Talk:Protected areas of California/Archive 2

Category or list?
Shouldn't this be a category rather than a list, as is done with most states? Daniel Case 18:41, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * There are advantages to lists that make this article worth having on the Wikipedia. The biggest advantage is that the list can be categorized into various subcategories on a single page. A list also allows you to have a complete list of XYZ, rather than having just a category of XYZ for only the currently existing Wikipedia articles. Blank Verse 10:00, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Converting to redirect
I am about to clear this article and set it as a redirect to California. As it stands, this article doesn't come close to comprehensively dealing with the subject of its title, and is rather simply a list of California state parks. And as that, it duplicates List of California state parks, an article which has been kept up-to-date better than this one.

I see great value in an article of the title Protected areas of California if:
 * it offers discussion/analysis and a statewide view, rather than simply being a list
 * it is comprehensive of all types of protected areas in the state, and not just state parks

I would invite someone with a more in-depth understanding of the topic than me to tackle that project.

I do understand that List of California state parks is simply alphabetical, whereas some attempt has been made to introduce categorization in this article - an attempt that may be worthy. But if that is done, it needs a title more apropos to the article, and it needs to be kept up-to-date.

I've copied some of the text, categories, see-also's, and such to California and List of California state parks, so that nothing is lost by clearing info off this article.

- Ipoellet 23:53, 10 September 2007 (UTC)