Outdated countries during profile setup?

Hi there!

I didn't know under which category to post this, so I chose this one.

When signing up for funadvice.com, I am required to enter my country. All good up to here. I find Romania, but next to it, the following text: "Socialist Republic of".

I would like to inform that Romania has ceased to be a Socialist Republic in 1989. Roughly 18 years have passed, plenty of time for you to update this information!

Sorry if it sounds like an attack, but this erroneous information can be disrespectful towards Romanians.

Thank you, and hopefully see you around through questions & answers

Hi there!

We're very sorry about this issue, the problem is that we use a 3rd party for geospatial data, which does result in outdated names, terms, and such. This doesn't excuse the issue, but, we will be updated our data set to a newer version (the current one is a bit old, and there are newer releases of data from our provider) so with any luck, if they have fixed the naming issue, it'll also be solved on FunAdvice in the near future.

Thanks for registering, and if you ever have any questions about the site, the best place to drop them is the "funadvice community" category, or drop me a fun mail, or use the contact link at the bottom of the page.

Best,

thedude

Thank you, thedude, for your quick reply. I am not making a big fuss out of it, but I have to admit it bothered me a bit to see we're called a socialist republic :P Don't worry though, some websites don't even have Romania as an option still.

Thanks again, and wish you an enjoyable evening.
Regards