User:RandomP/Geographic terms

I've noticed lately that many articles describing a subject of limited geographic extent fail to provide a global context in the article heading. This is meant as a personal standard for when I fix such articles by providing global context, and which terms I consider acceptable to establish it. Ideally, every article that contains any geographic term should also include at least one of the acceptable terms.

Rather arbitrary, I'll admit.

Countries (geographic areas)

 * continents
 * most independent countries
 * US states
 * be careful to include "state" for Washington, New York
 * include "U.S. state" except for California, Texas, New York (see above), Florida
 * constituent countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

Cities

 * US
 * New York City
 * Washington, DC
 * Boston (metro area)
 * Chicago
 * Detroit
 * Los Angeles
 * San Francisco
 * Seattle
 * UK
 * London
 * Birmingham
 * Manchester
 * Edinburgh
 * other EU
 * Paris
 * Rome
 * Madrid
 * Berlin
 * Canada
 * Ottawa
 * Montreal
 * Vancouver
 * Mexico
 * Mexico City

Countries

 * Cornwall
 * English/UK counties
 * Canadian provinces or territories
 * New England (US instead)
 * Isle of Man (qualify as UK)
 * any subdivision of the People's Republic of China
 * German states