[Bug 1043843] Re: When a location name is typed in the text box on 'Where are you page', drop down list doesn't always show right location names

[Akhila]

If google info is anything to go by, geoname-lookup also shows names that are not expected along with right results.
I tried http://geoname-lookup.ubuntu.com/?query=New York. Result was : [{"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York borg", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "Lungsod ng New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "New York kenti", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }]
According to wiki, New York borg stands for New York City(NYC) in Icelandic; Lungsod ng New York stands for NYC in Filipino and New York kenti is NYC in Turkish.
Search for http://geoname-lookup.ubuntu.com/?query=New York City gives:
 [{"name" : "New York City", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }, {"name" : "The City of New York", "admin1" : "New York", "country" : "United States", "longitude" : "-74.005970", "latitude" : "40.714270" }].
What I intend to say is:
1. There's no necessity to include city names in languages other than English when one's chosen language is English.
2. If at all it should be included, then it should be included in a relevant list. 

Hope that helps.

As with * check if ubiquity is doing the correct requests / caching of the geodata / timezones, I don't know how to go about it.
If you can let me have more info, I'd be glad to do the checks. But a simple mouse click test says that not all is well with the geonames. Going to raise a bug for that and will post the link here.

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Title:
  When a location name is typed in the text box on 'Where are you page',
  drop down list doesn't always show right location names

Status in Ubuntu Geonames:
  New
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When a location name is typed in the text box on 'Where are you page',
  drop down list doesn't always show right location names. Example, when
  I typed Kolkata, it was giving out the result Kolkat, Mazandaran, Iran
  and when I backspaced 'a' in Kolkata and retyped it, the right drop
  down list appeared. To check again, I typed London, the drop down list
  showed results for Londo. Backspacing 'n' in London and re-typing it
  worked.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Aug 30 19:12:17 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120814.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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