Talk:Wolf Crossing, Arizona

Populated place versus unincorporated area
Hi - I noticed you reverted my edit in which I tried to simplify this article by changing the populated place piping to just say unincorporated place, which is where the piping sends the reader. Since the term populated place actually has an article, which redirects to Human settlement, your piping seems counter-intuitive and could confuse readers (as it did me). You mentioned the USGS in the revert summary - can you expand? Also, even if it is better to use the term populated place, which means something else to Wikipedia, shouldn't there also be some info about the population here? TimTempleton (talk) (cont)  22:29, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi. The citation is from the USGS, and the official designation by the USGS, which is pretty much the recognized authority on geographic locations in the U.S. is "populated place". There are other types of unincorporated areas in the U.S., including "historical" - which is what a "ghost town" is, and "locales", etc. When categorizing what a geo place is, I always attempt to use the definition in the source, especially when the source is as definitive as the USGS. Onel 5969  TT me 00:40, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The WP article on Unincorporated area, does not use the USGS definition at all, it uses several citations which speak to state definitions, but not the USGS definition. Since the USGS is pretty much the authority on the subject in the United States, it probably should be re-written. Perhaps I'll do that in the next few months. Have a lot on my "to-do" list already. Might be longer than that. BTW, here's the link to the USGS page with their official designations.  Onel 5969  TT me 01:02, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I made some edits to Unincorporated area, using the USGS' populated place definition from the link you shared. There's a new section now Unincorporated area and I updated the lede. I also updated the lede for Municipal corporation, and DAB hatnoted the Human settlement article to send "populated place"-seeking readers redirected there to the alternate definition of populated place. TimTempleton (talk) (cont)  18:23, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Nice job. Although, there are other types of unincorporated places which are not designated "populated places", such as "locales", "districts" (which are on Indian reservations), "flats" can also be an unincorporated place, although it can also refer to a geographic feature.  Onel 5969  TT me 21:18, 7 August 2017 (UTC)