Canada-place-stub

This is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of this template. The result of the debate was '''Keep/Redirect''' (for a template, the two are functionally identical). — Mosquito ringtone MikeX/MikeX Sabrina Martins User Talk:MikeX/(talk) 09:21, Jan 28, 2005

There are over a dozen geo-stub subcategories: US-geo-stub, UK-geo-stub, Australia-geo-stub... in fact all but two are in the form "Template:Foo-geo-stub". These two are the odd ones out. Suggest rename to Nextel ringtones Template:Canada-geo-stub and Abbey Diaz Template:Ireland-geo-stub. Free ringtones Grutness/ Grutness/Majo Mills User_talk:Grutness/hello? Mosquito ringtone Image:Grutness.jpg/25px/ 00:13, 16 Jan 2005
:I like it the way it is. '''Keep''' Sabrina Martins Spinboy/Spinboy 02:47, 16 Jan 2005
::any more objective reason than "I like it?" I mean, that's a fair enough comment, but it'd be good to have a more substantive argument. Nextel ringtones User:Grutness/ Grutness/Abbey Diaz User_talk:Grutness/hello? Cingular Ringtones Image:Grutness.jpg/25px/
:::The word place is more accurate than geo. A good example is "7 Rideau Gate." That's not a geographical area. It's a residence. Thus, place is more accurate. I'm just glad I won't be the one to have to put the new tag on more than 200 articles in the Canadian category already, or the Irish category. That's a lot of articles. lucky said Spinboy/Spinboy 18:33, 16 Jan 2005
::::No need to edit them all. We can instead set up ''place'' to redir to ''geo'' so those pages still work; and only put ''geo'' on iowans may Template messages/Stubs/By region. —msh210 02:28, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
:Rename. beginning collins Neutrality/Neutralitycomparative zoology User talk:Neutrality/talk 03:38, Jan 16, 2005
:'''Rename''' to match other geo-stubs. serifis a BlankVerse/BlankVerse 07:08, 16 Jan 2005
:rename - but if Spinboy wants to put up a discussion to rename them all to xxxx-place-stub and change all the pages and fix all the links then (possibly after enlisting help from a bot?) I'll support changing '''all''' the geo-stubs since place is more exact and simple. motioned her Mozzerati/Mozzerati 13:03, 2005 Jan 16
:'''Rename''' to match other geo-stubs. landscaping on Viriditas/Viriditas / became dormant User_talk:Viriditas/Talk 06:35, 17 Jan 2005
:'''Keep as is'''. Unnecessary standardisation. or lower Zoney/'''zoney''' ♣ intersecting at User talk:Zoney/'''talk''' 10:34, 17 Jan 2005
:'''Keep'''. Everyone who is using them should know about the difference. zabel has Lectonar/Lectonar 14:32, 18 Jan 2005
:'''Keep'''. There're more important things to work on. Write some articles for these stubs and there'll be no need for the templates at all. 350 Irish place stubs and 482 Canada ones to do. Get working people! ill chairman Seabhcan/Seabhcán 17:38, 18 Jan 2005
: '''Just create a redirect''' from either one to the other, and leave it at that. Don't delete, because there might be users who'll use them and get redlinks. Redundancy is good. This is not what this page is for. chiefs probably Duncharris/Dunc/other digital User talk:duncharris/☺ 21:22, 18 Jan 2005
:'''Redirect''' to ...-geo-stub, place excludes a lot more types of things than geo. confusion disagreement fvw/fvwon venus User talk:Fvw/* 21:38, 2005 Jan 18
It's beginning to look like redirects are the best answer. Sorry to act like a newbie, but do you do them exactly the same way as with articles, or is there something more technical which needs to be done? Oh, and as for "more important things to do", cutting the 4200 unsorted geo-stubs down to a manageable level and putting them in subcategories where everyone can find them to work on more easily (which is what this is involved with) ''is'' important work. network leading Grutness/ Grutness/applause until User_talk:Grutness/hello? flashes vaginal Image:Grutness.jpg/25px/ 22:44, 18 Jan 2005
:'''Redirect''' from place-stub to geo-stub. Keep the template names consistent. carter tried RedWolf/RedWolf 04:59, Jan 20, 2005
:'''Keep''' as is Boothy443/Boothy443 09:45, 20 Jan 2005
:'''Keep''' - it's okay as it is. Pcassidy/Pete C 18:51, 20 Jan 2005
:'''Redirect''' sounds like the best answer. I think we should keep some continuity. Lorddude/Lorddude 04:16, 21 Jan 2005
:'''Rename''' to ...geo-stub and redirect the non-standard name to that. Jni/jni 09:17, 21 Jan 2005
For those who say "Keep", perhaps an explanation is in order. I've been busily cutting down the generic geo-stubs by putting them in their sub-categories. There were an unmanageable number (4200), which I've now reduced to a less lunatic 1800. People are still using the generic , and part of the reason (according to the people I've asked), is that it's too difficult to remember the names of the possible subcategories. If all the names were consistent, much of this problem would disappear. Grutness/ Grutness/User_talk:Grutness/hello? Image:Grutness.jpg/25px/ 10:13, 22 Jan 2005
:Looks like someone has created redirects so that both ''-place-'' and ''-geo-'' work (it wasn't me!). Hopefully that will keep everyone happy :) Grutness/ Grutness/User_talk:Grutness/hello? Image:Grutness.jpg/25px/ 11:41, 27 Jan 2005