User talk:Adaptron/List of area code cross-references

"List of area code cross-references"
As a programmer I often consult the Wikipedia to find data to help me create help files or references. A good example is the list of area codes contained in the Wikipedia. From this list I have created an array to index City and State using area code. Problem is that sometimes programs need to provide users with even more information. For instance, if the program is calculating sunset and sunrise it needs to know latitude and longitude as well as the local time zone. The program could ask the user to input this information but if he uses his modem for dialup chances are he already provided the answer.

Since Windows XP has no provision to provide user location information beyond area code such programs need to be able to use this info to get whatever else it needs. Since others may have a similar need I would like to create an article entitled "List of area code cross-references" in either CSV comma delimted or in wikitable format depending upon the preference of each editor who responds. Adaptron 07:36, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

The Wikipedia, as a reference work that is free, contains many, many lists which may seem to lack encyclopedic content but provide valuable information which is unavailable by any other means except for unreasonably high price. For this reason it is a good idea to support such articles. The need for cost free alternative information resources through online publications such as the Wikipedia provides is one way to serve social needs and ideals without causing unecessary pain. Adaptron 08:02, 1 December 2006 (UTC)