Wikipedia:Naming conventions (countries)

Guideline
Unless a clear consensus for an alternative name can be established, articles on countries should be named using the official short name in English as defined in ISO 3166-1.

Rationale
The ISO standards set by the International Organization for Standardization are widely accepted around the world. This standard is used by the United Nations.

ISO 3166-1 defines an official short name in English. Official names of countries which are in a language other than English should not be used on the English Wikipedia. For example, Wikipedia has an article at France, which is the official short name in English of that country. The full official name of that country is République Française, which should not be used because it is in the French language.

Examples

 * notes
 * 1) "Standard Google test" means the Google test with standard parameters as explained in naming conflict
 * 2) 26 voters between 28 September and 15 November 2005, see Talk:East Timor
 * 3) 60 voters between 11 and 18 November 2005, see Talk:Côte d'Ivoire