / future PRI feedback is to allow semi-autonomous regions, with an existing ISO 3166-2 code, to make an official request for a flag emoji. That sounds technical, but giving regions a level of special/constitutional autonomy has become more common as a political resolution in the past ~25 years (Aceh, Bougainville, Iraqi Kurdistan, Rodrigues in Mauritius) Key points: - follows same ISO standard as England/Scotland/Wales emoji - covers flags that are requested the most (Kurdistan, Catalonia) while avoiding a jump to all states and provinces - common-sense restrictions, such as flag is unchanged for 5 years - governments would make an official statement to avoid issues with flag design / verification - Unicode, OSes, and typographers continue to choose which emoji they include To avoid cluttering the email list, I welcome your comments on this Google Doc, or a direct email to me at [email protected] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tIMEjGPFOIbctvVZckZKLOS6H-fD4QN0wPD15H3QqU8/edit?usp=sharing -- Nick Doiron
