Star (*) next to Taiwan in CSVs

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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases, provided by JHU CSSE

https://systems.jhu.edu/research/public-health/ncov/

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Star (*) next to Taiwan in CSVs #3648

Closed somerandomcodenstuff closed 3 years ago

somerandomcodenstuff commented 3 years ago

Hello, I've noticed that in the CSV files under COVID-19/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports/ Taiwan is listed as Taiwan*. Is this intentional or is the * character supposed to be removed? It doesn't seem like it is serving any purpose.

ivanMSC commented 3 years ago

>It doesn't seem like it is serving any purpose. Beijing wants to know your location.

somerandomcodenstuff commented 3 years ago

I meant that if it points to an explanation or a note, I can't see it in the CSV or in the readme. It might be a minor detail but I think it may create confusion in a project using country names directly from the table.

stucka commented 3 years ago

See this https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19/issues/690

somerandomcodenstuff commented 3 years ago

Thank you, I have found the disclaimer in COVID-19/csse_covid_19_data/README.md.