Talk:List of villages of Barnstable, Massachusetts

Wow. I thought this was a joke but Google search reveals there really is Mashpee and Sandwich. :-) Evercat 12:18 23 May 2003 (UTC)

Hi again -- I don't think that you follwed the links I added. They did not go back to the Villages of Barnstable article. Go back to this version http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Villages_of_Barnstable%2C_Massachusetts&oldid=1967626 and you'll see that. Thanks, BCorr ? &#1041;&#1088;&#1072;&#1081;&#1077;&#1085; 20:59, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I take it back -- I didn't realize that you had made redirects -- I'll do some more figuring out -- I had only checked Centerville, and I guess I just lucked out... -- BCorr ? &#1041;&#1088;&#1072;&#1081;&#1077;&#1085; 21:03, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

OK, here's what I'm thinking for the future: rather than redirecting all of the villages to an article that talks about the villages collectively, it would be much better to leave them uncreated, so that people will add information to them, rather than having redirects. People like to create those links to encourage articles to be written, and generally that won't even happen if a redirect is already living there (a lot of people don't know how to edit the redirect, since even that redirects you to the page that's pointed to.) Also, Hyannis, for example, will probably get it's own article sooner or later if there isn't a redirect. Also, you should visit WikiProject Cities for more info, as well as User:Rambot. Please let me know what you think. Thanks again, BCorr ? &#1041;&#1088;&#1072;&#1081;&#1077;&#1085; 21:13, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * I see what you mean, but I don't want people looking for information on specific Barnstable villages to see that the link to (say) West Barnstable is uncreated and assume that there's no information on it, when they can at least get some information from the Villages of Barnstable article. How does this sound to you: replace all the redirects with stubs that contain the information from the current Villages of Barnstable article, and then replace the Villages of Barnstable article with a "List of..." article that has links to each of the stub pages for individual villages. Sound good? AJD 05:02, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * I think that is an excellent way to proceed. I think it's generally better to create stubs than redirects. Thanks, BCorr ? &#1041;&#1088;&#1072;&#1081;&#1077;&#1085; 05:13, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * And, done. AJD 06:33, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)