Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities/Archive 17

US Cities
It's been 4 years since the 2010 Census. Why do so many articles on US cities still give data from the 2000 census with no updates to the more recent figures? Shouldn't there be a bot to update this stuff? john k (talk) 05:06, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Because it is the last actual count. Everything since then is just a statistical projection. This issue has been debated ad nauseum and the consensus has been an Encyclopedia should report actual counted numbers and not statistical estimates. -- D kriegls  ( talk to me! ) 06:42, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Bar, Ukraine
appreciate help from WP Cities people. I've marked for clean up. article needs a lot of serious clean up also someone keeps adding an absolutely excessive photo gallery. LibStar (talk) 02:31, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! Okay, cleaned up the photos (wow! somebody just cleaned out their photo albums). Worked on notable people.  Will do some more work in the days to come. Onel5969 (talk) 04:18, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * thanks much appreciated. LibStar (talk) 04:33, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

RfC: Proposal to move Shizuoka back to disambiguated title
There is a Request for Comment regarding moving the article title for the city of Shizuoka back to a disambiguated title, following a recent move. Please join the discussion at Talk:Shizuoka. Curly Turkey ⚞¡gobble!⚟ 23:13, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

"Durham"
The usage of "Durham" is under discussion, see talk:Durham (disambiguation) -- 65.94.171.225 (talk) 06:58, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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Tórshavn
I've added a B-class assessment for Tórshavn at the article's talk page, with suggestions for further work. — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 13:10, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

GAR
Paris, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.  Tim riley  talk    14:38, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Suspect entry in infobox
Please see this question on the talk page for Albertów, Gmina Lubochnia, a village in Poland:


 * The infobox lists
 * (including the period). What the heck is that? It sure doesn't look Polish, and there is no other page with that term (Search results).
 * If you want my participation in a discussion, please me.
 * If you want my participation in a discussion, please me.

--Thnidu (talk) 07:34, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Sister cities and infoboxes
Please head over to the Idea Lab to comment on a city related idea. Village pump (idea lab). Oiyarbepsy (talk) 15:31, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

""
The usage of Worcester is under discussion, see Talk:Worcester -- 67.70.35.44 (talk) 04:21, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

The discussion on whether Worcester should become a disambiguation page has reopened. Please visit Talk:Worcester to add to the discussion.--Found5dollar (talk) 02:00, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

discussion that may be of interest
Talk:Newport Beach, California has an RfC that may be of interest. John from Idegon (talk) 02:37, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Notice of discussion at Talk:Charleston, South Carolina
A discussion has been started at Talk:Charleston, South Carolina which appears to be within the scope of this WikiProject. Input from interested parties would be appreciated. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:49, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Moving "Ségou" to "Segu" or "Segou"
Proposed move/renaming of article on a major Malian city - see Talk:Ségou.--A12n (talk) 20:45, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Political affiliation of holders of nonpartisan office
Infobox settlement includes the parameter, for displaying the political party for the mayor or other leader. Can or should this parameter be used when the office is nonpartisan? I have been unable to find any guidelines that address this question. Does anyone know of any prior discussions on the topic? Ibadibam (talk) 21:36, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Hyderabad
I have nominated Hyderabad for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. DrKiernan (talk) 12:12, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Berkhamsted
This article about a small/medium sized very historic UK market town (The Anglo-Saxons submitted to William the Conqueror there + Thomas a Becket, Chaucer, Richard the Holy Roman Emperor, the Black Prince etc all lived there) has been peer reviewed, and has been subject to a major upgrade with contributions by various good editors, as well as myself. I wonder if the ratings could be advanced from (Rated Start-class, Low-importance). Please also feel naturally free to suggest or make any improvements to the article. -- BOD -- 19:30, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Discussion of template conversion
There is a discussion about the template ongoing at Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 7. It is likely that the discussion will result in formatting changes (including some improvements and additional flexibility) to the template, which is used in about 18,000 articles. Your feedback, as frequent users of this template, will be welcome and needed if these changes are to be implemented with the least amount of negative side effects.

Please link to this discussion from Talk pages of other projects that use frequently. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:04, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

X in city and by city categories emptied and blanked
See the discussion about at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_March_30 where it is indicated many "x in CITYNAME" and "x by city" categories have been blanked and/or emptied. -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 05:57, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Minority languages ​​in geographical Articles
Hi all! I just posted question on Minority language article talk page that you can see here: Talk:Minority language. I would be extremely grateful for your contribution through comments.--MirkoS18 (talk) 21:11, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

µSA
Is "µSA" really used as an abbreviation for Micropolitan Statistical Area, or did someone just make it up? Oiyarbepsy (talk) 05:17, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * This free dictionary thinks so-- D kriegls  ( talk to me! ) 04:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Change of Quality Level of Solapur
I have improved the referencing standards of the Solapur city, can "somebuddy" please change its wikiproj level of quality from start to mid or upper level if any Ankush 89 (talk) 17:57, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Done -- D kriegls  ( talk to me! ) 05:05, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Private schools and WP:SOAP
Please see this discussion on whether the Zurich International School (a private school) should be listed in the commune of Adliswil: Talk:Adliswil - The other believes that mentioning private schools in a city article is WP:SOAP while I argue that doing so is not WP:SOAP. The edit in question. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:12, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Discussion regarding notable people
There is a discussion that may be of interest to this project at Talk:Virginia Beach, Virginia. Onel5969 (talk) 14:24, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Midlothian, TX wiki page
I just thought that this section "In 1883 the name ‘Midlothian’ was accepted by the local population. According to local legend, the area was named Midlothian when the Chicago, Texas, and Mexican Central railroads, which would eventually connect Dallas and Cleburne, arrived in the area and a homesick Scottish train engineer stated that the local countryside reminded him of his homeland in Scotland and the location served as the midpoint between Dallas and Cleburne, and between Ennis and Fort Worth. With the coming of the railroad, Midlothian grew and was incorporated in April 1888.[4]" might use a smoother transition so that the connection between the homesick Scotsman and the name Midlothian (perhaps of Scottish origin-colloquialism?) would be clearer?70.2.103.139 (talk) 04:53, 8 May 2015 (UTC)gs 05/07/2015
 * Since this proposal (I think?) isn't written clearly enough to tell what exactly you ate proposing, I doubt it. This discussion belongs on the article's talk page anyway. John from Idegon (talk) 06:08, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * is correct, it really should be taken to the article's talk page, and would help if the gist of what you are proposing/suggesting were more clear. Onel5969 (talk) 13:49, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Rakhshani listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Rakhshani to be moved to Rakhshani (village). This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 23:20, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Sister cities listed in infoboxes?
Is it either a mandatory or an accepted practice to include "sister cities" within city infoboxes, using the optional parameter coding, e.g., ? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:22, 9 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I would say no. There have been discussions as to whether or not they should be included in the city articles in general, and something which is not that important shouldn't be in the infobox. Onel5969 (talk) 17:26, 9 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Agreed. The honorary "sister cities" relationships are usually trivial, and often completely meaningless trivia.  When I saw that the "optional" parameter was being tasked to accomplish this purpose, I suspected that inclusion of sister cities was by no means sanctioned by WP Cities -- otherwise it would already be a specific parameter.  In addition to the edit linked above, you should be aware of this MOS discussion: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Icons; it is a discussion that started today regarding the use of flag icons for sister cities in infoboxes and in the main article text.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:45, 9 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Per MOS:INFOBOX, "[K]eep in mind the purpose of an infobox: to summarize key facts that appear in the article. The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance." I don't think that the identity of sister cities is one of the few salient facts that we want readers to carry away from the summary of an article.  Unnecessary elongation of the infobox also causes compositional problems, as the infobox pushes down graphics and other boxes in the article body, or sandwiches text between the infobox and left-aligned graphics, contra MOS:IMAGELOCATION.  Ammodramus (talk) 18:24, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Any help in resolving an edit war?
Hello! There is a slow-motion edit war going on at the article Largest cities in Europe. The issue is how to count the population of Istanbul: whether to count the population of the entire city, or only the population on the European side of the city. Any input at Talk:Largest cities in Europe to help resolve this edit war or develop consensus would be appreciated. Bragging rights are involved since Istanbul is the largest city in Europe if you count the entire city, and the second-largest if you count only the European side. (Note that this page uses the population within city limits, not the metropolitan area.) I have full-protected the article for 24 hours hoping this can be resolved without anyone getting blocked. Thanks for any help! --MelanieN (talk) 21:13, 30 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I gave it a shot.  Onel 5969  TT me 22:18, 30 June 2015 (UTC)