Totallympics International Song Contest Discussion

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

On 17/06/2020 at 20:26, Olympian1010 said:

Just don’t reveal to users what country they have until the registration period is open. 
 

Also, can we get a list of eligible nations before registration opens.

 

Sure, here is a list of eligible nations (apologies if I missed any):

 

 

Afghanistan Albania American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Armenia Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chinese Tapiei Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Cyprus Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Guiana French Polynesia

Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Iceland Iraq Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Martinque Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Island Norfolk Island North Korea

North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Rwanda St. Helena St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre & Miquelon St. Vincent & the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Tokelau Trinidad & Tobago Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

 

 

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

Also, what about allowing @OlympicIRL to take part? Now we have everything figured out, and aside from knowing who represents which nation, there does not seem to be much difference in his role (as long as he casts his votes before everyone else).

 

Alternatively, maybe @OlympicIRL can abstain from voting, but still be allowed to put forward his entry?

 

I'll consider it and if I do then probably better if I abstain from voting.

[dcro 10,210]

19 hours ago, OlympicIRL said:

Sure, here is a list of eligible nations (apologies if I missed any):

 

What about non-IOC members like Macao and Faroe Islands?

[Wumo 3,001]

@OlympicIRL

 

At what time does the registration period start tomorrow?

 

[Olympian1010 7,971]

48 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

What about non-IOC members like Macao and Faroe Islands?

Faroe Islands are a country, Macao is not (well at least by most definitions). We do definitely need to draw the line somewhere though. Maybe any territory with a recognized NOC, NPC, NUSF, CGA, or regional reputation at a continental multi sports games is eligible? 

[Vic Liu 1,682]

15 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Faroe Islands are a country, Macao is not (well at least by most definitions). We do definitely need to draw the line somewhere though. Maybe any territory with a recognized NOC, NPC, NUSF, CGA, or regional reputation at a continental multi sports games is eligible? 

I think NOC member this requirement is good enough. 100% representative is quite hard and inefficient.

[Olympian1010 7,971]

12 minutes ago, Vic Liu said:

I think NOC member this requirement is good enough. 100% representative is quite hard and inefficient.

So then the Faroe Islands count because they have an NOC. 
 

The reason I gave those five eligibility options is because territory with reasonable independence/autonomy would have one of those five.

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

Faroe Islands are a country, Macao is not (well at least by most definitions). We do definitely need to draw the line somewhere though. Maybe any territory with a recognized NOC, NPC, NUSF, CGA, or regional reputation at a continental multi sports games is eligible? 

I'd like to have all NOC members + countries which could regularly be seen at sports events outside of the Olympics (this is a sports forum after all).

 

That would indeed include all eligible NOCs + other nations and territories represented within NPC / NUSF / CGA.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

4 hours ago, Wumo said:

@OlympicIRL

 

At what time does the registration period start tomorrow?

 

I'll say 18:00 GMT. Hopefully I will have the thread posted by then. Been too busy this week to get anything prepared but even just having a basic thread up and running by tomorrow evening should be enough to get things kick-started.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

16 hours ago, Wumo said:

@OlympicIRL

 

At what time does the registration period start tomorrow?

 

Ok, registration will begin 18:00 my time (GMT +1) which is 19:00 Central European Time