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Who the heck decided to call this "Visitor attractions in Greater Tampa"??? No one ever calls this area "Greater Tampa", nor have I ever heard that term. Our area's known as the "Tampa Bay area", or simply "Tampa Bay". So, since I don't see a move button, I would suggest whoever created this probably move it to where it goes. EaglesFanInTampa 20:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A followup question -- why are there items associated with St Pete in a category entitled the "Tampa Bay Area"? Do we need to clarify "area" as part of the category title? Do we need to add St Pete to title to be more emcompassing? Can we just say "Visitor attractions in Tampa Bay/St Pete" and have it cover the general overall area instead of being restrictive? SpikeJones (talk) 20:28, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, because "Tampa Bay Area" encompasses the entire metro area. The city is called Tampa, not Tampa Bay, so saying Tampa Bay Area isn't like saying "Green Bay area" or something similar. Saying "Greater Tampa", on the other hand, would denote what it seems to me like you're saying. Don't worry: "Tampa Bay Area" definitely includes St. Pete (and Clearwater, to boot!) EaglesFanInTampa 20:54, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are two categories listed at Category:Visitor attractions by city that specifically mention that they are for the surrounding area as opposed to the implied suggestion that the category itself is intended for the general area. They are the attraction categories for Greater Miami and the Tampa Bay area. Moving the category from "Tampa Bay area" to simply "Tampa, Florida" will bring this category in line with the other city-related categories already in use in Wikipedia. SpikeJones (talk) 13:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strongly oppose Narrowing it to just "Tampa" excludes almost 1/2 the attractions on the list, since they're in other cities in the area. St. Petersburg is home to 4 of the 12 attractions so far in that category, and Plant City is home to one, Dinosaur World. Removing these in lieu of a one-city category (which would need to be since all cities are separate here in the Tampa Bay Area would make the category have only 7 articles, and bring it to a point of irrelevance. Limiting it to "Tampa" only also infers that the other cities are inconsequential and just suburbs of Tampa, when in reality, that is not the case. Tampa has only 84K more people than St. Pete, with Clearwater not too far behind St. Pete. While most other cities in the main category are listed as the dominating one, there can be exceptions to rules. What would happen if The Metroplex was involved? Do you think the residents of Fort Worth consider themselves Dallas or vice-versa? No, but they would still be grouped together since their economies and attractions are dependent upon each other (see Six Flags Over Texas as an example, located in Arlington...would that be group with Dallas or Fort Worth?). Same goes with The Twin Cities. Exceptions can be made, and since there is no dominating city in the Tampa Bay Area and the category would be pointless without the attractions in the other cities, I think this is one of those exceptions that can be made. EaglesFanInTampa 14:34, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
