Two nationalities on profile?

[flobefall]

Okay, may sound weird because it's just a very, very little feature of the whole community-thing, but... How about an option to chose two nationalities to display on your profile instead of the single nationality like now?
I mean, there are many people out there with their origins in two countries, holding dual citizenship, like in my case Norway and Germany and at least I find it very hard to decide on which I should use to display. And to choose it as the place you're living right now... Well, I'm currently living in both countries, one month here, one month there, so this connectivity of both countries is a strong and important element of myself.

As I said, it's a very small feature which is 'abused' anyway, but for people like me would it be perfect to individualize my profile the way I like to present myself - and I totally understand if you think that's childish, useless, whatever; it's just an idea.

Greetz~

[wuddih]

dimension warp has not been discovered yet, so you can not be at multiple places at the same time.

you also have the option to:
- not change it
- remove it
- pick whatever.

evaluate these.

we dont really need the option to pick 2 locations and let people get creative with that.

[endrsgm]

why? what does it hurt? how does whatever he puts in that field impact you in the slightest?

YOU might not need the option to pick two nationalities but obviously OP felt HE DID.

[rawWwRrr]

If OP can do two, can I do three? And if I can do three, can someone else do four?

[endrsgm]

my son is german and american.
my daughter is italian and american.

im pretty familiar with dual citizenships. i live in a huge expat community and know exactly zero people with three citizenships, much less four.

explain how you can get three citizenships. i think you are just throwing out objections without actually knowing much about this stuff at all. even having two can get sorta tricky....

[wuddih]

Originally posted by endrsgm:

my son is german and american.
my daughter is italian and american.

im pretty familiar with dual citizenships.

that choose-able information is not for nationalities though. its supposed use is for the current residential location.

and mommy and daddy being a citizen is usually not enough. place of birth determines it is most cases and everything else has to be applied for.

[flobefall]

Originally posted by wuddih:

and mommy and daddy being being a a citizen is usually not enough. place of birth determines it is most cases and everything else has to be applied for.

Depends on the country; every country has it's own laws regarding citizenships. At birth I was norwegian only, true, but today it would be different; I would get my mother's german citizenship automatically. Same for almost every (european) country allowing the dual citizenship.

[Gus the Crocodile]

Seems like a reasonable, harmless little addition to me.

Originally posted by wuddih:

we dont really need the option to pick 2 locations and let people get creative with that.

We don’t need anything Steam does.

Originally posted by wuddih:

that choose-able information is not for nationalities though. its supposed use is for the current residential location.

That’s okay. Anyone who wished to use it to display their current location would be free to continue doing that.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by NotEvenBlurm:

I find it very hard to decide on which I should use to display.

Flip a coin and decide, or select the country in which you reside in. Not exactly rocket science.

[wuddih]

Originally posted by NotEvenBlurm:

Depends on the country; every country has it's own laws regarding citizenships.

that is why i said in most cases.

Originally posted by NotEvenBlurm:

At birth I was norwegian only, true, but today it would be different; I would get my mother's german citizenship automatically.

you dont get it, you already have it.

the "automatically" might not so be automatic anymore for your children or your grandchildren if your child was also not born in germany.

the child of a german citizen that was board abroad in the year 2000 or later do not automatically pass their german citizenship on to their children. they would have to apply for first before their first birthday, otherwise they dont get it.
there are other eventualities but they are to rare for consideration.

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i dont wanna give examples on why letting users set 2 locations is a not so good idea
its already bad enough that some countries are misused in an offensive way. dual-wielding them would just give even more options.

[Mailer]

Just pick whichever country you feel might benefit visitors the most to know about when they visit your profile. I really don't think you need to be able to show both simultaneously, when you could just as well add a footnote further down, stating that you occasionally shift your location to somewhere else every other month. I don't think it has to be more convoluted of a mention than that, for the sake of keeping every profile equal and on the same spectrum with regards to abuse or proper-use.

If you could somehow verify the integrity of selected countries on your profile then that would admittedly be a bonus, as you've already mentioned the possibility of people "abusing" this option.

[Gus the Crocodile]

Can I ask what the abuse people are alluding to actually is? Who is hurt by people identifying as being from two countries?

[rawWwRrr]

Can't use emoji flags in other parts of the profile?

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[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

Can't use emoji flags in other parts of the profile?

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You can. I was going to suggest putting that in the info area or custom info box.

[endrsgm]

Originally posted by wuddih:

being a citizen is usually not enough. place of birth determines it is most cases and everything else has to be applied for.

everywhere has its own laws. this response just shows me you dont know what you are talking about.
place of birth could be one determining factor but in places like germany, for instance, it is not.

"applying for citizenship" is also incorrect. again. you dont know what you are talking about.

if you moved to america as a foreigner (legally), established residency, jumped through all the hoops, etc ---> you could APPLY for citizenship.

if your mom was american and you were born in poland you (as the child) would be american. you are automatically a citizen and all you have to do is register. you dont need to apply for anything except a passport or the like. instead your BIRTH GRANTED you us citizenship. being born in poland doesnt automatically grant you polish citizenship unless your parents had no citizenship (stateless people) or their citizenship couldnt be determined. otherwise you only gain polish citizenship if at least one parent is polish.

for instance a german mom and american dad = german citizen and american citizenship automatically conferred by both countries and you just need to register for it. german parenthood is sufficient to confer citizenship to their kids.

if you were a german and went to live in america, spent the years there to qualify, and then applied for us citizenship you would also have to renounce your german citizenship (since you APPLIED for the second citizenship and it was not automatically conferrred).

if you were italian and went to america and had a child there your child would be italian (italian parenthood conveys citizenship) and american because birth on american soil also conveys citizenship.

the rules really vary dramatically depending on where you go and what nationality you are.

but one constant on citizenships is ----> the concept of APPLYING for a second citizenship usually means you have to renounce the first.

if you are eligible due to circumstances of birth for dual citizenship then you may keep both.

out of literally 1000s of expatriates ive met in the 3 years i lived in the uk. the 2 years i lived in saudi arabia, the 8 years ive lived in germany, and the 5 years i lived in italy ---> NOT ONE HAD 3 or 4 CITIZENSHIPS.

so this entire argument of

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

If OP can do two, can I do three? And if I can do three, can someone else do four?

is just revealing that he also doesnt know what hes are talking about.

[Radene]

Originally posted by Gus the Crocodile:

Can I ask what the abuse people are alluding to actually is? Who is hurt by people identifying as being from two countries?

Well, I will say I find it a bit silly when people say I don't know, "I'm Irish" because their great-grandfather was Irish, and they never set foot in that country. I'm not gonna ask them to stop, and when it comes to Steam, they could set it as Ireland anyway, as it is.

And I'm totally fine if people can set two countries, hell I'd do that too. In fact, I could do with three - the one I was born in (which no longer exists), the one I lived most my life in, and the one I live in now.

If they implement this, yay, if not, oh well. But yeah I'm not going to be all like "NO it's fine as it is and you need to feel bad for suggesting this change" at people. That's even sillier than calling yourself "Irish" just because a distant branch in your family tree goes that way.