Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2009/January/27

January 27

Category:New York City geography stubs & renamed templates

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the stub template and/or category above. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the template's or category's talk page (if any). No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was rename & create parent

We have Category:New York City stubs, but not a -geo- category. The upmerged -geo- templates I created for NYC apparently are formed contrary to popular opinion, so I also propose a rename of those:

{{KingsCountyNY-geo-stub}} → {{BrooklynNY-geo-stub}}
{{QueensCountyNY-geo-stub}} → {{QueensNY-geo-stub}}
{{BronxCountyNY-geo-stub}} → {{TheBronx-geo-stub}}
{{NewYorkCountyNY-geo-stub}} → {{Manhattan-geo-stub}}
{{RichmondCountyNY-geo-stub}} → {{StatenIsland-geo-stub}}

Normally the parent category would be proposed at WSS/P, but since it's part & parcel of the template naming issue I thought I'd better put it here. See Jan 22 discussion for more background. Her Pegship (tis herself) 23:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support, though I'd personally prefer {{Bronx-geo-stub}}. If it's OK for Gambia-geo-stub, Netherlands-geo-stub, Yukon-geo-stub and many other types for places and things commonly known as "The...", I don't really see this one should be any different.Grutness...wha? 07:16, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, those places you mention are "commonly" referred to with "the", in the Bronx's case it is the OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT NAME. In my opinion that makes it differentCamelbinky (talk) 15:17, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Damn we're suppposed to be using official names better change UK-geo-stub to TheUnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland-geo-stub, stub names are going to get long very quickly. Seriously, we use what places are commonly called not "OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT NAME". I think having one template and a redirect might be an idea. Waacstats (talk) 23:10, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Reply to comment. FWIW, it is also the official government name of The Gambia and The Netherlands, Camelbinky - as is also the case with the places for which the geo-stubs are {{Bahamas-geo-stub}}, {{Caymans-geo-stub}}, {{Falklands-geo-stub}}, {{Solomons-geo-stub}}.... As such, there is absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever in using {{Bronx-geo-stub}} - and indeed the precedent is that it should be used. As pointed out by Waacstats, we don't always use the full official government name anyway - there's no {{UnitedStatesofMexico-geo-stub}} or {{FederalDemocraticRepublicofNepal-geo-stub}}. And there is no need to SHOUT, thank you. Grutness...wha? 00:11, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the template's or category's talk page (if any). No further edits should be made to this section.