Vincent Arel-Bundock

No departure. It was always like that.

@cjyetman I'm not sure why you find the `left_join` cumbersome. My current workflow looks like this: ``` > # Load > library(tidyverse) > library(countrycode) > > # Simulate data >...

Sounds good. Let me know if you have some ideas. I'm very interested. w.r.t. to the current issue, do you think we should include entries in `dictionary_static` with empty regex...

arrgh, that's can't really work, since now we're merging the dictionary based on unique regexes Edit: And we want the regex for "Federal Republic of Germany" to map onto the...

Thanks again for opening this issue. I still recognize that this is a problem, but unfortunately this problem can only be satisfactorily addressed by a fundamental re-write of `countrycode`, to...

Not harsh at all! I just really appreciate it when people take the time to look at things carefully and report their thoughts. I don't often work with CoW myself,...

I finally fixed the `codelist_panel` problem with Gleditsch-Ward, Germany, and Korea. The issue is that we did not treat these data as panel at all, and instead took the last...

For the record, I don't have a restricted view on package scope necessarily, beyond time constraints. Everything on the WB API page should be fair game if anyone is interested...

Thank for looking into this! Adding observation status to `extra` sounds like a no brainer. Great! On download, how does this compare to `WDIbulk` and `WDIcache`? (Note: I'm on semi-vacation...

Sounds good on the PR. Honestly, I'm not convinced by the `download` option. In my own work, when I need to ensure 100% replicability, I typically call `WDI` once and...